Hey, I'm back again with another local report, and I'm not going to comment on other people's writing this week. Oh, the joy!
This week I tried to play Volcanic Monarchs. Not just any Volcanic Monarchs however. It's Volcanic Monarchs siding into Burn. It's kind of weird how I've never played Volcanic Monarchs nor Burn before. The justification for this is that my opponent will likely side into D.D. Crow and Pulling the Rug. D.D. Crow is quite useless against Burn and Pulling the Rug still kills Monarchs, but at least the Volcanic Rockets are gone. It would be excellent if my opponent sided into Twisters to try to kill Blaze Accelerator, but not many people are foolish to do that. I sided into Burn instead of Macro because I did not expect a lot of LADD PC because its popularity has dropped quite a bit recently in my metagame. If I happened to face Macro, I'm pretty screwed first game and siding into Macro which is less dedicated and therefore weaker doesn't improve my chances of winning. As well, my friend and I were talking about Baboon Burn didn't really need Green Baboon, so I thought my deck after siding should work only a bit worse than Baboon Burn. Here's my decklist:
3 Raiza the Storm Monarch
2 Mobius the Frost Monarch
3 Volcanic Shell
2 Apprentice Magician
2 Crystal Seer
2 Volcanic Rocket
1 Breaker the Magical Warrior
1 Card Trooper
1 Magician of Faith
1 Marshmallon
1 Old Vindictive Magician
1 Sangan
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Treeborn Frog
2 Pot of Avarice
1 Blaze Accelerator
1 Book of Moon
1 Brain Control
1 Heavy Storm
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Premature Burial
1 Soul Exchange
1 Wild Fire
2 Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
1 Dimension Wall
1 Magic Cylinder
1 Mirror Force
1 The Transmigration Prophecy
1 Torrential Tribute
Sidedeck:
3 Des Koala
3 Just Desserts
3 Ojama Trio
3 Secret Barrel
1 Dimension Wall
1 Gravity Bind
1 Level Limit Area B
My friend asked me to go play the night before, and I said I'll go the morning of the tournament. It was 2 hours before the tournament and I didn't even have a decklist or anything. When he asked me for one so he can see if we had everything to build the deck, I quickly opened Notepad and just started typing stuff that I thought would be good. The random Dimension Wall in the main deck is to make side decking into Burn easier.
I arrived at the local shop, got some sleeves then started building. The original deck list was suppose to have 2 side decked Dimension Wall and only 2 Des Koala, but I couldn't find the 3rd copy which I was suppose to have. When I was registering, I realized the tournament was a free tournament and hence the prize was bad: 1 booster pack for second place and 2 packs and a deck box for first place. So this was pretty much a testing tournament. There were a lot of people, I think 43, so in 4 rounds, 3-1 would need tiebreakers to get in top 8.
Round 1: Necrovalley with Anti-spell Fragrance
He was a nice guy, using an iPod Touch as a calculator. I want an iPod Touch. But anyway, his deck played six spells to minimize the effect of Anti-spell Fragrance.
Game 1, he got an early Anti-spell Fragrance but Breaker killed his Necrovalley and Apprentice Magician searching into Old Vindictive Magician which was flipped then tributed away for Raiza to bounce Anti-spell Fragrance gave me a +2. Another Raiza to bounce the Anti-spell Fragrance again sealed the win. I never drew anything that would give away that I was playing Volcanic Monarchs.
Game 2, I sided into Burn, and since now my deck had almost 50% traps, Anti-spell Fragrance was pretty useless. Ojama Trio is also really good against a deck like Gravekeepers. A barrage of Just Desserts and Secret Barrel, all which hit for over 2000 damage gave me the win. After the game, he commented on how he never expected me to side into Burn.
Round 2: Dark Deck
He ran stuff like Destiny Hero - Dasher , Dark Magician of Chaos, Allure of Darkness and Escape from the Dark Dimension. He's a good player so I expected a tough match.
Game 1, I just dealt a lot of early damage with Volcanic Rocket direct attacks. He stablized a bit but the game was very simplified and Snipe Hunter dealt the final damage needed to win the game. I was hoping the early damage would set up a easy win if I happened to draw into Dimension Wall or Magic Cylinder.
Game 2, I was pretty screwed since I sided int Burn and it was 8000 LP to 2100 LP in his favour. He summoned LADD and I activated Just Desserts and chained Gravity Bind. He couldn't kill the Gravity Bind and I just amassed a lot of cards and stablized. After like 10 turns of doing drawing, I decided that I had enough cards to win. I flipped Des Koala, LADD PC chained to it,then I chained Just Desserts, then he chained Enemy Controller tributing an Ojama token to take control of my Des Koala, then I chained another Just Desserts, then Book of Moon on LADD. By the end of the chain, he had 2100 LP remaining. I misplayed at this point because I should have summoned Snipe Hunter, discarded to kill LADD, discard to kill my own Gravity Bind then attack with everything I had for game. Instead, I summoned Mobius the Frost Monarch which didn't really help. Next turn, he summoned Snipe Hunter and destroyed my field then attacked for game.
