As I mentioned in my previous post, I attended the box
tournament in Peterborough,
Ontario. I finally decided to
pilot my Chaos Anti-Meta deck. I felt the most comfortable and secure with this
deck. I didn’t play Heroes because I didn’t have all my extra deck cards
available. I didn’t play Dino-Rabbit or Wind-Ups because I felt people would be
extra prepared for those decks.
Anyway, I pulled a Geargiarmor in my entry pack, which was
pretty nice. There were 18 players participating in this event (5 from Belleville). The
tournament consisted of 5 rounds, than top 8 cut.
Round 1 vs Chronomaly
1 – We spent his duel going back and forth for a little bit.
Most off my life points were depleted from my own Solemn brigade. He didn’t
explode needless to say. He ended up getting the best of me, though, with his
attack position Snowman Eater and a Creature Swap.
2 – Much like the previous duel, I stopped most his plays.
He dropped a Gorz on me, but I was able to kill it with the help of Forbidden
Lance. He didn’t have much after that.
3 – He summons a Tirus early on, like turn 2, but I have the
Dimensional Prison to banish it. Next turn, he summons a Crimson Shadow Ninja,
which I Bottomless, and had the Veiler to nullify it’s invincibility effect. He
spent a fair amount of resources making those monsters, ad he couldn’t recover
afterward. I basically beat him down with Breaker.
XOO
Round 2 vs Six Samurai
1 – He summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En when he went
first, and backed it up with multiple face-downs. I didn’t have much at all, so
I set some face-down spells and traps and a Snowman Eater. On his turn he
summoned Zanji. Zanji attacked my Snowman Eater and I tried to destroy Shi En,
but he used Shi En to destroy Zanji instead and attacked directly with Shi En.
Next turn I set a Maxx “C” and another back-row. He summoned Kizan, which
attacked my Maxx “C”, and Shi En attacked directly again. I baited out Shi En’s
effect with Book of Moon, then followed-up with Dark Hole. I also destroyed his
Musakani Magatama before that with an MST, after I activated Book. I then
attacked him directly for a few turns with Maxx “C”, and kept setting the traps
I drew. I eventually dropped a Thunder King, and he chained Torrential, when I
chained Starlight Road.
His next card was Dark Hole so he scooped.
2 – This time, his first turn field consists of Shadow of
the Six Samurai, Kageki and Kizan, which 2 cards in his Spell/Trap zone. I MST
his Magatama again, set my Snowman Eater and multiple back-row again. He used
Shadow to pump Kageki. Shadow attacks my Snowman and I activate Dimesional
Prison to banish the Shadow. Kageki attacks my Snowman and I use it to destroy
Kizan. He sets another back-row and ends his turn. I draw, and run over his
Kageki with Maxx “C”. At this point, any time he summoned a monster, I had a
trap for him. Eventually, I beat him down with Breaker.
OO
Round 3 vs Wind-Ups
1 – I have Maxx “C” on his first turn for his explosive
play, which he immediately terminated. From that point on, I controlled him
with Thunder King and multiple trap cards.
2 – This game almost went into time. It got to a point where
he had Maestroke, and I had Thunder King. After 10 turns (each player) of
setting cards and building our hands, we both had 5 Spells/Traps, a few
monsters on the field, and full hands. At this point we started to bait out
each other’s traps. I eventually won, because I gained the most advantage with
my plays, and because Thunder King is super effective against Factory.
OO
Round 4 vs Fusion Gate Heroes
This match was a feature match, and the match will be posted
online eventually. When it is, I’ll link it here. I won, though, 2-1.
OXO
At this point, I was the only undefeated player, so I was
getting paired down.
Round 5 vs Geargia Karakuri (Chris)
1 – Thunder King kept control of most of this game. However,
he eventually got rid of it. He then spent some turns playing into my traps
since I didn’t have too many monsters. I eventually made a Giga-Brilliant, and
the Honest for his potential game-winning play. I won shortly after.
