As usual, I went to locals this past weekend. I was busy Saturday morning, so I just went to the evening Vanguard tournament with Aki. However, I did have enough time to make a Yu-Gi-Oh deck for the new format. Everyone on Team Snogal was excited for the new format, since we expected it to be a lot better than this one. But, whether or not that'll actually be the case has yet to be seen.
Anyways, there were about 28 players there for the evening Vanguard tournament. I was running my Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar deck, Aki was running his Vermillion Narukami deck, my friend who plays Vanguard was running my Dark Irregulars deck, and the fourth Snogal was running my Pale Moon deck.
In the first round, I was paired against my friend. So, we just played Yu-Gi-Oh. We only had enough time to play one game, since we both had to sleeve our new decks. I was running a Nordic Beast deck that also uses X-Sabers. I figured that XX-Saber Hyunlei would be pretty good in a format with no Heavy Storm. My friend was using Blackwings, so that was boring. I was able to win the first game, and that's all we had time for. We decided that I'd get the win because my deck had a better chance of winning.
Round 2: vs Dark Irregulars
I played against a new player with a somewhat random Dark Irregulars deck. I lost the first game because he healed four times, but I was able to win the other two games fairly easily.
XOO
Round 3: vs Kagero (The End)
This was my Round 3 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. He was just as bad as ever. I won the first game because I got the ride chain, I lost the second game because he got double Critical Triggers, and I lost the third game because he got twice as many triggers as me.
OXX
With that, they cut to Top 8. Aki and I made it, but my friend and the fourth Snogal did not.
Top 8: vs Narukami (Vermillion)
This was my Round 1 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. He was very upset to have to play against me. I completely missed the ride chain in the first game, but I put Ratoon in the front to bully him. He didn't want to get beaten up by Ratoon again, so he used Vermillion's Limit Break to kill it. He was also able to crossride afterwards, but I made 18k columns and kept pulling triggers to win. He got gradestuck on Grade 0 on the second game, so when I had to ride a perfect guard, I could move Ratoon out and it could hit his Vanguard Spark Kid Dragoon. It should be pretty obvious that I won that game.
OO
Aki won his Top 8 match, and we were in the same bracket, so he just gave me the win and we played Duel Masters. My Round 3 opponent ended up losing in to Top 4, so I decided to just split with the other finalist. We each got half a box of Set 2, so that was alright. I pulled a Spirit Exceed, a Ruin Shade, a Kirara, and a Young Pegasus Knight. The fourth Snogal kept the former two, and my friend kept the latter two.
That's it for Saturday. I went back to locals yesterday for the Kaijudo tournament. There were 10 players there in total. I was using my LFN Megabug deck, and my friend was using his WDFN Dragon Rush deck.
Round 1: vs Mono-Light Rush
This was my Round 2 opponent from last weekend's Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: I had two Heat Seekers and an Ambush Scorpion to wreck his progression. I was able to drop Andromeda, and he scooped.
-Duel 2: He had a good progression, and I had no early plays, so I lost.
-Duel 3: He had a good progression, I only had a Manapod Beetle to play on turn 2. I was able to live longer than I probably should've because I had two Stormspark Blasts in shields, but I didn't have anything relevant in my hand.
OXX
I was paired against my friend in the second round, and he gave me the win.
Round 3: vs WD Mid-Range
I was paired up against Stephen L.
-Duel 1: I got him down to zero shields and I would've been able to win if two of my Gilaflames weren't in my shields. I tried to search it with Gigahorn Charger after my first one died, and it wasn't in my deck, so he had the opportunity to drop Squillace Scourge and win.
-Duel 2: I rushed him with two Manapod Beetles to win.
-Duel 3: He opened with three Grudge Weavers, so I basically couldn't attack him. So, I lost.
Round 4: vs LWDF Dragons
-Duel 1: He opened up with a Lux and two Nix, and I didn't have any removal, so I lost.
-Duel 2: I was able to rush him with Manapod Beetle, Ambush Scorpion, and Mana Tick to win before he could do anything.
