Havoc's YATA-LOCK Deck
Havoc
Some hotel (forgot the name but it holds a lot of different tourneys)
Melbourne Australia
January 14 2004
Something like 240 people were there

Ok This Is My Deck That I Use It Took Me Ages To Get all The Cards


MONSTER
1x Archfiend Soldier (1900/1500) (DCR)
1x Breaker The Magical Warrior (1600/1000) (effect) (MFC)
1x D.D. Warrior Lady (1500/1600) (effect) (DCR)
3x Don Zaloog (1400/1500) (effect) (PGD)
1x Fiber Jar (500/500) (effect) (LOD)
1x Magician Of Faith (300/400) (effect) (MRD)
3x Nimble Momonga (1000/100) (effect) (MRL)
1x Sangan (1000/600) (effect) (MRD)
1x Spirit Reaper (300/200) (effect) (PGD)
1x Witch of The Black Forest (1100/1200) (effect) (MRD)
1x Yata-Garasu (200/100) (Spirit) (LOD)

MAGIC
1x Confiscation (MRL)
1x Delinquent Duo (MRL)
1x Graceful Charity (SDP)
1x Harpie's Feather Duster (SDD)
1x Heart Of Clear Water (LOD)
1x Heavy Storm (MRD)
1x Messenger of Peace (MRL)
1x Monster Reborn (LOB)
1x Mystical Space Typhoon (MRL)
1x Pot Of Greed (LOB)
1x Premature Burial (PSV)
1x Raigeki (LOB)
1x Shooting Star Bow – Ceal (DCR)
1x Swords Of Revealing Light (LOB)
1x The Forceful Sentry (MRL)
1x United We Stand (LON)

TRAP
1x Call Of The Haunted (PSV)
3x Drop Off (LOD)
1x Imperial Order (PSV)
1x Mirror Force (MRD)
1x Ring Of Destruction (PGD)
1x Robbin' Goblin (MRD)
1x Torrential Tribute (LON)


Now At The Start of January when I herd about this tournament I decided id 
try a new
deck  ( I got tired of having my Exodia deck beaten) and id always liked 
Yata because
its fun to see the peoples faces when they get locked.

I Worked on my deck on the site www.yugioh-deck.com to help me figure out 
what I
was gonna use for this deck after 3 days I was happy with the deck on the 
site now I
had to get the cards (I had 32 of the 40 I needed) (I needed to get Yata, 2 
dons, harpies
feather duster, 1 drop off, ring of destruction, torrential tribute and 
forceful sentry)

I did some trades at school the next day and got myself forceful sentry for 
a luster
dragon (the 1900/1600 one) and a ring for my tinzo (I don't think the guy 
knew it was
a tinzo lol)

The day of the tournament arrived and I was in a lot of trouble I still 
needed 6 cards
and  none were easy to get.

I decided there would probably be a lot of people at the tournament and I 
could maybe
trade for some things I needed there. Boy was I right there were duellists 
as far as the
eye could see and since id left 2 and a half hrs early I had a lot of time 
to look around.

I saw one guy who had a feather duster and traded it to me for my spare call 
of the
haunted (yes only 5 more to go) I was looking franticly of the last 5 cards 
when I
spotted some kid who had all 5 of the cards I needed (2 dons, Yata drop off 
and
torrential tribute)  but he wouldn't trade em unless I had some offer that 
he couldn't
refuse. Since there was only 1 hr to go and I wanted to test the new deck 
before I
entered the tournament I reluctantly pulled out the 5 Exodia pieces and 
asked if he'd
trade he was shocked that I offered them and accepted without a second 
thought
(finally the deck is complete)

I decided to play a few practice duels first but because off all the time I 
took trading I
only got one in which was with the kid id just traded Exodia to-

PRACTICE DUEL

Havoc vs Kid (never got his name he runs Exodia now)
This was a 1 round duel

Well this was just bad for him 1st turn I got confiscation out and 
confiscated his head
of Exodia and he forfeited 1 turn into to it explaining that he was still 
new to the game
and didn't know any way to bring the head back from the grave (so I gave him 
some
pointers


I was looking for another duel when an announcement came over the loud 
speaker
that the tournament was starting now so everyone went into a big basketball 
court
where there were tonnes of tables (but no chairs ?) and they explained the 
rules and
prizes they were-

Prizes
1st place 1 box of your choice
2nd place 12 boosters of your choosing
3rd place 6 boosters of your choice
all other entrants get 1 random pack

Entry fee $5

Rules were all dues were only one round till the final 8 where it would be 
best out of
3 when you win you advance lose you must leave the duelling area and watch 
from
the bleachers (kinda strict) (its really hard to see from up there but rules 
are rules)

First duel 240 people left

Me vs. some fat cocky kid (weak beat down)

I was sure I was gonna win this cause this kid was bragging about him 
finally getting
himself a blue eyes so he couldn't lose (yeah right) we started I drew Yata, 
don,
confiscation, robbin' goblin and mirror force I went first and drew swords I 
played
goblin and mirror force facedown and summoned don in all mode he laughed at 
a
monster with such low att points (man this kids like king noob) and summoned 
his la
jinn in att mode and atted me i activated mirror force and goblin then he 
passed I drew
Sangan and played confiscation he lost a MOF I then summoned Yata and him 
and
don atted the kid so he lost 3 cards (don plus goblin for both mons) and 
only had one
left he tried to draw but I stoped him he had no idea what was going on so I 
had to
explain he started to complain because the only thing left in his had was 
his blue eyes
so I laughed and said its over he forfeit right there

Winner-me

As soon as I had informed the judge of my win I got put up against some 
other noobie
kid(wonder how he got past 1st round)

Second duel 120 people left

Me vs. a very cocky 10yr old (I think it was a beat down deck but….)

