Tournament Report 10/25/09

This was the last tournament for me before the Warrior's Strike Structure Deck and Stardust Overdrive are released, so it may be the last time I use my Dark Reverse Junk and Debris deck in a tournament.

I was able to get a Turbo Rocket before the tournament, not that I ever drew it. Again, no Swallow Flips. However, after scoping out the types of decks in the tournament, and seeing a bunch of people playing Zombie Synchro (no doubt waiting for the arrival of Brionac), I switched two cards in my Side Deck. I took out my Pulling the Rugs for Black Horn of Heavens, since I saw no Monarchs or Gadgets.

Round 1: vs Newbie RFP

-Duel 1: Seeing Dimensional Fissure scared me a bit, but Black Rose Dragon took care of his field.
-Duel 2: I won.

Round 2: vs Blackwings

I was playing against the annoying guy who barely knows the rules, but has enough money and luck to do somewhat well. Aki and I mentioned him in a video a while ago.

-Duel 1: I drew brokenly, setting up everything on turn 1. I stole his Bora and Shura with Brain Control and Mind Control, dropped Dark Armed Dragon, and Synchro Summoned with his monsters. He couldn't do anything.
-Duel 2: I won.

Round 3: vs Blackwings

This guy actually knew what Junk and Debris was, no doubt from Shonen Jump Orlando.

-Duel 1: I got my Gold Sarcophagus for Ouroboros/Allure of Darkness combo for lots of drawing. I took control with Black Rose and won.
-Duel 2: I blasted the field with Black Rose Dragon, but we had the same amount of cards in hand (freakin' Black Whirlwind). He was able to make a comeback.
-Duel 3: I desperately went for Goyo to steal his Gale. He stole Goyo Guardian with Brain Control in an attempt to steal back his Gale, but forgot about my Necro Gardna. He Synchro Summons for Colossal Fighter with my Goyo after summoning his Blizzard. I drew Allure of Darkness, with my only Dark in hand being Dark Armed Dragon. I took a risk and played it, drawing into Armageddon Knight and Necro Gardna. Remove Gardna, summon Armageddon Knight, dumping Necro Gardna. Tune Gale to Armageddon Knight and I've got three Darks in the Graveyard. He scooped after seeing his next draw.

Before Round 4, there were four undefeated people, including me. We agreed to split the box of Ancient Prophecy Special Editions, with the two finalists getting three each and the two who lost this round getting two each.

Round 4: vs Blackwings

-Duel 1: He goes first and sets Trap Dustshoot. My hand was Debris Dragon, Dark Armed Dragon, Burial from a Different Dimension, D.D.R., Mystical Space Typhoon, and Heavy Storm. He sent back Debris Dragon after a lot of thought, explaining that it would take me a while to set up for Dark Armed. He regretted his choice when I OTK'd him a few turns later with Dark Armed Dragon.
-Duel 2: He annoyed me with Kycoo. I dumped Cyber Ouroboros with Armageddon Knight, forcing him to make a tough choice with Kycoo's effect. He decided to remove the Ouroboros, allowing me to set up by sending Dandylion to the Graveyard. He was able to win, though, since I wasted so many cards getting rid of Kycoo.
-Duel 3: I stole his Sirocco (Brain Control) with Armageddon Knight on the field. Summoned Junk Synchron to Special Summon Plaguespreader Zombie. Tuned my Zombie to his Sirocco for X-Saber Urbellum. His field was empty with 4 cards in hand. I attacked with everything and Synchro Summoned Ancient Fairy Dragon in DEF in Main Phase 2. He dropped Dark Creator, Special Summoned two Armor Masters with Vayu and Burial from a Different Dimension. Then he used The Dark Creator to remove one Sirocco to Special Summon another Sirocco. He boosted an Armor Master with Sirocco, attacked over Urbellum with that Armor Master and dropped Kalut. He didn't need the Kalut for game, but he wanted revenge from our first duel.

Round 5: vs Gladiator Beasts

My first duel against Gladiator Beasts with Dark Reverse Junk and Debris. I side somewhat heavily for this match-up, and it payed off.

-Duel 1: I used Gold Sarcophagus to remove Cyber Ouroboros to drop the second Ouroboros from my hand to draw. MST'd his set War Chariot, which was great. Junk Synchron into Magical Android to kill his Laquari. He double Test Tiger'd next turn, but I just summoned another Junk Synchron to beat up his Gladiators.
-Duel 2: In this duel, I drew every card I sided in. And, because of that, I won, even though I just blew up one Mirror of Oaths and one Swallow Flip with Black Rose Dragon. I ended up going for exactly game with Armory Arm, Spirit Reaper, his Hoplomus that I stole with Brain Control, and a Necro Gardna I revived with D.D.R.

So, I went 4-1, which was good. I got two Ancient Prophecy Special Editions, thanks to the split I agreed to before Round 4. I pulled two Red-Eyes Wyverns and a XX-Saber Faultroll, which is good (the Faultroll, not the Wyverns). I also got a Hobby League Call of the Haunted, since there wasn't much else to get.

All in all, it was a pretty good tournament.