Happy new year! I decided to participate in my last Locals of the year 2011. There were 14 players todays and a good amount of them had skills. I decided to play my favorite deck, Plant Synchro, to celebrate the closing tournament of 2011.
Round 1 vs Newbie Six Samurai (2-0)
He didn't know how to properly summon the bigger monsters of the archtype...
Round 2 vs Worms (2-0)
1 - The game started off quite slow. I had a Gorz and a Spore in my hand, along with a bunch of insignificant spells. After a few turs of drawing and setting cards I start to make a move, then he did, and the process repeated. It seemed we had an answer for everything we threw at each other until I got to the point where I overwhelmed my opponent.
2 - This game concluded quickly. He drew useless traps and too few monsters to deal with my monsters.
Round 3 vs Chaos Agents (2-1)
1 - I controlled him with multiple Thunder Kings and a few traps.
2 - I was unable to special summon because of an early Kristya which I had no answers to the entire match.
3 - The game went back and forth. He had control for most of the duel and I hung on and was able to drop a Gorz on his Hyperion with 800 life points left. Next turn I played Leeching the Light and I obviously won.
Round 4 vs Plant Synchro (2-1)
This match will eventually be posted on Youtube. Look forward to it because it was a great match.
Top 4 consisted of myself, the above Plant Synchro and Agent players, and a Mystic Piper deck.
Round 5 vs Mystic Piper (2-1)
This match will also be posted on Youtube. I misplayed horribly game 2 and I lost it because of my stupidity. However I made it up for it game 3.
Round 6 vs Plant Synchro (2-0)
1 - I was in control of the game for the most part, although we were going back and forth quite a bit. Eventually I was able to summon too many monsters and I won.
2 - It was a really balanced game until my opponent got really unlucky. He milled a Tengu with Glow-Up Bulb why he had a Tengu on the field. He also drew into his Dandylion when he needed it in the deck to mill it with Foolish Burial. However I enjoyed both the matches that I had with him today.
I came first and received $25 store credit. I'm tired so this report is a little brief and quickly typed. It was a very enjoyable tournament and I wish more tournaments more like that. Additionally, going undefeated the final tournament of the year is pretty impressive.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Tour Bus from the Underworld Discussion
Merry Christmas to all! The effect of the Tour Bus has been released and this is it:
"When this card is sent to the Graveyard: Target 1 monster in either player’s Graveyard, except “Tour Bus From the Underworld”; shuffle that target into the Deck."
Obviously this card is not as broken as Tour Guide, which is helpful. Tour Guide now has another target other than Sangan. Personally, I think I would only need to run 2 copies of this card to go along with 3 Tour Guides and 1 Sangan. Tour Bus, like Dandylion for example, gets its effect when detached as an Exceed material.
This card can disruput your opponent. The Tour Bus can choose to return a monster from your opponents graveyard to their deck if you choose, instead of transporting one of your own monsters. You can mess up a potential Hyperion or BLS play for example.
This card is particularly useful in Plants, considering Pot of Avarice is at 1. You can recycle extra deck monsters if you choose.
That's all I wanted to say. When we finally get Order of Chaos, extensive playtesting will determine how many copies of this card should be run. Until then, we can be thankful that this is a balanced and good TCG exclusive card, unlike Tour Guide.
"When this card is sent to the Graveyard: Target 1 monster in either player’s Graveyard, except “Tour Bus From the Underworld”; shuffle that target into the Deck."
Obviously this card is not as broken as Tour Guide, which is helpful. Tour Guide now has another target other than Sangan. Personally, I think I would only need to run 2 copies of this card to go along with 3 Tour Guides and 1 Sangan. Tour Bus, like Dandylion for example, gets its effect when detached as an Exceed material.
This card can disruput your opponent. The Tour Bus can choose to return a monster from your opponents graveyard to their deck if you choose, instead of transporting one of your own monsters. You can mess up a potential Hyperion or BLS play for example.
This card is particularly useful in Plants, considering Pot of Avarice is at 1. You can recycle extra deck monsters if you choose.
