Today marks the release of L5R's newest set, The Dead of Winter (TDoW) in Malaysia. As Kyuden Suzume was to be found there, there's no reason for me not to go. And after all, Kyuden Suzume is important for me to complete my Monk Kensai deck, which I have been leaving it behind, collecting dust for so long. When I opened my products, all the rares I got were quite lousy actually, with only Chuda Inisi usable in the deck. I was so furious when my fellow clanmate, Blur opened Ujisato in front of my eyes, NOOO!!!!!
Anyway, no matter how suck the rares I get, the game must still go on. My first opponent was a Singaporean player (yes, Singaporeans purposely came here just to attend the release party, how dedicated they are...), playing Crane. Starting at 8 honor seriously made me worried. But it proved wrong when I took his first province with only 2 peeps, despite all the honor gaining mojo he did (he was at 15 honor when I took the province). It was just steamrolling after that, taking one province each turn. The game ended when he was at 34 honor, with all 4 provinces blown up.
MVP: Chuda Inisi. The board position that he gave seriously helped alot. 3 zombies for 7 gold, oh yeah!
Second match I was pitted against Spider. I've already expected that because almost half of the field were playing Spider. The mirror match for me I think really depends on how good is your hand. Technically I could've won the match (yes, I lost), but I have to blame myself for allowing my opponent to pull back his moves. Well, what's done is done. Next time, there will be no more pulling backs. Another reason besides that was I never draw a single weapon in the entire match. What can a Kensai do without weapons man?
The third match was quite easy for me as well, because I'm playing against Crane again. I misjudged one battle, and it costs me quite some time, where I was only able to take his first province while he's at 20 honor. Nevertheless, I managed to pull of my steamrolling again, and I won the game when he crosses during his own turn.
MVP: Chuda Inisi (yes, him again), Katahide. Taking multiple battle actions in one go is strong... ^_^
Overall, I placed 6th among all the players. Not bad for my first sealed L5R tourney. After reviewing all the cards for my clan and based on my performance the day itself, somehow I feel like Kyuden Suzume was quite 'cheating', in a sense that the stronghold gives you card cycle and personality kill in one go. Definitely the best for Monks where weapon recursion makes the SH's cost near negligible.
That's all for today. Need to rest early as I still need to continue my normal work the next day. Farewell mortals, the Dark Lord shall once again return to his chambers...
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