Big Pile of Junk
Andy Hicks
Comic Book World
Entry Fee: $5.00
8 People
Normal Monsters: x4
Blue Eyes White Dragon
Dark Magician
Gemini Elf
Luster Dragon
Effect Monsters x16
Cyber Jar
Exiled Force
Sangan
Sinister Serpent
Breaker The Magical Warrior
Goblin Attack Force x2
Witch Of The
Bazoo The Soul-Eater
Skilled Dark Magician
Jinzo
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Yata-Garasu
Dark Elf x2
Berserk Gorilla
Spells: x15
Mystical Space Typhoon x3
Premature Burial
Harpies Feather Duster
Delinquent Duo
Change of Heart
Monster Reborn
Heavy Storm
Dark Hole
Pot of Greed
Swords of Revealing Light
Raigeki
Graceful Charity
The Forceful Sentry
Traps: x5
Ring of Destruction
Magic Cylinder
Mirror Force
Call Of The Haunted
Torrential Tribute
This is my first attempt at a Yu-Gi-Oh tournament report so
please bear with me. First off this is
not the deck I would play now that I have a little better understanding of how
the cards interact. I got so lucky it
wasn’t even funny. I have forgotten some
of the names because I didn’t write them down and wasn’t really planning on
writing a report but I did fairly well my first time out so why not.
Round 1
Me (junk) vs. John (Chaos)
GAME 1: My details
are going To be a bit sketchy but I somehow managed to win the first game. I had a pretty good draw and was able to lay
down some good beats early. He
stabilized the board somewhat mid game but my big creatures just keep on
pounding and I was able to activate Raigeki and attack for the win.
GAME 2: This game
was all John. He got out Black Luster fairly early and there was
nothing I could do.
GAME 3: This game was
similar to game 2 only I was able to lay some beats as well. When he pulled his Black Luster out he had
two creatures and I had one. I had a
Magic Cylinder set and a Dark Magician.
He had the BL and Breaker the Magical Warrior out. Apparently he didn’t have anyway to get rid
of my trap and decided to attack with the BL to kill my DM and then attack for
the win with Breaker. His life total was
down to 3600 at the time. All I could do
was smile we he announced his attack with BL.
I activated the trap and did 3000 damage to him and was able to swing
over for the win with DM my next turn.
He summed it up after the match when he said I never should have won
that match with my deck but I played well which made the difference. I should note at this point that while this
is my first ever Yu-Gi-Oh tournament and only 1 week since I decided to start
playing I have been playing magic for many years and before I quit playing I
had managed to make a pro tour. So CCG’s
are in my blood.
Round 2
Me vs. ????? (????)
GAME 1: I have to
admit this was a very fast match and I never got to see much of his cards. I got so lucky both games. I managed to Yata Lock him first game on like
3rd turn. It was crazy.
GAME 2: See game 1
only turn 2
Round 3
Me vs. ???????( ????)
GAME 1: Once again I was able to out beat someone with my
creatures. This game went back and forth
for a while but everything I played was bigger than his stuff or traded with
his stuff. He did have a lot of
disruption type cards and I learned the strength of Mirage of Nightmare in this
match. What a good card. I also think I like Confiscation over The
Forceful Sentry as well. Anyway I
managed to get Yata lock on him and end the game. I felt bad afterwards because he had a
Sinister Serpent in his graveyard and he never pulled it out. When the game was over I asked him why he
didn’t, I thought that maybe I had misread the card and it didn’t do what I
thought it did. Turns out he just forgot
it was there. I believe I would have won
anyway because I had good creatures in my hand it would have just taken a few
extra turns.
GAME 2: This game was
quite a bit different. I never really
had control of the board from the beginning.
He managed to take control or swap and destroy every creature I played. I think this was what his deck was meant to
do and he did well this game. Not even
close. I don’t think I did any damage at
all. I just got out played period.
GAME 3: This game
started with me taking board control and doing a bit of damage. I had him down to 6000 and then his deck
started to click again. I started to see
a repeat of the last game. He started to
take control of the board and deal some damage.
Then I managed to get a Jinzo out and thought I might be able to take
control. He played Painful Choice and I
just thought I was done. In my hand I
had Berserk Gorilla, Dark Elf, Monster Reborn and Change of Heart. He pulled out of his deck Raigeki, Dark Hole,
Creature Swap, Monster Reborn( he had a big one in graveyard), and Premature
Burial. I thought for sure this would be
game. I thought about if for a while and
with Jinzo out I negated his traps and that worked in my favor. So I wanted Jinzo to stay out. That means I had to eliminate Raigeki, and
Dark Hole from my choices. The next
question was did I think I would be able to deal with the monster he brought
out in the next few cards cause then I was done if I didn’t. That scared me a bit because with all the
tricks he had it could have spelled the end of me if he was able to get rid of
mine or take it and sac it to something big.
In the end I took my chances and let him have the Creature Swap hoping
he would do exactly what he did. He took
my Jinzo and attacked the creature he swapped and then ended his turn. All I could do was smile and know that I
dodged a bullet. I think I confused him
when I gave him the creature swap because I think he assumed I wouldn’t want
him to have my Jinzo but I knew that he had traps that would have likely ended
the game and I needed Jinzo on the board.
First thing I did was Change of Heart my Jinzo back. Then I activated Monster Reborn and got back
a Goblin Attack Force. Lastly I played
my Dark Elf and simply smiled. I could
tell by the look on his face that he had no idea I would be able to end the
game with his life points still so high.
It took a few seconds to sink in what was going to happen. I entered my
combat phase and told him unless he had some really good spell set that could
stop my attacks it was game. He started
to do the math and just smiled. Once
again I got very lucky and managed to win when I should have lost. On to the finals now woot!!!!
Round 4
Me vs. Jason (Chaos)
GAME 1: As it turns
out Jason was John’s son. Both of them
were playing Chaos. I liked my chances since
I played the father and got lucky. I
figured it was a coin toss at best. Wow
was I wrong. I have to admit the son
played much better than the father did and his deck was much better as well I
thought. Game 1 was a joke for me. I never got out of the gate. Jason took control from the start and didn’t
look back. It was over before it even
got started.
GAME 2: See game 1 hehe.
This one was even worse than the first game. I simply got out played period end of
discussion. Great Job Jason.
PROPS
Playing in my first Yu-Gi-Oh tournament
Everyone helping me with the cards
Taking 2nd place
Had lots of fun and
learned a lot.
Not being the only over 30 guy in the shop hehe.
SLOPS
Taking 2nd
Hoping for a Royal Decree and getting junk out of the
tournament packs I got.
Being one of only two guys playing over 30.
Andy Hicks
mrfirewire@insightbb.com