Pseudo Craig Staller Deck

Goat

The Lucky Frog

Annandale, Virginia

November 30, 2002

30-some Participants

This is my 5^th tournament report. This one took place at the Lucky Frog in Annandale. Anyway, here it is:

Pseudo Craig Staller v0.303

Monsters: (20)
1x Jinzo (Negates traps. Ownage.)
1x Cannon Soldier (step 1 – attack. step 2 – launch)
2x Giant Soldier of Stone (lvl 3/1300/2000.what more can I say?)
2x Dream Clown (Big part of my strategy)
2x Witch of the Black Forest (Search for Mons)
1x Wall of Illusion (Protection)
1x Hayabusa Knight (two attacks are better than one)
3x Nimble Momonga (Flying squirrels are fun)
1x Cyber Jar (destroys all monsters on the field)
1x Morphing Jar #2 (good when they have lots of mons out)
2x Man-Eater Bug (Crunch)
3x Magician of Faith (get back magics)
 
Magics: (16)
1x Raigeki (ownage)
1x Dark Hole (destroys all mons on the field)
1x Change of Heart (ownage)
1x Monster Reborn (bring back big monsters)
1x Snatch Steal (take one of their monsters)
1x Confiscation (opponent loses cards from their hand)
1x Delinquent Duo (opponent loses cards from their hand)
1x The Forceful Sentry (opponent shuffles back a card and no LP cost) 
1x Pot of Greed (2 for me, none for you) 
2x Heavy Storm (ownage) 
2x Swords of Revealing Light (protection) 
3x Tribute to The Doomed (kills those pesky face down mons)  
 
Traps: (4)
1x Mirror Force (ownage)
1x Call Of the Haunted (Free Monster Reborn for Jinzo)
2x Gravity Bind (Crucial to my deck)
 
Total: 40
 
Side Deck: (15)
1x Cannon Soldier
2x Crass Clown
1x Dream Clown
2x Wall of Illusion
1x White Magical Hat
1x Man-Eater Bug
1x The Shallow Grave
3x Soul Release
1x Light of Intervention
2x Robbin’ Goblin
1x Shadow of Eyes
 
My strategy is to clear their field and stall until 
I can bring out Jinzo to wipe them out. Also, my Side Deck 
is mainly used when my opponent is using Exodia, or if I want
to switch to Hand Destruction. Entry fee was four dollars, winner
got eighteen dollars store credit, second got ten dollars store 
credit, and third got 8 dollars store credit. The rules were
single-elimination, no Japanese cards, and Pharaoh’s Servant
cards were allowed. Anyway, here is how it all happened 
 
1st Round – Number of people left in tournament: 30-some 
Goat vs. Robbie (Beatdown Deck)
 Duel 1: I got Jinzo out late game, and used it to finish him off.
 Duel 2: He kept clearing out my monsters and bringing out his 
Summoned Skulls to wipe out my life points.
 Duel 3: I got a great start and beat him with dream clown and nimble Momonga.
Overall: I really underestimated this kid. I thought he would be a piece
of cake, but he was very good.
2-1
 
2nd Round – Number of people left in tournament: something like 18 or so
Goat vs. friend of Robbie (power bonus deck?)
 Duel 1: I wiped out some of his monsters early.
His failure to draw any monsters in the next few turns cost him the game. 
 Duel 2: I was wiping his hand out with Delinquent Duo and
The Forceful Sentry, getting rid of his low level monsters.
I soon Brought out Jinzo and a Dream Clown and I beat him
Overall: This kid was good, but he had too many different 
power bonus monsters like little Chimera and Milus Radiant.
4-1
 
3rd Round – Number of people left in tournament: 9
 Bye
While I was waiting for the other matches to finish, 
I watched my friend Eric play. He got eliminated by
my other friend Keith. Also, my rival Craig played 
an easier person and won very quickly. 
 
