Again, I attended my weekly tournament held at my local card shop. I was using Gladiator Beasts again, however I did not perform up to standard. I did not manage to get a prize..... :(
I arrived at around 1pm, and registered for the tournament. After about 30 mins, round 1 started..
Deck Used: Gladiator Beasts (Only one there today)
Round 1: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Jin Hao (Tragedylords)XX
Game 1 + Game 2: A few misplays and a bout of bad draws enabled him to win 2-0
Round 2: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Spiky (Dark Count)OO
Game 1: After he summoned Zero Gardna, I immediately Book of Mooned it during his end phrase, thus stopping him from using its effect on the next turn. After he managed to use Final Countdown, I brought out Heraklinos on the 7th turn and proceeded to beat him down with it.
Game 2: Heraklinos came out early, which means that he could not use many traps and spells, which ended in his defeat.
Round 3: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Bryan (Burn) OO
Round 1 + 2: Heraklinos really pwns burn deck's asses........
Round 4: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Wei Xiang (Twilight) OO
Game 1: Managed to keep his monsters off the field, while applying beatdown with my beasts.
Game 2: He drew super bad and lost shortly after I summoned Kycoo....
TOP 8: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Hong Rui (Zombie Synchro)
Game 1: Lost after bout of super bad draws...
Game 2: We traded blows, until we ended up in top-decking mode. However, he managed to get monsters after monsters while I drew nothing to counter him...
Sad that I couldn't get a prize, but was a super fun day....
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Tournament Report 5/12/2009
I went for my local cardshop's weekly tournament today, and returned home with a 4th placing. Basically, I met up with my friends at Thousand taste at around 1pm, and proceeded to register and trade. I managed to acquire 3x forced requisition and 1x tragodeia for my new deck.... And after and hour of waiting, the tournament finally began!
Round 1: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Darren (Zombie Synchro) OXO
Game 1: I managed to maintain control with Kycoo and Gyzarus, and finally brought out a Heraklinos to finish him off.
Game 2: I was starting quite well until he managed to pull off many synchros in 1 turn. After seeing my next draw, I proceeded into scoop phrase.
Game 3: 1st turn I activated Dimension Fissure and kept his zombies at bay with my Kycoos and GB shenanigans.
After-game thoughts: ZOMBIE SYNCHRO IS A HEADACHE TO FIGHT AGAINST.....
Round 2: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Hongrui (Blackfeathers) XX
Game 1: I keep drawing nothing except monsters, and got beaten down by his BFs.
Game 2: Again, I kept drawing monsters. and when I managed to draw something useful (Summon Priest), he had Icarus attack to counter it. And I died to Vayu and Sirocco.
After-game Thoughts: Should I go back to the dark side?? Hmmmm....
Round 3: Me(Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Wei Xiang (Lightlords) OO
Game 1: He scooped after I applied pressure on him with dimension fissure and kycoo. After the duel, he revealed that he had drew all 3 Wulfs in his opening hand... How godly is that.
Game 2: I won after managing to deck him out. Somehow, he managed to pull out Judgment Dragon and attack, and after that, he had 9 cards left in his deck. During his end phase, he milled 4 cards and special summoned a Wulf. During my turn, I drew a Waboku, and set it with my in hand X-Saber Airbellum. During his turn, he drew and attacked with both his monsters, and I activated waboku, and then he had to end, thus milling his final 4 cards and decked out.
After-game thoughts: It was a really nerve-wrecking duel, as I had no confidence of winning Lightlords.
Round 4: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Jun Yong (Burn) OO
Game 1: I managed to win through pure beatdown. BUt our lifepoints were very low as he managed to burn me using cards like secret barrel, Des Koala and Just Deserts.
Game 2: I won this duel after bringing out Heraklinos and negated most of his spells and traps, and when he tried to activate Royal Oppression to negate my Gladiator's effects, I chained fairy winds.
After-game thoughts: Burn is ........
I got into top 8!!! Finally I topped after a loooooong time.
Top 8: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Darren (Zombie Snchro) OO
Game 1: I won by using my Gladiators to beat him down. I also used Retiati to remove all of his zombies from his grave, maing him unable to use his Book of Life and Zombie Masters.
Game 2: I almost lost this game, as he managed to top-deck Book of Life after Book of Life to revive his Revived King Ha Des to apply beatdown on my creatures. But I managed to draw a god card..... SUMMON PRIEST!!!! I used it to bring out a Rescue Cat and used it to bring out a Samnite and a Test Tiger, in turn bringing out a Darius with Test Tiger's effect, to pull back Bestiari and contact fuse for Gyzarus, which won me the game, after he failed to draw anything.
Top 4: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Melvin (Unknown.Dek) XX
Game 1: Lost to Prime Material Dragon. Nuff said.
