Subject: YuGiOh Tourney Report: Spark Plasma by Mene at Magic Dragon Hey, my MS Word is down, plus I can't seem to get .html or .txt format anywhere else, and on the page it says to copy and paste if you can't... so here you go! --- Spark Plasma! Tommy 'Mene' Yan at Magic Dragon Games Boise, Idaho March 25, 2003 Roughly 35 people in the tourney Hey everybody. I'm back again with another tourney report. I live in Nampa, and when we drive up to Boise for tourneys, something dumb always seems to happen. This time, it was a semi pulling a house... then the link snapped. This sucked. We had to take a detour, because the house blocked the road. We still got there on time, though. This is my second time at Magic Dragon for a YuGiOh tournament. It was $2 to enter. Second place got 1x PSV pack and a Deck Box. First Place got 1x PSV and 1x LoN packs. Before I start my deck list, I would just like to say that Jinzo owns this deck. Relinquished slows me down too. Thank god I didn't see any. --- Spark Plasma! MONSTERS (20) Cannon Soldier (big cannon) Cannon Soldier (bigger cannon) Cannon Soldier (bazooka) Cyber Jar Giant Germ Giant Germ Giant Germ Magician of Faith (she slaps you for 300 damage! ) Magician of Faith Man-Eater Bug Man-Eater Bug Mask of Darkness Princess of Tsurugi (she's cute! *hugs PoT*) Princess of Tsurugi Princess of Tsurugi Sangan (hackhackKuribohwannabe) Sangan Spear Cretin Spear Cretin Witch of the Black Forest (I can get anything I want with her! ) MAGIC (12) >Change of Heart >Dark Hole >Monster Reborn >Pot of Greed >Raigeki Heavy Storm (moooooooo! ) Messenger of Peace (it's a priest! Run! ) Messenger of Peace Mystical Space Typhoon Swords of Revealing Light (stab stab stabbity) Tremendous Fire Tremendous Fire TRAPS (8) Ceasefire Gravity Bind Gravity Bind Imperial Order Just Desserts (we all scream for ice cream! ) Just Desserts Magic Cylinder (who put that there?) Seven Tools of the Bandit CARDS TOTAL: 40 Monster to M/T ratio: 1:1 A control deck at heart, Spark Plasma is a defensive burner. --- Before anything started, I went and bought a LoN pack. I got De-Fusion (trade bait). I also got two Wash Outs (M:tG). The first four rounds were one game swiss. That means if you lost, you were still in the tourney. The eight people with the most wins after four rounds get into the finals. >From the finals on, it's single elimination. My first match was against a kid with a beatdown. ROUND ONE Mene (Spark Plasma) vs. ???? (Beatdown) It's called ownage. I got a godly draw on the get-go, with Princess of Tsurugi and Witch for burning and searching, and a Gravity Bind for defense. I torched away his LP with Princess and Desserts, then brought in Cannon Soldier. Eventually, I was able to launch full force for the game. WIN 8000-0 Before the next round started, I got a 1/e Ceasefire. I kicked out the non-first Ceasefire out of my deck for it. Call me a perfectionist if you want (you don't have to rub it in! ). ROUND TWO Mene (Spark Plasma) vs. ???? (Beatdown) No, this was not the same kid. I started a little slower this time, I had MEB and Witch to start out with. I got Messenger out early game though, so no worries. When he was around 4000 LP, he hit a Cyber Jar, which net me Sangan, Witch, Cannon Soldier, Tremendous Fire, and Raigeki. After that, it was clear victory for Spark Plasma. WIN 6400-0 Some kid traded me Harpie Lady Sisters for two Wingweaver between rounds. Don't know what he was thinking there. ROUND THREE Mene (Spark Plasma) vs. ???? (Revival Jam) Too easy. He was pretty much killing himself to start with, and I got a lot of burn on the first turns. Within four rounds, he was at 3500 LP. Just Desserts and Ceasefire brought him down the rest of the way. WIN 7500-0 It's called get fresh air between rounds... ROUND FOUR Mene (Spark Plasma) vs. ???? (Beatdown) This was pretty much a deja vu Round Two. I got stalling in my hand on the first draws, and it wasn't until the fifth turn or so that I actually got some burn in my hand. This was probably my longest game. I activated Gravity Bind when he was swinging at me with two La Jinn, Harpie's Brother, and Bazoo... should've seen him moan after that! About Turn 20, I toasted off his LP with a Princess flying through the air. WIN 6900-0 Four wins straight, that automatically put me in the finals. ROUND FIVE (Semi-Final) Mene (Spark Plasma) vs. Myndseye (Gate Guardian) How should I say this... GRAVITY BIND SCREWED HIM. He Ceasefire'd turn two-ish, that hurt me a lot. Like I said, when he brought in Kazejin, Gravity Bind got him. Sounds good, right? Well, I got REALLY crappy draws for quite a while. Eventually, I had to have Witch swing at Suijin just to get in Cannon Soldier. Cannon Soldier launched full force, and the LP was dusted off by a Just Desserts. I have to admit though, this was the most challenging game in the tourney for me. Good game, Mynds! WIN 5900-0 We jumped straight into the finals after that. ROUND SIX (Finals) Mene (Spark Plasma) vs. ???? (It looked like a SDP Beatdown) He actually got around my traps a lot at the beginning, within three rotations, I was down to 4900! I was still owning the board, nonetheless. He was at 3000 LP within the same three rotations. Out popped a Relinquished that absorbed my set Cyber Jar, my only monster on the field at the time. Then he attacked me with Relinquished (ROFL!) That made me mad, though. I used Dark Hole, which I then had to pitch a Raigeki because of a Magic Drain. Three turns later, his LP was gone. Cannon Soldier was chucking furball through the air for the game. WIN 4300-0 That's First Place for Mene. Out of the packs, I got crap crap crappity crap crap crap. Skull Invitation and Spirit Message 'L'. The TO comes over and laughs. I say to the TO that I didn't expect much, because HE picked the packs. Oh well, better luck next time. PROPS: Me winning My trade for HLS 1/e Ceasefire! SLOPS: My friend not making it to the finals The packs being crap crap crappity crap crap crap The fact that I still can't get a Mirror Force The people that steal cards This is Mene signing off. My AIM is 'magistermene'. My MSN is 'Rabid Anime Fan Mene'. E-Mail is 'tommy_yan@hotmail.com'. Please be nice and E-Mail me a Mirror Force! _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus