Post by Uria Lords of Searing Flames on Feb 19, 2006 5:50:14 GMT 10
I'm back! It was my best ever tournament and my faviroute type as well. I love Sneak Previews now and I'm hoping to go to the next one ;D. The tournament was Sealed Format and I pulled a few goodies. Anyway my deck:
Monsters: 16
Spells: 3
Traps: 1
1x Treeborn Frog (Yomi Frog!)
1x Ancient Gear
3x Ancient Gear Cannon
2x Chain Thrasher
3x Sandmoth
3x Diciple of Forbidden Spell
1x Something Shien (Hard to spell)
1x Anteater Eating Ant
1x Saber Beetle
2x Magnet Circle Lv2
1x Symbol of Heritage
1x Generation Shift
Pulled some good cards but they were the only useable ones. I pulled a bunch of Frogs and did manage to pull (Ready?) HAMON, LORD OF STRIKING THUNDER!!!!! That made my day but what happened in the tournament made it even better ;D ;D ;D
Match 1 Round 1
Me vs John Collinson LP: Me/Opponent
I start it off with Treeborn Frog in defense then end. He however 2 face down Magic/Traps and sets a monster, now I summon Saber Beetle by tributing my frog and attack his Chain Thrasher. 6000/4600
He sets another monster and ends, now with Treeborn Frog reviving it self, I summon Ancient Gear Cannon and use it's ability. 6000/4100 and attack with Saber Beetle against his set monster. 6000/3500
He sets a Spell/Trap and he plays Ancient Gear Cannon. 5500/3500
I set 2 Spell/Traps and sacrafise them for Anteater Eating Ant and then I summon Deciple of Forbidden Spell. And attack 1 by 1 5500/0
1-0
Match 1 Round 2
He goes 1st and sets 4 Spell/Traps and summons Shien. I play Magnet Circle in order to summon (and activate) Ancient Gear Cannon, then I summon DoFs and attack 6000/5300
He sets a monster and I summon Saber Beetle and attack Sandmoth but he activates Option Hunter 6000/5900
He goes and plays Magnet Circle to get out Ancient Gear and then he summons Proto-Machine King but I summon Shiend on my turn and launch some attacks. 6000/4100
He sets something whilst I play Magnet Circle to summon my Ancient Gear Cannon and then I summon Sandmoth and finish him 6000/0
I win 2-0!
Match 2 Round 1
Me vs Ahmed Raza Khaw
I use Magnet Circle to play Ancient Gear and set Treeborn then he sets a monster. Next I summon Chain Thrasher and attack his Silent Insect and end. 6000/6000
He seems comfident and sets a monster. I however summon DoFs and launch an attack 6000/5000
He sets a monster again and ends and I summon my 2nd DoFs but his defense is Sandmoth 5700/5000.
He summons that Demise thing and kills my DoFs 4500/5000
I try setting Treeborn and end but he plays Chani Thrasher and goes on the offense 3500/5000
I set a monster and use Magnet Circle/Ancient Gear Cannon 3500/5000
He attacks a lot 200/4500 then he uses a burn trap 0/6000
0-1
Match 2 Round 2
I start of with Magnet Circle to pull out Cannon and tribute it for Saber Beetle.
He plays a face down spell/trap and sets a monster but I'm not worried as I summon Ancient Gear Cannon and attack! 6000/3700
He sets a monster in a nice attempt to survive but out comes DoFs and boom 6000/600
He gets out Saber Beetle as well and things get ugly 5300/600 but I'm not worried and go in for da kill! 5300/0
1-1
Match 2 Round 3
Me and Raza are equal now and I wanna go to lunch so we get to rumbling! But I won't post about this as he won so fast it's boring really 0/6000
1-2
Now we had lunch breaks and came back at 2.00PM
Match 3 Round 1
Me vs Sarah Frost
An adult playing YGO? Easy to beleive but using her kids to cheat? Shame on her but I gave her a right match.
She doesn't know how to play properly and ends up tossed aside and the report was short for this 1 (I had to help her)
1-0
Match 3 Round 2
A whole page this report took but she did do better but I'm not reporting this match as despite it been interesting things did shake around slightly.