Game 2: Lost to Prime Material Dragon again. -_-
3rd and 4th Playoff: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Jinhao (Lightlord)
Game 1 & 2: Lightlords are strong. Nuff said.
In the end, I got 4th place and got a Junk Archer as a prize. Overall, I feel tha tour team did quite well in this tournament, as 3 out of the 4 seats in the top 4 were occupied by Team Mythos members. Hope that I can continue this streak in the coming weeks
Round 1: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Darren (Zombie Synchro) OXO
Game 1: I managed to maintain control with Kycoo and Gyzarus, and finally brought out a Heraklinos to finish him off.
Game 2: I was starting quite well until he managed to pull off many synchros in 1 turn. After seeing my next draw, I proceeded into scoop phrase.
Game 3: 1st turn I activated Dimension Fissure and kept his zombies at bay with my Kycoos and GB shenanigans.
After-game thoughts: ZOMBIE SYNCHRO IS A HEADACHE TO FIGHT AGAINST.....
Round 2: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Hongrui (Blackfeathers) XX
Game 1: I keep drawing nothing except monsters, and got beaten down by his BFs.
Game 2: Again, I kept drawing monsters. and when I managed to draw something useful (Summon Priest), he had Icarus attack to counter it. And I died to Vayu and Sirocco.
After-game Thoughts: Should I go back to the dark side?? Hmmmm....
Round 3: Me(Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Wei Xiang (Lightlords) OO
Game 1: He scooped after I applied pressure on him with dimension fissure and kycoo. After the duel, he revealed that he had drew all 3 Wulfs in his opening hand... How godly is that.
Game 2: I won after managing to deck him out. Somehow, he managed to pull out Judgment Dragon and attack, and after that, he had 9 cards left in his deck. During his end phase, he milled 4 cards and special summoned a Wulf. During my turn, I drew a Waboku, and set it with my in hand X-Saber Airbellum. During his turn, he drew and attacked with both his monsters, and I activated waboku, and then he had to end, thus milling his final 4 cards and decked out.
After-game thoughts: It was a really nerve-wrecking duel, as I had no confidence of winning Lightlords.
Round 4: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Jun Yong (Burn) OO
Game 1: I managed to win through pure beatdown. BUt our lifepoints were very low as he managed to burn me using cards like secret barrel, Des Koala and Just Deserts.
Game 2: I won this duel after bringing out Heraklinos and negated most of his spells and traps, and when he tried to activate Royal Oppression to negate my Gladiator's effects, I chained fairy winds.
After-game thoughts: Burn is ........
I got into top 8!!! Finally I topped after a loooooong time.
Top 8: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Darren (Zombie Snchro) OO
Game 1: I won by using my Gladiators to beat him down. I also used Retiati to remove all of his zombies from his grave, maing him unable to use his Book of Life and Zombie Masters.
Game 2: I almost lost this game, as he managed to top-deck Book of Life after Book of Life to revive his Revived King Ha Des to apply beatdown on my creatures. But I managed to draw a god card..... SUMMON PRIEST!!!! I used it to bring out a Rescue Cat and used it to bring out a Samnite and a Test Tiger, in turn bringing out a Darius with Test Tiger's effect, to pull back Bestiari and contact fuse for Gyzarus, which won me the game, after he failed to draw anything.
Top 4: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Melvin (Unknown.Dek) XX
Game 1: Lost to Prime Material Dragon. Nuff said.
Game 2: Lost to Prime Material Dragon again. -_-
3rd and 4th Playoff: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Jinhao (Lightlord)
Game 1 & 2: Lightlords are strong. Nuff said.
In the end, I got 4th place and got a Junk Archer as a prize. Overall, I feel tha tour team did quite well in this tournament, as 3 out of the 4 seats in the top 4 were occupied by Team Mythos members. Hope that I can continue this streak in the coming weeks
Friday, November 27, 2009
Deck Review #1 (Part 2)
Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting this part up earlier as I was busy with work and other stuff. Anyway, this review is going to be about the other 2 deck-types of gladiator beast, Rescue Gladiators and Standard Gladiators.
Rescue Gladiators
This decktype was very powerful during the 2 cat and 2 priest era... This deck utilizes Rescue Cat to bring out either 2 Gladiator Beast Samnites for attacking, a Test Tiger and a Gladiator Beast Samnite to get rid of either traps or monsters, as the Test Tiger is able to tag out the Gladiator Beast Samnite into either a Gladiator Beast Bestiari to get rid of backrow, a Gladiator Beast Murmillo to get rid of opposing monsters, and even a Gladiator Beast Darius to revive a fallen Gladiator Beast to push for more damage,and lastly, for a quick synchro summon using a X-Saber Airbellum and Gladiator Beast Samnite or Test Tiger. However, this deck was weakened due to the restriction of both Summon Priest and Rescue Cat.
