As usual, I've got a triple tournament report for you, starting with the small Vanguard tournament at the usual card shop.
Before that, though, my friend who plays Vanguard brought me most of his Nova Grappler stuff; all that was missing was his one Twin Blader, his third Azure Dragon, and his one copy of Three Minutes. So, I made the deck without those, opting to use a ninth Stand Trigger over the one Three Minutes that I lacked. I also used an Azura Kaiser over the fourth Azure Dragon that I didn't have at the moment. And, that's the deck I used for the small tournament.
In the first round, I played against the Spectral Duke Dragon Gold Paladin player I had played against in the fourth round from last week's small Vanguard tournament. He got his ride chain off perfectly, and I wasn't able to rush him very effectively, so I lost.
My friend also lost, and we ended up getting paired up against each other in the second round. So, we both just dropped and used the few Narukami cards he brought to make a deck for Aki. At this point, it lacked Garudas, Dragonic Deathscythes, and basically all of the good cards. It was pretty bad, honestly. But yeah, we were just using what we had. We were planning on making it better later that day, so yeah.
A while after that, the Yu-Gi-Oh tournament started. There were only 14 players there today, since there was a Regional about an hour away, which I didn't bother to go to. I was using my Nordic Diva deck, of course. I really do want to try making other decks, but I don't really have time. The only reason I have time to think of new Vanguard decks is because they're so easy to make. Like, I thought of one on the way home from school on Friday (a Nubatama/Royal Paladin hybrid using the Galahad ride chain). But that's besides the point...
Round 1: vs Chaos Dragons
This was my Round 1 opponent from last week's Yu-Gi-Oh tournament. We were even sitting at the same table as last time. He told me that he tried going to the Regional, but he was turned away since there were too many people, not unlike the previous Regional I tried to attend.
-Duel 1: He OTK'd me with Dark Armed Dragon, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning, and Darkflare Dragon...
-Duel 2: I went for an OTK with T.G. Hyper Librarian, Scrap Dragon, and Thor, but he guarded with Tragoedia, leaving himself at 1700 LP. He had no follow-up, so he just scooped afterwards.
-Duel 3: I summoned Thor and just beat his face in. Effect Veiler and Bottomless Trap Hole protected Thor from Chaos Sorcerer and BLS, so there were no problems for me.
XOO
Round 2: vs Inzektors
This was my Round 5 opponent from this Yu-Gi-Oh tournament.
-Duel 1: He drew Dragonfly, Hornet, and Monster Reborn, so he won.
-Duel 2: He didn't draw any Inzektors except Centipede, so I won. That's honestly what it comes down to now.
-Duel 3: He drew Dragonfly, Hornet, Centipede, and Ladybug. He opened with Dragonfly into Ladybug into Centipede into Tiras, searching Zektkaliber. He later used Pot of Duality to grab BLS, and I couldn't deal with all of the advantage, so I lost.
XOX
He ended up playing the Duel Terminal and getting a bunch of the new Gem-Knight cards, which he gave to me, since he knows that I play Gem-Knights. Now I have three Sardonyx, and I got them all for free.
Round 3: vs Dark Worlds
He was kind of a newb, but he at least knew how all of his cards worked and played fairly well.
-Duel 1: He Dragged me Down and spammed Grapha, like the deck is supposed to. I couldn't make anything bigger than Grapha, so I lost.
-Duel 2: I just rushed him with a bunch of Synchros to win.
-Duel 3: Again, he opened with Grapha and I couldn't make anything bigger than it. I had a Dimensional Fissure, but he had two MST's.
XOX
With that, I decided to drop. I just played Vanguard with my friend for a bit, then we left for the other Vanguard tournament. Earlier, he had given me another Dragonic Overlord so that I could play a fourth one, and I changed up my Invincible Overlord deck a little bit. But yeah, there were like 18 players there today.
Round 1: vs Oracle Think Tank (Tsukuyomi)
This was the same OTT player from Round 4 of this tournament.
