DMF was a very bitter sweet experience for me. My friend and I had decided to play in the 2-headed Ogre tournament on Saturday since I've always liked multiplayer and I've never seen a multiplayer tournament held before. Unforunately in it's infinite wisdom UDE decided to hold the tournament while the main event was going on...so I bit the bullet and decided I'd skip the main event and at least be able to play in the regional the next day with my new favorite deck.

Which brings me to the decklist for said deck:

Hero: Marlowe the Felsworn

Allies (31):
4x Syluri (2)
4x Xanata (2)
4x Parvink (3)
3x Apocannon (3)
4x Myriam (4)
3x Seraph the Exalted (5)
3x Weeble (6)
1x Narthardus (6)
2x Vindicator Zalreth (7)
1x Ishanah (8)
1x Greench (9)
1x Lady Vashj (9)

Abilities (13):
4x Eye of Killrogg (2)
2x Banish to the Nether (3)
2x Swallow Soul (2)
3x Ripped through the Portal (5)
2x Invoke the Nether (6)

Equipment (2):
2x Bringer of Death (5)

Quests (14):
1x Deep Sea Salvage
2x Missing Diplomat
3x Chasing A-me
4x Manhunt
4x Information Gathering

Sideboard (10):
2x Greatsword of Horrid Dreams
4x Steal Essence
3x Shadowbolt
1x Bringer of Death

Before I even knew what class or faction I wanted to play I had two goals: draw a ton of cards and have a really good matchup against control (especially Aleyah). For card draw I went alliance for access to Parvink and Weeble and class I decided on warlock as it's generally the anti-control control deck with all it's remove from game tricks. Traitor ended up as the default option since I wanted to be human for Manhunt (as a preemptive answer to Myriam) and Ripped seemed like a much bigger beating than the other human specs.

The deck is top heavy and vulernable to really fast decks like Omedus and Desecrator, but if it can make it to turn 6 with more than 10 health Weeble and/or Invoke can quickly turn a losing game into a winning one. It's late game is where it really shines. The Chasing A-me's and Zalreth give the deck lots of recursion and the Ripped through the Portals mean even against another warlock you can bring your own guys back.

A couple days before DMF I decided a little bit of the Main Event was better than nothing at all so I made the decesion to play in the first 2 rounds and drop no matter what. For what it's worth this deck was 2-0 without a game loss in the main event before I dropped (having been lucky enough to face Aleyah twice). In hindsight I wish I had stayed in the main event as even though my teammate and I won the Two-Headed Ogre tournament, from the looks of things I had some good matchups in the main event. Sadly, I did not even get to play in the regional the next day as I played in the loot card tourney that went until 2am and I was just too wiped to play cards again the next day.

Anyway, if you don't expect to face a lot of rush in an upcoming tourney, I'd reccomend giving Marlower a shot as it's a blast to play and gives a lot of control decks headaches.

Tags: DMF