my guess is because he tried to stuff emana and mystere he may have only had one time stop which was banned during the tidal, definitly would have lost if he used it next turn, though i think he was also lacking in sp so hed would of had to wait to do that and go it dragon form. and he may have had only one copy of bringer left. Though all my leleins were used up on emana so there went my counters for ruuca.
Or maybe he was just proud of me for making it that far

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