-Fight 1: He missed his Grade 1 Tsukuyomi, riding Circle Magus instead. I opened with a bunch of Grade 2's, so I just rushed him. He couldn't really defend himself that well, so I was able to win with just random rush tactics.
-Fight 2: He got his ride chain off perfectly, but he didn't really commit to the field at all. I understand that Tsukuyomi players tend to hold everything in their hand so that they can guard long enough to get to their stack, but it seems silly when your opponent gets to save all of their cards, too. Either way, I just beat him up with my winning image while memorizing his whole hand. There were times in the match were I was like, "You're going to intercept, then guard with a Tsukuyomi from your hand, right?" and he'd be all like, "Yeah, pretty much." Either way, he got all of his Critical Triggers early when I was easily guarding them, so he couldn't apply much pressure late game. The game went on long enough so that he decked out. Yeah, he decked out before me, but that's mainly because he used Tsukuyomi's Counterblast four times over the course of the fight, and I didn't ride Mr. Invincible until later.
OO
Round 2: vs Royal Paladin
I was paired down against a little kid. He didn't know all of the rules, so I was teaching him while we played. But yeah, I won 2-0.
Round 3: vs Gold Paladin
This was the same fairly incompetent Gold Paladin player from Round 1 of last week's Vanguard tournament. He's been getting better though. He still plays stuff like Nemean Lion and the Grade 3 Sagramore, though... Oh, and I was paired down again.
-Fight 1: He got some Critical Triggers early on, so I was at five damage pretty early. I ended up having to minimum guard against his Vanguard, and he flipped two Critical Triggers...
-Fight 2: I got gradestuck on Grade 2 for a turn, which was pretty bad. I just couldn't amass a field, since I had to guard for a bunch against all of his columns, so I lost.
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The tournament organizer decided to cut to Top 4 at this point. I was the lowest 2-1, since I was paired down twice, so I didn't make it. How sad. Well, whatever. My friend ended up getting a bunch of Narukami stuff from his friend, including Garudas and Deathscythes. I also traded him some bad Kagero cards for all of the other stuff in his Narukami deck except the Vermillions, which he was supposed to give to my friend, but decided to keep because he likes to be irritating.
I also traded some of the Spike Brothers stuff I had been getting from my packs of Set 2 for a third Thunder Break Dragon. With that, I was able to make a decent Narukami deck without Vermillions. The main Vanguard is Thunder Break Dragon, of course, with Djinn of the Lightning Flash and Breakthrough Dragon as decent alternatives. I made it according to Aki's specifications, with four Dragonic Deathscythes, since they're cool, and Spark Kid Dragoon as the starting Vanguard. Also, I found out that Narukami has more than one Stand Trigger, so that's cool. And since we're not using Vermillion, we can actually use Stand Triggers.
But yeah, assuming my friend brings the three Nova Grappler cards I still need next weekend, we'll be ready for the team tournament on Sunday. And there's also the Vanguard Regional on Saturday, but that's not really the main point. I mean, it takes a lot of luck to make it through 7-9 best-of-one double-elimination rounds in a game like Vanguard. But whatever, I'll just mess with people with my Invincible Overlord deck, then play in the team tournament with my friend and Aki the following day.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Random Stuff #51
I don't think I'll have any time for another blog post until Saturday, so I figure that I might as well put one up now. It's kind of a double-post, so don't forget to check out the previous post (a tournament report that was technically uploaded today, since it was after midnight).
So the Atlantean Structure Deck came out, which is really cool. I'm really happy that Genex Undine is once again a good card, since I used to play Genex (like two years or so ago). I kind of want to play Atlanteans competitively, but they're kind of lacking as a theme. For one, it's quite difficult to use the Atlantean's secondary effects, since the only reliable way to send them to the Graveyard using a Water Monster's effect is by using Genex Undine. There's Dragon Ice and Abyss Soldier, but you have to draw them as well as the Atlanteans, which can deplete your hand. I don't know, I like the theme, but it doesn't seem that good, at least without Mermails...
Other than that, Yu-Gi-Oh has still been very stale. I guess Wind-Ups are kind of new in Japan, and they've been wrecking the meta there from what I've seen. But yeah, nothing really new.