-Duel 3: I was able to go in and break shields with The Hive Queen, Lyra, and Keeper of Laws. I got Steamtank Kryon off of The Hive Queen, so I was able to attack with Keeper of Laws to break his last shield even though he had a Herald of Infernus on the field. He used its effect to drop Infernus the Awakened, but he had no shields or Blockers, so it didn't matter.
XOO
That was the last round, so I ended up going 2-2, which isn't that great. I've been wanting to make a new deck, but with a new set coming out in three weeks, I feel as though there's no point. I know that I would want to use Darkness, though...
After that, I was able to play a match against a new format Prophecy deck using my Nordic Saber deck. It was very discouraging because I just sat there while he got numerous free cards and destroyed my field, so I'll probably continue to stay away from competitive Yu-Gi-Oh for now... But yeah, that's about it.
Monday, August 26, 2013
Sunday, August 18, 2013
Tournament Report 8/17/13 & 8/18/13
So, I went to locals as usual. Yesterday morning was the Vanguard Welcome Campaign thing, so I got a free deck box and there was no tournament. Aki, my friend who plays Vanguard, and the fourth Snogal all showed up as well, so they got free deck boxes, too.
After that, Aki bought my friend's Shadow Paladin deck, so my friend had the money to make a new Kaijudo deck. Unfortunately, he forgot his Kaijudo cards, so he just bought the cards he needed and we had to make the deck later. So, the four of us just had a few Vanguard tag fights. The fourth Snogal and I won because Platina Ezel's Ultimate Break is really good when you can use it at least two times per game.
So then after that, we went and got my friend's Kaijudo cards so that he could make his deck. I had to lend him 20 cards, literally half the deck, but he was able to make a WDFN Dragon Rush deck using Hammer Dragon, Foulbyrn and a bunch of ramp spells. It seems pretty good, and it has been something he has wanted to make.
Then came the evening Vanguard tournament. There was a total of 18 players. I was using Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar, Aki was using Vermillion Narukami, my friend was using my Pale Moon deck, and the fourth Snogal was using his Ezel Gold Paladin deck.
Round 1: vs Shadow Paladin
I played against a bad Shadow Paladin player who opened with her Blaster Javelin both games. She kept guarding either one-to-pass or no-pass (almost never two-to-pass), so it was easy to see that she didn't know what she was doing. I opened really badly in the first game, but I got triggers and she didn't, so I was able to win after a long while. I won the second game because I got my ride chain. She was really upset because of the first game for some reason, so she dropped and left after I won.
OO
Round 2: vs Pale Moon
I got paired against my friend. He just got paired up against the fourth Snogal in the previous round, so that was bad. I decided to give him the win so that he could drag us both up, even though I 2-0'd him because Pale Moon doesn't have any good 11k Grade 3's yet.
Round 3: vs Megacolony (Machining)
This was my Round 2 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. He got gradestuck on Grade 2 both games, so I won.
OO
Round 4: vs Gold Paladin (Ezel)
I don't know why there was a Round 4. Apparently they wanted to do four rounds then Top 4, instead of three rounds then Top 8. Anyways, I was paired down against my Round 3 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. He was able to crossride both games, but I kept killing his attackers so he couldn't make good columns, so his Ultimate Break was ineffective. I won the first game after withstanding his lackluster Ultimate Break, then I won the second game with like 12 cards in hand because I got the ride chain and he didn't have a full field.
OO
So they cut to Top 4. My friend and Aki made it to the Top 4, and they were paired against each other. So, they decided to let my friend go on to the finals to play against a bad Narukami player. But, he ended up getting trigger-sacked, so we only got 2nd and 3rd place.
Either way, the fourth Snogal was able to get a Demon World Marquis, Amon so that he'll have it when Set 12 comes out, so that was good. Other than that, we didn't really get much.
