RegnR8's Total Chaos at Georgia Regionals
Georgia
Regionals
T and T Toys
Duluth Georgia
5/8/04
Entry Fee: $15
9
rounds. Swiss.
Top 4 get invites to Nationals
Top 16 gets packs and
stuff
# of participants 100+
Well, this was it. The day of reckoning for my newly built and barely
played, Chaos deck. I struggled for days with what deck to play with at this
Regional event, and I did not finally decide until we got there. It was between
Chaos or Zombie. I had put the Chaos deck together about a week ago and I didn't
feel it was perfected. It did fairly well at the local tournament, but I was
uncertain how it would do at a much larger, potentially more competitive
atmosphere. The Zombie deck had already proven itself on two occasions as a
tournament winner. The Zombie deck is excellent against hand control, good
against Chaos and Beatdown. Decisions, decisions. Oh well, I had filled out the
deck list for both decks and only made up my mind to use the Chaos deck about 15
minutes before registration. I was feeling daring and figured, what had I to
lose beside $15?
Total Chaos:
1x Chaos Emperor Dragon - EotE
1x
Black Luster Soldier - EotB
3x Dark Magician of
Chaos
3x Thunder Dragon
1x Mystic
Tomato
1x Breaker the Magical
Warrior
1x WotBF
1x
Sangan
1x Cyber Jar
1x Tribe
Infecting Virus
1x Shining Angel
1x
D.D. Warrior Lady
1x Reflect Bounder
1x Yata-Garasu
1x Card Destruction
1x Painful
Choice
1x Pot of Greed
1x Graceful
Charity
1x Harpie's Feather Duster
1x Heavy Storm
3x Mystical Space
Typhoon
3x Reload
1x Dark
Hole
1x Raigeki
1x Monster
Reborn
1x Premature Burial
1x
Dimension Fusion
1x Imperial
Order
3x Waboku
1x Call of the
Haunted
Side Deck:
1x Fiber
Jar
1x Jinzo
1x Mystic
Tomato
1x Shining Angel
1x DD
Warrior Lady
1x Spirit Reaper
1x Dimension Fusion
2x Soul Release
1x Nobleman of Crossout
1x The Forceful
Sentry
1x Fissure
1x Ring of
Destruction
1x Mirror Force
1x Magic
Cylinder
Fusion Deck:
3x Ryu
Senshi
3x Dark Baltar
3x Dark Flare
Knight
2x Thousand Eyes Restrict
1x
Fiend Skull Dragon (Just for the heck of it)
It was about an hour drive to get there. My daughter (who dropped out
of the tournament when she was 4 and 4 for some reason) and I got there around
9:30 and met up with 6 other people who play at our local store. We've begun to
call our little group "The Skull Servants." It was crowded. It was hot.
Played a practice round with my Chaos deck. Oh my! The deck ran
smooth, deadly and fast. On my second turn, I cleared my opponents field,
summoned 3 DMoC's and enjoyed a one turn kill. Sweet. Hopefully the rest of the
day would go as smooth as this practice game.
Registration and paperwork followed. We didn't get the first pairings
until 11am or thereabouts. Did I mention it was crowded and hot? It
was.
The three types of decks I felt I'd see the most of
were: Chaos, Hand Control and Beatdown. I expected to see a few Magical
Scientist and possibly a Strike Ninja deck or two. My predictions were accurate,
except I had to play against more Magical Scientist decks than I expected, so I
think there were a lot of them. I only faced one other Chaos deck during the
day.
ROUND 1:
Chaos VS Strike Ninja Deck
Hey! I'm
psychic. The first deck I faced was a very good Strike Ninja deck. It sort of
surprised me. First game, he flat out killed me. The next two games I totally
dominated the field. The last game I had BLS, CED and DMOC on an open field. My
first one turn kill of the day.
RECORD: 1-0
Took a break, chatted with friends. Got a
drink.
ROUND 2:
Chaos VS Beatdown
We didn't hear
them call for the second pairing, so I got to the table late and was given a
loss for being late. That sucked. They never told us of that policy beforehand,
and I thought it wasn't right to hand out a loss. Oh well, live and learn. The
lady next to the person I was dueling seemed to gloat over the fact that I had
been given a loss. Her opponent, who was a friend of mine, was also late and
given a loss. She seemed to enjoy that.
