Subject: Destruction of Dragons Deck - Allan - Cards and Gems - Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Hey all, this is my first tourney report, because i just finished my first tourney off...

Entry fee:  $5

Prizes: 5-8 place - $2.50 store credit
           4th place - $5.00 store credit
           3rd place - $7.50 store credit
           2nd place - $40.00 store credit
           1st place - $85.00 store credit

Number of people in tournament: 40

My deck: 40 cards

Monster: 17

1 Cyber Jar
2 Hane-Hane
2 Man-eater Bug
2 Spear Cretin
2 Magician of Faith
2 Witch of the Black Forest
2 Summoned Skull
2 Barrel Dragon
2 Blue Eyes White Dragon

Magic: 16

1 Pot of Greed
1 Monster Reborn
1 Axe of Despair
1 Snatch Steal
1 Dark Hole
1 Raigeki
2 Card Destruction
2 Tribute to the Doomed
2 Swords of Revealing Light
2 Giant Trunade
2 Fissure

Trap: 7

1 Mirror Force
2 Trap Hole
2 Magic Jammer
2 Seven Tools of the Bandit


Match One: Me vs. This one Kid(forgot his name)

Round 1:

Despite the facth that this kid was quite new to Yu-Gi-Oh, he knew all the rules even better than some other people around in that tournament...well, to the duel...it went quite quickly, all he did were set magic and traps down and some occasional strong attackers. The cards I played instantly destroyed his monsters, leaving him with an open field and mine with a Barrel Dragon. I was wary of attacking because of his magic and traps...his field was full. well, i attacked with Barrel Dragon, and he did nothing. I repeated so about 3-4 times and i won.

Round 2: Pretty much the same, except i had a witch of the black forest attacking instead...and it took awhile...
Match: 2-0

Match Two: Me vs. Jimmy

This kid looked like a decent duelist, but i was to find out he wasn't as good as i had expected...

Round 1:  ok, i had barrel dragon out on 3rd turn, i attacked, and he COUNTERED by using..............................paralyzing potion...........................JUDGE!!!! i had a judge come over and tell him that he couldn't use magic cards on the opponent's turn, and yeah, i attacked his LP. next turn he just set more magic and trap cards down along with a facedown monster...my turn...i got a witch and played it in attack mode and used barrel dragon's effect...got 2-3 so i destroyed his facedown monster and i attacked his LP again, with both monsters. he then used ultimate offering and set like 5 cards facedown...how ironic...i drew pot of greed...used it...and got raigeki and giant trunade..i played both, attacked and won the duel.

Round 2:  well, i gained advantage early here...2 summoned skulls on the field wiped him out in about 7 turns after i got throught his traps and negated them with my seven tools.
Match: 2-0

Match 3: Me vs. a kid with a weird name...

ok this kid had japanese cards in the tourney...made things hard cuz JPN cards are easier to get than U.S ones...

Round 2: ok he instantly started setting monsters in defense, and i sent them to the grave or to his hand with my cards...he repeated throughout the match, but in the end i had 2 summoned skull on him and after time, beat him.

Round 2: alright this one pissed me off...i had a summoned skull out, and he destroyed it with dark hole...he then started settin monsters out during the next turns until he had 3...he sacrificed a LVL 4 monster in order to bring out Relinquished...i reborned a blue eyes and he ate it...and after a while attacked me for 3000, then finished me with his relinquished...i lost

Round 3: this round ended quick...i took my summoned skull and negated his magic/trap cards with my cards in order to defeat him in 4 turns of me getting my summoned skull out.
Match: 2-1

Round 4(Final Round)

Me vs. Ian

this guy was tough...he was 14, but hard as heck to boot...however, he never expected that i was that good compared to him...