2-0
Match 4 Round 1
Me vs Martin Cawtheow
I srart with Treeborn set and he attacks it with Shiend of course next turn it came back and I used it with Magnet Circle/Ancient Gear Cannon and Setting to get 2 monster defense (And Treeborn keeps coming back to me) 6000/5500
He plays Malice Accender and attacks but I summon Saber Beetle next turn and bam! 6000/3800
He plays DoFs and I use Nacient Gear Cannon! 6000/3300 then I attack 6000/2300
He goes with his Saber Beetle and things go wrong! 2800/6000 but I come back and win. 2800/0
1-0
Match 4 Round 2
He plays a few Divine Dragon Excellions this time but Saber Beetle teaches him wrong and with my DoFs his best cards go bye-bye! And soon enough I stumble to victory with great power yet he still plays hounerablyish 5000/0 (He did get Ruin out after all)
2-0
Match 5 Round 1
The last match this is great! Bring it on!
Me vs James Nichenson
I start with Sandmoth but he goes with Diciple. I counter with Magnet Circle and 2 Ancient Gear Cannons! 6000/5000 He gets Saber Beetle out and I worry but after I set a Diciple that dies my new Diciple kills his Saber Beetle and later I get my 3rd Deciple out to deal with his Divine Dragons. He use Damage Condensar along the way but I never gave in and still pulled out against him. 2000/0
1-0
Match 5 Round 2
This match flies but Ancient Gear monsters are great and I burn him down but then get Saber Beetle out to whack him with. He pulls 2 Divine Dragons out along the way but I counter and with my heart of the cards I win!
5600/0
2-0
I did excellently!!!!!
2-0
1-2
2-0 WHAT SCORES!
2-0
2-0
I came in... 5TH PLACE! 5TH PLACE OUT OF 24 PEOPLE ON MY 1ST RELEASE EVENT!!!! YES!!! WAHOOO!!!! MY LIFE HAS MEANING!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah. I won 2 packs sadly because I came just under the 8 pack prizes
But Jim was nice and said because it was soooooo close he gave me 2 extra packs! 1 of which held BES Covered Core. All in all I'm proud and I got the Spellcaster's Judgement Structure Deck and 2 Fatal Brood of Infinite Ruin packs along with 9 SOI packs! In total I got 122 YGO cards and 20 DM cards. Also the sneak peak card was
SP-2 Ancient Lamp
Wind/Spellcaster-effect/3 stars/ATK 900/DEF 1400
If this card is attacked while in face-down Defense Position, you may redirect the attack strength to 1 of your Opponent's Monsters. While this card is on the Field, you may Special Summon any "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" from your hand.
Monsters: 16
Spells: 3
Traps: 1
1x Treeborn Frog (Yomi Frog!)
1x Ancient Gear
3x Ancient Gear Cannon
2x Chain Thrasher
3x Sandmoth
3x Diciple of Forbidden Spell
1x Something Shien (Hard to spell)
1x Anteater Eating Ant
1x Saber Beetle
2x Magnet Circle Lv2
1x Symbol of Heritage
1x Generation Shift
Pulled some good cards but they were the only useable ones. I pulled a bunch of Frogs and did manage to pull (Ready?) HAMON, LORD OF STRIKING THUNDER!!!!! That made my day but what happened in the tournament made it even better ;D ;D ;D
Match 1 Round 1
Me vs John Collinson LP: Me/Opponent
I start it off with Treeborn Frog in defense then end. He however 2 face down Magic/Traps and sets a monster, now I summon Saber Beetle by tributing my frog and attack his Chain Thrasher. 6000/4600
He sets another monster and ends, now with Treeborn Frog reviving it self, I summon Ancient Gear Cannon and use it's ability. 6000/4100 and attack with Saber Beetle against his set monster. 6000/3500
He sets a Spell/Trap and he plays Ancient Gear Cannon. 5500/3500
I set 2 Spell/Traps and sacrafise them for Anteater Eating Ant and then I summon Deciple of Forbidden Spell. And attack 1 by 1 5500/0
1-0
Match 1 Round 2
He goes 1st and sets 4 Spell/Traps and summons Shien. I play Magnet Circle in order to summon (and activate) Ancient Gear Cannon, then I summon DoFs and attack 6000/5300
He sets a monster and I summon Saber Beetle and attack Sandmoth but he activates Option Hunter 6000/5900
He goes and plays Magnet Circle to get out Ancient Gear and then he summons Proto-Machine King but I summon Shiend on my turn and launch some attacks. 6000/4100
He sets something whilst I play Magnet Circle to summon my Ancient Gear Cannon and then I summon Sandmoth and finish him 6000/0
I win 2-0!
