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Title: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Professoralstad on April 11, 2011, 05:19:13 PM

Vote now!

WINNER: Women as Snares

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: TheHobbit13 on April 11, 2011, 05:49:51 PM

I voted baalam because he is a magician, can recur curses and can deal with the lack of initiative. Women of snares is either a home run or a flop... With CP, Camp, and house of rimon she just isn't as good anymore.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: SomeKittens on April 11, 2011, 09:27:57 PM

I've run Women as Snares as a splash and in a PG.  She didn't perform too well in either.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: browarod on April 11, 2011, 11:03:26 PM

She's beast in Booster Draft, though. ;)

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Rawrlolsauce! on April 11, 2011, 11:05:34 PM

But when you pass Women as Snares, Coat of Many Colors, and Gomer everyone knows you have Falling Away, so they put that Guardian they drafted in their deck.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Warrior_Monk on April 11, 2011, 11:22:48 PM

Except I knew I wouldn't get a Guardian, so I took TWO Women as Snares.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: stefferweffer on April 12, 2011, 10:32:48 AM

I voted Balaam because 1)  I can band to him and basically make a big "FBTN except banding" block.  2)  Women as Snares is great if you're in the lead, but otherwise I don't like giving my opponent a bunch more lost souls to rescue (She does devastate demons though, which cannot be redeemed now).

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Alex_Olijar on April 12, 2011, 11:41:52 AM

Balaam is so much better. How is he not winning?

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Prof Underwood on April 13, 2011, 01:01:34 AM

Every time Balaam blocks you can get Confusion of Mind out of your discard pile and play it.  Then you're a 6/13 EC in a battle where none of your opponent's character or enhancements work.  That's awesome!

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Minister Polarius on April 13, 2011, 09:54:57 AM

Yeah, I don't understand how Balaam's losing. The biggest defense of any FbtN EC (with CoM), and better identifiers than all of them.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Lamborghini_diablo on April 13, 2011, 11:00:17 AM

I've had this happen to me before:

Your opponent can still discard two GEs or a dominant to discard CoM, often resulting in balaam dying.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: Deck Metrics on April 13, 2011, 11:25:11 AM

oh cool, a poll.  How did you do that?  First time I've seen one of these on here.  There ought to be more!

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: stefferweffer on April 13, 2011, 02:08:47 PM

Anyone else wondering if the REG listing should be posted for all these characters in these brackets?  I'm wondering if a lot of players who haven't seen/purcahsed the newer cards are voting without knowing the special abilities of the newer cards.

Just something to consider for next year's tournament.

Title: Re: Round 2: 2. Women as Snares vs. 6. Balaam
Post by: SomeKittens on April 13, 2011, 02:58:15 PM

Quote from: delarosajon on April 13, 2011, 11:25:11 AM

oh cool, a poll.  How did you do that?  First time I've seen one of these on here.  There ought to be more!

You've missed quite a bit of fun!