GPT Seattle at Federal Way, Round 4 - Kent Ketter (BW Tokens) vs. Andrew (GW Overrun)

The top two tables intentionally drew, so the top table playing was a pair of X-1 players: Kent Ketter playing B/W Tokens, and tournament newcomer Andrew playing a version of G/W Tokens.

Both players kept their 7 and Kent started with a Windbrisk Heights and then another Windbrisk Heights. Andrew played a Brushland and made a Steward of Valeron on his turn 2. Kent made a Reflecting Pool and Glorious Anthem on his third turn. On his next turn, Andrew attacked for 2, laid a land, and made 2 more Steward of Valerons. Kent made Ajani Goldmane on his fourth turn and gained 2 life to go back to 20.

Andrew made a Wilt-Leaf Liege his next turn to pump his Valerons. Two Valerons killed Ajani and one put Kent back to 16. Kent made his fifth land on time and made a Cloudgoat Ranger. Andrew drew and served with his three Stewards again, which Kent took to go to 4. Andrew made a Green-White Borderpost and a Kitchen Finks to go up to 20 and passed.

Kent drew, went into the tank, and made Kitchen Finks to go up to 6 and shipped the turn without attacking. Andrew made a second Wilt-Leaf Liege and attacked with his set of Stewards and Kitchen Finks, and Kent scooped them up.

Andrew leads 1-0

Kent started with Arcane Sanctum and a Plains, while Andrew started with two Windbrisk Heights. Kent hit turn 3 Spectral Procession, which Andrew matched with his own Spectral Procession. Kent played a land and a main phase Zealous Persecution, wiping Andrew’s board and beating him for 6. Andrew played Knight of the White Orchid to fetch a Plains and with his land for the turn made Kitchen Finks to go back to 16. Kent beat for 3 with his Spirits to put Andrew back to 13 and he curved out with a land and Cloudgoat Ranger.

Andrew played his sixth land and made Wilt-Leaf Liege and declined to attack. Kent made a Glorious Anthem and beat with his Spirits for 6, putting Andrew to 7, and passed leaving up a Plains and a tri-land. After clarifying how Windbrisk Heights works, a botched explanation (apparently if you attack with three creatures, you can play the card from Windbrisk Heights for the rest of the game, according to GPT winner Greg Peloquin), and thinking some more, Andrew sent in his team and before blockers played Overrun and Garruk Wildspeaker from under his pair of Windbrisk Heights. Kent blocked Wilt-Leaf Liege with Cloudgoat Ranger and took 14. Back in his second main phase, Andrew realized that he would die to any crack back and scooped them up for game 3.

Match tied 1-1.

Andrew mulliganed one time, and then another time, and kept 5 cards. Kent mulliganed as well, but kept his 6. Andrew led off with Windbrisk Heights and a Forest and Kent played Arcane Sanctum then Windbrisk Heights. Andrew failed to find a third land on time, but Kent did and played Spectral Procession. Andrew missed his third land but played Steward of Valeron off the top of his deck.

Three tokens hit the red zone for Kent and a Glorious Anthem appeared from under his Windbrisk Heights to make it 6. He played his fourth land and passed. Andrew hit with his Steward of Valeron before playing Wrath of God to reset the board and hope to get back into the game. Kent made a Bitterblossom post-Wrath and played a tri-land for his 5th land and passed. Andrew found his fourth land in Brushland and went to 11 to make Spectral Procession, which Kent negated with Zealous Persecution at end step. Kent played a Mutavault and passed, ending the turn with the score 17-11 in his favor.

Andrew found his fifth land and made a Cloudgoat Ranger and passed. Kent beat with a token on his next attack step to put him to 9. In his second main, Kent made his own Cloudgoat Ranger and passed with two Reflecting Pools up. The score was now 16-9 Kent.

Andrew looked at his Windbrisk Heights on his next turn and played a second Windbrisk Heights and a Kitchen Finks to go back to 11. Kent went to 15 on his next turn, activated a Mutavault and moved to his attack step and swung with his team of Mutavault, 3 Kithkin Soldiers, Cloudgoat Ranger, and two Faeries, buffed by Glorious Anthem. Before blockers, he played Zealous Persecution to kill Andrew’s Kithkin tokens, and with only 2 blockers, Andrew was dead.

RESULT: Kent wins in 3.