The Legend of the Shadows Deck
Matthew "The Shadow" Sita
Wizards of the Coast
Springfield, VA
April 19th, 2003
1st Tourney: 6 participants; 2nd Tourney: 24 participants

     FINALLY!  The Shadow has come BACK to Pojo.com.  You c The Shadow had to do something with his deck since the current weeks that I didn't post my reports because I am no longer the PM champion.  Also during that time, I was getting and losing my AM championship as well (also including knocking down that backstabber known as Alex).  When I said backstabber, I'm serious.  A week after the Mall Tour, Alex was starting to insult me and really getting on my bad side, but as always I made him shut up by knocking down his ranking not once, not twice, but 3 times in 2 weeks (twice in the AM tourneys and once in a PM tourney).  Anyways, when u c my deck, u'll c that there were some drastic changes like no more Morphing Jar (y I did that is only my reason 2 kno).  Neways, here's the new Shadow Deck.

The Shadow Deck v9.0:

Monsters (21):
1 Summoned Skull (Welcome back, SS)
2 Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer (anti-Bazoo)
3 Man-eater Bug (FEAR THE LITTLE TEETH!)
1 Cyber Jar (Why isn't this a Machine?)
2 White Magical Hat (anti-Gravity Bind n a partner of Kycoo's)
2 Magician of Faith (Help me get my Magic back)
1 Jinzo (It's not just a generation, its a Jinzoization.)
2 Hayabusa Knight (this+Mage Power=a very lethal bird.)
2 Goblin Attack Force (FEAR THE GOBLINS!)
1 Bazoo the Soul Eater (I love this baboon.)
2 Wall of Illusion (still stallin even though Geminis are out and rampant.)
1 Dream Clown (can't sleep...clowns will eat me...can't sleep...clowns will eat me...)
1 Witch of the Black Forest (almost anything can be search 4 now.)

Magic (15):
1 Premature Burial (Shibby! I get SS back.)
1 Change of Heart (Man-eaters chomp themselves.)
1 Monster Reborn (Now ur Jinzo is mine.)
1 Heavy Storm (It will soon be Major Restricted)
1 Swords of Revealing Light (IT'S TOO BRIGHT! AAAAAHHHHH!)
1 Snatch Steal (YOINK!)
1 Raigeki (Even more shocking than SS's Lightening Strike.)
1 Pot of Greed (I love this pot.)
2 Graceful Charity (What's wrong with "Angel's Gift?")
1 Harpie's Feather Duster (Best Magic card ever!)
1 Mage Power (Better than the Axe.)
1 Nobleman of Crossout (After suffering against them in the Mall Tour, I decide 2 play it.)
1 Dark Hole (WHOOPS!  Where did all our monsters go?)
1 Delinquent Duo (FEAR THE MESTEVIOUS DEMON TWINS!)

Traps (6):
1 Imperial Order (Oh, you want 2 Raigeki eh, not under the King's watch.)
1 Skull Lair (Proved itself worthy against Alex.)
1 Ceasefire (the best "After Cyber Jar" effect.)
1 Call of the Haunted (So, u want 2 Heavy Storm, sure, just let me get back Jinzo...HA-HA!)
1 Waboku (Thought Scapegoat was better...MAN was I wrong.)
1 Mirror Force (Oh no!  3 Geminis and 2 2500 Bazoos...HA-HA! (True Story))

Side Deck (15 as usual):
2 Dark Magicians (1 LOB, 1 SDY.)
1 Buster Blader (Waiting for the Black Pladin 2 cum out.)
1 Parasite Paracide (GET READY 2 B INFECTED!)
1 Exchange (Ok, I'll swap this n u can get this.)
1 Axe of Despair (1000 Points isn't 2 shabby.)
1 Fairy Meteor Crush (Just in case I feel like I need 2 make an impact on the opposing Life Points.)
1 Nobleman of Crossout (Just in case.)
1 Giant Trunade (Y is this here?)
1 Masked Sorcerer (Drawing power is good.)
1 Sangan (a little just in case.)
1 Skull Lair (Again just in case.)
2 Trap Hole (U go down the hole.)
1 Waboku (Yet ANOTHER just in case.)

