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From: Jason Reeves

Subject: Pippin's Monarch Field Control, The Computer Place, Brookhaven,MS, Jan. 20

Hello again and welcome to Brookhaven, MS where we pride ourselves on having more teeth per resident than any other county in the south. Today is Saturday, and Saturday means tournament time at the Computer Place on Hwy 51 North. Me personally, I havn't been in over a month (been kinda busy with 2 jobs, a wife, and 2 1/2 year old boy) But today was different. I had to work from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. then come BACK to work at my second job from 5:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. The tourney started at 1 p.m. so I was able to make it and it ended at 3:00 so I was not late for work :) God is good.

ANYWHO! One of the comments on my latest poem creation on the FanFic Pojo Forum was from an old pro and one of the many rivals in the upper crust of our metagame. Raphael predicted that it would be he and I in the finals since I mentioned that I was coming to the Saturday tourney. Not many hard hard hitters showed up today. Sure some of the regulars get a happy hand and have the power to win, but I am talking about the ones that can pull a win from thier buttcrack even when down. Raphael is one of these people. He had been playing Stein/Cyber Dragon Deck but UDE saw that this was bad and NERFED it to heck and back with the banning of Stein. So now he playing a resemblance of a Monarch deck (not bad either). SPEAKING of decks, here is mine, and then I will tell how this day went.

Monsters: 21
2 x Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
1 x Mobius the Frost Monarch
1 x Jinzo
2 x Cyber Dragon
3 x Nimble Momonga
1 x Treeborn Frog
1 x Breaker the Magical Warrior
1 x Injection Fairy Lily
1 x Sangan
2 x Exiled Force
1 x Magician of Faith
1 x Kuriboh
1 x Winged Kuriboh
1 x Old Vindictive Magician
1 x Apprentice Magician
1 x Spirit Reaper

Magics: 13
1 x Last Will
1 x MST
1 x Enemy Controller
1 x Swords of Revealing Light
1 x Smashing Ground
1 x Flute of Summoning Kuriboh
1 x Premature Burial
1 x Nobleman of Crossout
1 x Scapegoats
1 x Creature Swap
1 x Brain Control
1 x Heavy Storm
1 x Graceful Charity

Traps: 6
1 x Torrential Tribute
1 x Call of the Haunted
1 x Ring of Destruction
1 x Mirror Force
2 x Sakuretsu Armor

I just got the Flute of Summoning Kuriboh in a trade today and decided to see how it worked. If I get another I plan on putting in another Winged Kuriboh to have another search target. The spell is a Quickplay Spell and can summon either Winged Kuriboh or Kuriboh to the field, or bring them to your hand. Not bad when you need protection or tribute fodder.

Round 1: John (Horus Lvl Deck)
John is a good player. He pulls out a win every now and then and makes some of us nervous. Today he was my first victim... er... opponent. I set T formation. FD Momonga and FD goats. He summons Horus LV4 and kills Momonga getting LV6. I gain 1000 and get two more flyin rats. Next turn I tribute 1 for Mobius killing 2 set backfield, and running over the 2300 Horus. After that it was pretty much a matter of time. He would set one or not at all. I summoned IFL and attacked direct with both Mobius and IFL then next turn tribute the last flying rat for Jinzo and attack an open field for game.
Me: 8000-9000-8200-6200
John: 8000-7900-9100-3300-0

1:0

Round 2: Tyler (New Guy)
I had never seen Tyler before, I think. Dunno. He played Dinosaurs. He gets a great opening hand and has 4 set backfield and Gilasaurus and Black Stego on the field. He attacks with Gila once and I think I have a Mirror Force down but thats what I get for thinking, it was Torrential Tribute (DOH!) So he hits for 1700. Next turn he attacks with Gila into a Saku and opts not to attack with Stego fearing my last set backfield (a bluff) oh well. I brain control his stego and tribute for Zaborg just to keep his field clear and set Goats. He summons another Gila and attacks into goats. Snipe Hunter comes in kicking and rolls twice and hits twice. Two cards gone, 1 backfield and FD monster. Zaborg number 2 comes out clearing the way for a frontal assault. He has 4 set backfield, and triggers nothing as I attack. Next turn he draws and passes so I attack again, and again he triggers nothing. I never saw what his backfield was, but I guess it was jank.
Me: 8000-7200-5500
Tyler: 8000-6300-3800-0

2:0

Round 3: Drew (BUWD Deck)
Drew is another one of those like John. He makes everyone nervous because IF and WHEN he gets his deck to work, it works WELL, just its hard to get the
12 cards needed to do some of the combos. I open basic T set Sangan and Goats. He plays Luster Dragon and attacks into Sangan digging IFL. He plays Heavy and I trigger Goats. I summon IFL and attack his Luster Dragon. He sets a Sangan and passes. I tribute little lady for Mobius killing his backfield, and attacking direct. He sets another monster, which is promptly Noblemanned. I attack with Mobius again. He simply draws and gives up.
Me: 8000-6000
Drew: 8000-6500-4100-700-0

3:0

Round 4: Jaden (No really, thats his real name) Horus Lv Deck Jaden ended up making it to the semi-finals, so he is pretty good and has been known to win the whole thing before. I summon IFL early and attack direct for massive starting damage. After Raigeki Breaking IFL he attack a FD Momonga with mad monkey giving me 1000 back. I tribute 1 Momonga for Zaborg setting off Trap Hole. He hits Sangan with Mad Monkey digging OVM, sets one and ends. I special Cyber Dragon and Brain Control his Mad Monkey tributing for Jinzo. I attack his FD monster with Cyber Dragon and hit him with Jinzo. He summons Horus and LV Up to 8. He attacks Jinzo killing it.
Next turn I put CD in defense and 1 FD OVM. He attacks and hits OVM with Horus, killing it. He sets one and ends. I summon Breaker and kill his last trap, attack with CD to his set, and direct with Breaker. He draws and ends, playing nothing.
Me: 8000-6000-7000-6400
Jaden: 8000-4600-2200-1400-0

4:0

Finals: Raphael (as predicted) Early Stage Monarch Raphael was the best there today, besides me. He almost lost in the semi's but pulled it out with only 500 LP left. I get Zaborg out pretty quick for nice hit, but he gets an early IFL on an open field and digs her in for damage. I get Frog on the field and keep him there, holding off IFL with a set Sangan. He tributes my Sangan, digging OVM, with Soul Exchange for Cyber Dragon and ends. I tribute frog for Mobius and attack Cyber Dragon. He attacks IFL to Mobius and ends. Now he is too low to attack with IFL anymore, so I attack her with Exiled Force. I end and he draws into nothing.
I attack again with Exiled Force for game.
Me: 8000-4600-3600
Raphael: 8000-5600-3600-3300-1300-700-0

5:0

I play tested the Kuriboh thing after tourney, and it worked great. I think I may leave it in. I did not get a chance to use during tournament play, but maybe later.

Props: Pulling an Ultimate Rare Dimension Diversion from the pack (think that was name) Mr. Freels for holding the tourney as always.
Raphael for being so cool (even after losing) UDE for banning Cyber Stein :D YEAH BABY!!
Traded a Master of Oz for a Victory Dragon A Snipe Hunter and Pot of Avarice for a Dark Paladin (just wanted one)

Slops: None really

Until next time, so long from Brookhaven.
Thought of the day: Did Adam and Eve have a belly button? If we are made in His image, does that mean that God has a belly button, too? Hmmmmm....

Pippin