Subject: Black Skull Beatdown, Matt Delcalzo, Boulevard Cards, Hasbrouck
Keights, NJ, 10/12/02

This is, I believe, my 8th time competing here.  Prior
to that, I had won 3 of them, and I'm currently the #1
Duelist in the store.  Since I got bored of using a
normal beatdown, I figured I'd make a Black Skull Dragon-centered Beatdown.  It faired pretty well, although I think next week I'll try a Thunder Dragon Deck.  So here's the deck:

Monsters: 20
3x Summoned Skull
3x La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp
3x 7 Colored Fish
2x Vasago the Destroyer
1x Goddess with the Third Eye
3x Magician of Faith
2x Man-Eater Bug
2x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Cyber Jar

Magic: 11
1x Raigeki
1x Dark Hole
1x Pot of Greed
1x Monster Reborn
1x Change of Heart
2x Card Destruction
2x Heavy Storm
2x Polymerization

Traps: 9
1x Mirror Force
1x Solemn Judgement
2x Seven Tools of the Bandit
2x Magic Jammer
3x Trap Hole

Side Note: I wanted to include a third Polymerization,
but I hadn't received it yet, so I had to work with
what I had.



Round 1: Me vs. Steven
This was my first time facing him, I don't think I had
ever seen him at a previous Tournament.  He was better
than I thought he'd be.  In the first match, I pretty
much had the upper hand.  The only damage he did to me
was with a Witch of the Black Forest.  I finished him
with BSD.  Our second match was SLOW.  The only damage
that was done during the match was me losing LP from
attacking his Castle of Dark Illusions with my Linns
and Fish.  Then the time ran out, and since I had won
the first match, I won the round.

Round 2: Me vs. Ricky
Ricky hates facing me more than anything, usually
because when he has the upper hand, I pull somthing
and wipe him out.  Today was no different.  The first
match was similar to the second.  In both, he got me
down to really low LP, and I used Solemn Judgement to
counter what would have been the a winning move.  In
at least one of the duels I got out Black Skull and
finished him with it.

Round 3: Me vs. Jeremy
I had ssen Jeremy a lot at past Tournaments, but this
was my first time facing him.  I don't really remember
either match that well, except that I didn't get out
Black Skull either time.  He put up a good fight, but
I emerged victorious.

Round 4 (Finals): Me vs. Mike
Mike is pretty much my rival, in a friendly way,
though.  He's the only one there that's really any
competition.  I beat him at the last Tournament, but
he beat twice before that.  Our first match was pretty
quick; he had the upper hand the entire time.  I had
the advantage a few times during the second match, but
he suddenly used just about every card in his hand to
pull a killer combo (I can't even remember it) to wipe
out the last of my LP.  So I came in second.


For getting second, I got 3 packs, in which I got
complete crud:
Mother Grizzly (my 6th!)
Flying Kamakiri #1
UFO Turtle

Mike got 6 packs for winning, in which he also got
complete crud, with the exception of a Mystical Space
Typhoon.

Props:
-To Mike for being the only competition there
-To none of my cards being stolen this week

Slops:
-To, after winning 3 Tournments and coming in second
once (total 21 packs), not getting one Super or Ultra
Rare.
-To my brother for trading an Acid Trap Hole and a
Card Destruction for God knows how many great cards,
including a Painful Choice, Confiscation, Megamorph, 2 Twin-Headed Thunder Dragons, and those are just a few. -To my brother, once again, trading all of the great cards mentioned above, and others, for a Toon World. 

My Name: Matt Delcalzo
E-mail Address: mattswwf@yahoo.com

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