Subject: Just Another Beatdown; Primetime Sportscards; Zion, IL

Date: 8/9/03

Time: 9:30 to about 12:30

# of players: about 20-25 in masters, about 32 in juniors

Prizes: raffle for packs, PGD pack when eliminated

Entry Fee: $5

 

Okay, I'm going to list my deck first this time. This is how it is now. After all the modifying I did to it before, during, and after the tourney, i don't really remember what it was like before.

 

40 cards

 

Monsters (17)

 

3 Gemini Elf (I support the release the twins foundation.)

2 GAF (...and the world is ruled by damn dirty goblins!)

2 Spear Dragon (REET! REET! REET!)

1 Jinzo (He is the one.)

1 Airknight (It digs okay.)

1 Witch (This is the way we search our deck, search our deck, search our deck...)

1 Sinister Serpent (Dern it, why won't it die?!?!?!?!?)

1 Yata (What do you mean? An African swallow or a European swallow?)

1 Fiber Jar (Push reset just in time, thank anybody, you're gonna do it again...)

1 Cyber Jar (It's a bomb!)

1 Exiled Force (Kamikaze!)

1 Bazoo (...and today, we are going to PUMP *clap* YOU UP!)

1 Kycoo (He's a one-man kung-fu SWAT team!)

 

Magic (16)

 

6 staples (Need no introduction)

2 Graceful Charity (Not restricted yet)

2 MST (Oh, I'm sorry, were you planning to use that card?)

2 Crossout (Crossout that monster, crossout them out forever!)

1 SoRL (Freeze!)

1 Snatch Steal (I'll just take that.)

1 Premature Burial (Coolest. Art. Ever.)

1 Heavy Storm (Twister)

 

Traps (7)

 

1 Ring of Destruction (Oh, burn.)

1 Magic Cylinder (I am rubber and you are glue.)

1 Waboku (Hey Waboku, we all think you're so cool, so stop smoking cigarettes, and stay above ground. (sorry, inside joke))

1 Mirror Force (Mirror , mirror on the wall, who is the coolest one of all? Me? Well, DER!)

1 Torrential Tribute (Strength through discipline! Strength through community! Strength through action! (another inside joke))

1 Imperial Order (Stop! Hammertime!)

1 Call of the Haunted (We're going to play flashlight ghost storytelling with a flashlight.)

 

Side Deck (15) I have no witty comments for these.

 

1 Painful Choice

1 Mirage

1 MST

1 Kycoo

1 Raigeki Break

1 Bazoo

1 Ceasefire

1 Delinquent Duo

1 Forceful Sentry

1 Hayabusa Knight

1 Axe

1 Mage of Faith

1 Penguin Soldier

1 United

1 GAF

 

T'was the day of the tourney

And I was stoked

Robbie and I

Were going for broke

We passed a car wash

On the way there

With several hot girls

In their swimwear

We paid our five dollars

And waited around

Till finally the pairings were called

 

Okay I lost the rhyme but you gotta admit I had a pretty good one going. Anyway, I traded a bunch of cards for an Airknight while Robbie bought a Call of the Haunted and a Graceful Charity. He also bought a Spear Dragon, but that might have been after the tourney. I don't remember. Anyway, Hopalong Bill (the store's owner/manager) is going to impose an estimated restriction list for PGD until the real one comes out. This is what his list looks like. It is ONLY PGD cards. He already knows about Graceful being restricted to one.

 

1 Per Deck

 

Don Zaloog

Helpoemer

Ring of Destruction

Guardian Sphinx

Sasuke Samurai

 

2 Per Deck

 

Dice Jar

Newdoria

Dark Jeroid

Spirit Reaper (?)

 

I don't remember if the Spirit Reaper was on there. Anyway, compare it with what I think will be the restriction list when they make it.

 

1 Per Deck

 

Ring of Destruction

Reckless Greed

Mirage of Nightmare

 

2 Per Deck

 

Guardian Sphinx

Sasuke Samurai

 

E-mail me and tell me who you agree with. Please note that the only opinionated pick on my list is Sasuke. The others are based on info I have been given from JPN players. Also, to those of you who read my last tourney report, PGD not being legal was actually a decision made by Hopalong Bill himself. He won't let anyone use it until next week, when the unlimited packs come out. Anyway, enough of this nonsense. On with the tourney.

