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1 major misplay in the Annie Mirror. R1G3, cleaved on battlefield as action onto my Annie for 8, got gusted. 2 gusts in trash already, should’ve played around it anyways.

X-3 at the Main Event! Started off 1-2, then reverse sweeped until my final loss to Best of Ahri Bologna in round 7 Sona and Eager Apprentice are so cracked actually. Complete counter to Annie. Unlucky matchup, had early apprentice and 1 mana thwonk on turn 3. Couldn’t reclaim

@koko_lopez_ @Zrob0 x.com/futilic/status… We were thinking the same thing! Was great meeting you, we played a great match on the PreRQ. I asked you to take it all the way, and you didn’t fall short! 2nd at the biggest possible event is an incredible feat. Keep it up. You’re one of the best!

Here’s how we punted the finals of the RQ. I’ve seen a lot of “you should’ve Hard Bargain’d Ride the Wind” takes but the real mistake happened earlier: not leading with Falling Star. Some key context people might be missing: We are going to 7 runes for the turn and had already mapped out our line on Prismat’s turn based on our hand. We knew he had Annie (we Rebuked it earlier), which meant Forerunner wasn’t holding once Annie picks up Rebuke. So the plan was to play Draven and double hold. Then we draw Falling Star for turn and this is where we mess up. We tunnel on our pre-planned line and don’t fully re-evaluate with the new information. The better line: lead with Falling Star → Conquer → then still deploy Draven on Battlefield, forcing Prismat to answer two threats. Instead, we attacked first and gave him the window to Ride the Wind. The second it happened, we realized the mistake. Now we re-evaluate. What do we do here? If we burn our hard bargain, we can’t double hold with Draven. At that point, we’re just praying he doesn’t find Rengar in two draws (Merchant + Conquer). We’re pretty confident he doesn’t already have Rengar since he had opportunities to play him earlier but didn’t have it. From there: Falling Star, hope he bricks, and hold for game. Also worth noting, we didn’t know we’d hit a second Hard Bargain off Conquer. If we did, then we can have a discussion on if we should Hard Bargain the Ride the Wind. Credit to @Prismaticismism for playing to his outs, well deserved. @Minh_Wins , @Collinka , and I are going to VOD review this and more from the event soon for a tournament recap video. Excited to break it all down further. Shoutout to @Challengertcg for all the boys just crushing this weekend. So proud of us.

@bansoloq I’m thinking Koko was playing around Rebuke, and that he drew the 2nd hard bargain off the conquer since RTW was an action prior to showdown conquer. 100% it’s getting countered otherwise.

Prismat is insane. I can’t believe I live in a simulation where that RTW isn’t hard bargained.

For those near the venue for the #RQAtlanta Jerusalem Bakery is <10 mins away and it’s the most banger food you’ll find for the cost. You’re welcome 😇 #riftbound #prep

@LotharHS It’s pretty much just KaiSa 100% That and whole archetypes like Hook and Aurora

Competitive Riftbound decks can be really cheap. In Lille we had multiple decks that finished in top8 that realistically could cost you less than $100 (just dont play red lmao). IMHO the game has TOO low prices with Spiritforged cards making it incredibly cheap to pick up, while the Origins prices are around 20% too high to where they should be to make a bit more accessible but healthy enough. In my opinion Unleashed should have incredibly low single prices as well (prolly around spiritforged levels), because there will bo so much product opened and put on the market. But the conclusion is - people who complain about Riftbound being expensive are just lying.

Obligatory All my ATLiens will know what’s good open.spotify.com/track/3OePAyHe…

LFG so excited! First major event in TCG ever. Highest level play ever has been a 10k. Taking it up a notch! #RQAtlanta #Riftbound #Success #Equals #Preparation #Meets #Opportunity

@Aaron_reed15 @AlanzqTFT Both! But I’ve enlisted a large gathering of high level play people pulling up around 4pm to practice for the Regional.

@Futilic @AlanzqTFT is there an event or just people playing?

Arrived at Atlanta, if u are early and want to jam some games hit me up

Prepping for the Atlanta regional by getting some sun because I locked myself out of the house. We’re built different here in GA. #RQAtlanta

@ShadowShadet When did you bring in double Darius?

This is the list I played on both pre-regional and main event. If I had to play today, I would register the same 48 again, totally in love with both Rengar/Reksai. Picked up Annie week before the event with 0 expectations, so even with bad luck on day-2 I'm proud of myself.

@Threebet_ @riftdecks @RunesAndRift @Saruman_Games When did you bring in last rites?

This my draven list for #RQLille, undefeated top1 swiss day one and Bubbleguy with my 11-2 (top9), losing mirror win and in + BEST off draven, Im so happy with my performance on Lille and ready for the Next!! FLASH MVP. @riftdecks @RunesAndRift @Saruman_Games #riftbound

@Arg0nTCG @DizzeeRiftbound @riftboundop Ahhh right!! Lmao idk why I was trippin but that’s what I meant!

@Futilic @DizzeeRiftbound @riftboundop These are regional qualifiers and if you get top 64, you get a regional championship invite (wish I guess might be the same as a Nationals)

@riftboundop it has been a blast watching Lille. But I do have a major concern, as well as many others do. 0 X-2 making top 8 is spooky. Your back would be against the wall for losing just 1 match. Maybe we need to add one more round for the higher cap (2k+) RQs?

@DizzeeRiftbound @riftboundop I guess I’m speaking out of pocket! I thought it was nats but I guess it’s only another regional?

@Futilic @riftboundop When was it confirmed top 64 gets an invite? I must have missed that.

Me when i stop trying to metal farm and just play the best deck

@Prismaticismism My goat putting on for the emo +2 community. Good luck in the rest of today!

Lille RQ with the angry child Recovering from illness since Tuesday but feeling a lot better today R1 bye

When I whiff my 2 drop on Arena's Greatest game

@CTCG_DZiden List!

3-0 with Draven in the PRQ, this deck is feeling really good. Tempting me to play draven in the main event Beat Kaisa 2-0 Kaisa 2-1 Irelia 2-0