Game 3, he took a direct attack from Card Trooper and a Sangan, and 2 direct attacks from Old Vindictive Magician. I then played Ojama Trio, attacked a token with my Card Trooper then played another Ojama Trio. He activated Torrential Tribute in response to the summon and I chained Just Desserts. He was now down to 200 LP and I used Secret Barrel for the win. I misplayed here as well as I should have activated Just Desserts then chained Ojama Trio so he couldn't use Torrential Tribute. Oh well, live and learn.
Round 3: Six Samurai
He was using stuff like Six Samurai United, Enishi, Shien's Councellor and other typical Six Samurai stuff. He was a nice guy so I really enjoyed playing with him.
Game 1, Volcanic Rocket got some damage though before he got Grandmaster of the Six Samurai out after a The Six Samurai - Yaichi came out via Reasoning. Brain Control and Raiza wrecked his field and it was game shortly after. In this game, he played out 2 Six Samurai United but opted to draw after they each got 1 counter.
Game 2, I sided into burn and I had Marshmallon out while his field was stuck with Grandmaster and Yaichi. A combination of Just Desserts, Secret Barrel and Des Koala game me the win. He also only drew 1 card with Six Samurai United this game.
Round 4: Dragon Aggro
I saw a Spear Dragon as I walked up to the table and I was quite surprised. I was pretty much in top 8 because a 3-1 losing a 4-0 in round 4 is a guaranteed in, I think.
In both game 1 and 2, I just destroyed him. I used Dimension Wall on a Spear Dragon, then Magic Cylinder on it after he saved it from my attack with Enemy Controller. Both games, Raiza sealed the game.
Quarterfinals: Monarchs
I saw Monarchs, Jinzo, Foolish Burial and Treeborn Frog along with some other stuff.He was surprised to be in the top 8, stating he's not in the top 8 very often. I don't remember this match that well.
Game 1, I outpowered him with Volcanic Rocket, then out Monarch'd him with Raiza and Mobius. Yay.
Game 2, he played like 5 Monarchs off a turn 1 Foolish Burial into Treeborn Frog. I succumbed to the advantage.
Game 3, I dropped him down to 900 LP but he had like 3 cards over me. I stablized with Marshmallon. I had Just Desserts and Magic Cylinder set, so if he summoned a second monster or attacked, he would lose. I was pretty confident until he summoned of all monsters Jinzo, at which time I thought I was pretty screwed. I drew, then he drew and set a monster. I top decked into Raiza and tributed my Marshmallon to bounce the Jinzo. He brought back Treeborn Frog and I played Just Desserts for the win.
Semifinals: Baboon Burn
I assumed it is Baboon Burn although I didn't see a Green Baboon since he ran the Beasts. I didn't see Just Desserts or anything though, only Ojama Trio.
Game 1, I got some early damage though but he played Ojama Trio on me followed with a massive Gyaku-Gire Panda. I had nothing to kill the Gyaku-Gire Panda and I had a Treeborn Frog only the field. It would be game if he attacked Treeborn Frog with the Panda but I had Card Trooper, Pot of Avarice and 4 monsters in my graveyard. I summoned Card Trooper, milled 3 cards: spell, trap, spell. Shoot. I ended my turn and he attacked my Treeborn Frog with the Panda. I reflected the damage with Dimension Wall for game. Random Dimension Wall of the win! His expression was a mixture of surprise, anger and !@#$%.
Game 2, I decided against siding into Burn since he was playing Baboon Burn, and my weaker version of Baboon Burn should lose to his version. Level Limit Area B and Gravity Bind also do nothing against the Panda. I sided into 1 Dimension Wall and hoped I could reflect the damage again. This game was like game 1, except I didn't have Dimension Wall.
Game 3. he was at 11000 LP from Draining Shield and Nimble Momonga. Luckily, I kept what I thought was a useless The Transmigration Prophecy to stop his Pot of Avarice and life gain from Nimble Momonga. I killed his Gyaku-Gire Panda and my Ojama tokens with Wild Fire, then attack for some damage with my Wild Fire token. I killed his Premature Burial'd version of Gyaku-Gire Panda after he destroyed my Wild Fire token with it. He summoned another Gyaku-Gire Panda, but I flipped Magician of Faith to return Wild Fire which I used again. He was down to a few Life Points and a top decked Breaker attacked for the rest.
Finals: Demise OTK
Game 1, I had 2 Pot of Avarice, 1 Premature Burial, 1 Raiza and 1 Volcanic Shell. He had the god hand.
Game 2, I sided away all the slower cards and stuffed in some Burn. I set Phoenix Wing Wind Blast and summoned Volcanic rocket. He had the god hand.
So that's the end of that. The pack I got yielded nothing of value. I played another Demise OTK after the tournament and I lost horribly. I think the deck is too slow to deal with that particular deck, so I'll need to adjust the deck a bit.
The side deck works, because everyone was quite surprised by the side. I think I'll play test with the deck more as I think it has potential. Cyber Dragons would certainly help with the deck's lack of speed against Demise OTK. Thestalos could help too, but Mobius helps in the Macro match and Raiza is just good. That's all for this blog. Have fun playing a children's card game.
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