Tournament Report 08/31/2012

I'm currently at work, while I'm writing this (It really is quite simple). Anyway, I will no longer be able to attend Friday Locals because of my shift change. However, I will still compose a post for this evening's tournament.


I will post the records of three fellow card players:

Mason from SkillOverLuck (LightraySworns)

Richard the Gladiator (Gladiator Beasts)

Rori the Sack (Heroes)

Just a brief background on these players. Mason is actually a good player, and has been a team-mate for a good period of time. In terms of skill, he is approximately in the same range that I reside. Richard just re-entered the game, with a passion for Gladiator Beasts. He is an ok player. Rori is a sack (very lucky player). Lately, he top decks Miracle Fusion, Super Polymerization, or the exact card he requires. Then he wins. He always competes with Tier 1 or 1.5 decks, and normally it is the same deck for a lengthened period of time.

Now that their basic backgrounds have been revealed, this is the report:

Round 1:

Mason played someone using Exodia, and won that match 2-0 I believe.

Richard and Rori faced off and Rori won 2-0 I believe. Apparently Rori top-decked limited cards to win, unfortunately unsurprising...

Round 2:

Richard beat the Exodia player, from the previous round, 2-0. Apparently, Heraklinos is super effective against that deck...

Mason lost to Final Countdown 2-0, because LightraySworns would have difficulty in this matchup.

Rori beat a random Dark World player 2-0.

Round 3:

Richard and Mason played and Mason won the match 2-0.Rori beat the Final Countdown player 2-1.

The tournament was only 3 rounds, which means that Rori went undefeated. This Locals, wasn't anything special or meaningful, though. 6 people, and only 3 rounds: that's practice for YCS Toronto. I believe all the above players are contending tomorrow, along with myself.

Unfortunately, I still have no idea what deck I will participate with tomorrow. I'm stuck between Heroes, Chaos, Dino-Rabbit, Agents, Dark World and Lightraysworn (yeah, that's right). Heroes have a good match-up all around, because they play Skill Drain and Super Poly, along with random good cards like Gemini Spark, Hero Blast and Miracle Fusion... My Chaos Anti-Meta deck also has good match-ups all around. Dino Rabbit is just a good deck, although lately it's been a little unsatisfactory for my liking. It's definitely still a contender, though. Agents have the power to summon Hyperion, Kristya and BLS fairly easily. However, some hands can be a slightly crippling. Dark World is a funny deck. The more I test it, the more I like it. However, it does require you to have the correct cards, otherwise you almost automatically lose. Finally, an explanation on LightraySworn. I built the deck, earlier today, with Mason and Richard. Both Mason and I tested it extensively and we both seem to be quite fond of it. If Mason ends up using it, then I obviously won't. However, if he doesn't, it is definitely an option. The deck seems slightly better than standard Lightsworns, since it has the ability to drop multiple more boss monsters.

A side-deck for the event is still unknown. I want to side cards such as Macro Cosmos, Twister and Maxx "C". However, certain decks are unable to function with these cards (especially Macro). Oh well.