RegnR8's Monarch and Horus Decks Come Out to Play Today!
Tournament Reports for November 6, 2004

Hi all,

Welcome to this weeks Tournament report. Today we went to two tournaments so, you get the added pleasure of getting two reports for the price of one! Terriffic! You didn't pay ANYTHING for the first report so, it's like getting 2 reports for nothing! Hey, wait a minute, it's EXACTLY like getting 2 reports for nothing! LOL.

ANYWAY,

On to the first tournament of the day!

Sports Cards and Collectibles
Fayetteville, Ga.
$5.00 to enter and you get a pack. It was AST today and I got  some card that was so crappy, I can't even remember what it was.
5 rounds Swiss Format
Advanced
About 20 to 24 people today.
3 packs for 1st
2 packs for 2nd
Nothing for third place because third place sucks

We get there and I purchase the traditional Large French Vanilla Coffee with Cream and Sugar from the Dunkin' Donuts! Mmmm, good.

I am using the Monarch deck today and it's been running great. I haven't changed the deck or side deck at all. I am satisfied with it so far.

Absolute Rule of the Monarchs

x2 Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
x2 Mobius the Frost Monarch
x3 Night Assailant
x3 Peten the Dark clown
x1 Sinister Serpent
x3 Berserk Gorilla
x1 TIV
x1 Breaker
x1 Fiber
x1 Cyber

x1 PoG
x1 Change of Heart
x1 Snatch Steal
x1 Premature Burial
x2 Scapegoat
x2 Enemy Controller
x2 NoC
x2 Creature Swap
x1 Painful Choice
x1 Heavy Storm
x1 MST

x1 Dust Tornado
x2 Bottomless Trap Hole
x2 Horn of Heaven
x1 Raigkei Break
x1 Call of the Haunted

SIDE DECK
x3 Kinetic Soldier
x1 Stray Lambs
x1 NoE
x1 Magic Cylinder
x1 Magic Drain
x2 Magic Jammer
x1 RoD
x2 Dark Core
x1 Book of Moon
x1 Enemy Controller
x1 Jinzo

The store opens about 20 minutes late, but sign up is pretty quick and pairings are called.

ROUND 1
Monarchs VS Metamorphosis Control

I get paired up with Moises in the first round. His deck is very cool. It's pretty much designed around Relinquished/Metamorphosis/TER and can really give me fits. Today was no exception.

GAME 1

I go first and get Mobius, Fiber, Horn of Heaven, Enemy Controller, PoG, and get Peten. I play PoG, get Heavy Storm and a Gorilla. I set Peten and Enemy Controller.

He summons Breaker and removes the token to destroy my card which I activate, turning his Breaker into defense position. He set's 2 S/T cards and ends his turn.

I draw TIV. I tribute Peten for Mobius and destroy both his S/T cards. I remove the Peten to summon another and attack his Breaker with Mobius. I set Horn of Heaven.

He summons DD Warrior Lady and I chain the Horn of Heaven, sending Peten to the graveyard to negate the summon of DD Warrior Lady, and remove it to special summon my last Peten. He sets a S/T card.

I draw Berserk Gorilla. I activate Heavy Storm, summon Berserk and attack for 4400LP damage. That's a pretty good hit.

He summons TIV. Crap. He attacks my Peten, discards for Beast and Aqua, destroying both our cards.

I draw NoC, set it and summon Breaker and attack for 1900LP damage.

He draws and sets a monster.

I NoC his Sinister Serpent (That's PERFECT), summon TIV and attack for the win!

8000 - 0.

That was a fairly convincing victory for me.

GAME 2

This game is really great. I took four pages of notes but, am not going to type the duel. Moises' deck can stall like crazy and he did it this game. He was winning and was ahead most of the duel, when we were told time was up and we needed to stop. Whoever had the most LP now is the winner. I thought that was dumb and unfair because he was winning this game. I won the first one, and he would get the match win because he had more life points in the second game? That was stupid. We needed to do the third duel. It wasn't fair. Well, I lost that game and we were forced to decide the winner of the match by a coin toss. I lost the coin toss and Moises got the win. I thought that sucked really big time!

RECORD 0 -1

Well, that sucked but, it's Swiss Format so, I can still win the tournament if I keep winning.

ROUND 2
Monarchs VS Earth/Trample/Burn Deck

GAME 1

I go first and get Gorilla, Snatch Steal, Peten, Mobius, Raigeki Break and Enemy Controller. I set Peten and Enemy Controller.

