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Dragon’s Decree

Xyklops

The Gathering Place

Casselbury, Florida (about 15 minutes north of Orlando)

Date: December 26th

Time: 2:30 PM

Attendees: Only 9 (Day after Christmas Sales?)

Fee: $5.00

Prizes: All entrants will receive a pack of their choice, top 4 receive two packs of choice, and the winner walks away with 6, while 2nd place gets 3. The prize always changes depending on the amount of participants.



Greetings to all! Hope you enjoyed last week’s submission. The day after Christmas found me with some free time, so I stopped into the Gathering Place and discovered that they were looking to have a tourney. I said sure sign me up (with my friend Dre). I also picked up an Elemental Energy Special Edition pack, and finally pulled the Bird (Phoenix). I have wanted that card for a while now, so needless to say I was content. I also took out the Cursed Seal and added in a Drilloid, and then later I learn why I should have left it in the sideboard. On to the deck:



Dragons’ Decree

Monsters: 18

1x – Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV8

2x – Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6

2x – Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV4

1x – Blade Knight

1x – Breaker the Magical Warrior

1x – Cyber Jar

1x – D.D. Assailant

2x – D.D. Survivor

1x – D.D. Warrior Lady

1x – Exiled Force

1x – Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer

1x – Legendary Jujitsu Master

1x – Magician of Faith

1x – Sangan

1x – Twin Headed Behemoth



1x – Book of Moon

1x – Brain Control

1x – Dark Hole

1x – Heavy Storm

1x – Messenger of Peace

1x – Mystical Space Typhoon

1x – Nobleman of Crossout

1x – Nobleman of Extermination

1x – Premature Burial

1x – Reinforcement of the Army

2x – Rush Recklessly

1x – Scapegoat

2x – Smashing Ground

1x – Snatch Steal



1x – Call of the Haunted

2x – Royal Decree

2x – Sakuretsu Armor

1x – Torrential Tribute



Side Deck:15

1x – Drilloid

2x – Kinetic Soldier

2x – Mobius the Frost Monarch

1x – Mystic Swordsman LV2

1x – The End of Anubis

1x – Nobleman of Extermination

1x – Smashing Ground

1x – Wave-Motion Cannon

1x – Bottomless Trap Hole

1x – Dust Tornado

2x – Solemn Judgment

1x – Widespread Ruin



Round 1: BYE



The BYE was a very difficult opponent. I dueled someone with my water deck while waiting. It was a warrior deck with Freed and The Fiend MegaCyber. Not bad.



My friend Dre loses to some kid with his earth deck. I go over to make a ruling because the kid thinks that he can special summon Gigantes from the graveyard by removing an earth creature from the graveyard. I explain to him that Gigantes cannot be NORMAL summoned, and can only be special summoned by removing a creature from the graveyard. If you summon him that way first, then he can be Prematured, Called, etc.



Record: 1-0



Round 2: Me vs Warrior CC.



Kid asked me “So what kind of deck do you run, I say “You’ll find out!” He says “Why does everyone say that?” I laughed and shuffled. Actually, what I thought was going to be a nice duel turned into an annoying one. Dice rolls in my favor, and first hand I get Torrential, LV6, DD Assailant, Kycoo, Sakuretsu, and draw Smashing Ground. I set the Assailant and Sakuretsu. He goes, MSTs Sakuretsu, NoC’s Assailant, Reinforces for GAF, and smacks me for 3500 with Marauding and GAF, sets an S/T, and ends.(8000 – 4500) I remind him to put GAF in defense, and he is like, “Oh I forget all the time, you’ll have to remind me!” He has a smile on his face like he is thinking “I am OWNING right now.” I draw Dark Hole and play it, and then summon Kycoo who promptly falls into a Bottomless Trap Hole. I set Torrential and end. He sets a creature and ends. I draw Sangan and summon it, and attack into . . . Needle Worm?? I lose Premature and a LV4 with other stuff. It doesn’t seem like this kid is paying attention because every five seconds he is like, “Is it my go yet? My go?” I laugh as I let him know that I am not done yet, and then I think a minute. I review his graveyard and then say “Your move.” He draws, summons Exiled, and tributes to kill Sangan, I get DDWL with his effect. I draw DD Survivor, and summon him, and attack for 1800. (6200 – 4500). He draws, summons Sangan, equips him with United We Stand and kamakazies into DD Survivor, searches for Magician of Faith, and then tries to set Magician of Faith, and I explain that he already summoned this turn. In his end phase I Call Sangan, draw Royal, summon DD Warrior Lady, attack for 2500, and set the Royal.(3700 – 4500) He draws and sets the MoF (because he does not shuffle the cards in his hand, so I knew which one it was). On my turn I draw NoE, tribute Sangan for LV6, get my MoF, swing LV6 into MoF and DDWL into his LP. LV up at the End phase, and he scoops.



