Michael Mendoza DPC Warmup in CA 4-21-01 (tournament report)

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Michael Mendoza DPC Warmup in CA 4-21-01 (tournament report) is the tournament report Michael Mendoza posted on DeckTech on 22 April 2001 about April 2001 Pleasanton tournament (21 April).[1] Michael Mendoza finished 2nd at Steve Daniel's 21 April 2001 tournament at Warmasters in Pleasanton, California, going 5–1 with a Hunt Down TIE deck and an EBOX Rogue speeder deck; his only loss was to Paul McKelvey, and Kyle Ishimaru won on differential.

Report info

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 Paul Green Light EBOX with Rogue speeders Hunt Down (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree) Win +30
2 Kody Doherty Dark Hunt Down with Saber and Onix TIEs HB mains (Insurr, Staging, Squassin) Win +28
3 Paul McKelvey Light EBOX with Rogue speeders ISB (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree) Loss −16
4 Kyle Ishimaru Dark Hunt Down with Saber and Onix TIEs WYS (Staging, Squassin, ????) Win +6
5 Philip Green Light EBOX with Rogue speeders Hunt Down (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree) Win +14
6 Chris Green Dark Hunt Down with Saber and Onix TIEs HB mains (Insur, Squassin, Strike Plan) Win +14