2 – I used a Cyber Dragon to make a Chimeratech Fortress
Dragon with one of his machines. He then set a monster and back-row on his
turn. On my turn he used his Veiler on my Chimeratech, which was a little
saddening. I switched it to defense and set a monster and back-row. He flipped
up his Karakuri monster that was face-down (the one that’s 1700 ATK, and
special summons a monster when it destroys a monster by battle), and he
summoned another one. He declared an attack on Chimeratech, and I dropped Maxx
“C”, He didn’t special summon a monster. Then his other one attacked my Snowman
Eater, and I inflicted 200 damage and destroyed one of his monsters. At this
point I dropped BLS on my turn, and with the Lances to back it up, BLS removed
the rest of his life points over a few turns.
OO
So I went undefeated in Swiss, which is great. I get a
couple of packs for going undefeated, and pulled a Sword Breaker in one of
them, which is neat. I make top 8, obviously. From Belleville, Chris made top 8 and Rori did
too, with Dark Worlds. My round 3 and 4 opponents also made top 8.
Round 6 vs Wind-Ups
1 - He spent a few turns beating me with Wind-Up Rabbits,
since he had the Bottomless for my Thunder King. However I started to play
aggressively with Cyber Dragon and Tour Guide plays, protected my Lances and
other traps. I eventually drop BLS, but he had Fiendish Chain. I ended up
tributing my BLS for another Cyber Dragon, and used Monster Reborn on BLS. He
didn’t last too long after that. I never thought the day would come where I had
to tribute a BLS for a tribute summon…
2 - For some reason, Top 8 matches weren’t timed, so this
game lasted almost an hour… Anyway, basically we both grinded each other down
to under 1000 life points, and some of this damage was due to our own Solemns.
This guy also drew all 3 Factories early on. I basically took as much advantage
as possible with my Torrential Tributes, and I used all my other traps at the
best times. I used my Dimensional Prisons on his Leviathan Dragon and Acid
Golem. I saved my Veilers, Bottomless Trap Holes and Warnings for his Wind-Up
combos. Towards the end, I drew Heavy Storm and activated my own Starlight Road, in
an attempt to push for enough damage. He chained Torrential on the summon of
Stardust and argued it with our judge, and they looked up the wording.
Normally, you can’t chain a card like Torrential to the summon of Stardust like
that. Apparently, though, the wording on Starlight Road was changed with
problem-solving card text, and it was ruled he could chain Torrential on my
Stardust… Whatever, so I negated with Stardust. In a few turns, I won with BLS,
after drawing my first dark monster after an hour long game…
OO
In top 8, Rori and Chris ended up playing and Chris won the
match. I played him next.
Round 7 vs Geargia Karakuri
1 – I went first and summoned Thunder King. He set a monster
and ended. I summoned Spirit Reaper, and attacked his face-down Genex Ally
Birdman with Thunder King. Reaper attacked and discarded his other Birdman.
Next turn, he set another monster with a back-row. Thunder King destroyed the
monster and Reaper discarded his Pot of Avarice. Next turn, Thunder King
destroyed his next monster and Reaper discarded a Maxx “C”. He lost too much
advantage after that point and eventually lost,
2 – I don’t exactly this game. All I know is that I
controlled him with Thunder King and lots of traps.
OO
Round 8 vs Dino-Rabbit
This match was featured as well, and will be posted
eventually. He won the match 2-1. Game 1 I drew poorly towards the end. Game 2
he drew poorly the entire game. Game 3 I drew poorly for the last half of the
game. All I needed was a dark monster and I could’ve dropped BLS…
XOX
So I ended up coming second, and winning 16 packs. No one
who won packs in the top 3 pulled any good money cards in the packs. Chris came
fourth and missed his prize unfortunately. Rori came 7th.
Overall, the tournament was an enjoyable experience. I
played challenging opponent’s all day almost, and performed quite well, for not
playing one of the more popular decks this format. I also traded with almost
everyone there, and received good cards. I can play a couple more decks now,
the way I want, which is neat.
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