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From: Trunzo100@aol.com [mailto:Trunzo100@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 5:47 PM

Tournament of the 5 Civilizations - Stegy



Adam “Stegy” Trunzo
5 Civilization Tournament Featuring Stomp-A-Trons
Alter Reality in Lakewood, OH
April 30th, 2005
Around 25 in the 15+, around 30 in the 14-




Greetings, everybody! It’s been a while since I’ve written a tournament report, huh? I guess living AN HOUR AND A HALF from the nearest tournament would do that to you. It sure was nice to play in another tournament, though; the excitement of wondering who your next opponent will be, the thrill of a good duel. Good times, good times. Anyway, I was so excited to play in a 5 Civilization Tournament. I had never actually managed to play in a 5 Civ., tournament before, so I was prepared for anything.



I left my house around 1:30, and my wonderful mom drove me all the way up to Lakewood. At a little after 3:00, I entered the store and was blown away by the sheer amount of people in the store. Everywhere there were players with ages ranging from five or six years old to older adults playing with their kids. The first thing I did was make my way into the store and check out the competition. I saw how everyone was filling out a deck-list, so I grabbed one myself.



Now, before I list my cards, I want you to know that I was unable to obtain my 3x Natural Snare I needed to complete the deck. I panicked over what deck to run, and made this list right before I left my house.



Water/Nature Control



Water-20
4x Aqua Hulcus
4x Corile
4x Illusionary Merfolk
4x Emeral
4x Spiral Gate



Nature-17
4x Torcon
4x Bronze-Arm Tribe
4x Barkwhip, the Smasher
4x Mana Nexus
1x Natural Snare



Darkness-3
3x Terror Pit



Fire-8
4x Searing Wave
4x Pyrofighter Magnus



With my lack of Natural Snares, I filled the three spots with Terror Pit. Yes, I would have dropped Snare altogether and just played with four Terror Pit, but.. I don’t have four Terror Pit. Yeah. =\



Anyway, after filling out my list, I casually walked around the first half of the store, where the 15+ crowd was housed, and checked out the competition. In all actuality, fairness, and as kind as I can make it, I didn’t really see too much to be worried about. Most people played Blockers, but only a few had, at the most, three of a particular card. The 14- crowd actually had better competition, and a handful of players were playing with theme decks! It was crazy.



So, after waiting until 4 o’clock, the tournament began. Now, as a warning, I only remember two names because it was so loud in the room and the tournament organizer (awesome guy, by the way) read outloud who was playing who. I just sat in one seat the whole time and rose my hand whenever my name was called. ;x



First Round: (forget name) with Disruptive Forces Theme Deck
[Oddly enough, I had helped him and a friend how to play the game before the tournament started. Ironic, huh?]



Duel One: Not much to say here. He made a few errors, like playing that Schusa dude when he had little shields and only six mana, and not attacking my tapped creatures. Pyrofighter did the work for me.



Duel Two: A got out a turn 3 Bronze-Arm, followed by a Corile, then random stuff like Pyrofighters and Hulcuses. When I had two Shields left and him none, he dropped a Snake Attack with two attackers out. I actually panicked, but the two Shields he broke were a Spiral Gate and a Terror Pit.
[1-0]



Second Round: Rudy with Nature/Light
[Rudy was a real nice guy.]



Duel One: I dropped a Hulcus turn 3, got a nice hand six, and started a Pyrofighter Swarm. On his sixth turn, he managed to drop a Ladia Belle (I think that’s right) on one of his two Blockers. He hit a Terror Pit and a Corile (I believe), so I destroyed the Ladia Belle. I Corile’d him next turn, and it was game a few turns after that.



Duel Two: He only managed to play maybe three Blockers, and one of them he evolved into Ladia Belle, again. I had set a Terror Pit with an Emeral a few turns earlier, and he picked that Shield. =D I won shortly after.
[2-0]




Third Round: (forget name) with Water/Darkness/Light
[He was one of the older adults. He was running Emeral/Ill-Folk with Pits, Slayers, and Blockers.]