I sidedeck two Kinetics for Blade and Kycoo, and my opponent does not. He goes first and does the traditional one and one. I draw my sixth card and look at my hand, MST, DDS, LV4, Call, Sak, Book of Moon. I MST his BTH and summon LV4 and attack into . . . Needle Worm again? Annoying but I lose a Royal, Smashing Ground, DDWL, Scapegoat, and Kinetic Soldier. I am sure that last card caught his eye. I set Call and in end phase I special summon LV6. My opponent draws and then plays RotA looking for Marauding Captain. I would have thought he would search for Exiled unless he already has it. As expected, he summons Exiled and tributes for LV6. He sets and ends, and in his end phase I activate call of the haunted to bring back 6. I draw, and he Drop Offs my Twin Headed. I summon and attack with DDS and LV6 and set Sakuretsu. (3900-8000) He draws, summons Marauding Captain and GAF, attacks with GAF and I respond with Sakuretsu. He sets one and ends. I draw Messenger of Peace, attack with DD Survivor and end, I figure that his face down might be a Sakuretsu, but I have no protection for my LV6, and no means by which I can get him back, so I am careful and set Book of Moon (3300-8000). He draws and summons Berserk Gorilla, and attacks my DD Survivor (3300-7800). I draw Royal, activate Messenger, set Royal and end (3300-7800). He draws, summons DD Assailant and ends. I draw Kinetic and summon, he responds with Torrential and I chain Royal. Then, I attack with Kinetic and he takes

1650 and then I attack for game with LV6. He tried to tell me that I couldn’t attack, but I reminded him that Horus was unaffected by Messenger of Peace, so LV6 could attack.



Record: 2-0



Round 3: Me Vs Clown Control/Stumbling



My friend is 0-2 at this point, and I am about to beat someone who beat him. He runs a Clown Control deck, and by now he is very aware about my deck. We sit and exchange pleasantries while shuffling, and I win the roll. First hand is Sangan, MST, Brain Control, LV6, Smashing Ground, and TT. I summon Sangan and MST. He draws, summons Giant Rat, smacks my Sangan and Sangan fetches me Cyber Jar. I MST his fresh set at his end phase (8000-7600). I draw NoC and set my Cyber Jar and TT. He draws, and with a puzzled look on his face he asks “Where’s all my stall cards?” He NoC’s my Cyber, attacks directly and sets a S/T (8000-6200). I draw LJM and set him. He draws, and attacks, which activates LJM’s effect and he is bounced back to the deck. He summons another Giant Rat and ends. I draw Royal, set it and end. He draws the Giant Rat, summons him, sets another S/T and ends. I draw Dark Hole and smile on the inside. I tribute LJM for Horus, and he responds with Trap Hole, so I chain Royal Decree. I attack a Giant Rat, which brings out Dream Clown. MP2 I Dark Hole, set NoC as a bluff and end phase I SS LV8 (7100-6200). He draws, sets a creature and ends. I draw BoM, flip NoC (crossing out our MoF) and smack for 3000 (4100-6200). He draws and concedes.



I side out my MoP, Blade, Kycoo, LJM, Rush, and Scapegoats for two Solemns, Dust, Wave Motion, NoE, and Mystic Swordsman LV2. I remember wishing I had the Cursed Seal, so that I could negate and prevent him from activating future Stumblings. He begins with the one and one. I draw NoC, and add it to my hand of LV4, MST, Solemn, Sak, and Cyber. I set Cyber and Sak and end. He draws, flips up Dream Clown, and attacks Cyber. I got Breaker, MoF, Exiled, Heavy and MSLV2. He got a Giant Rat, Threatening Roar, and some spells. He then summons Mighty Mouse as I set my MoF, Exiled, and MSLV2, and summon Breaker, He attacks Breaker and I flip Sakuretsu. He sets 3 and ends. I draw Premature, play Heavy and he chains Threatening Roar among all the other S/T’s I flip summon MoF and get back Heavy I set MST and Solemn and end. He draws, plays Level Limit Area B (which I Solemn), one f/d creature, and then sets a S/T which I MST in the end phase (8000-4000). I draw Wave-Motion, summon LV4, attack his facedown Crass Clown with LV2, and Breaker, Exiled, and LV4 attack directly, move MoF to def, play WMC, and end (3800-4000). He draws, sets a creature and 2 S/Ts and ends. I draw Sangan, (WMC=1) and swing with LV2, who gets Sakuretsu’d. I swing with LV4 and flip over Swarm of Locusts, and swing directly with Breaker and Exiled. I launch the cannon for 1000 and set the Royal, and at end phase LV6 is summoned, which trips the TT he set. HA! Didn’t see that one coming (200-4000). He draws and Sangan pokes at me for 1000 (200-3000). I draw Smashing Ground, play Premature Burial, summon LV6 and as he chains Bottomless I chain Royal. He then shakes my hand and I am in the finals.



