Subject: A Dragon's Raging Heart Andy Simmons Expo Center LaGrange, GA What's up duel fans? its me again, and down here in the south its that special time. Next week is the Summer Duels Championship. the winner of that tourney next week will receive a HUGE trophy, be declared the summer duels champion, and recieve an awesome prize( the prize is undeaterminted right now, but word is that its a card and thats its extremly good). so now its time for me and my dragons to kick it up a notch and win. now lets get to my dragon deck Monsters: 18 x2 Tyrant Dragon(my favorite card and a powerful dragon) x2 lord of d.(protects dragons) x2 troop dragon(they can swarm fast) x2 spear dragon(1900 w/ fairy meteor crush dragon, wut more can i say?) BEWD(another powerful dragon that has saved me alot) luster dragon(summoned skull in dragon form) jinzo(i think you know why) fiber jar(broccoli rocket!) cyber jar(ultimate destruction!) injec. fairy lily(time for some injection fairy lily treatments) sinister serpent(if you look up annoying in the dictionnary, you will see this cards picture) WoTBF(a variety of searches) Exiled Force(the suicide troops) twin-headed behemoth(two heads are better than one) magic:15 x2 FOSD(dr4g0n sp33d) x2 MST(swords? i dont think so) pot of greed(card drawing) graceful charity(ditto) raigeki(clears the field for my dragons) dark hole(the original ultimate destruction) heavy storm(ultimate destruction to magic/traps) HFD(destroys those pesky traps waiting for my dragons) SoRL(stalls until i get some dragons out) monster reborn(old school monster recursion, brings back dragons) premature burial(getting back blue eyes or tyrant is well worth 800 lp) nobleman of crossout(a personal favorite of mine) change of heart(ill tribute your monster for my blue eyes or tyrant) traps:7 burst breath(my main counter against buster blader and other powerful monsters) dragons rage(a fairy meteor crush for all dragons) waboku(the poor mans mirror force) magic cylinder(why did you atk yourself?) ring of destruc.(a very cool trap card) CoTH(dragon zombies!) imperial order(no more magic) total:40 when i got there, the place was buzzing with excitment. it seemed like the summer duels championship already. i knew i was ready face anybody. i found shawn and sean playing dungeon dice monsters. shawn had exodia and magicians dragon out, he kept using magician dragons effect and making sure exodia didnt get destroyed. shawn won and we joked around with drew rogers. now heres the scoop. Tournament location:the expo center entry fee:$4 no. of participants:30 something 4 rounds single elimination losers of semifinals must duel for 3rd 1st place prize: 12 LOB(the only packs they had, everything else was wiped out clean)and a trophy 2nd place prize: 6 LOB(see above)and a trophy 3rd place prize:just a trophy like i said earlier, i was ready to face anyone, but little did i know, that titans would collide in the 1st round 1st round:agua hombre(you know me) vs. sean suthers(barrel dragon beatdown) 1st duel key facts: -sean started w/ your usual graceful charity/ monster recursion combo on barrel dragon(he has 3), then he plays mechanicalchaser in atk mode -i counter his move by using change of heart on barrel dragon, used his effect, turned around and knocked 2600 off him, then in my main phase 2 i tribute his dragon for a true dragon, luster dragon and set dragons rage and waboku -sean uses TttD on luster dragon, discards his sinister serpents for the TttD, pumps up bazoo and atks, but i activated waboku, then he set 2 cards -i didnt wanna take ne risks, so i used heavy storm on those down cards, then used pot of greed, i drew blue eyes and a flute, i also had a lord of d and behemoth in my hand, so i summoned the lord of d and used the flute to call out the behemoth and blue eyes, atk his elf w/ my blue eyes -at this point, sean is at 1600, so he uses rageki to destroy my monsters, summons GAF and atks -hehe, now i draw reborned my blue eyes and activated dragons rage to finish him off final score:5700-0 winner:me 2nd duel key facts: - i couldnt draw nothing so he just took me down final score:0-8000 3rd duel key facts: -sean went for my troop dragon with his bazoo(he didnt power it up), so i placed my second troop dragon face up in defense mode -next trun, i sacrifice it for jinzo and protected myself against his two set cards. i attacked his bazoo w/ jinzo -sean then uses mask of the accursed on my jinzo -i use MST on mask of the accursed, played spear dragon and atked directly -sean uses painful choice. i had to choose between injec. fairy lily, barrel dragon, exiled force, sinister serpent and bazoo, i chose barrel dragon, knowing that he had some way of playing it back on the field -he uses