So it was on that fated day, June 18th 2004, that I was to participate in my very first Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament at local game shop down town. it was Friday, and while most of the girls who decided to go back home for the second summer went to the airport, I was busy at the apartment, checking and inspecting every single card in my deck. I knew my Black Occult Deck lacked powerful attacking monsters so I decided to swap several cards for several uber-strong monsters. in the end, I had 42 cards for the deck (you must have a minimum of 40).
after Friday prayers, the guys (Jimmy+Nublie) & I went to a local restaurant to grab a bite. we then decided to have the food at their apartment, but we stopped at my place for awhile to get my cards and other stuff. it was almost to 2.45 pm, and I swear I felt like there were butterflies in my stomach. back at the guys’ pad, I had a quick lunch and then proceeded to challenge Nublie for a short warm-up match (the guys weren’t participating; only myself and Epul, who was on his way back from the airport after sending his missus, participated). after the short match (which I won) it was already close to 3.30 pm and since Nublie had to send a friend of his to work, we decided to head towards the game shop immediately after.
"with nublie before the tournament"
it was 4 pm. the tournament was supposed to start then, but I guess they had to wait for the other duelists/participants to arrive. I had already registered so I was waiting for Epul. I thought only kids would be interested in the game but turns out there were only two of ‘em over there, the rest were adults. shit. I am so getting my ass pwned. I knew that there were several types of decks used in many tournaments and mine isn’t one of them. here’s a rundown of the normal/standard decks that are considered competition-material:
-Beat Down: beat down uses plenty of really strong low-level monsters to knock the opponent’s Life Points (LP). there are many kinds of beat down decks out there but most of them require the basic strategy of dealing heavy damage before the other duelist could retaliate. some of the most common beat down decks are:
1. Rush Beat Down: this deck is extremely fast. the main idea is to get out as many powerful monsters and sap the opponent’s LP. the deck also uses magic cards which enables the player to draw cards from the deck and field clearing magic which either destroy all monsters (like Raigeki and Dark Hole) or the opponent’s trap and magic cards (Heavy Storm or Mystical Space Typhoon). when all threats are cleared, then only the player attacks his opponent. I really hate going against this deck. in fact, there was this one guy at the tournament who used it and his deck is the pits. considered a nightmare to most duelists.
2. Machines: this deck relies heavily on Machine-type monsters as its army for assault. while most Machine monsters aren’t that strong, players of this deck also use the magic card Limiter Removal, which doubles the attack of all Machine-type monsters on the field (but then destroys all of ‘em at the end). very scary indeed. even worse, the bane of all decks, the Jinzo (atk:2400 def:1500) is a monster that belongs to the mechanical category and it has a deadly effect of disabling the activation of trap cards.
3. Fiends: yep, the demonic monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh! have been known to bring a lot of misfortune to most players out there. most fiend monsters have deadly effects and a staple monster in this type of deck is the Dark Necrofear (atk:2200 def:2800, can gain control 1 opponent’s monster if Necrofear is destroyed in battle or destroyed by the effect of a monster, magic or trap card). while some ppl may consider my deck a Fiend Beat Down type, I’d rather classify it as something else because unlike most fiend decks, I have other agendas of my own….
4. Magicians: another powerful beat down deck since it uses many powerful spellcasters with various effects to squash the opponent. common cards in the deck include the Dark Magician (Atk: 2500 def:2100), Dark Magician Girl (Atk: 2000 def: 1700), Skilled Dark Magician (atk:1900 def: 1700) and the Dark Magician of Chaos (atk:2800 def:2600).
5. Warriors: same like Magicians, but it uses warriors which have stronger monsters, but not so many useful effects.
6. Dragons: most decks containing the gigantic lizard-like behemoths are slower than the common beat down decks since most dragons are high level monsters which require you to sacrifice one of your own monster on the field to summon them. still, when they’re out, dragons are known for dishing out incredibly high damage with a single blow.
