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Tebezu on YuGiOh
Report - Columbus Ohio Regional
October 17, 2006

Columbus Ohio Regional
Dublin, OH
 
Well I can easily say that this regional was everything Boston wasn't.  The tournament ran smoothly, easily going through 8 rounds and then the top 8 (11 total) getting everyone out of there by 8:00. 
 
The crowd reminded me of how Yu-Gi-Oh players are suppose to be.  People enthusiastic about the game, wanting to learn new tech (I saw an E-Hero Bubbleman Deck utilizing all spell/trap burn cards), helping each other, and keeping order when either winning or losing.  No fights, no arguments, no food/drink on the table. 
 
If any of the judges who were there are reading this, congrats, for the whole event was well ran and simply but DIVINE (my word of the day:P).  Questions were answered hastily and the overall regional was well done.
 
248 were in attendance, it was 8 rounds of Swiss/Cutting to the top 8.  Upon arriving I had to make a decision about what deck to use and I had to get over the fact I was  play testing all night (Literally 1 hour of sleep if that.)  I was feeling a variant of my strike ninja deck I was using the night before and decided it was a good pick.
 
Thus I present to you my Columbus Regional deck...
 
Can't Touch this...
 
(43)
 
Monsters (23)
 
2x Strike Ninja
2x Cyber Dragon
2x Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
2x Mystic Tomato
2x Newdoria
2x Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive
1x Breaker the Magical Warrior
1x Spirit Reaper
1x Sangan
1x Twin-Headed Behemoth
1x Magician of Faith
1x Treeborn Frog
1x D.D. Assailant
1x D.D. Warrior Lady
1x Exiled Force
1x Mystic Swordsman LV. 2
1x Morphing Jar
 
Spells (13)
 
2x Smashing Ground
2x Creature Swap
1x Graceful Charity
1x Heavy Storm
1x MST
1x Premature Burial
1x Nobleman of Crossout
1x My Body as a Shield
1x Reinforcements of the Army
1x Confiscation
1x Scapegoat
 
Traps (7)
 
2x Sakuretsu Armor
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Ring of Destruction
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Mirror Force
 
SIDE DECK (15)
 
2x King Tiger Wanghu
2x Old Vindictive Magician
2x Royal Decree
2x Dust Tornado
1x Wobaku
1x Chiron the Mage
1x Apprentice Magician
1x Pot of Avarice
1x My Body as a Shield
1x Book of Moon
1x Smashing Ground
 
Let me explain a few things first.  The inclusion of Old Vindictive Magician in my side deck was to counter Hydrogeedon decks.  Newdoria is superior in my opinion, but burn decks, hydro decks, slow decks, and even stein decks have issues dealing with Old Vindictive.  King Tiger is one of the best monsters in this format.  The ability to override priority, he shuts Exiled Force, Cyber Stein, and almost all searchers down on the spot.  That means no Rat control, no Injection Fairy Lily, no Treeborn Frog. 
 
Dust Tornado and Decree were sided for Stein, Burn, Macro Cosmos, etc.  The other main stream cards were sided for either extra synergy or to fake out nervous players:P
 
..................................................................
 
 (sorry if the games are not as in depth as most.  I was tired and really only focusing on the moment, as nerdy as that sounds!)
 
 Game One
 
My first opponent was a little kid.  Somewhere between the ages of 6-8 and I was thinking (not again).  See, I want all of you to understand that age has nothing to do with dueling skills.  Some of the best players I have met have been younger than 10.  I've been beaten by little guys before and it really does a number on your pride:P  Then I found out I was pitted against an Elemental Hero Deck, complete with polymerization and the whole gang.  
 
1-0
 
 
Game Two
 
I moved from table 100 and something to table 3.   
 