It's the same with Kaijudo. Until the new cards come out next month, there won't be much to discuss. That, and the fact that my locals only has Kaijudo events on Sunday, which I am unable to attend. Maybe I can convince the shopkeeper to consider moving the Kaijudo league to Saturday before the Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments, at the same time as the Vanguard tournaments. I mean, the leagues are just free play, so I could enter the Vanguard tournament then participate in the league afterwards. And if there are actual tournaments, then Kaijudo takes precedence over Vanguard.
As for Vanguard, there's one more weekend of local tournaments before the Regional and National in two weeks. That means that there's one more week to test my decks before the Regional, which I don't expect to win, and the team tournament side event at the National, which is what I'm actually excited for. Playing on a team with two of my friends like in the anime should be exciting. We still haven't decided on a team name yet (I haven't even talked to Aki about it), though. Most team names end up being cheesy, so I was thinking about making it purposefully cheesy. "Team Speeder Hound" has a nice ring to it, ha ha. My friend who plays Vanguard suggested "Team Sagramore", since he knows that I hate the Grade 3 Sagramore, but I'd be okay with the name, since it sounds good and I like the Grade 1 Sagramore.
Neither of my decks are ready for the Regional/team tournament, but my friend should be able to get me the cards I need by this weekend. I need a fourth Dragonic Overlord for my Invincible Overlord deck, and I already have the Wyvern Guard, Barri that I'm going to tech. I'm not sure if I want to use that Barri or a third Demonic Dragon Mage, Kimnara. Half the time, I kind of wish that I could have a Kimnara to retire my opponent's boosters. But, I'm going to change out a Hungry Dumpty for a third Berserk Dragon, so I guess that should do it.
For my Nova Grappler deck, all I have are a few cards that I've been getting from packs and a few cards my friend has already given me. He's basically going to be giving me a whole collection of Nova Grapplers, and I'm going to put the deck together as I see fit. I'm thinking about going with a 16-13-4 or 15-13-5 grade ratio. If that low Grade 3-count ends up not working out, then I might run a more conventional Nova Grappler build, but I'd really rather not do that unless I can get more Twin Bladers. We'll see, I guess.
I'm also thinking about running Marvelous Hani, but I just can't stop thinking about how bad it is unless it has a Tough Boy supporting it. My other Grade 2's will be Kirara, Black Tortoise, and either King of Sword or Brutal Jack, but I kind of want to maximize on-hit skills so that my opponent won't be able to stop them all. I don't know, I just feel like Marvelous Hani is really bad after my third turn, so I may not run it.
As for Aki's deck, my friend who plays Vanguard should be able to get enough cards for a viable Narukami deck (without Vermillions, sadly) by this weekend. We'll just have to work with whatever he has, I suppose. Vermillion is cool, but it's not the only reason why Narukami decks are playable, right? Right...?
But yeah, I'm just looking forward to the team tournament. It sounds fun, and it'd be great if either of the card shops I go to could do something like that.
So the Atlantean Structure Deck came out, which is really cool. I'm really happy that Genex Undine is once again a good card, since I used to play Genex (like two years or so ago). I kind of want to play Atlanteans competitively, but they're kind of lacking as a theme. For one, it's quite difficult to use the Atlantean's secondary effects, since the only reliable way to send them to the Graveyard using a Water Monster's effect is by using Genex Undine. There's Dragon Ice and Abyss Soldier, but you have to draw them as well as the Atlanteans, which can deplete your hand. I don't know, I like the theme, but it doesn't seem that good, at least without Mermails...
Other than that, Yu-Gi-Oh has still been very stale. I guess Wind-Ups are kind of new in Japan, and they've been wrecking the meta there from what I've seen. But yeah, nothing really new.
It's the same with Kaijudo. Until the new cards come out next month, there won't be much to discuss. That, and the fact that my locals only has Kaijudo events on Sunday, which I am unable to attend. Maybe I can convince the shopkeeper to consider moving the Kaijudo league to Saturday before the Yu-Gi-Oh tournaments, at the same time as the Vanguard tournaments. I mean, the leagues are just free play, so I could enter the Vanguard tournament then participate in the league afterwards. And if there are actual tournaments, then Kaijudo takes precedence over Vanguard.
