Brad Eier Findlay Ohio 2-17-01 (tournament report)

Brad Eier Findlay Ohio 2-17-01 (tournament report) is the tournament report Brad Eier posted on DeckTech on 17 February 2001 about February 2001 Findlay tournament. Brad Eier won the first tournament in Findlay, Ohio, an unsanctioned Reflections II booster draft of 10 players on 17 February 2001, going 4–0 (8 (+92)) with a Dark draft deck, three of the wins against John Groman.

Report info

• Author: Brad Eier (byline: brad "swccguy" eier)
• Published: 17 February 2001 (DeckTech)
• Report title: Findlay Ohio 2-17-01
• Event: February 2001 Findlay tournament
• Event date: 17 February 2001
• Site: Findlay, Ohio
• Players: 10
• Finish: 1st
• Record: 4–0
• Points: 8 (+92)
• Dark deck: 'The Horde', a 40-card Reflections II draft deck starting the Japanese foil Death Star

Games

Games as the author describes them; margins are as stated in the report.

Round	Opponent	Author's deck	Opponent's deck	Result	Margin
1	Joe	Dark The Horde (draft deck)	Light pile	Win (first name only)	FW +18
2	John Groman	Dark The Horde (draft deck)	Cloud City beats	Win (margin from running totals (4 (+39)))	FW +21
3	John Groman	Dark The Horde (draft deck)	Cloud City mains	Win (margin from running totals (6 (+60)))	FW +21
4	John Groman	Dark The Horde (draft deck)	Cloud City mains	Win ('win by 32')	FW +32

Other results named in the report

• 2nd: Jacob Amstutz
• 3rd: Doug Wilch
• 4th: Jason Ressig
• 6th: Marc Cramer
• 7th: Ed
• 8th: John Groman
• 9th: Joe
• 10th: Dan Joyce

Original report

findlay-ohio-2-17-01

• Author: brad "swccguy" eier
• Published: Feb 17, 2001

After months of waiting we finally had our first tournament in Findlay. We were all anxious to play. the type for thiis game was reflections 2 booster draft, with the 6 battle grounds. The turnout was 10, not bad but there could have been about 15 but some people were busy. i am dark side and i draft for cards to win with, as opposed to drafting for rares. it was a good thing i didn’t try drafting for rares, as all the good ones went to the other player at my table. he got foil palpy, foil epp vader, guri, xizor, thrawn, baron, and more. so i drafted anyway and this is the deck i played. i used the same cards in all 4 games. the tourney was unsanctioned "the horde" Locations (5) Death Star-jap foil (starting location) tatooine: jabbas palace Jabbas palace: audience chamber tatooine: judland wastes Kessel Characters (20) Darth Vader, Dark Lord Of The Sith Grand Admiral thrawn Dr.E + pondo baba tonnika Sisters Taym Dren-garen Vedian Wooof Lyn me Ak-rev Niado duegad Colonel Wullf Yularen Corulag operative imperial pilot Trandoshan Abyssin Chevin Stormtrooper x 2 Aqualish x 3 Vehicles (2) Cloud car Bantha Ships (2) Death squadron Star destroyer Stinger creatures (1) bubo weapons (1) pondo baba’s hold-out blaster interrupts (7) twilek advisor alter set for stun imperial barrier bantha fodder ghhhk + those rebels wont escape us ommni box + it’s worse effects (1) i had no choice ...so we play... Game 1. the horde vs. joe ’s ls pile well joe was next to me in the draft and he got nothing and sio he went for the foils. he starts slow, hust activating and drawing. first turn my stinger hits his tatooine system. it drains there for a few turns. he comes to fight but i barrier. i setup a drain at the judland wastes and land the stinger there, to avoid the beats. i save up and drop thrawn, death squadron star destroyer, dr e., and some fodder and fight in space. the liberty goes to his used. i then fly up the stinger to join the action. we have mabey 3 or 4 battles in space, and i win them all and kill all his guys thanks to thrawns double destiny draws. late game he deploys yavin 4, and i fly stinger over there for a bigger drain. drain him out next turn. FW 2(+18) hi: win + i’m in first lo: joes new to the game so it wasnt fun beating him game 2. the horde vs john groman’s cc beats well he starts the casino and gets off to a slow start, while i get off to another fast start and drain on his locations. the cloudcar is useful to protect my key people. we fight back and fourth but my horde has too many characters and he can’t kill them all. thrawn takes over bespin because hey, he can. he tries to fight with dash and chewie and melas but they cant withstand the horde of guys i throw at him. i won this one because i kept drains up and was fighting him at the same time. FW 4(+39) hi: win lo: overdeploying, thus reducing my differential game 3. the horde vs johns cc mains (again) we both start the same stuff. i get off to a fast start again. he sets up a good sized force at the cc:db and i’m a bit worried. we fight there and its close, back and fourth till the blaster hits the table, and now all his guys are becoming forfiet = 0 so i’m killing off more people. i’m holding my ghhhk, so i setup a lone alien + bantha at the judland wastes to drain. he plays a z95 to kessel, so i move the dssd w/thrawn over to it. he cant run because he has no hyperdrive, so i battle and make him lose 12. that hurts him, and i mean a lot. i kill off all his guys on cc and drain him out. FW 6(+60) game 4. the horde vs johns cc mains (yes the same guy, 3rd time) for old times sake we start the same stuff. i go into this game knowing i gotta win by alot to ijnsure my victory, or else i will lose. so i draw my starting hand, it has: omni box, vader, cloudcar, pondos gun, and 4 random guys. so i start off draining early. i dont draw a single card all game. i cycle my ommni bbox through my deck. i fight with all the junky aliens and kill off some stuff. he then spreads thin, annd at one site has 2 guys and only 3 ability, so i drop the dvdlots i’ve been holding. fight, choke, draw destiny, make him lose a whole bunch of force. the next 4 turns i slowly drain for 2, and 1, and that does him in. FW 8(+92) hi: i win the tourney!! never drawing a card!! win by 32 with a 40 card deck!! lo: he just got jacked by me, sorry john. also i was mad i had to play him 3 times so i win and get the foil jap vader. results 1. me 2. jacob amstutz (see SLUTZY i told them your real name) 3. doug wilch 4. jason ressig 5. sorry, dunno 6. marc cramer 7. ed 8.john groman 9. joe 10. dan joyce i think thats right. props n slops props: dan for running the tourney joe for putting the vader on the line r & b for letting us have the tourney everyone who came dvdlots for being the best battling character in STAR WARS (where have i heard this before??) the jp deathstar for being a cool starting location barrier and ghhhk for saving my ass thrawn and the star destroyer for dominating space i had no choice, because even though i didn’t use it, its still cool anti-dash tech. slops paul + pubes for not coming to the tourney thanx 4 reading -swccguy

See also

• February 2001 Findlay tournament
• Brad Eier
• Tournament reports
• DeckTech tournament reports

Sources

• findlay-ohio-2-17-01, stephenskilton.com
• findlay-ohio-2-17-01 (GitHub Pages)