Deck’s Name: Untitled =]
Deck’s Type: Warrior/Spellcaster
Player’s Name: Kyle Cook
Store’s Name: Chris Cave’s Card Shop
Store’s Location: Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Date: May 28^th, 2005
Number of People: 11

Howdy, my name is Kyle and today was one of my better weeks in Yu-Gi-Oh. This, of course, is my first report so here goes =].

Well I used to play back at the very start but after 2 years I lost interest. Just recently (2 months ago maybe?) I restarted from scratch with an Exodia deck that my friend had lent me. Didn’t fair too well in tournaments with it but I didn’t do too badly. I then switched over to a mainly Spellcaster Deck with my main card being Dark Magician of Chaos. Basically he won all my games for me which didn’t surprise me much. With that deck I didn’t rank any higher than 4^th so I felt it was time for a change (especially after losing to what I considered a newb of the game in Top Eight). Anywho, I finally revamped my deck into what it is now and it turned out great in my opinion.

*Note: This was a Traditional Format Tournament; Advanced Tournaments are Sunday.

Deck Total => 40 (20/11/9)

Monsters => 20
1x Jinzo
2x Chaos Sorcerer
3x Magician of Faith
2x Apprentice Magician
2x Marauding Captain
1x Exiled Force
1x Cyber Jar
2x Skilled Dark Magician
1x Sasuke Samurai #4
1x Spirit Reaper
1x Mirage Dragon
1x Sangan
1x With of the Black Forest
1x D.D. Warrior Lady

Magic => 11

1x Raigeki
1x Monster Reborn
1x Change of Heart
1x Dark Hole
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Graceful Charity
1x Pot of Greed
1x Snatch Steal
1x Warrior Returning Alive
1x Swords of Revealing Light
1x Heavy Storm

Traps => 9
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Mirror Force
1x Magical Cylinder
1x Ceasefire
1x Fairy Box
1x Ring of Destruction
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Waboku
1x Imperial Order

Side Deck => 15
2x Gravity Bind
1x Freed the Brave Wanderer
1x Big Bang Shot
3x Pixie Knight
1x Curse of Anubis
1x Spell Purification
2x Axe of Despair
1x Dream Clown
1x Heart of Clear Water
1x The Hunter with 7 Weapons
1x Raging Flame Sprite

First Round:
Me (0-0) vs. Matt Cameron (0-0)
Well this guy is basically the best there is currently at the store. He’s won more tournaments than anyone since the Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments started a few years back. First game Was fairly close, I got him down to about 3000 Life Points but he pulled out the win. Second game I Side Decked 10 Cards but it hurt me in the end because he killed me 5^th turn with Jinzo and Black Luster Soldier.

Second Round:
Me (0-1) vs. Daniel (0-1)
Faired a lot better this round. First game I got both of my Chaos Sorcerers out and basically destroyed everything that came in sight. Second game wasn’t much different, except for the fact that I had two Marauding Captains out at once with assistance from Exiled Force. Basically I Summoned Exiled Force via my Captain’s effect and tributed him for the kill. Next turn I drew Warrior Returning Alive and brought back Exiled Force, summoning him with my second Marauding Captain. I used Exiled Force two more times thanks to Call of the Haunted and Monster Reborn.

Third Round:
Me (1-1) vs. Eric (1-1)

This was a very close duel, but I won the first match thanks to Imperial Order. He kept drawing Spell Cards which were basically useless for him. I paid until I was down to about 2000 Life Points but I only stopped because I knew I was going to win on that particular turn. Second game he crushed me with his Sasuki Samurai #4. Third game was close as well but I pulled out the victory thanks to Marauding Captain yet again. The two of them beat him down until he was dead =].

Fourth (and Final) Round:
Me (2-1) vs. Derek (2-1)
This match was to decide who made Top 4, me or him. He was running a Earth/Pump Up deck which surprised me greatly. First game I won though by beating him down with Jinzo. Second game I got too cocky and didn’t carefully plan my moves. He got five monsters on the field and basically CRUSHED me, I barely put up a defence. Third and final duel was even closer. For awhile I had my Captains out so he couldn’t really attack me. He then pulled out Dark Hole and started beating me down. Near the end of the duel I had one monster on (Spirit Reaper) and he has three (all level 4 monsters). I had no cards in hand so I Top-Decked a Jinzo and played it. I killed the weakest monster on his field and it ended up killing him.

Top Four:
Me (3-1) vs. Billy (4-0)

This surprising went rather well for me. I didn’t expect to man handle him as much as I did but I pulled out a 2-straight win. He was playing a Blue-Eyes deck that seemed to be crushing his opponents left and right. Both games I won with Jinzo.

Finals:
Me. (4-1) vs. Matt Cameron (4-1)

One of the best duels I’ve had in the longest time, let’s put it that way. First game was close, we were both down to 500 when I pulled out a Raigeki and played my Cyber Jar Face-Up. Luckily he had nothing to stop its attack so I won Game One. Second game went strictly in his favour. He got me into a Yata-lock 4^th turn so I conceded that game. Game Three was close at the start then I pulled a crazy move. We were both at 7000 and I had played a Cyber Jar last turn. He placed a monster face-down so I drew and immediately flipped Cyber Jar. I got one monster on and so did he. With the Cyber Jar I got a Graceful Charity and Pot of Greed. I used the PoG than the GC and after discarding I had 10 cards in my hand. I Snatch Steal’d his one monster (Breaker the Magical Warrior(1600)) then Summoned a Chaos Sorcerer(2300), Marauding Captain(1200) and Spirit Reaper(300) via MC’s effect. The monster I got with Cyber Jar was Mirage Dragon(1600). This all totalled up to exactly 7000 damage so I attacked and won. Even the judge was surprised at this move.

So I won the tournament and won free entry into tomorrows tourny and $11.

Pros:
-> I won my first tournament since coming back
-> My deck worked nicely (except for first round)

-> I beat Matt ^_^

Cons:
-> NONE!!

Well this was my report. I’ll write more in the future and hopefully I’ll be winning more tournaments!
Email: Kylecook_@hotmail.com