That's all I wanted to say. When we finally get Order of Chaos, extensive playtesting will determine how many copies of this card should be run. Until then, we can be thankful that this is a balanced and good TCG exclusive card, unlike Tour Guide.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Tournament Report 12/24/11
On this Christmas Eve I decided to go to Locals because I had nothing better to do. The tournament consisted of 9 players: 4 were good players, 3 were ok players and the other 2 were noobs. I decided to play Dark Worlds because I wanted to playtest my build. Also, I already knew I would reach the top 4 regardless of what I played. Anyway, onto the report:
Round 1 I got a bye... woot....
Round 2 vs T.G Synchro (2-0)
This player was one of the good ones.
Game 1: I started off by controlling his hand with Dustshoot and Mind Crush. I had a somewhat slow start but when I drew my first discard outlet (Dark World Dealings) my deck took off from there. A few turns later I was forced to stall because he performed many synchro summons and eliminated my Gate, along with my other cards. When that happened I summoned a Zenmaines with Tour Guide and Broww. He stalled for two turns and that's when I drew the Monster Reborn for game.
Game 2: I sided into the following: 3 Fossil Dyna, 3 Jujistu Master, 1 Grand Mole, 1 Dark Fusion and 1 Dark Calling. It was effective for that duel. I summoned an Evil Hero Dark Gaia that inflicted 3900 damage on the turn it was summoned. He summoned Cyber Dragon and attacked it using Shrink on Dark Gaia. Next turn I set Fossil Dyna. He went and synchro summoned a little more, then all his monsters died when he attacked into my Fossil Dyna. On my turn I summoned Grapha and used Deck Devastation Virus which killed most of his cards, and those that he drew. He couldn't recover so I beat him down with Grapha and won.
Round 3 vs Newbie Six Samurai (2-0)
I obviously won, but something funny happened that I will share. He was stalling for a while and I didn't have a discard outlet so I attempted to use Mind Crush to discard one of my own monsters. I called The Winged Dragon of Ra, and he had it...
Top 4 was after this round and consisted of myself, along with the other 3 good players. There was no point in splitting because the credit wasn't high enough to split beneficially...
Round 4 vs X-Sabers (2-1)
Game 1: I blew up his only monster with Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World (Destroys a monster when discarded) and I blew up his only defensive trap with Grapha. I summoned Grapha and beat him down after 3 turns of not drawing a monster or a defensive card.
Game 2: I only drew one discard outlet the entire game. I stalled and went offensive for a bit with Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, but it wasn't enough.
Game 3: was very close. He used all his cards to establish a field of Naturia Barkion, XX-Saber Hyunlei and Number 39: Utopia. He ruined most of my field with those monsters. Fortunately he couldn't kill me and he used all his spells and traps. The next turn I discarded a Grapha with Dark World Dealings and blew up his Utopia. I discarded another one and destroyed Barkion. I was able to summon one Grapha and I attacked Hyunlei. He drew and set Enemy Controller. I drew Pot of Duality and I picked and set Torrential Tribute. I attacked with Grapha and set Beige. He drew Effect Veiler and tributed it with Controller to take Grapha and attack my Beige. Next turn I summoned another Grapha and won.
Round 5 vs Macro (2-1)
Game 1: My opening hand sucked (2 Maxx "C", 2 Dragged Down to the Grave, Beige and Eradicator Epidemic Virus. Every turn he summoned a D.D. Survivor and he had Macro Cosmos. I had no answers to anything.
Game 2: I opened with Trap Dustshoot and set it, along with a Beige. Again I opened no discard outlets. He draws and I return Blackwing - Gale to his deck (the rest of his hand was D.D. Survivor, Injection Fairy Lily, Cyber Dragon, Solemn Judgment and Book of Moon). He summoned Cyber Dragon and Fairy Lily, attacked with them, and set his Solemn and Book. I drew a discard outlet and with Snoww in my hand already, I drew everyhting I needed to destroy his whole field that turn and he scooped.
Game 3: It was a slow game but I remained in control for the most part. I had MSTs for all of his Macro Cosmos and Dimensional Fissures and I beat him down with Grapha. Tour Guide also helped get me started .(On my first turn I made Leviathan Dragon with Tour Guide and Broww. I detached Broww and that made my Gate usable.)
So I won with Dark World and I received $20 store credit.
Round 1 I got a bye... woot....
