The Legend of the Shadows Deck It's finally here! The Mall Tour
has arrived and now The Shadow has to prove himself to now MILLIONS (and
millions) of people that The Shadow is one of the best. I went with my
main man, my tag team partner, Alex, to Towson to show everyone that we are the
best around here (He had 2 give me a 1st Edition Imperial Order to get a ride
from me (He has like 7 of them)). Well, before I start acting like The
Rock, let me show you the new and improved, Shadow deck:
Matthew "The Shadow"
Sita
Wizards of the Coast
Springfield, VA
February 22nd, 2002
over
300 participants!!
Shadow Deck
8.0
Monsters (25):
2 La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp (brute
muscle.)
2 Wall of Illusion (It's an Illusion.)
3 Magician of Faith
(Abracadabra! My Raigeki is back!)
1 Cyber Jar (That is one evil
satellite)
2 Masked Sorcerer (It's a drawer. Why not?)
1 Barrel
Dragon (BANG! BANG! Your monsters are dead.)
1 Witch of the Black
Forest (Search for something.)
2 White Magical Hat (He has a white hat.
I can't pass this up.)
1 Jinzo (Like my saying: It's time to Jinzoize.)
2
Goblin Attack Force (WATCH OUT! IT'S A GANG OF GOBLINS!
AAAAAAHHHHHH!)
2 Dream Clown (YOU think you can beat my clowns? Dream
on.)
1 Morphing Jar (Fear that smile...FEAR IT!)
2 Hayabusa Knight
(This+soon to get United We Stand+Scapegoat= One evil game killer.)
3
Man-Eater Bug (FEAR THE LITTLE TEETH!)
Magic (14):
1 Change of Heart
(Fear that angel/demon.)
1 Raigeki (The monster killer.)
1 Axe of Despair
(I WANT UNITED WE STAND!)
1 Snatch Steal (I'll steal ur Jinzo n offer it 4
mine then reborn urs.)
1 Delinquent Duo (They're the Things' evil
brothers.)
1 Swords of Revealing Light (I love to stall.)
1 Exchange (I'll
take that Monster Reborn thank u very much!)
1 The Forceful Sentry (Shuffle
back that card u took from me via Exchange.)
1 Dark Hole (GET IN THAT
HOLE!)
2 Heavy Storm (Wash away everything.)
1 Premature Burial (Come back
from the dead, Barrel Dragon.)
1 Pot of Greed (That's sum good stuff.)
1
Monster Reborn (Oh is that a B. Skull Dragon in that Graveyard? Thank
you.)
Traps (7):
2 Waboku (One of my shields.)
1 Magic Drain
(You'll see y only 1.)
1 Mirror Force (Reflect the attack!)
1 Call of the
Haunted (Jinzo is ready to Jinzoize again.)
1 Imperial Order (Thank-you
Alex)
1 Ceasefire (Just Desserts on steroids.)
Fusion (1):
1 B.
Skull Dragon (just as a bluff)
Side Deck (15):
1 Dark Magician (I'll
never let him go.)
1 Summoned Skull (4 Limited Edition card down, 2 to go (I
have SS, Lord of D., REBD, & B. Skull Dragon))
1 Graceful Dice (Yay. +600
to all my monsters.)
1 Chain Destruction (Kill those other stupid
Mechanicalchasers.)
1 Confiscation (1000 for one card is too much.)
1
Fairy Meteor Crush (just in case I want to crush somebody.)
1 Limiter Removal
(My monsters go B00M!)
1 Mirror Wall (This will soon be gone.)
2 Nobleman
of Crossout (Just too many Flip effect monsters in my deck.)
1 Tribute to the
Doomed (Fear that mummy.)
1 Magic Drain (Just in case.)
1 Soul Release
(Exodia dies now.)
2 Trap Hole (I don't think they're any use
anymore.)