So, on the following day (today), my friend and I went to the morning Kaijudo tournament. There was a total of 10 players there. I was playing Aki's LWF Dragon Aggro deck, and my friend was playing the WDFN Dragon Rush deck he made yesterday.
Round 1: vs LWDF Dragons
This was my Round 4 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: He opened with Nix and had a good progression, while I opened with two Bottle of Wishes and no plays until turn 6, so I lost.
-Duel 2: I was able to resolve Herald of Infernus' effect to drop an Infernus the Awakened to win.
-Duel 3: We both worked to simplify the gamestate, and I was in a better position by the end of it. But, he kept top-decking Dragons, and I kept top-decking Piercing Judgments, Hyperspeed Dragons, and Tatsurion, so I lost.
XOX
Round 2: vs Mono-Light Rush
This was my Round 1 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament. He decided to run Mono-Light Rush for some reason.
-Duel 1: He got a good progression and was able to rush me, and I didn't draw any Blockers, so I lost.
-Duel 2: I got a few Shield Blasts and was able to withstand his initial rush so that I could win.
-Duel 3: I was able to get a Bottle of Wishes (variance!) in the shields to get a Nix when he attacked me on turn 4. That let me play Hyperspeed Dragon on turn 4. He broke another shield, which gave me Piercing Judgment to stop the rest of his attacks. I drew a Herald of Infernus and summoned it after charging. That killed his Rodi Gale, letting me drop another Herald. That Herald killed his Shaw K'Naw and let me drop Infernus the Awakened to kill his last creature, Keeper of Laws. The Awakened won the game because he's playing Mono-Light Rush.
XOO
Round 3: vs LWdF Dragons
This was my Round 3 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament. The small "d" means that he splashed Terror Pits. Anyways, I don't really remember the first two games, but I know that I won the third game because I dropped Infernus the Awakened using Herald of Infernus on turn 6.
XOO
So I ended up going 2-1 and got 4th place. My friend went 2-1 after losing to my Round 3 opponent in the first round and got 5th place. Neither of us won any packs, but I got a Magris the Magnetizer in the raffle and pulled a Steamtank Kryon.
So that's about it. They actually ran out of Clash of the Duel Masters packs after the tournament was over, so I'll have to decide which packs to get next weekend, if I can make it, that is. I'll definitely miss the morning Vanguard tournament next weekend, but I don't know about the evening Vanguard tournament or the Kaijudo tournament. We'll see what happens, I suppose.
After that, Aki bought my friend's Shadow Paladin deck, so my friend had the money to make a new Kaijudo deck. Unfortunately, he forgot his Kaijudo cards, so he just bought the cards he needed and we had to make the deck later. So, the four of us just had a few Vanguard tag fights. The fourth Snogal and I won because Platina Ezel's Ultimate Break is really good when you can use it at least two times per game.
So then after that, we went and got my friend's Kaijudo cards so that he could make his deck. I had to lend him 20 cards, literally half the deck, but he was able to make a WDFN Dragon Rush deck using Hammer Dragon, Foulbyrn and a bunch of ramp spells. It seems pretty good, and it has been something he has wanted to make.
Then came the evening Vanguard tournament. There was a total of 18 players. I was using Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar, Aki was using Vermillion Narukami, my friend was using my Pale Moon deck, and the fourth Snogal was using his Ezel Gold Paladin deck.
Round 1: vs Shadow Paladin
I played against a bad Shadow Paladin player who opened with her Blaster Javelin both games. She kept guarding either one-to-pass or no-pass (almost never two-to-pass), so it was easy to see that she didn't know what she was doing. I opened really badly in the first game, but I got triggers and she didn't, so I was able to win after a long while. I won the second game because I got my ride chain. She was really upset because of the first game for some reason, so she dropped and left after I won.
OO
Round 2: vs Pale Moon
I got paired against my friend. He just got paired up against the fourth Snogal in the previous round, so that was bad. I decided to give him the win so that he could drag us both up, even though I 2-0'd him because Pale Moon doesn't have any good 11k Grade 3's yet.
