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Going 4-2 and placing 14th is awesome. I am wondering how many people were in the event. I see you are from Idaho and see there was a Boise event on 3-15. Was that the one you went to? It didn't list it on the top 8 report on wizards site thought were they list the number of people. My local PTQ was 8 Rounds so I am wondering how many were in your event.
Yes, I was in the Boise PTQ. If I recall, we had somewhere in the upper 50's for turnout. 57 seems to stick in my mind.
Some thoughts on red beatdown decks VS decks with Dark Confidant :
This is a very interesting issue. Usually, I think the decision of killing Bob or not comes down to how early in the game it is. If that Bob is played turn 2-3, always burn him out, because then the player has enough life to safely get a lot of card advantage, and you don't want that. Depending on the deck, that CA will quite possibly give him control over you and allow him to stabilize, or outrace you if he's any lucky to draw more good aggro cards than you while not losing much life. If the Bob gets played later, when the player is already under 15, then it depends if you think what you have in hand and on the board is enough to finish the guy with a little help from Bob, and it is quite often the right decision to let him live. However, in a matchup where the Bob player also is red aggro, I think you need to kill Bob a little more often and up to a little later in the game, because it's a race, and Bob can easily win aggro races trough double fuel.
Anyway, a red beatdown deck always has the upper hand against Bob. The red player can usually either kill Bob right away for as much mana or less than he costs, or let him live for him to kill his controller, depending on the situation. Giving such a fun choice to your opponent is never a good thing, and that's why I always side out Bob against red. That RGb player should have, IMO. He sure was lucky, but you should have killed his Bob, too, if you ask me.
Yeah, I've definitely learned about the Bob. I won't say I'm convinced I should Kill Bob, but I will say it's no longer an absolute one way or the other. I think in the last game, I should have killed him sooner. However, if it's late game, and anything decent can get me the win, I think it is worth the risk. Of course, I'm a risky kind of guy [insert dramatic music here]
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Yes, I was in the Boise PTQ. If I recall, we had somewhere in the upper 50's for turnout. 57 seems to stick in my mind.
Yeah, I've definitely learned about the Bob. I won't say I'm convinced I should Kill Bob, but I will say it's no longer an absolute one way or the other. I think in the last game, I should have killed him sooner. However, if it's late game, and anything decent can get me the win, I think it is worth the risk. Of course, I'm a risky kind of guy [insert dramatic music here]