Subject: Speedown, L King Collectables, Houston, Texas, U.S.A

Beatdown Deck
Adam
L King Collectibles
Houston Texas, U.S.A

Note: This tournament report consists of an official UpperDeck Yu-Gi-Oh tournament. Therefore, no Japanese cards were allowed. A total of 22 people attended the tournament; it was held Sunday, August 2, 2003.  

This tournament was held in a three round modified Swiss format, meaning each participant duels three different opponents and advances to the final four depending on their record. The prize for the tournament was $44.00 store credit. 

This is also my first tournament report so don't expect many details as I have forgotten most of them.

First off, my deck

Speedown Version 1.0

Monsters-16

Jinzo (trap negation)
Injection Fairy Lily (beatstick, wall) 
Gemini Elf (beatstick) 
Goblin Attack Force (beatstick)
Bazoo the Soul-Eater x2 (beatstick) 
Spear Dragon (beatstick) 
Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (beatstick/graveyard removal) 
Don Zaloog (hand/deck disruption)  
Marauding Captain (speed, possible field advantage)
Witch of the Black Forest (get monsters)
Exiled Force (monster removal)
Sangan (get monsters)
Fiber Jar (trump card, possible free attack)
Sinister Serpent (hand advantage) 
Yata Garasu (stops opponent's draw phase)  

Magic-18

Raigeki (monster removal)
Dark Hole (monster removal)
Change of Heart (monster control)
Snatch Steal (monster control)
Monster Reborn (monster rejuvenation ) 
Premature Burial (monster rejuvenation)  
Pot of Greed (card drawing) 
Graceful Charity x2 (card drawing) 
Mirage of Nightmare (card drawing)
Painful Choice (speed, deck thinning)
Delinquent Duo (hand disruption) 
The Forceful Sentry (hand disruption) 
Confiscation (hand disruption)
Harpie's Feather Duster (magic/trap removal) 
Mystical Space Typhoon x2 (magic/trap removal) 
United We Stand (attack advantage)



Traps-6

Magic Cylinder (attack prevention)
Imperial Order (magic negation)
Ring of Destruction (monster removal, life point damage) 
Mirror Force (attack prevention, monster removal)
Call of the Haunted (monster rejuvenation)
Torrential Tribute (monster removal)

Side Deck

1. Spirit Reaper
2. Twin-Headed Behemoth
3. Nobleman of Crossout
4. Heavy Storm 
5. Book of Moon 
6. Scapegoat 
7. Sasuke Samurai 
8. Creature Swap
9. Question 
10. Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
11. Cyber Jar 
12. Swords of Revealing Light
13. Waboku 
14. Skull Lair
15. Helpoemer 


1st Tournament


1st Match: Speedown VS. Beatdown Deck

My opponent was a young adult. He came to the tournaments every once in a while and had pretty good cards.

Duel 1 - With less than 3000 life points left, he won this duel. I didn't draw the right cards at the right time.  

Duel 2 - This duel seemed to last forever. I began the duel disrupting his hand with Delinquent Duo, The Forceful Sentry, and Confiscation but on his turn drew Cyber Jar and gained quite a field advantage. I waited 'till he removed about nine cards from his graveyard from his Bazoo's effect and then played Fiber Jar face-down to restart the duel. After Fiber Jar's effect was activated, I won in the end with about 4000-5000 life points remaining. 

Duel 3 - This duel went on almost as long as the previous one. He set a monster face-down and I, once again, played Delinquent Duo, The Forceful Sentry, and Confiscation to disrupt his hand. I then set a monster a face-down and one m/t card face-down. On his turn, he flipped up his face-down monster, Cyber Jar :/. Eventually time ran out and since I had 3800 lp and he had 2100, I was declared the winner.  

My Record: 2-1

2nd Match: Speedown VS. Beatdown

My opponent was a newbie ( I'd say about 9-11 years old) with OK cards.

Duel 1 - I won this duel in about 3-4 turns. He played Swords of Revealing Light so I strengthened my defenses. After Swords' effect had worn off, I played Raigeki and attacked him with the four monsters I had on the field: Marauding Captain, Don Zaloog, Goblin Attack Force, and Injection Fairy Lily equipped with United We Stand. Can you say game!    


Duel 2 - This duel went about the same, just at a quicker pace since he didn't play Swords.

My Record: 4-1


3rd Match: Speedown VS. Beatdown

My opponent was a six-year old kid who'd come to the tourneys before. He had good cards and the skill to match.

Duel 1 - I won this duel pretty quick. I gained field and hand advantage around turn 3. 


Duel 2 - He put up more of a fight this time. At one point he had his 3 Mech. Chasers out, one with United We Stand, one with Mage Power, and one with Axe of Despair. He got pretty ticked when I activated Mirror Force and won next turn via Yata Lock.

My record: 6-1


4th Match (Finals):  Speedown VS. Beatdown

My opponent was the same kid I played last match. His record was apparently 4-3 and made it to the finals from playing me, and I had a good record.   


Duel 1 - I won this duel turn 2 with the help of Pot of Greed and Graceful Charity. First I played Harpie's Feather Duster, Snatch Stole his only monster on the field, Maha Vailo, Call of the Haunted Jinzo, and summoned Marauding Captain and Bazoo the Soul-Eater. 


Duel 2 - Painful Choice helped me out this duel. I was able to revive Injection with my face-down Call of the Haunted when he chose Sinister Serpent and sent it to the graveyard. I believe he had one monster in face-down defense mode. I brought back Lily, Change-of-Hearted his monster and summoned Yata. I eventually got him in another Yata Lock.   

Props:

* Winning the tournament for the first time in about a month. 

* Trading my extra Anti-Raigeki for Sasuke Samurai (No, I'm not stupid, I'm in the process of building a warrior deck.)

Slops:

* Getting crap in the tourney pack. 


My name's Adam. Email me at tantecat@aol.com if you'd like to give me useful advice on my deck, tips on dueling, ask me for tips, or whatever. (I know what you're thinking. This is my mom's address. I'm using it because mine was erased and I haven't made a new one yet, ok!)