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Today's Vanguard Tournament!
13 years ago
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I actually have not posted much in regards to my Vanguard tournaments, so I decided to let anyone who is interested in knowing some of the details. ^^
I decided to take a small drift from my usual deck the Nova Grapplers, and compete with my other deck I recently completed, Spike Brothers. I chose them because I haven't taken them into a tournament before and I wanted to see how well they would work against Gold Paladin users. There were 10 people, myself included, in today's tournament, but this time there was a bit of a twist. There were no multiples of the same clan amongst all the players. There were 10 players with 10 different clans, it was awesome! There was one or two people who I absolutely despise going up against, mainly because they're annoying, and one of them has a not so secret vendetta against me personally. =P
My first opponent was a Royal Paladin player. I've had plenty of run-ins with them before, so I picked up on how to counter them, go for the rear guards and they will fall! Pretty much the whole time his Alfred vanguard was never able to reach its full strength. He played almost all of his cards just to make sure that Alfred was able to get to hit with a decent amount, but that left him with nearly no cards to guard with, which is what I like to hear! ^^ I took him out in a 2/0 win.
My next opponent ran a Granblue deck (mainly because he saw them win in a big tournament down here recently). He had basically the Yu Gi Oh mentality "if I copy the deck the champion played I'll win!!" But Vanguard doesn't work that way, fortunately. =3 The whole match was hilarious! He had almost no idea how to make the overall strategy of the Granblue come together properly. He had poor timing and judgement on how and when to do things. My team scored another 2/0 win. ^^
Next one up against me was the newest type of deck to hit the tables, Bermuda Triangle. =P I never liked this deck since I first heard about it. Its because all the cards in their clan are not only all women, but they also attract the creepiest players..... they're an anime pedophile fanboy's wet dream. =P So not only am I facing a deck I hate, but I'm also facing the guy who has it in for me and my deck. Since the last time I played him he didn't want to face my Spike Brother's again. But today I had to face him again and his new pervy-pedo deck. This would actually be my first time facing a fully assembled Bermuda Triangle deck. I still was not worried because the guy I faced really cannot make a deck that works. I annihilated him in another 2/0 victory and him cursing me out for a few minutes. =P
My last opponent was a Gold Paladin player, I know him to be a good player and respect his ability to make a deck that flows very well (despite his opinions are way different from mine). We both got grade screwed at grade 2, so we both didn't have grade 3s for a few turns. I couldn't get through his defenses for a while, since I didn't draw my power cards until I rode my Dudley Emperor. Then things turned around quite suddenly. Not long after I scored a few hits on him, he rode his grade 3, Garmore. Thankfully at that point my hand was larger than his and he was wasting his hand fighting off my attacks. By the time I had enough for Dudley's limit break, I had plenty of cards to send into the soul. I was also able to thin out my deck enough so that my chances of getting a trigger of some kind would be high, then lo and behold 2 critical triggers! Those were enough to get him to 6 damage. My second game ended with only me getting grade screwed at 1. He swept me away rather quickly. It was pathetic. =P The last game was one of my greatest games ever! We both were exchanging blows left and right, neither one of us showing signs of going down. Then on one of my turns, I stood at 5 damage, with 2 of them face up, 2 trigger cards in my hand, Dudley Emperor as my Vanguard, and 3 Wonder Boys as my back row guards. My opponent had a Pellinore as his vanguard, 2 Garmores on his rear guards, 5 damage, and 7 cards in his hand. I drew for my turn and it was none other than one of my favorite cards in the whole deck, High Speed Brakki. This was the perfect spot for him to hopefully get him to use one of the guards in his hand. When I attacked with him, he was unsupported and I used his soul blast ability, boosting Brakki's power by 5,000. He was forced to guard against it with a 10k shield. I put Brakki back in the deck then shuffled. I attacked with Dudley Emperor next, activating his limit break ability. My last 2 cards went to the soul, counter blasted my remaining 2 damage, and I called out 2 Juggernaut Maximums from my deck. He then used his perfect guard to stop Dudley. I drove check into 2 critical triggers, giving 1 to each Juggernaut. He did not have enough cards in his hand to stop both of the Juggernauts, so he took his damage and I finally won 2/1. It was a fantastic game, one of my most memorable. ^^
I decided to take a small drift from my usual deck the Nova Grapplers, and compete with my other deck I recently completed, Spike Brothers. I chose them because I haven't taken them into a tournament before and I wanted to see how well they would work against Gold Paladin users. There were 10 people, myself included, in today's tournament, but this time there was a bit of a twist. There were no multiples of the same clan amongst all the players. There were 10 players with 10 different clans, it was awesome! There was one or two people who I absolutely despise going up against, mainly because they're annoying, and one of them has a not so secret vendetta against me personally. =P
My first opponent was a Royal Paladin player. I've had plenty of run-ins with them before, so I picked up on how to counter them, go for the rear guards and they will fall! Pretty much the whole time his Alfred vanguard was never able to reach its full strength. He played almost all of his cards just to make sure that Alfred was able to get to hit with a decent amount, but that left him with nearly no cards to guard with, which is what I like to hear! ^^ I took him out in a 2/0 win.