As for Vanguard, there's one more weekend of local tournaments before the Regional and National in two weeks. That means that there's one more week to test my decks before the Regional, which I don't expect to win, and the team tournament side event at the National, which is what I'm actually excited for. Playing on a team with two of my friends like in the anime should be exciting. We still haven't decided on a team name yet (I haven't even talked to Aki about it), though. Most team names end up being cheesy, so I was thinking about making it purposefully cheesy. "Team Speeder Hound" has a nice ring to it, ha ha. My friend who plays Vanguard suggested "Team Sagramore", since he knows that I hate the Grade 3 Sagramore, but I'd be okay with the name, since it sounds good and I like the Grade 1 Sagramore.
Neither of my decks are ready for the Regional/team tournament, but my friend should be able to get me the cards I need by this weekend. I need a fourth Dragonic Overlord for my Invincible Overlord deck, and I already have the Wyvern Guard, Barri that I'm going to tech. I'm not sure if I want to use that Barri or a third Demonic Dragon Mage, Kimnara. Half the time, I kind of wish that I could have a Kimnara to retire my opponent's boosters. But, I'm going to change out a Hungry Dumpty for a third Berserk Dragon, so I guess that should do it.
For my Nova Grappler deck, all I have are a few cards that I've been getting from packs and a few cards my friend has already given me. He's basically going to be giving me a whole collection of Nova Grapplers, and I'm going to put the deck together as I see fit. I'm thinking about going with a 16-13-4 or 15-13-5 grade ratio. If that low Grade 3-count ends up not working out, then I might run a more conventional Nova Grappler build, but I'd really rather not do that unless I can get more Twin Bladers. We'll see, I guess.
I'm also thinking about running Marvelous Hani, but I just can't stop thinking about how bad it is unless it has a Tough Boy supporting it. My other Grade 2's will be Kirara, Black Tortoise, and either King of Sword or Brutal Jack, but I kind of want to maximize on-hit skills so that my opponent won't be able to stop them all. I don't know, I just feel like Marvelous Hani is really bad after my third turn, so I may not run it.
As for Aki's deck, my friend who plays Vanguard should be able to get enough cards for a viable Narukami deck (without Vermillions, sadly) by this weekend. We'll just have to work with whatever he has, I suppose. Vermillion is cool, but it's not the only reason why Narukami decks are playable, right? Right...?
But yeah, I'm just looking forward to the team tournament. It sounds fun, and it'd be great if either of the card shops I go to could do something like that.
Tournament Report 10/20/12
As usual, I wasn't able to post during the week because school takes up a lot of time, but I was able to go to locals. My friend who plays Vanguard gave me a Wyvern Guard, Barri, but I wasn't able to use it since I needed a fourth Dragonic Overlord to make it consistent enough to warrant playing. He also gave me a Magician Girl, Kirara, which I put in my Invincible Overlord deck. He didn't bring any other cards, despite me asking him to bring all of his Nova Grappler and Kagero stuff so that I could get my deck ready for the Vanguard Regional in two weeks. But whatever, there's still time, I guess.
So, first was the small Vanguard tournament. I was paired up against a Granblue player who didn't seem to use math when we played. I had to ride up to Dragonic Overlord, and he filled his front row with 10k's without boosters. So he kept attacking my 11k Dragonic Overlord with stuff like Commodore Blueblood, and he'd ask me why I don't take damage. He caught on after a while, though. It didn't matter, since he didn't get many triggers, while I just kept killing his rear-guards before killing him. Since he basically couldn't damage me for most of the game, I had a bunch of 10k shields in my hand by the end of the game.
In the second round, I was up against my opponent from the finals of this small Vanguard tournament. He was running Royal Paladins. Basically what happened was that he attacked with his Vanguard Gancelot that had an extra Critical from its effect, then he got a Draw Trigger and a Critical Trigger to push through my two-to-pass guard. Needless to say, I didn't get any Heal Triggers, so I lost.
