Outdated Beatdown
lufia22
Van's Cards and Comics
Madison Mississippi
lufia20@hotmail.com

Deck:

Monsters

1x Harpie's Brother
2x Magician of Faith
2x 7 Colored Fish
1x Man Eater Bug
1x Spear Dragon
1x Geafried the Iron Knight
1x Goblin Attack Force
1x Summoned Skull
1x Penguin Soldier
1x Cannon Soldier
1x Witch of the Black Forest
1x Bazoo the Soul Eater
1x Cyber Jar
1x Hayabusa Knight
1x Sinister Serpent
1x Spirit Reaper
1x Dark Elf

Magic

2x Fissure
1x Dark Hole
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Noblman of Crossout
1x Scapegoat
1x Heavy Storm
1x Change of Heart
1x Tribute to the Doomed
1x Raigeki
1x Pot of Greed
1x Monster Reborn
1x Swords of Revealing Light
1x Graceful Charity
1x Harpie's Feather Duster

Traps

1x Torrential Tribute
2x Trap Hole
2x Waboku
1x Imperial Order

Comments: This isn't the exact deck that I had at the tournament but
          it's pretty close. I hate beatdown, yet I use it. Mine is
	  really outdated, but what can I say, I don't buy YGO cards.
	  It's getting updated really slowly but very soon I'm about
	  to stop using it. I'm sure a lot of you have heard about
	  Necrovalley and the Gravekeeper's. I urge all of you newbies
	  to go out there and attempt this deck. Not only is it easy to
	  make (most of the mons are commons) but it's actually a
	  pretty decent deck on its own. Please try and stay away from
	  beatdown. Beatdown will get outdated very soon and it's very
	  expensive. Yatalock is about the same. It's really mostly a
	  beatdown with hand destruction cards in it for the most part.
	  So do yourself a favor and explore other areas of the CCG.
	  You may find it to be cheaper.

Prizes

1st $40 worth of YGO packs
2nd $20 worth of YGO packs
3rd-4th $10 worth of YGO packs
5th-6th 2 YGO packs of your choice (except LOB)

Comments: The prizes were horrible this time. They keep getting worse
	  and worse. The prizes depend on how many are there and
	  recently there haven't been many people showing up. Bummer.

Setup

Like normal, we go through three one hour rounds. The winner of the two
out of three duels gets three points (as to why we don't just get one
point and keep it simple is beyond me). The players with the best
scores go to the finals (which in this tournament was the top 6). The
finals consist of the best two out of three rounds of elimination.

The setup has gotten worse and worse. We first started out with a
pretty decent setup. You played three rounds normally and however many
games you won, you got one point for them. It wasn't best two out of
three in the first rounds but you would play three duels and for each
one of those you won you got a point. This still has flaws (i.e.
friends deciding to split points) but it's a lot better than the one at
this tournament.

Duels

Duel #1 - Ventura vs Lufia22
R1:
V: 8000-6000-5000-4000-1900-0
L: 8000-6000-3800-2700-2600

R2:
V: 8000-7700-7000-6750
L: 8000-5400-2850-1750-0

R2:
V: 8000-5900-3400-1900-0
L: 8000-5500-4800

Comments: I'm sitting here reporting this tournament almost two weeks
after it took place. I don't remember much so bare with me. This is
ventura, one of the only challenges at the tournament I go to. Is he
good? No, not really. His deck sucks but so does mine, that is why he
can beat me sometimes. As you can see, this duel was pretty close but
I got through. 3 Points

Duel #2 - Matt vs Lufia22

R1:
M: 8000-6200-4400-2600-1300-0
L: 8000-6700

R2:
M: 5700-3500-3000-1500-0
L: 8000-7500-7000

Comments: This guy was a little kid. He was actually a younger brother
of one of my brother's old friends. I went easy on him by letting him
do little things but he knew how to play pretty well for a little kid.
One of the more fun games in this tournament. It's fun seeing cards you
wouldn't normally see. I like freshness in a CCG. Course, I couldn't
let him win because my two rivals were at this tournament (Ventura and
Mitch). Not to sound cheesy or anything, but I also say this because
the prizes were so horrible that I had to get 2nd or 1st to really get
anything decent. 6 points

