Tournament Report on Asia's Top Shop Tournament - Singapore Qualifiers @ Active Games Collections 19/11/2011 with Decklist

Hi guys! Been awhile since the last time I've posted! Well today's post will be about the Asia's Top Shop Tournament - Singapore Qualifiers held yesterday at Active Games Collections, better known to the Singapore Duelists as "Lorong Ah Soo". So lets cut short and head towards to main topic!

Tournament: YGO Asia's Top Shop Tournament - Singapore Qualifiers 2011
Venue: Active Games Collections
Number of Participants: 24 (3 from each shop)
Represented Shop: Asia Cards Shop
Number of matches: 4x Swiss rounds, Elimination for Top 8

Deck used: Asceticism Six

First Match VS Clarence/Clover (Agent Angel)
OO-

1st round: It was a tough fight at first since I didn't know what he was playing. I started off with the summoning of [Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki] in hope of using it's effect to special summon [Kagemusha of the Six Samurai]. However, Clarence's first action was to stop it with [Herald of the Orange Light], discarding another copy of it. Without much of a choice. I had to stall for 2 turns while Clarence tries to keep his field up with [Agent of Creation - Venus] and [Gachi Gachi Gantetsu]. While then I drew again, he [Trap Dustshoot] me and revealed my hand of [Gate of the Six], [Six Samurai United], [Kagemusha of the Six Samurai] , [Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan] and 2 more cards which I had forgotten what it was. He returned Kizan back to the deck and while I looked at my lifepoints which was currently quite healthy. I gave a turn pass and he continued his pummelling against me. In the next turn I draw into Kizan again. Which I started the engine of Gate and United. Summoning Kagemusha and Kizan. Searching for [Grandmaster of the Six Samurai] then another copy of Kizan. Which I then tune Kagemusha and one of the Kizans into [Brionac - Dragon of the Ice Barrier] and discarded a card from my hand to return his Gantetsu back to the extra deck. I then activated the United's effect to let myself draw 2 cards. After which I cleared his field and rammed his lifepoints by a significant amount. It was his turn again and there wasn't much he can do. Back to my turn, I activated Brionac's effect again to return whatever was left and went in for the win.

2nd round: He started off with the usual Venus and Gantetsu field Setup and ended his turn. I started off with the playing of [Dimension Fissure] to stop what I assumed would be in his hand cards, the most important of all to stop whatever I was going to do, the [Herald of Orange Light] and [Honest]. With that in calculation, I performed the [Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]'s summoning and more. Although he got rid of him at the later part of the game. I had [Six Samurai - Zanji] and [Grandmaster of the Six Samurai] on my field for Zanji to cut through almost anything, including his [Archlord Krystia] which was bothering my Samurais for quite awhile. With that in place and holding my grounds. I got the win. Thanks Clarence! Great Match!

Second Match VS ??? (Machina Gadget)
OXO

1st round: He tried to [Limiter Removal] his [Machina Fortress] and [Machina Gearframe] but I managed to stop the kill from happening by using the handy dandy [Book of Moon]. Next up was having [Six Samurai - Zanji] and [Grandmaster of the Six Samurai] tagteam against his Gadgets. With much effort of battling and using of my traps. I finally broke down his defenses and rush in for the win.

2nd round: Got pummelled pretty badly with all the [Machina Fortress] and [Machina Gearframe] around and ended with a [Limiter Removal]

3rd round: Starting out with [Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En] and [Grandmaster of the Six Samurai] for an offensive start. He then started out with no monsters and set down 5 cards. Pretty defensive I would say. Back to my turn, I then played out [Six Samurai - Yai Chi] and destroyed one of his set cards which appeared to be [Dust Tornado]. After which I set down two face-down cards and ended my turn without conducting my battle phase. I spent for around 2 - 3 turns without conducting my battle phase and using the combination of Shien and Yaichi to hold my ground by clearing his backrow slowly. After which when his defenses were lowered down. It was an open opportunity to then let my monsters go in for battle and rush in for the win!

3rd Match VS Ernest Sim (TG Agent Angel)
XOX

1st round: I got totally destroyed by two copies of [Master Hyperion] and [Trishula - Dragon of the Ice Barrier]. Not even having a [Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En] and a [A.O.J Catastor] on my field can help me!

2nd round: [Dimension Fissure] with Shien and party sure helps to win games!