After that, I played against a Narukami player in the third round, since there were actually enough players there to give prizes past 1st place. I got my winning image of Mr. Invincible and Dragonic Overlord to put constant pressure on him and win.
In the fourth round, I played against a Spectral Duke Dragon-based Gold Paladin deck. Basically what happened is that he got two Critical Triggers to push through my two-to-pass guard. Yeah... Now, don't be fooled into thinking that it's bad to guard for two-to-pass. Statistically, it's the best way to guard, unless you have an abundance of shields.
So yeah, I didn't win anything, and neither did my friend who plays Vanguard. I then entered the Yu-Gi-Oh tournament with my Nordic Diva deck. There were about 18 people there today (really yesterday, since it's after midnight).
Round 1: vs Dark Worlds
-Duel 1: He didn't draw Grapha, so I was able to completely dominate him with a Scrap Dragon. It made me miss playing Scraps...
-Duel 2: He didn't draw any back row removal, so I was able to completely shut him down with two Dimensional Fissures. It's a good card, yo.
OO
Round 2: vs Newbie Dino-Rabbit
My opponent here was a little kid who kept talking about how people always underestimated him because he was a little kid. He had a full Dino-Rabbit deck with everything a... more experienced... Dino-Rabbit would use, but he still played it wrong. I 2-0'd him after struggling a little bit since he drew both of his Rabbits in the first duel.
OO
Round 3: vs Counter Fairies with Agents
-Duel 1: I used Bottomless Trap Hole on his Bountiful Artemis, baited out all of his back row, then I summoned Catastor. Yeah, he tried to use Hyperion, but Effect Veiler is a good card.
-Duel 2: I baited out all of his back rows, which forced him to minus since he didn't draw Bountiful Artemis, then summoned Catastor. Yeah, Catastor is a good card.
OO
Round 4: vs Machina Geargia
This was my Round 4 opponent from this tournament. Apparently he switches decks a lot, and it was his second time playing with Geargia. Also, this happened to be the finals, since there were so few people. We didn't even discuss splitting, since the prizes were fairly low anyways.
-Duel 1: I opened with Spined Gillman and milled Lost Blue Breaker with Ryko, so that when I needed to make a Catastor with Deep Sea Diva to stop him from killing me with Machina Fortress, I couldn't. Quite sad.
-Duel 2: I threw my Thought Ruler Archfiend into a Mirror Force, then revived it with Monster Reborn a few turns later. His only answer to that was Machina Fortress, but I always save a Bottomless Trap Hole for Fortress, so I banished it. He had nothing else, so I won with Thought Ruler.
-Duel 3: He gained advantage slowly with his Geargia engine, while I just kept Setting cards. After a while, when I was at 1700 LP to his 8000 LP, he left three Machine Monsters out. Alright, Cyber Dragon into Chimeratech Fortress Dragon at 4000 ATK. That took out half of his LP in one swing. He Special Summoned his own Cyber Dragon and tried to fuse it with my Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, but Chimeratech Fortress Dragon cannot be used as a Fusion Material, so he was left there with a vulnerable Cyber Dragon. I ran it over with my Fortress Dragon, then Set a Super-Nimble Hamster. He summoned Geargiarsenal after using Mind Control to steal my Hamster. He overlaid to make Utopia and stall for a bit. But it didn't matter, I was able to clear out his field in a few turns and win with attacks from another Hamster and Reborn Tengu.
XOO
With that, I went undefeated and got 1st place. I used my store credit to get sleeves for Aki and vadangchoinga (who now owes me $5), as well as a double deck box for myself. I spent the last few dollars on a couple of Battle Pack. You know, those Epic Dawn ones that no one cares about anymore? Well, I pulled a Rare Tour Guide, so that was cool. I may or may not sell it, since I'm planning on getting three of the Hanzo tins, which have Tour Guides. So, if I keep it, I'll have six Tour Guides. Hmm, we'll see.
So after that was the Vanguard tournament at the other card shop. There were only 11 people there for the tournament.
