Subject: Simple Beatdown, Lone Star Comics, Ft. Worth, Texas
Deck Name: Simple Beatdown
Location: Lone Star Comics
Date: 10/19/02
City&State: Ft. Worth, Texas
# of People: 16
Single Elimination
No Japanese cards
Rulebook Rulings

Prizes:
1st Place: $25 store credit
2nd Place: $10 store credit
Everybody gets a tourney pack.

Hello, people! This is my first tournament report, and it's my first tournament. I'm new to Texas so I didn't know anybody there and didn't know what to expect. This Duelist King tournament consisted of 16 people, as mentioned above. Here's the deck:

Deck Total: 48 cards

Monsters: 24
3x 7 Colored Fish (Fishy)
1x Witch of the Black Forest (WotBF)
1x Dark Zebra
3x Summoned Skull (SS)
3x La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (La Jinn)
2x Wall of Illusion
1x Judge Man
2x Jirai Gumo
1x Mystical Elf
1x Man-Eater Bug (MEB)
1x Suijin
1x Giant Soldier of Stone (GSoS)
1x Neo the Magic Swordsman (Neo)
1x Blue-Eyes White Dragon
1x Banisher of the Light
1x Big Eye

Magic: 17
1x Ring of Magnetism
2x Soul Exchange
1x Monster Reborn
2x Fissure
1x Swords of Revealing Light (SoRL)
1x Card Destruction
1x Dark Hole
1x Gravekeeper's Servant
1x Heavy Storm
1x Shield & Sword
1x Change of Heart
1x Tribute to the Doomed (TttD)
1x Megamorph
1x Tailor of the Fickle
1x Malevolent Nuzzler

Trap: 7
2x Reinforcementrs
1x Robbin' Goblin
2x Trap Hole
1x Waboku
1x Seven Tools of the Bandit (7 Tools)

Monster:Magic/Trap Ratio- 1:1

1st Match
Me v.s. Jarod (newbie)

Duel 1:
In my first hand I had SS, Ring of Magnetism, Fishy, and a couple other cards that I cant remember. I let him go first. He set a monster in def and it was my turn. I played La Jinn and attacked and he flipped it over. It was a Ryu-Ran. Obviously he didn't know about tributes, so I explained the whole level-thingie and continued. Being the nice guy that I am, I let it go. All I really remember was using a Ring of Magnetism on my SS to get his Ryu-Ran to attack it, then attacking the Ryu-Ran with my Monster Reborned SS. I then beat him down with Dark Zebra, Fishy, and SS. I win!

Duel 2:
Basically it was just a repetition of last duel. He knew the rules this time, though. I was really sorry that I had to eliminate this newbie on the first round, but it was a tournament. Unfortunately he got all commons in his tourney pack. Sorry, man! I win!

Record: 2-0-0

2nd Match
Me v.s. Ramdon (?)

Duel 1:
This guy wasn't as bad as my previous opponent, but he wasn't good, either. He had a lot of Life Point recovery cards, but that didn't help at all. The only damage he did to me was when my La Jinn attacked a Ceremonial Bell. As usual, La Jinn and Summoned Skull wiped him out. I win!

Duel 2:
Well, it went just like the duel above except that I only got damage from Hinotama and my own Jirai Gumo. I win!

Record: 4-0-0

3rd Match (Semifinals):
Me v.s. Tommy

I had met Tommy before the tournament, and he was a nice guy. Of course, since this was my first tourney, he thought that he would beat me. If I won this match, then I would be on the finals and be guaranteed at least $10 and a tourney booster. I had gone this far and wasn't ready to lose! (at least not yet.)Needless to say, I was really nervous. If I win, I get $10 and a tourney pack. If I lose, I would get a tourney pack. I usually get nervous about these things. $10 was on the line, and if I lost, it would be gone. Allright, this is getting long so I'll get on the the duels.

Duel 1:
I was so nervous that I can't remember my hand except for La Jinn, Fissure, and Malevolent Nuzzler. He won the flip and went first. Tommy brought out a La Jinn and powered it up all the way to about 3000. With a little bit of body English, I gave him the impression that I had already lost all hope. When he was done, I simply layed down Fissure. Ha! If only I could show a picture of his face right here. It was priceless(yes, I know, I watch too much TV)! I brought out my own La Jinn and powered it with Malevolent Nuzzler and attacked him for a solid 2500. He used a monster removal card and destroyed my souped-up La Jinn. I also used a mon removal card and attacked him with a Fishy. After that I just kept attacking with my Fish and I won.

Duel 2:
Now I was really nervous. I couldn't blow it know. I honestly couldn't remember this Duel very well. What I do remember, though, is finally defeating him with a Change-of-Hearted Monster. I win!

Record:6-0-0

4th Match (Finals)
Me v.s. Evan

I actually got this far on my first tournament! I was guaranteed the $10 dollars, so I felt really safe. However, on the other hand, I was going to play the best Duelist in about a 100-mile radius. No joke. I had heard about him at the beginning of the tourney. The way that he plays it seems like he has never lost a tournament before. He also has tons and tons of cards at his disposal. Evan is a really cool and nice guy, though. You can't find anybody like him very easily. Anyway, on to the Match, but I really don't have very much to say.

Duel 1:
He did the Life Point count on the Match and I was to nervous to do it also, so I really don't remember how it went. I only remeber using Magician of Faith to use Pot of Greed four times. He totally creamed me. I lose :(

Duel 2:
Pretty much the same thing. This time I did a lot more damage to his Life Points, though. He attacked La Jinn with Jirai Gumo and I used Waboku. Called it wrong and lost 4000 Life Points! Ouch! It didn't really matter, though. He also used Solemn Judgement against my Judge Man. Sounds pretty funny. After that... he totally creamed me. I lose :(

Record: 6-0-2

Evan's tourney pack had 3 commons, and mine had a rare. He wanted it so I traded it for a Dark Elf. I don't remember the card's name, but I do remember knowing that Dark Elf would benefit me a lot more. I also received my $10. Not bad at all. Using it I got 3 Magic Ruler boosters and got complete crud: two Hiro's Shadow Scouts and a UFO Turtle. Darn. Oh well, at least I got a much hoped-for Dark Elf.

Props:
My mom and dad, for taking me
Pojo, for posting this and being such a great and reliable site
Lone Star Comics, for having the tournament
Evan, for being cool and nice
Dark Elf, for finally being mine
Black Luster Soldier, for being the best Duel Monster there was and the best there ever will be.

Slops:
My Magic Ruler boosters
a kid that was eliminated in the first round, for thinking that he could beat me