Match 2 Round 1
Me vs Ahmed Raza Khaw
I use Magnet Circle to play Ancient Gear and set Treeborn then he sets a monster. Next I summon Chain Thrasher and attack his Silent Insect and end. 6000/6000
He seems comfident and sets a monster. I however summon DoFs and launch an attack 6000/5000
He sets a monster again and ends and I summon my 2nd DoFs but his defense is Sandmoth 5700/5000.
He summons that Demise thing and kills my DoFs 4500/5000
I try setting Treeborn and end but he plays Chani Thrasher and goes on the offense 3500/5000
I set a monster and use Magnet Circle/Ancient Gear Cannon 3500/5000
He attacks a lot 200/4500 then he uses a burn trap 0/6000
0-1
Match 2 Round 2
I start of with Magnet Circle to pull out Cannon and tribute it for Saber Beetle.
He plays a face down spell/trap and sets a monster but I'm not worried as I summon Ancient Gear Cannon and attack! 6000/3700
He sets a monster in a nice attempt to survive but out comes DoFs and boom 6000/600
He gets out Saber Beetle as well and things get ugly 5300/600 but I'm not worried and go in for da kill! 5300/0
1-1
Match 2 Round 3
Me and Raza are equal now and I wanna go to lunch so we get to rumbling! But I won't post about this as he won so fast it's boring really 0/6000
1-2
Now we had lunch breaks and came back at 2.00PM
Match 3 Round 1
Me vs Sarah Frost
An adult playing YGO? Easy to beleive but using her kids to cheat? Shame on her but I gave her a right match.
She doesn't know how to play properly and ends up tossed aside and the report was short for this 1 (I had to help her)
1-0
Match 3 Round 2
A whole page this report took but she did do better but I'm not reporting this match as despite it been interesting things did shake around slightly.
2-0
Match 4 Round 1
Me vs Martin Cawtheow
I srart with Treeborn set and he attacks it with Shiend of course next turn it came back and I used it with Magnet Circle/Ancient Gear Cannon and Setting to get 2 monster defense (And Treeborn keeps coming back to me) 6000/5500
He plays Malice Accender and attacks but I summon Saber Beetle next turn and bam! 6000/3800
He plays DoFs and I use Nacient Gear Cannon! 6000/3300 then I attack 6000/2300
He goes with his Saber Beetle and things go wrong! 2800/6000 but I come back and win. 2800/0
1-0
Match 4 Round 2
He plays a few Divine Dragon Excellions this time but Saber Beetle teaches him wrong and with my DoFs his best cards go bye-bye! And soon enough I stumble to victory with great power yet he still plays hounerablyish 5000/0 (He did get Ruin out after all)
2-0
Match 5 Round 1
The last match this is great! Bring it on!
Me vs James Nichenson
I start with Sandmoth but he goes with Diciple. I counter with Magnet Circle and 2 Ancient Gear Cannons! 6000/5000 He gets Saber Beetle out and I worry but after I set a Diciple that dies my new Diciple kills his Saber Beetle and later I get my 3rd Deciple out to deal with his Divine Dragons. He use Damage Condensar along the way but I never gave in and still pulled out against him. 2000/0
1-0
Match 5 Round 2
This match flies but Ancient Gear monsters are great and I burn him down but then get Saber Beetle out to whack him with. He pulls 2 Divine Dragons out along the way but I counter and with my heart of the cards I win!
5600/0
2-0
I did excellently!!!!!
2-0
1-2
2-0 WHAT SCORES!
2-0
2-0
I came in... 5TH PLACE! 5TH PLACE OUT OF 24 PEOPLE ON MY 1ST RELEASE EVENT!!!! YES!!! WAHOOO!!!! MY LIFE HAS MEANING!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah. I won 2 packs sadly because I came just under the 8 pack prizes
But Jim was nice and said because it was soooooo close he gave me 2 extra packs! 1 of which held BES Covered Core. All in all I'm proud and I got the Spellcaster's Judgement Structure Deck and 2 Fatal Brood of Infinite Ruin packs along with 9 SOI packs! In total I got 122 YGO cards and 20 DM cards. Also the sneak peak card was SP-2 Ancient Lamp
Wind/Spellcaster-effect/3 stars/ATK 900/DEF 1400
If this card is attacked while in face-down Defense Position, you may redirect the attack strength to 1 of your Opponent's Monsters. While this card is on the Field, you may Special Summon any "La Jinn the Mystical Genie of the Lamp" from your hand.