Round 1: vs Gold Paladin
This was the same fairly incompetent Gold Paladin player from last weekend. He played somewhat better than last time, so that's good.
-Fight 1: He dumped his hand onto his field. I killed all of his rear-guards. Yeah, that's how my deck works.
-Fight 2: I didn't get a Grade 1, so I lost.
-Fight 3: I constructed my winning image to rip apart his field. When I was attacking with Dragonic Overlord after using its Counterblast, I even told him that he didn't have enough to guard, since I had memorized his whole hand. I can be quite evil sometimes. It's the Stand Triggers, yo.
OXO
Round 2: vs Narukami
This was the same Narukami player that I played against in the third round of this small Vanguard tourmament. Oddly enough, a third of the players here were running Narukami. It was weird.
-Fight 1: Basically what happened is he got a Draw Trigger and a Critical Trigger to push through my two-to-pass guard when I was at four damage. This happened to me too much today.
-Fight 2: I got gradestuck on Grade 2 and lost because of it. At least Nehalem did a good job holding down the fort until Idied was banished from the planet Cray.
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Round 3: vs Nova Grappler
This was my opponent from the semi-finals of this Vanguard tournament.
-Fight 1: I drew a bunch of my Grade 3's, so I didn't have enough to guard mid-game. Not only that, but I had to anticipate Stand Triggers, so I basically just had to no-guard and hope for a Heal Trigger. But yeah, I didn't get a Heal Trigger.
-Fight 2: I got gradestuck on Grade 1, so I lost. This (getting gradestuck in general) happened to me too much today, as well.
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So, neither my friend nor I made it into the Top 4 this week, which was sad. So, we just left after getting a few cards. I was able to get two more Magician Girl, Kirara and a Beast Deity Azure Dragon for $16. Yes, I spent a little more money on Vanguard, but I'll be selling some cards next weekend, so it'll even out.
Basically, those cards are going to be for the pure Nova Grappler deck I'm going to make. But, why would I want to make a Nova Grappler deck? Well, first of all, it's one of the clans that I like, mainly since it uses Stand Triggers. But also, because the team tournament that Bushiroad is hosting on November 4 as a side event to the Vanguard National Championship requires single-clan decks. I'm planning on entering with my friend who plays Vanguard and Aki. My friend is supposed to be getting a Narukami deck for Aki, and hopefully that'll happen by next weekend so that Aki will have some time to practice with it.
But, back to the reason why I want to run Nova Grapplers. I don't want to have to run a bunch of Grade 3's. I know what those of you who play Nova Grapplers are thinking: "But Asura Kaiser and the Death Army people turn drive-checked Grade 3's into Stand Triggers!" Yeah, but they don't turn them into shields for defending yourself. I want to play a deck that runs as few as four Grade 3's, all of which are Azure Dragon. Azure Dragon can be searched using the Grade 1 and 2 Beast Deities, so it'll hopefully work out. I may play a fifth or sixth Grade 3 depending on how the deck shapes up, but I really don't want to play too many.
And for my Invincible Overlord deck, I feel like I want to run more Dragonic Overlord. Every time I ride into Dragonic Overlord, the fact that it's an 11k Kagero helps a lot. It lets me still use Kimnara and Gattling Claw Dragon, and it prevents Gold Paladins from making weak 15k lines to force 10k cards. It'll also let me tech a Barri, so yeah.
By the way, I was able to finally use Mr. Invincible's Megablast today while playing against my friend's Royal Paladin deck. I just attacked his rear-guard and he let it go, so my whole field stood back up. Of course, that was because I hadn't drawn any Dragonic Overlords all game, so all of my damage was face-up. So that was cool.
So, first was the small Vanguard tournament. I was paired up against a Granblue player who didn't seem to use math when we played. I had to ride up to Dragonic Overlord, and he filled his front row with 10k's without boosters. So he kept attacking my 11k Dragonic Overlord with stuff like Commodore Blueblood, and he'd ask me why I don't take damage. He caught on after a while, though. It didn't matter, since he didn't get many triggers, while I just kept killing his rear-guards before killing him. Since he basically couldn't damage me for most of the game, I had a bunch of 10k shields in my hand by the end of the game.