Well, my Shadow deck is now a
Clown/anti-Exodia/Hand Burning/Card Drawing/Beatdown deck. Why I took out
my Trap Holes even I don't know. Well, since Alex is the new AM champ and
I'm the new PM champ (see Part 7), we decided to go for Towson and win as many
matches we can for this Mall Tour. Well, Alex had to spend the night at my
house and we could barely sleep because we were so excited about the Mall Tour
and I modified Alex's deck since I saw him losing to me a little more than I'd
expect. I only got about 3-4 hours of sleep, but when I woke up, I was
ready to fight and was wide awake. We decided to leave around 8:00 am so
we can get there early. The ride to Towson was a good 1 1/2 hours, so
getting there early wasn't really an option. When we got there, we went
straight to the Registration line, but when we got there, the line was nearly
full. The wait was only about 10 minutes since we got there early
enough. When I got my bag, it came with a necklace/badge (very important),
a bag full of goodies (including a chance to face one of the Staff people at
Upper Deck (Warning to any people willing to face these guys: All of them hold
on to 3 Mechanicalchasers so beware.)) and a regular common card (mine was Oni
Tank T-34.) Well, my main objective (and Alex's) was to get all 7 stickers
and beat the current record (which is 1:15 pm.), so I decided to go for the 2
hardest stickers (by the way, the 7 stickers contain the following: Signing up
for the Tour, going to the King of Games challenge, Winning the King of Games
Challenge, the Upper Deck Challenge, the Duelist Arcade, the Dueling Arena, and
the Exodia Training Zone.) Alex and I decided to go our separate ways for
this Mall Tour to see who can get all 7 stickers first. I decided to first
go for the King of Games Challenge, but before I did that I put my name on a
little postcard for the Upper Deck Challenge, ran to the King of Games Challenge
area, and got my 2nd sticker for now participating for this challenge.
When I was waiting to get in, these two girls that were Staff people were
flirting with me (maybe cuse I'm a redhead or sumthing). Anyways, when I
was allowed 2 get inside, my opponent was already waiting.
King of Games
Challenge (KoGC) (Win 3 in a row to become champ.)
Match 1
The Shadow vs.
some 15-16 year old kid (Beatdown deck)
Just b4 I start talking about the
match, you have to win one match, in other words, this isn't a best out of 3
match where you play 3 matches against 3 ppl. Neways, the match with this
guy. I have to admit when I faced this guy, his cards were just like mine
(without my Morphing Jar of course.) We were exchanging blows until we
were both around 5500. I Changed of Hearted his Goblins, offered it for
the almighty Jinzo, said my saying, and started to pound the living crap out of
him. In other words, I won.
1-0 (<---for the entire
day)
Well, that wasn't so hard. When I was
waiting for my next duelist, a big guy with a Yu-Gi-Oh! Staff shirt sat across
from me and brought out his deck. As soon as I saw this guy I was like "Aw
great. This is gonna be painful 4 me." The Staff member made a deal
to me. He said if I win, he'll qualify me to become the King of Games
Champion, but if I lose, then I can't duel in this challenge anymore. I
was thinking about it and I agreed. I shuffled my deck, and was ready to
face a Staff member.
Match 2
The Shadow vs. Yu-Gi-Oh! Staff Member
(Mechanicalchaser Beatdown)
Well, The Shadow didn't know what to expect
except for those evil Mechanicalchasers. We were also exchanging blows
until I made a huge blast at his life points with my Raigeki, Goblin Attack
Force combo. When he tried to attack my Goblins with La Jinn, I
Wabokued. Right now, I was hoping for a miracle. I needed one of two
things, Jinzo or Barrel Dragon. I drew...Pot of Greed and used it and
well, well, well. Look what we have here. My two cards I drew were
Jinzo and Barrel Dragon. I offered my GAF for my Jinzo and destroyed his
La Jinn. He was now at around 4800 to my 6000. He drew and set a mon
in DEF mode. Thinking that it was a Man-Eater, I used Change of Heart on
his monster and it was a Magician of Faith. I flipped it, got back my Monster
Reborn from the Graveyard, reborned the GAF and offered them for Barrel Dragon
and destroyed his Life Points. I ACTUALLY BEAT A STAFF
MEMBER!!
2-0
Well, the Staff Member had to
stick to his promise and I got my third sticker to my Badge. I asked the
person who was running the place to see who was the first King of Games Champion
and he said that it was me (o_O). I was the first KoG Champ?!
Wow. Well anyways, I hanged around the Dueling Field and all of a sudden,
they called my name for the Upper Deck Challenge! I was so nervous when I
waited in line to face these ppl because of their experience, their
Mechanicalchasers, and the fact to the matter that they might have the Labyrinth
of Nightmare cards b4 ne1 else (like the Gemini Elf), but I then thought that if
I was able to defeat one Staff member, then this one shouldn't be that
hard...Well, when I was allowed to go in, my opponent was a short guy with
glasses and short black hair. Well, I was ready and I wanted to win myself
into that Book of Kings.
Millennium Puzzle Challenge (win and get in the
Book of Kings!)
The Shadow vs. another Staff member (Mechanicalchaser
Beatdown)
Well, this Staff member was harder than the last. We were
both exchanging blows until his Dark Elf came out and he had 3000 to my
5800. In 2 turns, the score was his 1000 to my 1800. I was able to
now protect myself from any other threats by using his Raigeki that I Exchanged
away with and he Wabokued when I was about to attack with my Goblins
(DAMMIT!) I realized that his defense card my La Jinn hit before my Goblin
attack was a...MAGICIAN OF FAITH?! Uh-Oh. I didn't like the look of
this now. I didn't have ANY trap cards and he was able to Raigeki, bring
out a Harpie's Brother and beat me.