Other results named in the report

Original report

dpc-warmup-in-ca-4-21-01

  • Author: Michael "Longshot" Mendoza
  • Published: Apr 22, 2001
For most players here in Northern CA, it was just a regular tourney, but for me it was the last chance for me to practice for the Vegas DPC. Once again, I don’t get a decent night’s sleep before the tourney since a bunch of us college students had decided to have an "almost-end-of-the-school-year" party Friday night. Yeah, we’ll find just about any reason to waste time and kill brain cells (kind of like SWCCG, heheh). For DS, I’m using a Hunt Down duelling using Saber and Onix TIE pilots and ships for space dominance (along with their awesome TIE cannons). The SFS retrieval helps a little too. I start IAO, Mob Pts, and Combat Response. LS is my tried and true EBOX w/Rogue speeders. I wanted to playtest my EBO without playing Heading for the Medical Frigate, so I took HFTMF out and made a few other minor changes. Its still basically the same as it is on Decktech though. So I get to Warmasters for Steve Daniel’s tourney, and Paul McKelvey is there and wants to play me. I tell you this because this is great info for those of you playing EBO. I play my EBO vs. his MKOS, and just get destroyed without my 3 effect start. Maybe I’m a scrub, but just starting ANSB is dumb when the MKOS player will just put 1 alien at each JP site and pull Gailid 1st turn (maybe even Mosep too). I lost Menace Fades off the top, and that was game. Sure, my space drains hurt him, but Resistance would lock the game up for the MKOS player. Just my thoughts. So I put HFTMF back in before the tourney starts. Now I can start Battle Plan, Menace Fades, and something else against MKOS. Ok, now on to the games. Game 1: LS v Paul Green’s Hunt Down (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree) I start Insight, Battle Plan, and Wise Advice. He draws up, I lose Insight to get Honor. I Signal for ANSB & get some Echo stuff. Now he drops Vader to his DS DBay, deploys Exec DB & CC DB. I get EBO out turn 2, and he drops Blizzard 2 w/Veers aboard to the North Ridge. Commander Luke and Hobbie hop in Rogue 4 at Hoth DBay, I save 1 force. He pays to drain me, I react w/Rogue 4 to cancel it and flip him back. He drops Emperor & Janus to CC DB, moves Blizzard 2 to the MPG. I know he’s looking to get Decree going. My turn I deploy Bacta Tank, Rebel Fleet, and another system (Hoth, Sullust, Kiffex, and Rendili out now), and 3 xwings at Hoth which I replace w/a squadron. Then I move my xwing at the Hoth DB to Hoth. Executor comes down next turn w/Chirneau to Hoth, but I barrier. So he drains for free now, and I deploy Boushh to block Janus’s drain. I battle Executor, play Org Attack, and he plays Imp Command and just loses 2 or 3 force rather than Chirneau. I draw up Spiral and Hyper Escape, so I save a few force. His turn, he drops Zuckuss, battles, so I react w/Spiral, then Hyper Escape away each ship to a different system. Then he drew up and said "oops, i forgot to move my ships." But he had already drawn his cards, so that was that. I drain for 11, and he lost a lot of good stuff. After that, he split his fleet up and I killed Zuckuss, but he managed to keep the Executor around until the end of the game, when I drained him out. Decree never got going cuz Rogue squadron showed up and covered my base. Win by 30. 2 (+30). Best: Honor protecting for a large part of the game. Worst: Couldn’t kill the Executor. Game 2: DS v Kody Doherty’s HB mains (Insurr, Staging, Squassin) I play Imp Command to get Piett to my Exec DB, pull Wakeelmui & Merrejk. He pulls Tatooine, Tat DB , and deploys a generic DB to Tat. Darth Vader goes to Tat DB, Emperor goes to generic DB. He TT’s Visage, then draws some on his turn. I activate a ton, drop Kashyyk, SFS, Saber 1 to Tatooine, and Saber 3 to Kashyyk. Then I deploy another Visage, Fighters Coming In, and Vader’s saber and draw. He drops Corran & EPP Luke to the Holotheater to kill Visage. I drain for lot (thanks to my Admiral’s Order), then move Piett & Merrejk from Exec DB to my Endor DB. Luke can’t drain, so he drops Capt Han in Falcon & Dash in Outrider vs. Saber 1, but the Baron calls for backup and Saber 4 deploys as a react for free with DS-181-4 from my hand. I draw my 2 destiny and draw high, killing Han and Dash, but I lose Saber 4 & pilot. Falcon and Outrider are empty now, and he moves Luke to the Med Chamber so Corran can drain. So its just a drain race that I’m winning (draining for 10), and that’s game. Win by 28. 