Various Beats:

At the circuit in LA ... I am playing against the Titans with this conglomo deck that is similar to what showed up in the top 8 [i.e. the decks that didn't make the finals] but went for a turn 9 Galactus instead of the turn 7 Galactus.

It goes to turn 7 and I have Prof X, Sandman, Puppet Master, etc ... I end up locking down the Titans board ... and have some Press the Attacks and thus reuse Prof so that I can burn with his Roy a few times.

THEN he recruits Garth and a Dove ... *forehead smack* ... I had forgotten it was my init and he hadn't recruited yet. If I saved the Presses I would have been able to tap Garth twice [he had a Press plus a Flying Kick which hit me for about 20 endurance]. The endurance difference would have enabled me to survive turn 8 [Jean Grey bouncing the board, so I get with with a stun or two from Roy, but it wouldn't be enough] and drop the Big G for the win.

After that loss I just fell apart and didn't win another game until I dropped a few rounds later.

A casual beat that was pretty funny was the ONE time I ever used the BatCave ... it was turn 8 and I had Big Blue, so I tried to make it a suprise by giving making my opponent recruit first.

I had 7 endurance.

He had Demon.

OUCH ...

One beat was one I got to do on someone else. He had been bringing 10 Team Child Lock to Hobby League all the time ... I was trying out the X-Men set and thus had a more or less single set Hellfire Club deck built. Turn 7, I'm able to steal the initiative and thus get to stun Dr. Light using Magneto because he's unable to build and get a copy of Child.

He builds, and he ends up using Ivy to KO a character [I forget whom] OTHER than Dr. Light, using a Salvage to get a location, and a slaughter swamp to get a character. After he does that I point out how he could have used Ivy, got BACK both Dr. Light AND the Catcher's Mit to be able to replay them and still be able to tutor out Child.

After that, he uses all but one of his resource points, plays a Child, and finally searches out a flamethrower with Ted Kord, equips it and burns me for five. Before I declare my attacks which, thanks to breakthrough, win me the game I ask him if he had no other Catcher's Mitts to grab [since he had the resource point to play it on a non-willpower character if he grabbed it instead of the Flamethrower.] To which he slaps his forehead.

Ahhhh Poker beats...

Weekly 5/10 NL game, I make it $25 pre-flop with AQ, button smooth calls (loose player), and big blind (excellent player) throws in 15 more to call.

Hero: AQ
Villain1: 54
villain2: Q4

Flop: AQ5

Checked to me, I make it 55, call, call.

Turn:4

BB leads out with 125, (I put him on 2 pair as well, A4, or A5, he would have slow played the set with the maniac on the button. I figure I can end this right now so i go 200 on top to 325, maniac goes all in over top for 471 on top.

I put him on Q4, but before it comes back to me the big blind calls the all-in for the rest of his stack! I figure he has a set but the pot odds dictate the call. We all flip and im stunned to see myself ahead against the two other weaker 2 pairs.

River = Case 4

I hate poker...but she is my mistress...I really dont know why I do this to myself 3-4 times a week.

CC

I was playing GLEE beats, he was playing some sort of JLA deck, so on turn 5 I KO his Steel which leaves him in the single digits, with me at 20~ endurance. and only Black Canary in play against my board of 1,2,3,4,4 drops. He drops Flash next turn and Suckerpunches, wipes out my board and Black Canary hits me for the win.

What a comeback. It sucks.

I was playing Bhood Reservist against Avengers back in MMA. Time had been called on 6 (He played pretty slow because he was new) I took my opponent on my initiative to -2. I cleared my opponent's field minus 1 Black Widow. He swings into Amelia Voight. Heroes in Reserve (OK) Call Down (OK) Replaces into Call Down, Replaces into Flying Kick. Puts me at -2. He was running the 42 character 18 non-character build too.

He wins.

10k Columbus 2006

Playing Kree/VU : I was about to have a featured match with Adam Prosak. I was 7-1. The judge calls me over. Deck check. I had written down my list as I memorized it from testing online. As I made changes online, I changed my physical deck. I apparently screwed up somewhere and ended up -1 Calculator +1 Coercion. Game Loss.

Got god drawed next round by Loren playing faces. (Flipped triple Faces on 4, He even discarded an Amsterdam to Beetle on 3 as he already had the rest)

Finished 10th.

Hmm my biggest win was at 10k hamilton when I was against Keeblers X statix.

I was 5-4 before this and needed the win to have a chance at cash. I get paired down to Keeb .

It was my Glock vs His Xstatix Loner.

Since he was only hitting for like 1 attack a turn and I had mitt out. I ended up being around atleast 170 life when I used marvel to win.
I had the giant ### Ganthet/Black hand life gain turn 7.

It was all in good fun and he showed me a el guapo end of all things combo he had planned for me for the rest of the game if we had gotten there.

