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Post by troza on May 4, 2014 17:47:38 GMT -6
Date:04/05/2014
Where: Player's Spot Barreiro
Type of Tournament: Regional
Background: I don't know if I will play. I will have lunch at my parent's house and I must be sure that I will be able to go to that lunch without it costing me the tournament. So... I get 2 decks ready just in case.
Deck 1 - Chaos Agents
Deck 2 - Dark World
So, I'm going there just to see some familiar faces and get one Darklord Superbia. And maybe do some more trades but... I'm not that sure that I will be able to do it. I see how things go and I decide to enter as the two rounds between lunch will end before the hour of my lunch at my parent's home. So I decided my deck, get in and let's have some fun. I decided to go with Dark World and that's the first time I will be playing with this deck IRL so... I might reach the top cause there are only 10 people playing but I don't have that many hopes cause I never played with the deck.
By the way, this will be my 4th regional tournament. So far, I never topped... the first one ended 3-2 but with bad pairings, the second ended with 2-2-1 (yes, one draw) and the third ended with the same result (but with me starting 0-2).
By the way, from the 2 participation boosters, this is what I pulled: Pavão Bujingi (Bujngi Peakcock) and Magia de Redução de Classe Queda Numeron (Rank-Down-Magic Numeron Fall)... no foil card... no notable common (ok, got gorgonic guardian). Nothing special, I know...
Number of participants: 10
The deck:
As I said, Dark World:
The tournament:
1st round - vs Frog Monarchs
Lost the dice roll... and I lost the first duel. I'm able to draw a lot of cards but not enough cards to have do some plays. I think that I misplayed in the first turn there but nevermind. What do I side in? 2 DDV for 2 MST or one Upstart and one MST. I use skill drain, DDV and Grapha with 3000 ATK points just doing what he does best. Game 3 it is just more of the same.
Result: won 2-1
2nd round - vs Dark World
Won the dice roll but lost the first duel... I used Dealings without knowing that I was playing DW but I was lucky. But he was the one that got what he needed and I just suffered until the end. I know that I used Skill Drain to negate his Trance but that play came back to screw me as I only got tour guide as the fiend monster. Sided out 3 Dealings, 2 Dragged Down and 2 Skill Drain for 2 Mind Crush, 2 Darklight, 1 Debunk, 1 DDV and 1 MST. Just dominated the duel cause I was able to open the things I needed, even though I made the mistake of searching Gates and leaving it in the hand for the dragged down. Dark Smog is so good in the mirror match... Game 3... it was just intense but when I finally was able to get one Grapha on the field while he gets none (and Debunk banishes one), that's when I took control of the duel and ended up winning.
Result: won 2-1
Lunch time: I'm a bit late for lunch but Afonso gives me a ride so... sweet
I'm back just in time to start the 3rd round
3rd round - vs Dark World
Again? Oh well... won the dice roll and Dark Smog just wins me the duel, even though I made the same mistake of searching for gates and leaving it in my hand, making Dragged Down Alive. Made the same side as the last time (round 2). But this time, Dark Smog works for my opponent. The duel was a close one but I didn't saw a Dark Wold when I needed to use my dark smog while he was able to use his. Final duel... He uses Silva to do some damage but I'm able to get Grapha... at this time, he has used 2 Gates... he gets to search one but I have Mind Crush... he doesn't see more cards to discard and I win.
Result: won 2-1
4th round - vs Lightsworns
So... this will be against a guy that used Dark World in the regionals I went last time. He won the one in Lisbon... so... he knows this deck. I win the dice roll but open nothing good... and I just get crushed cause he has royal decree and Lylas and I just have no chance. I made mistakes with my side deck as I got 2 Maxx "C" and 2 Light-Imprisoning Mirror and 1 Darklight for 2 dealings, 1 MST, 1 Dragged Down and 1 Upstart but the plan backfired and I got nothing good enough to play at time... so... I was just schooled.
Result: lost 0-2
At the end of the swiss I am in second place, my opponent at the third round is 1st and the opponent from the final round is 3rd. 4th place is Geargias. I get the playmat and the Deck box... that I'm now trying to sell.
Top 4 - vs Lightsworns
Yay... I get the same guy. Loose big time again... but corrected my side. Got 2 Darklight, 2 Light-Imprisoning Mirror, 2 Maxx "C", 1 MST and 1 Dust Tornado for 2 Skill Drain, 3 Dragged Down, 1 Dealings, 1 Upstart and I don't remember the last one. Now I know that it isn't a great side. I won cause he ends up with 3 JD banished in a few moments (he needed to do that to summon Tidal) while I'm doing damage with Number 17 and Evilswarm Exciton Knight. In the hand, he only has 3 Soul Recharge with 400 life points... I can't attack with number 17 (needed him with 3000 ATK points to destroy Tidal) but I use Maxx "C" to attack and end the game. I don't make any changes and I loose big time cause I only see 2 monsters the whole duel (snoww and Grapha). And he played very well... the deck had Lightrays and, truth to be told, even the duel I won, I felt that he was the one in charge. So, deserved win and I was schooled 2 times in a row. This is the one that ends up winning the tournament.