4 (+58) Game 3: LS v Paul McKelvey’s ISB (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree) Normally I start ANSB vs. ISB, but I’ve played Paul’s ISB deck before and I start Battle Plan, Menace Fades, and Wise Advice. His deck is just too fast to start with anything less. He gets an ORS to his Y4 DB, draws. I get ANSB in my opening hand, so I get to draw some as well. He drops his Tat DB, Chall, pulls an ORS using Chall, then deploys 2 ORS to flip. He also pulls Executor w/Mob Pts. I get EBO out, and drop xwings at Sullust & Hoth, then move 1 to Coruscant. Luke and Zev get in Rogue 1 and head for the Ridge. He deploys the Flagship Executor, I barrier. He doesn’t deploy any pilots aboard, so I could’ve killed it if I had some xwings in hand, but I had none. Damn. So I drain for 5, he drops EPP Vader and an ORS on the Executor, battles, I Hyper Escape away. He also dropped 2 ATSTs with 2 ORS to battle Rogue 1, so I lose Luke to the Bacta Tank. Zev had goten out to drain at the 3rd marker which Paul had deployed. Meanwhile, I had deployed Boushh to block his Tat DB drain, but he transitted them away, so I had Boushh break cover to establish Menace Fades again. He had drains at Endor DB and Y4 DB. I drain with Zev, but he went off thinking with his stomach & went missing. So I get Luke from Bacta Tank, and deploy Hobbie in Rogue 2 to the 3rd marker (Rogue 2 adds 2 to search destiny). I have another Hyper Escape in hand, so I move an xwing in front of Executor. He drains, battles, and plays Ghhhk combo to kill my Escape. That’s game right there (I have no Houjix in hand). Dumb, I know, but it was just out of habit I did that. So the xwing takes it up the thrusters and says thank you sir may I please have another (he draws a 6, I lose like 15 force). I block a few more drains and drain a bit in space, but he gets Decree going and I’m low on life force to be able to use Bacta Tank to its fullest. Not pretty at all. Lose by 16. 4 (+42). Best: None really. Worst: Ghhhk combo, of course! Game 4: DS v Kyle Ishimaru’s WYS (Staging, Squassin, ????) DLOTS hits the Tat DB 1st turn, he plays Tunnel Vision, then drops EPP Han to Cantina. Vader moves over, I draw some. Wedge goes to the Tat DB to flip WYS, then 2 RFCs hit the Cantina to battle Vader. I choke one, kill the other RFC w/attrition, lose Vader. Now I couldn’t draw another Vader for the life of me, so Mara hits the Cantina w/saber to kill Han, but he plays Slight Weapons Malfunction to get a destiny and kills Mara. He draws, I deploy Emperor to Endor DB and Saber 1 w/Piett and SFS cannons to Endor. He drops ECC Lando, RFC, & Gold Squad 1 to Endor DB, battles, plays the bad feeling card that doubles battle damage, and hits the Emp by playing Blaster Prof combo, so I lose 4, doubled to make it 8 damage. But after that Vader hit the Cantina, I dropped some TIEs to Tatooine (Saber 2 and 3 w/pilots), and it was looking good for me. I made a mistake by landing several TIEs and pilots at the Endor DB to block the drain by ECC Lando and the RFC, but he drew 3 destinies and killed a bunch of stuff so I let him have the drain of 1. He moves EPP Luke to the Cantina to block Vader’s drain, and I consider duelling but I remember he has Run Luke Run in lost pile so forget it. So I battle instead, Luke misses the swing and draws low so Vader lives and the drains and Visage finish off Kyle. Win by 6. 6 (+48). Best: Controlling space, he never deployed to space. Too busy beating up my ground troops I guess. Worst: Being dumb and landing my weak pilots and TIEs vs the smugglers. At least since he didn’t deploy to space I didn’t need all those ships anyways. I deployed a lot in this game. I get to watch one of the coolest games I’ve ever seen after I beat Kyle. Tim Green was playing CPI (not SYCFA) and was getting worked by a good WYS deck, poor Tim only had 7 force to the other guy’s 28 or so. But Tim had the DS orbitting Tatooine, plays CPI and bye-bye Tatooine & all this guy’s locations are off the table. But he’s still got ships at the DS draining, so Tim locks it down by playing CHYBC, and then Ability, Ability, Ability. Thats game even though the other guy still has 28 force cuz he only activates 1 force now (from himself), and dies to AAA. What a game. Game 5: LS v Philip Green’s Hunt Down (IAO, Mob Pts, Decree) Phil had just come off a big win over Ohmy Fasudhani, the 2nd highest rated player in Alderaan (behind only Kevin Shannon), & I had never played Phil before so I knew it’d be a good game. I start Insight, Wise Advice, & Battle Plan. He activates and plays a lost Monnok on me 1st turn, getting nothing at all, but then plays No Escape to pick it back up. So I won’t be fetching Honor this game. I signal for ANSB and do my thing, he just draws like a madman (looking for Vader, I presume). He draws up to 17 and stops so I Grimtaash him back down to 8. Vader, Tarkin, & Blizzard 2 hit the North Ridge (Vader outside). EBO is up and running now so I deploy some xwings around the systems (he had deployed Rendili) and draw. He deploys Dr. E/Ponda