Stegy's Origins Duel Masters Report
Stegy's Origins
Report
Adam Trunzo
(Stegyman)
June 24th-June 26th, 2004
Hey all! I
just recently played in the Origins Duel Masters tournaments and I loved it! I
met some really cool people (Adam B., Tan, and Brian) and played a
I only live
about an hour and 15 minutes away from
We played best
2/3 with 50 minute matches.
-First game: I
can't remember =(
I seriously cannot remember how this game went or who
I played, and I only know that I won. I sure do have a terrible memory!
XD
-Second game:
Adam B. I think
Adam was playing mono-Red which was insanely fast. I
had 3 Holy Awe in my deck so I wasn't TOO worried. We went into a third game and
the last shield he broke contained a Holy Awe which won me the game. BROKEN CARD
XD
-Third game:
NO IDEA
For the life of me I can't remember who I played on Thursday. I
know that I either lost this game, netting me a 2-1 record, or lost the previous
game against somebody else other than Adam. I was 2-1 at this point, and I know
that for a fact.
-
I won this game, giving me a 3-1
record.
Afterthoughts:
Okay guys, listen: EVOLUTIONS OWN THE ENVIRONMENT. Seriously! Armored Blaster
Valdios, Barkwhip the Smasher, and Fighter Dual Fang are absolutely amazing.
With four Mana you can drop a Burning Mane/Steel Smasher and evolve it into a
Barkwhip to take an easy shield or to pick off a tapped creature. After seeing
all these evolutions in action I added 3 Armored Cannon Balbaro into my deck
(..I didn't have Valdios, okay?! =P) just so I could run an
evolution.
I nabbed third
place and won four boosters. There were only about 14 people playing so the
prizes weren't so good. The tourney ended much earlier than it was supposed to
so I had a lot of time to kill. I walked around and talked to Fubu, Seena, and
all them before heading over to one of the exhibit halls and buying an
Archfiends booster pack thing for DnD. It was only after I opened it that I
wanted the Halbringer set, but that's okay =D I lost one of the minis, though,
so I'm kind of sad. Luckily it wasn't the rare (it was that Ochre Jelly thing if
anyone was wondering).
Finally 5:00pm
rolls around and I play in another Duel Masters tournament. I played my Red/Blue
deck again except I added Armored Cannon Balbaro.
Ugh.
-Round one:
not too sure..
I don't remember this except that I won. My memory is
so.. [pause].. what was I saying?
-Round two:
can't but a name to the face, Jesse P. I think
He trounced me 2-0. He
played Water/Nature. I'll just leave you with
that.
-Round three:
not too sure...
Guys, Thursday is like a blur to me. I either remember
winning, or losing. I won this game.
-Round four:
probably blocked it out
Notice a trend from my last tournament? Well,
you're wrong! =P I lost this match.
Afterthoughts:
Okay, I knew at that time that evolutions were broken--seriously. You had to run
some type of an evolution speed deck to even stand a chance in the environment.
That got me thinking.
So I ended 2-2
and got 9th place. I didn't earn anything, but that's okay--I found a new deck
to play =D I went home and spend about half an hour building my Water/Nature
evolution deck. After it was built I was missing a few cards, but I eventually
bought them at the convention center the next
day.
FRIDAY
FINALLY we get
to Friday. Okay, I found out in the morning on Friday that the Duel Masters
tournament that started at 1:00pm actually started at 11:00pm, so I missed the
first one. I ended up going later and playing in the 4:00pm tournament with my
Water/Nature deck.
Okay guys and
gals, I seriously do not remember anything from any of the first four games
except that I won them all. I was 4-0 going into the last game (we had more
people in this tournament than the two on
Thursday).
Finals:
Brian
Brian is a very cool guy. We talked a lot about the environment
and what we thought was good. He was playing Light with four teched Terror Pits
I believe. His deck consisted of mostly Blockers, and he would occasionally Holy
Awe my creatures and kill them all. The strategy of this deck is to amass a huge
amount of Blockers and finish your opponent with a Diamond Cutter. Well, this
strategy worked--twice, and I lost my first game of the tournament on the last
one. Getting second place was very cool, and I didn't feel bad losing to Brian
for he was playing an awesome deck. I got like, twelve packs. I'll tell you
about them later.
Afterthoughts:
Well I knew that Water/Nature was seriously a broken deck-type. It was
everywhere on Friday. My list consisted of a couple Crystal Lancers but I
dropped them later for Saturday's list, which I will post later.