7. Water: while the water monsters may not be as strong as most beat down decks, the effects of the sea minions are annoying as hell. it’s one of the easiest beat down decks to master and when played properly, it’s undoubtedly a devastating deck.
-Chaos: with the release of the Invasion of Chaos booster early this year, chaos decks have been known to run rampant in tournaments. chaos monsters usually require the player the remove certain types of monsters in his Graveyard from play to summon them. while it may appear that he is bringing trouble unto himself by not having powerful monsters to be revived from the Graveyard, the effects of the chaos monsters themselves are deadly as hell. one of the biggest, cheesiest monster in the game is actually used commonly in this deck, the Chaos Emperor Dragon (atk: 3000 def: 2500, remove 1 Dark and 1 Light type monsters in your Graveyard from play to special summon it). by paying a measly 1000 of your own Life Points, his fucking, bastardized effect is triggered: destroy ALL cards in the field and in the hands of both players and send them to the Graveyard. for each card sent to the Graveyard, deal 300 damage to the opponent’s Life Points. and yes, when it says ALL, it means even the cards you possess. imagine if both player had 10 cards on the field and each had 5 in hands. that’s like 20 cards x 300: a whopping 6000 damage to your opponent (and in each duel you only start with 8000 LP). I know, it’s a bloody overpowered and shitty effect. I swear you’d definitely feel like ripping your hair out if you’ve been nuked by the CED’s effect.
-Burner: burner decks rely on the effects of monsters, magic and trap cards to reduce the opponent’s life points. there are basically 2 kinds of burner decks, one which goes all offensive (decreasing the opponent’s Life Points as quickly as possible using instant spells) and defensive, similar to Epul’s deck in which the player tries to protect himself with various cards while slowly burning the opponent’s Life Points. this deck can be really evil and I’ll tell you why later...
-Discard: this is another fucking shitty deck. the main strategy is to use monster, magic and trap effects which force the opponent to discard the cards from either his hand or his deck, thereby screwing up most of his strategy and leaving him with less options of cards to use. another super-cheesy monster that can be comboed with this deck is the Yata-Garasu (atk:200 def:100). since it’s a spirit monster, Yata returns to the owner’s hand at the end of the turn it’s summoned. the demonic raven’s effect? if it deals damage to the opponent’s Life Points, the opponent CANNOT draw a card at the start of his next turn. you see where this is going? imagine having your cards discarded to the Graveyard even before you get to play ‘em and then the opponent rids your field of monsters and traps + magic and then calls the fucking black bird. the 200 damage is nothing to be scoffed at especially when you can’t draw a card at the start of your next turn. expert duelists call it the “Yata-lock”, and right now in Japan (where Yu-gi-oh! originated) the card has been banned altogether for its ridiculously overpowered effect.
-Exodia: the basic premise behind Exodia decks is simple: collect the 5 parts of Exodia the Forbidden One in your hand and you win. just like that. now getting those 5 parts may be a bit of trouble since only one copy of each part is allowed per deck, and the parts themselves are really weak monsters (atk and def lower than 500 for the arms and legs and 1000 for the main body). so it’s all about drawing the Exodia parts as fast as possible. while most players prefer to play defensive Exodia decks, collecting the parts while they use magic and trap cards which draw more cards and stall your opponent’s attacks, there have been instances where some players take risks to go offensive while collecting the Exodia parts. the biggest problem is when facing against Discard decks which could send those prized Exodia pieces into the Graveyard. still, with the new Dark Crisis booster released early this year, there’s a new supplement card for Exodia decks: Exodia Necross (atk:1800 def:0), an undead, full-bodied version of Exodia which can only be summoned when you have all 5 Exodia pieces in the Graveyard and then you play the magic card Contract with Exodia. although weak in terms of stats, Necross can’t be destroyed in a battle (in other words other monsters can’t kill him, although the damage is still received) and it is also not destroyed by magic and trap effects. and for each of the player’s own turn, it gains a permanent increase of 500 attack points (nice eh?).