Round 2 vs T.G Synchro (2-0)
This player was one of the good ones.
Game 1: I started off by controlling his hand with Dustshoot and Mind Crush. I had a somewhat slow start but when I drew my first discard outlet (Dark World Dealings) my deck took off from there. A few turns later I was forced to stall because he performed many synchro summons and eliminated my Gate, along with my other cards. When that happened I summoned a Zenmaines with Tour Guide and Broww. He stalled for two turns and that's when I drew the Monster Reborn for game.
Game 2: I sided into the following: 3 Fossil Dyna, 3 Jujistu Master, 1 Grand Mole, 1 Dark Fusion and 1 Dark Calling. It was effective for that duel. I summoned an Evil Hero Dark Gaia that inflicted 3900 damage on the turn it was summoned. He summoned Cyber Dragon and attacked it using Shrink on Dark Gaia. Next turn I set Fossil Dyna. He went and synchro summoned a little more, then all his monsters died when he attacked into my Fossil Dyna. On my turn I summoned Grapha and used Deck Devastation Virus which killed most of his cards, and those that he drew. He couldn't recover so I beat him down with Grapha and won.
Round 3 vs Newbie Six Samurai (2-0)
I obviously won, but something funny happened that I will share. He was stalling for a while and I didn't have a discard outlet so I attempted to use Mind Crush to discard one of my own monsters. I called The Winged Dragon of Ra, and he had it...
Top 4 was after this round and consisted of myself, along with the other 3 good players. There was no point in splitting because the credit wasn't high enough to split beneficially...
Round 4 vs X-Sabers (2-1)
Game 1: I blew up his only monster with Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World (Destroys a monster when discarded) and I blew up his only defensive trap with Grapha. I summoned Grapha and beat him down after 3 turns of not drawing a monster or a defensive card.
Game 2: I only drew one discard outlet the entire game. I stalled and went offensive for a bit with Number 17: Leviathan Dragon, but it wasn't enough.
Game 3: was very close. He used all his cards to establish a field of Naturia Barkion, XX-Saber Hyunlei and Number 39: Utopia. He ruined most of my field with those monsters. Fortunately he couldn't kill me and he used all his spells and traps. The next turn I discarded a Grapha with Dark World Dealings and blew up his Utopia. I discarded another one and destroyed Barkion. I was able to summon one Grapha and I attacked Hyunlei. He drew and set Enemy Controller. I drew Pot of Duality and I picked and set Torrential Tribute. I attacked with Grapha and set Beige. He drew Effect Veiler and tributed it with Controller to take Grapha and attack my Beige. Next turn I summoned another Grapha and won.
Round 5 vs Macro (2-1)
Game 1: My opening hand sucked (2 Maxx "C", 2 Dragged Down to the Grave, Beige and Eradicator Epidemic Virus. Every turn he summoned a D.D. Survivor and he had Macro Cosmos. I had no answers to anything.
Game 2: I opened with Trap Dustshoot and set it, along with a Beige. Again I opened no discard outlets. He draws and I return Blackwing - Gale to his deck (the rest of his hand was D.D. Survivor, Injection Fairy Lily, Cyber Dragon, Solemn Judgment and Book of Moon). He summoned Cyber Dragon and Fairy Lily, attacked with them, and set his Solemn and Book. I drew a discard outlet and with Snoww in my hand already, I drew everyhting I needed to destroy his whole field that turn and he scooped.
Game 3: It was a slow game but I remained in control for the most part. I had MSTs for all of his Macro Cosmos and Dimensional Fissures and I beat him down with Grapha. Tour Guide also helped get me started .(On my first turn I made Leviathan Dragon with Tour Guide and Broww. I detached Broww and that made my Gate usable.)
So I won with Dark World and I received $20 store credit.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
My Thoughts on Yu-Gi-Oh and its Players
Yu-Gi-Oh has been around in the TCG for 10+ years now. Today it's one of the most popular trading card games in existence. Obviously it is a very good card game that attracts a lot of people from a variety of age groups. Even though Konami is gaining a worse and worse reputation in terms of card design and card prices, it still attracts many people.
