Deck Name: Medieval Muscle

Archetype: Warrior Speed/Beatdown

Builder: Matt Cortese, age 16

Location: Showcase Hobbies and Collectibles in Waterford, MI 48327

Date: Saturday, November 29th

Time: 2:00pm - 6:30pm

Type: Single elimination bracket-style matches.  The first duelist to win 3 duels advances(3/5 format).

Participants: 24 in the advanced bracket(duelists of age 13 or older)
Entrance Fee: $3.00

Prizes: 1st-10 booster packs of any number of select booster sets

                2nd-5 booster packs of any number of select booster sets

-Each participant received one free booster pack upon entrance fee payment.

 

-2 Tribute Monsters, 16 Non-Tribute Monsters, 17 Spell Cards, 5 Trap Cards

 

Jinzo x1

Airknight Parshath x1

 

Marauding Captain x2

Goblin Attack Force x2

Spear Dragon x2

Breaker the Magic Warrior x1

Injection Fairy Lily x1

Don Zaloog x1

Exiled Force x1

Sasuke Samurai x1

Witch of the Black Forest x1

Sangan x1

Magician of Faith x1

Fiber Jar x1

Cyber Jar x1

 

Pot of Greed x1

Graceful Charity x1

Delinquent Duo x1

The Forceful Sentry x1

Confiscation x1

Raigeki x1

Dark Hole x1

Harpie's Feather Duster x1

Heavy Storm x1

Mystical Space Typhoon x1

Swords of Revealing Light x1

Nobleman of Crossout x1

Reinforcement of the Army x1

Monster Reborn x1

Premature Burial x1

Snatch Steal x1

United We Stand x1

 

Ring of Destruction x1

Magic Cylinder x1

Mirror Force x1

Call of the Haunted x1

Imperial Order x1

 

This being my first tournament in quite a long while, I was a bit nervous at what the results would be.  I arrived about 15 minutes ahead of signup and decided to walk around and find some old buddies.  After browsing some casual matches and sizing up the competition, I bought some card supplies and signed up.  I got a Pyramid Turtle in my free pack if anyone cares.  Some kid pulled a Ring, and just after I got my free pack they started handing out MFC instead of PGD packs.  Darn.     

 

Well this was your typical first round match.  His deck had no theme, no purpose, no rhyme or reason... was about 60 cards and in dire need of tuning.  I won 3 duels in a row, beating him down with revived Gobbies and Jinzo in the first duel, stabbing him with two Cappies and Donny Z in the second, and in the last duel he got a Fairy Lily treatment.  I actually stalled a turn or two just so he could die by syringe *^_^*.

 

This guy was pretty decent.  Well, kinda.  Maybe.  Ok he wasn't that good.  He didn't know a lot of the current rulings so the duels were slow because he kept asking for a judge to interlude.  He played a Dragon deck with the old Flute/BEWD combo.  He actually pulled it off in the last duel, but he didn't attack with any after he summoned them!  All I had was a facedown monster, he had the Lord and two Blue Eyes.  Oh well.  Next turn, I Dark Hole, get the effect of my facedown Sangan, Reborn my long dead Cappy, play the other from my hand(searched by Sangan), and special summon some Gobbies, attack for 4700 direct, and end.  After waiting for the judge to tell him that none of my monsters could be attacked, he set a monster and ended.  My turn.  I play Reinforcement of the Army, get Sasuke Sam, obliterate his facedown with it, and attack with my other warriors for the win.  Onto the third round... wheee!!  I still don't know why he calls himself Dragoon.   