Round One: well, he kept attacking my LP with La Jinn and all those strong attackers...he attempted to play Monster Reborn, but i negated it with magic jammer. he then got my LP down to 1700 while he was still at a full 8000...so i managed to play raigeki when i drew it, then brought out my blue eyes white dragon with an axe of despair, and with the axe, i cut his life points in a complete half..he then destroyed my blue eyes...i had a witch down and attacked twice, and later tributed for my summoned skull....however, the only facedown card he had on the field was a Trap Hole.....darn it!!!!......heh, too bad i negated it...seven tools of the bandit....700-0 and i won the duel

Round 2: this started out rough, my hand full of cards i didnt need to use until later...at one point he had no monsters down, and i had a cyber jar down but he played swords of revealing light and the cyber jar destroyed itself and we...he then started his assault on my life points with his newly summoned monsters...la jinn...7 colored fish, i was nearly finished...at 2600-8000, he attacked, and i had mirror force...there went 4 of his monsters...he had no facedown monsters, so he played one facedown...i played swords of revealing light...it was witch of the black forest...i had no monsters, so i played Snatch Steal after i got his lp down earlier when i had barrel dragon out...and hane-hane returned barrel drqaogn to my hand later, so i played tribute to the doomed and destoryed his other face down card...i discarded barrel dragon...2600-4100...and i snatched his witch...i later noticed i had less remaining cards in my deck than him...like me with 9 cards left and him with 10...i drew my next card and it was card destruction...he had like 6 cards in his hand at the time...so i emptied out my hand, lay a man-eater bug and some m/t cards and played card destruction...i had one card in my hand...a hane-hane, so i discarded it and drew one card..he discarded 5, so he drew 5, so he had 4 cards left and another facedown monster he set on his next turn...i had witch attack, and it was sangan...he looked throught the remains of his deck, and found nothing...at that point it was only 3 cards left for him and 7 for me...he never had to think for more than a minute, and was one of the 5 or so best duel monsters duelists in my city...he never thought for more than a turn...i was the first to make him do so...he was thinking what to do for 3 whole minutes, and he ended his current turn, so it was my turn, and i managed to stall that turn...he kept gaining LP due to snatch steal but it didnt matter to me now...my turn i attacked his LP with witch, his turn he simply had 2 cards left now...next turn i repeated so...his turn he had 1 card left to draw...he played dark hole, but not did he know i had a magic jammer and i discarded my barrel dragon to negate that dark hole...my turn, i simply ended...he drew his last card...started to think again, and held his hand out, "Good Job, that's game"...i shook his hand and told him he was a very formidable opponent...i had won!
Match: 2-0

I won $85 in store credit, and with it, bought 10 booster packs, a forceful sentry, and a Japanese Holographic, parallel rare, promo Claymore Mine...what a great day it was...

Pros:

I won 1st place!

I beat one of the best duel monsters duelists in my city

A lot of people from my high school i didnt know were there and actually played the game...people up to Senior year played there

My friend offered Exodia the Forbidden One for $5....(what do you think i said to that deal?)

I won a lot of stuff

a high school junior gave me the 50 cents i needed

everyone knows of my victory and me now

news has been spreading among the city and my school about my victory(how cool)

I was actually allowed to go to the tournament

my friend told me to trust in my own cards when modifying me deck before the tournament, and it paid off

a lot of people respect me now

i never needed to use my side deck

i have a load of packs i havent even opened yet

Cons:

i got home late as heck

i could barely sleep that night due to all the excitement that came through me this day

Props: To the people who helped me achieve what I had
To:

Oren: For cheering me on, saying i was really good, trading me Exodia for 5 bucks, being a real fruit in my freshman science class, and for telling everybody that i was a "Beast" in Duel Monsters

The first kid i Dueled: For being the nicest duelist i've come across, allowing me to help you out with your deck and knowing the rules to the game

Ian(the last dude i dueled): for being the most formidable opponent i've ever faced

Marlon: for checking on my progress after you went to vans, telling me to trust in my own cards, ruffing me up all week for the tournament, freaking out and doing a little dance of your own because i won the tournament, and for telling Miah and your cousin, Alex

Miah: for freaking out over the news and telling me im tight for winning

Charles: for not ruining my day and for also ruffing me up for the tournament all week

Matt: for also ruffing me up for the tournament all week

Marlon's mom: for bringing me to the tournament and home afterward

My mom: for not getting mad and allowing me to go to the tournament i've been waiting for for weeks

Doug(the storeowner): for giving me the credit when i won

Myself: for feeling confident that i stood a chance

My deck: for winning me this tournament

That's how this story ends...hope you enjoyed reading it, everyone. If anyone has any comments, complaints, replies, Love/Hate Mail, or a simple message, e-mail me at:

AceBlader360@AOL.com