2-1
Right
now, my spirit was in shock. I still got the Millennium Puzzle Sticker
which was my 4th sticker, but I just couldn't believe it. I, The Shadow,
lost to a Staff member that I had a good chance of beating. Well, the next
2 stickers to get that are easy, The Dueling Arcade and The Dueling Field, is as
easy as asking them for the sticker. When I was trying to get my Dueling
Field sticker, the guy said that I had to play at least one duel, so I faced
this kid that was around my age (15) and he was using a not bad, but not good
deck and I beat him 2 games in a row, so now my record today is 4-1 and I
received my 5th sticker. I said to myself, I had to get back on my winning
streak. All of a sudden, Alex faced a Staff member and he WON!? I
CAN'T BELIEVE IT! I was now better than Alex and he got into the Book of
Kings?! Well, I saw that he had 5 stickers as well, so we were now racing
and soon after talkin to the Staff member about the 6th sticker, he finally gave
it up. I booked a seat to the Exodia Training Zone which was my last place
to get my last sticker and then I saw the Magician's Workshop where 2 guys that
were on a stage were giving away PSV boosters and I realized that they were only
picking little kids. Us teenagers didn't like what happened and I
challenged one of the people to a game of Duel Monsters. At first, they
refused until they had an idea and said that they will face me under one
condition...if the match is a game of The Duelists of the Roses. Even
though I didn't kno how to play the game, I never say no to a challenge like
this, so I accepted and the duel was supposed to be held at 5:00 pm. It
was 11:30 am and I only needed two more stickers and the 6th one wasn't as hard
as any other stickers I had to get. All I had to do was to ask the guy for
the sticker and I got it. What I needed now was the Exodia Training
sticker and I would break the 1:15 pm record since it's now 12:00 pm. When
I arrived there, there was this little kid that won't stop talking. Well,
everyone realized that we had to face sum1 after the lecture. We couldn't
use our own decks to duel here because that would've given us the advantage
(good call to the Staff ppl). All the decks that were there were a
combination of the Yugi and Kaiba Starter Decks. I checked out what were
my tribute monsters and they were Rude Kaiser, Gaia the Fierce Knight, and the
Dark Magician. After the 15 minute lecture, I had to face the annoying
kid. Well, let's see if I can beat this guy.
Exodia Training
Zone
The Shadow vs. annoying little kid (both of us had to use a starter
deck.)
Well, at first, he had the lead until I was able to summon Rude Kaiser
with Invigoration. 2 turns later, I summoned the Dark Magician.
Another 2 turns later, I summoned Gaia the Fierce Knight. In other words,
too easy.
5-1
There it was...the final
sticker! I was so happy that I was the first person with all 7 stickers,
but then out of the corner of my eye, while my sticker was being placed, Alex
was getting HIS final sticker. We got our final sticker at the exact same
time. Well, we got something to eat and we both agreed to do it all over
again after we ate at Villa Pizza. When we were eating, I saw the 2 guys
that ran the Magician's Workshop and they said that I should give up on trying
to beat the two of them and I said that since it would be unfair to do a 2 vs.
1, I picked one of the guys that calls himself Duel Master Rob. Rob
accepted the challenge and reminded me that it's still Duelist of the
Roses. Anyways, that time, it was now about 2:00 pm when I got another bag
of stuff (This time my common was Driving Snow, and wut a coincidence that it's
snowing in VA right now.) I put my name on the card again and faced about
4 ppl in a best out of 3 match and I didn't lose one match, so my record is now
13-1. Soon, my name was called again and this time, I had to face a guy
that was in a suit like the 2 guys back in the Magician's Workshop. I
couldn't lose 2 times here. This was my last shot into getting my name on
that Book of Kings. Well, here goes nothing.
Millennium Puzzle
Challenge
The Shadow vs. Staff member in a suit (Mechanicalchaser
Beatdown)
Well, his deck was like mine, but the only differences were that he
played Mechanicalchasers and Harpie's Brother instead of La Jinn and Morphing
Jar. We were exchanging some very hard blows until all of a sudden, he had
a Harpie's Brother with an Axe of Despair and a Jinzo out and seeing that I was
at only 600 Life points to his 2300, I conceded the match to
him.
13-2
Now I was shell-shocked. I
didn't want to see myself lose like this. I saw that the King of Games
challenge was about to begin again so I took my seat and faced my first
opponent.
King of Games Challenge
Match 1
The Shadow vs. Some kid
(Beatdown Deck)
Well, this match wasn't very hard. He tried everything
he could to take out Jinzo, but he just couldn't get that job done, so I
won.
