Finalist and Top 8 at SWU LOF Store Showdown at Kingslayer Games Lake Forest
2025/08/30: Gameplays with commentary included.
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8/30 - Store Showdown at Kingslayer Games Lake Forest
Format: Pre-sided Bo1, 5 Swiss rounds, Top Cut of 8, 22 players;
https://melee.gg/Tournament/View/354477
In the Swiss rounds, Alyssa went 3-2, I went 4-1.
Alyssa got knocked out in the first round of Top Cut.
I made it to finalist.
For pack prizing, Alyssa got four packs, I got five packs.
Deck - Cad Tarkintown
The biggest change from the prior week’s store showdown was swapping the Death Star Stormtroopers for Lady Proximas.
My Matchups
Vs LOF Maul Blue Force 1-0
Side boarding:
In: 2x Lurking TIE Phantom
Out: 2x IG-2000
Vs Poe Data Vault 1-0
Side boarding:
In: 2x Aggrieved Parliamentarian, 2x Lurking TIE Phantom, 3x Cham Syndulla
Out: 2x IG-2000, 1x No Good to Me Dead, 3x Ma Klounkee
Vs Piett Red 1-0
Side boarding:
In: 2x Cad Bane
Out: 2x IG-2000
Vs Chancellor Palpatine Blue 1-0
Side boarding:
In: ?
Out: ?
Video soon™.
Vs Snoke Lake Country 0-1
Side boarding:
In: ?
Out: ?
Video soon™.
Top Cut
Vs Chancellor Palpatine Blue 1-0
No video, forgot to record.
Vs Snoke Lake Country 1-0
Side boarding:
In: ?
Out: ?
Video soon™.
Vs SHD Han Blue 0-1
Side boarding:
In: ?
Out: ?
Video soon™.
Conclusion
A bit unfortunate in my last round’s game where I didn’t draw into a double 1-drop hand. I also might have misplayed toward the end of the game.
That Snoke Lake Country deck is definitely a surprise in how much damage it can output.
Very diverse meta in this event.
Stay tuned for my writeup/video gameplays of another store showdown finalist placement at Kingslayer Games Fountain Valley that happened on the following day.
At this point, with my playset of every promo except the champion promo, I’m basically done with store showdowns unless they have cheap entries.