The Forbidden Ritual Yugioh Tournament Report Hobby Town USA Chattanooga, Tennesee 11/30/2002 Hello everyone my name is Jeremy, and I attended my very first official UpperDeck Yugioh Tournament held at Hobby Town USA in Chattanooga, Tennesee. I arrived early and had to do some serious trading to get some of the cards for my deck, by tournament time my deck was complete and I was READY TO DUEL!!!! *Note : This tournament was 8 rounds single elimination 2/3 There were over 40 participants) //Monsters 20 2x Giant Soldier of Stone (First line of defensel) 2x Aqua Madoor (see Giant Soldier of Stone) 2x Mystic Tomato (To get out Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest) 2x Witch of the Black Forest (To get out Exodia pieces DUH! ^_^) 2x Sangan (See Witch of the Black Forest) 2x Magician of Faith (A staple card for any deck) 2x Cannon Soldier (Say hello to my little friend) 1x Labyrinth Wall ( Big Defensive Wall) 1x Exodia the Forbidden One 1x Right Arm of the Forbidden One 1x Left Arm of the Forbidden One 1x Right Leg of the Forbidden One 1x Left Leg of the Forbidden One //Magic 17 3x The Shallow Grave (Get Witches and Sangans back for re-use) 2x Swords of Revealing Light 2x Messenger of Peace 2x Mystical Space Typhoon 1x Heavy Storm 1x Pot of Greed 1x Monster Reborn 1x Raigeki 1x Dark Hole 1x Painful Choice (Combo this with Backup Soldier) 1x Prohibition (To protect my hand) 1x Premature Burial (For Witches and Sangans) //Traps 9 2x Waboku 2x Magic Jammer 2x Magic Drain 2x Backup Soldier (Combo this with Painful Choice) 1x Call of the Haunted (For Witches and Sangans) 1x Mirror Force (Oh so your gonna attack me huh ? Read it and weep ^_^) Round 1 TFR vs. Kid w/random beatdown Match one : I go first and this is my hand 2 WOTBF, 1 Sangan, 1 Tomato, 1 Pot of Greed, 1 Grave. I lay a WOTBF in defense and pass. He puts down a La Jinn and attacks my card, then I search for a piece of exodia. Second turn, i draw a Cannon Soldier and I play another WOTBF in defense and then i play my Pot of Greed and get a Grave and a Raigeki. He doesnt play any other monster and attacks again with La Jinn killing my witch, time for another exodia piece. My turn, I draw Exodia's Head and I play my Cannon soldier in atk mode and play 2 of the Graves to get back 2 witches and I trib them with Cannon Soldier ability and search for the remaining 2 pieces. Match two : He plays a monster face down and a trap card face down and passes, I play a Pot of Greed and draw 2 Sangan i then put 1 WOTBF in play in defense and pass. He plays nothing but flips up his trap Ultimate Offering not realizing he aint got no mons and then he passes, my turn i draw my final witch i use his offering against him and play 2 sangans and 1 witch in face down defense mode, also before ending my turn i play a Mirror Force in my M/T zone. On his turn he uses Raigeki to kill the rest of my mons, i search for 3 pieces and he plays a 2 Blue Eyes with his ultimate offering and tries to atk, and i counter with Mirror Force, he about cried. Next turn I draw a Grave and then i play my cannon solider in Atk mode and play the grave to get back a witch then trib it with the cannon soldier ability and i win. 1-0 Round 2 TFR vs. ??? w/Denial Beatdown Dont remember much about these matches except for i summoned exodia twice within 6 turns. 2-0 Round 3 TRF vs. ??? w/Earth Warrior Destruction Deck This battle was a piece of cake, this kid obviously didnt know what he was doing, I beat him using my Madoors and Stone Soldiers. 3-0 Round 4-7 Kids with Random Decks, not much of a challenge. 7-0 Round 8 Finals Match 1 :This match was tough, the current champion ran a devastating Dark Magician deck with Buster Blader. She won the first match due to an early card destruction of 3 exodia pieces. Match2 :This match was tough too but i managed to eek out a win with Exodia on turn 11. Match 3 : For the final match the head director of the tournament made us each shuffle each others decks and then two bystanders shuffled our decks. Lady luck was smiling on me today, my hand was as follows 4 Exodia pieces and a Prohibition i went first and drew my card a SANGAN ! YES !!!!! i lay it face down in defense and Prohibit Card Destruction. She plays a La Jinn in atk mode and attacks my sangan. I grin at her really big and extend my hand, she couldnt believe it, but it happened. I WON MY FIRST UPPERDECK TOURNAMENT YAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-0 Props and Slops Props to me for winning ^_^ Props to all my opponents for being good sports Props to the tournament pack i won, even though the cards werent that good Props to Pojo for posting my report and being the coolest site on the net. Slops to me for not eating and not being able to remember much lol. Slops to anyone who thinks exodia is cheap and who called it cheap today Slops to the guy who stole my Gaia the Dragon Champion. Ne Who It Was A Really Good Day !!! contact me if you wish at drgnstar975@stormloader.com