Richard Barnard Tournament Warehouse, Seattle, WA 7/6/03 Entry Fee: $7.50 including a pack of your choice 1st place gets 4 packs, 2nd place gets 2 packs Deck type: Earth Beatdown Monsters: 25 1x Cannon Soldier (Oh, a Gravity bind? Time to get burnt!) 1x Fiber Jar (My little reset button.) 1x Dream Clown (Auto-Killing machine) 1x Exiled Force (Need I say more?) 2x Bazoo the Soul-Eater (Wow, a no tribute Blue-Eyes when I have Gaia Power.) 1x Summoned Skull (Currently looking for a replacement.) 2x Gemini Elf (Whoa, the strongest base attack 4-star creature, I need one more.) 1x The Fiend Megacyber (Two Harpie’s Brothers? Here comes my Fiend!) 2x Man-Eater Bug (I need a replacement for him too.) 1x The Rock Spirit (Exiled Force’s effect, BAM! Rock Spirit gets special summoned.) 1x Marauding Captain (Quite possible my favorite card, Marauding Captain, Exiled.) 1x Gearfried the Iron Knight (I need one more…) 1xLava/Swamp Battle guards (I know what you’re thinking, BAD IDEA, But these guys can be huuuuuge.) 2x Hayabusa Knight (My favorite card, One hit kills occur often.) 1x Witch of the Black Forest (No description needed.) 1x Wall of Illusion (I need to get my hands on one of those elusive Penguin Soldiers) 1x Magician of Faith (I’ll get back my Monster Reborn.) 1x Cyber Jar (Gotta love ‘em) 1x Goblin Attack Force (I need some more of these.) 1x Dark Ruler Ha Des (I’ll attack that face down creature with Dark Ruler, Awww, No Cyber Jar for you.) Magic: 17 1x Change of Heart (I’ll be taking that powered up Hayabusa Knight.) 3x Gaia Power (The base of my deck.) 1x Monster Reborn (My graveyard recovering card until I get Premature and COTH.) 3x Axe of Despair (I usually give this thing to Hayabusa A.K.A One hit killer.) 1x Card Destruction (My Exodia Destroyer.) 1x Mystical Space Typhoon (M/T Destroyer.) 1x Graceful Charity (Yay! More cards!) 1x Pot Of Greed (Same as above.) 1x Dark Hole (No explanation needed.) 1x Snatch Steal (Permanent Change of Heart.) 1x Harpie’s Feather Duster (Say bye-bye to all your magic and traps.) 1x United We Stand (See Axe of Despair.) 1x Mage Power (See United We Stand.) Traps: 7 2x Waboku (No damage for me!) 1x Imperial Order (No magic for you!) 1x Skull Lair (No monsters for you!) 1x Ultimate Offering (More monsters for me!) 2x Shadow of Eyes (No flip effects for you!) Now onto the opening paragraph. I know my traps suck, I know I need Mirror Force, Magic Cylinder, Call of the Haunted, Premature Burial. It’s not easy to get money. This tourney went especially well for me. It was a UD sanctioned. Best 2 out of 3. Match 1: Duel 1: Rich Vs. Connor Von The owner of the store’s kid. An awesome player. First round I beat him up with my powered up Bazoo. He would play Raigeki and I would play Imperial Order, I seemed to have a counter for everything he did. Went very well for me. Final Score: 6650 - 0 Duel 2: Rich vs. Connor Von He really got me here, 2nd turn kill. Hayabusa with three Axes on his side of the field. Harpie’s Feather Duster, Raigeki, Attack. Final Score: 0 - 8000 Duel 3: Rich vs. Connor Von I whooped him here. He drew no monsters, Absolute Gemini beat down. Not much to say. Final Score: 7500 - 0 Winner: Rich Semi-finals: Duel 1: Rich vs. Patrick I have no clue how he beat the person he beat. Way too easy. Took no skill at all. Gemini powered up beat down. Final Score: 8000 - 0 Duel 2: Rich vs. Patrick He forfeited. Onto the finals. Winner: Rich Between the finals and semis: Sat and waited. Dueled this guy named Harold, but didn’t write it down. I beat him though. He was pretty cool, He had a really nice deck, he looked at mine and said it was really powerful, I agreed. Then, the finals began. Finals: Duel 1: Rich vs. Sheldon Sheldon’s really cool. I usually don’t beat him, but today was different. I just kept getting him and getting him until he finally Dark Holed and got me with one Goblin hit. I drew a Magician of Faith. He attacked it with Gemini. I got back a Snatch Steal I used a while ago. I drew Monster Reborn, I got The Fiend Megacyber. Attacked Gemini. Next turn he got Dark Ruler REALLY powered up. He attacked, I Waboku’d and then Snatch Stole it the next turn, and attacked for game. Final Score: 5700 - 0 Duel 2: Rich vs. Sheldon A relentless battleguard beat down. So lucky. Final Score: 8000 - 0 Winner: Rich Onto the final four! Final Four Semis: Duel 1: Rich vs. John Paul Amazingly lucky hand, He absolutely killed me earlier today. I got Dark Hole, Harpie’s Feather Duster, and 3 Axes. I went second, He played 3 M/T’s and one face-down card. I go and draw HAYABUSA KNIGHT! I then Harpie’s Feather Duster, Dark Hole, summon Hayabusa with all three axes and attack for game! Final Score: 8000 - 0 Duel 2: Rich vs. John Paul I thought I was gonna win this one too. I drew a Gemini, and played in attack mode, I ended, He played a face-down monster, I drew MST and I attacked his face down, revealing Cyber Jar, I drew no monsters, he drew all monsters, 2 goblins, 1 bazoo, 1 Gemini, and 1 Kycoo. He attacked for game. Final Score: 0 - 8000 Duel 3: Rich vs. John Paul I beat him down a couple of times with a Powered up Bazoo, I made a stupid move and played Gaia Power, after I had no cards in my grave. He played Goblin, attacked with Goblin for 700 damage. I drew Graceful, I drew Magician, Gaia Power and Bazoo. I threw away Gaia power and Waboku. I flipped Ultimate Offering, Played Bazoo, Played Magician, Magician attacks goblin, Bazoo attacks for game. Final Score: 6800 - 0 Winner: Rich THE FINALS!!!!!!!! Final Four Finals: Duel 1: Rich vs. Nick D. (Possibly the best duelist ever to come here.) Absolute beat down by Nick, He’s still a great guy, He Raigeki’d and Harpies Feather Dusters, Plays Hayabusa with a ton of power ups, Mage Power, 1 Axe, UWS, then plays the dreaded card… Scapegoat, attacks for game. Final Score: 0 - 8000 Duel 2: Rich vs. Nick D. Almost got him. He Snatch Stole my Powered up Bazoo and attacked for game. Final Score: 0 - 3200 Winner: Nick D. I got second and pulled Twin-Headed Behemoth, Nothing too bad. Now for Slops and Props. Props: - Me for getting 2nd - Me for pulling Twin-Headed Behemoth - Thomas for giving me a Gaia Power - Nick D. for having a kickass deck - Pojo’s for being an awesome site!! Rock on! Slops: - Josh for losing to Patrick - Ryan and Atilla for losing in their tourneys. That’s all folks, E-mail me at RichRockCola1@hotmail.com Have fun!!!!!!!!