Deck Name: Hunter of the Dead
Name: Voltaire Abaya(thunderv11@yahoo.com)
Location: A World of Books, San Leandro, CA
Date: 10/8/03

Deck List:

Tribute Monsters(1):
The Fiend Megacyber

Monsters(15):
3x Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
2x Gilasaurus
2x Mad Sword Beast
2x Spear Dragon
Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier
Banisher of the Light
Sinister Serpent
Fiber Jar
Sangan
Witch of the Black Forest

Magic(18):
3x Soul Release
3x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Fissure
2x Graceful Charity
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Raigeki
Dark Hole
Harpy's Feather Duster
Heavy Storm
Monster Reborn
Change of Heart

Traps(6):
3x Raigeki Break
Imperial Order
Mirror Force
Call of the Haunted

Vital Stats:
~Total: 40 Cards
~Deck Name: Hunter of the Dead
~Deck Theme: Graveyard Control
~Deck Version: 2.1

After last week's disappointment, I know 1 thing: I wasn't ready to take on
A World of Books with an incomplete deck. But maybe this time, a _MORE_ 
complete deck would work. ...ehem, or something like that. Well, I can't
say much for any of my other decks, except for my Light deck and my 
Gradius decks... that I liked them, or cared about them, at least, but this
is my favorite deck of all time. It ROCKS. Plain and simple. I like this 
deck. It's really awesome. It brings tears to my eyes... ;_; Yus. Indeed.
For those of you keeping score, this deck is 75% up and running.

$6 to enter
We got PGD packs for entering
Prize is... well, I've never won, so ;P

Round 1: Voltaire(Eternal) vs. Alan(K-Force One's Joey)
        Alan's a good player. We played once before in tournament, and I
won on an unlucky Fiber Jar flip on his part. Well... him and me, well...
it seemed to be his Fiber Jar flips that screwed him up last time. Let's
see what happens this week... especially with K-Force and A-1 running
around all over this place... grrr...
        First duel, he doesn't really seem focused. He starts out with
a couple magic or trap cards and 1 set. Okay, I storm. Imperial. MST.
Dark Hole. Summon Kycoo. Attack. Early hit in. Good. He takes it out and
attack me back. We exchange blows for a couple of turns. Hmmm... I
try to take advantage of open fields and such, but I can't capitalize
on most of the "leads" I had. Cannon Soldier clinches this one. 
        Reeling from a loss, and with a low probability of winning, I
try to go the safe route. He hits my monster... a Sangan, with a 
Spear. Mistake. Grab Mad Sword. Attack. He takes early damage like I 
did. He tries to storm. Imperial. He goes defensive. I upkeep and
strike. Kycoos, and FMC monsters rule the field. I keep upkeeping until
I flip Fiber Jar and attack him directly. Fiber Jar is cool. *twinkly eyes*
        Hmmm... there seems to be something to that. Fiber Jar doesn't
agree with him. With that in mind, I play Fiber and Imperial early. 
But Dark Hole plus MST owns me. I go defensive a bit, and then not so
much with Mad Swords. I'm surprised with a move when he's a bit closer
to losing... he sets a monster. My field is open. Hmm...? Summon Mad Sword
and attack. Thwap! Fiber Jar. Grr... doesn't matter... Special Summon 
Gilasaurus to protect me. Mirror Force down. He comes at me with a Kycoo.
Change of Heart. Summon Spear Soldier. Game. Close. Close.

Round 2: Voltaire(Eternal) vs. Brendan(A-1's Bones)
        Hmm... another person with a certain alliance sent to take me out,
huh? No rest for a no-account guy like me... ;;-_- Gah. Well, apparently
he took Froilan out... ...ehem, or something like that. But I can't rest
if he took my buddy out. I must... defeat... him. I think? But I may not
be good enough. ...ehem, or something like that.
        So, this one is testing his deck out versus mine. Burner. I see
that pretty quick. Poison Mummy. WTF? Poison Mummy? Well, whatever rocks
your world, right? Maybe, but I'll soon learn to respect that... just
wait till the end of this. He plays defensively and keeps doing this and
that. Nightmare Wheels... Lava Golem makes a guest appearance. Whoa. I
didn't see my favorites, though: Just Desserts and Ceasefire. What's up
with that? More Poison Mummies and other such creative burn cards. Binds
end up freezing my forces for a bit, but eventually, I MST it. I end up
MSTing, Raigeki Breaking and removing a lot of stuff. But I lose eventually.
        Now I know he's playing burner. As always, I let my opponent 
go first. I don't know why. I'm just like that. He sets 4. Heavy. I Spear
his set. 100 damage to him, 500 to me. Yes, Poison Mummy again. >_< Annoying,
anyone? I Raigeki Break and FMC through most of his forces. We eventually
end up at a frikkin close game: He's at 800, with 1 set, 2 m/ts. I have
2400. Summon Mad Sword and attack. Dice Jar. We ask for Serf's judgment...
apparently, if my attack brings him to 0, DJ's effect doesn't go off. Well,
I had a 50-50 chance of winning if I rolled, so I was glad I didn't have to.
        More burnage. I hate Poison Mummies and the like. But I do run about
a thousand Raigeki Breaks, and that annoys my opponents. I keep my Spears
alive with that. That, of course, and other quick removal cards. Mirror Force
comes to mind. But soon enough, I'm staring down a bad situation: I have a
Sinister, a Fiber and a Spear. I set Sinister. He Dark Holes, and I Imperial.
I saw 2 moves ahead. He MSTs it. Attack. I set Spear. He attacks, thinking
it's Fiber. Then, I set Fiber, and it confuses him a bit, but we restart.
He passed Battle Phase, so just sets 2 cards and a monster. Okay. I look
at the lifepoint counter. 1800 for me, 700 for him. I pot. Graceful. Hmmm...
Set my Call. My Beast!!! CRUSH IT!!! *ramming sound* Pow. I see my lifepoint
counter rolling down by 400, and then again by 500. It's another damned poison 
mummy. I think... should I set another card? No. End. He Dusts the field. Then,
Raigeki. 1000 attack is enough. Game. >_<-AGE!!!

Tourney Reports:
-Got 3 Nightmare Wheels. Dark Snake burner here I come!!! 
-Traded for 2 Messengers of Peace. Thanks, Marcus. I'm giving you a free
Dark Magician next week.

Cons:
-Grrr... lost. 700 lp margin. ;_; I guess every one counts. ...I guess.

           -Voltaire Abaya(Eternal)
           -Thunderv11@yahoo.com
           -Note: Shout out to all you guys at A World of Books. Special shout
out to "Three Star" Terrance. In just a few weeks, you took Donald, Ricky AND 
Serf down. You're a really good player man. Watch out for Necrovalley... you 
know what to do. ;P