"Fusion" Deck (1):
1 Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast (A lucky Japanese card of mine)

21+15+6=42 cards 1:1 monster:m/t Ratio.  As you can see, I said good-bye 2 a lot of cards like La Jinn, Barrel Dragon and Morphing Jar and said hello (or welcome back) 2 Kycoo, Bazoo, and SS.  Well, this deck is now a removal on Field, hand, and Graveyard deck.  Some of u viewers think of it in a way as another Anti-Exodia deck (Which a little part of it is), while others think it's another Beatdown deck (which another part of it is).  Anyways, the 1st tourney was a DOUBLE elimination, which I wasn't really used to.  Well, let's get this show on the road.

AM Tourney
Match 1
Shadow vs. sum guy (Relinquished deck)
Rounds 1 & 2: Well, he made sum big mistakes and that costed him.  He didn't even hit my life points.
2-0

     During the matches, I saw that Jason, who was probably 11 years old, but a REALLY good duelist, going against the kid that played Pokemon with a Gravity Bind/F-I-N-A-L deck.  Jason went on and beat him, while another friend of mine which he likes 2 call himself "The Big Boy" (don't kno y bcuse he isn't big at all) had 2 face sum kid that was using an Exodia deck.  The Big Boy won.  Well, 2 of the winners had 2 face each other while another winner had 2 face a loser while the other 2 losers had 2 face each other.  Well, Jason had a rematch with whom I'm calling now FINAL kid, while Exodia boy had 2 face my 1st opponent & I had 2 face "The Big Boy."  I talked 2 Big Boy earlier n he said that he now uses Offerings to the Doomed instead of Trap Hole (I guess 4 Jinzo).  Well, let's begin.

Match 2
Shadow vs. The Big Boy ("The Big Boy's" deck)
Round 1: There wasn't that much 2 it.  I used Kycoo 2 remove his cards from the graveyard, Skull Lair 2 take out ne threats (Geminis), and finished him off with a good blast from the King of Fiends better known as Summoned Skull.

Round 2: Now I saw that he was using Offerings to the Doomed.  When he had no cards in his hand n I had my Jinzo out, he topdecked OttD.  Luckily I had my Call of the Haunted waiting 4 that 2 happen, so i dented his life points n since he couldn't draw bcuse of OttD second effect, I won.
4-0

     During those rounds, Jason won his match against FINAL boy eliminating him, and Exodia boy eliminated my 1st opponent.  Now there were only 4 people left:

The Shadow (me)
Jason (11 year old person that was pretty good n can't stop loving Sinister Serpent).
"The Big Boy" (Current AM champ-1 loss on him)
Exodia boy (name says it all-1 loss on him)

     Since there were 2 ppl with undefeated records, me and Jason had 2 face each other for the AM title.  Now in the past, I had a bone 2 pick with Jason.  U c a little while back when I was forced 2 defend my PM title, Jason thought that Ceasefire can only work during a Phase, but I thought that as soon as it's ur opponent's turn, I can activate it as long as it has been set.  He was 2 reluctant n his stupid recovery/burner deck forced me 2 lose my title.  Now he uses a Beatdown deck filled with wut he likes 2 call "beating sticks," like 2 Geminis, 3 Kycoos, n 3 Bazoos (dude, u should at least replace a couple of them with MoF, or M-eB).  Neways, here's how it went down.

Match 3 (Winner gets 1st)
Shadow vs. Jason (Beating Stick deck)
Round 1: The combined power of Jinzo and SS proved itself worthy and it destroyed him.

Round 2: It was close, but he somehow beat me.