First game. I automatically
lost because I was late. Like I said, that sucked.
Second game. It
didn't matter that I was given a loss for the first game. It was total
domination on my part.
Third game. Once again, it was complete
domination. Opponent had two magic and trap on the field and a set face down
monster. I took a chance and summoned BLS and Yata. I removed the face down card
from play and attacked with Yata. He had nothing to stop it. That was game. He
set whatever monster he had in his hand and I removed it with BLS and attacked
with Yata until he had no other monsters to set.
RECORD: 2-0
Feeling good. The deck is running well and I
haven't had too many problems getting the big guns on the field
early.
Break for lunch. Walked to McDonald's. It was HOT outside.
Melted on the way there. Had a grilled chicken sandwich and my daughter had a
Double Quarter Pounder with cheese - ketchup only. Cooled off inside. Melted on
the way back to the store. Made sure we got back in plenty of time to avoid
another loss for being late.
Started drinking gallons of water. Kudos
to T n T Toys for selling bottled water, cokes, candy and bags of chips for 50
cents each. That rocked! Affordable snacks because we all spend our money on
cards. Who has money left over for dumb things like food and drink?
ROUND 3:
Chaos VS Beatdown
This was one of the
local store players. He drew everything he needed. I drew crap every
game.
Nothing much to tell here, he just overpowered me with GAF's and
Berserk Gorillas. Injection pounded me.
Ring of Destruction on GAF both
games for the final nail in the coffin. The pain was swift and
undeniable.
Terrible, humbling loss.
RECORD: 2-1
ROUND 4:
Chaos VS Beatdown (Again. Third beatdown deck of
the day)
Uplifting and restored my faith in my deck. This time, I had
no problem. Won both games easily and quickly.
Enjoyed my second one
turn kill of the day in the second game. Three DMoC, BLS and CED in one turn.
Overkill.
RECORD: 3-1
ROUND 5:
Chaos VS Magical Scientist
Oh boy. This
was horrible. For me, that is. I won the coin toss and decided to go second. BIG
mistake. On his first turn, he summoned Cannon Soldier and two Last Will.
Launched the Cannon Soldier and Special Summoned both Magical Scientist and
Catapult Turtle. One turn kill and I didn't even get to draw my first card. That
sucked. This happened to me at the last regional. I didn't like it then, and I
didn't like it now.
Everyone complains about how Yata is so cheap, but
to me, this simple lucky draw Magical Scientist junk is the cheapest, lamest, no
skill bunch of CRAP I have ever seen.
Second game went a little better
for me. I kept pecking away at his LP but he managed to get me down to 1800. He
was at 3400 and managed to get Cannon Soldier and Magical Scientist. I had the
CED in my hand and the monsters to summon it but I didn't. I was going to wait
until the next turn to blow everything up. BIG mistake again. He paid his 2000LP
to summon some 2 fusion monsters and launched them, the Scientist and the Cannon
Soldier for game. Ugh. I think I lost that one due to my own stupidity.
RECORD 3-2
I wasn't feeling too good about my play today. I
had lost a little confidence. I had made a couple of mistakes that may have cost
me duels and maybe even a match. I didn't want to lose two more times, because I
would be eliminated out of the top 16 for sure. I didn't want to leave with a
losing record. At a tournament this size, I figured if I finish with a winning
record or an even record, I'd be happy. I didn't want to go home a loser.
ROUND 6:
Chaos VS Warrior/Beatdown (Fourth Beatdown deck of
the day)
First game. Wow. This was frustrating. I went through over
half my deck on the first turn and managed to get some DMoC's on the field but
he kept removing them from play with DD Warrior Lady. I attacked two face down
DD Warrior Lady and he removed both DMoC's from play. Aargh! Then he Exiled
Force'd the third. Grrr. He was back pedaling the whole game, struggling to keep
my DMoC's from the field. He played pure defense because I was overwhelming him.
I finally managed to summon BLS and Yata. I removed the face down card he had
from play and it was his third DD Warrior Lady. Whew. Yata lock.
