Deck name: Deck of the Forbidden one
Tournament location: Underground games, Charlotte N.C. 
website:www.undergroundgamesofcharlotte.com
9/23/02
     Hello, this is my first tourney report to Pojo, however this is the 4th 
sanctioned tournament i have attended. This is also my first (and probalbly 
last) time running with an exodia deck. I had seen a few used previously and 
one of my friends once won with an exodia deck so I thought I would try it 
out to see how it played. I did not expect to get very far with this deck 
however I was quite impressed with the results. Magic Ruler was not yet 
allowed because it has to be out for a month before allowed in tourney 
play... I had to substitude two cards out... no big deal though :).
Deck List:

Monsters:26
Left leg of the forbidden one
Right leg of the forbidden one
Left arm of the forbidden one
Right arm of the forbidden one
Exodia the forbidden one
Summoned Skull(3)
La Jinn(2)
Seven colored fish(2)
Witch of the Black Forest(2)
Wall of Illusion(2)
Sangan(2)
Sangan
man eater bug(3)
magican of faith(3)

Magic:10
Swords of revealing light(2)
Rageki
Dark Hole
Pot of Greed
Change of Heart
Monster Reborn
Heavy Storm
Last Will(2)

Traps:9
Trap hole(3)
Horn of the heaven(3)
Mirror force
Magic Jammer(2)

Total:45

Side Deck:15(of course)
Shadow Ghoul(2)
Seven colored fish
Hane-Hane(3)
Card Destruction(2)
Tribute to the Doomed(3)
Seven tools of the bandit(2)
Fake trap(2)

Match 1:
Kevin vs Nick
This match was really easy and I kind of felt sorry for the kid. I eyed his 
deck and it was easily twice as big as mine, and without deck protectors. I 
asked him how many cards it had in it and he told me about 100. The next 
thing he told me is that his friend that was with him was probably going to 
win the tournament because he had a gate gaurdian deck :). His friends deck 
was only about 80 cards and he lost in the first round...

Duel 1:
I finished him off pretty quickly with a summoned skull and lajinn. He dealt 
me no lp damage during this duel.

Duel 2:
This one lasted a little bit longer. He managed to dark hole my summoned 
skull. Next turn he played a man eater bug face down and ended my turn. 
"This card has helped me out alot" he said. He played time wizzard in attack 
mode and ended his turn. I pulled out witch of the black forest and killed 
it. Next he played a face down defender. I attacked it with the witch and 
dealt myself 450 dmg because it was a mystic horseman. He play another face 
down creature and ended his turn. I pulled a monster reborn and brought back 
my summoned skull. I hit Killed his face down monster which was a princess 
of tsurgi and dealt myself 1500 dmg for the m/t cards on the field. After 
that he didnt pull anything else good and i killed him off a few turns 
later.

Match 2:
Kevin vs. Nikki

This match went about the same as the last but the kid was a little more 
experienced and had a *MUCH* smaller deck.
Duel 1:
The first round he dealt me some minor damage but he only hit me twice 
before i killed him.
Duel 2: Pulled sword of revealing light early in the game and beat him down. 
Heavy stormed to kill all his magic cards and i kept bring swords back with 
magican of faith, Once again I hacked away with summoned skull and one other 
small creature. No dmg to my life points this round.
This kid may have lost but he still enjoyed himself and had a great 
attitude. I adimre that and hope to see him again when he updates his deck.

Match 3:
Kevin vs Matt G.

Duel 1:This guy had a decent deck but he had a Skull Knight fusion teched 
into it(dont know why... he never even got it out). First match i got dealt 
minor lp dmg and i kept trap holing his monsters. I ended up playing a piece 
of exodia on the field and then sacing it for a summoned skull (so far my 
best friend :)). Killed him off a few rounds later because I wouldnt let him 
have ne monsters on the field due to trap holes and horn of the heaven.