while those may be the primary decks used by many duelists in the game, there are several decks which use fairly bizarre/strange tactics and some of them are just downright cheap. you can say my deck can be categorized under this classification and the reason is simple: I use the Destiny Board (it’s actually an ouija board which has many letters. it creates a 5-letter “spirit message” which originally spells D-E-A-T-H in Japan, but due to idiotic censorship it becomes F-I-N-A-L in the US version instead). while most beat down fiend decks focuses on getting their stronger fiends for an assault, I try to bide time with stalling tactics until I pull out the deadly trap card. upon activation, the Destiny Board will produce its spirit letters and the opponent is then left with 4 turns to deal with it or it’s game over. while most ppl say the Destiny Board is by far harder to pull off a win compared to Exodia, in the right hands of certain duelists (like myself), it is fucking shitty strategy that could frustrate any person.
anyway back to the tournament. I was nervous as hell as I looked at every other duelists in the game room. I saw some of them play practice duels before the tournament and I noticed most of the decks used are the aforementioned standard decks (plenty of beat downs everywhere). crap. I’m definitely abt to get my ass kicked. at my very first tournament ever. Jimmy and Nublie tried to persuade me into practice dueling with some of the players that have arrived but I chickened out. shit man, I don’t wanna lose just yet! even if it’s a practice game!! I was sure that most of them could crush my deck easily and I was obviously in despair. and then I realized it, it was that same feeling that I haven’t felt for so many years since I quit debating. it was fear. yep, I was scared to death because I thought that I was still not prepared. I walked around the area in circles trying to calm myself and despite the efforts of Nublie and Jimmy to calm me down, my heart was still pounding fast and beads of sweat were already starting to pour from my forehead. I couldn’t remember how many times I went to the toilet to relieve myself but I knew that I’m just abt to embarrass myself with a pathetic deck.
it was then close to 4.30 pm and almost all of the duelists have arrived. suddenly, the head judge, a black dude named Shanti approached me and asked for my deck. I gave it to him and he browsed through my cards and then smiled. what the hell? he then asked me to approach the center desk where he put his albums containing his massive collection of yu-gi-oh cards. then he took one card and gave it to me. it was Goblin King (atk:0 def:0) which can’t be attacked when there are other fiend monsters on the field and has an attack and defense points depending on the number of fiend monsters in the field (excluding itself). wow, not a bad card at all! I was puzzled and asked him if I needed to pay him or anything for the card but he just smiled and told me to take it. a free card!! must be my lucky day!!!
just a few minutes before the whole thing started, Epul luckily arrived and managed to register in time. and so both of us took deep breaths as we waited for the announcement of our opponents. there were 18 duelists, hence 9 matches. each match comprises of 3 duels and so it was all abt the best of 3. I took my deck and sighed as I then started my way to the table where my opponent, some old guy named Joe was waiting for me. Epul was a bit unlucky because he had to face this really good duelist wearing a green shirt who uses a beat down machine deck. anyhow I turned to face my opponent and gave him my full attention. I told him this was my first tournament so I told him to help me out if I made a mistake. unfortunately it was his first too, so we were kinda evenly matched. I shuffled his deck which was way too big (any good duelist will try to keep it close to a minimum of 40) and he shuffled mine. after drawing 5 cards, I flipped a coin to decide who goes first, he called it right and he chose to make the first move. beginning his turn, he drew his first card and we then we started the duel…
it was shit. I didn’t get the cards I needed but I managed to summon some really strong monsters. I was trying to figure out what kind of strategy he was using and it seemed strange that his deck was using various kinds of monsters and magic cards which had no specific theme. abt a few turns since we began, I managed to use Fiber Jar (atk:500 def:500) which has a flip effect that combines all cards on the field, in hands, the Graveyards and our respective decks, completely resetting the game. both players then draw 5 cards. after the reset, I still didn’t get the more important cards I need but I did manage to summon my powerful attacking monsters again. by mid-game, we were still with our first duel while most ppl have already finished their matches. sometime later, I managed to summon Archfiend Soldier (atk:1900 def:1500), The Gross Ghost of Fled Dreams (atk:1300 def:1800) and my newly acquired Goblin King (it had 2000 atk & def since there were two fiend monsters on the field). several ppl were wondering why our first duel is still going on and some of the kids actually watched us play. for some reason, Joe was using really weak monsters and all of ‘em we’re being crushed by my Archfiend Soldier and Goblin King easily. suddenly Shanti told all of us remaining duelists to finish our matches and we were given 30 minutes to get ‘em done. just when I was looking for a quick way to finish off Joe’s Life Points and at least win one duel, I drew one of my trump cards. sacrificing Archfiend Soldier, I tribute-summoned Great Maju Garzett (atk:0 def:0). the demonic entity’s ability is to absorb the attack power of the monster that was made tribute to summon it and then doubles it (1900 x 2=3800!!). Joe looked at me completely clueless.