Round 3: vs Megacolony (Machining)
This was my Round 2 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. He got gradestuck on Grade 2 both games, so I won.
OO
Round 4: vs Gold Paladin (Ezel)
I don't know why there was a Round 4. Apparently they wanted to do four rounds then Top 4, instead of three rounds then Top 8. Anyways, I was paired down against my Round 3 opponent from this evening Vanguard tournament. He was able to crossride both games, but I kept killing his attackers so he couldn't make good columns, so his Ultimate Break was ineffective. I won the first game after withstanding his lackluster Ultimate Break, then I won the second game with like 12 cards in hand because I got the ride chain and he didn't have a full field.
OO
So they cut to Top 4. My friend and Aki made it to the Top 4, and they were paired against each other. So, they decided to let my friend go on to the finals to play against a bad Narukami player. But, he ended up getting trigger-sacked, so we only got 2nd and 3rd place.
Either way, the fourth Snogal was able to get a Demon World Marquis, Amon so that he'll have it when Set 12 comes out, so that was good. Other than that, we didn't really get much.
So, on the following day (today), my friend and I went to the morning Kaijudo tournament. There was a total of 10 players there. I was playing Aki's LWF Dragon Aggro deck, and my friend was playing the WDFN Dragon Rush deck he made yesterday.
Round 1: vs LWDF Dragons
This was my Round 4 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament.
-Duel 1: He opened with Nix and had a good progression, while I opened with two Bottle of Wishes and no plays until turn 6, so I lost.
-Duel 2: I was able to resolve Herald of Infernus' effect to drop an Infernus the Awakened to win.
-Duel 3: We both worked to simplify the gamestate, and I was in a better position by the end of it. But, he kept top-decking Dragons, and I kept top-decking Piercing Judgments, Hyperspeed Dragons, and Tatsurion, so I lost.
XOX
Round 2: vs Mono-Light Rush
This was my Round 1 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament. He decided to run Mono-Light Rush for some reason.
-Duel 1: He got a good progression and was able to rush me, and I didn't draw any Blockers, so I lost.
-Duel 2: I got a few Shield Blasts and was able to withstand his initial rush so that I could win.
-Duel 3: I was able to get a Bottle of Wishes (variance!) in the shields to get a Nix when he attacked me on turn 4. That let me play Hyperspeed Dragon on turn 4. He broke another shield, which gave me Piercing Judgment to stop the rest of his attacks. I drew a Herald of Infernus and summoned it after charging. That killed his Rodi Gale, letting me drop another Herald. That Herald killed his Shaw K'Naw and let me drop Infernus the Awakened to kill his last creature, Keeper of Laws. The Awakened won the game because he's playing Mono-Light Rush.
XOO
Round 3: vs LWdF Dragons
This was my Round 3 opponent from this Kaijudo tournament. The small "d" means that he splashed Terror Pits. Anyways, I don't really remember the first two games, but I know that I won the third game because I dropped Infernus the Awakened using Herald of Infernus on turn 6.
XOO
So I ended up going 2-1 and got 4th place. My friend went 2-1 after losing to my Round 3 opponent in the first round and got 5th place. Neither of us won any packs, but I got a Magris the Magnetizer in the raffle and pulled a Steamtank Kryon.
So that's about it. They actually ran out of Clash of the Duel Masters packs after the tournament was over, so I'll have to decide which packs to get next weekend, if I can make it, that is. I'll definitely miss the morning Vanguard tournament next weekend, but I don't know about the evening Vanguard tournament or the Kaijudo tournament. We'll see what happens, I suppose.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Tournament Report 8/10/13
As usual, I went to locals. Aki couldn't make it this weekend, so I was able to go to the morning Vanguard tournament.
The fourth Snogal, my friend who plays Vanguard, and one of his friends were there. There were four other players, all of whom had no idea what they were doing, so it was going to be pretty easy. So easy, in fact, that I decided to use my Rumble Gun/Dungaree Narukami deck for the tournament. The fourth Snogal decided to use my Dark Irregulars deck, and my friend used my Pale Moon deck.
