Subject: Beatdown-4-Free Michael Lucas Toys R Us West Mifflin PA
Beatdown-4-Free
Michael Lucas
Toys 'R' Us YGO League - West Mifflin, PA
3/1/03
20-30 attendants

First thing's first, here's the deck list:

Deck total = 42

Monsters:  19
2 Harpie's Brother
2 7-Colored Fish
2 La Jinn
2 Goblin Attack Force
2 Summoned Skull
2 Magician of Faith
2 Man-Eater Bug
2 Hayabusa Knight
1 Witch of the Black Forest
1 Cyber Jar
1 Jinzo

Magics:  16
2 Axe of Despair
2 Mystical Space Typhoon
2 Heavy Storm
2 Fissure
1 Tribute to the Doomed
1 Pot of Greed
1 Dark Hole
1 Monster Reborn
1 Change of Heart
1 Raigeki
1 Premature Burial
1 Snatch Steal

Traps:  7
2 Trap Hole
1 Magic Jammer
1 Seven Tools of the Bandit
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Mirror Force
1 Imperial Order

A funny story…this deck is called "Beatdown-4-free", as I didn't pay a penny for any of the cards in this deck.  I am co-Duelist Leader of this said League, and we've gotten 4 kits, which = 200 of each promo.  Only 70 kids exist between the two sessions.  That means 130 of each promo are left over.  Me, the other guy running it, and a couple of TrU employees all got a cut of the leftovers.  I traded away all of my Buster Bladers and Thousand Eyes Restricts for the cards listed above.  (YES, there ARE people that will trade Jinzo and Imperial Order for only one of each of those.)

There's going to be some special prize for anyone able to beat me in a Duel here, but no one has managed to do so yet.  There are a few good decks and combos, but let's just let the report touch on those.

Challenger 1:  Christian w/BEWD/BETD/Toon World deck
He just couldn't get the monsters down to Tribute in the first duel.  Every monster he laid down, I either Fissured, Raigeki'd, Trap Holed, or the like.  My beatdowns took care of everything.
Me:  8000
Him:  8000-6900-7900-5000-100-0
This duel, everything went his way, but it still wasn't enough.  He was able to get a BETD into play with an Axe.  Was able to get an Imperial Order to stop it, and my next draw was a Fissure.  At one point, I had 3 monsters down, and he Dark Holed me.  However, Hayabusa Knight with an Axe was able to hit for 4,000.  Summoned Skull finished the job, taking him EXACTLY to 0 LP.  He hit me for the most LP in any Duel today.
Me:  8000-4000-3300
Him:  8000-7500-6500-2500-0

Challenger 2:  Hunter with semi-Beatdown
I go first, lay a Harpie's in Attack and passed.  He played Jirai Gumo, but CALLED THE COIN WRONG.  First turn, half his LP gone.  Next turn, I take out his Jirai Gumo and do 100 damage (GaF), then the next turn, Hayabusa Knight with an Axe finishes the job.  He was able to get 600 on me with Jirai.
Me:  8000-7400
Him:  8000-4000-3900-0
Second duel:  Nothing but 1800 ATKers against his weaker monsters.  A couple monster removal cards speeded the process up.
Me:  8000
Him:  8000-6200-4400-2600-0

Challenger 3:  Jordan w/????
The two duels were so similar.  1800 ATKers getting out, a SS in the second match for blatant overkill.
Duel 1:  8000 to his 8000-6200-4400-0
Duel 2:  8000 to his 8000-6400-4800-300-0

Challenger 4:  Colt
Duel 1:  He hit me for 1000 first (Axed vs. one of my non-Axed monsters), then for 700 elsewhere.  After I cleared the field and got a couple monsters out (Reborn!), I took him out in two shots.
Me:  8000-7000-6300
Him:  8000-3400-0
Duel 2:  The only damage I took here was 200 self-damage from a HB hitting his Mystical Elf in Defense.  I deliberately overkilled doing 8400 damage in one turn when he only had 700 LP left.
Me:  8000-7800
Him:  8000-5100-4300-700-(-7700)

Challenger 5:  Eric w/starter deck-type deck?
Another two-Duel Match where I came out with all LP intact.  Round 1 was led by the La Jinn army, Round 2 ended in a whopping TWO TURNS with Hayabusa, Axe, and some Monster removal.
Duel 1:  8000 to his 8000-6200-4400-2800-0
Duel 1:  8000 to his 8000-4000-0

Challenger 6:  Mike w/??????
He had a few good cards in his deck.  Axe, MST, the like.  He hit me fairly hard at the beginning of round 1, but monster removal and the 1800s strike again.
Me:  8000-6000-5200
Him:  8000-7200-7000-4600-400-0
Round 2:  SS comes in handy, especially when tributing one of THEIR monsters.  God I love Change of Heart.   He got a couple early hits in but ya gotta love the beatdown.
Me:  8000-7300-7050
Him:  8000-7200-6200-4400-1900-0

Challenger 7:  Jerod
Duel 1:  Hayaubsa with Axe in opener.  I don't think I need to spell out the course of LP drops.
Duel 2:  I ended up Snatch Stealing the only monster he could get out at one point just to get some LP direct hacking going on.
Me:  8000
Him:  8000-5700-3400-2500-4100-1800-2800-2150-0

Challenger 8:  Anthony
Too bad this guy's first round help consisted of a Cure Master only.  The Beatdown monsters led the way.
My LP untouched, his LP 8000-9000-5400-1800-0
The second duel was more interesting.  A Cyber Jar kept getting used over and over.  Funny though, as Raigeki owns.  I had more Traps down than I ever thought I'd have.
My LP:  8000-7200 (Pre. Burial)-6400 (MoF for Pre. Burial)-6200
His LP:  8000-3600-1800-0

Challenger 9:  Christian (again)
He wanted his revenge and got none.  He was able to get monsters out, but I was always able to remove them or get the Axe.  I forget whether it was this or the other duel that he got Labyrinth Wall out a couple of times and was set up to do the Ring of Magnetism combo, but I kept having TttD or Raigeki in hand at JUST the right time.  The only damage I took was from Premature Burialing twice thanks to MoF.
8000-7200-6400 to his 8000-6000-4200-2600-800-550-0
In Round 2, he kept saving himself with Enchanted Javelins and such, but couldn't get any attacking monsters out.  The only thing he had in his hand at the end were two Labyrinth walls.
8000 to his 8000-9800-7550-3750-0

Challenger 10:  Cory
Axe owns.  His monsters were under 1800.  Enough said.
Duel 1:  7400 to his 8000-3300 (??) - 0
Duel 2:  7200 (Pre. Burial) to his 8000-6200-2100-0

Challenger 11:  Christian (AGAIN)
He keeps coming back for more, no?  When he gets Prohibition, he prohibits MST or Heavy Storm.  Somehow he ALWAYS picks the one that's currently in my hand.  Not like it really mattered though.  Despite his Enchanted Javelin traps, he just couldn't pull it out.
8000-6600 to his 8000-2200-400-0
The last match was an interesting one, as he hit me for 3100 in one shot.  I forget exactly which monster he used, but it was Fissured the next turn.  The Beatdown had a field day with his open, unprotected field.
8000-4900 to his 8000-6600-4300-4050-2300-0 (Deliberately used GaF to get him to exactly 0)

So I protected my undefeated streak for the day.  Traded a kid one of the TER promos for a Morphing Jar #2 and a Dark Elf.  Could have tried to trade more, but what's the point - the deck is finished!  Side Deck coming soon…

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