Matthew Hayes (karonofborg13) Tournament Report - 2E Standard 2011-03-29 - 05:30 PM We're smarter than you, We're better than you, and gosh darnit, beings of both quadrants just like us. Introduction My version of the Dominion Defiant shuffle deck. Round 1 Allison Berhow FW (0) Allison got off to a good start/lead. Made her work at her first mission quite a few attempts before she got it, for its 35 pts. + 5 from the Premiere version of the Ent-E. She then started on her ESPN and got held up. My (primarily) Jemmie deck got rolling and scored my ESPN for 50 (40 + one Distant Exploration, + Duran'Adar points). Two more turns, after shuffling 4 of the 5 dilemmas under ESPN over to Signal for Rescue via the Defiant, I nabbed it in the first attempt where she drew 5 and the two she hit me with didn't do enough damage to stop the successful completion. This was the only game all night that I had the time and opportunity to use the Defiant's ability. My FW, 110-40. Round 2 Jerad Berhow FL (0)View opponent's ReportView original Report Jerad had an interesting deck. A twist on his Cardie capture monster. the new tricks certainly were...odd. He snagged three awesome guys from me in his lone neuEvek usage, Odo Savior, Ikat'ika, and Ibboko. I GPT'ed his first Psycho Pressure. I BOT'd through the first (of two) Broken Captives. After the game, I realized I cost myself the game as he was sitting at 90 to my 75, and had I paid attention to my cards in hand, I could've (and should've) Our Death'd his game-winning Prison Compound (as we 'played out what would have been my last turn, in which I'd have gotten through completing SFR' since time wasn't up quite yet). Oh well. Live and learn. I am his nemesis and he my scorn. He hates every deck I play but I felt we did very well against each other today. I had good early setup and sent Valeris in for Rescue captives and whiffed. I got Odo and 2 friends with an early Evek and killed off 1 for nuking his Lone Distant Exploration. I scored early 30 points off 2x Prison Compound and went to town getting guys. I scored 2 quite easy missions as he fought thru my captive tricks giving me a full win. Round 3 Chris Volk FW (0) Chris had a very speedy TOS/NA superteam going, had all 30 point missions, so figured he was doing his standard of having to complete all 4 for the hit and run effect. Sure enough. He got out and scored his first three in about five turns, once the deck got going, and by that time it was looking like I was gonna get NO points. Luck turned my way, and in one turn, I went from 0-75. He tried his last mission, I blocked his two attempts. I got another turn, started on my Signal for Rescue and got stopped up. He tried two more attempts on his last mission, and I hit him with a Legacy that failed to stop team #1, which as luck would have it, was his bluff team. He tried with team #2, and I snagged Kirk (not OT, Highly-Decorated Captain) and further stalled him out there. I made a last ditch effort, and while he got one of my peeps stopped and two of the seven affected by some Bitter Medicine, with a timely USS Ent-J in my core played the previous turn, scored SFR for the win. Victory! What a comeback! My 125 (due to Duran'Adar at SNW and SFR) to his 90. These are the games that I love.