My next opponent ran a Granblue deck (mainly because he saw them win in a big tournament down here recently). He had basically the Yu Gi Oh mentality "if I copy the deck the champion played I'll win!!" But Vanguard doesn't work that way, fortunately. =3 The whole match was hilarious! He had almost no idea how to make the overall strategy of the Granblue come together properly. He had poor timing and judgement on how and when to do things. My team scored another 2/0 win. ^^
Next one up against me was the newest type of deck to hit the tables, Bermuda Triangle. =P I never liked this deck since I first heard about it. Its because all the cards in their clan are not only all women, but they also attract the creepiest players..... they're an anime pedophile fanboy's wet dream. =P So not only am I facing a deck I hate, but I'm also facing the guy who has it in for me and my deck. Since the last time I played him he didn't want to face my Spike Brother's again. But today I had to face him again and his new pervy-pedo deck. This would actually be my first time facing a fully assembled Bermuda Triangle deck. I still was not worried because the guy I faced really cannot make a deck that works. I annihilated him in another 2/0 victory and him cursing me out for a few minutes. =P
My last opponent was a Gold Paladin player, I know him to be a good player and respect his ability to make a deck that flows very well (despite his opinions are way different from mine). We both got grade screwed at grade 2, so we both didn't have grade 3s for a few turns. I couldn't get through his defenses for a while, since I didn't draw my power cards until I rode my Dudley Emperor. Then things turned around quite suddenly. Not long after I scored a few hits on him, he rode his grade 3, Garmore. Thankfully at that point my hand was larger than his and he was wasting his hand fighting off my attacks. By the time I had enough for Dudley's limit break, I had plenty of cards to send into the soul. I was also able to thin out my deck enough so that my chances of getting a trigger of some kind would be high, then lo and behold 2 critical triggers! Those were enough to get him to 6 damage. My second game ended with only me getting grade screwed at 1. He swept me away rather quickly. It was pathetic. =P The last game was one of my greatest games ever! We both were exchanging blows left and right, neither one of us showing signs of going down. Then on one of my turns, I stood at 5 damage, with 2 of them face up, 2 trigger cards in my hand, Dudley Emperor as my Vanguard, and 3 Wonder Boys as my back row guards. My opponent had a Pellinore as his vanguard, 2 Garmores on his rear guards, 5 damage, and 7 cards in his hand. I drew for my turn and it was none other than one of my favorite cards in the whole deck, High Speed Brakki. This was the perfect spot for him to hopefully get him to use one of the guards in his hand. When I attacked with him, he was unsupported and I used his soul blast ability, boosting Brakki's power by 5,000. He was forced to guard against it with a 10k shield. I put Brakki back in the deck then shuffled. I attacked with Dudley Emperor next, activating his limit break ability. My last 2 cards went to the soul, counter blasted my remaining 2 damage, and I called out 2 Juggernaut Maximums from my deck. He then used his perfect guard to stop Dudley. I drove check into 2 critical triggers, giving 1 to each Juggernaut. He did not have enough cards in his hand to stop both of the Juggernauts, so he took his damage and I finally won 2/1. It was a fantastic game, one of my most memorable. ^^