Round 3: Now this a murder house on me.  He somehow got a full field on 2nd turn filled with 2 Kycoos, 2 Geminis and a Bazoo with about 8500 on me AND he destroyed my side of the field with a Harpie's Feather Duster and a Raigeki.  Overwhelmed and frustrated, I gave up.
5-2

     I was VERY angry!  I had NO clue how he pulled it off.  Well, I had 2 face Exodia boy since he Exodiaed Big Boy out.  Now was a good time 2 test this deck out against Exodia.  So, here we go.

Match 4
Shadow vs. Exodia boy (Exodia deck)
Round 1: Really, there wasn't a round bcuse when he summoned a Sangan, I asked him if he knew that Sangans are Major Restricted, and he said that they are Minor Restricted (wrong answer).  Paul heard that and checked his deck n saw a 2nd Sangan and DQ him.

     Bcuse of the DQ, Big Boy had 2 face me (again).  I was getting angrier and angrier by the second bcuse I REALLY wanted 2 face an Exodia deck 2day.  Well, I wasn't really that focused bcuse of all my anger I had inside me just that morning, so I might just lose my mind this time around since Jason n his ANNOYING voice was sitting right next 2 me talking, while I was dueling.  Anyways, let me show u wut happened.

Match 4 (the real one): 1 loss on me
Shadow vs. "The Big Boy" ("The Big Boy" deck)
Round 1: Because of OttD, Jinzo, and Jason's interference, I lost this one.

Round 2: During the matches, I told Jason 2 sit down and SHUT UP!  I managed 2 get SS out and Skull Lair 2 diminish him.

Round 3: That win all of a sudden cleared my head and I was now in a deep focus.  Now since I was focused, I was able 2 eliminate any threats and used my favorite combo, White Magical Hat and Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, to take him out.
7-3

     Well, 2nd place isn't bad, but I'm still a little ticked on how Jason got 5 monsters on me in 2 turns without any effort.  Even now, when I'm typing 2 u Shadow fans and Pojo.com, the back of my mind is saying that he was stacking, better known as cheating, but I can't prove it.  Anyways, I got 2nd place n all I got was a Spirit Message (4got wut letter) and Jowgen the Spiritualist.  The best pack was Jason's Fire Princess.  FINAL boy got like 6 packs and I opened one 4 him n it got him his 3rd Destiny Board (both of us were surprised).  Currently, he has 2 complete sets of the F-I-N-A-L set n he needs a couple more letters 2 make his 3rd complete set.  During the time of the next tourney, I decided 2 play Exodia boy which he took out his 2nd Sangan n I beat him 5 games to none, making my record currently 12-3 today.  Basically, all I did was walk around the mall, played sum games in the arcade, and did a couple of practice duels with my fun deck which was an awful Fusion deck (the fusion cards were Thousand Dragon, Skull Knight, and St. Joan).  Of coarse, I lost all those duels even though I somehow managed 2 pull off getting St. Joan out (I only had 1 Polymerization (don't ask me y)).  Since that wasn't my Shadow Deck, those don't count, so don't start saying that those should count cuse that record is 4 my original deck.  Well, during my duels, a VERY annoying person that was working at WOTC (I shaln't say ne names bcuse then I might get suspended from WOTC), was starting 2 annoy me.  Anyway, the PM tourney was just about 2 start n I had 2 face a big guy that sounded like Rocky Balboa from the Rocky series.  Well, let's get THIS show on the road now.

PM Tourney
Match 1
The Shadow vs. Rocky (Beatdown deck)
Rounds 1 & 2: Well, he really didn't do well against me.  1st Round, I knocked him out by giving him a 7100 blast on turn 4.  Second round I just kept on jabbing on his life points until I summoned Jinzo and knocked him out of the ring.
14-3

     During the matches, I saw that Roy, now currently my ex-manager in Dungeon Dice Monsters, faced Yolanda, whom I had a minor crush on.  Seeing how Roy spelled FINAL on her, I promised her that I'll beat him (but in a way as a friend would say that).  Well, my next opponent was a 9-10 year old girl named Michelle that said that if she was a little older, then she would want 2 go out with me (That was a little scary since I was 15).  Well, let me showed u what happened.

