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Subject: Speed Control Beatdown Jordan Romig The Toy Chest North Carolina

Speed Control Beatdown
Jordan Romig
The Toy Chest
Cary, North Carolina
Friday, August 19, 2005

The Main Deck:40
Monsters:17
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Sinister Serpent
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
Chiron the Mage
Blade Knight
Mirage Dragon
Cyber Jar
Magician of Faith
Twin-Headed Behemoth
Sangan
Zombyra the Dark
Berserk Gorilla
D.D. Survivor
Spirit Reaper
Jinzo
Airknight Parshath

Spells:17
Graceful Charity
Pot of Greed
Delinquent Duo
2 Nobleman of Crossout
Snatch Steal
Smashing Ground
Soul Exchange
Mystical Space Typhoon
Heavy Storm
Scapegoat
Creature Swap
Metamorphosis
Premature Burial
My Body As A Shield
Card Destruction
Swords of Revealing Light

Traps:6
Call of the Haunted
Ring of Destruction
Torrential Tribute
Sakuretsu Armor
Ceasefire
Bottomless Trap Hole

The Fusion Deck:8
Thousand-Eyes Restrict
The Last Warrior From Another Planet
Fiend Skull Dragon
Dark Balter The Terrible
Ryu Senshi
Dark Flare Knight
Dark Blade The Dragon Knight
Charubin The Fire Knight

The Side-Deck:15
2 Trap of Board Eraser
Dust Tornado
Swarm of Locusts
Mobius the Frost Monarch
Kinetic Soldier
King Tiger Wanghu
Waboku
Magic Cylinder
Compulsory Evacuation Device
Zero Gravity
Luminous Soldier
2 Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
Legendary Jujitsu Master

 Now, this tournament was from last year, and I wasn’t going to, but I decided to write a tournament report on what happened.  The tournament started at 6:00pm, so I left my house at about 5:45pm to get there on time.
 When I arrived, I met my friends Kevin and Eddy and registered.  The entry fee was $6.00, and you get a pack at the end no matter what.  The prize for winning is an extra pack at the end, and of course, the honor of being the best that week. 
 If you manage to lose in the first round, then you are placed in the preliminary tournament, and the prize for winning is the same.

 And so the tournament began:

Round One: Jordan VS. Brett

This guy was probably around 16-17 years old and had a Zombie deck.

Duel One:
I went first and my hand was good, I started with some face down cards and Zombyra the Dark.
He set a monster and some face down cards, I chained Mystical Space Typhoon to his first set, it was…Fissure?! He passed his turn to me.  I drew and summoned Berserk Gorilla.  I used Zombyra to attack his set monster, since Zombyra can’t attack directly anyway.  It was a Spirit Reaper.  I ended.  He used Hammer Shot to destroy my Berserk Gorilla, then tributed his Spirit Reaper for Vampire Lord.  He attacked my Zombyra, it was destroyed, and I went down to 7900 LP.  He called Trap, and I discarded my Sakuretsu Armor.  Now, here it looked like he had the upper hand, but this is where it gets interesting.  I drew and used Soul Exchange on his Vampire Lord.  I summoned Airknight Parshath and ended, since it couldn’t attack that turn because of Soul Exchange.  He drew, and his V-Lord was Special Summoned, but I used Bottomless Trap Hole, the first set card of the game to remove it from play.  From then on, he started setting bluffs and weak monsters face down.  I remember using Nobleman of Crossout on one, then got out some more of my monsters, summoned Jinzo, and I was in control the entire time.  I eventually used Jinzo and Airknight to attack for the win.

Duel Two:
It went pretty similar to the last one, I summoned Blade Knight in the beginning, and had control for a while.  I used Delinquent Duo early on when he had two cards in hand, but I nabbed a Despair from the Dark, and had to deal with that for a while.  I eventually used Scapegoat with Creature Swap and beat him.  It was pretty easy.

Intermission:

I went up to the Store Owner, Terry, and told him I won.  Eddy had lost his first Duel, and ironically enough, was matched up against Brett in the Preliminary Tournament.  Kevin, however, had won his first duel and was matched against some little kid.

Round Two: Jordan VS. Ben

This guy is awesome.  He’s a great duelist with a lot of originality.  He was running  what he called an “Empty Jar” Deck.  It used Morphing Jar #2 many times to deck the opponent out.

