Highlander Hydra - June 2nd Misty Mountain Games

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Seeing as we decided to pick up the format of the Two Headed Giant that Brent announced, this week's predictions will be difficult.

The Dude™ -- will not be playing this week, but I think he would have done a Kenny/Amanda combo. He calls it Mentor/Student, I call it "Hot for Teacher" or "Pedophile Cougar"... rawr...
The German Kid™ -- Honestly... I am just throwing out two names, because I have no clue what he is going to do. So I will say Martin Hyde and Nefertiri.
Van the Man(ager) -- again, no clue. I will guess Malick and Kyala or Malick and Annie. If I were him, I would go Malick and Annie (hint hint).
Zombie Joe™ -- I considered a Duncan/Amanda deck. You know, Immortal Lovers. But seeing as I cannot do a Rebecca/Amanda Immortal Lovers/Hot for Teacher deck (d**n Prop 8), I may rebel and play a May Ling with Kalas deck. No particular draw to it, just seemed like a deck I like playing and a deck I would like to play. They also have a couple decent synergy cards between them.
Nick -- All depends on what I feel like making for him. He might make his own, but that depends on when we get home tonight. I was thinking a Nefertiri and Zachary Blaine deck.

Actual results/decks will follow the event tomorrow.

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I am already 1 for 5! The Dude would have totally done his "Hot for Teacher" deck!

Actually that is 2 for 5... The two decks that Nick and I are bringing have one of the two immortals I said I would use.

So I am 2-1 at the start of the day!

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Decks
The German Kid - Richie/Annie Cheese Deck. He will claim it is not cheese, but 3 attacks per round with multiple Dirty Tricks and Ranged Attacks with Horton as a Sniper (2 damage and the James Horton in game)... oh yeah. It's not easy being cheesy.
Van the Man(ager) - with some help from The Dude revised he Slan/Gallen deck (d**n Prop 8 rule) to a Gallen/Annie deck. Lots of Dirty Tricks, dodges, and (again) 3 attacks per round.
Nick - He ran with my Methos/May Ling deck. Could use some trimming down, but he also needs to practice with the martial arts mechanic.
Zombie Joe - Slan/Nefertiri deck. Hidden power blows galore!

Round One - German Chesse vs Hidden Power Blows... FIGHT!!!

A not so great draw made life a little tough for this one. I was not able to keep him seduced long enough to pull off more than one trick, and even then the Berserk was not all hidden attacks. He was able to beat me, but I kept my head.

Ways to improve against this deck... trim down.

0-1

Round Two - Annie Jimmy Kick vs Hidden Power Blows... FIGHT!!!

Although I did not manage to go Berserker ala Clerks on him, I was able to manage getting out the multiple attacks and multiple power blows situations, charm him several turns in a row and pop off a number of hidden power blow stabs (from the gladius).

I did not however manage to take his head.

1-1

Round Three - Kung Fu Methos vs Hidden Power Blows... FIGHT!!!

This was a slugfest. He managed some good shots on me. I dropped my first hidden berserk... he did a Masters Power Block (grrr...) I dropped my second hidden berserk... he did a Live Forever (dammit...) I dropped the third one. May Ling Counter covered most of the attacks. He did manage to get me to 0, but he started his attack phase at 0 first.

2-1

Final Standings

The German Kid ... 3-0 ... no heads taken
Zombie Joe ... 2-1 ... no heads taken
Van the Man(ager) ... 1-2 ... no heads taken
Nick ... 0-3 ... no heads taken

Thoughts on Format
How do you handle Corda/Reno?
Ranged attacks need an open hand, even in Germany...
No in-game Darius, but Benefit of Experience, ToM and Richie are fine?

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Ranged attacks need an open hand, even in Germany

Don't need an open hand to call in an air strike for a ranged attack. Btw, that's what hammered you into the ground ;D

Also, I had 30 attacks and 4 direct damage cards in my deck. Next time I'll swap those numbers and then it's a cheese deck.

The two-headed giant format is certainly fun, I'm sure we'll do it again. Of course, I'm only saying this because I won the tournament.

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I am saving that Yellow Flag/Red Flag DQ card... and no, not a gift card to the ice cream place two doors down from the new game store location! So just keep it up, laughing boy!