Greyjoy/Crossing - SC Harrisburg Winner 1.0

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Took the Harrisburg Store Championship down with this deck today (16 players). Went 7-0-1 over the course of the tournament.

I love Priest of the Drowned God and Wildling Scout, and they give you the intrigue you need to play The Lord of the Crossing in Greyjoy. Fealty is still strong for Greyjoy as well but this was the way I decided to go.

There were essentially two swing slots for the deck, two cards from the group of Raiding Longship, The Iron Throne and Seal of the Hand. The Iron Throne wasn't good in testing, and I didn't see a lot of Baratheon so I went with the Longship.

Round 1 vs Nick, Martell Crossing

This is the deck I played at my store championship to an awesome 1-3 finish that involved drawing zero copies of Palace Spearman all day. I get a Balon/Iron Islands Fishmonger/The Seastone Chair setup, and while Balon gets Milked (again) t1, I play Euron. He Milks Euron as well, but decides not to bounce either with Ghaston Grey. He ends up using it on my Asha, but in the meantime Seastone Chair had killed both his Littlefinger and Maester Caleotte, so I'm able to drop Rise of the Kraken and finish him. 1-0

Round 2 vs Jerrin, Tyrell Fealty

He sets up The Arbor and a couple of spuds, I set up Aeron Damphair, Salty Navigator, Great Kraken and a The Roseroad. I'm able to drop Balon Greyjoy turn 1 and he plays Milk of the Poppy. I keep dropping good guys and he doesn't see anyone big to spend all his cash on, and I drop a Newly-Made Lord to kill his The Mander then steal it with Euron Crow's Eye. I use Confiscation to get rid of the Milk and I'm able to power through. 2-0

Round 3 vs Rick, Greyjoy Sun

I'd played Rick in Philly and it was a good game, this one promises to be the same. I get slowed up by his Lordsport Shipwright x3, and I have a bit of advantage early, but he manages to swing back and we're about even at ten power. He has Sneak Attack so I have to play a Navigator to use it and Maester Wendamyr as claim soak (which will leave me with a multi-power Theon Greyjoy, Balon and a Priest. After Stealing the Priest's Intrigue icon with Nymeria Sand he decides to go intrigue and dump the two cards in my hand. So I can't win a power challenge except by getting him to block my military - and I send Salty on over to force that. However, he overthinks the situation and decides to let him in unopposed - letting me Seastone Chair his Balon and win the power challenge (and the game) anyway. 3-0

Round 4 vs Steve, Greyjoy Stag

We take the draw and I play against him with my Stark deck since he hasn't played against them at all. Grey Wind does work and I win, to no tournament impact. 3-0-1

So the tourney cuts to top 8 per the new rules.

Top 8 vs Rick, Greyjoy Sun

Rematch! I set up Asha, a Wildling Scout and a Kingsroad. He mulligans and is only able to set up Asha and a Bastard Daughter. I drop Balon and get Little Bird on Asha for the first time in the tourney. After some casualties I build power and with him having Asha against my Asha/Balon, he plays Marched to the Wall. I'm able to rebuild my advantage from there and take the win.

Top 4 vs Jerrin, Tyrell Fealty

Another rematch! He sets up The Arbor again, along with an Arbor Knight and a Mare in Heat. Not playing Marched hurts me here of course. I set up a duped Theon and a Drowned Men with a The Roseroad and an Iron Fleet Scout. I drop Balon t1, but his attack is rejected by the Mare in Heat, and I'm able to creep ahead a bit but he has a lot of good guys. I get Euron and Asha out as well, and eventually I'm able to use the Seastone Chair to remove a defender so I can stealth the other defender and get an unopposed power challenge for the win.

Final vs Eddie, Lannister Crossing

He sets up Grand Maester Pycelle/The Tickler/Red Cloaks/Cersei's Wheelhouse against my Balon/Fishmonger/Kingsroad. I get the Asha/Little Bird combo off again, but he gets Tywin Lannister and Ser Jaime Lannister out and is drawing a ton off Pycelle and the Wheelhouse. With us both at 13 I flip Rise of the Kraken figuring I win on a power challenge - but he flips Sneak Attack! Ugh. Luckily for me, even after using a The Queen's Assassin the -1 from Lord of the Crossing prevents him from winning a military challenge (to win the game with Tywin/Jaime's Renown) or a power challenge (to win with Renown plus power). He goes with the military challenge to tap my team, so I go to 14 via Balon's renown. He wins dominance to go to 14 as well.

I figure I'm solid as my next plot is A Clash of Kings. But he flips it too! I flash back to losses in two of my prior tournaments to coin flips at 14 power. Thankfully... he has Cersei's Wheelhouse. So I go first and do a massively stealthed power challenge for the win.

Thanks to Farim and the guys at Adventurer's Guild for a fun tournament.