Result: lost 1-2
Final Standings
2nd place on Swiss, 3rd/4th on top 4.
My prizes: 3 boosters. My pulls: Pavão Bujingi (Bujngi Peakcock), Magia de Redução de Classe Queda Numeron (Rank-Down-Magic Numeron Fall), Number C92 as rares, another gorgonic Guardian, Guerreiro Poderoso (Mighty Warrior) and Majiosheldon as notable commons. One foil card: Kuriboh Arco-Íris (Rainbow Kuriboh). Wrong secret. It is not a bad card but the majority of the secrets of this set would have been better.
Trades: 1 trade but other things happened:
- Bought one Darklord Superbia
- Traded 1 Mahunder, 1 Pahunder, 1 Sishunder, 1 Thunder Sea Horse super, 1 Geartown rare and 2 King Musician (commons) for Chronomally cards (1 Babylon, 2 Tula, 1 Gordion Knot... all in portuguese)
- Gave away a Krebons to a kid
- Got one Nikitama from the Geargias guy as I borrowed him 2 Fossil Dyna and Daigusto Emeral... and opened his booster that had Number 101...
The good: Playing... lol. I wasn't expecting that. First top! Yay! Dark Worlds are nice to play with, not fun to play against. Just dominated the mirror match! Time for lunch and play! One secret on the prize boosters. No soul charge shanneningans.
The bad: I saw Imperial Tombs and Number 101 being pulled... and I got the Kuriboh and no more foils? I guess that few people there was good to make it easier to reach the top but it was lame for a regional tournament. Loosing two times against lightsworns and looking dumb while I did it.
For the future... I guess that I have a deck for this format. I might want to get a soul charge instead of the third Upstart. And the guy with lightsworns says that, nowadays, the changes he made to his deck were: he took out tour guides to side deck and got in there a third Trance Archfiend and a second Mirror Force. I guess that I need, at least, the second mirror force.
Also... for the side, I need to think about the number of cards that require Grapha to be helpfull (the virus, Darklight...) and limit that number to a few. Also... I guess that I should always go for the draw power if I need skill drain or something to win the duels. That's what I should have done against lightsworn. Cause if I got things right, it wouldn't matter if he filled the grave thanks to me.
Where: Player's Spot Barreiro
Type of Tournament: Regional
Background: I don't know if I will play. I will have lunch at my parent's house and I must be sure that I will be able to go to that lunch without it costing me the tournament. So... I get 2 decks ready just in case.
Deck 1 - Chaos Agents
Deck 2 - Dark World
So, I'm going there just to see some familiar faces and get one Darklord Superbia. And maybe do some more trades but... I'm not that sure that I will be able to do it. I see how things go and I decide to enter as the two rounds between lunch will end before the hour of my lunch at my parent's home. So I decided my deck, get in and let's have some fun. I decided to go with Dark World and that's the first time I will be playing with this deck IRL so... I might reach the top cause there are only 10 people playing but I don't have that many hopes cause I never played with the deck.
By the way, this will be my 4th regional tournament. So far, I never topped... the first one ended 3-2 but with bad pairings, the second ended with 2-2-1 (yes, one draw) and the third ended with the same result (but with me starting 0-2).
By the way, from the 2 participation boosters, this is what I pulled: Pavão Bujingi (Bujngi Peakcock) and Magia de Redução de Classe Queda Numeron (Rank-Down-Magic Numeron Fall)... no foil card... no notable common (ok, got gorgonic guardian). Nothing special, I know...
Number of participants: 10
The deck:
As I said, Dark World:
The tournament:
1st round - vs Frog Monarchs
Lost the dice roll... and I lost the first duel. I'm able to draw a lot of cards but not enough cards to have do some plays. I think that I misplayed in the first turn there but nevermind. What do I side in? 2 DDV for 2 MST or one Upstart and one MST. I use skill drain, DDV and Grapha with 3000 ATK points just doing what he does best. Game 3 it is just more of the same.
Result: won 2-1
2nd round - vs Dark World
Won the dice roll but lost the first duel... I used Dealings without knowing that I was playing DW but I was lucky. But he was the one that got what he needed and I just suffered until the end. I know that I used Skill Drain to negate his Trance but that play came back to screw me as I only got tour guide as the fiend monster. Sided out 3 Dealings, 2 Dragged Down and 2 Skill Drain for 2 Mind Crush, 2 Darklight, 1 Debunk, 1 DDV and 1 MST. Just dominated the duel cause I was able to open the things I needed, even though I made the mistake of searching Gates and leaving it in the hand for the dragged down. Dark Smog is so good in the mirror match... Game 3... it was just intense but when I finally was able to get one Grapha on the field while he gets none (and Debunk banishes one), that's when I took control of the duel and ended up winning.
