Charlie Plaine (MidnightLich) Tournament Report - 1E - Online Event 2013-10-28 - 12:00 AM OTF Traditional Hellishness Introduction 1E Traditional was going to be dumb, with tons of DQ and downloading. I couldn't think of a good way to beat them, so I joined them. I took one of Jordan's DQ decks and modified it to be Traditional. Unfortunately for me, I forgot that you can steal missions in 1E and didn't plan for it at all. In spite of adding in extra drawing (thanks Ken), my deck could never draw enough cards. Round 1 Jon Carter FW (+15) The turning point in this game was when I solved a mission he'd cleared out, but we both duplicated. After that, I was able to stay ahead of him and get the win. Jon did tell me he made a few key mistakes, which I believe. I really lucked into a win here. Round 2 Michael Moskop FW (+45)View opponent's ReportView original Report Michael also had problems drawing with his deck and had some bad luck with whom he brought on mission attempts. I was able to get through his combos a little easier, in spite of my own drawing issues, and came out ahead. A mirror match that did not go my way. Charlie just had the better starting hand and was in control the whole way. Round 3 Daniel Matteson FW (+20) Daniel stole one of my missions early (see above about how I never think of this) and I almost conceded right there, but Daniel talked me out of it. I was able to hold him off with a lucky Dead End and solve a mission to get close... and then was able to steal one of his missions in return, even though I'd mis-remembered what combo was there. Did I mention I hate mission stealing? Round 4 Michael Van Breemen FL (-100)View opponent's ReportView original Report Michael stole two of my missions and it was over before it began. Charlie was playing Hirogen/Holograms but also had stealable missions which I had most of the requirements in my opening hand. While the deck isn't designed to steal missions it's not going to pass up the opportunity either. He attempted Prevent Annihilation which took away Kejal to the other side of the space line before Talosian Cage took out Kes and Seven. He had one hidden agenda present... if it was HQ: Defensive Measures the mission was going to be his once he got two women in play but it was Mission Debriefing. From there I use Rituals to get Medical from President of Earth to get an extra Medical for my Hippocratic Oath - Unscientific Method - Scientific Method combo at Investigate Quantum Singularity. After that, it was a done story. Closing Thoughts I hate mission stealing. There are a lot of flaws with Traditional 1E.