Today I went to Peterborough, Ontario, to participate in a Double Box tournament. Five players from Belleville, including myself, participated in the event. First place would receive 24 packs, second place gets 16 packs and third place wins 8 packs. Every player received one pack for entry. I decided to play T.G. Stun because I am seriously considering playing it at Regionals next week. Skill Drain is a broken card, Horn of the Phantom Beast is ridiculous, and King Tiger Wanghu stops a lot of the meta, when Skill Drain isn't active and Horn of the Phantom Beast is equipped to it.
Round 1 vs Lightsworn (2-1)
This player apparently is really good, as I was told. The match was interesting.
1 - By the end of the game, time was almost called. I kept having answers for everything he did, including a bunch of boss monsters, but neither of us could finish each other off. Triple Maxx "C" was very productive and useful. Eventually, he lost because he ran out of cards in his deck...
2 - Time was called very early during this game. He didn't drop any huge boss monsters, but in the end he had 500 life points more than me, and I couldn't finish him.
3 - We each had 2 turns this game, and whoever had the most life points in the end won the match. Thankfully, Tengu and Brionac provided me with enough defense and offense to win the match, since I only drew one trap and the rest were monsters...
Round 2 vs Chain Burn (2-0)
1 - This game, he almost burned me to death. Fortunately I had the Dark Bribe to stop his final trap, and that saved me.
2 - I sided into Trap Stun and I beat him. because of Trap Stun...
Round 3 vs Chaos Monarchs (2-1)
1 - He summoned Jinzo turn two and I didn't have Skill Drain face-up on the field. Fortunately, I topdecked a Book of Moon and used it to kill Jinzo with my Tengu. From there, Fiendish Chains and Skill Drains stopped his Monarchs from doing anything, so I killed him with Gaia Knight.
2 - He swarmed me and I didn't have enough traps.
3 - I went first, set a bunch of cards, summoned Rush Rhino and ended. He set a monster and ended. I flipped my sided-in Macro Cosmos. I swarmed him a little bit, and the Veiler in hand was dead because of Macro, so I summoned Trishula and won shortly after.
Round 4 vs Inzektors (2-0)
He was my newest teammate in Belleville, either way we would both make the Top 4 cut.
1 - Skill Drain shut him down, and it was a very slow game. Our life points were very similar the entire time, but I managed to summon T.G. Striker and Tengu very late game, made Brionac, summoned a Tengu from deck, and that finished him off.
2 - Skill Drain shut him down again, but this time he didn't have as many answers to my plays as last time.
3 Belleville players made Top 4, which is pretty good. The top 4 decks were T.G. Stun, Inzektors, Infernity and Gladiator Beasts.
Round 5 vs Gladiator Beasts (2-1)
1 - I started with 2 Dark Bribe, 2 Shard of Greed, 1 Rhino and 1 Dark Hole. I played everything first turn except the Hole. He didn't activate any spells or traps the first two turns... and he somehow summoned a Gyzarus, destroying both my Shards. He eventually summoned Heraklinos and there was nothing I could do.
2 - I had the answers for everything he did, and I gained a lot of advantage with Horn of the Phantom Beast.
3 - I had the one Skill Drain to stop all his plays. He barely had any spells or traps that game so I won.
After that I decided to split for 1st and 2nd with my new teammate, and together we won a lot of packs. Notable cards I obtained were Inzektor Hornet and Giga-Mantis, Wind-Up Rat, Shark and Zenmaioh, and other cards. I also did a fair amount of trading throughout the day, so today was very productive. Going undefeated with T.G. Stun was very assuring, and I really want to play it at Regionals. Anyway, tomorrow I will write about my thoughts on the March 2012 Banlist....
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