Duel #3 - Mitch vs Lufia22

R1:
M: 8000-4000
L: 8000-6200-5700-3200-2400-500-0

R2:
M: 8000-6200-3700-1200-600-0
L: 8000-6200-5500-4700-2800-2550

R3:
M: 8000-7000-3500-900-600-0
L: 8000-7000-6600

Comments: Wow, I'm so lucky. I get to go up against all the good
players in the tournaments! I seriously thought I was going to lose
this duel after that first round. Mitch (he lives down the street from
me) had seriously powered up his deck since last time. His deck looks
very close to those Yatalock Clones you see running everywhere. What
was his flaw? He only had 11 monsters. How did I win? He didn't draw
very many monsters in the last two duels. Ha! I also did alright in the
first duel and stuck in there pretty well and I did 4000 in one attack.
This is just one of those examples that skill is better than your
deck's power. And all of you who have seen my deck above will know that
it sucks horribly. 9 points

Duel #4 - Ventura vs Lufia22

R1:
V: 8000-4700-4500-0
L: 8000-6400-4800-4000-3400

R2:
V: 8000-7100
L: 8000-5100-0

R3:
V: 8000-6200-4200-1900-900
L: 8000-7900-6900-5900-4900-2400-850-0

Comments: Ok, I was seriously pissed and still am that I had to play
Ventura YET AGAIN! I'm going to seriously consult the store owner about
the flaws in this tournament. He's a nice guy and I've become sort of
friends with him so I think he'll listen. He basically clobbered me
in the second duel. I can't remember it much but the duel may have
actually be longer than it looks. I thought I had the last duel in the
bag. He had 900 LP when I had 4900 LP. He gets an SS out and I let him
attack with it thinking I could take the damage and save my waboku for
later, BIG MISTAKE. The next few turns I tried to finish off his 900 LP
several times but every time he seemed to pop something out like a
Waboku or something. Then what does he pop out next? A Skull Lair.
What perfect timing for him! It's late game, he hast tons of cards to
remove therefor meaning I can't summon anything without it getting
blatantly destroyed! So I quickly went on the best defense I could make
to try and get an m/t removal but to no avail...due to a stupid card
I had put into the deck: Swarm of Scarabs. Only until this duel did I
realize it said "Flip Summon" not a flip effect! What a stupid mistake.
If I had kept my MEB in there instead of Scarabs I might have stalled
longer if not won! Careless errors are crucial moments. Lady Luck is
never on my side. 0 Life Points. *Buzzer* You're outta here!

And so I lost the tournament in 5th place and I got two boosters of
mostly crap.

Unfortunately, I was the judge at this tournament so I had to stay and
watch the rest of it (even though they usually never ask for my help).
Ventura won. I was his best opponent.

The funny thing is, Mitch told Ventura in my last duel with Ventura
that if Ventura beat me then he would give Ventura a holo. What a big
mistake. Mitch probably had a chance against me. Ventura's deck has a
few cards I would never put into a deck but he also has cards like
Magic Cylinders. These cards make his deck a step up from mine. Mitch
thought he could beat Ventura. Oh boy was he wrong! He lost against
ventura and got either 3rd or 4th AND he had to give up a holo card.
He was a bit pissed after that.

I just need to visit the card shop and pick up some cheap common
Gravekeeper's. I got me a Gravekeeper's Chief ordered and on the way in
the mail. All that is left is to get me a couple of Necrovalleys and
one more Chief and I'm set. Necrovalley, here I come!

Props:

-I got to be the judge (rightly so)
-Seeing Mitch get killed in his own game
-Seeing a 19 year old with a 2 year old's deck (man was it horrible and
then the 19 year old got pissed because he couldn't be a little kid!
Good stuff.)

Slops:

-The tournament setup is very flawed
-Crappy boosters
-Beatdown still reigns supreme
-I had to duel Ventura more than once AGAIN
-Prizes sucked
-My deck sucks
-I had very little fun

Overall Appeal: Bad

Fin