In the first round, I had to play against the fourth Snogal. I was able to retire a bunch of his units using Dragonic Deathscythe, Rumble Gun Dragon, and Sealed Demon Dragon, Dungaree, but I ended up having to depend on a sixth-damage Heal Trigger to save me. I was then lucky enough to get a Critical Trigger when he was at four damage when I only had two left in the deck to win.
In the second round, I had to play against my friend. I rode Dungaree so that his 20k Tamer column wouldn't do anything, and my Lizard Soldier, Yowsh was able to bully his Grade 2's. I just kept retiring his rear-guards and won. Then, in the third round, I had to play against his friend, so I ended up playing against the only other good players there yesterday...
Anyway, he was playing an Angel Feather deck my friend helped him build. I retired the only Thousand Ray Pegasus he played with Dragonic Deathscythe, then I was able to retire the only Million Ray Pegasus he played with Dungaree's Limit Break. The thing is that I didn't open up with any Grade 3's, then I drew three and damage checked two, so Rumble Gun would be useless for the rest of the game. I also got a total of zero triggers, but all of the retiring I did was good enough to allow me to win.
So, I was able to win the tournament with a fun deck, so that was cool. My friend ended up going 2-1 and getting 3rd place, while the Angel Feather player got 2nd place. We got a total of 8 packs of Set 3, and all we got was an Edel Rose...
After that, we went to the evening Vanguard tournament. What was odd was that there were a bunch of people there. A group of like five little kids who used to go to the morning Vanguard tournament at the usual card shop decided to stop going there and go to this other card shop instead. I don't know why, but it meant that more packs would be going into the prize pool, so we were fine with that.
There was a total of 24 players there yesterday. I was running my Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar deck, my friend was running his Shadow Paladin deck, and the fourth Snogal was running his Ezel Gold Paladin deck.
So in the first two rounds, I played against little kids who used to go to the morning Vanguard tournaments and won 2-0. In the third round, I got sacked really badly by a Nova Grappler player who didn't really know what he was doing. But, you don't need to know what you're doing if you keep getting double triggers and Heal Triggers. I also missed the ride chain, but at least I got double Critical Triggers in the second game to win.
So yeah, I ended up going 2-1 after the three rounds of Swiss. My friend also went 2-1, and the fourth Snogal went 3-0. They cut to Top 8 and we all made it. None of us were paired up against each other, so that was good.
I played against a little kid who was using Spike Brothers and was able to win the first game because he got gradestuck on Grade 2. I got gradestuck on Grade 2 for a few turns in the second game, but I got my triggers and he didn't, so I still won the match.
The fourth Snogal got paired up against a kid who used to go to the morning Vanguard tournaments who used Royal Paladins and won easily. My friend played against an Ezel Gold Paladin player and won using Phantom Blaster Overlord's Persona Blast. And just like that, we took up three spots in the Top 4. The other player was the Nova Grappler player I had to play against earlier.
The prize for 1st place was a box of Set 6. We all agreed to a four-way split, meaning that he would get 8 packs, and we would get the rest. So, we got 22 packs of Set 6, and ended up pulling all of the RRR's. We got a Desert Gunner, Shiden; Battle Cupid, Nociel; and Blond Ezel. We also got another Cosmo Healer, Ergodiel; a Love Machine Gun; Nociel, and a Pure Keeper, Requiel. It was like the same stuff as last time, except that we pulled an Ezel.
So that's about it. The fourth Snogal is planning on making a Kaijudo deck, so that's cool. And my friend also wants to make a new Kaijudo deck, so we're going to figure that out this week. I'll probably try to make a new deck, too, since I don't just want to run Megabugs forever, especially since Dragons are popular at my locals. But yeah, we'll see what happens.