Match 2
The Shadow vs. PiCatchYou [as she liked 2 call herself (Toon deck)]
Rounds 1 & 2: She saw that I was NOT playing my fun deck on her (y would I?), n was starting 2 get scared.  Since it was her 1st tourney, I showed her the new generation...JINZOIZATION!  I summoned in both duels Jinzo and Summoned Skull with a 1500 Mage Power and knocked her out.
16-3

     She now says that she doesn't like me nemore bcause of Jinzoization (now y would someone hate Jinzoization really?).  Well, now we were in the Top 6 since there were fewer ppl, n here are the ppl left:
The Shadow (me.)
Jason (current AM champ (still think he's stacking.))
Roy (Must get revenge for Yolanda.)
Overfiend (Dark Necrofear deck)
sum guy (sry, but 4got name, Mystic Plasma Zone deck)
Beatdown person (Beatdown deck)

     Well, well, well.  I got 2 face Jason AGAIN!  Then Paul made an announcement that I didn't like.  The Top 6 play DOUBLE ELIMINATION!  I was now furious bcuse I wanted 2 put him in the bottom 3.  Well, I wanted 2 REALLY get him back n c if he was cheating.  Well, let's begin.

Top 6/Match 3
The Shadow vs. Jason (Beating Stick deck)
Round 1: So far, I don't see him cheating.  I managed 2 Kycoo his Serpent so it can't be returned 2 his hand and beat him.

Round 2: During that match, he was shuffling where I couldn't shuffle which got me thinking.  He somehow got ALL his elimination cards and his beating sticks and beat me.

Round 3: Nearly the EXACT same thing happened 2 me when I faced him in the AM Tourney.  He got a superpowered Gemini on the field and I just did a TKO (Technical KnockOut) on myself.
17-4

     NOW I was angry.  I now have one loss on me n it's all bcuse of Jason's stacking ways.  Roy asked me if when I cut if there was a card slightly sticking out in the middle, n there was.  Roy said that he WAS cheating because he was looking at his cards so I couldn't c n the card sticking out was where I wanted 2 cut (I have 2 admit, 4 a 10 year old kid, Roy's pretty smart).  Well, we checked on who played who n I had 2 face ROY!  I finally get my revenge for Yolanda.  When we sat down 2 face each other, Roy said no cheating n of coarse, I agreed as long as he doesn't cheat also, which he agreed to.  I said even though we were friends, I still couldn't 4give him 4 eliminating Yolanda by getting FINAL out n I promised that THIS match will b UR FINAL match 4 this tourney since we both have loss on each other.  My dark blood was boiling when I put on now my infamous Millennium Puzzle and began the duel.

Match 4: 1 loss on both players (losers out on this Match)
The Shadow vs. Roy (FINAL/Exodia deck)
Round 1: Roy first tried 2 pull FINAL on me like how he did 2 Yolanda, but since I actually expected that 2 cum, I summoned Jinzo 2 negate the Destiny Board, Dusted away the Board, and swepted away his Life Points along with his Board.

Round 2: Now Roy tried 2 do both Exodia and FINAL!  Since I thought that he was trying 2 spell FINAL again, I only played Jinzo.  Then I saw that he Cannon Soldiered his Sangan 2 get an Exodia piece n then hoped 4 only one card, my Delinquent Duo.  If I can get that, then I can use my Kycoo 2 eradicate those pieces.  That's when I close my eyes, focused again, felt my spirit along with my Puzzle shine and drew my card.  Well, my Destiny Draw worked.  I drew my cool demons known better than the DELINQUENT DUO!  Now I needed luck 2 b on my side so I can hit an Exodia Piece.  My half-psychic side acted up and saw 4 pieces of Exodia in his hand out of 6 cards, but I didn't kno where exactly the Exodia parts were, so Lady Luck had 2 b on my side.  I chose a card and it was the Right Arm!  Since he saw that Exodia was probably going 2 b gone, he discarded the Left Leg.  I summoned Kycoo, attacked Cannon Soldier with it, taking out the 2 pieces of Exodia and after that, it was free pickings as I got my revenge 4 Yolanda.
19-4

     Well, I finally avenged Yolanda.  Now part of my mission was done, SLAMMING Roy down to 6th place since Roy was the first 2 have a double loss.  Now since being the undefeated person was the only way 2 get first, I had 2 get 2nd place n that means facing everyone else that wasn't already eliminated and get 2nd, but if I lose 2 neone, the my ranking is as is.  So, lets begin!

