ATLANTIS RISING
by Tsunami Yami (Kevin Miller)
Gemini Jetpack Cards, Collectibles and
Manga (http://www.geminijetpack.com)
Waterloo, ON, Canada
Entry was CAD$4.00
1st place gets $1.50 in store
credit X the number of participants, and something similar for 2nd
and 3rd.
June 30th 2003, 5:15 – 8:30
School’s over!! ^_^ Excellent.
We found out from Pista, on the last day of school, that Yu-Gi-Oh!
Tournaments were gonna happen every week during the summer. We didn’t go on the 23rd though,
we already made plans to sit around for some good ol’ fashioned video
game-age. By the way, consider this my
official endorsement for Enter the Matrix. Anyway, Dave and Holly told me that they were going to their trailer
that week, and, even after promising to do so, Chris wussed out, yet again…
Wuss. So I guess I’m going to this one
on my own.
In preparation, I
borrowed a couple cards from Dave’s deck, and practiced against Kevin from
Kentucky over MSN Messenger. Although I
never beat him in a duel, I always found a way to defeat his Jinzo. Also, he is sending me his Suijin in the
mail in return for a game account I gave him.
Oh, and before I forget, I changed my Duelist ID to something more
fitting my deck theme. Tsunami Yami… Pretty clever, right? ^_^’’…
On to the
tournament. My record currently stands
at 15-6-0.
These are the contents of my deck, ATLANTIS RISING:
Monsters
(22)
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[3x]
Amphibian Beast
[3x] 7
Colored Fish
[2x]
Aqua Spirit
[2x] Cure
Mermaid
[2x] High
Tide Gyojin
The
Legendary Fisherman
Star Boy
Mother
Grizzly
Island
Turtle
Maryokutai
Cyber
Jar
Man-Eater
Bug
Magician
of Faith
Wall of
Illusion
Hayabusa
Knight
Magic
(18)
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[3x] A
Legendary Ocean
[2x] Offerings
to the Doomed
Axe of
Despair (borrowed)
Pot of
Greed (borrowed)
Mystical
Space Typhoon (borrowed)
Raigeki
Magic
Reflector
Monster
Reborn
Soul
Exchange
United We
Stand
Mage
Power
Giant
Trunade
Change of
Heart
Prohibition
Dark Hole
Trap (7)
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[3x]
Tornado Wall
Torrential
Tribute
Waboku
Magic
Drain
Shift
TOTAL 47
Not much to report
regarding changes to my deck. I
borrowed some of Dave’s cards, replacing my Trap Master with his Mystical Space
Typhoon (shtoopid name), my Malavolent Nuzzler with his Axe of Despair, and
just tossed in his Pot of Greed. Suijin
never belonged to me in the first place – I borrowed it from a friend’s brother
who reclaimed it before this tournament.
Anyway, I got to the
tournament and Pista wasn’t even there.
There were more people than ever before, about 12 O.o’’… However, I had never dueled any of them
before, except Shelby (remember her?).
There were these two adults who were mostly there for collecting, but
they were really nice and taught some of the newbies how to build better
decks. When the first matchings were
announced, I found I was up against one of them.
First Match – Kevin
Miller vs. Dan the Collector (Light Deck, made that afternoon, but still
with rare cards due to vast collection)
Duel 1
I was having trouble
drawing monsters I could use while he beat away with Hysteric Fairies and Souls
of Purity and Light. I finally launched
an attack, only to activate his Magic Cylinder, destroying myself.
0-8000
Duel 2
This time I got the
Legendary Ocean/Tornado combo right away and so I set it up. From there I had some fun with my Legendary
Fisherman, Raigeki and Torrential Tribute cards on three different situations. He eventually almost ran out of monsters,
allowing my Fisherman to cause direct damage.
8000 - 0
Duel 3
This was essentially
the same as the last duel, except I could not draw any of those fun cards. My Mage Powered and United Amphibian Beasts
did just as well though.
8000 – 0
I guess I taught this expert duelist and collector the annoying
qualities of a true Water deck. These
guys like to get into the duelist’s head, and asked why I made a water
deck. I told them I built a water deck
for the sake of making a themed deck. (I must have looked cool O.o’’)
Second Match – Kevin
Miller vs. Dave, yes, yet another Dave (Stall/Responsive/Burn)
This was very weird. He was running a stall/responsive deck, and
my deck is also kind of a stall deck (because of the Legendary Ocean Tornado
combo). During the first duel, I set up my combo and attacked all 12 of his
Scapegoats one by one with my 7 Colored Fish.
Eventually I broke through and attacked until his defeat. Duel 2 was his turn to stall. He activated Messenger of Peace and Mask of
Restrict. I had to kill all those
Scapegoats with Hayabusa Knight, Maryokutai, and Star Boy, causing his
defeat.
Duel 2: 8000-0
After this, Dave started talking
to Ryan about my annoying Legendary Ocean Tornado combo. I got put up against Ryan in Round 3.
Third Match – Kevin
Miller vs. Ryan (I don’t even know)
This was over in five
minutes. I couldn’t get my combo, and
he always had better monsters. Dead.
Duel 2: 0-8000
I had a lot of time to
kill before the next round, so I got new sleeves. Tsunami Blue ^_^. I
watched the other adult collector get his opponent in a Yata-lock. After this, he looked through my holos. He found three cards he needed for his
collection, my 1st Edition Yata-Garasu, Yamata Dragon, and even Toon
Mermaid. But at this point the final
round was beginning.
Fourth Match – Kevin
Miller vs. ??? (The kind of Standard Beatdown I hate most, the kind with
rare cards and the evil Jinzo)
Well, he beat me in two
duels, 7 Tools’d my Tornado Walls, etc.
But thanks to the practice I’ve had since my first tournament in
Mississauga, and dueling Kevin online, I killed his Jinzo a total of five
times. I took pleasure in it too,
because this guy must have never heard of duelist’s etiquette. Die, Jinzo!!
Duel 2: 0-7000
So the tournament
actually ended an hour and a half after the store actually closes, due to the
hugely long duels against Dave. I
didn’t make the top three, but I got to see some new kinds of decks, sold my
Goblin Attack Force for $25, and lined up some good trades for next week. My record is now 20-11-0.
Now for my rundown:
Props:
-Me beating experts
and a guy who’s deck stalled worse than mine.
-The newbie kid who
had his 60 card deck in hard protectors.
His deck was a foot tall!!
-Dave for lending me
some cards.
-Not getting dead
last.
-Not having to face
Pista.
-Killing Jinzo 5
times and making him feel pain.
-Lining up some good
trades.
-Kevin, for mailing
me a Suijin.
Slops:
-Lack of Dave, Holly,
Chris and Pista.
-Not knowing anyone.
-Losing terribly in
last two rounds.
-Chris, being a wuss.
-Jinzo-guy, for being
the rudest duelist ever.
Final Thoughts:
-I apologize for messing
up the translation on Yata-Garasu.
Several people sent me emails regarding this. It was called 8 Giant Crows, and the seven in the background were
tearing a body to shreds. Upper Deck
censored this picture, and thus the name.
Thanks for this new information.
-My brother and a
couple of his friends just became interested in playing Yu-Gi-Oh! And I am
getting practice helping them build decks.
-I’m gonna build a
Dark Necrofear deck – just for the hell of it.
-Why would Chris be
afraid to come to a tournament? He would only be playing other newbies, and he
really has nothing to lose. He seems to
think that he’s only gonna go if he’s gonna get first place. Not gonna happen, but he might as well try.
Questions? Comments?
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with a subject line containing the word Yu-Gi-Oh.