After his first round win this kid was sure he was gonna win this tourney 
(so I had to
beat him that was my goal for the day shut up all the cocky kids) I drew 
premature,
shooting star bow, Raigeki, nimble, and d.d. Warrior lady, and I go first 
and draw a
Sangan I play Sangan face down and end he draws and summons baby dragon (see
noob) and kills my Sangan draw Yata he laughs and says my monster is 
pathetic so I
draw and get archfiend soldier and summon it and att his baby dragon killing 
it he
then gets mad and plays guardian of the throne room in att and puts a sword 
of the
deep seated on it and kills my soldier I draw I get duo I play it he loses 
polymerisation
and monster reborn I play Raigeki and play premature on archfiend soldier 
then
summon Yata they both att the kid knows not to draw so he summons a mon in 
def I
draw and get heavy storm I re-summon Yata and archfiend kills his next 
monster
(maha vailo) he cant draw again he forfeit there explaining he knows he's 
locked
cause he's only got dark magician and swordstalker in his hand

Winner- me

Then when I told the judge id won he gave me an id card sort of thing (it 
had my
name and details on it) he explained that the tourney will continue tomorrow 
and this
is proof that ive won and who I am

So I decided to have one more duel before I left I found some guy around my 
age who
said he's been duelling for a couple of months now and was pretty good (so I 
decided
to see if he was telling the truth) (he also told me his name was Michael)

PRACTICE DUEL

Me vs. Michael (Dragon Deck)

I drew pot of greed, delinquent duo, witch of the black forest, imperial 
order and a
Nimble Momonga. I started and drew breaker the magical warrior I played 
Momonga
face down played pot of greed (got torrential tribute and Sangan) I play 
torrential and
imperial order face down and end.  He summons a luster dragon (1900/1600) 
and
attacks my Momonga so I get 1000lp and 2 more Momonga's on the field. He 
ends I
draw and get forceful sentry so I play Sangan face down and end. he plays 
one m/t
face down and ends.  I draw and get graceful charity I play it and draw 
archfiend
soldier Raigeki and heavy storm. I throw witch and breaker I the play heave 
storm and
Raigeki and summon archfiend soldier all of my mons att for 4900 damage (him
3100) then in main phase 2 I play delinquent duo and he loses 2 monsters (I 
forget
which ones) then I play forceful sentry and got rid of his lord of d I ended 
he played
one mon in def mode and ended I drew and got monster reborn and revived 
breaker I
used archfiend soldier to kill his face down mon (witch of the black forest) 
but its
effect didn't help him the rest of my monsters killed of the last of his 
life points

Winner- me

After the match I got talking with the guy and found out hed advanced to so 
with
some luck I may face him again later. After this I took the train home and 
went to
sleep

The next day I slept in and just made it there in time and was paired up 
with some
30yr old guy

Third duel 60 people left

Me vs. some guy (Exodia Necros deck)

This guy looked really good so I was worried the my winning streak was about 
to end
(this was a very long match so im not going to write everything down) it was 
basically
1st turn he got all 5 pieces of Exodia to the grave (painful choice) then 3 
turns later
had a Necros on the field so I played messenger of peace and imperial face 
down and
stalled till the end where he decked out ( see told you it would have been 
really boring
to read)

winner- me (woo-hoo)

My next duel was gonna start in 10 mins so I got some lunch then came back 
to find a
12yr old as my opponent

Fourth Duel 30 people left

Me vs. 12yr old (Jinzo deck-no traps)

I was shocked that this kid had got this far with a trapless deck well id 
just have to
change that. I drew and got the best hand id ever got with this deck I got 
don Zaloog,
shooting star bow Ceal, Yata, heat of clear water, and delinquent duo so he 
went first
and put 1 mon in att mode (Opticlops) and ended I drew swords of revelling 
light and
played delinquent duo and he was left with 3 cards in his hand (cant 
remember what
he lost) then I summoned don and equipped him with shooting star bow heart 
of clear
water and played swords the I atted him with don for 400 damage and he lost 
a card
(sorry I cant remember what one) and it was hit turn he sacrificed Opticlops 
for Jinzo
and reborned Opticlops and ended because eof swords I drew Raigeki  and used 
it to
get rid of all his monsters and summoned Yata and don atted him he only had 
one
card left he played it next turn it was la jinn so on my turn I drew breaker 
the magical
warrior and normal summoned it to get rid of la jinn but now he could draw 1 
card.
On his turn he drew Raigeki and used it on me and then ended so he was 
locked I
summoned Yata and he gave up (I hope the kid learns that you need traps most 
of the
time)

