Gostly Pumpkins, Mad Avalanche, Forbidden Planet, New York City
By
Haris Radoncic
Date = 8/28/02
I live in Queens so its hard for me to
get my hands on really good deck worthy cards (i mostly get my cards from Ebay
now, thats how i managed to snag two 7 tools, the tribute of the doomed, and 2
magic jammers since they were pretty cheap on ebay) so when i first entered the
Tourny in Forbidden Planet(its located in Manhattan, i was at my cousin's house
at the time it started and he lives near that store), I was pretty nervous and
thought that i would lose cuz i knew that people always play beatdown decks and
such. But i actually did great for my first tournament and got second place(
damn the guy that got in first, he had 3 of every good card like 7 tools, solemn
judgement and magic jammer). For placing second, i got 5 metal raiders boosters,
but i would have really liked first place which was a first edition box of metal
raiders. O well, u cant get everything u want. Anywayz, here's my deck and
tourny results. Hope u
enjoy!
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Gostly
Pumpkins (Main Deck): 51 Cards
Monsters:25
3x Pumpking The King of Ghosts
3x Castle of
Dark Illusions
2x Dragon Zombie
2x Petit Moth
2x
Cocoon of Evolution
2x Great Moth
2x Summoned
Skull
2x Jurai Gumo
2x La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the
Lamp
2x Magician of Faith
2x Dark Elf
1x Tri-Horned
Dragon
Magic:18
3x Violet Crystal
3x
Stim Pack
3x Sword of Dark Destruction
2x Tribute to the
Doomed
2x Fissure
1x Heavy Storm
1x Monster
Reborn
1x Raigeki
1x Change of Heart
1x Dark
Hole
1x Yami
Traps:8
2x Seven
Tools of the Bandit
2x Magic Jammer
2x Trap Hole
2x
Waboku
Gostly Pumpkins (Sideboard): 15
Cards
3x Blue Eyes White Dragon
3x 7 Colored
Fish
3x Tremendous Fire
2x Dian Keto the Cure
Master
2x Reinforcements
2x Soul
Exchange
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My
Deck: Ok, so thats my deck. In this paragraph, i will explian it then we'll
move on to the tournament results. Ok, so first of all, i think it's pretty
obvious that the main theme here is dark and the main Monster here is obviously
Pumpking which is why there are 3 of him. Castle of Dark Illustions is there to
help power up Pumpking, obviously. WHat i really like about this combo is that
by four turns, Pumpking can become a 3000 powerhouse for just 1 sacrifice! Move
over summoned skull, Pumpking's the real deal now! Anywayz, Dragon Zombie is
there just so it can get the power up as well. He works really well here because
if played right, he can become a 2400 powerhouse for no tribute at all! Ok, next
comes in Petit Moth, Coccon of Evolution, and Great Moth aka The Moth Crew. I
put these guys in there for no reason at all really, i just thought it would be
fun to play them in a tournament and see how they would do. See, i really just
care about having fun with other cards cuz right now, almost everybody uses the
same beatdown cards and decks so its not that fun when u and your opponent have
the same cards cuz then it ruins the fun. Ok next on the list are SS, Jurai
Gumo, Dark Elf, and La Jinn. Ok, these guys are in just for the purpose of being
power hitters, and obviously Summoned Skull, Dark Elf, and La Jinn work
well here since they are dark monster who can get powered up by yami and SODD.
Magician of Faith obviously is there for its amazing effect and Tri-horned
Dragon is here to benifit from the power-ups in case alittle more
firepower was needed. The magic cards added here are mainly for power-ups(Violet
crystal, Stim-Pack, SODD) and to annoy my opponent (Raigeki, Change of Heart,
Heavy Storm, Dark Hole). Now for the traps. & Tools of the Bandit is there
for obvously 1 reason, to counter traps. Magic Jammer and Trap Hole are there to
negate enemy monsters and magic cards and Waboku is there to reduce opponents
attacks to nothing. For the sideboard, i added 3 BEWD's and 7 Colored Fish just
if my deck fell into a bit of trouble and needed some more brute force.
Tremendous Fire is there to inflict some heavy LP damage to my opponent if i
feel that he doesnt deserve 1000 LP.
Dian Keto the Cure Master was added so
that i could get back the LP that were decreased from me as a result from
Tremendous Fire's effect. Reinforcements is there for some more power-up and
Soul Exchange was added for some more fun of taking over my opponents monsters.
Wew, finally we can get on toward the tournament!
THE
TOURNAMENT RESULTS
When the tournament kicked off there were
about 20 people and the Duel area in Forbidden Planet was VERY small, but
somehow, everybody managed to fit in. Anywayz, i dueled againest 4 people, and
the way we played was once you lose your 8000 LP, you were out. No 3 duel
againest the same person bullshit. So we were underway in the tournament and i
had to go in the first round so i couldnt trade with any of the kids yet.
DUEL ONE
Gostly Pumpkins vs. Gaurdian of the Gates
Wow, i
thought i would never meet anybody with the balls to play Gate Gaurdian in a
tournament. I was surprised, but that didnt get to my head so i went along with
the duel. First turn was his and he set down a dark elf and another card
facedown in his magic section. Then i went. I had a pretty good hand (7 Tools,
Jurai Gumo, Jurai Gumo, Pumpking, and Stim Pack). I placed down Jurai and
attacked (i called it right on the coinflip, Thank God!) his elf and he lost 200
LP. I dont remmember that much else, but i do remember that after a while, i was
unable to draw monster cards and he got out all three peices with a combo of the
cheerful coffin, monster reborn, and magician of faith. I almost lost but i used
the sideboard to bring out my three tremendous fire's and destroyed his LP with
them because he had 2400 LP left and i had 3100 LP left.
