The preliminaries flew by, as did the weeks. During that time, Phoenix continued to demonstrate their strengths. However, they were by no measure undefeatable.
Certainly, this might be because Eldrian had yet to move in any of their matches. They had managed to rank in the top eight, more than enough for entering the actual tournament. Thus he had never felt the need to.
Still, this meant they had lost more than once.
Often those losses came at the hands of crafty guilds. Guilds whose players had dedicated themselves to analyzing other guilds to find their weaknesses. Using all their cards to play to those weaknesses and eke out a win by numbers.
Some other guilds threw money at the problem. With the market update, along with the dungeon, this option had become a real one. If someone, or some company, was willing to spend millions. They could really gain quite an advantage.