Some of these people play the game solely to have fun. These players won't typically spend enormous amounts of money on the latest awesome cards (example are Tour Guide and Rescue Rabbit). These players are alright settling on a few different decks and leaving it at that. Tournaments of all different types are fun for these players, most of the time, regardless of the outcome.
Some players use this game to make money. These are the players, for example, that bought Tour Guides when they were $40 and are selling them today. However this group of people, who only play to make money, are a minority in my experience.
Finally, there are the players that play competitively. They play because they want to become the best. Sure, most of these players have fun playing, but competition is the initial driving force. These players will spend money on the cards they feel they need to perform at their highest level.
However, with some players it goes further. Certain players will stick with one deck for a while and then move on, avoiding variety and personal growth. There are the players who will try many different deck ideas, obtain the required cards, and experiment what works and what doesn't. These players aren't afraid to attempt different things within a scope of reasonable playability. Players like these exceed those who just netdeck a top deck of a YCS and play it because it topped at a YCS. These are the players who become extremely well known and famous, and they are the players who will achieve the best results.
Personally, I believe I fall within this last category of players. Those who know me know I can't stick with one deck. Almost every day I'm thinking of different ideas. I have a notebook filled with decklists and ideas. Even though it pisses me off that Konami releases insane cards I just accept it and move on, trying to utilize these insane forces. I am very passionate about this game and I want to continue to strengthen my skills and push myself.
So to all your readers, I hope you enjoyed this post. Feel free to comment on it and share your thoughts.
Some of these people play the game solely to have fun. These players won't typically spend enormous amounts of money on the latest awesome cards (example are Tour Guide and Rescue Rabbit). These players are alright settling on a few different decks and leaving it at that. Tournaments of all different types are fun for these players, most of the time, regardless of the outcome.
Some players use this game to make money. These are the players, for example, that bought Tour Guides when they were $40 and are selling them today. However this group of people, who only play to make money, are a minority in my experience.
Finally, there are the players that play competitively. They play because they want to become the best. Sure, most of these players have fun playing, but competition is the initial driving force. These players will spend money on the cards they feel they need to perform at their highest level.
However, with some players it goes further. Certain players will stick with one deck for a while and then move on, avoiding variety and personal growth. There are the players who will try many different deck ideas, obtain the required cards, and experiment what works and what doesn't. These players aren't afraid to attempt different things within a scope of reasonable playability. Players like these exceed those who just netdeck a top deck of a YCS and play it because it topped at a YCS. These are the players who become extremely well known and famous, and they are the players who will achieve the best results.
Personally, I believe I fall within this last category of players. Those who know me know I can't stick with one deck. Almost every day I'm thinking of different ideas. I have a notebook filled with decklists and ideas. Even though it pisses me off that Konami releases insane cards I just accept it and move on, trying to utilize these insane forces. I am very passionate about this game and I want to continue to strengthen my skills and push myself.
So to all your readers, I hope you enjoyed this post. Feel free to comment on it and share your thoughts.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Tournament Report 12/03/11
*Forgive any errors with my English. I had to type this as fast as possible.
I was forutnate enough to go to my locals today. I decided to use T.G. Zombies. The deck really interested me and I liked the hands I was drawing with it. Anyway, here's what happened:
Round 1 vs Lightsworn (2-1)
Game 1 I was able to swarm him before he summoned any of his Judgment Dragons. It was a very fast game. Game 2 I lost to triple Wulf being milled... Game 3 we went back and forth until he summoned 3 dragons in one turn. I had Maxx "C" so I drew a few extra cards. I used Bottomless Trap Hole on the first one because for some reason he didn't try and explode. He summoned another one and I had to use Torrential Tribute. He used Monster Reincarnation to get it back and summoned it again. He attacked me bringing me down to 300 life points. On my turn I summoned Plaguespreader Zombie and I played Creature Swap. He lost.
Round 2 vs Dark Worlds (0-2)
I lost both games because of the usual Dark World plays. Game 1 I faced multiple Graphas and Mind Control doesn't do much against them. Game 2 he say my hand with Mind Crush so he played around everything I had. He used Solemn Warning on my Orient Dragon, then on my T.G. Wonder Magician. Finally, he had Solemn Judgment for my Gorz. Nothing I could've done.