In the second round, I was up against my opponent from the finals of this small Vanguard tournament. He was running Royal Paladins. Basically what happened was that he attacked with his Vanguard Gancelot that had an extra Critical from its effect, then he got a Draw Trigger and a Critical Trigger to push through my two-to-pass guard. Needless to say, I didn't get any Heal Triggers, so I lost.
After that, I played against a Narukami player in the third round, since there were actually enough players there to give prizes past 1st place. I got my winning image of Mr. Invincible and Dragonic Overlord to put constant pressure on him and win.
In the fourth round, I played against a Spectral Duke Dragon-based Gold Paladin deck. Basically what happened is that he got two Critical Triggers to push through my two-to-pass guard. Yeah... Now, don't be fooled into thinking that it's bad to guard for two-to-pass. Statistically, it's the best way to guard, unless you have an abundance of shields.
So yeah, I didn't win anything, and neither did my friend who plays Vanguard. I then entered the Yu-Gi-Oh tournament with my Nordic Diva deck. There were about 18 people there today (really yesterday, since it's after midnight).
Round 1: vs Dark Worlds
-Duel 1: He didn't draw Grapha, so I was able to completely dominate him with a Scrap Dragon. It made me miss playing Scraps...
-Duel 2: He didn't draw any back row removal, so I was able to completely shut him down with two Dimensional Fissures. It's a good card, yo.
OO
Round 2: vs Newbie Dino-Rabbit
My opponent here was a little kid who kept talking about how people always underestimated him because he was a little kid. He had a full Dino-Rabbit deck with everything a... more experienced... Dino-Rabbit would use, but he still played it wrong. I 2-0'd him after struggling a little bit since he drew both of his Rabbits in the first duel.
OO
Round 3: vs Counter Fairies with Agents
-Duel 1: I used Bottomless Trap Hole on his Bountiful Artemis, baited out all of his back row, then I summoned Catastor. Yeah, he tried to use Hyperion, but Effect Veiler is a good card.
-Duel 2: I baited out all of his back rows, which forced him to minus since he didn't draw Bountiful Artemis, then summoned Catastor. Yeah, Catastor is a good card.
OO
Round 4: vs Machina Geargia
This was my Round 4 opponent from this tournament. Apparently he switches decks a lot, and it was his second time playing with Geargia. Also, this happened to be the finals, since there were so few people. We didn't even discuss splitting, since the prizes were fairly low anyways.
-Duel 1: I opened with Spined Gillman and milled Lost Blue Breaker with Ryko, so that when I needed to make a Catastor with Deep Sea Diva to stop him from killing me with Machina Fortress, I couldn't. Quite sad.
-Duel 2: I threw my Thought Ruler Archfiend into a Mirror Force, then revived it with Monster Reborn a few turns later. His only answer to that was Machina Fortress, but I always save a Bottomless Trap Hole for Fortress, so I banished it. He had nothing else, so I won with Thought Ruler.
-Duel 3: He gained advantage slowly with his Geargia engine, while I just kept Setting cards. After a while, when I was at 1700 LP to his 8000 LP, he left three Machine Monsters out. Alright, Cyber Dragon into Chimeratech Fortress Dragon at 4000 ATK. That took out half of his LP in one swing. He Special Summoned his own Cyber Dragon and tried to fuse it with my Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, but Chimeratech Fortress Dragon cannot be used as a Fusion Material, so he was left there with a vulnerable Cyber Dragon. I ran it over with my Fortress Dragon, then Set a Super-Nimble Hamster. He summoned Geargiarsenal after using Mind Control to steal my Hamster. He overlaid to make Utopia and stall for a bit. But it didn't matter, I was able to clear out his field in a few turns and win with attacks from another Hamster and Reborn Tengu.
