Subject: The
Angelic Forest Massarce by Rob Cummins - Bishop Games,
The Angelic Forest Massarce by Rob
Cummins (At Bishop Games Store, in
Date: 30th October,
2004
No. of Participants:
25
Here's my
deck!
"Angelic
Light:
21
4 x La Ura Giga, Sky
Guardian
4 x Emerald
Grass
2 x Senatine Jade
Tree
2 x Toel, Vizier of
Hope
1 x Dia Nork, Moonlight
Guardian
2 x Gran Gure, Space
Guardian
4 x Holy
Awe
2 x Diamond
Cutter
Nature:
21
4 x Burning
Mane
4 x Bronze Arm
Tribe
4 x Barkwhip, the
Smasher
1 x Fighter Duel
Fang
4 x Natural
Snare
2 x Mana
Nexus
2 x Dimension
Gate
Today's tournament in
Anywayz on to the tournament itself, there was no
knockouts in this tournament (Different tournament format to YGO!) and so it was
just 5 rounds of Swiss that would decide who would take 1st place. People can
add in their journies in the tournament after this!
Round 1 vs Chris
Smith
Deck: Rainbow Deck
This duel wasn't even close as the guy I was
facing had only just learned how to play the game from one of his friends and it
was his 1st competitive match (same as me). His deck was made up of random cards
from Water/Nature/Fire and Light and only managed to break 1 of my shields
(which I let him to do to give the guy a chance) in the 2nd duel before I
finished him off. I gave him some tips to try and improve his game as it did
look as if he was interested in the game!
Result: 2-0 (2-0)
Round
2 vs Arron Ash
Deck: Fire/Darkness
This duel I must admit was well
overdue as Arron had really wanted to play against me before during the YGO
tournaments but it seemed we were destined to duel at some point after Arron
managed to beat Shane in the 1st round! It was a good match, a lot better than
the previous one I had but Arron's major fault was that he focused so much on
attacking my shields with his creatures, that he paided no attention to my own
monsters and how they were building. A few blockers and power attackers sorted
it all out and while he did break a number of my shields, it ended in a straight
2-0 win for me. We played a further 2 duels afterwards to see whether it was
just luck......but I guess it wasn't as I won both of them as
well!
Result: 2-0 (4-0)
Round 3 vs Jonathan Cummins
Deck: Fire/Darkness
Now after we had a break
after the 2nd round, we all returned for this round and when I heard I got drawn
against my bro, I was well pissed as I really didn't want to get drawn against
him for the simple reason that it would mean that it would hinder one of our
good runs in the tournament up to that point. Well, we got underway and while it
was incredibly close both duels (only 1 shield or less each time), my bro
couldn't finish me off and I managed to claim victory in a very close match up.
Considering the fact that my bro and I duel constantly with the same decks and
that we knew each other's deck inside and out, it was tough on both of
us.
Result: 2-0 (6-0)
Round 4 vs Simon Weaver
Deck: Mono
Nature
After my 3rd duel, I was kinda worried about this duel as this
deck I was about to face was apparantly very good so when I faced my opponent, I
was rather suprised to see he was nervous and slightly shaky (hands were
trembling when he was playing his cards). I had to use my Toel strategy on him
to attack him and safely guard my own creatures and while he did get Raging
Dashhorn on me and had some formidable creatures facing me on the field, in some
cases, he ended up suiciding them into my blockers, which I couldn't understand.
In the end, 2 barkwhips, a toel and a burning mane l8r, I managed to finally
beat him after a strong match. His down fall came from his lack of creature
removal, a.k.a Natural Snare
Result: 2-0 (8-0)
Round 5 vs
Owen
Deck: Mono Light
This was the final round and myself and Owen
were the only duelists with 4 wins each and his Mono Light deck was pretty
strong according to the other duelists who faced him. Unfortunately, his deck
was completely based on blockers and using his fatties and Diamond Cutter to
overwhelm his opponents. In both my duels I basically had to rush him with
Barkwhip and attack his shields, forcing him to remove his blockers to stop my
aggressive attack. Eventually, my battle zone would fill up with blockers and
attackers while his blockers were slowly but surely getting depleted every turn.
In the 1st duel, he did do a nice combo with Miar, Comet Elemental, Urth
Purifying Elemental and Laser Wing and knocked out 4 of my shields in one go but
the next turn I finished him off with barkwhip. The 2nd duel was my toel combo
again and he stood no chance and I ended up winning 2-0 and won my 1st ever Duel
Masters tournament!
Result: 2-0 (10-0, Flawless Victory!)
I was
well chuffed and I got a nice tin, 5 JDC promo's (1 Amnis, Holy Elemental, and 4
Gigaberos') and 5 boosters, which I got 2 Holy Awe's and Gigamantis as my main
pulls and prizes. My bro ended up finishing in 3rd place, which was pretty good
considering his only loss was to me (the shame). He got 4 JDC promo's (1 Amnis,
1 Groblav, and 2 Gigaberos') and 4 boosters (main pull was Uberdragon Jabaha) so
the both of us came away with very good results from this tournament!
My thanks to Lee, the tournament organiser who did a
great tournament. Nicely run m8!
Rob Cummins - mexflash@hotmail.com