Still it was ridiculously amazing seeing my life go that high.

Brash, I know this was a fun win...but I'm pretty sure the thread is titled "bad beats"...is it not?

Anyway, I once witnessed a PC game where the goodguys were facing off against the secret society (2006). The society deck missed it's 1 through 3 drops. By turn 5 he was staring down the barrel of the 45 to 13 score and a full goodguys board, with a lonely scarecrow. Turn six showed Grodd and the fun began with two well timed multiverse power batteries brickwalling two attacks, one of which was a team attack. Grodd's effect took care of the remaining potential attacker. Needless to say the society player's life didn't drop below 13 after that, and he finished with swings back from both Blockbuster and Psycho pirate on eight.

it was a bad beat......for him.

Freakin' hilarious.

Sorry about the beats...

Really? Looking at the penalty guidelines, it looks like this would be P-20 "Deck Error-Illegal Decklist) with a default penalty of a Warning.

Assuming your deck was legal (and, from your description, it sounds like it was), and assuming you did not get any prior warnings in the tournament about your deck not matching your decklist, I believe the judge erred in their determination of the appropriate penalty. Were I in that position, I would have appealed the Game Loss penalty and asked for the more appropriate Warning penalty.

Then again, I've heard of inappropriately harsh "deck error" penalties being given out at 10k events before. . . new sleeves for the tournament, round 5 deck check points out mild scuffing on about 8 of the 30 cards, since two or three of the cards were "good" cards, the deck is considered "marked". Normally, I'm all about supporting judges and their ability to do what is necessary to make the game fair for all, but this is a case of bad judge calls FTL.

My worst happened at $10K Charlotte. Going into round 3 im at a 3-0 record. I had a feeling I was going to get a feature match. Jokingly I tell my fellow ATL players "Has anyone every declined a feature." Since I didnt feel the extra stress that that may cause.

So one minute after I say that. Guess who gets called to the Feature Match table with FTN staple and PCSF #5 player. Me!!

So long story short. Im running FateSquad and run it perfectly. She was running FTN X-statix stall. She manages to get her engine online and get Mutant of the year active.

Turn 5 ends with me at 25 and her at 1. I cant attack thru her characters and I cant burn. A few strategically placed meltdowns make my Nuke seem like July 4th sparklers.

I fight on but cant push through 1 endurance for the next 2 turns and have to scoop to 8-drop Ghost Rider. How lame is that.

If you want to read about my publically broadcast bad beat its here.

I made no bad plays. My deck was just out classed. If you see any mistakes in the article. Dont tell me! In my mind I played flawlessly against Kim, and thats the final word on that!!

To top it off. That game goes on to further bad beats as I place just behind Kim placing 25th due to tie breaks.

At least I can share my pain, turn for turn. I call it the first feature curse!

this beats is pretty old it was a doom deck vs a fantastic fun deck fantastic fun was defending and played a child name valeria y got all hes weenies on support row but doom had a sub mariner(7 drop)

the game ended -5 to infinite... doom wins

I was playing Mental Chess (Checkmate/Mental) against my buddy Jason, aka DarkSpider I believe.

It's turn 3, I have Sarge Steel and a Non Concealed Ahmed with a Knight armor. I stun his entire board excepty Dead Eye. I pass, thinking he can't get past my Knightmare Scenarios, and he flips 3 Kicks and kills my Ahmed.



Or, at Indy 06. I was playing CM/VU and my opponent was playing mono VU. I attack in with a fully fate suited Fatality, he quad Epic Battles to stun me back and KO's her.

This thread is fun.

One beat I have a relatively vague memory of that was pretty cool was back in the DGL Sneak Peak. It was the last round, and I was undefeated and so was my opponent, so we were basically playing for first and close to a box of packs.

It was turn 7 or 8 and it was my attack step. After my attack I had gotten the score down to roughly Me: -7 Him: -20 with just one or two small characters of his unstunned.

Then he Guardians Reborn'd his Sinestro, Enemy of the Corps and I auto-lost.

I had some way to prevent it too if I had seen it coming, but it was too late for some reason and ...

... ah! stupid brain! can't remember details!

At $10K Hamilton I was playing Good Guys against Keebler Powell's X-Statix. Around turn 5 or 6 or so he had somehow got the 8-drop ghost rider and I knew he had (can't remember how). Over the first 7 turns I had got him down to 1 and I was still at 32. I scooped.

Ive suffered more bad beats than I can remember, though the one game that sticks out most in my mind was a win....The final score didnt end up that great but it was me stunning 7 drop wolvie that was what made it memorable. I was able to pop 3 nasty surprises to stun wolvie with 2 drop kristoff before he could do any ready and attack again nonsense. Without doing that I would have lost for sure, and probably lost reallly bad. Ever since nasty surprise has been a staple in decks for me.