Subject: Mug (Theft/Beatdown) Deck, Rykoshet, Forbidden Planet, NYC 10/16/02 (1st place)

Rykoshet's "mug deck"
3 La Jinn
3 7 colored fish
2 Summoned skull
3 man eater bug
2 magician of faith
2 mask of darkness
2 wall of illusion
2 Sangan
Invader of the throne
Hane hane
cyber jar
Relinquished
Raigeki
Snatch Steal
Dark Hole
Change of heart
Monster reborn
Mystical Space Typhoon
2 Heavy storm
pot of greed
swords of revealing light
2 fissure
2 tribute to the doomed
Black illusion ritual
3 trap hole
3 waboku
2 magic jammer
seven tools of the bandit
Mirror force
 
Basically this deck is a beatdown deck (Big surprise -_-) But just to add insult to injury, I added my theft tactic to take everything you have, and use it to further progress my beatdown. I aptly named it my "mug" deck, as it will hurt you, rob you, and leave you an utter mess. While it works for me, the problem lies in its conflicting tactics, while my beatdown thrives on an open field, theft requires you usually to have 2 or more monsters on the field. So i might have to ditch one of the tactics when im in a bind (like throwing away relinquished or the black  illusion ritual away with a tribute to the doomed or magic jammer). This won first place in a sancitoned upper deck tournament of 60+ people, and while it's not great to say it dominated all day, thats what it basiclaly did, there was one tight bind in which my swords were about to run out and he had a summoned skull, la jinn, and 2 other cards out, he sacrificed them for his barrel dragon, and tried to use its effet on my last monster. Luckily it failed, and i flipped that monster my next turn, my cyber jar. It turned the duel around and put me into the finals.
 
http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/tournament/duelist/viewonetourn.asp?tid=
2682&sid=1&sn=FORBIDDEN+PLANET+LLC++++++++++++++++++++
(just copy and paste, as the +++++'s are a part of the link)
 
Paul LaCen (Rykoshet) Rycoshet@hotmail.com


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