3rd round: [Dimension Fissure] in this round doesn't really help with big boss monsters going around. =/

4th Match VS Wan Xin/Xiao Mei (Dark World)
OXO

1st round: Tying down her magic with [Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En] and rushing in for the kill with [Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan] and friends with [Musakani Magatama] for help!

2nd round: Just didn't have the cards to stop the [Graphar - Dragon Lord of Dark World] from bringing itself back to continuously beat my lifepoints to zero.

3rd round: With my side deck properly in and having [Gemini Imps] help to negate cards like [Dark World Dealings] to stall for awhile. I ended up able to draw upon my [Dimension Fissure] to make things right!

Top 8

1st Match VS Lauren (Agent Angel)
XX-

1st round: Having [Archlord Krystia] around was quite a pain for me and I drew none of the protective traps that were able to deflect Krystia's attacks. Thus then I lost because of the special summoning lockdown.

2nd round: Even with [Dimension Fissure] around. [Royal Decree] is much much stronger! Jamming all my trap cards was terrible as there was no other way to protect myself from his monsters if I couldn't draw any of mine! Through many many turns, I finally gave in as my lifepoints was very low and I had no more monsters to protect me. It was a hell good of a match for that though, thanks Lauren! =)

Conclusion: Top 8 ,Well hopefully I'll get better next time!

Now for the decklist of the deck that I was using for this tournament!

Deck name: Asceticism Six

Monsters: 16
2x Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki
1x Legendary Six Samurai - Mizuho
3x Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan
1x The Six Samurai - Zanji
1x The Six Samurai - Yaichi
2x Grandmaster of the Six Samurai
3x Kagemusha of the Six Samurai
2x Honorable Retiree of the Six Samurai
1x Hand of the Six Samurai

Magic: 12
1x Gate of the Six
3x Six Samurai United
3x Asceticism of the Six Samurai
1x Shien's Smoke Signal
1x Reinforcement of the Army
1x Monster Reborn
1x Book of Moon
1x Heavy Storm

Trap: 12

2x Musakani Magatama
2x Solemn Warning
1x Solemn Judgment
2x Dimensional Prison
2x Bottomless Traphole
2x Double Edge Sword Technique
1x Torrential Tribute

Extra Deck: 15

1x Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En
1x A.O.J Catastor
1x Magical Android
1x Brionac - Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1x Black Rose Dragon
1x Scrap Archfiend
1x Stardust Dragon
1x Scrap Dragon
1x Crimson Blader
1x Trishula - Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1x Levair the Sea Dragon
1x No. 17 - Leviathan Dragon
1x No. 20 - Giga Brii-ant
1x No. 39 - Utopia
1x No. 61 - Volcasaurus

Side Deck: 15

2x Gemini Imp
2x Snowman Eater
1x Maxx C
1x Puppet Plant
2x Mystical Space Typhoon
3x Dimension Fissure
1x Bait Doll
1x Chain Disappearance
1x Black Horn of Heaven
1x Trap Dustshoot

Well thats all for today's post! On another topic, have you all bought your share of the latest booster pack [Order of Chaos]? If not, get yours soon! Looks like [Ninja] themed decks and [Inzector] might be the new craze! As well as the [Wind-Up]/[Zen-Mai] themed decks!

See ya all next time!

Duel Society's First Duel Video on YouTube!

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Deck review: Dark World Promo build and Non-Promo build

Right as promised. Today's post will be about the 2 different builds to try to suit the OCG meta in Singapore! If some of you people are asking "Why the Non-Promo build". Well its mainly because in Singapore. During the times of grand tournaments that are being hosted here. Its a strict rule that there will be no "Promo" cards existing in our decks. So alright, enough talk, lets get on with it!

Deck name: Dark World Promo

Monsters: 19

3x Fabled Raven
1x Sangan
1x Morphing Jar
1x Blackwing - Zephyrus The Elite
1x Scarr - Scout of Dark World
2x Broww - Huntsman of Dark World
3x Snow - Unlight of Dark World
1x Beiige - Vanguard of Dark World
3x Silva, Warlord of Dark World
3x Grapha - Dragon Lord of Dark World

Magic: 15

1x Allure of Darkness
1x Into the Void
2x Dark World Dealings
2x The Gates of Dark World
1x Card Destruction
3x Dark World Lightning
1x Dark Hole
1x Heavy Storm
1x Monster Reborn
2x Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps: 6

1x Torrential Tribute
1x Trap Dustshoot
2x Mind Crush
1x Deck Devastation Virus
1x Eradicator Epidemic Virus