Second
game. Wow. Another amazing game. I was at 8000lp (thanks to the amazingly good
Waboku) and had him down to 5400lp when he tributes DD Warrior Lady for Jinzo,
Monster Reborn'd my Reflect Bounder and Premature Burial'd his DD Warrior Lady
and attacked with all of them. I had another Waboku set, but was useless now
with Jinzo on the field. Ouch. 5600 damage in one turn. I was at 2400lp and he
was at 5100lp. I had Call of the Haunted, DMoC, DD Warrior Lady and Tribe
Infecting Virus in my hand. I drew. Chaos Emperor Dragon! Whew! The "heart of
the cards" came through for me. I summoned Tribe, discarded the DMoC and DD
Warrior Lady to destroy Jinzo, Reflect Bounder and DD Warrior Lady, Removed the
DMoC and DD Warrior lady to summon CED and attacked with CED and Tribe. I set
the Call of the Haunted, then stupidly, I ended my turn when he had 500lp left.
I'm an idiot!
He drew and I about kicked myself in the head because I
could have paid the 1000lp for CED's effect for the win. He set a card and ended
his turn. Whew. I drew and then blew up the field for game. That was another
mistake that could have cost me the game or match. Gosh, I'd better play smarter
than that!
RECORD:
4-2
I was feeling a little better with that win. I could have lost the
game because of my own stupidity but it worked out all right in the end.
ROUND 7:
Chaos VS Magical Scientist
Ugh. Another
Scientist deck. I hate those.
First game was and easy win for me. BLS
took care of it. Me 8000lp. Opponent 0LP.
Second game. Brutal. CED,
attack, blow up everything, got him down to 750. He draws and sets a card. I top
deck my Reflect Bounder and attack for the win. His face down card was Judgment
of Anubis.
RECORD:
5-2
ROUND 8:
Chaos VS Chaos
Best duels of the day. This
guy was good. He was running some Kycoo's and kept taking my light and dark
monsters from play so I couldn't summon CED or BLS. He manage to DD Warrior Lady
my Sangan and Shining Angel and I had the CED in my hand. I switched gears in
mid game to totally forget about BLS and CED and concentrated on the DMoC
summons. Before I could regroup, he got Jinzo and Breaker on the field and
whooped my behind.
Second game. I got the upper hand in a hurry. I
managed to get a BLS and DMoC on the field fairly and quickly knocked him down
to 1000lp and he couldn't recover.
Third game. Wow. Had a hand
full of tributes I couldn't summon, Yata and a Cyber Jar. I hoped Cyber Jar
would help me out but he got BLS on the field and Yata. Ouch.
RECORD:
5-3
I didn't want to lose again. Somehow finishing 6-3 sounds a lot
better than finishing 5-4.
75% win ratio is way better than 60%.
ROUND 9
Chaos VS Magical Scientist/Mirage
Knight
Crap! Another Scientist deck. The third one I
faced.
First game was a massacre. BLS and 2 DMoC's. I killed
him.
Second game, he managed to the Magical Scientist, Dark Flare
Knight, Mirage Knight thing and killed me in retaliation.
Third game.
This was a perfect way to finish off the day. He was at 1300. I had BLS on
the field. He summoned Magical Scientist, paid 1000 for Thousand Eyes Restrict,
sucked up my BLS and attacked me with it. AGH! We were both top decking and I
drew...Cyber Jar! I attacked his Scientist with the Cyber Jar for the win! Ha
ha! We both laughed it was so funny! Cyber Jar RULES!
FINAL RECORD
6-3
All in all it was a very fun day (did I mention it was HOT?). I
didn't make it to the top 4 but, I had a respectable record and ended up 24th.
That sort of sucked because a friend of mine had the same record and ended up
12th. Stupid Swiss format. Oh well, I can't complain. I met a lot of great
people, dueled some good decks and had fun.
T n T Toys did a great job. I didn't have any rulings questions come
up, so I didn't have any judge problems.
All the people I dueled were
friendly and cool. No jerks or big headed duelists so, that was good,
too.
If you read this, then thanks for making it this
far.
Thanks to Pojo for posting this in the tournament report section.
This is my first, and I hope I can contribute some more in the future.