Turn 1:
We went blow for blow, took him down early to 6000 or so, but he battled back by reviving the fatties I discarded to the graveyard with Graceful Charity and Tribute to the Doomed. In each duel, he took control of the field with my own Cosmo Queen against me. I feel betrayed. The rest of this duel went on a down-swing after my early rush at his lifepoints. The luck of the draw failed me, like it usually does.
Turn 2:
Another nail-biter, with each of our monsters swinging and killing. But this duel was where I started to get pissed. Not because of how the duel went, but because of my opponent’s dumb excuses for ‘rulings.’ Check this, he plays Imperial Order in a chain against my Graceful Charity, and I chain the Order with my face-down Typhoon. Then he gets in a hissy fit saying that MST can’t destroy Imperial Order. Are you kidding me?! If it weren’t for the fact that I knew that I’d take this duel in the next few turns, I would have gone on a long diatribe about Chain rules and spell speeds. Needless to say, this guy had the cards, but not an ounce of wisdom of the rules behind the game. Goes to show that most beatdown decks are for the strategically-challenged. Not to say that I am, because my beatdown deck is combo-licious. He even tried to get his friend sitting next to me to back him up on ‘rulings,’ and I stubbornly tell him that what he says is wrong. Heck, I even asked Edo about these rules days later and he backed me up on that. A turn later, he summons Bazoo and pumps him up to 2500, but doesn’t attack. Like I’d be dumb enough to run into a 2500 attack wall. My turn, I Snatch Steal his baboon, Change his Gemini Elf’s Heart, and stomp through for the win. Booyah, sucka.
Turn3:
Once again, our monster clash heads, but this time he makes a break for my lifepoints, and in two turns I’m at 4000. I think I’ll put Trap Holes back into my deck...I use Graceful Charity once again, discarding Cosmo Queen and Summoned Skull, play Kycoo in attack and powered up my La Jinn with the Mask of Brutality, and rush him to even the score. Magic Cylinder. How cheap. I’m down to 100 LP left. Game over. Again, this guy tried to pull some kind of lame-brain ruling about magic cards, when he Reborns my Cosmo Queen, and equips her with Mage Power. According to the ‘rules’ the Monster Reborn he played that turn still counts toward the M/T slot it used. Give me a break, thats pure crap. I let that slide, since I’ve already lost, and didn’t want to argue with this chump. Bah.

After me and my buddy Leo lost in our first rounds, we just lounged around, trying to get some trades in. As usual, the collectors with the all the cards I’d need are total arsemonkeys when it comes to trading. C’mon now, a 1st Edition Dark Necrofear and two super rares for The Masked Beast. I’m giving him the benefit of the trade, but no deal. What a jerk.
Turns out the third member of our team today, Brian, advanced past the first round, but lost in his second match. At least he got farther than Leo and I, but he didn’t get an Exodia deck first match, or a beatdown deck like my opponent’s.

Cheers:
-Leo for hooking me up with a second Necrofear and Fire Princesses for my SoRL
-Edo for answering my rules questions
-Cards & Comics for the tournament
-For Brian getting farther than me with a weaker deck
-KForce1 duelists, for the amusing tournament Reports and keeping this game fresh. Maybe we’ll come to your area some day to duel.
-POJO rocks the poon.
Jeers
-John Hancock (my opponent): read the rules before you try and tell me how they work. I guess you never played a real TCG before Duel Monsters, huh. Magic: The Gathering ROCKS.
-These damned collectors that only want to trade for TP holos and Gemini Elves. Getalife!

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