Martell Wolf: Top 4 Nashua Regional 2.0

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Hey ya'll, here's a quick tourney report.

I brought Martell Wolf to the Nashua, NH Regional on June 11th, and made top 4 in a field of 33 players. I originally built the deck with Luke Wortley on White Book Podcast's site, and I've played games with it a couple times on my Youtube channel.

Rd 1 vs Tanya, Stark Kraken

I setup Arianne, Trader, and Kingsroad (not great). I fell behind early, about 9 power to 2, and my Ward on Theon was Confiscated away. But she didn't have Winterfell so my board clear effects got me back in the game (First Snow, Marched, Tyene, kill events). Tyene poisoned Robb before dying herself to Ice. Then my second Ward on a double duped Arya turned the table, and Nymeria did a lot of work to stall Tanya around 12 power and help me close the game.

Win, 5 pts

Rd 2 vs Francis, Lanni Stag

I setup Rattleshirts, chud, Ghaston, and Tourney Grounds. For the second straight game, I opened with Building Orders to grab a Roseroad due to lack of economy. My opponenent setup only Cressen and Tyrion, and drew no limited locations all game. Ghaston and Nymeria + Tears did a number on his Tyrion and Melisandre, and after he killed Nym with Hound + Sword, my Close Call brought her back to life.

Win, 10 pts

Rd 3 vs Lauren Fitch, Martell Wolf

Playing your friends in tournaments isn't fun. I mulliganed 2 events and 4 limited locations into a better but still mediocre setup of Arya, Caleotte, Trader, and Blood Orange Grove (aka First Snow bait). Lauren had a huge advantage early, but she made a mistake, forgetting to remove my Rattleshirt's with Hotah before they discarded her Ward on my Caleotte. From there I drew Nymeria just in time, and pulled a couple kill events from her hand with intrigue claim, giving me a glimmer of hope. We eventually went to time and I got to 14 power, but couldn't close.

Mod. Win, 14 pts

Rd 4 vs Morgan, Lanni Crossing

I setup strong with Nymeria, chud, Ghaston and Roseroad. Morgan kept a starting hand of Tywin + chud, and I grabbed board control early, using Areo to kick out Cersei, then Ghaston sent Tywin + Seal packing (definitely a mistake to attack there). Without Tywin he didn't have enough economy, and Tyene picked off characters like Gold Cloaks and Burned Men to punish Morgan's board.

Win, 19 pts

Rd 5 vs Jeremiah, Targ Fealty

We could ID and stay in place as the top 2 seeds, so there was no reason to play this one.

ID, 21 points

Top 8 vs Fred, Stark Fealty

After the flop, Fred's board was ripe for a turn 2 First Snow. He mitigated the damage with Septa Mordane, making Arya immune to opponent's plot effects, but I went ahead with the plan anyways because I needed the Winter trait on FSoW to sneak Tyene + Tears past Winterfell. As it happened, the plan worked perfectly, with his Robb and Rattleshirt's both dying to poison. Then my Ghaston and Ward kept on the pressure while Eddard and Knights of the Sun raced to the finish line.

Win

Top 4 vs Morgan, Lanni Crossing

I mulliganed into a mediocre setup and an even worse redraw (just 1 character in hand, a chud). Morgan had duped Tywin and duped Tyrion from turn 1, so things didn't look good. My only tool was Ghaston, and I made a risky decision to bounce The Tickler, allowing my subsequent Marched to remove the duped Tyrion. However, Morgan still had a protected Tywin, and my turn 3 Building Orders failed to find another Ghaston. Morgan closed quickly with the Crossing agenda's extra power before I could mount any defense.

Lose

Conclusion

I love this deck's style, with an emphasis on board control plots and damaging events. Post-tourney, I'd like to find room for a 3rd Rattleshirts, maybe over Quentyn. They're fantastic characters in a meta dominated by First Snow, Ward, and Milk. Also, I wanted to test the 3 Tourney Grounds, but never saw more than 1 in a game.

My bid for a second Regional win this season fell short, but I had a fantastic time and played against some great people. Also, I can't thank Britt and Lauren Fitch enough. They hosted my wife and I all weekend, showed us around Boston, and are generally awesome people.

Finally, I'll quickly plug the Battle of Summerhall taking place in Atlanta on September 16th to 18th. We have tons of prizes lined up, including alt arts, custom wooden House cards, and a trophy. Contact me if you're interested in attending!