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Duel Masters Tourney Reports

"Rising Suns" - by Rob "NBK" Cummins - BishopGames, Coventry, UK

Deck Name: "Rising Suns" (Light/Water "T&K" Aggro Deck)
Name: Rob "NBK" Cummins
Location: BishopGames Card Shop, Coventry, UK
Date of Tournament: 21st January, 2006
Number of Duelists: 8

Heya all, NBK is back on the scene giving you all another fresh look into the UK meta, particularly here in Coventry! With this being the 1st Constructed tournament of the year, this was a tournament that a lot of people wanted to win to get a good start to the new season and with Set 9 "Fatal Brood of Infinite Ruin" having just been released, I was interested to see if anyone was gonna play any of the new cards in their decks! Got up at 8am, quick shower, small breakfast and out the door, catch the bus to Birmingham New Street Station and catch the train to Coventry and walk the 10mins to the shop.

At first, I thought I was going to be the only one there but soon enough people start to show and while it wasn't the biggest turnout we have had, it was still enough to provide us all with some good competition and a nice assortment of decks! Our Tournament Organiser for the day, Zann, also decided to join in on the fun so we can the full 8 duelists!

The deck I used for this tournament was only a deck that I had decided to use a few days previous, with the idea coming from Mr King off the main DuelMasters forums and JMatthew highlighting the possible deck as being good. So i decided to take the idea and make my own unique version and while testing against control decks went 50/50 at times, I was convinced it would do well enough at the tournament! And besides, while I did have my super control deck with me that would have done even better, control decks bore me too easily so this was more of a challenge more than anything else. So here is the deck....."Rising Suns"

"Rising Suns" Light/Water "T&K" Aggro Card Deck (45)

Light:

4 x Sarius, Vizier of Suppression
4 x Miele, Vizier of Lightning
4 x Kalute, Vizier of Eternity
4 x Magris, Vizier of Magnetism
4 x Jill Warka, Time Guardian
2 x Phal Eega, Dawn Guardian
2 x Petrova, Channeler of Suns
3 x Craze Valkryie, the Drastic

4 x Holy Awe

Water:

4 x Marinomancer

4 x Hydro Hurricane
4 x Eureka Charger
2 x Energy Stream

After getting registered and seated, the 1st round draws were made and I happened to get the worst draw in my 1st round......Adam Hawkesford!

Round 1 vs Adam Hawkesford (Darkness/Light/Nature Control Deck)

This was the 1st time since the UK Nationals that Adam and I have had the chance to meet up, let alone duel and considering his strong performance at the Nationals (made the Top 8 and only lost to the eventual Winner, Lamahl Skeritt!), I was worried with how my deck would play against his! 1st duel saw me try and figure out his deck and soon into the duel, I was playing rather defensive. He managed to Lost Soul my hand as soon as he hit 7 mana and from there on he managed to control me and take me out using his weenies. 2nd duel was a very close call on both of us. We both kept taking control of the field, but this time luck was on my side as I was able to keep his side clear with tapping and killing his creatures. Petrova played a big part in this win as my powered up Initiates were a real pain for him to deal with. While he did Nexus his shields a bit, he never had the field to take advantage of them so I won it after that! 3rd duel started off similar to the 1st but after getting Lost Souled, I topdecked Marinomancer and got 3 Light cards and was back into the swing of things and soon enough it came down to the final shields of the game and suprisingly enough, I managed to break the last shield and with Magris, took the win! Shook hands with him afterwards and was well happy with myself for the result! Soon after, the next round was called, and my next opponent was someone I hadn't lost to in Contructed yet, Owen Barry!

2-1

Round 2 vs Owen Barry (Rainbow Merfolk Control Deck)

Now, Owen attended the UK Nationals but got a very rude awakening as he got thrashed in several of his first rounds due to his deck just not meeting the standards that everyone else was out, so after the Nationals, he started planning his deck out for this day, and with Adam Skrendrovic, they both built control decks for the tourney but Adam changed his mind and went with his Beasty deck, but more on that later! Owen has just won his last match 2-0 and while his deck has all 5 civs in it, it was a typical Control deck so it couldn't be underestimated. 1st duel so my deck do something it wasn't exactly meant to do.....Rush. Kalute got sent out on turn 2 and 3 and by the time he managed to get some defence up, it was too late and it got tapped and killed and took the 1st duel easy. The 2nd and 3rd duels came down to him manipulating his shields with Mana Nexus and some rather dodgy shield triggers (gave the impression that his shields were fixed, especially as nearly everyone of them was a ST!) so while both duels were close, his shields saved him and he took the shock win 2-1. Of course, he had mentioned that I wasn't my top deck so he took it as a fluck.....how nice. People were suprised to see me lose but with me playing such an unconventional deck, people dismissed it as nothing. Had a break and played Adam Skrendrovic against his tourney deck (Darkness/Nature Beastfolk) and his control deck ( 4 Civ control) that Zann was using for the tournament since he didn't have his own deck. The practise against the control proved useful as my next opponent in Round 3 just happened to be Zann, our TO!