Duel One: This was a fun duel. I built up a force of five attackers, played a Spiral Gate on a lone Blocker, and summoned a Pyrofighter. He didn’t have any Holy Awes in his Shields. =D



Duel Two: This was one of my better duels of the day. I think he dropped a third turn Senatine Jade Tree while I dropped a Hulcus. At one point, he had that 3-1000 Slayer, Candy Drop, and Senatine on the board. I Searing Wave’d. ;x Just a few turns later he had no Shields, I had two attackers with a Pyrofighter in my hand, and he taps his Senatine to destroy one of my attackers, then scoops.
[3-0]




So, I’m undefeated going into the fourth round. The store organizer announced that round four was going to be the last round before top eight. My opponent was a kid around my age and he asked if a draw was okay, because he was both working AND playing in the tournament. I said it was fine, and wait around. After close to half an hour, the top 8 is announced, and I’m in third place (due to %).



TOP EIGHT: (forget name) with Mono-Black
[He didn’t say too much..]



Duel One: You know the whole ‘Searing Wave vs. Cursed Moon’ thing? Well, that happened in this duel. He thought that only Cursed Moon would be destroyed, stating some Magic terminology, and I said that everything with 3000 or less power would be destroy because Cursed Moon dies first. Luckily, the owner of the Alter Reality in Elyria was right next to us, and he agreed with me. I don’t remember much else, except that I won.



Duel Two: Needless to say, my opponent wasn’t that happy (and I felt terrible). He was obviously not interested in the duel, and I swarmed him pretty bad.
[4-0-1]



TOP FOUR: Fred with 5-Civ
[..he SEEMED nice..]



Duel One: Four words--I. Love. Pyrofighter. Magnus. I had THREE in my hand at one time, and I was summoning them left and right. Mized. ;x He also summoned a Pyrofighter, but it was his only creature.



Duel Two: My opponent wasn’t very happy. He got, like, nothing out, and I won pretty quick.
[5-0-1]



Get this: After I won, my opponent scooped up his cards and STORMED out of the card shop (it was around 7:30 and there weren’t a lot of people). During our match I saw him draw extra cards and switch cards in his mana zone with his hand when I played him. A few of the other players noticed him cheating also. Not cool. >=\



FINALS: (kid I drew with in round 4) with Water/Darkness/Light
[I watched him play another kid, so I knew what to expect.]



Duel One: His only Darkness card was Locomotiver from what I saw. I won on my fifth turn, no joke. He didn’t get a single Blocker.



Duel Two: He managed to put up a fight, getting a (Shields) Locomotiver, Senatine Jade Tree, and a Corile. I remember he played his Corile on my Torcon, and destroyed my Hulcus with his Senatine when he had no Shields. Next turn I drew my Torcon, thought for a few seconds, and realized that I was holding a Pyrofighter. I was like, “Oh, duh!” and played Pyrofighter for the win!
[6-0-1]




I went undefeated throughout the tournament. I felt so proud. I got my plaque, box of Stomp (Jim, the store owner/organizer, said we could swamp the box for any other box if we wanted, but I stayed with Stomp), a choice of a promo (I got Armored Goblav or whatever it’s called), and a Snip Striker Bullraizer, but I forget the latter! ARGH! The top three in the 15+ got our picture taken (Fred would have been 3rd/4th, but he left), as did the top four from the 14 and under.



Here’s what I pulled from my box:



Daidalos, General of Fury
Bolmetus, Steel Dragon
Invincible Cataclysm
Invincible Aura
Invincible Abyss
Aeropica
Laveil, Seeker of Catastrophe
Lu Gila, Silver Rift Guardian



And a nice assortment of Rares.



Overall, it was a great day. I just can’t believe that I won with a deck I threw together the day of the tournament. =D I would like to thank Jim and all of the other store workers for hosting the 5-Civ. Tournament, and for putting up with so many people in the store. They really did a fantastic job.



Well, thanks for reading my long report! If you want to contact me in any way, my e-mail is Stegyman@aol.com . Thanks again! =D