2nd Place - 5 booster packs of any combination of released sets.

 

 

        This is my second tournament report that I have sent in to Pojo, the first being around a month ago.  Well, I didn't fair too well in that tourney, so I gave my deck a ton of new cards to appropriate it for tournament play.  Without further ado, I give you my decklist:

 

Total Cards:        40

Monsters:           19

Magic/Trap        21

 

        Tribute Monsters(4):

Tyrant Dragon

Dark Ruler Ha Des

Freed the Matchless General

Airknight Parshath

       

        Non-tribute Monsters(15):

Injection Fairy Lilly

Mask of Darkness

Magician of Faith

Gearfried the Iron Knight

Marauding Captain x2

Goblin Attack Force

Cyber Jar

Sangan

Witch of the Black Forest

Exiled Force

Spear Dragon

Hayabusa Knight

Sasuke Samurai

Zombyra the Dark

 

        Magic Cards(14):

Delinquent Duo

The Forceful Sentry

Swords of Revealing Light

Pot of Greed

Axe of Despair

United We Stand

Monster Reborn

Premature Burial

Nobleman of Crossout

Raigeki

Heavy Storm

Harpie's Feather Duster

Mystical Space Typhoon

Reinforcement of the Army

 

        Trap Cards(7):

Imperial Order

Seven Tools of the Bandit

Ring of Destruction

Barrel Behind the Door

Mirror Force

Magic Cylinder

Call of the Haunted

 

Not bad eh?  The details of a lot of my matches are a bit fuzzy, so I'll just give you guys the best summary that my mind can recall.  The first thing I did when I got there was to check out their singles.  I was looking for a Jinzo in particular(to sub for my dad's Hades that I borrowed for the tourney) but didn't find any.  So I asked the owner and he said he had one left, he knew a lot of kids wanted it but he'd sell it to me for $20.  I jumped at the opportunity and told him I'd have the money by the end of the tournament.  After a few casual duels and mosying around, the judges had us sign up, pay our money and get our stinking Magic Ruler packs.  I did pull an SR Maha Vailo though, so I won't complain.  I believe the best pull there was an Axe of Despair.  After everyone had signed up they took about 20 minutes to make the brackets.  They ended up splitting us into two age groups; 12 and under, and 13 and older.  I fit into the 13 and up category(I am 16 incase you're wondering) which had conviniently 16 participants.  We played 4 rounds of single-elimination tournaments, but we played best 3 out of 5 duels instead of the usual 2 out of 3.  Now onto the matches:

 

        I got lucky on the first round.  The first words the guy said to me were, "You'll probably have no trouble beating me.  I play Magic: the Gathering as a primary card game and my friends just got me into Yu-Gi-Oh!."  At first I thought he was trying to psyche me but he really was new to the game.  His cards were good but they had no flow, he didn't know all of the concepts and mechanics, had to ask me questions just about every turn about cards.  I won the first 3 matches without any real competition, got done fairly early and talked Magic with the guy until the next round began.

 

Match II: Me vs. Random Deck Guy's Friend 

        Talk about coincedence, they slated me up against the guy in the first match's best friend who supposedly tought him how to play.  They ran near identical decks, basically beatdowns with no combos, just strong monsters.  I won 3 in a row again.  I do remember winning the final match by using Ring on my UWS-equipped Airknight after it attacked to deal some obscene amount of damage. 

 

        I swear this guy was insane about Fiber Jar.  He used it whenever he drew it, and he drew it a lot.  We had to reset the first duel about 4 times.  By the time I finally beat him down with my two captains and Freed, most of the other kids were already finishing up their matches.  In the second round, I started off by playing The Forceful Sentry and seeing Fiber Jar, but returning CoH instead(yes, he let me go first).  I also summoned Zombyra and ended.  He draws, sets a monster, and ends his turn(hmmm..... can you guess?).  I tributed Zombyra for Hades and obliterated his fiber jar.  After that he tried using Dark Hole but I chained with IO, then attacked direct because he had no monsters, then next turn I activated Ring on Hades and attacked with GAF ending the duel.  The third duel was about the same as the second, only instead of Hades I used Reinforcements to search for Sasuke Sam and let him whipe out Fiber.  I still don't know what the strategy of that deck was.... perhaps Exodia.

 

        By this time I was 9-0, and going to the finals.  My dad stopped by to give me the money he owed me, with which I hurredly bought my precious Jinzy and an 8th-Edition booster box.  I knew I couldn't swap in Jinzo for the finals but since Hades did so well in my last match I didn't mind so much.

 

Match IV: Me vs. Fish 

        Apparently this guy was in some sort of a hurry.  He ran a beatdown very similar to mine, with IFL and GAF but Geminis instead of Spears, and some other changes.  After I beat him in the first duel he suggested that we play a 2 out of 3 match instead of 3 out of 5.  This made no sense to me because it lowered the chances of his victory.  I agreed.  The second duel was very long and very complicated.  We actually had a 4-block chain, something I'd only done in casual duels before(I activate Duo, he chains IO, I chain Seven Tools, he chains Curse of Royal).  In the end he beat me with a powered up Hayabusa because I failed to draw any monsters.  This was it, the final match to decide the winner.  I decided to go first.  He got out a Lilly and GAF very early and killed my wotbf with GAF, I searched for my own Lilly.  I played SORL, summoned Spear Dragon and killed his Gobbies, 1900 direct too.  Ouch.  He draws, sets 2 facedown m/t and a facedown monster, and ends.  I draw, use Harpie's Feathers to destroy his m/t.  He chains Waboku.  I summon Marauding Captain and special summon Lilly, and end.  He draws, turns Lilly to defense mode and ends.  I draw, sac Captain for Hades, attack his facedown with Hades.  It was witch.  Ouch!  I kill Lilly with Spear and treat him for 3400 Injection damage.  I draw, play CotH on my captain, summon another captain from my hand, and finish him off.  He tried to use cylinders on Hades to save himself but I used Barrel Behind the Door and delivered the Coupe de Grace.

 

YAY, I won!  I got to pick any 10 packs, from which I chose:

2 LOB

2 PSV

3 LOD

3 PGD

        I got crap except for the first pack I opened.  It was an LOB and I got Tri-Horned Dragon, which I traded for an Imperial Order the next day(to go into my father's deck).  I also swapped out Hades, my MVP for this tourney, and put in Jinzo.  I hung out for another hour after the tournament ended to chat and watch duels.  Something funny happened... one of my friends dueled a guy who used all 3 god cards, and the guy managed to get 2 of them out.  Anywho, onto Props/Slops

-To my dad for letting me use Hades in the tourney

-To Hades for saving my ass so many times in the tourney

-To the owner of the store for holding onto that first edition Jinzo for me

-To Jinzo for being such a cool monster

-To all the duelists I faced, all were good sports and didn't argue or complain at all

-For my pulling a Tri-Horned Dragon in my first LOB pack

-For my 11-1-0 rec in the tourney

 

-To my cousin and his friend, who were both eliminated by Fish in the first two rounds

-To my bad luck with boosters after pulling Tri-Horned Dragon

-To those crazy judges, who still think that when you deal battle damage with Airknight Parshath you may search your deck for any card and add it to your hand

 

Expect another tournament report from me in exactly two weeks, when I return to Waterford for more dueling.

Questions, concerns, comments, tips, rants, e-mail me at bammjc@juno.com