the monster reborn intended on barrel dragon on his bazoo, he pumps it up to destroy jinzo -now its time for revenge, so i summoned lord of d. and used flute to call out tyrant and luster dragon. -after that move, it was all over final score:3600-0 winner:me i told you it was gonna be a clash of titans in the 1st round, i was really upset that i had to face and beat sean in the 1st round. knocking out one of the best and my friend was harsh, but i knew it was for the best. he told me he was ok w/ it. he wished me good luck. now the 2nd round begins 2nd round: agua hombre vs. alex chaplin(TLF deck) 1st duel key facts: -alex played ALO and got his fisherman out in the 1st turn -i used exiled force to destroy his fisherman, reborn his fisherman and atked -after a few turns, alex got his tornado wall, he was lucky, as i had both my tyrant dragons out thanks to lord of d and flute -he held me for quite some turns, i asked the judge if tyrant dragon was affected by tornado wall, he said it was, but thats ok, i had a plan any ways, i drew..feather duster and destroyed his barrier to win final score:4700-0 winner:me 2nd duel key facts: -not much to say here, i got my dragons out early with the flute and stomped him final score:8000-0 winner:me during the break, i asked shawn how he was doing. he said he beat a last turn/jowgen deck and a yata deck. so he was in the semis playing melvin hill. rumors have spread around ever since melvin made his warrior deck that he had chance of winning the trophy. now i have seen his warrior deck in action. its pretty good. the only thing that really scares me is his buster blader(every one plays it since i use a dragon deck, but mevlin uses a warrior deck so his buster blader is right at home). but thats a different story, right now i gotta face drew rogers, who has now become a good friend of mine along with sean and shawn. semifinals:agua hombre vs. drew rogers(dark magician beatdown) 1st duel key facts: - i knew it would come out once, with the help of my tyrant dragon, i gave drew an injection fairy lily treatment final score:2000(lilys effect)-0 winner:me 2nd duel key facts: -drew used graceful charity, discarded 2 dark magicians and recursed them both w/ mon. reborn and premature burial -his dark magicians were no match for my injection fairy lily though -after stalling for quite some time, drew tried to take advantage of my lost 2000 lp w/ dice jar. i knew the odds were against him. he rolled a 4 so he was 2 off -hah, i rolled a 6, so he 6000 lps! -next turn i wipe him out w/ twin-headed behemoth final score:6000-0 winner:me well, ive got good and bad news. the good news is....well im in the finals. the bad news is that shawn lost, so now i gotta face melvins warriors in the finals, i just hope he doesnt pull out his buster blader. Finals:agua hombre vs. melvin hill(warrior deck) 1st duel key facts: -i tried to take field advantage w. lord of d. and fluting spear dragon and twin-headed behemoth, but he countered by playing fiend megacyber and destroying my lord of d. -next turn he uses marauding captian and brings out gearfried -soon, im down 2200 lps, and whats worse is hes got his buster blader on the field. its powered up to 5100 and im on the edge of defeat -hehe, but thats what we think, i activate a magic cylinder/ring of destruction combo on his buster blader, which brings his lps all the way down to 0 final score:700-0 winner:me 2nd duel key facts: -i played lord of d, fluted my blue eyes, set burst breath and COTH -melvin uses graceful charity and reborns his buster blader he discarded -when he destroys my lord of d., i activated my burst breath to destroy his buster blader(i told you it was my main way of destroying buster blader)i use CoTH to bring my blue eyes back and atk him -melvin gets back by playing change of heart, attacking and sacrificing my blue eyes for freed -haha, once again, ring of destruction comes to my rescue final score:1100-0 winner:me YAY! i got 1st!im so happy. plus i get all those packs. but i got nothi....ohhh i spoke to soon!i got right arm of the forbidden one!!!!now for some props and slops props: -for me getting 1st -for melvin getting 2nd -for drew getting 3rd(i laughed at shawn for hours) -for tyrant dragon, my favorite card -for blue eyes saving me abunch of times -for ring of destruction saving me in the finals -for pulling right arm of the forbidden one -for my girlfriend kimberly, i love you babe! slops: -for me knocking out sean in the 1st round -for shawn asking way to many questions with the question card -for melvin's buster blader -for red lights, a driver's(yes i can drive) worst enemy thats all i gotta say. questions?comments?wanna chat? e-mail me mooseballer13@hotmail.com or msn messange me