He sets 3 S/T cards and summons Enraged Battle Ox. Uh oh. Trample! This deck may hurt me. I active Enemy Controller, turning his Ox to defense position. No trample today, please!

I draw Call of the Haunted and I Snatch Steal his Ox, tribute it for Mobius,and destroy his Hallowed Life Barrier (which he activates) and Dark Mirror Force (? - Someone actually uses this card?) I set Raigeki Break and end my turn.

He summons TIV and I Raigeki Break it. He doesn't use it's effect or anything so he ends his turn.

I draw Horn of Heaven and set it. I attack with Mobius and he activates Draining Shield. UGH! I hate decks like this.

He tries to summon Gigantes but I activate Horn of Heaven. Then he summons Injection Fairy Lily and that sucks. He starts hammering me with Lily and manages to get a Lava Golem to my side of the field and I attack his Lily once with the Lava Golem to force him to pay for her effect. It worked out well because the Lava Golem was gone, he paid 2000LP and I took 400 damage. It was a good situation for me! I was losing at that point, 5600 - 6400.

He tributes Lily for Jinzo when I have a few Scapegoat tokens on the field. I draw Fiber, set it and Change of Heart his Jinzo, attacking him with it. I'm winning now 5600 - 4000.

He summons a Gorilla and attacks my Fiber Jar. Hooray! I get Zaborg, Mobius, Raigeki Break, Enemy Controller and Creature Swap. That blows. I draw a NoC and set Raigeki Break and Enemy Controller. This isn't looking too good for me.

He sets an S/T, summons Malice Doll and attack. I go ahead and take the damage.

I draw Cyber Jar and set it. He attacks it next turn and gets a lot of cards. 2 Solar Flare Dragons, a GAF and Enraged Battle Ox. All Monsters. I get a Berserk. I chain Raigeki Break to his GAF.

I take 1000LP damage from the Flare Dragons and play PoG. I get Heavy Storm and Peten. I tribute the Gorilla for Zaborg and destroy one of his Flare Dragons, then attack the other with Zaborg. I set Bottomless and NoC.

He sets 1 S/T card, tributes his Ox for Jinzo and attacks Zaborg. That sucked. Oh well, whatever.

I Premature Burial Zaborg, he Call's Jinzo back and I suicide. I set a Peten and have to end my turn.

I'm still losing 2200 - 3100 when he summons a Gorilla and I BTH it. Ha.

I tribute Peten for Mobius, get a Peten, set Scapegoat and Call of the Haunted and attack!

He summons TIV, attacks my Peten and I get the third, then he dumps his whole hand to get rid of everything on the field.

I Call Mobius back next turn and attack for the win.

GAME 2

He side decks. A lot. He chose to go first and sets 1 S/T, summons Solar Flare Dragon and I take 500LP damage.

I set Peten, Horn and Scapegoat.

He summons Enraged Battle Ox and I negate the summon with Horn and Peten. I get a Peten and he attacks it with the Flare Dragon and I get another. I take another 500LP damage.

I tribute Peten for Zaborg and destroy his Flare Dragon. I attack and he discards for Hallowed Life Barrier.

He sets 1 S/T then summons that idiotic Injection Fairy Lily and attacks my Zaborg. Whatever.

I draw MST and set a Night Assailant which he NoC's next turn and that REALLY hurt. I have some S/T cards set so he keeps attacking my Sinsister with Lily.

He summons TIV and I Bottomless Trap Hole it and he attacks my Sinster with Lily.

I draw Dust Tornado and set it and Sinister. I think I've stalled with Sinster for three or four turns.

He Premature Burials a Dark Driceratops and I Dust Tornado Premature Burial. Whew, that was close!

He gets a Spear Dragon out on me and I use Enemy Controller to turn it to defense. I Snatch his Lily next turn and attack his Spear.

I Creature Swap his Gigantis and things are looking up for me until I attack his Fiber Jar.

After the Fiber Flip I set Raigeki Break, BTH and summon Breaker.

He summons Lily AGAIN and I Raigeki Break her. He special summons Gigantis and I BTH it! Wahhahaha!

I play Heavy Storm and he chains RoD to my Breaker getting me down to 100. He kills me next turn.

GAME 3

I chose to go first; Enemy Controller, Painful Choice, Call of the Haunted, Creature Swap, Gorilla and Breaker. I summon Berserk and set Enemy Controller.

