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Knowledge Cell 1st-ish Place Tournament Report


Round 1 L Vs Tommy Scheibel Combative Goku

I entered turn 1 and was able to do some damage to Tommy and I end combat with 4 anger on level 1, a 5 life card lead, and that's it. Tommy enters and I draw 2 freestyle cards and Nappa ally. Sweeping blast shuts my hand off and fierce attack and a bunch of other attacks follow. I lose 40 cards down and completely unable to retaliate.


Round 2 W Vs Derek Faraji Ruthless Mystic Gohan

Derek put up a really good fight in this match. He saw all 3 Red Relaxations early and before I could get Nappa ally into play. The game was close as I drew multiple dead cards a few times he had entered but I was able to weather the storm and hold him off long enough to level to Cell 3 and start banishing a lot of cards. Skillful Parry did a lot of work this game.


Round 3 W Vs Axel Bailey Manipultive Broly

Another close one. Axel kept throwing a bunch of 2 anger attacks and I never had the right blocks for any of them. Broly level 2 banished Namek Dragon Ball 2 early so I wasn’t stopping MPPV with that. The 2nd combat I drew 2 Unleashed and I made sure to use them before Broly level 3's constant effect could punish me for it. Eventually I was able to start pushing damage on Cell level 3 and using Namekian Max Wills to keep him on 4 so he couldn't MPPV. He made a fatal error in passing to me and a timely Namek Dragon Ball 7 put me in the place to win.


Round 4 W Vs Henry Johnson Energetic Raditz

Henry won the roll and drops Orange Encouragement. Then passes to me and searches another Orange Encouragement and Orange Possession Drill. I stayed on Cell level 1 for a long time to have that guaranteed lower anger 2. After I dropped him with Namek Dragon Ball 2 from Raditz Level 3 to 2 he had used all of his resources. Max Wills were able to control the anger before he ever made it to level 4. 


Top 4 W Vs Derek Faraji Ruthless Gohan

The only game I won by DBV all day. The winning play was holding Unleashed for him to use his own to go to level 3. He played his and then I played mine and dropped him to level 1. I had been holding it for multiple combats. At this point the game swung in my favor and he struggled to find any real damage, then I DBV’d out of nowhere.


Finals W moral victory Vs the gym

Tommy didn’t find it necessary to play the finals match. Maybe because he absolutely blew me away the first time we played so he went to the gym instead. He probably would have Sweeping Blasted me into oblivion this game too. So we split the money and he forfeited to me.

Overall I had fun in the tournament. Tommy opened the gates of Hell round 1 but I was able to rebound and win a lot of games. Namekian Maximum Will was probably the card of the day as it was relevant in almost every game I played. Thank you Derek for hosting and I look forward to participating in more of your events.

Knowledge Cell (Set 16)

Awakening 1-4

Planning 15
Namek Dragon Ball 1-7
Dragon Radar
Namekian Dragon Clan
Namekian Wish
Cell Jr Trapped
Cell Jr Escaping
Nappa
King Vegeta
Raditz

Events 13
Stare Down x3
Villainous Energy Sphere x2
Namekian Chase x2
Namekian Overtime x3
Unleashed x3

Blocks 13
Time x1
Skillful Parry x3
Namekian Hybrid Defense x3
Namekian Buffer x3
Malefic Energy Shield x3

Attacks 19
Cell's Draining Attack x2
Namekian Chest Explosion x3
Namekian Resourceful Shot x2
Namekian Whack x3
Namekian Double Strike x3
Android Battle Rush x3
Namekian Maximum Will x3

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