 

Round 1

Me vs. Patrick

 

Duel 1

This kid was my partner for the double duel tourney a while back. He had a really annoying deck. The early going was easy enough. He went first and summoned Overdrive. I summoned a Gemini Elf and took him out. Then he summoned a Koumori Dragon with United and Black Pendant and attacked me. I was in trouble. He later equipped his Koumori with a Fairy Meteor Crush. After a couple of turns of holding him at bay, I finally drew Heavy Storm. So what if I lost 500 LP? I ended up bringing him down to 1800 in that same turn and the rest is creamed cheese.

Me 8000>7100>4300>4200>2700>2200>1700

Patrick 8000>7700>1800>1500>1100>0

 

Duel 2

This time, he just had Koumori with United and Pendant. No FMC. Not only that, but I got rid of it faster. After that, I attacked him directly with Gemini, then 2 Geminis the next turn, then Crossout his f/d monster, game.

Me 8000>7000

Patrick 8000>6100>2300>0

 

Updates

Robbie won, Cody and Nick won, and Garrett wasn't event there.

 

Round 2

Me vs. Brandon (or was it Edgar?)

Duel 1

I don't remember this dude's name because I put him down as "?" in my notebook. Anyway, I somwhow gained 900 LP in the early going and I kept wittling down his LP. Then he hit me for 5200 and it was gloves off. Unfortunately, I wasn't drawing anything. All I could do was hang on for dear life. Luckily, I Fiber Jarred twice. I eventually pulled something that helped me win: Yata.

Me 8000>9900>9100>3900>3200

? 8000>7700>5800>4800>4300>3600>1500<2500>2300>1800>0

 

Duel 2

This duel was closer and faster. In short, I set up a Yata-lock early with an Opticlops that I Reborned from his grave on the field for support. However, he still managed to inflict a ton of damage along the way.

Me 8000>5700>3200>1300>600

? 8000>6000>4000>3900>2000>0

 

Updates

Robbie won and had to face Cody. Nick also won and ended up losing in round 4.

 

Round 3

Me vs. Mark

 

Duel 1

Well, all good things must come to and end. He hit me hard and fast, and I hit him a few times too. Unfortunately, he came out on top. I don't remember much about these 2 duels.

 

Duel 2

Aside from using Cylinder on his Gemini w/ United, I inflicted very little damage on him. By the way, he did the life totals.

 

Aftermath

Robbie also lost in the third round. If he and I had both won our matches, we would have played each other in round 4. Anyway, Nick lost to Mitch somewhere down the line. I didn't watch their match, but it would have been fun. An epic showdown of cheaters. Mark had to play Cody in round 4 and Cody won. I think he won the tourney, too. Hopalong Bill made me an honorary floor judge for the juniors finals because Garrett, our normal floor judge, was not present. James helped me judge, and through some clever sleuthing, he found that one of the finalists (and Exodia/beatdown user) had 2 Witch and 2 Sangan. James DQ'd the kid and I backed him up. Robbie and I did some free duels and after I got home, I did a free match with Tyler. He used a deck of some of my cards because he couldn't find his deck. I don't have the life totals and I don't remember much. However, I do remember using RoD to get a draw in the first duel (even though I could have won) and I also remember Yata-locking him once and winning the overall match. On to props and slops!

 

Props

 

to Hopalong Bill for holding tourneys!

to Hopalong Bill again for selling and trading us all those good cards.

to Robbie and I for getting to the third round.

to Pot of Weed for being the best card ever.

to Airknight Parshath for having really cool art.

 

Slops

 

to Upper Deck for not making a new restriction list right away.

to Cody and Mark for beating Robbie and I, respectively.

to myself for losing my pen.

 

Go ahead, e-mail me. Remember to tell me which restriction list you like. Just don't bash. I'm warning you...