He sets 1 S/T card, activates Ectoplasmer and summons Malice Doll and tributes it in the end phase for 800LP damage.

I summon Breaker, remove the token to destroy his set Magic Cylinder, attack with Breaker and the Gorilla, then tribute Breaker for Ectoplasmer's effect.

He sets another S/T card, summons a Solar Flare Dragon and ends his turn. I take 500LP damage.

I draw MST and activate it on his RoD which he chains to my Gorilla. I Premature Burial the Gorilla and attack, getting him down to 1600LP. I activate Painful Choice and offer him 2 Gorilla, Mobius and 2 Zaborg. He gives me the Mobius and I end my turn.

He summons his Gorilla and I activate Enemy Controller, turning it to defense and destroying it.

I summon Mobius, destroy his Hallowed Life Barrier which he activates by discarding a card. I set Call of the Haunted.

He summons TIV and empties his hand to get rid of Mobius and his TIV.

I Call Mobius back next turn and attack for the win!

RECORD 1 - 1

Well, due to the stupid coin toss match loss and the quirkiness of the retarded MANTIS software, I get DROPPED from the tournament! I am not very pleased with the outcome after the two matches and I am pretty ticked off but, it is only a game and I get over it.

My daughter goes on to the semi finals but doesn't win.

OK so, that tournament sucked. Hopefully, the next tournament will be better.

Newnan Sports Cards
Newnan, Ga
Free to play
TRADTIONAL Format
Single Elimination
1st gets 4 packs and a Greenkappa
2nd gets 3 packs and a Lord of the Lamp hahahaha.
3rd place gets 2 packs
There were about 20 people here today.

The crowds seem to be getting smaller. There was a time when there would be 50 to 60 people here each week. Since the ban list took effect, not as many people have been showing up. I hope this is only a small downturn and not a permanent thing.

Today we had a very hilarous event take place. It occured during the finals and I will take a brief moment to explain what happened.
Most stores frown upon an individual selling cards to other individuals. Some stores will actually threaten to call the police. This store is pretty cool though. They don't really want you selling cards but, unless you are flagrantly open about it, make it a side business or draw attention to yourself, then they will ask you to stop. One young man was trying to sell his cards and wrote a note to another individual that literally read: "Dear R****** (Name witheld to protect the innocent), Do you want to buy some cards? Check Yes or No."  On the paper, he had even drawn the little squares next to the yes and no like you do when you want to ask a girl if they like you. The store manager saw the note in passing and asked the author if he was in the third grade and was trying to get a date. Everyone cracked up, except the guy who wrote the note. He flipped out, jumped up, kicked a chair and broke it, then stormed out of the store!

A few minutes later, his big sister came into the store and began yelling at the manager (who is a really cool guy) and knocked his mik shake out of his hand! She was escorted out of the store and another patron picked up the milk shake and threw it at her. It hit her on the head and she was covered in milk shake!

Then, their father came into the store to speak with the manager. When the manager explained what had happened, their father apologized for their misbehavior.

That was crazy.

So, as I was saying...

The store alternates between Traditional and Advanced format and this week it was Traditional. So, my Horus deck got the nod. Nothing changed since the last time I used the deck to win the tournament except, I side decked 3 Kinetic Soldiers to combat the ever present Warrior/Chaos/Control

Horrible Horus

1x Horus LV8
2x Horus LV6
3x Horus LV4
3x Masked Dragon
3x Element Dragon
3x Luster Dragon
1x Fiber Jar
1x Cyber Jar
1x Jinzo

2x Level Up
1x Pot of Greed
1x Graceful Charity
1x Change of Heart
1x Snatch Steal
1x Painful Choice
1x Premature Burial
1x Monster Reborn
1x Raigeki
1x Dark Hole
1x Harpie's Feather Duster
1x Heavy Storm
1x MST
1x NoE
1x Giant Trunade
1x Stamping Destruction

1x Imperial Order
1x RoD
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Call of the Haunted

SIDE DECK:

1x Exiled Force
1x TIV
1x Sinister Serpent
1x DD Warrior Lady
3x Kinetic Soldier
1x WotBF
1x Sangan
3x Waboku
2x NoC
1x Stamping Destruction

First pairings were called and I have to face someone I have never played before. He is a newcomer and this was his second week  entering the tournament. He's a nice guy.

