Beckett/Talzin NJ Regional 2nd place

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I have been using Beckett really the past couple months in a couple different iterations, Cienna, but decided on going with Talzin. I almost always play villain blue so it really fit my playstyle, and I was also on Dooku Talzin so I made a easy transition to this. The week before I tested this as much as possible and had favorable match ups into the rainbow 3 wide, and Han Quira decks and thought I would see a lot of these decks with the hyperloops being there and ABG.

On my card choices Becketts Rifle is just busted opening round to deny someone of the resource that they almost always need in this meta, and then using talzin to either flip Beckett to the special to deny more, or to just flip into damage and hit for 8-10 a turn. Vaders Fist is also very easy to get out turn one depending on your match up, with a Beckett PA, theed, or truce. Cunning Ruse was the card that I was up and down about. It won me a game against Honestly Sarcastic in the 8th round by being able to just get enough damage and hitting 1 on a snoke die with it to do the 1 more damage I needed, but it also lost me a game against Jack at Golden Dice Games by helping me mill my final card at the end. I would defiantly cut it, most likely for some more mitigation, like one more Reversal for the Vader match up. Flames was decent. I was able to Flames a second chance in top cut against Bobby Saphire of the hyperloops which really helped me win that first game.

I went 6-2 in swiss and was the 7th going into top cut. See below for match outcomes. Apologies if I am a little out of order, it was a long day with 78 people and tough competition so going off memory on these.

Round 1 - Han Quira - Kuintack (I believe that's how its spelled, apologies if not!)

Very good player, but was able to keep off resources and got a Vaders Fist early. Killed han I want to say in the second round early and then cleaned up after that.

W 1-0

Round 2 - 3 wide rainbow

Tough game but opened with a FILP, ripped his only mitigation, and saw that he had a firespray. Kept him off resources turn one with a Becketts Rifle and then mitigated any resource sides on snoke partners so that he wasn't able to ramp his first turn. Got out a force wave and just focused to specials after that and damage and was able to burn him down.

W 2-0

Round 3 - Jynn Cassian

Played this match up a lot, because my brother has played this deck since the meta started so knew what I was doing. Resource denial and just focus to as much damage as possible.

W 3-0

Round 4 - Millionaires - Bobby Sapphire

Tough game, the deck has a ton of health to chew through. Killed everyone but Yoda and had 7 damage on him but wasn't able to get the win.

L 3-1

Round 5 - Solo Sabine

I knew what this deck ran but was not able to get out front and he tenacity my Beckett in round 1 and 2. I was able to get out a Becketts rifle turn one though so he couldn't play any weapons, and then a FIST round 2 to start to pour on the damage. He was playing a little behind with not being able to play the weapons and having to get out second chance early.

W - 4-1

Round 6 Vader Bazine Issac

Very good player that I have seen on stream in the past, and in other top cuts. Was able to keep Vader off resources and just race him down with a Fist out. I want to say I killed vader late round 2 and I still had both my characters to clean up with Bazine

W 5-1

Rounds 7 Millionars Jack Golden Dice

Another great player who I play with locally. Really close game was able to get out 2 force waves but wasn't enough with all his entangles taking them away. Got down to just Yoda with 2 cards, used a cunning ruse to try and get the 2 focus on yoda to win instead hit a special. He rerolled until he got the discard on Yoda to mill my last card, gg.

L 5-2

Round 8 Rainbow 3 wide - Honestly Sarcastic

So many good players in this tourney in the top tables. I knew I had to win if I wanted to make my first regional top cut so pressure was on. Was able to kill Bala turn one. The whole drama Kawalski thing was happening right next to us so was very hard to concentrate but we kept playing and I took the game.

W 6-2

TOP CUT

Round 1 Jack Golden Dice

Went 0-2 against millionars this day so was not looking forward to this match. This was the one matchup I really did not test. I was focusing on getting as much damage through as possible all game and that's where I went wrong. I give all credit too Manteen (Cody) with ABG as we went over the matchup on break and he told me not to worry early about the damage and just focus on the resource denial like I would in the rainbow 3 wide decks. I went for this in the first game and he was completely right. Doing this made it so his sequencing was off and then he had to use yoda to generate resources for mitigation, rather then using yoda to mill and get upgrades out. I took both games 2-0. Games were very close though.

Round 2 semifinals Bobby Saphire

Of course millionars again. I played these two games though exactly how I played them against Jack and wsa able to win both games which were again very close

Finals Nathan Vader Greedo

By this point I was pretty tired. Even though I 2-0 both my last rounds we were the last ones done. I knew I had to race Vader as I played this matchup a thousand times. Round one I opened with a FILP and got rid of a POF. Knew he had two rise again's. He pitched one then we went to the next round. I had a discard on talzin with him only having two cards. I should have remembered that he had that one rise again, but instead rerolled my discard side. He then pitched his fear and dead man and rolled hot fire with vader killing talzin, and then he was able to rise again to heal and get out another force illusion. Should have discarded either his reroll card or get that rise again, but punted it.. Game 2 I don't really remember much but don't think I really had any chances.

Ended up in second place which is the best I have ever done at a regional event or better (placed second in a store champ, or topped them before). Was really proud, but a little upset with myself with making them mistakes in the finals. The finals and my last round against Bobby sapphire are up on Golden Dice's twitch and youtube accounts so check them out if you'd like. Thank you to everyone who reads this, and thank you to all my opponents for being great. All were very very good players that I watch on youtube, or read online so to be honest didn't think I had a shot, but were all very humble and cool to talk too. Hope to talk to everyone again at the next big event!

3 comments

JustJackGDP 408

Well done man! Great finish.

whataboutb0b 1

Congrats on the regional run. Beckett/talzin was definitely my favorite deck this meta. Love your version of it

eardron 53

Thank you!!