Tournament Report 8/28/11

Forgive the lack of posts. I was planning on posting a tournament report two days ago, but there was no tournament.

Anyway, I went to the last tournament of the format today with my Scrap Worms deck. I hadn't even looked at it for like a week, since I was working on a deck for the new format.

There were only fifteen players there today. All but two of them were regulars.

Round 1: vs X-Sabers

I've seen this guy around before, and I've probably played against him before, but I don't really remember when.

-Duel 1: Double Bottomless Trap Hole removed all of my stuff. Not that I drew Scrap Chimera or anything...

-Duel 2: He drew a lackluster hand and I was able to capitalize. I didn't even draw Scrap Chimera; that's how bad his hand was.

-Duel 3: I Set my only Scrap Beast to try and avoid Bottomless Trap Hole. He had Nobleman of Crossout... It was okay, though, since he ran into a Torrential Tribute and I beat him down with a Scrap Chimera.

Round 2: vs Gravekeeper's

This was my Round 2 opponent from this tournament.

-Duel 1: He went first and opened Royal Tribute, hitting my Scrap Beast and Worm Xex. He had two Recruiters to beat me down, and I couldn't stop them from searching when I finally did draw Monsters.

-Duel 2: I opened with Scrap Beast and a full back row. He Set four and a Spy. I drew and passed. He flipped Spy and I used Warning. He used Dark Hole, summoned a Spy, and attacked. I drew Worm Xex, summoned it after flipping Decree, and revived Worm Yagan. That ran through his Spy. Soon after, I drew a Closed Forest to solidify my position. He used Pot of Duality to get a Mystical Space Typhoon for my Decree, then topped another one soon afterwards to destroy Closed Forest. But by then, I was up a bunch of cards and he couldn't get through my Monsters.

-Duel 3: He Set a Monster and three back rows. I Set two back rows and a Scrap Beast. He flipped Spy and Special Summoned Descendant. Then he summoned Beast King Barbaros and attacked with all three. I drew for my turn and flipped MST to destroy a back row. He Chained Dark Bribe to protect it. I drew Giant Trunade and he flipped Solemn Judgment. Dust Tornado cleared the last back row and I summoned Scrap Chimera to run him through. He topped Pot of Duality, but it was no help.

Round 3: vs Tengu Zombies

-Duel 1: He opened with Reborn Tengu and a couple Set cards. I summoned Scrap Beast, and he tried to use Bottomless Trap Hole. Forbidden Lance protected my Beast. I played Mind Control to steal the Tengu, then overlaid the two Level 4's for Utopia, depriving him of his Tengu. He used Book of Moon on Utopia, but I was able to beat him down over a few turns to win.

-Duel 2: He opened with Reborn Tengu, again. I didn't draw any Monsters bigger than it, and you can't kill it with Spells/Traps, so I lost.

-Duel 3: Same as the second game... D.D. Crows and Effect Veilers don't stop Reborn Tengu...

Round 4: vs Tengu Zombies

This was my Round 5 opponent from this tournament.

-Duel 1: He overextended into my Gorz. I summoned Scrap Dragon after that and destroyed his field. He topped Mind Control to destroy my field... I couldn't make up for that, and lost to a top-decked Tengu which facilitated the summoning of Brionac.

-Duel 2: I summoned Scrap Twin Dragon to keep bouncing his floaters. Unfortunately, he was still alive, and I summoned a Scrap Dragon on the following turn. After that, he tried to make a big play to destroy my field, but Maxx "C" gave me a bunch of draws (exactly seven before he decided to scoop).

-Duel 3: I lost to Reborn Tengu again. Not drawing the Worms or Scrap Chimera makes it hard to deal with Reborn Tengu and the multitude of floaters that Zombies use, so I lost.

So I went 2-2, which is not good... Not that that means much, since this is the last tournament of the format.

With that, I need to concentrate on a deck for the new format. I was thinking Nordics (which you would know if you've been reading the recent posts...), but I'm not sure how consistent they would be. For instance, during testing today, I drew a hand of two Guldfaxe (the horse), two Mark of the Rose, and an Effect Veiler. Needless to say, I lost that game hopelessly.

After seeing Zombies in play, it makes me want to run them again. Not necessarily a slow variant that focuses only on floaters, but a faster deck that uses maybe T.G.'s or something. I mean, Zombies were a major deck in the Lightsworn/Zombie format, so why wouldn't they be able to beat Lightsworn this time around?