Duel One:
He went first and played Rock Bombardment, I think is the name, and he took Cyber Jar from his deck to the grave to deal me 500 LP damage.  He set a few cards and a monster and passed to me.  I drew Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer and set a few before summoning and attacking his set monster.  It was Morphing Jar #2, not surprisingly.  I took my Kycoo and shuffled it into my deck, I lost a few cards before I drew Blade Knight, and was forced to set it.  I ended and he drew.  He set another monster and played a Spell that let him take a FLIP effect monster from his grave to the top of his deck.  He put the Morphing Jar #2 on top and ended.  I drew and Tributed the Knight for Airknight Parshath, then used Metamorphosis for Fiend Skull Dragon, which negates FLIP effects.  He saw that and forfeited.

Duel Two:
I side decked Luminous Soldier and others and we began.  He went first and set a monster.  I Nobleman’d it and he was extremely disappointed.  It was Morphing Jar #2.  He discarded all three and I summoned Berserk Gorilla and attacked directly.  This time, I had control for the whole time.  I eventually won and made it to the semi-finals.

Intermission:

I told Terry I won, and was matched up against someone very cool.  Eddy, unfortunately lost his duel against Brett, and got his pack and watched the rest of the time.  Kevin, however was going very strong.  He won his last duel and was dueling at the same time I was.  Sadly, I don’t remember this kid’s name, but he was excellent.  He had a Horus Deck, very rare at that tourney.

Semi Finals: Jordan VS. ???? (Horus Deck)

Duel One:
I don’t really remember a lot about the first duel, more about the second.  I remember winning, I believe with Jinzo, but the second duel is more exciting.

Duel Two:
The MOST fun duel I have ever had.  I fought him pretty hard, but he was good.  The first part of the duel lasted about twenty minutes, everyone else had finished their duels and were circled around the table, watching ours.  I looked to my right and saw Eddy, behind me was Kevin, to my left was the kid Kevin beat first round and his brother.  Ben and Brett had left, and there were a few more people watching on my opponent’s side.  By this time, I was down and losing badly.  He thought it was won for him, with the life point counts how they were.  He had 4100, I had 800.  He had Horus LV8 and Jinzo on his field.  I couldn’t use any Spells or Traps.  My field had Dark Flare Knight that I has Metamorphosized last turn and a face-down Call of the Haunted.  I had one card in my hand.  Tribe-Infecting Virus.  I drew Premature Burial, useless with my life points.  I summoned Tribe-Infecting Virus and discarded the Premature, calling Machine.  Both of his monsters were killed and I used Call on Jinzo, then attacked with all three for the win.  Amazing.  Everyone cheered, and I laid back and let out a deep breath.  I gladly shook the man’s hand, and he smiled at me and said, “good game.”  Then I got up and went to the front of the store.

Intermission:

I told Terry I won, and one other person had won his last duel, and I had to face him.  Kevin.  I walked back to the back of the store and sat down with Kevin, my friend.  We faced each other from across the table.  And we shuffled and cut each other’s decks.  We drew our first five cards and began the duel.

Finals: Jordan VS. Kevin

Duel One:
I went first, and summoned Blade Knight.  I set a few face downs and ended.  He drew, set FIVE cards face down and set a monster.  He has a burn deck, so that was expected of him.  Throughout the duel, he had control.  He used Nightmare Wheels frequently, and got me down to the 2000’s of life points.  He used Raging Flame Sprite to attack me repeatedly, and I was in bad shape.  I eventually got out Jinzo and won, since he just about used only traps. 

Duel Two:
I lost this one, he used Raging Flame Sprite Combined with Gravity Bind and it got up to about 4100 ATK points.  I couldn’t stop it.

Duel Three:
This time I somehow managed to get around every trick he used.  The Solar Flare Dragon lock, the Flame Sprite beatdown, and the Gravity Bind/Nightmare Wheel lock.  I won this duel, but not easily.

Ending:

I told Terry I had finally won, he told me I was the winner for that night and I received my packs.  It was a good night, and we headed home afterwards.  I’ll always remember this tourney, as it was the best one ever, and every time I go this summer, I’m going to try and have just as much fun.

Credits:

Props to
Everyone who came and had a good attitude,
Eddy and Kevin for being cool and being my friends,
Terry and Toy Chest for holding this great tourney,
The kid with the Horus Deck, sorry I don’t remember your name!

Eddy uses Green Ultra Pro card sleeves and a Metallic Gray deck box.

Kevin uses Metallic Red Ultra Pro card sleeves encased in burgundy Ultra Pro sleeves, a Dark Burgundy Deck Box and Ultra Pro binder card pages.

Jordan uses White Ultra Pro card sleeves, a Clear Ultra Pro Deck Box, and Ultra Pro binder card pages.

If you need to contact me for anything, my e-mail address is Jordan2589@aol.com.  Advise, constructive criticism, and hate mail is gladly welcome!