The Deck

Monsters

x1 Macician of Faith
x3 Hane-Hane
x3 Man-Eater Bug
x2 Witch of the Black Forest
x3 Neo the Magic Swordsman
x3 The Bistro Butcher
x3 La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp
x3 Summoned Skull
x2 Barrel Dragon

Magic

x1 Change of Heart
x1 Monster Reborn
x1 Drak Hole
x1 Raigeki
x1 Tribute to the Doomed
x1 Heavy Storm
x2 Card Destruction
x3 Soul Exchange
x3 Sword of Deep-Seated
x3 Fissure
x3 Yami

Trap

x1 Mirrior force
x3 Waboku
x3 Trap Hole


The tournament started at approximately 1:30 P.M.  There were 14 participants for this event, a new record for most number of people for a Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament. I was known to them as an "Undefeated, Master Duelist," yet I only knew personally a hand full of who chanted this.  My presence intimidated all but one named, Josh-he under estimated me.  Each match was crunched to a 30-minute time limit.  Most players finished well before then.

The draws for each player were pulled; my first opponent was anther with the same name as I, Phillip.  I quickly modified my deck with my newly acquired cards I need.  It began; by the third or fourth turn, I had pulled off summoning 2 of my 3 Summoned Skulls and finished him off by turn 5.  Battle 2 was more favored for my opponent, my opening hand was perfect, but I was robbed of it by Card Destruction first turn.  I was in need of power monsters I didn't draw this time around; I did however receive my defense of Man-Eater Bugs and Hane-Hane.  Each monster he summoned, I countered with either Man-Eater Bugs or an occasional Hane-Hane.  Now his hand became low and mine held.  Finally I reached my Monster Reborn, and summoned Barrel Dragon that was discarded from Card Destruction.  I used Tribute to the Doomed to kill his last defense monster and took the victory.  My record was 2-0.

The next match was with Josh, the same Josh who was so confident in defeating me.  It didn't help me feel mercy full to him.  By mid first match, I was clearly the dominator; he played an unexpected Dark Hole.  My hand was dry of monsters and his magic/trap field was full, I was expecting the worst, but it never came in force.  Three solid turns passed before either of us could draw a creature, he was the first to lay a card in defense.  I then played Soul Exchange to summon the Summoned Skull.  He tried to turn it on me with Change of Heart, but I counter that move by activating my trap, Waboku.  I then played Heavy Storm to stop all his 5 magic/traps on the field.  The next game was easy once I broke his spirit and pummeled him with my normal array of La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamps, The Bistro Butchers, Neo the Magic Swordsman, and Summoned Skulls.  Score is now 4-0.

The third match that ended the qualifiers was with John; he was very hyper for someone who played cards.  His defeats in both matches against him were just beat downs with upgrades with Swords of Deep-Seated and I didn't need to pull off combos that I planed to; my score was now 6-0.  He said he would make the final four, I didn't think of it too much, but he did.

The finalists were now in; they were Phillip Mudd, Daniel Webb, and John and Paul Scholer.  The set was Daniel vs John and Phillip vs Paul. 

The younger of the two brother's was deprived of all his monsters when I Trap Holed his beginning monsters and summoned enough monsters to tribute for a Barrel Dragon and destroy his remaining defenders each of my turns with my luck of flipping a coin.  The next game proved fatal for him also when I simply overpowered him.  Score 8-0.

The final match was a surprise, Daniel was defeated by John and I needed to face him again.  This game, I replayed my first game I had with his brother with me playing Trap Hole on the cards that would destroy mine, and overwhelmed him as I held his potential back.  The next duel was a bit more complicated.  The game was on for a battle on who would control my Barrel Dragon.  First I Tribute Summoned for my machine, John countered by playing his own Trap Hole.  During his next turn he played Monster Reborn for the Barrel Dragon and failed the coin flipping ability.  His attack proved fatal when he then attacked my Man-Eater Bug.  Killing the threat, I played Card Destruction and drew my own Monster Reborn and summoned Barrel Dragon once again.  His life points were now low in this battle and it was now his turn after my attack, he played Change of Heart and took control of my solitaire dragon once again and attacked, I counter the damage by playing Waboku and took no damage.  The next turn I attacked and took out his life points.  I won the Tournament 10-0 with a flawless record.

Phillip Mudd
Insigna13@aol.com