XOO
With that, I went undefeated and got 1st place. I used my store credit to get sleeves for Aki and vadangchoinga (who now owes me $5), as well as a double deck box for myself. I spent the last few dollars on a couple of Battle Pack. You know, those Epic Dawn ones that no one cares about anymore? Well, I pulled a Rare Tour Guide, so that was cool. I may or may not sell it, since I'm planning on getting three of the Hanzo tins, which have Tour Guides. So, if I keep it, I'll have six Tour Guides. Hmm, we'll see.
So after that was the Vanguard tournament at the other card shop. There were only 11 people there for the tournament.
Round 1: vs Gold Paladin
This was the same fairly incompetent Gold Paladin player from last weekend. He played somewhat better than last time, so that's good.
-Fight 1: He dumped his hand onto his field. I killed all of his rear-guards. Yeah, that's how my deck works.
-Fight 2: I didn't get a Grade 1, so I lost.
-Fight 3: I constructed my winning image to rip apart his field. When I was attacking with Dragonic Overlord after using its Counterblast, I even told him that he didn't have enough to guard, since I had memorized his whole hand. I can be quite evil sometimes. It's the Stand Triggers, yo.
OXO
Round 2: vs Narukami
This was the same Narukami player that I played against in the third round of this small Vanguard tourmament. Oddly enough, a third of the players here were running Narukami. It was weird.
-Fight 1: Basically what happened is he got a Draw Trigger and a Critical Trigger to push through my two-to-pass guard when I was at four damage. This happened to me too much today.
-Fight 2: I got gradestuck on Grade 2 and lost because of it. At least Nehalem did a good job holding down the fort until I
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Round 3: vs Nova Grappler
This was my opponent from the semi-finals of this Vanguard tournament.
-Fight 1: I drew a bunch of my Grade 3's, so I didn't have enough to guard mid-game. Not only that, but I had to anticipate Stand Triggers, so I basically just had to no-guard and hope for a Heal Trigger. But yeah, I didn't get a Heal Trigger.
-Fight 2: I got gradestuck on Grade 1, so I lost. This (getting gradestuck in general) happened to me too much today, as well.
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So, neither my friend nor I made it into the Top 4 this week, which was sad. So, we just left after getting a few cards. I was able to get two more Magician Girl, Kirara and a Beast Deity Azure Dragon for $16. Yes, I spent a little more money on Vanguard, but I'll be selling some cards next weekend, so it'll even out.
Basically, those cards are going to be for the pure Nova Grappler deck I'm going to make. But, why would I want to make a Nova Grappler deck? Well, first of all, it's one of the clans that I like, mainly since it uses Stand Triggers. But also, because the team tournament that Bushiroad is hosting on November 4 as a side event to the Vanguard National Championship requires single-clan decks. I'm planning on entering with my friend who plays Vanguard and Aki. My friend is supposed to be getting a Narukami deck for Aki, and hopefully that'll happen by next weekend so that Aki will have some time to practice with it.
But, back to the reason why I want to run Nova Grapplers. I don't want to have to run a bunch of Grade 3's. I know what those of you who play Nova Grapplers are thinking: "But Asura Kaiser and the Death Army people turn drive-checked Grade 3's into Stand Triggers!" Yeah, but they don't turn them into shields for defending yourself. I want to play a deck that runs as few as four Grade 3's, all of which are Azure Dragon. Azure Dragon can be searched using the Grade 1 and 2 Beast Deities, so it'll hopefully work out. I may play a fifth or sixth Grade 3 depending on how the deck shapes up, but I really don't want to play too many.
And for my Invincible Overlord deck, I feel like I want to run more Dragonic Overlord. Every time I ride into Dragonic Overlord, the fact that it's an 11k Kagero helps a lot. It lets me still use Kimnara and Gattling Claw Dragon, and it prevents Gold Paladins from making weak 15k lines to force 10k cards. It'll also let me tech a Barri, so yeah.
By the way, I was able to finally use Mr. Invincible's Megablast today while playing against my friend's Royal Paladin deck. I just attacked his rear-guard and he let it go, so my whole field stood back up. Of course, that was because I hadn't drawn any Dragonic Overlords all game, so all of my damage was face-up. So that was cool.
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