Defensive Smackdown
lufia22
Van's Cards and Comics
Madison, Mississippi

(Note: Not all these cards were in the deck for this tourney but most
were.)

Monsters:

1x Man Eater Bug
1x Dark Elf
3x Harpie's Brother
1x Summoned Skull
1x Morphing Jar
1x Big Eye
1x Wall of Illusion
2x Magician of Faith
1x Penguin Soldier
1x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Twin Headed Fire Dragon
2x 7 Colored Fish

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1x Mask of Darkness
2x White Magical Hat
1x Gearfriend the Iron Knight

Magic:

1x Scapegoat
2x Malevolent Nuzzler
1x Dark Hole
1x Change of Heart
2x Fissure
1x Tribute to the Doomed
1x Giant Trunade
1x Heavy Storm
1x Spiritualism
1x Bait Doll
1x Monster Reborn

Traps:

1x Robbin' Goblin
2x Trap Hole
2x Waboku
1x Seven Tools of the Bandit
1x Imperial Order

Sidedeck:

1x Malevolent Nuzzler
1x Nobleman of Extermination
1x Horn of Heaven
1x Skull Lair
1x Eternal Rest
1x Seven Tools of the Bandit
1x Collected Power
1x Infinite Dismissal
2x Soul Release
1x Skull Dice
1x Card Destruction
1x Exchange
1x Maha Vailo
1x Shadow of Eyes

I know this is NOT a good deck. I've been playing for a year. I started
out on the Pojo apprentice league so I know what a good deck is and
what isn't. This deck is okay, it's about on par with all the rest at
the tournament. I could go on the defense easily with this deck. I hate
giving decks names anyways. Anyways, on to the tournament!

Play Format:

This was a tournament at the local card shop I have been going to
for years (Van's Cards and Comics). The tournament starts out with
three rounds. In each round you are paired up with someone and you duel
three times. For each of those you win you get one point. At the end
of all three rounds, the top 8 people (with a max of 9 points) will
go on to the final rounds in which it is a bracket type tournaments
using 2/3 duels instead of the previous type of duels. The first three
rounds lasted 50 minutes each and the top 8 had no time limit. If you
ran out of time, both players got .5 points.

Prizes:

For entering you get one pack of PSV or LON.

8th-5th place: 1 extra PSV or LON pack
4th and 3rd: $15 of store credit
2nd: $30 of store credit
1st: $70 of store credit

Report:

1st Round:

Black Haired Kid:

Every duel was easy. I went through undefeated and
gained 3 points in this round. I tried to help him out with strategy
and his deck but it was really hard to talk to him.

My bro went through this round with 2 points.

2nd Round:

Kid Close to My Age:

Since I was undefeated they paired me up with someone undefeated in
the 1st round as well.

1st Duel: Went by smoothly, was sort of easy.
2nd Duel: This one was a little hard. I won though.
3rd Duel: I layed it out hard early in this one and I won.

I went through undefeated in Round two and gained 3 points for a total
of 6 now. I had the highest points in the tourney at the end of round
two.

My bro gained 0 points in this round.

3rd Round:

Quiet Kid:

Again, I was undefeated so I was paired up with another undefeated, the
person who beat my brother three times.

1st Duel: I can't really remember it but it was close, he won by laying
out a bunch of good cards, which I don't even have.
2nd Duel: This one was another close duel, I won this one.
3rd Duel: Ok, this was going close again but he got Summoned Skull out
and Masked Beast to finish off my 4050 LP.

I got 1 point in round three for a total of 7 points.
My bro got 2 points in this round for a total of 5.

The highest anyone could have gotten after round two was 8 points. Only
one person had this so I was destined to go to the final rounds. I
really wanted to win the first round of this one. If I did, I would
automatically get the $15 store credit.

Top 8 Rounds:

Semi-intelligent Judge:

1st Duel: Ok, he had a better deck than me. I hung in there as much as
I could but he beat me.
2nd: This one was VERY good. He clearly had me outmatched but I hung in
with 750 LP for a long time until I finally took a risk and lost it.

I am now kicked out of the last round but I do get an extra booster.
After the tournament I buy a new Joey Starter deck and I trade for an
Imperial Order (the one in my deck now) so I hope that my deck will be
great next time. Everyone ran Beatdown so once I get enough money/cards
to make a Weenie Rush, let the clobbering begin!

Props:

-I got IO
-I got very far for a deck that is only mediocre
-I played very well
-I had fun once the tournament kicked up

Slops:

-I risked too much on the last duel
-Too many beatdowns
-Not many people who knew the rulings, even the 'judges'
-Not winning that ONE round

Overall: I went 7-4