Tournament Report for July 30, 2011

I didn't go to Locals last week because I went to a wedding instead but I went this week. Once again I took my Quickdraw Dandywarrior deck. Here's how it went down:

Round 1: I got a Bye!!! I win without doing anything for the first time in my professional Yu-Gi-Oh career.

Round 2: vs Frank (Gravekeepers) 2-1

Game one I went first and exploded the best I could before he could use Necrovalley. He couldn't win.
Game two he pulled Royal Tribute immediately. I tried to defend myself but he picked off my defense one card at a time.
Game three I couldn't explode right away which held me back. It was a tough battle. In the end Giant Trunade plus an explosion allowed me to win.

Round 3: vs Jonathan (Tengu Plants) 1-2

It's unfortunate that I couldn't win the match especially since we were playtesting earlier and I did extremely well against him. All of the games were really close.

Round 4: vs Nick (T.G. Plants) 2-0

Game one I exploded immediately with Librarian...
Game two was the same deal.

Top 4 was myself, Jonathan, Frank and Jordan (Six Samurai)

Round 5: vs Jonathan (Tengu Plants) 1-2

The game I won I did a lot of exploding. The other two games my hands were a lttle poor, one with triple Pot of Avarice I think. Game two he locked me down with Thunder King Rai-Oh and I couldn't do a thing. Game three I was playing defensively the entire game because I was drawing inconsistent cards.

Round 6: vs Frank (Gravekeepers) 2-1

Game one I was defeated very quickly because he had Necrovalley and I couldn't kill it.
Game two I won because I went first and exploded with Librarian and everything.
Game three was the longest game of the tournament for me. For the longest time he had Necrovalley and Royal Oppression active. I couldn't destroy both those cards for the longest time but one turn he used Trap Stun which shut down his Oppression. I used Puppet Plant to steal a lv 4 spellcaster. I summoned Junk Synchron and made Arcanite Magician which destroyed both Oppression and Necrovalley. I barely won two turns later.

In the end I came third and Jon came first. It all worked out since Jon and I combine our credit anyway. However I was disappointed with my results. Next week I'm going to a Generation Force Sneak Peek. In two weeks when I compete in my Belleville Locals again I wll strive to do better. I'm not quite satisfied with third place. It's good but not good enough for me.