Deck Name: Dark World Non-Promo

Monsters: 17

1x Sangan
1x Morphing Jar
1x Blackwing - Zephyrus The Elite
1x Scarr - Scout of Dark World
2x Broww - Huntsman of Dark World
3x Snow - Unlight of Dark World
1x Beiige - Vanguard of Dark World
3x Silva - Warlord of Dark World
1x Goldd - Wu-lord of Dark World **
3x Grapha - Dragon Lord of Dark World

Magic: 17

1x Allure of Darkness
2x Into The Void **
2x Dark World Dealings
3x The Gates of Dark World **
1x Card Destruction
3x Dark World Lightning
1x Foolish Burial **
1x Heavy Storm
1x Monster Reborn
2x Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps: 6

1x Torrential Tribute
1x Trap Dustshoot
2x Mind Crush
1x Deck Devastation Virus
1x Eradicator Epidemic Virus

Legend - ** is the difference between the both decks.

As for the extra decks for both decks. Practically anything you might wanna have inside it. The extra decks are quite generalized so I'll just leave it to you readers' imagination on what cards would you want to have in the extra deck instead.

The promo build is quite simple. Just try to summon out [Fabled Raven] as soon as possible to be able to utilise it's effect to discard multiple cards from your hand. I noticed that not many duelists run [Into The Void] in their Dark World decks. In my opinion, even though it has a high risk of discarding your whole hand during the end phase. There are still pros and cons for this disadvantage.

1. You are running a Dark World deck, this disadvantage can prove to be an advantage as discarding your whole hand is not a cost, its an effect.

2. Being able to draw one card from your deck means being able to improve your duel by 1 turn. Not much, but it might be able to help you carry on your combos.

"Absence of [Dark Hole] in the Non-Promo build. Why?"

Reason is simple, the promo build has Fabled Raven, which can actually be equalled to having 3 more Into The Voids. Which can prove for you to have a very small hand size at the end of the day. The Promo build has Dark hole in order for you to clear all of the opponent's monsters on the field even with little hand cards. The Non-Promo build doesn't have it as most of the time you are able to maintain the hand size. Though sure, you can still experiment on taking out 1 copy of [Into The Void] of the Non-Promo build to try to slot in 1 copy of [Dark Hole]. Instead in the absence of [Dark Hole] in the Non-Promo build, I've placed a copy of [Foolish Burial] for easy access to [Grapha - Dragon Lord of Dark World] and [Blackwing - Zephyrus The Elite].

Well, I'd be trying to form up more variations of Dark World theme decks with more options available. In the meanwhile, perhaps you people might wanna try these 2 decks out in Dueling Network or something. For me, I'd probably use the Promo Build in any of the casual tournaments that my country will be hosting. Soon, I Hope! Well then, till my next post! Happy Dueling! =)

Busy!!!!! With? The training for Singapore Asia Plus Team Tournament!

Well heya people. Its been a month since the last update. Well the bloggers of Duel Society, pratically speaking both Kenneth and me(Colin) have been training hard for the latest tournament that is coming up here in Singapore. Which is the Asia Plus Team Tournament consisting of 3 members in each team versus 3 members of an opposing team. Look at our training ground below! Well lets get on with the description for the upcoming tournament.

 

Each member will be fighting their own opponents at the same time with the usual best 2 out of 3 rounds in a match. So if lets say 2 of the winning team members won their best 2 out of 3 rounds, that team wins.

This may sound easy, but there is also a catch to it! The whole team will be sharing the banlist as well as the usual restrictions for the number of copies per card in the whole team. A few examples will be....

• [Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning] is a restricted to one card. So only ONE copy is allowed in the WHOLE TEAM. So with 3 decks around, only ONE copy of this powerful card is allowed in ONE deck.
• [Tragoedia] is a semi-restricted card. So its the same as the above theory, just that is a TWO instead of a one now. It also means that the card can be distributed around. Like example....
  
  - I have one copy of [Tragoedia] in my deck.
  
  - Kenneth also has one copy of [Tragoedia] in his deck.
  
  And that is all for semi-restricted.
• [Mystical Space Typhoon] also known as [Cyclone] is a unrestricted card. Which means you are able to play it at 3 copies! However, it follows the ruling of only 3 copies in the whole team. So same as the above theory for semi-restricted cards. You are also allowed to distribute it to the whole team if you want to.

With that said, I guess everyone understands the above rule stated for the upcoming grand tournament.

