After an extended leave of absence from locals, I finally
decided to drag my lazy bones and head out to what would unknowingly be a most
wondrous afternoon of slaughter-slash-Yugioh. Most of you are probably aware of
the upcoming Yugioh Open Tournament Singapore and the many regionals held all
around Asia, today was one of those regionals in Malaysia’s very own Gamers
Arena. Upon my arrival I immediately spotted three Malaysian titans; Andrew
Abercrombie (HLG) who plays with precision, accuracy, and tears duelists to
pieces without even them knowing it, Zack Wonder Boy (2013 Worlds Rep) is one
who can outplay A-A hands with wits and luck, and of course for this massacre
to be complete the People’s Champion Sung Lee (2012 Worlds Rep) had to be
present. Let’s get into it. Oh, I ran Heroes (Terran) because it was the only
deck I had.
ROUND 1 (Satellarknights)
Game One: Opponent went first summoning a 1800 ATK Foolish
Burial, milled Deneb, set a Trap, and ended. Dude’s one Trap (Fiendish Chain)
met my MST and I guess it just didn’t worked for them. I had A Hero Lives,
Goblindbergh, E-Emergency Call, the rest was OTK.
Game Two: Dude summoned Deneb and searched Altair with one
set card. Played the grinder’s game a bit with Stratos+Vanity and took that
round to flex my Yugioh muscles. Eventually, A Hero Lives had to happen.
OO
(1-0)
ROUND 2 (Zombies)
Dimas from Jakarta (Indonesia), I apologize for not being
able to share my deck-list with you due to all the tournament hassle. If you
happen to miraculously read my blog feel free to drop a comment and I’ll hook
you up with the list. Any of my readers who know him please relay this message
for me. Thanks!
Game One: I went first and had Dark Law on the field
terrorizing him. After a few turns, Dark Law ate a Mirror Force and I had to
clone my nigga but it ate another Mirror Force. Both our hands weren’t great so
we were forced to grind it out but eventually I appear victorious. Mezuki,
Goblin Zombie, and Uni-Zombie is rad.
Game Two: My opponent went first and Uni-Zombied millions of
Goblin Zombies. Fucking Zerg! At one point he made Black Rose Dragon and nuked
my field (Zergs with nuclear, fucking A…) Having forced to dig deep, I went
full-blown Japanese and played technical Yugioh but soon realized my shovel
wasn’t big enough to dig myself out from this massive crater Black Rose Nuclear
Dragon buried me in. Wrecked~
Game Three: I went first and Dark Law cause he’s cool like
that (still had to die to Mirror Force though.) Déjà vu happened again and we
both found ourselves in similar grind scenarios which Dimas gained advantage
through constant top-decks. I saw Hahpyi no Hanebyouki (NOT HANEBOUKI Konami
should definitely change it to Hanebyouki instead), Dark Hole, Monster Reborn,
and more.
It came to a point where I was staring down Beelze of the
Diabolic Dragon with no immediate outs. I went into my pet Dark Rebellion XYZ
Dragon for some massive comeback plays but the defining moment was went Dimas
got greedy and turned his DEF-positioned Beelze to poke for 1500 ATK trying to
cut the game short. With zero back-rows to deal with I top-decked Instant
Fusion (2000 LPs left) and Number 101 for the win. I don’t have Castel, I suck.
OXO
(2-0)
ROUND 3 (Heroes)
Game One: Karma is a fickle-minded mistress. My opponent
went first and opened the optimum Hero play, Number 16: Shock Master (locking
Spell) backed by Vanity’s Emptiness. So, yeah, long story short I got Karma-ed
and scoop.
Game Two: Karma is a fickle-minded bitch. My turn to go
first and guess who ate Number 16+Dark Law+Vanity? Yup.
Game Three: Dude went first and I prayed with every
celestial credits I have left not to get Karma-ed. My heart can’t take it even
though it’s just Yugioh. I could have died of heart attack AND HE DID NOT HAVE
THAT OP PLAY!!! He Stratos searched Shadow Mist, set one, end. My turn came and
I took some time to slow roll my opponent because I am an asshole (I admit.)
AHL into Shadow Mist to bait that Fiendish Chain and it happened (I had Mask
Change in hand), Stratos+Kagetokage searched Bubbleman, killed his Airman,
during Main Phase 2 it was practically game. Number 16+Dark Law+Vanity cancer,
you will be missed.
XOO
(3-0)
ROUND 4 (Wonder Boy’s Nekroz)
Game One: I held onto my OTK/OP COMBO hand while I was
facing Djinn Lock with no outs. Something broke in my mind.
Game Two: Remember how Karma is a fickle-minded mistress?
Yeah, I went first but could not cancer Malaysian Titan Zack with OP plays
because Kagetokage and Blazeman were best buddies (they chill together a lot.)
