Scrubbed Out of Set 3 Chula Vista Planetary Qualifier
1/18: We both dropped before the last round, she went 2-4, I went 3-3.
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1/18 - Chula Vista
Format: Bo3, 75 players; https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/230700

Quick Side Note of the Event Itself
On their Tabletop Tavern Discord, there was a bumpy start of not knowing what their full prizing is until 1/07, despite them already taking our money and their last day of requesting a refund being 12/31, and also being told that they’ll reveal their prizing before that last refund date.
The inside tables were a bit cramped (I had to put my Deck Pod on the floor and my token tray on my mat), so that’s why some players who were assigned to a table inside chose to play outside.


The parking situation wasn't too clear (or, at least I didn't get the email about it until 3:06PM of the event day itself). Near the beginning of Round 3, it was announced that a restaurant in the plaza next door called the store to complain about the cars being parked there and would be at risk to being towed.
During Round 3, when I was playing outside, the wind blew the top card of my deck. I simply reshuffled it back into the deck, but still, not a great playing experience for that to happen at all.
Similar to my experience at Set 2 Vegas PQ, the outside steel chairs were a bit too low for me, so I sat on my backpack during Round 5.
Alyssa’s Deck - Sabine ECL
Just Sabine doing standard Sabine things.
Matchups
Vs Han1 Tarkintown 1-2
Game 1: Hotshot DL-44 Blaster + Surprise Strike = big ouchie 🤕.
Won game 2. Opponent used Han action every turn, basically dumping their hand to get early damage out. Resource 4 turn opponent played Gamorrean Guards. I ECL’d K-2SO into it and made them discard the only card in their hand. Next turn opponent thought the game was unrecoverable and scooped with only 16 damage on base, me with ~13 damage.
Game 3: Had somewhat bad draws, drew a lot of my top end during the early game and wasn’t able to contest their early game aggro.
Vs Jerry 2-1
Vs Jango Tarkintown 1-2
Very close, last game lost by 1 action. He was able to pull out Ruthless Raider with Triple Dark Raid almost all the times they played Triple Dark Raid.
Vs Anakin Blue 2-1
Another close match.
Game2: I lost; opponent had Jedi Lightsaber on Anakin leader, Anakin leader hit for 10. I had a Poe Dameron but didn't have cards to discard to get rid of the Jedi Lightsaber plus two damage to kill Anakin leader.
Game3: Resource 4 turn, opponent had a Green Squadron A-Wing and a Yoda. They played Jedi Lightsaber on Yoda. I was able to Timely Intervention my Disabling Fang Fighter to kill the Green Squadron A-Wing (Disabling Fang Fighter still lives), and get rid of the Jedi Lightsaber. Huge tempo swing, they basically never recovered; they also didn’t have a good Resource5 play as they smuggled out a Cassian Andor.
Vs Obi-Wan Yellow 1-2
Same Obi-Wan Yellow player from:
Game1, they missed their Turn2 play.
Game3, they equipped Grogu with a Jedi Lightsaber that I couldn’t answer.
Jerry’s Deck - Jango Tarkintown
Pretty impromptu decision to pick this deck pretty last minute, even making changes on the morning of the event itself. Decided to pick this deck expecting there to be more Cad and Sabine players.
Wasn’t sure what to cut, so decided to run it as a 51-card main deck. The side deck is pretty anti-control oriented as theoretically my main deck should be able to beat aggro decks. Unnatural Life’s main target is either of the 6-cost ships or Krayt Dragon in the control matchup.
Matchups
Vs Yoda Green 0-2
First game I was pretty close. Both games, they played their Vigilance which put them out of danger range and they eventually threatened lethal on board. Game2, at one point, they had 2x Concord Dawn Interceptors and 1x Bright Hope, rip 💀.
Vs Alyssa 1-2
Rip getting matched up this early on 💀.
Vs Krennic ECL 2-0
First game, opponent accidentally played Power of the Dark Side while I had Lurking TIE Phantom 💀.
Second game, they missed their first two turns. My first two turns were also relatively weak. I eventually grinded them out with Ruthless Raider and Fett's Firespray, despite their Snoke.
Vs Qi'Ra ECL 2-0
I think they ramped via Resupply in both games. Similar to the prior Krennic ECL matchup, I eventually outgrinded them, despite them having a Snoke.
Vs Anakin Blue 2-1
Game1: cleanly secured the win (they had 25 damage, I had 0 damage before they conceded).
Game2: was close, I was one damage off the current turn, but they would have lethal the following turn.
Game3: I had pretty bad early game draws, they also didn't draw into their Luke Skywalkers. I eventually burned them down, even replacing an existing Fett's Firespray with another one. I think it was this game where I sacrificed a Ruthless Raider into their Redemption, then proceeded to bring it back via Unnatural Life.
Vs Sabine ECL 0-2
Had a strong early game of Game1, where I had initiative and started with a Crafty Smuggler, and they started with a Jyn Erso, which meant a free kill on my part on the following turn. They Daring Raided my Crafty Smuggler, then I played another Crafty Smuggler. They ECL out a Sabine Wren to kill it.
Both games, I was down in lethal range where I was forced to take initiative. Their Sundari Peacekeeper both games did massive work.
Conclusion
The field was very mid-rangey. Obviously, I’m not too proud of our performance and us friendly firing on Round2 doesn’t help with that. One more PQ left for us!