Subject: Random-Pile-O-Stuff Deck, Joe I, Major League Memories, RI

Hello one and all. This is The Mighty Mollusk; you
might remember my article about deck archetypes. I've
gotten some interesting feedback on that, and a
follow-up may be coming sometime soonish, but that's
not what I'm writing for today....

Date of tourney: 9/28/02
Number of participants: 10
Entry fee: None
Prizes: None (trial tournament)

My big mess of a deck....

Monsters (32):
3x Blue-Eyes White Dragon
1x Seiyaryu
2x Summoned Skull
2x Curse of Dragon
3x 7 Colored Fish
2x La Jinn The Mystical Genie of the Lamp
3x Dark Elf
1x Gemini Elf (level 4, 1900/900, Earth, Spellcaster)
2x Big Eye
3x Magician of Faith
3x Man-Eater Bug
3x Lord of D
2x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Trap Master
1x Cyber Jar

Magic (13):
1x Heavy Storm
1x Dark Hole
1x Raigeki
1x Monster Reborn
1x Change of Heart
1x Soul Exchange
1x Card Destruction
2x Swords of Revealing Light
2x The Flute of Summoning Dragon
1x Horn of the Unicorn
1x Black Pendant

Traps (7):
3x Trap Hole
2x Waboku
1x Acid Trap Hole
1x Seven Tools of the Bandit

Side Deck (15):
3x Weather Report
3x Labyrinth Wall
1x Princess of Tsurugi
1x Armed Ninja
1x Pot of Greed
1x Tribute to the Doomed
1x Catapult Turtle
1x Robbin' Goblin
2x Last Will
1x Judge Man

Total Deck Count (not counting Side Deck): 52

Going by my own rant, my deck would be a combo of
beatdown (obviously) and Lord of D, with a minor in
monster removal. It kills things real good. }=]> I
find that monsters tend to be more useful than magic
and trap cards, hence the overwhelming numbers. As for
the side deck, most of it is entirely situational.
Weather Report for people who like to abuse SoRL,
Catapult Turtle and Robbin' Goblin for Exodia (which I
actually didn't see at all), Labyrinth Walls just for
fun. The rest is filler because the rule book requires
15 cards or no side deck (and before somebody tells me
to put Pot of Greed into the main deck, I've never
found it to be very useful). Anyway, on to the
tourney!

Round 1:
Honestly, I'm not sure why this person entered. He
didn't know how to play at all. I ended up teaching
him the basics over the course of the game, but then I
got lucky with my draws. My starting hand included
Lord of D and a BEWD, and I ended up drawing a Curse
of Dragon and a Flute. A Magician brought back an
early Raigeki, followed by a combined assault of 6500
in one shot. On the next turn, BEWD cleared out his
defense monster and Curse of Dragon ended it.

Round 2:
I got a by. Hey, the remaining duelist count was an
odd number and I got lucky again. While I waited, I
watched another match which came down to both players
having less than 300 life points left. A timely Change
of Heart ended that one, and we moved on to round 3.

Round 3:
And now I ended up playing the person who I'd just
watched. Hmm. Karma is gonna catch up to me at the
next tourney. He put up a good fight, too. Seven Tools
saved me from a Mirror Force....then I drew Heavy
Storm. Could've used it a turn sooner. Dark Hole
cleared the field, followed by a Reborned Summoned
Skull with a Horn of the Unicorn and a Gemini Elf for
a hefty load of damage. My next turn, Gemini Elf
attacks a Wall of Illusion, sending both off the field
and leaving Summoned Skull with a clear shot. On the
final turn, the re-summoned Gemini Elf...hits ANOTHER
Wall of Illusion. Fortunately, Summoned Skull remained
in play to seal the deal.

Round 4 (Finals):
For the first time, I went into my side deck, as I
knew my opponent relied on Swords of Revealing Light.
Those three Weather Reports came in handy, big time.
(For those unfamiliar with the card, Weather Report's
flip effect destroys an opponent's SoRL, then gives
you a second attack phase.) My starting hand was
pretty bad: Trap Hole, Flute of Summoning Dragon, Big
Eye, BEWD, and Dark Hole. First draw: Witch of the
Black Forest. Meanwhile, he had a Pot of Greed and
SoRL. This duel took a while, with both of us abusing
SoRL and only one of my Weather Reports coming up (and
that one from the WotBF). Eventually, I managed to
pull off a Lord of D/FoSD with one Blue-Eyes, stall
for time (without SoRL, as both had been used, along
with two Magicians of Faith), and get Raigeki for a
narrow victory. Further inspection revealed my next
draw to be a second BEWD. Heh.

Well, there was no prize for the tourney. This was a
trial run to see how well it works out. I think it
went pretty well. }=]> Of course, with all my luck
this time, I'll probably get slaughtered in the first
round next time, but hey, it's all in good fun. And on
the plus side, I now have three peices of Exodia. Two
more and I can work on a new deck. Wooha.

See you in a few weeks after the next tourney. And as
always, good luck, and May The Heart of the Cards be
With You. ::::is dragged off by George Lucas's
lawyers:::

The Mighty Mollusk
themightymollusk@yahoo.com


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