This game was interesting.  My opponent was running some burn/fiend deck.  The first game I had set a monster and a s/t.  He set a monster, a s/t, and activated Wave-Motion Cannon.  I was thinking ****, cause I run my s/t removal in my side deck.  I drew for my turn, flipped a dekoichi, drew, tribute off for Zaborg and hit him directly.  He summoned a Goblin Elite Attack Force and a I bottomless trap holed.  He then smashing grounded my Zaborg and ended.  I set a s/t, summoned Sangan and hit him again.  He drew for his turn, Summoned Slate Warrior and hit my Sangan.  Sangan fetched me Frog. He ended.  I drew for my turn, summoned Cyber Dragon and my frog. (Now this over extension was basically me figuring the facedown s/t was not a bottomless or a sakuretsu armor.  This is due to the fact he took 2400 damage from a Zaborg.  If it was monster removal he would of chained to the summoning or attack.)  I then creature swapped him my frog, and the game was basically me beating him with Slate Warrior and Cyber Dragon.  The second game was more or less the same thing.  He had activated a wave-motion cannon and summoned Dark Necrofear.  He used Return from the Different Dimension to save himself from an attack.  But I was aggressive an won.
 
2-0
 
Game Three
 
I was now at table 16.
 
Now this was a game I should of lost.  I was playing a warrior deck.  I won the first game, he won the second (cause I was a moron and got ninja from my deck with reinforcements of the army instead of D.D. Assailant (which would of put me 1 up instead of 1 down in card advantage)).  And the third game I was in control of the field/hand was at a mere 1400 LP to his 3000 and something.  Well I had heavy storm and was going to go for game.  I had Strike Ninja, Zaborg, and a Mystic Tomato on the field.  He chained Ring of Destruction and targeted my Ninja! So I removed and won.  I was happy for the win, mad for technically losing (cause I had game 2 and made a mistake), mad that he made a mistake, and happy to see that I am not the only person to make mistakes that cost me games.
 
3-0
 
 
Game Four
 
I was at table 3 again
 
I remember playing against some kinda of machine deck.  He had used a Dekoichi and a Cyber Phoenix to gain an early game advantage on me.  Morphing Jar brought me back in the game.  I believe Strike Ninja and Zaborg finished him off the first round.  Round two I lost as a result of all his draw power.  Round three was quick, I had moved an extra My Body as a Shield and my King Tigers (TAKE THAT CYBER PHOENIX) into the main deck.  I can't recall anything that happened really, but I remember my win being the result of a Confiscation on the first move, Nobleman of Crossout on his facedown Magician of Faith (thus making his in hand Pot of Avarice useless and his G-Yard spells dead) and a Zaborg popping a Cyber Dragon or something.)  I won and moved on. 
 
4-0
 
Game Five
 
This is where the regional got interesting.  The man I was playing against was running Hydrogeedon in his deck. I believe a member of team No Limit (correct me if I am wrong) upon his first move he swarmed me with a Cyber Dragon and a Hydrogeedon.  Hydro attacked my facedown Newdoria, I targeted Cyber Dragon (this is why Old Vindictive is better against this beastly Dinosaur) and took 1600.  I do not remember much else about this duel.  I was able to come back as a result of Strike Ninja smacking the Hydros (thank you dead darks) that were in my graveyard from some moves before.  One of the reasons I choose to run Ninja is because when he works he is like a Greek God.  Almighty and powerful.  Capable of removing himself on your opponents turn, thus forcing their in hand Cyber Dragon to be useless or any form of monster removal a waste.  To top it off, to use a sakuretsu armor or Mirror Force on him, just to see it go away hurts mentally.  Some times you just can't take that 1700 damage or lose your monster.  Ninja says HA...
 
Thus the first round was mine.  Some side decking occurred and we began game 2.  I went first, setting a Bottomless Trap Hole and a Dekoichi.  He drew, used a MST, summoned Cyber Dragon and an Exiled Force, activated Last Will, Tribute off to kill my facedown train, summoned Cyber Stein, Cyber Twin, Good Game.
 