Result: won 2-1
Lunch time: I'm a bit late for lunch but Afonso gives me a ride so... sweet
I'm back just in time to start the 3rd round 3rd round - vs Dark World
Again? Oh well... won the dice roll and Dark Smog just wins me the duel, even though I made the same mistake of searching for gates and leaving it in my hand, making Dragged Down Alive. Made the same side as the last time (round 2). But this time, Dark Smog works for my opponent. The duel was a close one but I didn't saw a Dark Wold when I needed to use my dark smog while he was able to use his. Final duel... He uses Silva to do some damage but I'm able to get Grapha... at this time, he has used 2 Gates... he gets to search one but I have Mind Crush... he doesn't see more cards to discard and I win.
Result: won 2-1
4th round - vs Lightsworns
So... this will be against a guy that used Dark World in the regionals I went last time. He won the one in Lisbon... so... he knows this deck. I win the dice roll but open nothing good... and I just get crushed cause he has royal decree and Lylas and I just have no chance. I made mistakes with my side deck as I got 2 Maxx "C" and 2 Light-Imprisoning Mirror and 1 Darklight for 2 dealings, 1 MST, 1 Dragged Down and 1 Upstart but the plan backfired and I got nothing good enough to play at time... so... I was just schooled.
Result: lost 0-2
At the end of the swiss I am in second place, my opponent at the third round is 1st and the opponent from the final round is 3rd. 4th place is Geargias. I get the playmat and the Deck box... that I'm now trying to sell.
Top 4 - vs Lightsworns
Yay... I get the same guy. Loose big time again... but corrected my side. Got 2 Darklight, 2 Light-Imprisoning Mirror, 2 Maxx "C", 1 MST and 1 Dust Tornado for 2 Skill Drain, 3 Dragged Down, 1 Dealings, 1 Upstart and I don't remember the last one. Now I know that it isn't a great side. I won cause he ends up with 3 JD banished in a few moments (he needed to do that to summon Tidal) while I'm doing damage with Number 17 and Evilswarm Exciton Knight. In the hand, he only has 3 Soul Recharge with 400 life points... I can't attack with number 17 (needed him with 3000 ATK points to destroy Tidal) but I use Maxx "C" to attack and end the game. I don't make any changes and I loose big time cause I only see 2 monsters the whole duel (snoww and Grapha). And he played very well... the deck had Lightrays and, truth to be told, even the duel I won, I felt that he was the one in charge. So, deserved win and I was schooled 2 times in a row. This is the one that ends up winning the tournament.
Result: lost 1-2
Final Standings
2nd place on Swiss, 3rd/4th on top 4.
My prizes: 3 boosters. My pulls: Pavão Bujingi (Bujngi Peakcock), Magia de Redução de Classe Queda Numeron (Rank-Down-Magic Numeron Fall), Number C92 as rares, another gorgonic Guardian, Guerreiro Poderoso (Mighty Warrior) and Majiosheldon as notable commons. One foil card: Kuriboh Arco-Íris (Rainbow Kuriboh). Wrong secret. It is not a bad card but the majority of the secrets of this set would have been better.
Trades: 1 trade but other things happened:
- Bought one Darklord Superbia
- Traded 1 Mahunder, 1 Pahunder, 1 Sishunder, 1 Thunder Sea Horse super, 1 Geartown rare and 2 King Musician (commons) for Chronomally cards (1 Babylon, 2 Tula, 1 Gordion Knot... all in portuguese)
- Gave away a Krebons to a kid
- Got one Nikitama from the Geargias guy as I borrowed him 2 Fossil Dyna and Daigusto Emeral... and opened his booster that had Number 101...
The good: Playing... lol. I wasn't expecting that. First top! Yay! Dark Worlds are nice to play with, not fun to play against. Just dominated the mirror match! Time for lunch and play! One secret on the prize boosters. No soul charge shanneningans.
The bad: I saw Imperial Tombs and Number 101 being pulled... and I got the Kuriboh and no more foils? I guess that few people there was good to make it easier to reach the top but it was lame for a regional tournament. Loosing two times against lightsworns and looking dumb while I did it.
For the future... I guess that I have a deck for this format. I might want to get a soul charge instead of the third Upstart. And the guy with lightsworns says that, nowadays, the changes he made to his deck were: he took out tour guides to side deck and got in there a third Trance Archfiend and a second Mirror Force. I guess that I need, at least, the second mirror force.
Also... for the side, I need to think about the number of cards that require Grapha to be helpfull (the virus, Darklight...) and limit that number to a few. Also... I guess that I should always go for the draw power if I need skill drain or something to win the duels. That's what I should have done against lightsworn. Cause if I got things right, it wouldn't matter if he filled the grave thanks to me.