The following below are also the dates for the upcoming qualifiers for the Asia Plus Team Tournament.

         Qualifiers Rounds Details

         Date                            Venue                         Registration Time

• October 15 (Saturday)/Audio Ventura Trading/1300 hrs - 1330 hrs
• October 23 (Sunday)/Audio Ventura Trading/1300 hrs - 1330 hrs
• October 29 (Saturday)/Active Games Collection/1300 hrs - 1330 hrs
• November 6 (Sunday)/Excel CS @ J-Cube/1300 hrs - 1330 hrs

         Main Event Details

• November 13 (Sunday)/Cheng San CC/1000 hrs - 1100 hrs

Well then, its been a long day so I guess I will be heading to bed. I'll still have to head over to Kenneth's place for a hell training regime! In the meantime, I'd probably think of when I'm gonna post up my [Dark World] deck with 2 kinds for format. The "Promo" format, and the "Non-Promo" format. All right thats all for today people! Signing off today, start training even harder if you are participating for the grand tournament because there is only 5 days left before the day of the first qualifier round itself!



                               May the Strongest Team Win!

Full List Of The Banlist (September 2011 - March 2012)

For those not updated with the recent changes to the banlist starting effect from today September 1st 2011. I've compiled instead, the full list of the banlist right below, so take a look and start tuning your decks!


Legend - * is newly added cards


Forbidden/Banned Cards 「禁止カード」:
The following cards cannot be placed into a deck:


Substitoad 「イレカエル」
Victory Dragon 「ヴィクトリー・ドラゴン」
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End 「混沌帝龍　－終焉の使者－」
Sinister Serpent 「キラー・スネーク」
Witch of the Black Forest 「黒き森のウィッチ」
Dark Magician of Chaos 「混沌の黒魔術師」
Fishborg Blaster 「フィッシュボーグ－ガンナー」 *
Mental Master 「メンタルマスター」*
Thousand-Eyes Restrict 「サウザンド・アイズ・サクリファイス」
Cyber Jar 「サイバーポッド」
Makyura the Destructor 「処刑人－マキュラ」
Magician of Faith 「聖なる魔術師」
Dark Strike Fighter 「ダーク・ダイブ・ボンバー」
Goyou Guardian 「ゴヨウ・ガーディアン」
Tsukuyomi 「月読命」
Destiny Hero - Disk Commander 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯディスクガイ」
Cyber-Stein 「デビルフランケン」
Tribe-Infecting Virus 「同族感染ウィルス」
Fiber Jar 「ファイバーポッド」
Magical Scientist 「魔導サイエンティスト」
Yata-Garasu 「八汰烏」
Rescue Cat 「レスキューキャット」
Mirage of Nightmare 「悪夢の蜃気楼」
Delinquent Duo 「いたずら好きな双子悪魔」
Temple of the Kings 「王家の神殿」
Confiscation 「押収」
Painful Choice 「苦渋の選択」
The Forceful Sentry 「強引な番兵」
Giant Trunade 「ハリケーン」*
Snatch Steal 「強奪」
Pot of Greed 「強欲な壺」
Change of Heart 「心変わり」
Raigeki 「サンダー・ボルト」
Dimension Fusion 「次元融合」
Card of Safe Return 「生還の宝札」
Brain Control 「洗脳－ブレインコントロール」
Butterfly Dagger - Elma 「蝶の短剣－エルマ」
Graceful Charity 「天使の施し」
Harpie's Feather Duster 「ハーピィの羽根帚」
Premature Burial 「早すぎた埋葬」
Mass Driver 「マスドライバー」
Metamorphosis 「突然変異」
Last Will 「遺言状」
Imperial Order 「王宮の勅命」
Royal Oppression 「王宮の弾圧」*
Exchange of the Spirit 「現世と冥界の逆転」
Crush Card Virus 「死のデッキ破壊ウイルス」
Sixth Sense 「第六感」
Time Seal 「刻の封印」
Ring of Destruction 「破壊輪」
Last Turn 「ラストバトル！」


Restricted Cards 「制限カード」:
Only 1 copy of the following cards can be placed into a deck:

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning 「カオス・ソルジャー　－開闢の使者－」*
Elemental Hero Stratos 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯエアーマン」
Dandelion 「ダンディライオン」
Debris Dragon 「デブリ・ドラゴン」*
Gladial Beast Bestarori 「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」
Sangan 「クリッター」
Summon Priest 「召喚僧サモンプリースト」
Plaguespreader Zombie 「ゾンビキャリア」
Dark Armed Dragon 「ダーク・アームド・ドラゴン」
Lonefire Blossom 「ローンファイア・ブロッサム」*
Night Assailant 「深淵の暗殺者」
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole 「Ｎ･グランモール」
Necroface 「ネクロフェイス」
Honest 「オネスト」
Trishula - Dragon of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の龍 トリシューラ」
Brionac - Dragon of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の龍 ブリューナク」
Tech Genus - Hyper Librarian 「ＴＧ ハイパー・ライブラリアン」*
Formula Synchron 「フォーミュラ・シンクロン」*
Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En 「真六武衆－シエン」*
Exodia the Forbidden One 「封印されしエクゾディア」
Right Leg of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の右足」
Right Arm of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の右腕」
Left Leg of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の左足」
Left Arm of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の左腕」
Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow 「BF－月影のカルート」
Blackwing - Gale the Hurricane 「BF-疾風のゲイル」
Marshmallon 「マシュマロン」
Emissary of Darkness - Gorz 「冥府の使者ゴーズ」
Mezuki 「馬頭鬼」
Morphing Jar 「メタモルポット」
Lumina - Lightlord Summoner 「ライトロード・サモナー ルミナス」
Burial from a Different Dimension 「異次元からの埋葬」
Infernity Gun 「インフェルニティガン」
Foolish Burial 「おろかな埋葬」
Emergency Teleport 「緊急テレポート」
Black Whirlwind 「黒い旋風」
Advanced Ritual Art 「高等儀式術」
Monster Reborn 「死者蘇生」
Primal Seed 「原初の種」*
Scapegoat 「スケープ・ゴート」
Mind Control 「精神操作」
Reinforcement of the Army 「増援」
Shien's Smoke Signal 「紫炎の狼煙」*
Cold Wave 「大寒波」
Card Destruction 「手札抹殺」
Pot of Avarice 「貪欲な壺」*
Heavy Storm 「大嵐」*
Charge of the Light Brigade 「光の援軍」
Dark Hole 「ブラック・ホール」
Future Fusion 「未来融合－フューチャー・フュージョン」
Reasoning 「名推理」
Monster Gate 「モンスターゲート」
Allure of Darkness 「闇の誘惑」
Limiter Removal 「リミッター解除」
Level Limit - Area B 「レベル制限Ｂ地区」
One for One 「ワン・フォー・ワン」
Book of Moon 「月の書」
Solemn Judgment 「神の宣告」
Torrential Tribute 「激流葬」
Mirror Force 「聖なるバリア －ミラーフォース－」
Trap Dustshoot 「ダスト・シュート」
Ceasefire 「停戦協定」
The Transmigration Prophecy 「転生の予言」
Wall of Revealing Light 「光の護封壁」
Magical Explosion 「マジカル・エクスプロージョン」


Semi-Restricted Cards 「準制限カード」:
Only 2 copies of the following cards can be placed into a deck:

Archlord Krystia 「大天使クリスティア」
Card Gunner 「カードガンナー」
Necro Gardna 「ネクロ・ガードナー」*
Tragoedia 「トラゴエディア」*
Summoner Monk 「召喚僧サモンプリースト」*
D-HERO Diabolicguy 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ ディアボリックガイ」
Dewloren - Tiger King of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の虎王ドゥローレン」*
Chain Strike 「連鎖爆撃」
Royal Tribute 「王家の生け贄」
Destiny Draw 「デステニー・ドロー」*
Swords of Revealing Light 「光の護封剣」*
Magical Stone Excavation 「魔法石の採掘」
Ojama Trio 「おジャマトリオ」
Call of the Haunted 「リビングデッドの呼び声」*
Bottomless Trap Hole 「奈落の落とし穴」
Mind Crush 「マインドクラッシュ」*
Magic Cylinder 「魔法の筒」
Solemn Warning 「神の警告」


Released from the Banlist/No longer restricted 「準制限」:
3 copies allowed per deck:

Judgement Dragon 「裁きの龍」*
Spirit Reaper 「魂を削る死霊」*
Mystical Space Typhoon 「サイクロン」*
Megamorph 「巨大化」*
Overload Fusion 「オーバーロード・フュージョン」*
Icarus Attack 「ゴッドバードアタック」*
Gravity Bind 「グラヴィティ・バインド－超重力の網－」*