So those
twelve packs? I got 9 Evo-Crushinators and 3 Base Set. I pulled a Holy Awe (my
forth), Natural Snare (technically my second, but I traded my first earlier),
and two Fighter Dual Fangs. Yes, you read correctly: TWO Fighter Dual Fangs. I
thought it was a sign or something, pulling two Dual Fangs, a Holy Awe, and a
Natural Snare all in one sitting. When I got home I fixed up my deck. Oh, it was
good =)
SATURDAY
Okay, Saturday
finally came and I was nervous, let me tell ya. See, I thought the big Origins
Duel Masters challenge started at 11:00am, but it turns out that it started at
1:00pm. Me and my luck, huh? I played many games with my deck and found that it
was missing something. I added four Holy Awes and loved the
results.
Like all big
tournaments, we had to fill out a decksheet with our deck contents.
...wanna see
my list? XD
Water/Nature
//Creatures
[23]
4 Burning Mane
4 Bronze-Arm Tribe
4 Barkwhip,
the Smasher
4 Aqua Hulcus
3 Corile
2 Fighter Dual
Fang
2 Marine Flower
//Spells [17]
4 Brain
Serum
4 Spiral Gate
4 Dimension Gate
4 Holy
Awe
1 Natural Snare
So, there's
the list. I would have dropped both Marine Flowers and a Burning Mane for three
more Natural Snares, but I never got them. =(But let's get to the games, how's
that? =D
First round: Bill D. with
Darkness/Water
Bill sure was a nice guy.
Game one: I kept
putting on the pressure and kept bouncing his Bloody Squitos to take some early
shields before a few Barkwhips cleared the board.
Game two: Hardly
different from the first. I believed I casted a Holy Awe to win the game. That
card is so broken ;x [1-0]
Second round:
Michael M. with Darkness/Water
He's another cool guy that I
met.
Game one: He pulled a third/forth turn Dark Clown. I couldn't get
anything going and I lost.
Game two: I had the worst start ever with
like, two Holy Awes, a Natural Snare, and two Dimension Gates =\ GG ADAM -_-
[1-1]
Third round:
Adam B. with mono-Water control
Ah Adam, we meet again ;x I was
actually paired UP as he was 2-0
Game one: I was just too fast for him.
I think he pulled a Lancer but I suicided it with Dual Fang. I think I ended up
swarming for the game, or casted a Holy Awe.
Game two: He had me on
this one. We were trading shields left and right until he has two creatures
left, me one shield, and I couldn't stop either of the creatures. First
creatures swings: I draw SPIRAL GATE XD I bounce the other creature and attack
the rest of his shields for the game. We always play each other in the
tournaments, Adam! =) [2-1]
Forth round:
Joel S. with Light/Darkness I believe
Game one: I was, once again, just
too fast.
Game two: I pulled a Holy Awe from a late-game shield to win
the game. It was a close game, but man, Holy Awe > creatures XD
[3-1]
Fifth round:
Brian with Light/Diamond Cutter and teched Fire/Darkness
Ah! Brian
again. Well, we talked about drawing so we would each have 10 points, and after
figuring it out for a while we decided to play and see what
happens.
Game one: He gets like, 6 Blockers out and casts a Holy Awe,
then proceeds to cast a Diamond Cutter for the game. Ouch.
Game two: I
had the best opening hand ever and manage to get two Barkwhips going by turn 5
or 6 with other minor creatures. I swarmed him and took out his
shields.
Game three: Same as game two except much more close. I managed
to swarm and pull out the win. We decided to draw at the end of this match ;x
[3-1-1]
Okay, so I was
3-1-1 with 10 points. The top 8 is announced and.. I'm 6th! woo! Brian came in
at 7th, so we both made it.
TOP
EIGHT
First round:
Tan with Nature/Water
Lemme tell ya: this kid is good
Game
one: I get lucky and kept Corile-ing Barkwhips and minor creatures. I get the
win.
Game two: VERY close, but I just couldn't stop his
evos.
Game three: Oh, I was nervous. We duke it out left and right
before this happens: his turn, Corile's my Fighter Dual Fang and Spiral Gates my
Barkwhip. Next turn I draw my Bronze-Arm Tribe but can't play it because Tan
only had two shields left and I was holding another Bronze-Arm and a Barkwhip,
and I knew my next card was Fighter Dual Fang. His turn: he has two creatures,
me one shield. I check my discard: all four Holy Awes and THREE Spiral Gates are
in it. I had played my lone Natural Snare as Mana much earlier in the game, so I
was counting on that last shield to be a Spiral Gate. He swings.. I draw: MARINE
FLOWER -_- gg Tan
So, I ended up
in 7th place overall and got 20 packs--ten Evo-Crushinators and ten Base Set. I
pulled a Bolshack Dragon (my favorite creature, just FYI ;x) ;x It was a very
good experience and I would gladly do it again if I had the opportunity. But
hey!--not bad for a kid who never played in a tournament before, huh?
=D
Thanks for
reading!
-Stegyman
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