Locals Report (2/11/12)

Since people kept bothering me to post up my thoughts on Yugimanz and such, I finally got off my lazy ass and started a blog.

Nobody reading this probably cares about that, so I suppose I'll just end this post with a locals report.

Locals Report (2/11/12)

I didn't feel like playing Karakuri today, and I was still missing 3 cards from my Nordic deck (3x Gleipnir, the Fetters of Fenrir.) For those who don't know what that card is, it's their Trap card which acts as a ROTA. Obviously the Nordics would be unplayable today.

In the end, my friend lent me his X-Saber deck, and after making a few adjustments to it, I headed off to my first round. (He was running Palomuro. Wut.)

Our locals has around 30 good players and 5-10 scrubs. (This was an average day at least.)

Round 1:  "Stun"

The reason I placed stun under quotation marks is because I've seen his deck. He also runs random stuff like Ojama Trio in some sort of Stall/Burn mashup. *shrug*

Game 1:  He sets 4 and summons a Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo, then ends. I draw Maxx C, Veiler, X-Saber Pashuul, a Darksoul and an MST. I set the MST and Darksoul, but he MST's my MST in the end phase. In the end, He safe zones his Pachycephalo and swings over Darksoul, then DD Crows my Darksoul during end phase to stop my search. In the end, I couldn't get past the Pachy and the massive backrow which turned out to be the Solemn brigade. What a great start.

Game 2: Don't really remember what happened, but I dropped double Faultroll under Trap Stun turn 2 when I knew he didn't have Maxx "C" and pushed for game.

Game 3: Draw no monsters for 20 turns. Lose to Pachycephalo (again.)

Off to a great start. I was kind of peeved that I lost to him, but I guess that's what happens when you draw all the counters on turn 1 and get ALL the Solemns...

:V

Round 2: Chaos Agents

Game 1: I lose die roll (again), and he summons Venus and makes Gachi Gachi because I drew 4 traps and an mst. I draw my sixth card (veiler) and facepalm a little before setting a book and an mst. He swings with Venus and sets 2 backrow. I mst during end phase and hit Solemn Judgment.

I draw into Darksoul and set it and a Gottom's E-Call and end. He summons an Earth, searching for Venus. He then swings with both and ends. I search for Emmersblade with Darksoul. I draw into Reinforce Truth and set it along with the Emmersblade. He draws and swings over Emmersblade then I summon Pashuul to block the other hit. He summons a Tour Guide during MP2 (I was like 'wat') and gets Sangan, then ends. I activate Reinforce Truth during end phase to summon a second Pashuul. I draw into Faultroll and play Mind Crush, calling Maxx "C". I hit 2. (woot. I mained Mind Crush because my locals has a lot of Agent players, and hitting that Venus really helps. Mind Crush as a meta call is also alright, and although I probably wouldn't normally run Mind Crush in X-Sabers, I had to quickly fix the deck because when I received it, it was just terribad.)

Anyway, I activate my face down Gottom's E-Call and bring back out Darksoul and Emmersblade, then summon the Faultroll. He tries to use Warning but I chain Judgment and continue. Syncing into Librarian, I summon Emmersblade with Faultroll again and sync into Stardust, drawing MST. I mst his 2nd backrow (Dimensional Prison), and swing with my monsters and kill Earth, Venus, and a material off of Gachi Gachi.

I end up pushing through Gachi Gachi and his life points soon after that, even after he dropped Gorz to try and stop me. (I had warning set.)

Game 2: I sided into Light-Imprisoning Mirrors, and he starts off with an Earth into Venus play. I set some stuff and play passively until I assemble all my combo pieces, then same thing as game 1.

1-1 record

Round 3: Dragunity?

Not sure what he was playing, seemed like Dragunity because I saw Aklys and Ravine. It ran some really weird stuff. Didn't really matter though, as both games he didn't really draw anything and I quickly ran him over.

2-1

Round 4: Counter Fairies

Game 1: I lose because draw no monsters for 10 turns and Bountiful Artemis beats me into the ground.

Game 2: See game 1.

2-2

I want to drop from the tourney at this point, but my next match is against one of my friends that just started playing, so I end up helping him out a little. He gives me the win even though I didn't really want it.

Round 6: Dark World

I'm not really sure how this guy got to face me, but he was really terrible. It wasn't that he was new or anything. He had tons of money.

Game 1: I win dice roll (FIRST TIME EVAR) and trap dustshoot. Proceed to play around his hand and win.

Game 2: He opens with gates/etc and Dragged Down into the Grave. I have 2 Darksoul, a Pashuul, Reborn, MST, and Dark Hole. He hits Reborn, sets a monster and ends. I sit around with the Darksouls, collecting things to help me push through and hold off damage with Pashuul. I end up drawing into Shadow-Imprisoning to stop him from plussing off of his discards and push for game with Librarian/Faultroll/Stardust combo again.

I don't make it into top 8, but I guess playing Sabers for the 2nd(?) time ever in real life was a decent experience. I trade for some random trade bait as well as a 2nd Scrap Dragon. I end up getting the Gleipnirs for my Nordic deck towards the end of the day, as well as a Super Horn of the Phantom Beast.

In other news, my friend hoarded the Super yellow gadgets at around $3 each when TP7 came out. Apparently they're now $15. Oh snap. Pretty good.

For next week's locals, I'll probably bring my Nordic deck or my (in-construction) Scrap deck. I want to build X-Sabers now but I don't really have a solid build yet. I'm pretty damn sure it won't run Level Limit Area -B or Palomuro though. >_>