Subject: A Dragon's Raging Heart Summer Duels Championship Andy Simmons Expo Center, GA ok duel fans. its time for the summer duels championship (by the way, this is in LaGrange, Ga. i didnt metion that in the subject because i ran out of space =/ ). any ways, this is a little end of summer tourney, since most of the guys are going back to school(i still have another week till i go back =D ). but im getting off subject and im sure yall cant wait to see me and my dragons in action, right*crickets chrip* ok heres the deck. by the way, shots out to all the people who e-mailed me and added me on MSN. monsters:18 x2 tyrant dragon(my favorite card) x2 spear dragon(1900 dragon w/ fairy meteor crush effect, duh) x2 troop dragon(swarmers) x2 lord of d.(dragon protection) BEWD(3000 atk dragon) luster dragon(summoned skull in dragon form) twin-headed behemoth(two heads are better than one) jinzo(we all know why) injec. fairy lily(the treatments have arrived!) exiled force(suicide troops) fiber jar(broccoli rocket!) cyber jar(ultimate destruction) WoTBF(a variety of searches) sinister serpent(annoying) magic:15 x2 flutes(dr4g0n sp33d) x2 MST(go away stupid traps!) HFD(no more traps for you) raigeki(no more monsters for you) dark hole(the original ultimate destruction) heavy storm(ultimate destruction to M/T) change of heart(ill tribute your monster for my dragons) pot of greed(card drawing) graceful charity(ditto) monster reborn(old school monster recursion) premature burial(new school monster recursion) nobleman of crossout(go away flip effect monsters and dont come back) SoRL(staller) traps:7 burst breath(main counter against buster blader and other powerful monsters) dragon's rage(a fairy meteor crush for for dragons) waboku(the poor mans mirror force) magic cylinder(why did you atk yourself?) ring of destruc.(KABOOM!) imperial order(no more magics) CoTH(monster reborn in trap form) total:40 when i got there, the place was buzzing, but not because of the tourney, but because sean suthers pulled a mirror force. when i saw it, i strangled him(not really strangling, but you know). he told me if i won 1st or 2nd, he would trade it for the prize cards, since this was his 2nd mirror force, so even if he won 1st and i won 2nd, i could still trade the prize to him for mirror force. speaking of the prizes and such, heres the scoop.(do not freak out when you see the prizes, because i almost passed out when i heard what it was) Tournament Location:the expo center date: saturday, august 9, 2003 entry fee:$4 4 rounds single elimination losers of semifinals must play for 3rd place no. of participants:around 35 1st place prize: a 3ft trophy, a gold plaque saying they are the summer duels champion and the 3 tourney pack ultra rares (mechanical chaser, morphing jar, needle worm) 2nd place : a 2ft trophy, a silver plaque saying they got 2nd place in the summer duels championships and both secret rares from PGD(lava golem and ring of destruc.) 3rd place : a regular size trophy and a bronze plaque saying they got 3rd place in the summer duels championships have you passed out? yes that is a HUGE prize, but id rather have mirror force than those tourney pack cards. now the tournament begins. summer duels championship 1st round:agua hombre(me) vs. mitchell flanery(exodia deck) 1st duel key facts: -mitchell started with painful choice, i had to choose between right arm, left arm, right leg, sinister serpent and sangan, i choose sinister serpent. he then laid a card face down and a monster in def. -now i knew something was up. good exodia duelists dont just throw the pieces away. then i realized that facedown card was probably backup soldier. so i set fiber jar face down -yep, it was backup soldier. luckly for me he attacked my fiber jar and we started all over -i played graceful charity, reborn my luster dragon i discarded from graceful charity, used lord of d and the flute to bring out spear dragon and blue eyes, so i atked and won final score:8000-0 winner:me 2nd duel key facts: -mitchell played a monster facedown to start -i atked it w/ my spear dragon, it was a mystic tomato, so he got sangan out - next turn he plays another tomato, atks my def spear dragon w/ sangan and atks directly w/ the tomato - i used a SoRL to bide some time - mitchell soon had 3 exodia pieces in his hand, so it was time for me to take action, i set cyber jar -hah, next turn i flip up the jar, out of the 5 cards he had to draw, one of them was luckly the head, - i used lord of d and fluted my tyrant dragon, then activated dragons rage, this way, i can atk twice w/ tyrant dragon and still cause damage - after i destroyed exodias head, he had nothing left and i finished him w/ my tyrant final score:6600-0 winner:me the 1st round was quite interesting. i found shawn sean, and drew. drew had brought a box of chocolate donuts(mmmmm donuts). he gave them out to us, unfortunately, we couldnt decide who could have the last donut. but before we jumped to conclusions, the quarter finals began. summer duels championship quarter finals:agua hombre vs. rico greer(yata lockdown) 1st duel key facts: -yata locks maybe devastating, but injection fairy lily treatments are more devastating. i took rico down with an injection fairy lily treatment final score:2000(lilys