Team Finals: Tomi Walamies vs. Joshua Wagener
Game 1Gary (shouting across the stage)- "We've got a mulligan over here!" Walamies had a turn two Goblin Turncoat, and Wagener summoned Embalmed Brawler, revealing Smokespew Invoker. Walamies played his own Brawler, revealing yet another one. Wagener summoned the Invoker, and took a hit from Walamies' Brawler. A second Brawler joined the Finn's side of the table, this time revealing Anurid Murkdiver. Wagener had nothing but lands at this point, which meant that eventually he'd be able to kill off all of Walamies' creatures with his Invoker, if he could draw creatures and survive that long. Still, it wasn't a good position to be in, since he was already far behind in tempo. Walamies attacked and traded Brawlers, then played a morph. Wagener drew and played Twisted Abomination, while Walamies summoned his Murkdiver. Wagener was now at ten, and played a Shepherd of Rot, which wouldn't do much except chump block or trade with the Turncoat. Walamies flipped over his morph to reveal Echo Tracer, sending Twisted Abomination back. He attacked with all his creatures, and the resulting attack brought Wagener down to four. The American had no answer to the Murkdiver, and revealed the excess lands sitting in his hand. Walamies- 1 Wagener- 0 Game 2
Walamies tapped out for Twisted Abomination, and Wagener decided to attack through with the Invoker for three damage. Interestingly, he sacrificed the Invoker to the Harvester right after, getting Shepherd of Rot and playing it. Walamies attacked with the Abomination and morph and the Shepherd did not chump block, bringing Wagener down to ten. Echo Tracer bounced the Harvester and Blackmail forced it out of Wagener's hand, getting a huge cheer out of the crowd, as the U.S. Champion simply looked at his teammates and shrugged. Final Result: Walamies- 2 Wagener- 0 |
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