Duel 2: Pulled change of heart, two trap holes, and two magian of faiths. 
Got out a lajin and kept change of hearting his monsters over and over with 
magican of faith. Took his Hane-Hane once and returned Magican of faith to 
my hand and reused her. No Lp dmg once again very fast match.

Match 4(Quarter finals)Kevin vs Greg
This was a really cool match because Greg is one of my Best friends and I 
came to the tournament with him. He's an excelent duelist and this was one 
of my best matches.

Duel 1: First round I dominated and kept killing his monsters. He dealt me 
minor damaged cause i got hit by his summoned skull.

Duel 2: He dominated me this time. I had trouble getting monsters and when i 
did he removed them. I think i got one hit off with la jinn.

Duel 3: This was the closest one. We trade blows back on forth for a time 
and traded monsters for monsters with him staying in the lead. He got me 
down to 1000 lps and I started to worry. Next turn i pulled Swords of 
revealing light. WOO HOO! I caught up and I had only one monster on the 
field. If he didnt pull any thing I would kill him. He drew his last card 
and got... nothing. Game set match. Awesome duel.

Match 5:
Me vs. Brandon(Semi finals)
Id met Brandon before and played a few matches with him. He was pretty good 
but I didnt think I'd have to much trouble. Well... his deck has changed and 
this was my most intense match this time. I was ready, but the challenge was 
more than I expected.

Duel 1: We traded blows but he got in the lead early with a Summoned skull. 
I killed his and brought out mine and got a hit off. He killed mine and we 
exchanged blows until he defeated me.

Duel 2: I won this time and killed him with la jinn and witch of the black 
forest i think. I pulled swords pretty early.

Duel 3: My most intense match of the tournament. I started off good by 
getting a summoned skull out early, and i had two exodia pieces in my hand. 
He defended and killed it. The next turn i pulled another piece. A few turns 
later he had his own summoned skull out and killed my lajinn first(7300 lp 
for me), and then the next round my sangan (piece #4 of exodia). I played 
another defender.He got a jirai gumo out and brought back my summoned skull 
back with monster reborn.
He removed my defender with a monster removal card and attacked for 7200! 
Yikes! He called the coin right for jari gumo :((no lp dmg to him)
and then card destructed me. I stalled for several turns and kept trying to 
bring swords into play or back from the grave with magician of faith (I got 
it back once) but he kept stopping me. Wall of Illusion defended me and he 
took 50dmg from attacking it a few times. I ended up clearing his field 
eventually and I pulled a lajinn and wacked him once.
He killed it next turn. I had a few monsters up and he was pulling magic. I 
had a sangan, and a la jinn up and attacked. MIRROR FORCE AHHH!
I had one creature in defense and i despreatly tried to put it in attack and 
attack again. He pulled a lajinn and killed it next turn.
We shook hands and congratulated each other on the awesome match. I can't 
wait to face him again!

Conclusion:

Well the Exodia deck got me all the way to the semi-finals but I didn't pull 
it once. So what does this mean? Well, this deck has awesome stalling 
abilties and can go on the offensive. I found out that exodia hindered me 
more than it helped me. Conclusion: Exodia can be a very fun deck to try out 
and build, but it will get owned if it faces a discard deck or if a beat 
down deck clears out/ counters the defense. I would recommend trying it for 
yourself but not keeping it as it teaches you how to take a defensive 
posture and use monster recruiting(ie sangan, witch of the black forest, 
last will).

Where to go from here?:
I dont know I got two more polymerizations (one traded to my friend for 
spell binding circle and one traded to the store) so I may test out a deck 
that is supplemented by the Black skull dragon fusion.

The Good:Awesome match with Greg and Brandon, and Gettiing to the semi- 
finals.

The Bad:The store ran out of tourney packs so i have an offical I.O.U.. 
Having to go to work for a few hours after the tourney(which was over at 6)

The Ugly:Some kid traded a blue eyes toon dragon to one of my friends and 
wanted to trade back.

Feel Free to email me with questions; Vegetasay4@hotmail.com
-Kevin Rosinski