Saturday, March 26, 2011

Feature: Dimensional Forest



So, as I'm sure most of you are aware, I've been teasing a new deck that I've been testing at a few of my locals over the past few days on Twitter and various forums. Well, after a lot of play testing both in tournaments and with my group of YGO buddies, I'm finally ready to reveal the deck list and concept!

Tournament Report



Hey guys! Been a while since I last updated, but I wanted to post up a report on how I've been doing the past week or so in tournaments. This update is probably going to be pretty vague, given that I've been playing a "secret" deck (which I'll be profiling here on the blog and maybe YouTube sometime tomorrow), so until tomorrow when the deck list goes live, I suppose this will have to suffice!

Wednesday, 3/23/11: Wonder World
Deck Used: Dimensional Forest GBs
Final Record: 2-1 (Should've made top 8 since my only loss was to a 3-0, but I got gipped somehow)

Game 1 vs. Machina Gadgets (Won 2-1)
Game 2 vs. Machina Gadgets (Won 2-1)
Game 3 vs. Gravekeepers (Lost 1-2)

Friday, 3/25/11: Fun4All
Deck Used: Dimensional Forest GBs
Final Record: 4-1 (Undefeated through swiss, then lost first round top 4)

Game 1 vs. Scraps (Won 2-0)
Game 2 vs. Dragunity (Won 2-1)
Game 3 vs. Gravekeepers (Won 2-1)
Game 4 vs. Frog Monarchs (Won 2-0)

Game 5, first round top 4 vs. Dragunity (Lost 1-2)

Tournament Record to Date: 13-9

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Tournament Report



So I haven't done one of these in a while... That's probably because I'm not so interested in competitive Yu-Gi-Oh anymore and I've been playing dumb/fun decks and testing my Frogs out until I found a build I was happy with. Anyway, here's how I've done the past few tournaments:

Sunday (3/6/11): Fun 4 All
Deck Used: Frog Monarchs
Final Record: 3-3 (Made top 4 and lost)

Monday (3/7/11): Our House Games
Deck Used: Frog Monarchs
Final Record: 1-2 (Ouch lol)

Sunday (3/13/11): Fun 4 All
Deck Used: Frog Monarchs
Final Record: 3-2 (Made top 8 and lost first round)

Since I've missed doing these for a while, I'm only going to get into detailed stuff for this past Sunday's tournament.

Round 1 vs. Gravekeepers

The guy I played this round must have been new to the game, because he was playing very poorly and didn't know his head from a hole in the ground when it came to what my cards and my deck were doing. I've never seen him there before, but it's pretty safe to say that after dropping Light and Darkness Dragon twice in both games that I came out on top this round.

2-0 Victory

Round 2 vs. Chaos Plants


Round 2 I played against Jon Waters, who is a regular there and pretty cool, with his Chaos Plants. Game 1 resulted in an easy win for me after he paid 4,000 LP to Solemn Judgment my Jinzo and had no real follow up, so I just pounded on him with Monarch summons.

Game 2 gave me probably one of my best/most memorable moments from the tournament. I had left a Genex Undine and Formula Synchron on the field so that I could chain Formula's effect to synchro if he tried anything funny. He sacked his facedown Plaguespreader Zombie for Caius and targeted my Formula, so I chained and synchroed up to Magical Android. He top decked for Plague and synchroed into Stardust, attacking over my Magical Android for 100 LP. On my next turn I made another Formula Synchron with Treeborn and Fishborg Blaster, played Monster Reborn to bring my Jinzo back from the grave, then normal summoned Genex Controller and synchroed into Locomotion R-Genex, which allowed me to steal his face-up Stardust permanently, which I then used to synchro into Shooting Star Dragon. He scooped as soon as he saw what I was doing and gave me props for making such a pro play. haha

2-0 Victory

Round 3 vs. Anti-Meta


This was a long duel against my friend Jake Thompson. I shuttered him game 1, and it looked like I had things in game 2 as well, but I misplayed and summoned Light and Darkness Dragon when I didn't have any Monarchs in my Graveyard to bring back with its effect and he continued to summon 1900 beaters and pound on me when I had no Monarchs to summon. Game 3 I drew a god-awful hand with no way to put Treeborn in the graveyard and the game didn't last very long. haha

1-2 Loss

Round 4 vs. Ice Barriers


Round 4 I played against a guy named Adam Freeman, who is a judge, and his Ice Barriers. Going into the match I told him that I had absolutely no clue what any of the cards did, but it turned out not to matter because the games ended so quickly that I never really got to see what the deck is supposed to do. Game 1 I just continually Monarch'd him until I had game, and in game 2 I got off a devastating Malevolent Catastrophe, which destroyed three of his backrow, including a Chain Disappearance that was waiting for my Treeborn Frog. I summoned a Caius to remove his creature next turn and he got all pissed off and scooped.

2-0 Victory

Round 5 (Top 8) vs. Gladiator Beasts


Well, go figure, first round of top 8 I WOULD get my absolute worst match up... haha I don't really need to go into specifics with this one. I drew bad hands both games and though I managed to set up Treeborn, he always had a way to Retiari it.

2-0 Loss

Tournament Record to Date: 7-7

Thursday, March 10, 2011

How's Everyone Enjoying the new Format?



Hey guys! It's been a few days since I last updated, and now that we're a couple of weeks into the new format, I'm curious what you all think of it? What does your local meta-game look like? Have you seen any new or interesting deck concepts crop up?

The past few tournaments I've been to have been flooded with all kinds of anti-meta decks, and even a lot of meta decks sporting anti-meta tech. It looks like we might be moving into an anti-meta meta-game! Doomcaliber Knight and Thunder King Rai-Oh have been seeing A LOT of play around here, as well as Dimensional Fissure and decks that can support playing it.

Surprisingly I haven't seen as big of a resurgence in Gladiator Beasts being played as I expected to, but I think that's largely because they have a really poor match against Gravekeepers (what doesn't? LOL), and of course, Gravekeepers are being played in huge numbers.

So, how is your local meta shaping up? Let me know in the comments!

Saturday, March 5, 2011

New YouTube Channel and First Video!




Well, I decided to take the plunge and start up a YouTube channel for the blog. The first video is a deck profile on the new deck I'll be playing this format, Frog Monarchs! Part Two of the video, which covers the Extra and Side deck, will be up shortly as well. Make sure to subscribe and pass the word on to your friends!

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

New Format, New Look!

Out with the old and in with the new! To celebrate the change in the format, I've switched over to a new blog design, with a new header and everything.

Tournament Report: 2/28/11



Well, I played in my last tournament of the September 2010 format yesterday, and I did really well! I decided to test out my new deck for March 2011 (Formula Monarchs!), which, ironically enough, is legal for both formats, and I was definitely convinced that this is my new deck!

We only had a free play tournament, so no COSSY points or prizes were available, but it was still a good opportunity for me to test my deck out against a variety of things. Surprisingly, the Gravekeeper match isn't absolutely terrible for me! LOL

Anyway, here's how I did, with my final tournament record for this format:

Monday: Our House Games
Deck Used: Formula Monarchs
Final Record: 3-0

Final Tournament Record for September 2010 format: 144-80-1 (draw)

Not too shabby! I'm proud of that! :)

What Are You Playing: March 2011


Well, today is the first day of the new format! Lots of things have changed with the new ban list (in case you missed my analysis, check that out here!), and I'm curious... What are you guys all planning on playing this new ban list? Let me know in the comments!

Welcome to March everyone! :)