14-2
Match 2
The Shadow vs. a black kid (Trap Killing
Beatdown)
This guy was trying to stop all of my traps by using Trap Master
and Reaper of the Cards. I made sure that using their effects was not an
option, so I used all my hand killing cards and my field 0wning cards to beat
him.
15-2
FINAL MATCH!
The Shadow vs. Some guy that looked like
Adam Sandler (Maha Vailo/Relinquished Deck)
Well, at first I was in the lead
until he flipped over the Invader of the Throne. He said that he takes my
monster, so I looked at the card and it said to exchange control with IotT and
one monster, but he was too reluctant, so i had no choice but to let things
go. He was able to summon Relinquished and absorbed my WoI and when I had
my Goblins out, one of his cronies was telling him to be some trap on me.
I didn't kno wut it was until he flipped it and it was METALMORPH?! He
equipped it on Maha Vailo and took out my life points. Alex also saw wut
happened and he said that I was robbed from my win, but he just wouldn't admit
on wut happened. Right now, I curse that guy. I curse him that he
shall lose the next 619 matches and will get nothing out of his next 619
boosters. Cheater.
15-3
Right now, I
was extremely angry until I saw that it was almost 5:00 pm and my Magician's
Workshop Challenge was about to start. Before I went there, I got another
sticker from the Dueling Arcade for a total of 4 on the 2nd badge. After
giving out more boosters (NOW he gives more boosters to teenagers), Duel Master
Rob and I were now ready 2 duel each other. 2 PS2 controllers came out and
then all of a sudden, the TVs were now screens that showed the game. I
can't really describe the rules, but then all of a sudden, Rob called out 2
little kids to the stage. He exclaimed that these little kids were going
to be like our pawns. We had to tell them what to do and soon, there was a
crowd that was probably about 75 ppl watching our duel. There was a time
limit of 10 minutes. It was now time to see if a first timer like me can
beat an experienced player like Duel Master Rob.
The Duelist of the Roses
Challenge
The Shadow vs. Duel Master Rob
Since I didn't kno how to play
the game, I let Rob and his little pawn, Conner, go first. I saw what I
had to do. I had to aim for that guy that was over that rose to do serious
damage, but my monsters could only go one space at a time, so I had to go
through his monsters first. After a couple of turns, I saw him now setting
Sebek's Blessing and I was hoping that he wouldn't activate it cuse then when he
would attack with his strongest monster, the Two-Headed King Rex, he would gain
1600 Life Points (We started with 4000). It was now my turn and I told my
pawn, Jack, to try and summon a monster and then I saw a monster with 1850
called the Crow Goblin. I told him to summon it and move it one
space. Rob told Conner to send the Two Headed King Rex over the Sebek's
Blessing. I then made a big smile then I explained to him that you cant
send monsters over magic cards or the magic card would be destroyed. He
destroyed his own Sebek's Blessing and there were only 3 minutes left with my
team at 3550 and his team at 3000. I then told Jack to attack the THKR
with Crow Goblin and it destroyed the overgrown iguana with a Double Tornado
Blaster (as I liked to call it). Time ran out and our team won! That
was my first time playing it and I won
3550-2750.
16-3
Rob couldn't believe it and
gave each of us one booster for beating him (which I got a Gravity Bind out
of). All of a sudden, I heard this chanting going on from the crowd.
They were saying "Shadow! Shadow!" I couldn't believe it! I am
now getting more respect than I would back at Springfield! I saw that it
was time to go home and since my mom didn't like driving back there the next
day, Alex and I agreed to not go on the 2nd day. By the way, the next day,
I got Duelist of the Roses. So now I HAVE to do Props and
Slops.
Props:
-To me for getting into Towson and having a killer
deck.
-To my mom for taking me and Alex to Towson (THANKS MOM!)
-To Alex
for giving me Imperial Order (u rock)
-To both me & Alex for breaking the
time record at the same time (how'd that happen?)
-To me for beating Duel
Master Rob
-To me for beating sum1 with Gaia the Fierce Knight (lol)
-To
Villa Pizza for having sum good pizza.
-To Alex for getting into the Book of
Kings.
-To me for being the first person in Towson for winning the King of
Games Challenge.
-For ending up having a record of 16-3.
Slops:
-To
me for not getting into the book.
-To Eric, Goat, Patrick, and ne1 else I
missed 4 not showing up at Towson.
-To that Adam Sandler lookalike for
cheating (I still curse u.)
-To that long line at the beginning of the
day.
-To the mall for not having Popeye's.
-To nething else I
missed.
I can't wait until the next Mall Tour
that comes around VA. Well, if u want 2 contact me, E-mail me at
SpedyMatt@aol.com or IM me at SpedyMatt. Until Part 9, HAVE A NICE
DAY!