Reach Of Weave

On Friday, I played against Goo. Goo started the game off with Tiller. Tiller went through the usual draw card routine, but didn't play any creatures. Now, I've had a Traitor's Reach deck on gEngine for some time that I don't recall ever playing. So, I gave my TR Weave deck a trial run. Keru started off with card draw for Weave. I happened to open the game with another Drowl in addition to my starting one. So, Keru went nuts on the card draw too by playing both Drowl and a Tropical Jumbor. Tiller would answer with Warrior's Boots and Rayje's Belt. The belt locked down weave, and Warrior's Boots brought a Flame Rudwot into play. Tap Roots and an attack made for a good creature play. Ember Hyren was played after the attack step, along with a Weebo and Beam of Light. Keru took a lot of damage in that one turn. However, Weave Seed would return the favor, raking over Naroom. Wasperine and Wasperine Stalker would hit Keru back. Backhanding the Wasperine Stalker with a Pody brought into play was a cheap way to get Naroom back this time. It also meant the end of Tiller. Woot would step onto the field next. Again, Keru got the Wasperine and Wasperine Stalker combo hit. However, with the belt gone, weave saved the Pody from immediate defeat. Balamant and Crushing Roots would come next. With a very impressive Wasperine Stalker in play, I was almost dissappointed when Woot used Heal on both creatures. I almost wanted to cry. This is Weave we're talking about. While Weave has to splash to get Shockwave, it does have Sawgrass and that Wasperine Stalker had attacked. A five energy Wasperine Stalker is impressive enough, but the energy gains dumped into, I just couldn't skip using the Sawgrass I had drawn earlier. So much energy went away for a cost of five. With the spell eating up Keru's energy, the surviving Weave creature attacked the Balamant so Keru could officially step down. Woot would just draw two while waiting for the next Weave magi. Ah, it was time for Kesia to step up and show just why Weave is so fearsome. While I dreamed of an Uwamar, Kesia played out four Weave creatures anyways. A Vuryip, Aritex, Pody, and Sagaweave would make for a decent start. With her flute bending around the energy a bit, Kesia would have enough energy left for Brushfire. She sacrificed the Sagaweave at two energy to the Aritex, which survived by two energy itself. With Kesia starting into some mad energy gains, the Balamant used the hunt to trim her back by four energy. Tap Roots twice and Yaki's Gauntlets would allow Woot to pressure Kesia a bit. However, her creatures began to weave and gain energy. Woot would play out a Leaf Chogo after a somewhat depressing attack step. Kesia would attack with her Vuryip. With plenty of energy still left, she played out an Uwamar, Aritex (to replace the one lost), and a Seaweed Lascinth. Hmm, another Aritex. Can you see an energy pattern here? Well, Kesia was going full speed ahead with Weave. Now, it would be up to Yaki, Core Stalker, to stand up for Naroom. Wasperine Stalker would shave some energy off Kesia, and then Yaki place out Tillant and Furok for extra defense. With The Hunt at her disposal, Yaki was fortunate to keep a two energy Tillant in play. However, upon further reflection, Kesia opted to finish it off with Brushfire from the discard pile. After another Drowl and two Tropical Jumbor, I think Kesia was officially out of control. Yaki was determined to do his best. He played out a Flame Rudwot and crushed what was left of the Seaweed Lascinth. However, Kesia had quite sufficient force to simply attack and finish off Yaki without using spells or powers. It felt good to play something other than Naroom after playing it so much lately.