Here is a sample decklist for this deck-type in the current format:
Monster:
2x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Darius
2x Gladiator Beast Samnite
2x Gladiator Beast Equeste
1x Gladiator Beast Secutor
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii
3x Test Tiger
1x Summon Priest
1x Rescue Cat
1x Sangan
1x Cyber Dragon
Spells:
3x Gladiator Proving Ground
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Fissure
1x Smashing Ground
1x Giant Trunade
2x Shrink
2x Book of Moon
Traps:
2x Waboku
2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Solemn Judgment
Total: 40
Another deck-type I will talking about is the standard Gladiator Beast deck, AKA the Prisma Gladiator Beast. It was the reigning decktype during the mid 2008 format, as well as during the World Championship 2008. The main aim of this deck was to maintain control over the field by using the effects of the various Gladiator Beasts, as well as use Elemental Hero Prisma to be able to contact easily. However, when Gladiator Beast Bestiarii was limited to 1, this decktype became much slower than before, and if you send Gladiator Beast Bestiarii to the graveyard, it will become vulnerable to D.D Crow and other types of graveyard removal cards. Now, this decktype focuses on using control cards to keep the player's monsters on the field, and remove the opponents monsters from the field. Shrink, Enemy Controller and Book of Moon are cards that are ran in triplicate, and it help to make sure that your monsters are able to run down your opponents monsters. A sample decklist can be seen below.
Monsters:
3x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Equeste
1x Gladiator Beast Darius
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1x Gladiator Beast Secutor
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Samnite
1x Gladiator Beast Dimacarii
1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii
3x Test Tiger
1x Test Ape
1x Sangan
1x Elemental Hero Prisma
Spells:
3x Book of Moon
3x Shrink
2x Enemy Controller
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
3x Gladiator Proving Ground
Traps:
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
2x Waboku
2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Solemn Judgment
That's all for now people.... Be sure to look out for my next installment of deck reviews. See you
Rescue Gladiators
This decktype was very powerful during the 2 cat and 2 priest era... This deck utilizes Rescue Cat to bring out either 2 Gladiator Beast Samnites for attacking, a Test Tiger and a Gladiator Beast Samnite to get rid of either traps or monsters, as the Test Tiger is able to tag out the Gladiator Beast Samnite into either a Gladiator Beast Bestiari to get rid of backrow, a Gladiator Beast Murmillo to get rid of opposing monsters, and even a Gladiator Beast Darius to revive a fallen Gladiator Beast to push for more damage,and lastly, for a quick synchro summon using a X-Saber Airbellum and Gladiator Beast Samnite or Test Tiger. However, this deck was weakened due to the restriction of both Summon Priest and Rescue Cat.
Here is a sample decklist for this deck-type in the current format:
Monster:
2x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Darius
2x Gladiator Beast Samnite
2x Gladiator Beast Equeste
1x Gladiator Beast Secutor
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii
3x Test Tiger
1x Summon Priest
1x Rescue Cat
1x Sangan
1x Cyber Dragon
Spells:
3x Gladiator Proving Ground
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Fissure
1x Smashing Ground
1x Giant Trunade
2x Shrink
2x Book of Moon
Traps:
2x Waboku
2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Solemn Judgment
Total: 40
Another deck-type I will talking about is the standard Gladiator Beast deck, AKA the Prisma Gladiator Beast. It was the reigning decktype during the mid 2008 format, as well as during the World Championship 2008. The main aim of this deck was to maintain control over the field by using the effects of the various Gladiator Beasts, as well as use Elemental Hero Prisma to be able to contact easily. However, when Gladiator Beast Bestiarii was limited to 1, this decktype became much slower than before, and if you send Gladiator Beast Bestiarii to the graveyard, it will become vulnerable to D.D Crow and other types of graveyard removal cards. Now, this decktype focuses on using control cards to keep the player's monsters on the field, and remove the opponents monsters from the field. Shrink, Enemy Controller and Book of Moon are cards that are ran in triplicate, and it help to make sure that your monsters are able to run down your opponents monsters. A sample decklist can be seen below.
Monsters:
3x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Equeste
1x Gladiator Beast Darius
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1x Gladiator Beast Secutor
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Samnite
1x Gladiator Beast Dimacarii
1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii
3x Test Tiger
1x Test Ape
1x Sangan
1x Elemental Hero Prisma
Spells:
3x Book of Moon
3x Shrink
2x Enemy Controller
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
3x Gladiator Proving Ground
Traps:
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
2x Waboku
2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Solemn Judgment
That's all for now people.... Be sure to look out for my next installment of deck reviews. See you
Friday, November 20, 2009
Deck Review #1 (Part 1)
Hi people!! Here is my first ever deck review. This review is going to be about one of the decks which I have been playing for a long time, GLADIATOR BEASTS!!!
