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SoL Rnd 1: Dark(seid) City vs Horse Conjurer

August 19, 2008

Looking over the the Gamblin’ Circle, the most popular division has been Rose, and the overwhelming majority of pundits seem to think that
Dark(seid) City is the deck to beat. Lots of pumpage, a reasonable degree of consistency, it’s looking to be a combat juggernaut of a deck… but you know, it’s amazing how pretty much any deck can crumble like a house of cards to a bad draw…

For this matchup, I took the reins for the Darkseid’s Elite/Brotherhood combo, while the Eponymous Pablo glared at me across the table with his Shadowpact/Horsemen of Apocalypse concoction. The raw manliness of his beard alone countered the initial confidence the community had in Flashback81’s deck, and as we rolled the dice for initiative I could feel a cold chill creeping slowly up my spine.

Winning the dice roll (a rarity in the Gdaycave, I assure you – normally I’m intimately familiar with the sides of my dice with but a single pip), I opted to take odds…

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