UPPER DECK
ENTERTAINMENT CROWNS FIRST SHONEN JUMP YU-GI-OH! TRADING
CARD GAME CHAMPION AT GEN CON SOCAL
CARLSBAD -- December 9, 2004 -- Over 300 Duelists
gathered
at the Anaheim Convention Center December 2nd-5th to
take part in the debut of the exciting new Shonen Jump's
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Convention Championship
Event. On Saturday, December 4, 309 local and
out-of-town participants battled in a nine-round, all
day tournament, which featured tried-and-true deck
archetypes, a few new innovations, and first-rate
competition amongst the most talented Duelists in the
game.
San Diego's John Umali had the honors of taking away one
of the most attractive prize packages in Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
history, which included the first-ever distributed
English language "Cyber-Stein" card, a Dell Inspirion
XPS gaming laptop, and a beautiful championship trophy.
As a top player, Umali and his Hybrid Deck has earned an
invitation to compete in the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG
National Championship Tournament in 2005. Winners of the
Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG National Championship Tournament will
represent the United States, and battle over 15
countries for the world's top title in 2005's Yu-Gi-Oh!
TCG World Championship Tournament.
John Umali's Winning Deck
List
Monsters: 16
1 Air Knight Parshath
1 Dark Magician of Chaos
1 Fiber Jar
2 Magician of Faith
1 Jinzo
1 Blade Knight
1 Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning
1 Tribe
2 D. D. Warrior Lady
1 Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
1 Magical Scientist
1 Breaker the Magical Warrior
1 Reflect Bounder
1 Berserk Gorilla
Spells: 18
2 Scapegoat
1 Book of Moon
1 Mirage of Nightmare
1 Confiscation
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Emergency Provisions
1 Change of Heart
1 Creature Swap
1 Premature Burial
1 Pot of Greed
1 Heavy Storm
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Snatch Steal
1 Nobleman Crossout
1 Forceful Sentry
1 Painful Choice
1 Metamorphosis
Traps: 6
1 Raigeki Break
1 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Ring of Destruction
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Sinister Serpent
Side deck
2 Dust Tornado
1 Magic Drain
1 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Magic Cylinder
1 Ceasefire
1 Hallowed life barrier
1 Nobleman of Crossout
1 Book of Moon
1 Mask of Darkness
2 Mystic Swordsman LV2
1 Exiled Force
1 Mobius the Frost Monarch
Fusion deck:
3 Ryu Senshi
3 Dark balter
2 Thousand-Eyes Restrict
3 Dark Flare Knight
3 Darkblade the Dragon Knight
2 Reaper of Nightmare
1 Fiend Skull Dragon
1 Ojama King
1 St. Joan
1 Giltia the D. Knight
1 Musician King
1 Darkfire Dragon
1 Dragoness the Wicked Knight
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