Record: 3-0



Finals Round 1 Top 4: Me vs. Last Turn



This guy who played last week with the regionals’ mat sees me and says, “Hey we are in the top 4, I’m playing the Clown Control guy and you’re playing him (pointing to some 15 year old). I’m like “OK”, but then he tells me that my opponent is running Last Turn. In my head I am kinda worried, I never do well in a Last Turn matchup, and I do not think I really have anything in my side deck specific for Last Turn. He sits down and I greet him and we get started. He wins the roll draws six, and sets a f/d creature and an S/T. I draw my six; getting BoM, MST, DDWL, LV6, Smashing, Sak. I summon DDWL and attack into Cat of Ill Omen, which fetches him Last Turn. I set MST and BoM and end. He draws, activates Upstart Goblin, draws for its effect, activates the facedown Reckless Greed, summons Jowgen, sets three, and then plays Reload on two cards. He shuffles them into his deck, I cut, and he draws two. Then he tries to activate the facedown Reload he just set, and I remind him because it is a quickplay card that he cannot. He says, “Oh yeah, you’re right” and then he ends his turn. In his end phase, I MST one of his two facedown cards, and I pray that it is Last Turn. He thumbs the target of MST, and then the other card, and then says, OK and Last Turn is destroyed (8000-9000). I draw LV8?? My luck is definitely not good. DDWL attacks Jowgen for 1300 damage. I set Sakuretsu and end (6700-9000). Now, he has two cards in his hand, but he cannot draw. He will be able to shuffle them back into the deck with Reload, which he activates. When he draws his two, he does not have a happy face. He ends, and I draw Scapegoat. I attack again for 1500 and set the goats (5200-9000). He removes the final counter designating the last draw phase he skips and says go. I draw Kycoo and attack with both for 3300 damage and end (1900-9000). He draws and scoops.



I side and so does he. In go both Solemns, Dust, two Mobius and the MSLV2, out comes MoP, Scapegoats, two Rushs and two sakuretsus. My opponent draws first, looks at all six cards and says GO without setting a single card. I am like WOW! First time I have ever seen that. I draw and look at my six; Breaker, Decree, Solemn, NoC, Brain Control, Snatch Steal. I summon Breaker and swing for 1900, and set Decree and Solemn (6100-8000). He draws his 7th card, and plays, LLAB, LLAB, two facedowns, and ends. In his end phase I activate Royal Decree. His eyes open wide and he is like “Are you serious? 1st turn Decree?” I love that look. I draw Sangan, and summon him to the field. Breaker destroys a facedown (Dust Tornado) and Sangan pokes for 1000 (5100-8000). He draws and sets a creature. I draw LV6, NoC his creature (forgot what it was) and tribute Breaker for LV6. Sangan and LV6 swing into his lifepoints (1800-8000). He draws and sets an S/T. I draw Blade Knight and swing for game.



Record: 4-0



Finals Round 2 Top 2: Me vs. Stumbling Deck



I ended up matched against the Clown Control deck again, and so I asked him if he wanted to split packs, he said sure, and we did. I gave him the extra pack I kept four EEN packs, and pulled an Ultimate Rare Broww. Also, during my fun duel later against Clown Control guy, I traded the Widespread Ruin (out of my sidedeck) and a Zaborg the Thunder Monarch for an Enemy Controller! W00T!



Kudos:

n To the store owner for having an unscheduled tourney as there was quite a turnout.

n To the Special Edition pack where I pulled my Sacred Phoenix

n To the Clown Control deck, from what I heard I was his only loss, and I knew of a few Cyber Dragon/DD Assailant/Warrior decks out there.

n To the kid who traded me the Enemy Controller J



Until next time! Feel free to hit me up with questions or comments and note the new email address! Everyone have a safe and happy new year!!

xyklops@gmail.com