Vancouver, BC Team Tournament Report

This past Saturday, Chan from DifferenceInSkill held another team tournament at our locals. The prize was a whole box of Japanese Set 7, with second place taking home 15 packs (half a box). Teams consisted of three people a la anime, and each team member played a best of 1 versus an opposing team member, creating a best of 3. Eight teams actually showed up to compete, so we were split into two groups of four teams each. The teams then play round-robin style within their own groups. Top 2 groups advance to the playoffs.

Our team, called iS4 (Infinite Sack 4) consisted of a couple of friends and I. I played Spike Brothers, and my teammates played Royal and Gold Paladin, which was a good combination if I do say so myself. I was the team's starter, so it was pretty important that I get the first wins. 

I barely remember my own matches, but I'll try my best and probably not go into detail about my teammate's matches. Without further ado, here we go.

Group Round 1 - Team iS4 vs. Team Har Har Har

HerO (Spike Brothers) vs. Robbie (Granblue)
 I went first, so i just rode Dudley Daisy and ended. He rode Deadly Nightmare, moved Captain Nightkid to the front and called a Romario behind it. He swung with the Vanguard, which I guarded for 10k, got no trigger, and then I took the Captain Nightkid's attack. On my turn I rode Field Driller, used Mecha Trainer to get a Wonder Boy, called the Wonder Boy behind Field Driller, and called a Brakki, Reckless Express and Medical Manager. I swung with the Vanguard first, which he didn't guard, I got no trigger but still drew my free card from Field Driller's effect. I swung with the lone Reckless Express, which he guarded and I swung with the boosted Brakki, which he took. I ended. Next few turns not a lot happened, he rode Cocytus and got a critical which pushed me to 4 damage with Emperor in my hand. On my next turn I ride Emperor, call Juggernaut and ready my onslaught. I swing with Juggernaut unboosted, which he takes for his 5th damage. I then attack with a boosted Reckless Express and at this point he realizes what's going on. He guards for 10k and then I Limit Break, calling a Brakki and a Juggernaut. He perfect guards my Emperor but I get a critical and a heal trigger in my checks, making both attacks impossible to stop. I take the game.

ONImuzik (Royal Paladin) vs. King of Knights (Royal Paladin)
ONImuzik guards for 2 triggers to pass and King of Knights sacks a critical and a heal.

Dan (Gold Paladin) vs. Henry (Gold Paladin)
Both players went back and forth, not really checking too many triggers but due to Dan getting the 1 trigger he needed to pass his opponent's shield, Dan acquired an advantage he didn't let go of and took the game.

Team iS4 2 - 1 Team Har Har Har

Group Round 2  - Team iS4 vs. Team Little Kids #1
I name this team "Team Little Kids #1" because there were two teams that were composed of younger kids which we had never seen before and don't know the names of. I don't actually remember what their team name was. THEY ALSO WERE NOT USING SLEEVES. UGHHHHHHHHHHHH.

HerO (Spike Brothers) vs. Little Boy #1 (Narukami)
Everything was going fine until he got gradestuck at Grade 1 for 2 turns. Meanwhile I rode to Emperor and was constantly swinging for 21k and hitting hard with my rearguards. Once he got me to 4 damage, it was pretty easy to finish him with my Limit Break. I felt kind of bad for him because he was actually a decent player but just got unlucky.

ONImuzik (Royal Paladin) vs. Little Girl #1 (Royal Paladin)
Unfortunately, this girl looked like she was playing two Royal Paladin trial decks put together at the last minute. ONImuzik using his superior deck managed to take the game pretty easily. The girl looked like a new player too, she was barely familiar with the rules - but it seemed like they all had fun despite the results.

Team iS4 2 - 0 Team Little Kids #1

Group Round 3 - Team iS4 vs. Team Little Kids #2
Another team with younger kids, free win right?

HerO (Spike Brothers) vs. Little Boy #2 (Nova Grappler)
I notice that he's running Stern Blaukruger because of his starting Vanguard, so I make a mental note. He missed both ride chain rides so I was feeling more comfortable while rushing him as much as possible. He called a 4k trigger behind his Vanguard so throughout the game his Stern Blaukruger was swinging for 14k, so I was able to guard his Vanguard with a 10k shield every time. Eventually he was left with three cards, two of which he had checked last turn - a draw trigger and a Grade 3 - which left the card he drew with the draw trigger. He was only at 3 damage (because he kept getting heal triggers) so I swung with Emperor, which he let through. Naturally, since it's a critical (see what I did there) point in the game, I got no triggers. So with him at 4 damage, I was left to gamble and hope that the card he drew was only a 5k shield. I swung with a booster Brakki + soublasted for 21k. He let it through and got no damage check trigger. I then boosted Reckless Express with Wonder Boy and soulblasted for 20k on his 10k Vanguard. He was about to guard until he realized he didn't have enough (as I had predicted) and checked his last damage. Would've been a nicer game if the boy was a slightly better player, but still wasn't too bad.

ONImuzik (Royal Paladin) vs. Little Girl #2 (Gold Paladin)
Basically ONImuzik got gradestuck at 1 for 3 turns. Should say enough.

Dan (Gold Paladin) vs. Bigger Boy #1 (Majesty Lord Blaster)
A couple things about this kid. He was much taller than all the other kids. He ran only 1 copy of Majesty Lord Blaster. He had an SP Blaster Dark. AND HE DIDN'T USE SLEEVES. UGHHHHHHHHH. 

Bigger Boy #1 started off the game pretty aggressively, which would've been fine if Dan hadn't let every single attack through. He had triggers in his hand to guard with, he just decided to not guard for some reason. While Dan rode Garmore, Bigger Boy rode Gancelot. Yes you read right - he rode Gancelot. Not only that, he used Gancelot's effect twice to run into Dan's perfect guard. One thing though was that Bigger Boy kept getting triggers and Dan did not, and since Dan decided to let attacks through in the early game that could've been guarded for 5k, instead he had to drop 15k to guard these late game ones. It got to the point that it was too much to handle, and Dan lost. To a guy that rode Gancelot. Sigh.

Team iS4 1 - 2 Team Little Kids #2

So we lose the last group round, but we still make it to the playoffs along with Team Har Har Har. Our first semi-final match was against Team ReallyFobbyName. Instead of badly explaining to you what happens, why don't I just show you?

Semi Finals - Team iS4 vs. Team ReallyFobbyName

HerO (Spike Brothers) vs. Stanley (Dark Irregulars)

ONImuzik (Royal Paladin) vs. Anson (Dragonic Overlord The End)

Finals - Team iS4  vs. Team WheresJohnny

HerO (Spike Brothers) vs. Willie (Soulless OTT)

ONImuzik (Royal Paladin) vs. Why (Narukami)

So yeah, we finished in second place and took home 15 packs between the 3 of us, so 5 packs each. I pulled a Dark Lord of the Abyss, ONImuzik pulled a Lequier and Dan pulled 5 R's LOL

All in all not a bad performace by Team iS4. I'm happy with the amount of teams that showed up and how each team tournament is getting bigger and bigger. Can't wait to see where Vanguard will be weeks, months even years from now.

Thanks for reading this long, badly written post,
HerO

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