Regarding Saturday’s tournament, I decided to play Agents. This is one of the decks I am considering for Regionals on December 1st, so practice was necessary. Also, I gave Dave (a random troll that’s better than average, Belleville people know who I’m referencing) my Chaos Dragons to use, since he randomly showed up and I wanted to test that for Regionals as well. There were 21 players, so 5 rounds of Swiss and a Top 4.
Round 1 vs Sal (Alchemist Chaos)
1 – I went first, with a typical Venus play, and I think he had the Veiler. Anyway, I set one backrow and passed. He special summons Cyber Dragon on his turn and tributes it for Vanity’s Fiend. I have the Book of Moon to flip it down. He sets one backrow and ends. I summon Earth and search Venus, then my Venus on the field summons some balls, and attacked the face-down Fiend, and when Earth went to attack, he chained Call of the Haunted to summon Cyber Dragon. During the battle phase, I tributed one of my balls to take the Dragon and dish some early damage. I made a Gachi, then I gave him back his Cyber. He tributed it for Caius and I had Herald of Orange Light. I won a couple of turns later.
2 – I barely remember this game. All I know was that there was a fair bit of stalling behind Cyber Valleys and such, but I had enough power to overwhelm him. It’s unfortunate I don’t remember this match quite well because it was entertaining.
2-0
Round 2 vs Bobby… (Chaos Dragons)
1 – I had hand-traps to stop his plays, and I beat him with a Venus, Thunder King, Hyperion and Daigusto Phoenix (though at that point I didn’t need it).
2 – This game was hilarious, so I will jump to the juicy part. On the last turn of the game (which didn’t last long), he has a set Snowman Eater on his field with 6000 life points, while I have a Photon Papilloperative, Leviathan Dragon with one detachment, and a Gachi-Gachi. I use Photon to flip the Snowman Eater up and he destroys Photon with the Snowman’s effect. I special summon Hyperion, and have Leviathan Dragon attack the Snowman. He sends it to the Graveyard and summons Gorz with his Token. I asked him what he was doing, and he said he was using Gorz’s effect. I told him he can’t and he asked why. Raymond, who was on my left, and I explained that the monster being destroyed is the last thing that happens before the end of the Damage Step, and damage calculation occurs first. He doesn’t agree, and Sal, who was on my right, lists the purpose of each sub-step and he doesn’t understand, along with his friend, Jordan, beside him. Bobby proceeded to tell us if he knew that he would’ve used the Monster Reborn in his hand to summon the Spirit Reaper in his Graveyard. It’s funny, because that didn’t matter, since I could’ve used Hyperion’s effect to destroy it. He then told us we were Yu-Gi-Oh Junkies! Apparently, Raymond and I eat, breathe and sleep Yu-Gi-Oh and that we are nerds. He walked away… So I think I won that game.
Round 3 vs Dave (Chaos Dragons)
Unfortunately for him, I knew the Dragon deck inside in and out. To be fair, I told him I was playing Agents.
1 – I went first and summoned Thunder King. He sets 2 backrow and ends. I summon another Thunder King and attack for 3800. He goes and passed. I summon Card Trooper and win. He couldn’t use the Charge of the Light Brigade in his hand because I had Thunder King. He lost because of that.
2 – He managed to explode fairly early on. Fortunately, I had Hyperion and Gachi, so I was able to destroy his field one monster at a time. Then, I followed with Kristya to lock him down.
2-0
Round 4 vs Kyle (Macro Worms)
1 – This game was fairly close. He has Macro Cosmos early on, meaning I couldn’t use my Herald of Orange Light or Honest when I needed to. I lost, that simple.
2 – I just rushed him, and by the time he had Macro it was too late.
3 – This game was close as well. Fortunately, I drew my Royal Decree that I sided in. He had 4 unusable cards face-down, including Macro. I won.
2-1
I was the only undefeated player at this point, so I was getting paired down.
Round 5 vs Ganon (Newbie Six Samurai)
1 – He summoned Shi En first turn, but since he didn’t have any threatening backrow, I ran over it with Hyperion, and then made a Venus play. I beat him a couple of turns later.
2 – He summoned Naturia Beast while he had a face-up Macro Cosmos. I killed the Beast with Thunder King and Forbidden Chalice, and beat him down from that point. Nothing exciting.
2-0
I obviously made the Top 4 cut. Raymond made it with a 4-1 record playing Dino-Rabbit. Dave made it with a 4-1 record. Finally, Kyle made it with a 3-2 record.
Round 6 vs Kyle
1 – I set up a lot faster this game, and I was able to play around a bunch of his plays. Herald of Orange Light really messed up his need W Nebula Meteorite play, and I capitalized from there.
2 – He starts by summoning Worm Zex, and I stop its effect with Veiler. This definitely caught him off guard. I can’t remember what happened on my first turn. On his next turn, he tributes Zex for Worm King and deals damage. I summon Tour Guide and special summon Sangan. I tribute the Sangan with Enemy Controller to take King, and search a creature. I attack with both monsters and tribute the King to destroy his one trap. Then I had a Lance for his next play, and Royal Decree to stop his traps. I won with some very decisive moves. I must say that was my favorite game of the day, simple because of how well I played. It was beautiful.
Raymond beats Dave 2-1, however, if Dave didn’t misplay he would’ve won the match. We couldn’t finish the tournament because the employee there wanted to leave. Since, I went undefeated, I was given 1st place, while Raymond was awarded with 2nd place. Raymond and I spent our credit on a box and it was pretty decent.
In conclusion, I was impressed with my performance with Agents. I only lost one game, due to an unexpected Macro Cosmos, so I didn’t do horrible. I’m also impressed with Chaos Dragons. The next post will be an in-depth analysis of Agents so stay tuned.
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