Disruptor. Serf. A World of Books. San Leandro, CA.

Monsters: 22

3 wall of illusion
3 man-eater bug (MEB)
3 hane-hane
2 cannon soldier
2 giant soldier of stone (GSOS)
2 magician of faith (MOF)
2 witch of the black forest
2 sangan
1 jirai gumo
1 invader of the throne
1 cyber jar

Magic: 14

4 Pot of Greed, Dark Hole, Monster Reborn, Change of Heart
2 Heavy Storm
2 Fissure
1 Tribute to the Doomed
1 Delinquent Duo
1 Messenger of Peace
1 Forceful Sentry
1 Share the Pain
1 Giant Trunade

Traps: 8

2 Magic Jammer
2 Solemn Judgment
2 Robbin’ Goblin
1 Trap Hole
1 Mirror Force

Total 44

Tournament on December 1, 2002 (Official UpperDeck Tournament)

Coming off a 1st place finish at Collector’s Corner, the Disruptor rolled into San Leandro ready to duel. 
There were a lot of people, since it was sunny, although a little bit chilly.

1st match

Opponent: Steffon “Zeeno” (Beatdown)

Played Steffon 3 duels, I won the first with 1137 LP remaining, he won the second with 6900 left, and I 
won the third with 8000 LP left. Typical match against beatdowns, except not once did I draw Messenger 
of Peace. I did use Robbin’ Goblin and Wall of Illusion a lot. On one duel, my first seven cards were all 
magic and trap, so for my first turn, I set a Heavy Storm down in my M/T zone and end my turn. He falls 
for the bluff and places a monster in Defense mode. Bluffing does work sometimes.

2nd match, semi-finals

Opponent: Donald “AzNPlaya” (Beatdown)

Donald and Steffon both run beatdown, and when they play each other, it’s about 50/50. That doesn’t 
matter to me, because I know Donald can beat me, since he already did before.

1st duel, I was able to get Messenger early, and the card lasted for 10 turns. Donald knew I had Messenger 
and even had some Mystical Space Typhoons for me, but I guess he couldn’t draw them. Thanks to the 10 
turn stall, we were both down to 475 him, 483 me. I then used Cannon Soldier for the win.

2nd duel, no Messenger this time, but I had Robbin’ Goblin out and that destroyed his cards. I was also able 
to get my Solemn Judgments set up, which helped me counter for the win. I won with 200 LP left.

3rd match, finals

Opponent: Jeff “Bandit Keif” (Control Deck)

I don’t want to talk too much about Jeff’s deck, since it’s classified information and it’s up to him to 
discuss it. But I will say his deck focuses on controlling the monster field and he is one of the few (and I 
mean VERY few) that uses Soul Release.

1st duel, he gets me down quick to 2150 LP in about 3 turns. But then I was able to get good setups and 
come back, bringing him down from 6700 LP. I used MEBs to clear the field while attacking with GSOS 
and Wall of Illusion.

2nd duel, started out the same, except I started with really good magic cards (like Pot of Greed, Change of 
Heart, etc). I use the cards and next turn, I draw Magician of Faith, all right! Next turn, he uses Soul 
Release and bye-bye magic cards, out of the duel. With the limited cards in my graveyard now gone, I 
couldn’t do much and lost to him still at 5400 LP.

3rd duel, started out very well. We were close and back and forth, him at 4150, me at 3450. I then play 
cyber jar, next turn flip it, and it went downhill from there. He was able to pull MOFs and strong magic
cards like Snatch Steal, Heavy Storm and Raigeki. And by the way, my good magic cards were Soul 
Released already again. Well, with me not able to draw counters, the game ended 2 turns later.

So close, but second place is not bad. Jeff, I have one week to customize my side deck for you. You better 
watch out!

That was the end of my tourney day. Had fun and hung out with good people. One positive note, this was 
the first week in a long time where no one complained of getting their cards stolen.

What’s up!
to the hardcore Yu-Gi-Oh! gamers at a World of Books, keeping the game going.

Get lost!
to the thieves that steal cards from kids

Serf
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