Round three was kinda like the first round. I had a good opening hand.  I had summoned a Cyber Dragon only to see it fall down a hole.  I then set a sangan.  He drew and summoned Cyber Dragon.  I got frog.  Next turn I summoned Frog and activated Creature swap to take dragon.  But he chained enemy controller to give me back my own frog. 
 
I felt so sorry for my confused frog.  I ended with a 100 attack position frog.  He somehow got a D.D. Warrior Lady and hit frog, remove from game, ouch.  I say this because I had 2 in hand Zaborg.  2 in hand monsters were now a liability.  I ended up with the advantage late game, but he had more LP (I only had 1900) and he had 2 in hand cards.  I had a clear field and a spirit reaper.  But I decided to not go for it and set my reaper and a my body as a shield.  He set a monster on his turn and ended.  I tribute off my reaper for zaborg, hit for 2400.  His next turn he drew, set a monster and ended.  I drew, tribute Zaborg off for Zaborg and hit for game.  I later found out he had 2 Goldds in hand.  I was also one turn away from facing a graceful and 2 goldd dump.  
 
5-0
 
Round Six
 
Table 3, Again
 
This game was definitely an eye opener.  My opponent, Cory Crooks, which will have a feature article later in the week, was running a Macro Cosmos Deck.  I had just witnessed my friend lose to him the round earlier and was impressed with his decision.  The first game I was owned. O-W-N-E-D, owned.  Obviously, anything that will not allow me to get my monsters in the graveyard hurts.  Strike Ninja becomes a Vanilla 1700, Newdoria a 1200 Vanilla, etc.  I had a huge early game lead (2 turns) but lost it fast as dimensional fissure hit the field.  Before I knew it I was hit with three D. D. Survivor, OUCH.   
 
The second game I side-decked 2x Decree (shut down Solemn Judgement and Macro), 2x Dust Tornado (DUH), 2x King Tiger Wanghu, my apprentice magician, and My Body as a Shield.  I wanted to win fast.  The major issue with combo orientated decks is speed.  If you hit fast and hard, they lose.  Well my opening hand was good.  I had a bunch of s/t removal, a cyber dragon. and a Breaker I think.  The game was over fast in my favor.  Round three was pretty quick too.  I had King Tiger on the field, thus his D.D. Scout Plane was useless.  I also drew 2x Dust Tornado and a MST.  Thus he never had a chance to get the combo going.
 
6-0
 
Round Seven
 
Table 1
 
Me against Cody Miller, Yugi incarnate.  There was nothing much about this game.  I was Confiscated on his first move.  He had the answer to everything, he countered every move, he was Yugi for the day.  I was 2-0 in about 6 minutes.  I had horrible hands.  The second game I drew into 2x Royal Decree, etc.  You all know the story.
 
6-1
 
Round Eight
 
I was now at table 7, facing off against Brian Craig,a man I had play tested against all night.  He is an ok guy when your not playing Yu-Gi-Oh, but during the game he is the kind of guy who attacks a Treeborn Frog with a Cyber Dragon (for 3 turns he did this) and makes you put it in your graveyard even when you have no S/T cards on the field, cause you may forget to bring it back.  Correct game play, but real annoying.  Even more annoying to listen to him whine about how you top-deck everything you need (not true).  Blah, blah, etc.  I was happy cause I knew his deck inside and out.  He had no idea what I was playing, cause as mentioned I built the deck on the spot.  He whined about me bringing my frog back in attack position.  (When I bring the frog back it is always in def. position (habit)  but I declare the position upon confirming it.  He was mad because I brought the frog back in defense.  I kept telling him it was not confirmed.  He whined some more.  Called a judge over on me, we both got warning, etc.)  The reason my frog was in the game to begin with was because I had creature swapped it for his facedown Mystic Tomato.  Upon realizing the poor move I set a bottomless Trap Hole.  He tribute my Frog off for his own Zaborg (apparently low on monsters, cause you never do that in a good position) killed his plant and lost his Zaborg.  My bad call turned out to be good for me.  A few turns pass with me summoning nothing but frog, to shut down a Cyber Dragon.  After 3 moves of the frog flying onto the field I set my Twin-Headed Behemoth.  (I had to make him think I was about to flip Vindictive)  He summoned Exiled Force and hit my Facedown Dragon (YAY FOR ME).  I stall a few more turns and then...
 
