Subject: Beyond the Beyond, Matthew Wasson, Olde Centre, DE This was my second tournament after a humiliating loss before (the guy went out his way to lay down a Beaver Warrior just to end my LP). Coming back with a revamped deck, me and the rest of the SHS Otaku Club went to work I named the deck Beyond the Beyond after the classic Playstation RPG we were playing when I amde it. Beyond the Beyond Monsters 3x Relinquished 2x Summoned Skull 2x Jinku Bakadan 2x La Jinn 3x Maho Vaio 3x Magician of Faith 2x Catapult Turtle 23 Monsters 2x Sonic Bird 2x Senju of the Thousand Hands 1x Time Wizard 1x Man Eater Bug Magic 3x Dark Illusion Ritual 1x Raigieki 1x Pot if Greed 3x Axe of Despair 1x Swords of Revealing Light 1x Change of Heart 1x Monster Reborn 1x Heavy Storm 13 Magic 1x Soul Exchange Trap 3x Just Deserts 1x Mirror Force 1x Trap Hole 11 Trap 47 Cards Total 2x Wabaku 2x Magic Jammer 2x Solemn Judgement There were 32 participants in a single elimination and my first match came against my fellow Otaku Club member Logan Me Vs Logan (Black Skull Dragon Deck) I drew a good hand to begin with. A Black Illusion Ritual, Maho Viaho, Pot of Greed, Senju of the Thousand Hands, and a Just Deserts. I used my Pot of Greed to get my Man Eater Bug and another Maho Vaio. I layed the Senj udown and drew my Relinquished. Logan opened with La Jinn and a face down trap card. I draw and get a Solemn Judgement. I put my Just Deserts Face Down and Summon my reinquished. I try to absorb his La Jinn but he spell binding circles me and then lays down a seven colored fish, pwoered up with a sword of deep seated. I'm down to 3900. I draw my Axe of Despair and use my boosted Maho Vaiho to cut down his La Jinn and Seven Colored during the enxt turns. He uses a Swords fo Revealing to stop my attack. During my waiting i put down the next two just deserts and he summons two more monsters to compliment the 2 he has on the field. He tries to attack but twice i waboku and 3 time si just deserts him. I hook a final Axe of Despair on my Maho Vaio and win. Me vs. Loreli, hot chick in a tight t-shirt (Toon Magic) I draw a bum hand. 3 Magicians of Faith, a soul exchange and a Summoned Skull. I put out my magician of faith face down and she puts down a giant solider of stone. I soul exchange her solider and attack her life but i wasn't prepared for the same treatment as she toon worlds a toon skull out. I try my best to fight it off wabokuing her back once and then using a swords of revealing light. i got my relinquished all ready for summoning and using the soul exhange i brought back, i absorb the toon skull and take the rest of her life out. Good match, good looking girl. Me vs. Tom Something (something between a dark and light deck) I draw a catapult turtle, a magic jammer, a sonic bird, a la jinn and a Sinju. I use my senju first only to ae it crushed by a La Jinn. I bring out the sonic bird and get my ritual. I set out my La Jin nfor a sacrifice next turn but he sacrifice shis la jinn to bring out Gegami Megyumi? and uses a silve rbow and arrow to kill my genie. I try again with my man eater bug but he horn of heaven's me. I put out my catapult turtle and use change of heart to use his Megyumi. We continue to duel closely, still no relinquish. H efinally slips up and doesn;t attack my face dwon magician of faith with his summoned skull and i bring relinquished and absorb for a pwoerful blow. He struggles but can't win over. I win. Me vs. Trent (BEWDs!!) I draw my time wizard, raigeki, axe of despair, mirror force and a relinquished. What a quick match and blurry. He does every thing in his power to get his Blue Eyes out but i change of heart him once and then send the BEWD on the Catapult Turtle. Then i get to abosrb his next one, he somehow got the third one out. I put an axe of sepair on and it;s all over. Another win for me. Finals: Me vs. Morgan, the girl goth duelist (direct damage/ Gate Guardian) I draw a man eater bug, monster reborn, trap hole, jinku bakadan and a Maho Vaio. I put out my Maho Viaho, face down and she brings out a Ryu-Kusin Powered. Using the axe of despair on my next turn, i wipe her Ryu Kushin off the walls. She pus anothe dfense mosnter facw down, the mystical elf. We continue this ring of defense mosnters until she paralyze potions my Maho Vaio. She uses cannon solider over me and a jinzo #7 with a horn of the uncorn and a rush recklessly. I'm dying down. I summon a nother maho viaho with a axe of despair but she parlyzes potions it again! She smiels and tells me she saw my other duels. I man eater bug her cannon soldier and she lays down a baby dragon, I try to attack with another maho vaiho but she uses Negate Attack. She polymerizes it to create thousand dragon but i waboku her. I put an axe of despair on my maho viaho and destroy her thousand dragon. She paralyze potions me again. She bring out two of her pieces of the gate guardian as i lie paralyzed. Using a sword of revealing light, she ets the third out and puts a horn of the unicorn on it. I negate ehr attack with waboku. The swords are gone, I use change of heart to bring the guardian over and set down my jinku bakadan. I smile at her and she smiles back and i burn away the rest of her life with my three pwoered maho viaho and her gate guardian. We shake hand, I'm the big tourney winner! I win a 100 dol;ar credit at the store, 3 booster packs and a fist edition swamp battleguard. I found out late rthat my friend jim defeated the beaver warrior guy during the tourney. peace to you all, matthew wasson whoa_trippy@hotmail.com _________________________________________________________________ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/freeactivation.asp