Round 3 vs Newbie Chaos (2-0)
This is what happens when you lose a round... you play bad players... Well I did anyway. Trishula smashed him both games.
Round 4 vs Fabled (2-0)
Both games he exploded but I drew a lot of cards with Maxx "C". I won the turn after he exploded both times. After the match I found out that there is an infinite loop with Brionac and 2 Fabled Cerburrel. Luckily or me he didn't pull it off or I would've lost.
So with a 3-1 record I advance to the Top 4. The Fabled player I beat topped, a Six Samurai player topped and a different Lightsworn player topped.
Round 5 vs Lightsworn (2-0)
Game 1 he made a misplay which cost him the game. He summoned 2 Judgment Dragons at once and I had the Torrential. If he didn't do that I might not have won. Anyway he managed to summon another Judgment Dragon later and he payed 3000 life points to kill my Wind-Up Zenmaines. On my next turn I stole with Creature Swap and won.
Game 2 I attacked into an Honest early on which was a little annoying. I can't remember how the game exactly went though. All I know is that I played Creature Swap and won that turn. It seems Creature Swap is super effective against Lightsworns.
Round 6 Fabled (2-1)
It is the same Fabled player as before and I beat him again. I will try and upload the match on Youtube, if I can get the actual recording (I wasn't the one recording it).
So despite losing to Dark Worlds I still came in first. I'm happy that I won with a deck that isn't exactly popular, unlike Plant Synchro. Next week my university exams start and I have to get 100% on them so next week I may not be playing. However we'll see what happens.
I was forutnate enough to go to my locals today. I decided to use T.G. Zombies. The deck really interested me and I liked the hands I was drawing with it. Anyway, here's what happened:
Round 1 vs Lightsworn (2-1)
Game 1 I was able to swarm him before he summoned any of his Judgment Dragons. It was a very fast game. Game 2 I lost to triple Wulf being milled... Game 3 we went back and forth until he summoned 3 dragons in one turn. I had Maxx "C" so I drew a few extra cards. I used Bottomless Trap Hole on the first one because for some reason he didn't try and explode. He summoned another one and I had to use Torrential Tribute. He used Monster Reincarnation to get it back and summoned it again. He attacked me bringing me down to 300 life points. On my turn I summoned Plaguespreader Zombie and I played Creature Swap. He lost.
Round 2 vs Dark Worlds (0-2)
I lost both games because of the usual Dark World plays. Game 1 I faced multiple Graphas and Mind Control doesn't do much against them. Game 2 he say my hand with Mind Crush so he played around everything I had. He used Solemn Warning on my Orient Dragon, then on my T.G. Wonder Magician. Finally, he had Solemn Judgment for my Gorz. Nothing I could've done.
Round 3 vs Newbie Chaos (2-0)
This is what happens when you lose a round... you play bad players... Well I did anyway. Trishula smashed him both games.
Round 4 vs Fabled (2-0)
Both games he exploded but I drew a lot of cards with Maxx "C". I won the turn after he exploded both times. After the match I found out that there is an infinite loop with Brionac and 2 Fabled Cerburrel. Luckily or me he didn't pull it off or I would've lost.
So with a 3-1 record I advance to the Top 4. The Fabled player I beat topped, a Six Samurai player topped and a different Lightsworn player topped.
Round 5 vs Lightsworn (2-0)
Game 1 he made a misplay which cost him the game. He summoned 2 Judgment Dragons at once and I had the Torrential. If he didn't do that I might not have won. Anyway he managed to summon another Judgment Dragon later and he payed 3000 life points to kill my Wind-Up Zenmaines. On my next turn I stole with Creature Swap and won.
Game 2 I attacked into an Honest early on which was a little annoying. I can't remember how the game exactly went though. All I know is that I played Creature Swap and won that turn. It seems Creature Swap is super effective against Lightsworns.
Round 6 Fabled (2-1)
It is the same Fabled player as before and I beat him again. I will try and upload the match on Youtube, if I can get the actual recording (I wasn't the one recording it).
So despite losing to Dark Worlds I still came in first. I'm happy that I won with a deck that isn't exactly popular, unlike Plant Synchro. Next week my university exams start and I have to get 100% on them so next week I may not be playing. However we'll see what happens.
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