ROUND 1
Horus VS Dark Magician Deck

GAME 1

I go first and get a pretty bad first hand. Stamping Destruction, Graceful, Painful, RoD, Call of the Haunted and Dark Hole. I play Graceful and get Jinzo, Raigeki and Mirror Force. I discard Mirror Force and Jinzo, then play Painful Choice and offer a LV4, Luster, Element, Masked and LV6. He gives me Element Dragon and I summon it and set Call and RoD.

He activates PoG, sets 2 S/T cards and activates Mystic Plasma Zone. I didn't know what type of deck he was using during this part of the duel and I was guessing a fiend deck when I saw the Mystic Plasma Zone. He doesn't summon or set a monster though.

I Call Jinzo and he chains Raigeki Break to the Call. Pooey. I activate Stamping Destruction on his Waboku and he activates it. Grr.

He sets another S/T card.

I draw Giant Trunade and activate it, then attack for 1500LP.

He uses Soul Exchange combo'd with Tribute Doll and summons a Dark Magician which I immediately Ring. We both take 3000LP damage.

I draw Monster Reborn. I Reborn Jinzo and attack for 2400 and that takes him down to 600 and I win next turn.

GAME 2

This game was longer than the first but the results were the same. He managed to get all three Waboku early and kept activating them. Unfortunately, he couldn't get any good monsters out I had 3 Lusters on the field and, as soon as his Waboku were used up, it was over.

RECORD 1 - 0

ROUND 2
Horus VS Beatdown

GAME 1

On the second turn, I have both my LV6 on the field. I don't really like it. He tributes for Mobius and attacks one of my LV6 and I draw Raigeki. I activate it and attack with LV6 for 2300. I set Fiber Jar.

He sets a monster and 1 S/T.

I flip Fiber and summon a Luster, set Stamping Destruction and attack for 1900.

He Raigeki's and attacks me with a Skilled Dark Magician.

I draw RoD, set LV4 and the Ring.

I RoD his Skilled Dark for the win.

GAME 2

A couple of his Magic Drain get me and his Orcs overpower my Element Dragons and such. He hit my Cyber with a Spear Dragon, then got a lot of monsters while I got diddly.

Last week, I won a the match by attacking him with a Sinister Serpent for spite and he kills me with a Spirit Reaper today to win this game. Revenge is a dish best served cold.

GAME 3

It's not over yet. We laugh about him killing me with the Spirit Reaper!

He gets an awful hand. Compulsory Evacuation Devices bounce every monster back to my hand for three turns. He never draws anything useful. He had a Spirit Reaper stall for a turn but I RoD it after his Compulsorys were gone and he was a sitting duck.

RECORD 2 - 0

ROUND 3
Horus VS Chaos Control

I play this guy a lot and by now, I have his deck and his play style figured out. I hope he doesn't read these reports or he may get some insights into how he plays and how I can read him.

He uses Drop Off, DD Warrior Lady, Tomato, Angels and Don's. The three Pregnators, Yata, BLS, CED, the usual boring stuff in a Traditional Control deck. He is VERY predictable and I can guess, with a fairly high percentage, what card he is going to set and play. I also know exactly which card he will pick from my hand with Delinquent and Confiscation.

GAME 1

I go first and get Fiber and some other stuff. I set Fiber and all my S/T cards. I'm going to take some big chances this game and they pay off. I'm taking a gamble that he has some of the Pregnators before he has Harpies and set all my S/T cards so he can't take them from my hand. Well, it pays off because he had Delinquent and The Forceful Sentry in his hand and used Forceful first and then Delinquent when I only had one card left in my hand. Not to clever. He said he thought I had more cards in my hand. Oh well. Too bad.

He sets a monster and I flip Fiber on my turn. Ha. He's already paid 1000LP for Delinquent and I get the cards back. Wahhaaa!

I get a LV4 and attack him. I set Heavy Storm and Change of Heart to protect them from any Pregnator and as a bluff.

He sets a monster and 1 S/T. Now, here's where I can guess what he has. It's one of three cards. Odds are it's either a Tomato, DD Warrior Lady or Shining Angel.

I draw PoG, activate it and he chains with Imperial Order. Oh well. Here's where the pain begins. I attack his face down (Hey I was RIGHT) Shining Angel and he gets (Wait for it... let me guess, a DD Warrior Lady perhaps?) DD Warrior Lady. Right again, I'm 2 for 2! I go ahead and get LV6 during my end phase.

