Beatdown
Rus Barron 
Collector's Cache
Leawood, KS
Sdaturday, August 2, 2003
42 People Participating

Well, hi, this is my first report in a while...my deck is beatdown (obviously)..I've been doing pretty weak in tournaments lately..
today my deck didnt do to great...lol. I got some good trades today:
Traded Away:
2x Goblin Attack Force
1x Creature Swap
1x Spellbinding Circle
1x Sinister Serpent
1x Kuriboh
1x Creature Swap
1x Barrel Dragon
2 Dollars
And a bunch of stuff out of my "crap" pile
Got:
1x Injection Fairy Lily
1x Dark Ruler Ha Des
1x Holo Summoned Skull (MRD)
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Exiled Force
1x Kuriboh
1x Sinister Serpent
I also got new protectors and a new deck box..metalized ultrapro protectors suck! Lol, thats why I got new ones.
This is my deck before the tournament:
Level 4 and Under (15)
2x Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
2x Goblin Attack Force
2x Spear Dragon
2x Bazoo the Soul Eater
1x Man-Eater Bug
1x Magician of Faith
1x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Penguin Soldier
1x Sinister Serpent
1x Kuriboh
1x Cyber Jar
 
Level 5 and Over (4)
 
3x Summoned Skull
1x Jinzo

Magic Cards (13)
 
1x Axe of Despair
1x Graceful Charity
1x Change of Heart
1x Pot of Greed
1x United We Stand
1x Raigeki
1x Monster Reborn
1x Snatch Steal
1x Harpie's Feather Duster
1x Dark Hole
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Creature Swap
1x Premature Burial
 
Traps (8)
 