 

This guy's won four previous tourneys and had me a bit nervous.  I had played him twice before, once in the first round and once in the second.  Both times I had won, but these duels were before he got a major deck overhaul.  He basically plays the mirror-deck of the world champ's.  Well, here's how it went:  First two duels, I get Yata locked.  The second one was brutal, it only took 3 or 4 turns.  Then I began to fight back.  I beat him down with an early Parshath and Spear Dragons, forcing him to set monsters like Yata and Donny Z to save his LPs.  Next duel, same thing with Jinzo and Warriors.  It was 2 and 2, and we headed to the final duel.  I had an early Confiscation and pulled Yata out of the game.  I used Crossout on his Fiber Jar, removing the threat of a Yata comeback totally.  He set a monster and a trap.  I summoned Breaker, removed his counter to destroy the facedown Mirror Force.  Whew.  I killed his facedown Witch of the Black Forest and he searched for Mystic Tomato.  His turn, he sets a monster and ends with one card in hand.  My turn, I use Duo to get rid of the card in his hand, a Jinzo.  I Reborn it, summon Spear Dragon, attack the set Tomato, attack the second Tomato with Jinzo, and kill off the third with Breaker.  Next turn he uses Snatch Steal on Jinzo and kills my defensive Spear.  Next turn, I gain the 1000 LPs, MST his Snatch Steal, take back his Jinzo and kill him with it.  All right!  Onto the next round.             

 

There were only 3 competitors left so we rolled a d8 to see who would get the bi.  Guess what, I rolled an eight.  Mwuahahahah!  Although I kinda felt bad I knew that both of the other competitors weren't as good as I.  I wasn't allowed to watch the semifinal match so I browsed some singles and played a few casual M:tG games.  The match eventually ended, though it seemed a bit long.  The final match began...

 

Anthony ran a sweet XYZ deck that worked fairly well, but I didn't expect him to make the finals.  He lost his fusion deck about an hour ago so his deck was hurting quite a bit.  Though he did put up a good fight.  Before the match began we both agreed to play the traditional 2/3 match instead of 3/5.  the details on these duels are a bit hazy... he won the first match although it was a hardfought battle on both sides.  He asked again if I still wanted to play 2/3 but I wasn't about to go back on my word.  I made an awesome comeback in the next duel with two Gobbies and an untouched SoRL.  I remember plowing through seemingly endless Dragon-Cannon-Tank peices.  Then in the next duel he pulled off an early Limiter Removal for somewhere around 3000-4000 direct damage, but I regrouped and came up with a strong offensive Warrior force that wasn't stoppable by his means.  I ended up winning rather easily in the third duel.  Huzzah.  I collected my cards and went to the counter for my 10 packs.                  

 

I picked 5 LOD and 5 MFC packs.  Cards of note were Spell Shield Type-8, Drop-Off, Freed the Matchless Knight, and the alternate art Dark Paladin.  I traded the Pally and Drop-Off for some store credit, Fiber Jar and Riryoku.  Nice.  For now, my deck needs no tweaking... that'll change in a few weeks though.  After the tourney I joined a Magic tournament then headed home for soem Chinese food *mmmmmm.   

 

-To my second win at Showcase and my luck in card drawing.

-To Mike, who got some crap from newbs while judging and almost quit from frustration.

-To Anthony, for putting up a good fight despite his lost fusion deck.

-To my father for driving me there and picking me up, and lending me the money to enter both tourneys and get some card sleeves.

 

-To the people who argue every rule they aren't familiar with, who don't bother to look at the banned/restricted list, and make annoying gestures and sounds during a duel.

-To the other 6 packs I got, which bore nothing at all.

 

Well, thanks for reading my long tournament report, thanks to Pojo for posting it, thanks to UD and Konami for their... erm... stuff that they do, and thanks to Showcase Collectibles and Hobbies, who will always be my home for Yu-Gi-Oh! and Magic needs.

 

Questions, comments, conerns, compliments, tips or rants?  E-mail me at bammjc@juno.com.  I'd love to hear from ya.

 

"Heart of the cards?"  It's not about luck or money, it's about being able to manipulate your hand and your opponent's as well, gain card and field advantage, and maintain that advantage.  In other words, Yugi Motou is a newb."