Bryan Cahanin
Family Game Center
Little Rock, AR

Tournament of 32 people

Main Deck:
--Creatures
  2x Summoned Skull
  1x Mechanical Chaser
  2x Dark Elf
  2x Hane Hane
  2x Witch of the Black Forest
  3x Magician of Faith
  3x Mask of Darkness
  2x Cannon Soldier
  3x Man-Eater Bug
  3x 7 Color Fish
--Magic Cards
  1x Change of Heart
  1x Raigeki
  1x Swords of Revealing Light
  2x Heavy Storm
  1x Pot of Greed
  1x Monster Reborn
  1x Dark Hole
--Trap Cards
  1x Magic Jammer
  1x Seven Tools of the Bandit
  1x Mirror Force
  3x Trap Hole
  3x Waboku
--Side Deck
  3x White Magical Hat
  2x Shadow Ghoul
  2x Tribute to the Doomed
  3x Fissure
  2x Card Destruction
  3x Robbin Goblin

The Tournament:
Preliminary Round 1
Me vs. Newbie

  This kid had never played before.  Before the game his mother came up to 
me and told me to go easy on him and let him win.  YEAH RIGHT!  I helped him 
a bit but in the end I had to finish him.

Preliminary Round 2
Me vs. Dragon Deck

  I started the game by playing Man-Eater Bug in defense mode, and 2x 
Waboku.  The kid opened with Lord of D., Flute of Dragon Summoning, and 2x 
BEWD.  He attacked with BEWD, I activated the Bug and destroyed the Lord of 
D., then I stopped the other BEWD with Waboku.  On my turn I drew a Raigeki. 
  I played the Raigeki and a Magician of Faith in defense mode.  On his turn 
he played a Blackland Fire Dragon which I used the other Waboku on.  My 
turn.  I drew Monster Reborn which I played on the BEWD, then I activated 
Magician of Faith to return the Reborn to my hand and use it on the other 
BEWD.  Then I tributed the Magician to play a Summoned Skull.  Finally I 
used Change of Heart to control the Blackland Fire Dragon.  I chose then to 
attack with all monsters for 10,000 damage.  That ranked right up there with 
doing my nails.

Preliminary Round 3
Me vs. Defending Champion

  I managed to get a very good hand.  I proceeded to destroy each creature 
he tried to play or return them to his hand.  In the end it was Summoned 
Skull that won me the duel.

Preliminary Round 4
Me vs. Nameless Guy from the Street

  I don't know who he was but he did play a very annoying deck that kept 
returning stuff to my hand by using Wall of Illusion.  I eventually used 
Dark Hole to wipe the board then play a 7 Colored Fish to damage him.  With 
no more Walls of Illusion he couldn't seem to lay a hand on me, too bad for 
him.  After a couple more turns I brought out a Summoned Skull to finish the 
job.

  Wow, my first tourney and I went 4-0 in the preliminary rounds and I got 
the first seed out of 32.  Now for the elimination rounds.

Elimination Round 1
Me vs. Some Kid (32nd Seed)
  Nothing of much consequence here.  Proceeded to own him in both duels.  Oh 
yeah, before the match I made sure to apologize for what I was about to do.

Elimination Round 2
Me vs. B. Skull Dragon (15th Seed)
  Battle went back and forth until he fused the B. Skull Dragon.  It 
destroyed my Summoned Skull.  On my turn I used Dark Hole then brought back 
my Summoned Skull.  I proceeded to own him after that.  In the second duel I 
used Magic Jammer on his Polymerization and dominated him after that.

Elimination Round 3
Me vs. Exodia (12th Seed)
  He brought Exodia out in the first duel.  Big whoop.  I switched in 2x 
Card Destruction.  There goes any chance of Exodia.  I then dominated him in 
the next two duels.

Elimination Round 4
Me vs. Defending Champion (3rd Seed)
  I outlasted him in the first duel to win with a Summoned Skull and by 
taking his Summoned Skull.  In the second duel my deck locked up and for 
five turns all I drew were magic and trap cards.  In the third duel I made a 
very fatal error which cost me a shot at the finals.  I realized that I had 
forgotten to take out my 2x Card Destruction from the Exodia match.  I ended 
up with both in my hand, which should have been a Dark Hole and a Heavy 
Storm, two cards that would have allowed me to win the duel.  Oh well, 
better luck next time.

Feel free to mail me with any comments you may have.

Bryan Cahanin
hyu_kaiba@hotmail.com

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