Locals Report (2/18/12) (various other complaining included! bloatware yay)

So, that March banlist came out. Personally, I'm a bit disappointed because it didn't deal with Wind-Ups, because that Hunter loop into four cards is just incredibly foolish to me.

Striker, Earth, AND Trish seeing ban was something I didn't anticipate. I know that OCG was getting wrecked in the face by TG Agents... so I guess you can understand their thoughts behind that.

And Tengu wut.

ANYWAY.

Oh, I'll have a Youtube channel up in a few days, I'll post the link in a new post somewhere. It'll mostly have duel videos, maybe a few deck profiles. 

Leave comments on what kind of content you'd like to see in my videos and I'll try and cater to them. The Youtube account will probably be named after another bad bun.

Now that all the random stuff is (kind of) over with, onto the report(s).

2/19/12

Deck Used: Nordic

Record: 4-3

I've honestly been less and less satisfied by how this deck has been running recently. Unfortunately, I don't have any other decks to run at the minute because I'm still missing a few cards from my X-Saber deck and my Six Samurai deck. So I just ended up using Nordics again.

Round 1: vs Gravekeeper

Game results: XX

Game 1: Nordic is SUPPOSED to have a good matchup against GK, but Royal Tribute 4 cards = lolwut.

Game 2: I think this deck hates me. Wtf no monsters for 6 turns in a 20 monster deck. OH WAIT. Forgive me. I did draw a single veiler. and it actually did stop a descendant play, but it didn't matter because I coudln't end up capitalizing on the play.

0-1

Round 2: kid ( I think? Might have just been a bad player. My memory of this is blurry but I remember finishing really fast. (5 minutes or so) )

blahblahblah I felt bad, played around then swung for game

1-1

Man, maybe writing a blog isn't that great of an idea. I think I'll just end up complaining about all my terrible draws with my decks and blahblahbalh complaincomplain.....

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Round 3: Disaster Dragon

AND THIS. IS WHERE I JUST STARTED GETTING MAD AS HELL. This was the day where I had to play 6 games against various Dragon decks.

Guess what they always have first turn? Heavy + Future Fusion! FUN TIMES.

Game 1: I lose die roll (I roll snake eyes...), he sets up with 2 backrow, future fusion. I set reaper and a compulsory. He compulses my reaper in end phase (wat), and proceeds to make a push with RedMD dealing heavy damage. 

Honestly, it was at this point where I realized that the deck is really passive, and that I don't have any necessarily "big push" plays aside from Guldfaxe + lvl 3 tuner in to Field Clear Dragon or something. I have to wait for either things to attack for crash my monsters into things and hope they survive the turn. This thought comes up at various points throughout the day because it bites me in the ass. multiple times. oww my ass.

Anyway, it turns out his other set was a compuls as well...so much for reaper stall.

Game 2: I open up with Mega-hamster and 2 backrow (bottomless and a MST). He plays storm then Future Fusions, setting some backrow before doing his REDMD play. I flip the hamster, grabbing Tanngnjostr (Black Goat, lvl 3. Effect is essentially : turn to attack mode, get lvl 4 beast light tuner.)

I set 2 more backrow (mirror force + book) and wait for a play. He gets out Prime Material and swings, I let him kill hamster and ss another Tanngnjostr from my hand and book the Prime Material. I draw Tengu.

Two minutes later my field is Scrap Dragon, Thought Ruler Archfiend, and a Ancient Sacred Wyvern. He explodes in a ball of fire. (I chuckled a tiny bit.)

Game 3: He goes first, plays Future Fusion, plays Wyvern. (I was like lolwhy not just REDMD but whatever.)  I set reaper and 2 backrow (bottomless + mst again). The idea was that I'd pop the Future Fusion to prevent anything from coming out, and until that 2nd Standby Phase, that MST would act as a bluff while Bottomless does what Bottomless does.

He storms and does something with Eclipse Wyvern and ends up making a BLS and 2 REDMD. I didn't have Gorz or Maxx "C" Really expensive insect.

I lose.

Round 4: Agent...Darklord...chaos thing. (Chaos Agents)

Game 1: He does Venus into Gachi, I chain maxx "c" to second shine ball, he gives me the +1. I derp him with the Thought Ruler Archfiend + Ancient Sacred Wyvern play a few turns later. (I really like that combo. It isn't "really" competitive and I probably wouldn't pull it out if I was trying to play conservatively ala at a Regionals or something, but... it's actually a strong play anyway because if he uses Honest I can maintain field advantage with Wyvern's recursion effect. Probably requires legit playtesting.

In further discussion to this point, it's probably the best "middle effort" push that the deck has, at least in my opinion. OFC the Scrap Dragon pop Tengu pop their thing, get another Tengu is a good play too, but this has the potential to OTK if pulled off, which makes it slightly more attractive, even if you have to normally burn another card in your hand to pull it off.

And at worst if they veiler, you have two big Synchro monsters. and they can't D Prison the Thought Ruler...even though they would probably hit the Wyvern.. >_>

Game 2: He runs into a Gorz... that he knew I had...from dustshoot...*sigh*

2-2

Round 5: vs Disaster Drago-FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU AGAIN?!

No, not versus the same guy.

Game 1: I start with Reaper and 2 backrow (don't remember what...) He storms, Future Fusion, Foolish Eclipse Wyvern, do some derp stuff, Dragon's Mirror. I explode in a ball of fire due to lack of Gorz/Veiler/Maxx "C"/multiple in-hand Tanngnjostrs.

Game 2: I quickly game him with a Wyvern after I force him to warning a Tengu play. 

Game 3: This game goes into time. Same start as game 1, but since I had the Gorz, I began to make a comeback with Scrap Dragon. It's at this time that I realize he is running Dark Armed (not sure why..?), but I crow his 3rd Dark before he could drop it. 

Twenty minutes later, I'm down at the ropes sitting on (again) a Reaper, and topdeck into Avarice which draws me Tengu and Tanngnjostr. He swings over Tengu 2 times and I shrug, summoning Tanngnjostr after checking my grave if I've still got targets for it.

(This is turn 4 of overtime)

I sync my field into Thor and swing over REDMD to quell the swarm as he switches his monsters to defense mode and ends. For some reason, he left Prime Material in attack mode. I questioned the decision,  but decided to attack with Thor anyway since if had Honest and I didn't attack, I would still lose as I had around 4k~ life points to his 5k~ life points.

He doesn't do anything me swinging over it though, and I get the win. I probably didn't deserve it...but a win is a win.

3-2

I proceed to win when I get paired up against Inzektors because i sided in Shadow-Imprisonings (like everybody else would...), but lose to Wind-Up loop.

Can't have everything I guess...*shrug*