The fourth Snogal, my friend who plays Vanguard, and one of his friends were there. There were four other players, all of whom had no idea what they were doing, so it was going to be pretty easy. So easy, in fact, that I decided to use my Rumble Gun/Dungaree Narukami deck for the tournament. The fourth Snogal decided to use my Dark Irregulars deck, and my friend used my Pale Moon deck.
In the first round, I had to play against the fourth Snogal. I was able to retire a bunch of his units using Dragonic Deathscythe, Rumble Gun Dragon, and Sealed Demon Dragon, Dungaree, but I ended up having to depend on a sixth-damage Heal Trigger to save me. I was then lucky enough to get a Critical Trigger when he was at four damage when I only had two left in the deck to win.
In the second round, I had to play against my friend. I rode Dungaree so that his 20k Tamer column wouldn't do anything, and my Lizard Soldier, Yowsh was able to bully his Grade 2's. I just kept retiring his rear-guards and won. Then, in the third round, I had to play against his friend, so I ended up playing against the only other good players there yesterday...
Anyway, he was playing an Angel Feather deck my friend helped him build. I retired the only Thousand Ray Pegasus he played with Dragonic Deathscythe, then I was able to retire the only Million Ray Pegasus he played with Dungaree's Limit Break. The thing is that I didn't open up with any Grade 3's, then I drew three and damage checked two, so Rumble Gun would be useless for the rest of the game. I also got a total of zero triggers, but all of the retiring I did was good enough to allow me to win.
So, I was able to win the tournament with a fun deck, so that was cool. My friend ended up going 2-1 and getting 3rd place, while the Angel Feather player got 2nd place. We got a total of 8 packs of Set 3, and all we got was an Edel Rose...
After that, we went to the evening Vanguard tournament. What was odd was that there were a bunch of people there. A group of like five little kids who used to go to the morning Vanguard tournament at the usual card shop decided to stop going there and go to this other card shop instead. I don't know why, but it meant that more packs would be going into the prize pool, so we were fine with that.
There was a total of 24 players there yesterday. I was running my Arboros Dragon Neo Nectar deck, my friend was running his Shadow Paladin deck, and the fourth Snogal was running his Ezel Gold Paladin deck.
So in the first two rounds, I played against little kids who used to go to the morning Vanguard tournaments and won 2-0. In the third round, I got sacked really badly by a Nova Grappler player who didn't really know what he was doing. But, you don't need to know what you're doing if you keep getting double triggers and Heal Triggers. I also missed the ride chain, but at least I got double Critical Triggers in the second game to win.
So yeah, I ended up going 2-1 after the three rounds of Swiss. My friend also went 2-1, and the fourth Snogal went 3-0. They cut to Top 8 and we all made it. None of us were paired up against each other, so that was good.
I played against a little kid who was using Spike Brothers and was able to win the first game because he got gradestuck on Grade 2. I got gradestuck on Grade 2 for a few turns in the second game, but I got my triggers and he didn't, so I still won the match.
The fourth Snogal got paired up against a kid who used to go to the morning Vanguard tournaments who used Royal Paladins and won easily. My friend played against an Ezel Gold Paladin player and won using Phantom Blaster Overlord's Persona Blast. And just like that, we took up three spots in the Top 4. The other player was the Nova Grappler player I had to play against earlier.
The prize for 1st place was a box of Set 6. We all agreed to a four-way split, meaning that he would get 8 packs, and we would get the rest. So, we got 22 packs of Set 6, and ended up pulling all of the RRR's. We got a Desert Gunner, Shiden; Battle Cupid, Nociel; and Blond Ezel. We also got another Cosmo Healer, Ergodiel; a Love Machine Gun; Nociel, and a Pure Keeper, Requiel. It was like the same stuff as last time, except that we pulled an Ezel.
So that's about it. The fourth Snogal is planning on making a Kaijudo deck, so that's cool. And my friend also wants to make a new Kaijudo deck, so we're going to figure that out this week. I'll probably try to make a new deck, too, since I don't just want to run Megabugs forever, especially since Dragons are popular at my locals. But yeah, we'll see what happens.
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