Match 5: 1 loss on both players (loser fights 4 either 5th or 4th since 6th & 1st have been decided; the winner fights 4 2nd and 3rd)
The Shadow vs. Overfiend (Dark Necrofear deck)
Rounds 1 & 2: He was trying 2 of coarse, summon one of his 2 Dark Necrofears, but since I played Kycoo, he couldn't do a thing, so Kycoo was the key 2 victory here.
21-4

     NOW I'm on fire!  I was ready 2 face either person that was left.  When I was waiting on my next opponent though, my annoying older brother, Nino, and his cronies, were there 2 pick me up saying that my father called them 2 pick me up.  I told them that I wasn't done, so they gave me 15 minutes (the REALLY don't have that much patience).  Anyways, here were the 2 ppl 2 choose from.  There was a person that likes to use the Mystic Plasma Zone Field (I REALLY want 2 play him since Jinzo and SS would love that field), and there was another person that was using a Basic Beatdown deck.  The Beatdown won unfortunately and I had 2 face him.  Oh well, a match is a match.

Match 6 (Winner: 2nd place; Loser: 3rd place)
Rounds 1 & 2: He was making a LOT of careless mistakes like not attacking and playing weaker monsters (I guess that he was intimidated that he was facing the Shadow).  His mistakes costed him 2nd place as SS was the king of the field as I won.
23-4

     I got yet again 2nd place, but u wouldn't believe who got 1st (actually, it was kinda predictable...), it was JASON!  Jason was now a double champion and he doesn't even deserve it.  Well, I got 6 booster packs and I remember a little while back that Jason was and still is looking for a Dark Necrofear.  Hoping 2 laugh at his face when I hopefully get it, I just got my 6 boosters when my brother was telling me that it was time 2 go (DAMMIT!).  Well, out of first 5 packs, all I basically got was a Mask of the Accursed, and then I opened my last pack and it was..........DARK NECROFEAR!  I GOT A DARK NECROFEAR AND NOW JASON IS LOOKING 4 ONE!  Once I c him again, I'll flash this Necrofear at his face and laugh at his cheating face as I got the card he needs.  Until then, Props & Slops:

Props:
-2 me 4 getting 2nd twice
-2 me 4 getting Dark Necrofear.
-2 me 4 avenging Yolanda against Roy.
-2 Yolanda 4 being a cool person.
-2 Jason 4 not getting his Necrofear yet
-Luv that chicken from Popeye's!

Slops:
-2 me 4 not being the double champion.
-2 Roy 4 eliminating Yolanda
-2 Jason n his stacking ways
-2 me 4 not getting Magic Cylinder yet.
-2 that backstabber better known as ALEX!
-2 Eric, Goat, n Patrick 4 of wut I'm hearing, quitting Yu-Gi-Oh! and siding 2 Magic: The Gathering.

     Well, my next Legend is my 10th Legend.  In that Legend, not only will b like an ordinary Legend, I will recap all of my good memories in every Legend.  I will also in the 10th Legend, add up ALL my wins and losses and I'll let Pojo.com and all the MILLIONS (and MILLIONS) of viewers on this website 2 decide if I'm a good duelist or not.  Just in case, if u want 2 contact me, e-mail me at
SpedyMatt@aol.com or IM me at SpedyMatt (no junk mail cuse I get enough of that already).  Until my 10th Anniversary where I'll make it one of my best, CAN U SMELLLLLLLLLA WUT THE SHADOW IS COOKIN?!