1x Magic Jammer 
1x 7 Tools of the Bandit
1x Magic Cylinder
1x Imperial Order
1x Mirror Force
1x Waboku
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Spellbinding Circle
Practice Duels
Before the tournament, I got eight LOD packs (Ryu-Senshi, Asura Priest, the rest rares >.<). For my first practice duel, I played some really obnoxious twentysomething year old red haired pimply guy..lol. Hes really good though, last time I played him he slaughtered me very very quickly with...none other then Yata Garasu >.<. And guess what? It happened again. TWICE. AARRRGGHH. Lol, back to sanity. I put some big dents in his lifepoints here and there..but geez..Yata...ouch...that dude really needs to get a life, lol. Then, I played some guy named Richard who is really good, he plays Japanese and English..though he is like 15 and has a really high voice. And is bossy, and annoying. Anyways, he was using a good beatdown, and though the duel was close, he won. Well, having lost my first three duels  before the tournament, I was pretty pissed..lol. Well, speaking of the tournament...
Right, ok, there was 42 people. I came with my friend Brandon,  who got a by in the first round. Well, I had to face this one kid named Jacob, he is the son of this REALLY good dude who collects the cards..meaning he has a ton of them. I traded the collector dude (thats what Brandon and I call him) Sinister Serpent, Goblin Attack Force and Barrel Dragon for Injection Fairy Lily...I got another Sinister from trading things outside of my deck, and I didn't use Barrel Dragon..so good deal, eh? Anywho, back to playing Jacob. He has a good deck, but has NO idea what he's doing..he has a toon deck. He told to beware of his Toon Blue Eyes...tch. I'm not scared of regular Blue Eyes either (lol...met). Ok, now to the duel.
Rus vs. Jacob-Duel One
This duel was pretty easy, though it started off weird...I had a medicore hand. He starts off playing some f/d card, food for MST. I soon brought out a Kycoo and Spear Dragon...pounced on him with those. I think I pulled some combos too...though there arent many I can do in a beatdown, lol. He "thought he could beat me" he said..sure, he had a great deck, but he was too young and hyper.
Duel One- Results
Me: 8000-7000 (7 Tools)
Jacob- 8000-7500-3500-1400-0
Rus vs. Jacob- Duel Two
This was pretty much a repeat of the last, except I lost less lifepoints and beat him easier and faster. Jinzo hit the field early, and while he was gaping at it, it slaughtered him. I used monster removal alot from the start...so I mostly had a clear field. Too bad I didnt have Ha Des and Lily yet, that woulda been fun.
Duel Two- Results
Me: 8000
Jacob- 8000-5500-3700-2100-1650-0
Well, after shaking Jacob's hand and reporting my win, I went off to do some trading. Between matches I remember getting Exiled Force and Ha Des. I probably got some other stuff too..well probably not..whatever. To kill time, I did more practice duels against this kid named John, who just won Ra in a door prize. He wanted to use Ra..I told him next duel. So anyways, first duel, I kick his butt. Next Duel, YATA! IM GONNA KILL THAT THING (having lost to it the night before as well...)! Next Duel, I kick his butt, lol. Next Duel..Ra..don't wanna talk about it..lol.
Ok now for the tournament...and to my utter delight (or thats what it was at the time) I played Jason once more. I knew I could beat him...
Rus vs. John-Duel One
Right I was kicking his butt. I mean seriously..but some handy work from his Fiber Jar..and it went downhill..I mean ouch. He starting pummeling me with all kinds of stuff...well, actually, THAT DUMB BIRD YATA! Wanh!
Duel One- Results
Me: 8000-6400-4800-4350-4150...forfeit
John- 8000-6100-2700-1800
Argh! SSSOO CLOSE!
Well, Duel two wasn't much better...well it wasn't better at all :'(
Rus vs. John- Duel Two
It was a pretty even battle, until monster takers (Snatch Steal CoH) came from him..darnit. So he pounded me into a bloddy pulp, like I did him,  except he actually got to finish it.
Duel Two- Results
Me: 8000-7000-4800-3600-200-0 NNNOOO!!
John: 8000-4200-2400
NO! So close! Next time John, I swear I'll beat you. "Hey little bird, MEET MY HOT WOMAN WITH A HUGE DARN NEEDLE!!! AAHH HA HA!!." Uh hem, sorry. But, as I say, IFL is like most women, but instead of wasting money, it wastes lifepoints. Well, my friend Brandon got some easy person in the next round..and got slaughtered in the third round, because he is bad. John got into the fourth round, only to meet another person I beat outside of the tournament..and lose. The dude John lost too (and I can beat! ARGH!) ended up winning the tournament. Well, I had practice duels against Brandon, but you wouldn't care about that since I'm so much better then he is. I traded for Lily, Torrential Tribute, and the other stuff listed above. Here is my deck after the tournament.
Level 4 and Under (15)
2x Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
2x Spear Dragon
2x Bazoo the Soul Eater
1x Man-Eater Bug
1x Magician of Faith
1x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Penguin Soldier
1x Sinister Serpent
1x Kuriboh
1x Cyber Jar
1x Exiled Force
1x Injection Fairy Lily
 
Level 5 and Over (3)
 
1x Summoned Skull
1x Jinzo
1x Dark Ruler Ha Des
 
Magic Cards (14)
 
1x Axe of Despair
1x Graceful Charity
1x Change of Heart
1x Pot of Greed
1x United We Stand
1x Raigeki
1x Monster Reborn
1x Snatch Steal
1x Harpie's Feather Duster
1x Dark Hole
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Premature Burial
1x Noblemen of Crossout
1x Tribute to the Doomed
 
Traps (8)
 
1x Magic Jammer 
1x 7 Tools of the Bandit
1x Magic Cylinder
1x Imperial Order
1x Mirror Force
1x Waboku
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Torrential Tribute
Now, for props and slops
Props-
Getting Ifl
Getting Ha Des
Getting Torrential Tribute
Getting Exiled Force
Getting all the other stuff I got..
Slops-
Losing to John
Having to spend so much money on LOD packs and getting *crap*
Losing to Yata Garasu a bunch..dumb bird
Questions or Comments (NO FLAMES!) contact me at monkeyseerustydo@yahoo.com or AIM me at monkeyseerustydo. 'Till next time ::tips hat::