Subject: Control 2.0 - Nicolai Howlett , Playground Crossgates Mall, Schenectady, New York , USA Control 2.0 Nicolai Howlett PlayGround Crossgates Mall Schenectady, New York, USA Jan. 24, 2004 First off, the deck: Monsters: 17 1x Vampire Lord 2x Archfiend Soldier 1x Fiber Jar 1x Sangan 3x Mystic Tomato 1x Witch of the Black Forest 2x Spear Dragon 1x Helpoemer 1x Jinzo 1x Yata-Garasu 3x Don Zaloog Magic: 14 1x Change Of Heart 1x Monster Reborn 1x Pot Of Greed 1x Raigkei 1x Dark Hole 1x Snatch Steal 1x Swords of Revealing Light 1x Premature Burial 1x Confiscation 1x Heavy Storm 1x Delinquent Duo 1x Graceful Charity 1x Harpies Feather Duster Trap Cards 10 2x Time Seal 3x Drop Off 1x Call Of The Haunted 1x Mirror Force 1x Ring Of Destruction 1xMagic Cylinder 1x Imperial Order Total Number of Cards: 40 The idea for this deck is really simple, control the deck and hand so they cant draw or anything. First round: me vs.T's Beatdown As far as beatdown goes, this guy runs a crazy beatdown deck with some the 1900-atk lvl4 monsters. First match, I was unable to draw anything that would help me out for the first 5 turns, so I have to rely heavily on my effect monsters such as Don Zaloog to stay a live until I got the Card need. Two Archfiend Solider, Raigeki, Yata were in my hand and I know once I My cards Right i had a lock down. He dropped my life points down to around 2500 before I finally draw another card that could help me out. My Pot Of Greed help me get Dark Hole and Monster Reborn. From that point on, I had to choose from Dark Hole or Raigeki had one Don Zaloog left on the field and my opponent had one hard in his hand with one monster I think it was a Gemini with no magic or trop face down. So Played Raigeki and summoned Yata Garasu to Yata Lock him. Second Round he went first and he thought he had everything under control by playing one monster in atk mode and field his magic and trap field. I just laughed because I had Harpies Feather duster and Dark hole With a Yata Garasu. So I played the cards and Yata locked him in the first turn so it was game. Record: 2 - 0 Second Round: me vs. EX (Eric) My friend Eric was one of the best people there at the tournament .We dueled a lot in the past and not matter what I did I could never defeat him. Since He runs a Control Deck all most like mine but a little different I should be able to know what he has up his sleeve. Every thing guys out good in my favor. The life points are at me 6400 and him 3000. I almost had a chance to Yata lock him but then out of no where he Yata locks me. Secound round my deck didn't help me out I couldn't do anything and he didn't have to lock me down and throw away the key. Record: 2- 2 Since my duel ended I was able to see other duels and dueled the other people that lost. I play a little Dance Dance Revolution Extreme but after a while i bought 2 packs of Dark Crisis and 1 pack of Magician Force. I got a Judgment of Anubis and one more Archfiend solider with Dark Magician Girl. Pros: Got some good duels and making it to The Second round in this hard tournament. Got some good Cards from the packs. Now can play heavy in DDR. Cons: My friend beating me in the Second round. Some kid took the cards I got from my packs. If you want to tell me anything or got any questions one my deck just email at jinga3@hotmail.com