Subject : Eight Giant Hand Destruction - Jon Goscha, The Arena, Salina Kansas

Eight Giant Hand Destruction
Jon Goscha
The Arena in Salina, Kansas
Saturday July 31, 2004

At most 20 People entered the tournament.
5 Dollars to enter
1st Place - 6 IOC packs
2nd Place - 3 IOC packs
3rd Place - 2 IOC packs.

Monsters = 16
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1x Yata-Garasu
1x Sinister Serpent
1x DD Warrior Lady
1x Exiled Force
1x Sangan
1x Witch of the Black Forest
2x Mystic Tomato
2x spirit reaper
2x Kycoo the ghost destroyer
1x Tribe infecting Virus
2x Gemini Elf
1x Jinzo

Magic = 19
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1x Forceful sentry
1x Delinquent Duo
1x Confiscation
1x Nobleman of Crossout
3x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Harpies Feather Duster
1x Mirage of Nightmare
1x Premature Burial
1x Monster Reborn
1x Dark Hole
1x Raigeki
2x D.D. Designator
1x Change of Heart
1x Snatch Steal
1x Graceful Charity
1x Pot of Greed

Trap = 7
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1x Mirror Force
1x Imperial Order
1x Ring of Destruction
1x Call of the Haunted
3x Drop Off

Side Deck
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2x Barrel Behind the Door
2x Trap of Board Eraser
1x Magical Scientist
1x Painful Choice
1x Vampire Lord
2x Spear Dragon
1x Goblin Attack Force
1x Swords of revealing light
1x Heavy Storm
3x some other cards can't remember

Ok, So now onto the good stuff.

Note: I was sort of nervous going into this tournament.  I won the last 3 
tournaments here.  And was
looking for the 4th.

Before the Tournament: Ok. Well, after i woke up (watched yugioh and 
showered) i went to the arena.
I was surpised that when i got there, thier was quite a few people there 
already.  So, i went around and
talked to a few people mainly Craig and Travis.  I watched them duel a 
couple times.  And then i dueld
some little kid with my fire deck.  It did fairly ok.  But we left it at a 
tie cause i couldn't sit there and go
through another duel.  So finally I signed up.  And while doing that i saw 
Josh and Mike and sat with
them and talked till the tournament started.

1st Round! :  Well, the judge named off the list for the 11 and under 
devision, and then came the 12 and
up.  After almost all names were called, i was starting to get worried.  But 
my name was called last and was
told that i would recieve a bye.  So I sat down (but couldn't relax because 
i wanted to duel) and i watched
craig (who runs a burner deck) duel some amature.  Nothing much happened.

2nd Round!!:  Finally it was time to duel!  Well, I get matched up against 
travis (who i knew ran a burner
deck) so i did some side decking for barrel behind the door and trap of 
board erasers. The First duel was
interesting.  I was getting scared cause he was taking my life down with a 
grave keepers servent and a
witch.  But i attacked his witch with a DDWL and then some how pulled out a 
Jinzo and won the duel.
During the 2nd Duel we both decided to do some side-decking.  I took out the 
BBtD for 2 drop offs.
Well, He started off controling the match.  He had a des coalla or whatever 
it is called.  But he had no cards
in his hand, and i snatch stole it and yata locked him.

3rd Round!: Now i get to play Kristoph.  You never know what kind of deck 
this kid is playing, because he
always quits and starts up again.  (no offense).  But anyways.  I yata 
locked him in the first duel.  And in the
second duel i was able to get out my jinzo to attack.  And after a while we 
were both top decking.  But i got
the better hand.  And i won.

4th Round!: Now that most of the people were eliminated the tournament style 
went from round robin to
bracket style.  My opponent was Mike.  Mike is a very good dueler.  He was 
the person I faced off against
(in the finals) in the last singles tournament i went to.  Mike was 
barrowing some chaos cards from his friend
tommy who wasn't able to attend the tournament.  But i was lucky to get a 
spirit reaper out when he had 3
monsters on the field, and was able to stall and then take control.  Second 
match, i was able to attack and it
was either yata lock or i was just beating him down with my 1900 and up 
monsters.

5th Round!: Next I get the privalage to duel Chris.  Chris is an experienced 
dueler.  When I was dueling him
he said he had gotten 3rd place in the last few tournaments he had entered.  
And i thought that was sortof
impressive.  So on to the dueling. I went first in the first duel.  I 
summoned sangan.  and next turn he attacks,
and i get a dd warrior lady.  And it goes back and forth.  I finally win the 
match by making him top deck, and
getting yata out.  Next duel.  He sets 4 magic/traps on the first turn and 
one face down card.  (this made me
nervous) but i can't remember what all they were.  But he top decked prety 
fast because of that.  I soon was
attacking with jinzo and spirit reaper directly to clear the field.  He then 
draws a night assailent to destroy
my Jinzo.  So all i have is spirit reaper on the field.  He then draws a 
luster dragon (1900 attack one) and
attacks my spirit reaper.  Well, i turn my spirt reaper to defense mode.  
Now my life points are at like 4950 or
something.  He draws raigeki and plays it.  I was really nervous on this 
next draw.  But i draw monster reborn
and reborn jinzo and attack for game.

6th Round!: Now, it's the finals.  It's me vs Josh.  Josh is a friend of 
mikes who i dueled in the 4th round.
He goes first.  I don't remember mutch about the first match.  But i somehow 
get down to 4000 something.
and then he is able to summon his BLS and attacks my T-IV and then my life 
points for game.  The next
duel, he gets out his chaos and attacks directly then uses the effect.  I 
end up at like 600 life points.  I
get back my sinster serpent, and then draw monster reborn.  I reborn his 
Chaos Emperor.  I attack.  He
is at 3400 life points.  He draws and then sets the card.  I draw.  And then 
ask if that is on the field or in
his hand.  It was on the field.  I sat there for like (what seemed like an 
hour) a minute and decided whether
to attack or not.  But i thought he was bluffing and what are the chances of 
him drawing anything.  So I
attack.  And it was a stupid Magic Cylinders.  And he wins.  So, good job to 
Josh.  And good luck in the
next tournament where i will be lookin' to play you again.

Props:
To me for getting 2nd.
To Josh for beating me (he doesn't get to do that very often) To the store owner for holding the Tournament To me for getting a wild natures release and freed the brave wanderer out of 
my packs.

Slops:
To me for getting 2nd.  (and for my streak ending)
To MAGIC CYLIDERS!!! who even uses it anyways.

Thanks for reading.  And my e-mail is jon_the_genius64@hotmail.com