Geez, It's that good?
I got a lot to learn. I didn't know about that combo, and a week or two back missed the bishop/fortress golden deck.
I must look like an idiot =)
Dude. You have no idea what kind of idiocy we've all pulled! Even now most of us still make bonehead suboptimal plays. The important thing is that you're figuring this stuff out now
But yes, Ambassador is glorious with Tournament for three reasons:
1) It improves the chance of your own Tournament collision by shrinking your deck;
2) It lowers the chance of their Tournament collision by bloating their deck;
3) The two can't be 'drawn dead' together because Tournament gives +1 Action.
Well, I didn't say I was an idiot, just that I look like one. =)
I've read the articles, I've watched videos, but it's like when I tried to improve my chess game. Reading those diagrams and notes and famous old games didn't help one bit. For some reason I couldn't get the new stuff into my head.
That's what's happening here. I read the articles and watch the videos, and I understand them. But when it comes to time to play, it's all gone, and all I have left is the kingdom in front of me, and an opponent I hope doesn't get too angry at me for playing dumb.
Everything you say about amb/tourn sounds good and makes a lot of sense, but when I sit at the table...nothing. I guess I just learn differently. If I had the time to dedicate to playing multiple games per day against live opponents, I'm sure I would improve much more quickly. But I can't. It's gonna be a slow crawl (and doesn't the rating system punish you for not playing every day?)