combo aboard Blizzard 2 and moves them all to the MPG. I realize he’s going straight for my throat, he wants to cancel EBO! Vader & Tarkin move to the DB to satisfy Decree. Zev in Rogue 2 deploys to Blizzard 2 and kills Dr. E, but he draws a 6 so Zev and Rogue 2 die (Zev to Tank). I also drop Boushh to the Holotheater to cancel Visage and move her to Exec DB. I also deploy Yarna. He’s activating a lot, so he pays to drain me and moves Vader & Tarkin to the War room. I realize he can cancel EBO next turn, so I Signal for Ice Storm and play it, hoping he has no more vehicles. He doesn’t, so he can’t get guys under the Shield to occupy that 4th and 5th site, and I’m safe, although Decree is still in effect. He drops Zuckuss on a lone xwing, draws a 6 but the xwing covers since it is power 6, forfeit 4. I then kill Zuckuss later on and move Boushh to his CC DB, all the while cancelling his drains w/Rebel Fleet. Although Decree stays in effect the whole game, he can’t seem to find any ships and loses to my measly drains. Win by 14. 8 (+62). Best: The Grimtaash early on sent his Bossk in bus, Chimaera, & Adm. Thrawn to his used pile, and he couldn’t draw them until too late. Worst: I should have gotten Honor out anyway to stop those drains under the shield. Dumb. Oh well, Rebel Fleet took care of most of them anyway. Game 6: DS v Chris Green’s HB mains (Insur, Squassin, Strike Plan) I get a janky opening hand and just deploy Wakeelmui and Exec DB and draw. He pulls Dagobah, Yoda’s Pad, & CC DB. I deploy Lord Vader & Chirneau to Exec DB, transit Vader to CC DB. EPP Obi hits CC DB and battles, we kill each other. He also deploys Endor. I deploy DLOTS to CC DB, deploy Sullust, and draw. He draws, & I deploy Saber 3 w/pilot to Sullust, and the Emp’s Sword with it (SFS on table). Now he drops the Back Door w/General Kenobi there, so I have to go pull my Endor DB (which I haven’t pulled yet cuz I know Chris plays it) and transit Vader there. I also deploy Jendon in Onix 1 to Endor, Emperor to the CC DB, and save 5 force. He drops Falcon, Capt. Han, & EPP Leia to Endor, plays Frozen Assets & DTF, and battles. He plays I Know, draws 5 good destiny and I lose Onix 1 plus 11 more. Then he plays Legendary Starfighter. Crap. Oh yeah, and he converted my Endor DB. Ok, I deploy Dominator and Onix 2 w/Capt. Yorr to Sullust and move them over to Endor (picking up Saber 3), move Vader to block Obi’s drain, and move Piett and Chirneau from Exec DB to Endor DB. Now he deploys Dash in Outrider and battles, plays I know and I lose everyone but Yorr & Onix 2. He loses Dash. HOWEVER, he only has 1 destiny in reserve (after drawing 5 against me), so I duel Obi (he draws a 1, I draw 6 & 3), he loses 9, and I flip back (Visage still on table). I deploy SFS cannons on Onix 2, and deploy Emp’s Shield to back him up. I consider battling, because I look through my reserve and see a 6 & 3, but I’ll miss the shot if I draw a 3 and take a buttload of damage so I don’t battle (I forgot that Leia couldn’t drain so I could’ve landed Onix 2). Well, I lose the 3 to Legendary Fighter so I know a 6 is on top of my reserve. But he battles me anyway, (I TOLD you I forgot Leia can’t battle), I blow away the Falcon to end the battle and he has no characters on the table and I drain him out. Win by 14. 10 (+76). Best: Completing the Circle with Obi. Worst: Super Falcon beat down poor Jendon in Onix 1. My differential is low, so Kyle gets 1st with like 90 diff pts. I end up in 2nd, and Kody, Ohmy, and Philip round out the top 5 in that order. No tourney foils though, just packs for prizes. I get a R2 pack, JP, and WB Premiere. I needed a Virago which I pulled in the R2 pack, so that was good. Thanks for reading. Props to: Steve Daniel for yet another good tourney. Get foils next time. Kyle Ishimaru for winning the thing, just like he wished for. Paul McKelvey for beating me, just like he wished for. Tim Green for blowing away Tatooine! You are my hero! Phil Green for beating Ohmy. You’ve got some skills Phil. Chris Green for yet another good game. You’ll get your day just like Paul and Kyle had their day against me. Andrew Meewis for the ride to the train station. Everyone who read this, and liked it. The weather man, he was right about it not raining this weekend! Slops to: The guy playing WYS against Tim Green, he tried to stall his inevitable loss by losing his force to AAA very slowly since there were only 5 minutes left. Plus he was acting like he actually had something to do with his 1 force per turn. But everyone there told him to hurry his @$$ up.

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  1. ↑ dpc-warmup-in-ca-4-21-01, DeckTech (Michael "Longshot" Mendoza, 22 April 2001). Preservation copy: GitHub Pages.
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