My Japanese kicked in as i Fudo Yuusei-ed my way to the best possible play to survive. So, Blazeman it was. I milled Shadow Mist and
grabbed my other nigga Stratos and plotted an incredibly cancerous Turn Two
play while imagining a dramatic scene where I screamed ITTE SHINE while going
for game next turn. How could I be wrong? I had Vanity’s Emptiness and
Compulsory Evacuation Device backing me up. I sensed a rattled titan so I was
convinced. But an IMBA top-deck changed rewrote my soon-to-be prolific moment.
Yeah, you guessed it. It was one of the Holy/Unholy Trinity, Hahpyi no Hanebyouki.
YUGIOH!!! The titan proceeded to force fed a Djinn-Reversal-Lock and something
definitely broke inside my mind.
XX
(3-1)
ROUND 5 (Heroes)
Game One: Dude made paper mache plays and I OTKed him.
Game Two: Dude made paper mache plays again and I OTKed him
again.
OO
(4-1)
I made the playoffs and I wanted revenge but Zack Wonder Boy
died to Atlanteans. Top Four consisted of Andrew Abercrombie, People’s Champion
Sung Lee, an Atlantean Randy (who eventually won AHAHAHAHA PRICELESS YUGIOH),
and the only Terran left alive (me.)
TOP FOUR (Sung Lee’s Cyber-Ryu)
Game One: Drew dead, ate Sacred Pleiades (Protoss High
Templar)+Cyber Dragon Infinity (Protoss Mothership Core), don't have enough
Life Points to make IMBA comeback plays. This sucks.
Game Two: Sung Lee is a seasoned champ and he knows polite
mind games better than anyone else in Malaysia’s Yugioh community. I took first
turn and immediately went into my Japanese-mode where I take on an
Iceman-Johnny Chan-look. My hand consisted of Goblindbergh, Kagetokage, Shadow
Mist, and Vanity’s Emptiness (the rest was not important.) I have the OP play so
I went for it but upon revealing Kagetokage after Normal Summoning
Goblindbergh, Sung Lee dropped a big Maxx “C” on me with a malicious evil impression
yet still able to masked it with politeness. Man, this sucks.
The correct play was to stop attempt to bluff the nuts but
you can only win that much with grinding. When you play a great player it
matters even more to show that you can rattle his or her cage. You need that
extra set of balls. At this point, it was shove or fold for me, the Japanese me
would have played textbook, but it hit me that I grew up in Brooklyn. I am from
Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, we don’t do rattle, we certainly never run, and we never
will. Sung Lee took three free cards effortlessly without knowing that I had a
hold on his mind. Number 16 (lock Spell)+Vanity OP, enough said.
Game Three: The champ went first with no Yugioh Mothership
Core plays (he’s titled.) I was holding a joker hand. The could-be-would-be
kinda hand. I had Vanity’s Emptiness, CED, Fiendish Chain, Monster Reborn,
Instant Fusion, and drew into Soul
Charge. The only play I had was to call it strong with my only advantage was having
titled him and so I did. A couple of draw-and-pass went by (I still don’t have
monsters.) Eventually the tension broke with Sung Lee going for Infinity (Solar
Wind Jammer+CyDRA Drei) but Fiendish Chain backed with Compulse stopped his
tracks. Going back into draw-and-pass and finally I drew into a monster, my
favourite suicide jet bomber Goblindbergh. He had one set cards and the cancer
wasn’t far away for me so I Reborn-ed his Cyber Dragon Drei, summoned
Goblindbergh, whacked for 3200, and during Main Phase 2 my own version of
Mothership Core was insight, however, a Book of Moon completely flipped the
board (floored my Goblindbergh.)
Sung Lee’s turn came and he went for the Chimeratech
Fortress play effectively making my Vanity dead when he added two Galaxy
Soldiers into the equation but Book of Moon saved me from a legit Infinity
threat. I took 2000 from Fortress (CyDra+Drei) and when my turn arrived I drew
a dead Mask Change however I held my fort with Evilswarm Exciton Knight through
Soul Charging Noden into Goblindbergh. I set Mask Change. The champ had zero
hand cards but I knew he would have access to a free CyDra through his dead
Cyber Dragon Core. He had five outs, 3 OOPArts Golden Shuttle and 2 Cyber
Repair Plant. Sure enough salvation came through the form of a fucking ancient
alien golden jet. Sure enough he went for Infinity absorbed my Verzbuth and
swing for 2900. My only out at this moment was Stratos. Unfortunately, Karma’s
a bitch. I topped the single copy MST I left inside. GGWP I scooped, we shook
hands, and Sung Lee went on to scrub finals. YUGIOH!!!
I ended up in third place and salvaged my day by getting a
UR Clear Wing Synchro Dragon from one of the seven booster packs I won. Moral
of the story, I need Castel and Terran sucks (Heroes OP if you OP.) ToSsGirL
should have piloted Protoss as her name indicated. The end. Blasted Meg &
Dia when I wrote this (irrelevant for fun line.) I hope you enjoy this piece and
thank you for spending time here. Till next time people.