3-3

Round 3 vs Zann (4 Civ Control)

Now this deck was originally based on Lamahl Skeritt's winning UK Nationals deck, but Adam didn't like how it was meant to be played so he added in his own touches here and there and his deck was handed to Zann for this tournament and so far Zann hadn't been doing too bad! However, both duels proved to not be a problem for me as both duels both of us stalled to bits, and then Petrova and Craze Valkryie came out and with the super blockers in play and no Darkness in his deck, his deck crumpled very quickly and he didn't manage to attack a single shield of mine, so that proved quite good! In the 2nd duel, it had to be said that he did use a Natural Snare and Mana Nexus even though he had no Nature Mana to use either card, but I let him off with it as he was dead anywayz, so an easy 2-0 victory for me! Owen went on to beat Alex Hawkesford, Adam's brother, and Adam himself had just beaten Adam Skrendrovic! Next round, I was expecting to play Alex and his Darkness/Water/Fire Merfolk control, but I was in for a shock when I got paired with Jack Flowers!!

5-3

Round 4 vs Jack Flowers (Fire/Darkness Rush)

Now, it must be mentioned that Jack, similar to Owen had not beaten me in Constructed play before this tournament and I was worried about his deck as Rush decks are always considered dangerous, regardless of WHO plays them! But with a history of losses to me, this played a big part in the eventual outcome of the match. Jack wasn't confident going into the 1st duel but he started off well knocked out 3 of my shields, but he couldn't keep any field presence against me and slowly but surely, my blockers and Petrova went up, Hydro Hurricane got used on him and his confidence went down the drain! Soon after I slowly took out his shields so as not to give him took much of an advantage and it paided off with a win! The 2nd duel was identical to the 1st but Craze Valkryie played a bigger role this time around as he kept having his creatures tapped and killed and eventually conceded the game to me. Another 2-0 win! In the main match being Owen and Adam H., Adam managed to gain his rep back by beating Owen 2-1 so myself, Owen, Adam and Alex were all tied on 9pts each going into the final round. Again, I thought I was going to face Alex, but amazingly enough, I got drawn against Aaron Insley, the lowest ranked duelist in the room!

7-3

Round 5 vs Aaron Insley (Mono Light Deck)

This match has "Irony" written all over it as prior to the tournament beginning, myself and Aaron were practising against each other and so we knew each other's decks easy, but in all our practise games, I won them but he started breaking more and more of my shields in each duel so I couldn't relax with this being an important duel! Both duels saw Petrova out on the field, but with his deck being based on Light, he just happened to have a fair few Initiates on the field as well so it proved to be a more strategic game than in any of my other duels. Craze Valkryie in a lot of the time was the main difference between us and slowly but surely his field was levelled. In the 2nd duel, it got so bad that I had all 3 of my Craze Valkryie's on the field and with that much heavy tappage and kill, his deck couldn't stand up to it and again, it lead to a well-earned 2-0 win!!

Final Score: 9-3 (4 out 5 rounds won!)

With the results all entered, and due to other small things, Owen Barry, myself and Alex tied for 1st but Owen took 1st place with Alex in 2nd after beating his brother, 2-0 in the final round, and myself placing ina respectable 3rd place. Adam H finished 4th, Jack finished 5th, Zann 6th, Adam S 7th and little Aaron in 8th place. Congrats to Owen Barry for winning but in a way, im glad i didn't finish 1st as his boosters had no good cards at all and Alex pulled a Petrova while I got myself a nice Stratosphere Giant so I was happy with the results.

Overall, I was over the moon with how the deck ran and with a few minor changes, Im sure this deck can play along with the top tier decks and win on a regular basis! Thxs to Zann for running the tournament and for BishopGames for holding it. Next tournament won't be for a while so I'll see you's then!!

*Hope you's enjoyed the Tournament Report - If anyone wants to contact me about the report, deck I used or anything around DM, just contact me on mexflash@hotmail.com. Messenger Nick = "NBK"