Avalanche - 1
WIN
0 LOSE
DUEL TWO
Gostly Pumpkins vs. Black Skull Dragon
Master
Man did this duel almost escape me! I started off great but after
a while he managed to get out his Black Skull Dragon when i had out a Pumpking
and Castle of Dark Illusions. Pumpking was almost fully powered up (2700 atk).
Luckily i had my two wobaku and used them for two turns. Finally i managed to
get out a stim pack (YES!) and powered up Pumpking to a monsterous 3700 atk and
i took out his son of a bitch dragon. The rest of the duel was easily won.
Avanlanche - 2
WIN
0 LOSE
RECESS
I was finally not matched up with anyone for this
round so i decided to chill with some of the other kids who were there (not many
were left). We talked and i managed to trade my Harpie Lady Sisters for another
Heavy Storm and my Garnecia Elefantis for Two Swords of Revealing Light (The kid
the traded me his 2 SORL must be on crack cuz that was a huge ripoff for him but
whatever :D). I also got a Solemn Judgement off this kid for one of my Summoned
Skulls ( i had two more with me just in case someone wanted to trade for
them. So, anyway, i took out my 2 reinforcements and put my 2 fissure's into my
sideboard and put my 2 new SORL into my main deck. The SORL are sure to help me
out by stalling so that i can fully power-up my zombie's for an all out zombie
blast.
DUEL THREE
Gostly Pumpkins vs. Lord Of Dragons
His deck
was made up of the Lord of D with like hundreds of dragons,but it was still
pretty easy to beat, although it wouldnt have been if i didnt start off the duel
with a SORL and draw one 2 turns later. Ok , so, I had a pretty good hand (
Pumpking, Dragon Zombie, Castle of Dark Illustions, Magic Jammer, Swords of
Revealing Light). I play the Castle in facedown defence mode and put magic
jammer face down as well. He brings out La Jinn and loses 130 LP.I draw a 7
tools and place it facedown. Then i bring out Dragon Zombie who now has 1800 atk
and hit hit for direct damage. He places a monster in defense mode, face down. I
sacrifce dragon zombie to bring out Pumpking with and atk of 2300 and kill his
Aqua Madoor. This goes on and i manage to bring out another pumpking and castle
to power him up and during this i used both SORL just incase. I killed him off
with 2 pumpkings that were at 3300 atk and 3400 atk ( i powered one up with a
violet crystal and the other with SODD).
Avalanche - 3
WIN
0 LOSE
DUEL FOUR
Gostly Pumpkins vs. Jurai Beatdown
For this
duel, i started out with catsle of dark illusions, dragon zombie, SORL, heavy
storm, and trap hole. I place down trap hole face down and dragon zombie
facedown in defence mode. I traphole his next monster and bring out the castle
face up in defence mode and i attack with dragon zombie for 1800 direct damage.
Next he places down a face down card and i kill it with 2000 atk now. I draw
magic jammer and place it down. He places down Ryu Kishin Powered in attack
mode, then use Raigeki. Magic Jammer just lauphs in his face now and i draw a
stim pack. I power up dragon zombie and finish the match with him and a La Jinn
i drew later on.
Avalanche - 4
WIN
0 LOSE
DEUL FIVE
Gostly Pumpkins vs. Girl Power
Damn it. I lost
this match to some Harpie Lady Sisters and a Harpie's Pet Dragon (Japanese of
course, but the owner of the store let him use it and it gets powered up by 500
points for every Harpie Lady and/or Harpie Lady Sisters on the field). Anyway, i
start out with Dragon Zombie, Waboku, Magic Jammer, 7 Tools, and SODD. I power
up DZ with SODD and kill his Monster. Later on i manage to get out a Summoned
Skull and my Tri-Horned Dragon powered up by a SODD and Yami making him 3450
atk. However, he uses Pot of Greed and gets out his Dragon with Lord of D and
the flute, then he uses 3 ELEGANT EGOTIST TO GET 3 HARPIE LADY SISTERS TO GET
HIS DRAGON UP TO 3500 ATK ( Harpie's Pet Dragon has 2000 atk and 2500 def
alone). Then he uses mountain to change the field( stupid faggot) to power him
up to 3700, THEN he uses 2 god-damned Stim Packs to make his dragon 5100 ATK!!!
And that's not all! HE then place one of those effect monsters that power up
certain types up by 500 points. I forgot what it was but it powered up his
dragon up to 5600 atk!!!!!!!!! Holy F***ing Shit. 5600 atk is f***cking insane.
The damn owner should have banned Japanese cards, stupid jackass. If i could
only have drew my Raigeki, i would have won. Well anyway His 5600 atk blew away
my dragon's 3250 atk and one of his powered up Harpie Lady Sisters (it had 2650
atk due to the effect monster and the mountain field bonus) to kill my Summoned
Skull. I lost Horribly from there.
Avalanche - 4
WIN
1 LOSE
FINAL RESULTS
Well, i got second, which isnt bad at all
since i got 5 metal raiders boosters. In them i got a Time Wizard, Shadow Goul,
Little Chimera, Suijin, and Mirror Force. So, getting second wasnt all bad. I
finally got myself a Mirror Force! I could never find a cheap one on Ebay and i
thought i would never get one in a booster so yea it was ok. Plus i had loads of
fun dueling and i was surprised that I actually did good with my deck. I thought
i would lose because it would be tough to power up my the zombie's and
such. Well anyway, thanks for reading and I hope they have another tournament
soon because i wanna enter again with this new deck i constructed that is based
on Black Skull Dragon. If you have any questions about this report or wanna just
get some advice or give me advice, then e-mail me at KingHR6788@aol.com