Winner me

i couldn't believe I was in the top 15 I spoke to the judge and he told me 
that there
was going to be a name picked out of a hat and whoever was pulled gets a bye
(because there were 15 people) so they pulled the name and I couldn't 
believe it I got
a bye I was in the final 8 but that was being held tomorrow so I decided to 
scope out
the competition (I learned you cant see anything from the bleachers) so I 
went home
to get some sleep (I really didn't wanna sleep in again)

I got there on time today and they explained how it was gonna work they had 
one of
those ladder boards you see in martial arts tournaments (for all those who 
have
watched the last episode of dbz that kind of board) and we would advance 
through
that there were 4 tables with chairs and people could stand around and watch 
and
because the tournament has taken longer then expected only the last round 
would be
best out of 3 (good for me I don't use a side deck) I got paired up against 
some guy
named Allan

QUARTER FINAL 8 people remain

Me vs. Allan (toon deck)

This guy was good so plainly he had a crap hand and still got me down to 
1200lp at
the end. This was a up and down match that I lost that page out of my book 
for all I
have is the lp ups and downs.
HIM-8000-7500-6100-5900-yatalock
ME-8000-6200-4200 1200
I remember he got a blue eyes toon out and got me with one big attack near 
the end
but I got luck and used Raigeki on it and eventually got Yata out for the 
win

Winner-me

Had to wait about 2 minutes till my opponent was done to luckily I saw that 
he used
Exodia (no it wasn't the kid who I traded it to) so I new I had a huge 
chance of
winning and making it into the finals

SEMI FINALS 4 people Remain

Me vs. Exodia Guy (never got his name)

We started I drew forceful sentry, 2 drop offs, ring, and a don he went 
first and played
a mon in def mode and 2 m/t face down and passed I drew and got archfiend 
soldier I
played him in att mode and ring and 1 drop off face down and atted his 
facedown
monster it was Sangan he searched and the I passed he dre-DROP OFF and he 
lost
Exodias left arm so he played another mon in def mode I draw pot of greed I 
play pot
and get feather duster and delinquent duo I play feather duster h lost a 7 
tools and a
shift the a play duo and he loses Exodias head and a battle footballer I end 
  he
sacrifices his facedown giant soldier of stone for Great Maju Garzett  but I 
ring it he
says he might as well forfeit because id killed off his head (which he 
didn't know a
way to bring back he tells me) and his only backup (G M G) then it hit him 
and he
used penguin soldier and monster reborn to bring it back but then I used 
confiscation
and kill the head once again and he quits there as he couldn't bring it back 
twice.

Winner-me

We were given a 30min intermission to get something to eat and to tune our 
decks for
the finals I was shocked and proud of my new deck for getting me this far so 
I got
some McDonalds and walked to the duelling area where I saw my good friend 
Brad
sitting in the duellists chair I looked at the ladder board to see that he 
was going to be
my opponent he was as shocked as I was so I sat down and we started

(just so you all know me and brad helped each other make our decks so I know 
his
deck as well as I know mine and vice versa)

FINALS 2 people remain (3 round match)

Me vs. Brad (he also uses a Yata deck)

ROUND 1
This was bad  for me I got 3  drop offs premature burial monster reborn and 
call of the
haunted as my first 6 cards so I coped 1900 point of damage from his Gemini 
elf.
Then I drew united we stand (again useless here) and he drew mage power and 
used it
on his Gemini elf the put down 3 more m/t and summoned his archfiend soldier 
they
atted me and I was real low on lp next turn I drew Sangan I put him in def 
mode but it
didn't help he killed Sangan with archfiend soldier and Gemini killed me off

Winner- Brad

ROUND 2

Well this one isn't even worth writing I Yata-locked him in 3 turns and he 
latter
showed me he only got one monster in his hand (his Great Maju Garzett)

Winner- me

ROUND 3 (FINAL ROUND)
This was funny the way it ended after around 10 turns we both had the Yata 
lock on
each other but he had 400 more lp than me so I knew it was over but just to 
be
annoying I wouldn't quit after like 10 mins I had lost

Winner-Brad

Well that's how it goes I picked to get 12 LOD boosters and pulled another 
Yata (woo
hoo) brad got dark crisis booster box and got a vamp lord so in the end we 
both won
then me and him walked around for a while and I found an unopened Magic 
Ruler
booster on the floor opened it and found a delinquent duo a card that brad 
wanted so I
scored his vamp lord for it

PROPS AND SLOPS

PROPS
Brad for winning
Me for getting to the final 2
Me for pulling Another Yata
The hotel for holding such a cool tournament
Yata for helping me the whole way through
The kid who traded me the cards I needed
Brad for trading me vamp lord for my spare delinquent duo (that I found in a 
booster
on the floor)

SLOPS
Not Winning
Those Annoying cocky kids


Well it was a great tournament and I had fun hope they throw another one 
sometime
soon

Aaron Walton
Public_Misfit@hotmail.com