The
Deadly Dragon Deck, Eddie Rodriguez, Fred’s Hidden Comic
Shop,
Deck
Contents:
3x Blue-Eyes White
Dragon
3x Lord of
Dragons
3x Curse of
Dragon
1x Tri-Horned
Dragon
3x 7 Colored
Fish
3x Man-Eater
Bug
2x Witch of the
2x Trap
Master
3x Flute of Summoning
Dragon
3x Soul
Exchange
1x Change of
Heart
1x Pot of
Greed
1x Raigeki
1x Dark
Hole
1x Monster
Reborn
2x Last
Will
2x Mystical Space
Typhoon
1x Magic Jammer
1x Seven Tools of the
Bandit
1x Mirror
Force
3x Trap
Hole
Total 41 Cards (However, having the
Pot of Greed, Witch, and Last Will cuts my deck
down)
I’m an older (28) player and a long
time Magic player. I joined this
tournament with my son (8). This
was my third or fourth time playing, but I used my Magic experience to construct
a killer deck (plus checking out pojo.com for the best cards). The strategy of
my deck is to get my powerful Dragons into play using the flute or using my
opponent’s creatures as Tribute using the Soul Exchange and Change of Heart.
Secondary to that I keep my
opponent at bay with my monster/magic/trap removal. I use the Witch and the Last Wills to get
my combos going.
There were only about 10 people that
showed up for the tournament. First
Prize was a LOB Pack, a Magic Ruler Pack and a Metal Raiders Pack. Second Prize was a Magic Ruler Pack and
a Metal Raiders Pack. Third was a
LOB pack. This was an elimination
style tournament. I can’t go into
too much detail of all my matches but they all went pretty much the
same.
1st Opponent (my bad
luck, I got paired with the local champion; I think on purpose because I was the
oldest player there)
He had a smirk on his face as we sat
down. I placed a box on the table
that said “Recipe” on it. He asked
what that was and I said “Recipe for Destruction”. He laughed. I opened the box he grunted disapproved
as I pulled out my deck; it was in black-backed protective
sleeves.
We shuffled and flipped the coin, I
won the toss. I went first and we
began. Our first few turns were
pretty tough as we kept using magic and trap cards to kill each others monsters.
He was playing a Fiend deck (big
surprise). He laughed and joked
about a Curse of Dragon I had brought out.
After about 20 minutes, he had managed to bang me down to 1500 life points, he was unhurt at 8000 life. He had just played a Summoned Skull and
I Trap Holed it. He had 1 face-down
monster and 1 card in his Magic Trap Zone.
I had no creatures in play, and all I had was a face down Last Will on
the Field. I had 2 BEWDs in my hand, a Curse of Dragon and a Flute of Summoning
Dragon. I drew a card and the best
combo I ever did happened. I drew
my Change of Heart. I played Change
of Heart and took his face down monster, once I had it, I thought for a moment
and decided to flip it. It was a Trap Master. I targeted his one card and it was
another Trap Hole. So that was
gone. I played Last Will and used
his Trap Master as Tribute to my Curse of Dragon. I searched my deck and Special Summoned
the Lord of Dragons then I played the Flute of Summoning Dragon and summoned
both Blue Eyes. He yelled “No!” so
loud that everyone turned and watched as I proceeded to do 8000 damage and kill
him in one turn. He cursed and
muttered for a while as we shuffled. He kept telling me I was “just
lucky”. Since I had won I decided
to go first on our second match. I
drew my opening hand and gasped. (Lord of Dragons, Flute, Tri-Horned Dragon, 7
Colored Fish, Pot of Greed) I used
Pot of Greed and got a Man-Eater Bug and a Trap Hole. Then I did my dragon combo and got out
the Tri-horned Dragon on my first turn! He was never able to keep a creature in
play as I killed them quickly and destroyed his magic/trap cards. He also was never able to kill the dragon
because of the Lord. He killed my
Lord once but I used Monster Reborn to get it back. He died quickly.
All my other matches were downhill
after that; either they sucked or were scared of me. I faced an Exodia Deck that failed because I blasted every defense he
brought up. A few Fiend/Spellcaster decks fell before me. Even a burn deck was present, which gave
me more trouble than some of the others. Every single match I was able to get my
combos and I quickly went up the ranks. I was suddenly the new hero as everyone
was now watching how my deck played.
Finally it came down to my last match. It was my son vs. me! He was also using a Fiend Deck that I
built for him. Our matches were
long and tough and we came down to one match each. In our last match he had the upper hand
with a summoned skull and 2 La Jinns with Dark Energy.
Yikes I had nothing in play! I drew
a card; Dark Hole. I smiled at my
son as I looked through my cards and came up with a combo. First I played a Witch of the
My deck did much better than I
thought it would. I always had an
answer to my opponent’s decks, and I always got my combos out. I did a lot of trading and buying for
this deck but it was worth it. I
shared my prizes with some of the other younger kids at the tournament. I had a lot of fun and will never forget
the ex-champion’s expression.
If you have any comments or
suggestions, please e-mail me at: eriberto@snet.net. Thanks for reading!