4th Round – Number of people left in tournament: 5
Goat vs. Scott (Exodia Deck)
 Duel 1: I had everything running this game. I got 
past his defenses very quickly and he was at the
point where he had to defend with the pieces of Exodia.
I guess he realized that he couldn’t beat me, so he kept
using solemn judgment on every thing I tried to play just
to reduce his own Life points. I won this duel quite easily. 
Between Duels: I side decked some of my cards to put 
my anti-Exodia cards in my deck. 
 Duel 2: I got Robbin’ Goblin first turn.
I quickly drew another one and kept destroying his hand.
This duel ended very quickly.
Overall: He was a good friend of mine, so it felt very 
good to beat him. He is good, but I am always ready when 
I play against Exodia decks.
8-1
 
5th Round – Number of people left in tournament: 3 (Semi-Finals)
Goat vs. Craig (Staller/Jinzo deck)
Intro: This was the match I had anticipated. 
My deck is based on Craig’s deck. He has been the 
only person I haven’t been able to beat with my current deck.
 Duel 1: He had everything running this match. He beat me 
early game with Jinzo and other monsters.
Between Duels: I noticed that some of my cards like 
Gravity Bind and Giant Soldier weren’t working well 
against Craig. I couldn’t think of a way to beat him, so as
a last resort, I side decked some cards to put in my hand Destruction cards.
 Duel 2: I kept killing his monsters with Tribute to The Doomed 
and such, and I won mid-game.
 Duel 3: I drew my Robbin’ Goblin very quickly. I used my 
tribute to the doomed’s to destroy his face down monsters, 
then I kept hitting him with dream clown and wiped out his hand.
Overall: I felt so good that I finally beat my rival. I felt 
very happy that I would be getting a good prize. Craig also 
said that it wasn’t that bad that he lost to me, because I 
used a modified version of his deck, so even though he lost, 
his deck was a very good one.
10-2
 
6th Round - Number of people left in tournament: 2 (Finals)
Goat vs. Daniel (Beatdown Power-up Deck)
 Duel 1: I used forceful sentry first turn and got to
mess up his hand. He brought out his summoned skull, 
but I quickly destroyed it with man-eater bug. I had 
a lot running this game and I won mid-game.
 Duel 2: I messed up his hand again very quickly with 
delinquent duo and forceful sentry. I Finally brought 
out Jinzo along with two Nimble Momonga’s I had brought 
by the another one being destroyed. Next turn, he played 
Harpy’s Brother and Equipped it with Malevolent Nuzzler to 
destroy my Jinzo. Next Turn, I used tribute to the Doomed on 
Harpy’s Brother and attacked him with my two Nimble Momonga’s
two win the game (he was at 1600 life points)
12-2
 
Tournament Overall: This was my Second time placing first, 
and it felt very good because I had beaten three very good 
duelists. With my eighteen dollars store credit I bought 
three packs of Pharaoh’s Servant, five candy bars, a Mountain Dew,
and some new card sleeves. In one of my packs I got 
Goblin Attack Force! Anyway, Props & Slops time:
 
Props:
-me for beaten Scott and Craig
-my mom for letting my friends sleep over 
the night before and taking all of them and I 
to the Lucky Frog on her Birthday.
-me for pulling a Goblin Attack Force
-Me for placing first for the second time.
-my lucky hat for being so lucky
-Craig for giving me a ride to Springfield mall
-Craig for giving me the idea for my deck
-Percussion Freaks for being such a good game
-Jinzo for being so much ownage
 
Slops:
-to Craig for losing to me
-to the people there that cheated and made my
 friend lose because of it (*Cough* Nathan *Cough*) 
-to the person who had stolen my other Tribute to the Doomed
-to my Reese’s bar for melting in my pocket 
-to Scott for losing to me so easily
-to Percussion Freaks because it broke and had to be fixed
-to Wizards of the Coast for not having a tournament this week
-to me for not getting Ceasefire or Imperial Order
-to me for losing Premature Burial 
 
Thanks again for reading my tourney report. 
If you have any Questions, 
Comments, Compliments, Complaints, or whatever, 
feel free to E-mail me at 
Paranova303@hotmail.com or IM on AIM at Loserkids303.
 
This is Goat saying don’t eat the babies!
 
“Gonna Cry?
Huh?
Gonna Shed a Tear?”
 
Maybe a Little Hello Tear?