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October 27th, 2013 was the very beginning of what is sure to be the first of many European tournaments hosted by MLG and ManaGrind.  By the time the tournament officially began at 2PM EST, there were 122 participants thirsty for competition.  After a few hours that journey came to an end as Wuaschtsemme and ReconRaccoon came forth on to the tabletop and threw down their cards in an epic struggle between tempo, card advantage and board presence! In the end, however, only one could be declared the winner and Wuaschtsemme beat out ReconRaccoon 3-1.

Moments after the dust had settle and the cards were electronically put away we had the opportunity to interview Wuaschtsemme and investigate how he rose to the top and took home an epic victory that may be the first of many!

Name: Thomas Mühlbauer
Age: 24
Location: Baravaria, Germany

Wushtsemme EU 10/27/13 Deck 1 Unknown Deck by Auhdit - Dec 7, 2013 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (18) 1x Bloodmage Thalnos 1x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Argent Commander 2x Azure Drake 1x Gadgetzan Auctioneer 2x SI:7 Agent 1x Defias Ringleader 2x Bloodsail Raider 2x Dark Iron Dwarf 2x Sen'jin Shieldmasta 2x Shattered Sun Cleric	Ability (12) 2x Assassinate 2x Backstab 2x Deadly Poison 2x Eviscerate 2x Fan of Knives 2x Shiv
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Previous Games: 

Guild Wars 1 on the team Myrm.

Previous Wins at Other Competitive Tournaments:  

Did monthly tournaments for GW1 and won quite a few of them locally.

What made you decide to get into the competitive scene and enter the MLG/ManaGrind Tournament?  

It started out on Cockatrice as I saw the Hearthstone community and thought,  ”Why not try it out?” I’ve been around the ManaGrind TeamSpeak and everyone was nice and I liked the way it was ran so I decided to compete in this one.

Now that you are a part of EU ManaGrind what are your expectation and goals?  

My goals are to win and to have a lot of fun and to be able to practice with evenly skilled and like-minded people.  My expectations? Well, I don’t know what to expect.  I just found out I’m going to be here so I don’t know where the road will end but I hope it ends as good as possible.

What was your favorite part about the tournament itself?  

WINNING! HAHA –  that was my favorite part! Every single win felt good as it always does. I enjoy playing in tournaments because I got to drink a lot of coffee and make new coffee in between games. I like to play and like to win - that’s about i

Who was your toughest opponent?

His name was SilhanG and he played warlock aggro and I was able to use my rogue deck against it but it was a VERYYYY close game. It was luck of the draw that helped me win this round.

Were there any competitors you were glad you did not have to go up against?

The only person I recognized from Cockatrice was Forsen.  He played a hunter control on cockatrice so I was glad I didn’t have to face him because he was a very good player and he never shared his deck list.

Will you be joining future MLG/ManaGrind tournament?

SURE! I’m a competitive ManaGrind player now!  *CHUCKLES*

What went through your mind when you won?

Heck yah!!! HAHA thats about it?

Which archetype would have been the biggest threat to your main deck and why?

Mage control! I have no possible way to win vs mage control. Literally 0% with my main rogue deck.

Which Neutral cards do you favor and why?

I favor Sen’jin because he is so great!  I put him even in aggro decks. He straight up wins games. He’s the best neutral card in the game. I feel the whole game is balanced around this card. I also like Argent Commander, Spellbreaker, and my absolute favorite card is Bloodmage Thalnos - It’s so cheap and you can use it in a lot of decks. Um yeah, I love Thalnos!

What makes some one consistently good at Hearthstone?

Practice. I’ve played Hearthstone for a long time and whenever you want to go with a certain class it’s not that much about cards but it’s with going with the initial idea of the deck and once you get used to the play style of the deck you are able to get better and react to the meta the more consistent you get.

How do you prepare for tournaments?

I had to set up a hard counter for unleash the hound and mage control decks so I just threw together a random paladin deck with a lot of heal and taunt so there was no way for them to either combo or just bring my health down to zero because i would out heal it or out taunt it. That was the most important part about my game plan because I wouldn’t have won the tournament without it.

What card brought the most utility in main deck?

A single card? SI-7 Agent! Its the best rogue card after the nerf, in my opinion. It controls the board well and it’s the strongest coin play now if you drop it on turn 2. It immediately deals with some early drops and it’s even great late game doing direct damage using it as a combo.

Any advice for people who are just getting into the game and want to improve?

Just make sure you always have fun while playing – if you don’t have fun anymore just look for another game – do something else maybe. Stop for a few days and the urge to play hearthstone may come back and you will play it and try to make new decks and you will basically train and improve. As long as you play you will get better!

Thank you Wuaschtsemme and everyone else for coming out and competing in MLG/ManaGrind’s European Kick Off Tournament for Hearthstone.   Please be sure to come back to see further announcements of when tournaments will be popping up.