ATLANTIS RISING
by ShadowMiller (Kevin Miller)
E K Comics/Trading, Mississauga, ON,
Canada
Entry was CAD$5.00 and all duelists
received a TP3 pack
May 4th 2003, 1:30 - 4:00
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Me and my friend SpikedNinja (Dave
Freiburger) began dueling each other July 2002, and we usually only duel
each other. As a result, my deck is
mainly
built to duel him. Not a problem really, since I've also
customized it to be a Water/Healing deck, with many water-based monsters and a
couple Umi/Tornado Wall combos, and also 2 each of Nimble Momonga, Dancing
Fairy, and Cure Mermaid. After much
practice and deck customization, we decided it was about time for our first
official tournament. So please bear
with me if this report seems incorrect in some way; I've never made one before
^_^"...
These were the contents of my deck, ATLANTIS RISING:
Monsters
(26)
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[3x] Sonic
Bird
[2x]
Aqua Spirit
[2x]
Cure Mermaid
[2x]
Dancing Fairy
[2x]
Nimble Momonga
Crab
Turtle
Amphibian
Beast
Summoned
Skull
Cyber
Jar
Man-Eater
Bug
Mother
Grizzly
Mystical
Elf
Trap
Master
Maha
Vailo
Wall of
Illusion
Bazoo
the Soul-Eater
Witch of
the Black Forest
Harpie's
Brother
Weather
Report
Hayabusa
Knight
Magic
(18)
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[2x] Umi
[2x]
Offerings to the Doomed
Turtle
Oath
Monster
Reborn
Share the
Pain
Soul
Exchange
Mage
Power
Horn of
the Unicorn
Giant
Trunade
Dian Keto
the Cure Master
Change of
Heart
Ekibyo
Drakmord
Card
Destruction
Dark Hole
Malevolent
Nuzzler
Miracle
Dig
Trap (7)
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[2x]
Tornado Wall
Skull
Lair
Dragon
Capture Jar
Waboku
Skull
Dice
Shift
TOTAL 51
Side Deck:
Dark
Magician (just in case), Appropriate, De-spell,
Last Will, Final
Destiny, Return of the Doomed, Infinite Cards, Nobleman
of Extermination, Time Seal, Metal Detector, Eternal
Rest, Chain Destruction, Labyrinth Wall, Soul
Release, Magic Drain
I created this
sidedeck in case I was supposed to play someone with an Exodia deck...Of course
that never happened and I never used my sidedeck anyway…Live and learn, I
suppose; only one guy there had an Exodia deck, or was just carrying the head
for no reason…
The TP3 pack I got
was full of useless cards: Dark Elf, a fusion called Karbonala Warrior, and
another Dragon Capture Jar. I
substituted nothing. Dave got the
unlikely-usable White Hole, Spirit of the Harp, and was fortunate enough to get
a Pot of Greed. Before the Tournament
actually started, Dave and I played two duels outside of the store in the mall
hallway. I forgot to record these
duels, but I won the first one by attacking an open field with Dancing Fairy. For the second duel, we used each others
decks, and, fortunately, I lost ^_^. The point of such a duel was to find
weaknesses in our own decks by facing them head on.
First Match – Kevin
Miller vs. Jason D (Jinzo)
Duel 1
I cannot believe how
fast he was able to beat me. He used
Pot of Greed, then Graceful Charity, and placed a facedown monster (Nimble
Momonga?). I placed Wall of Illusion
facedown and Turtle Oath, Malevolent Nuzzler and Monster Reborn facedown. He used Heavy Storm and Raigeki to
completely clear my side of the field and then tributed for Jinzo and equipped
with Mage Power and United we Stand. I
didn’t stand a chance, especially since my next card was a magic…
0 - 8000
Duel 2
This duel was not
much different than the first the only difference were that I was able to use
Change of Heart on his Jinzo the turn before he killed me…
0 - 1100
Dave was dueling
beside me and lost only seconds after I did.
He informed me that he faced a kid with a Dragon deck. This was the ultimate let-down; my deck is
almost perfectly suited for killing dragons, and I didn’t get to duel him…
Afterwards, we dueled
a couple of other kids for fun, and, of course beat them. We dueled this 10-yr-olds 80card
beatdown. The only thing that kept the
duel going for so long was his Gravity Bind.
My Mage Powered Hayabusa Knight dominated that for a while until he Trap
Holed ‘im. After that I used Monster
Reborn to resurrect my Trap Master and destroyed his Gravity Bind, then
tributed Trap Master for Amphibian Beast, and attacked with both.
6600 – 0.
Dave dueled him then. I came
back from the washroom in time to see him kill him with a Relinquished Summoned
Skull. I was told the final was 2400
– 0 for Dave.
I dueled another guy
for a card. I put up my Bazoo for his Swords of Revealing Light, and he said he
would beat me under a minute. All I can
remember is that this lasted a minute and a half.
Props:
-lasting 1.5 times
the amount of time I was expected to last.
-not losing every
time.
-my deck beating
Dave’s a total of 6 times that day
Slops:
-losing in the first
round is definitely a big one
-not dueling the
dragon guy
-not getting any good
cards
-losing Bazoo
Final Thoughts:
I cannot stress
enough the wicked effectiveness of Quickplay magic Offerings to the Doomed.
Perhaps Bazoo was
never meant for my deck. I’ve never used
it with any effectiveness…
I HATE Gravity Bind!!
Expect the worst
thing that can possibly happen, and think realistically.
10 year olds have
absolutely no guilt and are prone to cheating and stealing, but never prevail.
I’m gonna rethink
having such cards as Share the Pain and Skull Lair in my deck.
Questions? Comments?
Suggestions? Ridicule? Email kgm52@hotmail.com
.