I Nobleman of Crossout his facedown Faith, Creature Swap for his Cyber Dragon (stupid bully monster I thought, hitting my frog for no reason) and from there the game was set.  I can not remember if the game was 2 or 3 rounds.  But I do know that I won and was happy.  The night before he was trash talking me, telling me that he'd wanted to face me in the regional for an easy win, etc.  Well I got the easy win and moved onto top 8. 
 
7-1
 
Out of 248 people, I was in 2nd place.
 
My first top 8 match was against the Hydro guy.  It was nice to see him again.  I can not remember his name, but he's one of, if not the nicest guys I have ever met.  Nonetheless 3 rounds and I move onto top 4.
 
This was a new guy.  I was not happy about playing him either. S-L-O-W.  We had games lasting over 20 minutes cause he took 6 minutes to discard with graceful.  His first round top 8 opponent was asleep, seriously, no lie.  I think his strategy was to bore the opponent to submission;P  To top it off, he was a rule shark.  Apparently I do not know the rules of this, that, etc. I took some time side-decking for game 2, round one was easily mine (thank you Ninja), and he pointed out to me I only had 3 minutes.  I laughed cause he is the one with a 6 minute graceful.  I lost game 2 because of a mistake with my confiscation.  I picked a Zaborg over Pot of Avarice.  It was not really a mistake, I was trying to end the game fast but he drew into other stuff and got avarice off.  But round three was mine and he lost.  I was up massive advantage, once again Ninja and his dark Pal's pulled through.  I had been poking him all game with a Dekocihi and a sangan.  Turns past and he has no cards (thank you reaper). Reaper eventually dies.  Some more monster exchanges go on.  He used Premature Burial, takes himself down to 1700.  I bottomless Trap Hole.  I have no monsters, draw a mirror force and set it.  He top decks and sets a s/t.  I draw my other Ninja.  Summon and attack for game.  But he chains Ring of Destruction.  Not wanting to give him the satisfaction of killing my Ninja I remove it from play.  Next turn he draws and scoops.  (I had a facedown Mirror Force, Ring of Destruction, and 2-3 in hand cards to his top deck.  I like Strike Ninja)
 
Top 2
 
Guess what, I played against Cody Miller, the kid who beat me in the Swiss.  Nothing changes here, he owns me again in a similar fashion and moves onto be the champ.  Going undefeated with a jank deck that he too was surprised ran so well.  But coincidence or not, he was running a random Strike Ninja.  Strike Ninja made his way into both our decks with good reason. 
 
Thus this regional once again demonstrated my faith in My Body as a Shield (EVEN WHEN YOU DON'T USE IT, IT HELPS.  It also frustrates Exiled Force for fun)  The more aggressive you are the better.  Ninja is a killer monster, deserving of his Ultra Rare status.  The monarch decks running 4 and 5 tributes are slow.  Working only about 60 percent of the time on average, they fall to aggression.  And if anything, skill and luck are hard to beat.
 
(I hate you Cody:P) 
 
But I guess 2nd out of 248 is not bad.  I got a mat, I-Pod, 24packs of POTD, a POTD T-Shirt, and a backpack.
 
Overall a great experience.
 
If anyone needs help, wants to talk, or has a crazy deck idea..
 
I can be contacted at Tebezu@gmail.com
 
Until next time... I'll be thinking of a catch phrase:P
 

 


 
 


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