There are basically 3 styles of playing gladiator beasts, DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS, RESCUE GLADIATORS and STANDARD GLADIATORS. Dimension gladiators involve the use of Dimension Fissure to remove all monsters from your opponents graveyards. Rescue Gladiators utilize Rescue Cat to bring out either 2 GLADIATOR BEAST SAMNITE to deal some serious damage or to set up big synchros, such as the synchro summoning of NATURAL BEAST and NATURAL PALKION, a few of the most powerful negators in the game, as well as GOYOU GUARDIAN, which is able to take down a lot of the big monsters that most people play. Finally, there is the Standard Gladiators, which uses cards such as Shrink, Book of Moon, and Enemy Controller to maintain control over his/her opponent.
1. DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS
The usual monster set-up for this type of play style is as follows:
2x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Equest
1x Gladiator Beast Darius
1x Gladiator Beast Retiari
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
2x Thunder King Raiou
1x Cyber Dragon
They usually use about 13+ monsters as the low monster count enable them to use more spells and traps to protect their monsters.
The spell lineup would include:
3x Dimension Fissure
2x Shrink
2x Book of Moon
2x Gladiator Proving Ground
1x My Body as a Shield
Shrinks and book of moons are in to protect the monsters, as well as to disrupt the momentum of the opponent.
Finally most people would use around 13-16 or even more traps. The lineup is as follows:
3x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
1x Solemn Judgment
2x Dark Bribe
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Dimensional Imprisonment
2x Bottomless Traphole
These are the base of most of the Dimension Gladiator Beasts decks most people are playing. However there might be some variatons according to personal prefernece.
For the next 2 decktypes, plz stay tuned for the next parts... Cause I'm too tired from today...
There are basically 3 styles of playing gladiator beasts, DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS, RESCUE GLADIATORS and STANDARD GLADIATORS. Dimension gladiators involve the use of Dimension Fissure to remove all monsters from your opponents graveyards. Rescue Gladiators utilize Rescue Cat to bring out either 2 GLADIATOR BEAST SAMNITE to deal some serious damage or to set up big synchros, such as the synchro summoning of NATURAL BEAST and NATURAL PALKION, a few of the most powerful negators in the game, as well as GOYOU GUARDIAN, which is able to take down a lot of the big monsters that most people play. Finally, there is the Standard Gladiators, which uses cards such as Shrink, Book of Moon, and Enemy Controller to maintain control over his/her opponent.
1. DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS
The usual monster set-up for this type of play style is as follows:
2x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Equest
1x Gladiator Beast Darius
1x Gladiator Beast Retiari
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
2x Thunder King Raiou
1x Cyber Dragon
They usually use about 13+ monsters as the low monster count enable them to use more spells and traps to protect their monsters.
The spell lineup would include:
3x Dimension Fissure
2x Shrink
2x Book of Moon
2x Gladiator Proving Ground
1x My Body as a Shield
Shrinks and book of moons are in to protect the monsters, as well as to disrupt the momentum of the opponent.
Finally most people would use around 13-16 or even more traps. The lineup is as follows:
3x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
1x Solemn Judgment
2x Dark Bribe
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Dimensional Imprisonment
2x Bottomless Traphole
These are the base of most of the Dimension Gladiator Beasts decks most people are playing. However there might be some variatons according to personal prefernece.
For the next 2 decktypes, plz stay tuned for the next parts... Cause I'm too tired from today...
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Pulls from ABPF
I opened a box of absolute powerforce boosters during the asia tournament, and my pulls were considerably poor. Here is what I got:
Ultimate Rare - Moon Dragon Quila
Ultra Rare - XX-Saber Hyunlay
Saviour Demon Dragon
Super Rare - Priest of the Sun
Demon's Chain
Reptilliane Vasuki
Normal Rare - Claymore Dud (Lucky not Pot of Selflessness)
AND...... I PULLED 5 BATTLE FADERS!!!! WTFBBQ!!!
Anyway, I can't wait for info on Shining Darkness to be released
Ultimate Rare - Moon Dragon Quila
Ultra Rare - XX-Saber Hyunlay
Saviour Demon Dragon
Super Rare - Priest of the Sun
Demon's Chain
Reptilliane Vasuki
Normal Rare - Claymore Dud (Lucky not Pot of Selflessness)
AND...... I PULLED 5 BATTLE FADERS!!!! WTFBBQ!!!
Anyway, I can't wait for info on Shining Darkness to be released
1st post....
Hi everyone!!! I'm wee min, aka fireowners, and this blog will be about my dueling life...... Expect to see more post on tournaments, decklist and other issues relating to Yu-Gi-Oh.
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