Utah Realm Qualifier
Last Saturday there was a Realm Qualifier in Kaysville at HajoMaje so we all made the excruciating trip there, being 15 minutes away and everything. We had a good turnout with 13 folks showing up, 9 of which are competitive regulars, and a couple others folks who came down to try their luck at the format.
It was a fairly competitive field with a handful of Day 2 National players including 2nd place Nationals finisher Drew Walden. As one might have expected, Grand Crusader made a strong showing with multiple iterations depending on who was playing it. We also had some unique decks turn up as well, including a token-based Deathwing deck and a couple Hunters. Our field had only a couple folks running the highly sought after Mazu’kon and Edwins but that didn’t decrease the potency of the decks.
Thrall made a showing in more than one version of the deck. Sava’gin made a few Rosalyns cry through out the day. Nick Delliskave went undefeated through 5 rounds of Swiss and as Drew put it “was winning all the die rolls”, including the ones involving the aforementioned Sava’gin. Joe Sumner was able to flex the might of the two most feared bombs in the format touting both Edwins and Mazu’kons in his deck. Tony O’Conner-Geiling opted to run the Goblin version of the list showing how much of a hurting Dagax can put on his opponents.
Andrew Stephens decided to sneak in with a token-heavy deck with Deathwing as a possible win condition with a few of his opponents having to deal with the Master Hero on turn 4 and 5. Citadels can only produce so many tokens a turn!
The final match in the top 4 came down to Tony and Nick facing off with their Crusader decks. Just when Nick appeared to have a victory in the bag, having beaten Tony earlier in the tournament, a double Dagax followed by a Delve before dropping a Faceless Sapper with a Grand Crusader on the board left Nick dumbfounded at the 20 point damage swing. That let Tony claim his extended-alternate Deathwing and both players snagging their 10 points to qualify for Realm Championships.
Ton’y s Winning Deck:
Hero: Rohashu, Zealot of the Sun
Allies:
4x Alethia Brightsong
4x Rosalyne von Erantor
3x Runzik Shrapnelwhiz
4x Trade Prince Gallywix
4x Dagax the Butcher
3x Faceless Sapper
3x Abysswalker Rakax
3x Bronze Drakonid
3x Grazzle Grubhook
2x Korlix Grimvik
3x Edwin VanCleef
4x Sava’gin the Reckless
4x Cairne, Earthmother’s Chosen
Abilities:
4x Grand Crusader
Equipment:
4x Bottled Light
Resources:
4x Kor’kron Vanguard
4x Seeds of Their Demise
Nick’s 2nd Place Deck list (undefeated through 5 rounds of Swiss):
Hero: Rohashu, Zealot of the Sun
Allies:
4 Rosalyne Von Erantor
4 Cairne, Earthmother’s Chosen
4 Sava’gin the Reckless
3 Obsidian Drudge
4 Telor Sunsurge
4 Bronze Warden
4 Lordann the Bloodreaver
2 Kazbaz
3 Mazu’kon
3 Edwin Vancleef
Abilities:
4 Grand Crusader
2 Censure
4 Righteous Cleanse
Equipment:
4 Etched Dragonbone Girdle
4 Bottled Light
Locations:
4 Twilight Citadel
Quests:
3 Seeds of their Demise
Remember if you didn’t qualify on Saturday, there is another Realm Qualifier at Game Grid on February 18th starting at 1pm. This tournament will also be Core constructed.