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Sand Sphinx Deck Heckle & Jeckle's Collectible Rochester, New York



Sand Sphinx Deck- Heckle & Jeckle's Collectibles Rochester, New York

Erik Walimaa

Heckle & Jeckle s Collectibles

Rochester, New York

February 27

$2 entry 1st-20 2nd-15 3rd-5 store credit



Hello, this is my first attempt at sending in a deck to Pojo s, though I ve been a avid reader for some time, but I think I ve really struck gold here. This is a pretty unique deck type that I hope others may have success with. First the deck list



Monsters x19

Theinen the Great Sphinx

Andro Sphinx x2

Sphinx Teleia x2

Guardian Sphinx

Pyramid Turtle x2

Des Lacooda x2

Swarm of Scarabs x2

Swarm of Locusts

Royal Keeper x2

Wandering Mummy

Cyber Jar

A Cat of Ill Omen x2



Magic x10

Pot of Greed

Premature Burial

Book of Life

Swords of Revealing Light

Heavy Storm

Giant Trunade

Snatch Steal

Change of Heart

Necrovalley

Book of Moon



Traps x11

Needle Ceiling x3

Waboku x2

Pyramid of Light x2

Ring of Destruction

Magic Jammer x2

Magic Cylinder



Sand Sphinx vs. Life-Gain Chaos



Round 1- My first opponent was also my most difficult. This was a very hectic battle going a follows. My opponent began by playing Kycoo, a face up Soul Absorption and a face down m/t. I set a Scarab, Waboku, and a Needle Ceiling, whereas he activated a trap (can t remember name) which prevented other traps from being activated, annnd I dropped my jaw. I passed, and he played Reflect Bounder and attacked, removing cards in my grave and gaining 1000 life. My turn came and I drew and played Swords and set Locusts. He played Card Destruction, another Soul Absorption, and a Soul Release on me, gaining 5000 life. My turn came and I used Locusts to destroy the trap and set a Des Lacooda. He then played a Pitch Black Warwolf and tried to attack. At the end of his main phase I used Needle Ceiling, and he ended his turn. I used Locusts on his Cylinder, attacked, set a Pyramid of Light and ended my turn. He brought out Black Luster Soldier gaining 2000 and removed my locusts gaining 1000 more, and revived reflect bounder, which I Wabokued. My turn- I set one Pyramid Turtle and another Needle Ceiling. On his turn, I activated the Ceiling immediately and he passed. I then brought out both Andro and Teleia (Having used Lacooda this whole time for loads of cards) and slowly whittled down his life.

Round 2- It went almost like round one except My Lacoodas were killed early so I lacked a card advantage. My Guardian Sphinx held the field for a little bit, but he Premature Burial d his BLS and removed Sphinx and everything else I brought out.

Round 3- He began by dropping all three Soul Absorptions and used a Soul Release early on for 7500 life (I kid you NOT), but it left his hand bereft. I managed to fill my field with reflippers and both Lacooda s. 2-1



Sand Sphinx vs. Sort of Dragon Deck



Round 1- My next opponent was pretty young and did a few mistakes like using Torrential Tribute as a Dark Hole in trap form. The problems came from his Fiber Jar which he got in this match twice, keeping me from getting control. I finally got out my Guardian Sphinx and proceeded to bounce the infernal pot and began taking him down. I had already used Ring twice because of it, so we were both pretty low.

Round 2- He started strong with a Lord of D. and flute, bringing out Red-Eyes and Luster. I set a Royal Keeper and Needle Ceiling(recurring evilness), and passed. He played one more monster before I activated it, and he passed. I got out a Teleia with a Pyramid and overran him from there.



Sand Sphinx vs. Skill Drain Deck



Round 1- One of the cards I had id d as my weakness beforehand, I was semi-ready. He began by setting one monster and three m/t. I then played Pot which he jammed, Waboku which was MST d and a Needle Ceiling which was hit with Dust Tornado. I set Cyber Jar and ended my turn. He revealed a Cat of Ill Omen and put Skill Drain on top and played a Jirai Gumo and passed. I flipped Cyber Jar, we both set a few, me Swarms and him Mask of Darkness and Cat of Ill Omens. I placed down a Pyramid and passed. He played Giant Orc, flipped the other two face up activated skill drain, and I Waboku d. I trunaded the Skill Drain and set another Ceiling, and used it on his turn. A Heavy Storm cleared the m/ts and I swarmed him.

Round 2- It went exactly like round one, except when he got out Skill Drain, I brought out Andro and Teleia and set a Jammer in case. He never did ry to destroy the Pyramid and switched the Orcs and GAF s to defense. I overran him with them for the win.



Sand Sphinx vs. Evil Jinzo Guy



Round 1- I actually don t remember this round too much because of number two and three.

Round 2- Things were bad from the start. He got out a Jinzo equipped with a Baou and was negating everything I pulled. Pyramid of Light was useless, Pyramid Turtle and Cyber Jar were equally useless. Loss

Round 3- I remember this match verry clearly. He used cards such as Slate Warrior and Dark Necrofear. I had to use three Needle Ceilings, twice on Dark Necrofear. She never did have a viable target because everything was face down. At the end he used Breaker to destroy one of my facedown Waboku. On my turn I activated Pyramid, played Teleia and 2 Andro, I had a Lacooda face down and used Book of Moon on one Andro, and activated Needle Ceiling to kill the rest. I brought out Theinen and hit him with the Theinen and Lacooda for 7000, he had been previously undamaged. He summoned Tribe and killed Theinen. I then flip summoned the other Andro and hit him for 1400.



Sand Sphinx Deck vs. Life Gain Chaos (again)



Honestly, I bowwed out at this point. It was top winners bracket vs. top losers bracket.

I had already played him once, and I accpeted second place. <Evil Grin> While he was finishing up his final match I took my store credit and nabbed the Jinzo I had been eying up during the tournament. It hadn t been set out for sale yet (a recent acquisition of the store) and was going to be marked for only $13. 2nd place was $15 store credit, soooo. I had my reasons.



It was a pretty exciting tournament. The deck had worked great in casual duels and this was it s first tournament test. The tournament had 20 or so people and held to all official restrictions and bannings. I was not disappointed in the least.



Highs- My wondrous movie cards and the person who, after seeing Des Lacooda summoned by Pyramid Turtle, breathed a sigh of relief and said That s a zombie?



Lows- Those darn BLS and Jinzos



Erik Walimaa crimsondragon8@hotmail.com