effect)-0 winner:me 2nd duel: - i set my ring of destruction on the field, i was saving it until rico got his yata out - soon, rico cleared my entire hand w/ hino-kagu-tsuchi and used time seal so i couldnt draw, i knew what was coming next -yep, i knew it, yata garasu was up to the plate, too bad i struck it out w/ ring of destruction -next turn i draw and use monster reborn on my jinzo that rico discarded w/ his pyro spirit -jinzo basically took over after that final score:5000-0 winner:me well, i soon realize that sean defeated drew in the quarterfinals so he got the last donut. what a lucky guy. anyways now sean and shawn are playing each other in the semifinals. meanwhile i gotta face the dreaded melvin hill. the guy who last week almost beat me w/ his warrior deck. i just gotta watch out for his 2 buster bladers and ill be fine. summer duels championship semifinals:agua hombre vs. melvin hill 1st duel key facts: -melvin started with a marauding captin/ GAF move and took out my behemoth, but behemoth came back -i tried to raigeki his warriors, but he had magic jammer waiting, so i took plan b. i used SoRL to buy some time and set exiled force face down -melvin passed, so i summoned spear dragon, flipped exiled force, used the forces special ability, switched my behemoth into atk mode, atked his def mode GAF with spear dragon and atked directly w/ behemoth -next turn he summons fiend megacyber, now im in trouble. good thing i still got my swords, even thought after melvins next turn they will be gone -aha! i tributed my two dragons for my almighty tyrant dragon and took out his megacyber -now he uses a graceful charity/premature burial combo on a buster blader he discarded, its powered up to 4100 - now that swords are gone, ive gotta find a way to kill that blader, yes!i drew MST, i use it on melvins prematured blader, after that my dragon took over final score:6000-0 winner:me 2nd duel key facts: -i got both my tyrant dragons out early w/ lord of d. and had an imperial order set up - melvin couldnt do nothing, so i took him down final score:6600(imperial orders effect)-0 winner:me well, i soon found out that sean beat shawn. if you remember in my last report, i played sean in the 1st round. we gave each other quite a battle. i hope this time our duel is just as fast and furious as it was last time. but doesnt matter to me if i win or lose, because im guarrented to get that mirror force from sean. i just hope i get a good duel. summer duels championship Finals:agua hombre vs. sean suthers(barrel dragon beatdown) 1st duel key facts: -not what i expected, sean came out of the gutter fast and powerful with his barrel dragon and blasted me away final score:0-8000 winner:him 2nd duel key facts: -sean got his barrel dragon out early again, but this time i was ready. -early on he destroyed my troop dragon and they kept swarming in -i pulled out my injection fairy lily soon and took out his barrel dragon -unfortunately he got out his 2nd barrel dragon thanks to a little giant germ/ waboku combo -sean tried his barrel dragon on me, but i activated my own waboku -i got my lord of d. out and fluted both my tyrant dragons, raigekied his barrel dragon to finish him off final score:4500-0 winner:me around this time almost everyone that was in the tourney is watching this duel. some pulling for sean and some pulling for me. i told sean "lets give this last duel all weve got and give our audiance a duel to remember. he laughs and says "your on" 3rd duel key facts: - sean and i just kept pouding each other with powerful monsters. it was like a slugfest. but i ended the slugfest w/ my fiber jar -i then got jinzo out due to troop dragons swarmage -sean got his barrel dragon, used TTtD on my jinzo and activated limiter removal. it seemed like i was finished, our lps equal at 4500, until i activate ring of destruc. resulting in a draw final score: 0-0 winner:none this is it. a sudden death match. there are no more ties, just one final duel that will decide the champion. everyone is glued to this duel. we gave our audience a duel, now lets see if theres a repeat performance. sudden death duel key facts: -sean got his gemini elf out at the start, but i countered by summoning lord of d. and fluting blue eyes and tyrant dragon -unfortunately, my dragons took over and finished sean off final score:8000-0 winner:me before i went to get my prize, i turned around and shook seans hand. we both knew we gave our all. he said "andy, you truly deservie to be the champion, so here ya go" he gave me his mirror force, i went up there and gave him the tourney pack cards. i got my plaque and trophy. i was so happy.now for some props and slops props: -for me getting 1st -for sean getting 2nd -for shawn getting 3rd -for becoming the summer duels champion -for trading my tourney pack prize cards to sean for mirror force -for my deck now being complete, at least until sapphire dragon comes out in the next set -for my entire deck -for pojo.com for posting all my tourney reports, you guys are the greatest -for drew sharing his donuts slops: -for sean getting the last donut -nothing else, this was a great day thats all i gotta say. questions? comments? wanna chat? or duel on apprentice? email me mooseballer13@hotmail.com or MSn messange me