He uses Exiled Force to get rid of my LV6 and attacks with DD for 1500.

I Change of Heart his DD, play Heavy Storm and he chains a Reload. Whoopee. I Premature Burial LV6 (which IS legal) and attack him with both for a healthy chunk of LP loss. Then I Dark Hole his DD Warrior Lady and my LV6 is still on the field. THAT was fun!

It's 5700 - 2600 at this point. I'm enjoying a fairly good lead when I attack his Fiber Jar. He manages to stall a little but, I Snatch Steal his Angel and attack with a LV4 for the win later on in the duel.

GAME 2

I side deck 9 cards. NoC's, Kinetic's, TIV, Exiled and some other stuff.

This duel goes back and forth for a long time. It's really close for a while and later, I realize I am going to lose, so I RoD my own Luster, I don't give him the satisfaction of killing me.

GAME 3

I was winning 7500 - 1600 when he special summons BLS, Calls a TIV back and attacks for like, a zillion.

I play Dark Hole. Haha.

He sets a monster.

I summon a Luster and do not attack. I set RoD.

Sweet irony. I RoD my Luster for the win this time.

RECORD 3 - 0

SEMI - FINALS
Horus VS Remove from Play/Life gain/Scientist/something wierd deck.

We didn't have enough people to get 4 folks into the finals, so we had to pick someone as "Giant Killer", a 4th person to throw into the semi finals.

This deck is so amazingly original, I can't even begin to describe what it does! Unfortunately, it's not built with the Traditional Format in mind. It did finish in the top 8 at Regionals using the Advanced Format but it simply can not compete in this format.

GAME 1 and 2

The deck was fun to play against but seriously, it was rather pathetic against a deck with all the uber cards in it. I played around a little and do have to think about a few things while dueling, but pretty much end both duels fairly quickly. The first game he does no damage to me. The second he does get me down to 5200 but that was all.

FINALS
Horus VS Chaos/Warrior Control

Last time we used the Traditional Format, I beat this deck in the finals. He's looking for revenge.

GAME 1

I go first and get Mirror Force, Raigeki, LV4, Stamping Destruction, Graceful and RoD. I play Graceful and get Painful choice, LV6 and a Masked Dragon. I discard LV6 and Stamping Destruction. I set Mirror Force, RoD and set Masked Dragon.

He plays Heavy Storm. Great.

He plays Graceful. Great.

He discards Jinzo and Don Zaloog. Great.

He plays Painful Choice. Great. Here it comes.

He gives me some light and darks and I give him whatever because it doesn't matter. He summons a DD Warrior Lady and attacks my Masked Dragon, removing both from play.

He Drops Off my Cyber Jar and I activate Painful Choice. He chains with Imperial Order.

He summons a WotBF and attacks after paying for Imperial.

I summon a Luster and he RoD's it.

He pays for Imperial and attacks me with the Witch again. This is embarassing. I'm slowly getting killed by a WotBF!

I draw Torrential and set it and summon a LV4.

Imperial is paid for again. He summons an Angel.

I do nothing. I don't want Witch or the Angel to go to the Graveyard. He keeps paying for Imperial and that hurts me.

He pays for Imperial. He summons Exiled and I have to Torrential.

He Calls Jinzo back.

I Raigeki.

He summons TIV and discards for Dragon and I'm dead.

That was ugly.

GAME 2

This was uglier. It was really close. 4400 - 4700. I was losing but had the advantage. I had Jinzo and TIV on the field which I had just used to get rid of his face up Spirit Reaper.

Next turn he Snatch Steal's my Jinzo. special summons Black Loser Soldier and wins.

Well, I get the last laugh when I pull a Blowback Dragon from my packs and the winner gets crap!

Oh well, second place is first loser and I lose.

After the match, we both complain about how the Traditional Format is not nearly as competitive or fun as the Advanced Format. Imperial Order shut me down in the first game. That's lame. Advanced Format is 100 times more fun and competitive. In Traditional, you know what's coming. You know a Raigeki or Harpies is lurking just around the corner. You know that set card might be a Mirror Force. You know they may Monster Reborn your monster and kill you with it. It's simply a game of who gets the big cards first.

That does it for this week's edition of the tournament report! Until next time, keep dueling and keep winning!

RegnR8

darelliott@aol.com or PM me.