Subject: Lifeburn Deck--The Mighty Mollusk--Major League
Memories--Riverside, RI

Date: March 22, 2003
Location: Major League Memories, Riverside, RI
Number of Participants: 10
Structure: Match format (2 out of 3)
Wow, haven't typed up a tournament report in a while.
Mainly because I've been using beatdown and Exodia for
a while, and I don't think people really need to hear
much more about those. Everyone knows those decks
work. This time I decided to try something different.
And it worked. Now let me introduce you to my Lifeburn
deck....

Monsters:
2x Fire Princess
3x Princess of Tsurugi
2x Cannon Soldier
2x Magician of Faith
2x Nimble Momonga
3x Giant Germ
2x Sangan
1x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Mask of Darkness
1x Cyber Jar
1x Penguin Soldier

Magic: 
1x Raigeki
1x Dark Hole
1x Pot of Greed
1x Graceful Charity
1x Scapegoat
1x Monster Reborn
1x Change of Heart
1x Fissure
1x Mask of the Accursed
1x Swords of Revealing Light

Trap:
3x Solemn Wishes
3x Gravity Bind
2x Just Desserts
1x Waboku
1x Call of the Haunted

Total: 40 cards

Side Deck
1x Mirror Force
2x Giant Trunade
3x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Relinquished
2x Black Illusion Ritual
2x Sonic Bird
1x Barrel Dragon
2x Dream Clown

The basic idea of the deck is to get out Fire Princess
and Solemn Wishes, then drop Gravity Bind to keep the
Princess around. It's a pretty well-known combo in
Japan; use Solemn Wishes (formerly Blessing of God) to
gain life whenever you draw, then use the effect of
Fire Princess (formerly Big Bang Girl) to deal direct
damage to your opponent's life points. Plenty of card
drawing and other damage to go around. As for the side
deck, I can basically change the entire deck just by
subbing out a few cards. Most of my magic/trap removal
is side decked because I rarely need it with this
deck. The Dream Clowns were a last minute addition,
just in case I found myself in need of extra monster
removal.

Anyway, on to the tourney report.

Match 1:
First Round: I drew my entire combo in the first hand
and went first. First turn, summon Fire Princess, set
Solemn Wishes and Gravity Bind. During his turn, he
summoned Harpie's Brother and tried to attack, only to
hit the Gravity Bind, followed by me activating Solemn
Wishes. Eventually I had two SWs on the field along
with both Fire Princesses, dealing 2000 direct every
time I drew. It didn't last long after that.
Second Round: This time I only got Gravity Bind and
Solemn Wishes first hand. However, I also got Sangan
and Cannon Soldier, so I just shot Sangan on the
second turn to search out Fire Princess. The entire
time, my opponent was cursing me out because of
Gravity Bind, since he didn't have any magic/trap
removal. This one took a bit longer, but the end was
sealed by Cannon Soldier and Scapegoat.

Match 2:
I missed the by and dueled. That's how I generally
prefer it anyway.
First Round: I drew none of the three combo cards in
my first hand, but I did get Pot of Greed and Magician
of Faith. It took longer to get set up this time, but
it happened. Apparently this opponent didn't carry
magic/trap removal, either. It's worth noting that I
didn't see a single Jinzo during the entire
tournament.
Second Round: Drew only Gravity Bind and no monsters.
Hmm. That's not a good thing. Ok, I suppose I could
count Scapegoat as drawing monsters, but I generally
don't. Set Gravity Bind and Scapegoat (remember,
Scapegoat is quick-play), activate GB in response to
the attack. Somehow, all three of my Solemn Wishes
ended up at the bottom of the deck. Fortunately, a
Sangan gave me a free shuffle, as well as Cannon
Soldier. I shot the four Scapegoat tokens at the
opponent for 2000, then next turn drew Solemn Wishes.
Call of the Haunted brought back Sangan for another
shot, followed by a search for Fire Princess. The
burning then commenced. I won in short order.

Match 3:
Missed the by again. Not that it really matters.
First Round: My opponent drew and used two Ground
Collapse on the first turn. Eep. I still struggled on
with only one monster slot, getting out all three
Solemn Wishes and a Gravity Bind. Fire Princess was
out for a while, but ended up getting killed by a
Man-Eater Bug. We went back and forth for a while as I
played monsters and he killed them off...until he drew
his third Ground Collapse. I still kept playing,
eventually getting him down to 1500 life, before I
ended up decked out for my first loss of the day.
Side deck in: 1x Giant Trunade, 2x Mystical Space
Typhoon, 1x Mirror Force
Side deck out: 1x Mask of the Accursed, 1x Waboku, 1x
Giant Germ, 1x Fissure
Second Round: I think he might've sided out those
Ground Collapses. Either way, I didn't see any this
game. The MSTs came in handy anyway when he tried to
use his own Solemn Wishes. I ended up with all three
Solemn Wishes and both Fire Princesses on the field,
along with Cannon Soldier and a steady string of
cannon fodder (pun definately intended). I not only
burned his life points to nothing, but also reached my
highest record yet: 148,000 LP. Still working on
breaking 200,000.
We didn't have a chance to play a third game, since he
had to leave. He forefeited the third game, allowing
me to go on to the finals.

Final Match:
This game took a bit longer than the previous ones.
Mainly because the card shop owner had to run out to
pick up her son, and since I'm there all the time
anyway, they left me in charge of the store. Don't
worry, I didn't rip 'em off, I'm not THAT much of a
jerk.
First Round: Got the setup early. The other guy was
very fond of Premature Burial, seemingly forgetting
that I was going for direct damage anyway, so he ended
up helping me along. Especially after I Raigeki'd his
PB'd monster and he used Magician of Faith to do it
again. Ended up using Cannon Soldier to shoot four
Scapegoat tokens, two flipped Magician of Faith, a
Sangan, and the Soldier itself for an arseload of
damage, sealing the victory.
Second Round: He got Barrel Dragon out early...and I
Raigeki and Monster Reborn'd it. Mwahaha. Barrel
Dragon kept his field empty while Fire Princess and
Solemn Wishes went to town. Eventually got Cannon
Soldier out and just started shooting things at him.
Princess of Tsurugi finished the deal with 2000 direct
damage.

Had to wait around for about an hour for the owner to
return in order to get my prize. I ended up with a
free pack of Labyrinth of Nightmare for watching the
store (with Gemini Elf within, woo!) and a pile of 15
random rares for the tourney. Not much within the pile
aside from two Dark Elves. But hey, every box of
trading stuff needs crap to make it look more full.

And so ends my report. Any questions, comments,
suggestions, feel free to mail me. But no flames or
profanity, because my delete button loves a workout.
And as always: Good Luck, Happy Dueling, and May the
Heart of the Cards Be With You.

The Mighty Mollusk
themightymollusk@yahoo.com

Side note to Pojo: Sorry for not sending this as an
attachment. My computer is being uncooperative today.

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