"me going up against Joe in the First Round"
it wasn’t long before I sapped all of his Life Points. the Great Maju Garzett’s 3800 was just too strong. we started our next duel right after that and I made the first move. the cards I drew weren’t exactly bad but it wasn’t exactly great either. I had to do everything fast to catch up with the time I’ve lost as there were abt 15 minutes remaining. after a few turns, I already had several powerful monsters on the field (again), crushing his pathetic weak defense. to finish off him quickly, I played the magic card Premature Burial, paying 800 of my own Life Points to special summon one of my monsters in the Graveyard and I chose the Giant Orc (atk:2200 def:0). immediately after that, I sacrificed it to summon Great Maju Garzett (déjà vu?), giving it a total attack power of 4400 (2200 x 2=4400). he, he, he, he. Joe could only sigh and I bet he definitely wanted to curse me or perhaps smack me on the head for what I did. crushing more of his useless monsters with my massive powerhouse demon, I ended my turn after the battle. it was his move and he needed to do sth abt the Great Maju Garzett.
to my surprise, he suddenly removed one light and dark monster in his Graveyard from play and special summoned Chaos Sorcerer (atk: 2300 def:2000). the goddamn spellcaster has the special ability to remove one face up monster in the field from play and it was obvious that he was using it remove my GMG. with the 4000+ threat gone, I was left with two weaker monsters who can’t survive the Chaos Sorcerer’s attack. fortunately, it can’t attack my monsters the turn its special ability is activated. it was then my move, with 10 minutes remaining and a fucking chaos monster to deal with. some of my best monsters were already in the Graveyard and so I needed to come up with sth fast to turn the tables. I began my turn and drew a card. thinking carefully, I then smiled and started my move to end the match. playing the magic card Monster Reborn, I was able to special summon one monster from any player’s Graveyard, and so I chose my Newdoria (atk:1200 def:800). the creepy monster has a unique ability in which if it is destroyed in battle and sent to the Graveyard, it can select one monster on the field and destroy it. then I summoned my Archfiend Soldier in attack position. declaring an attack, I forced my Newdoria to attack the Chaos Sorcerer and since its attack is weaker, the Newdoria dies. as it goes into the Graveyard as a result of the battle, its effect is activated and so I chose to destroy Joe’s annoying Chaos Sorcerer. even if I had to sacrifice a bit of my own Life Points after forcing Newdoria to commit a suicide attack, it was definitely worth it. with that threat gone, I was easily able to evaporate his remaining monster and his Life Points and it was game. phew!! I finally won!!!
Shanti said he knew I’d win because my deck wasn’t that bad after all. I went over to Epul and asked him how did his match go. Epul said he completely pwned the guy with the Machine deck and a close buddy of his was completely shocked at this. I also asked him abt the other decks of other duelists and I found out many ppl were using deadly beat downs. oh hell. anyway, as I went over to the toilet for a much needed relief after that incredibly long match, another guy in yellow shirt challenged Epul to a match (he was the buddy of the guy who Epul squashed in the first round). prolly out for a revenge or some shit.
abt 5 minutes later... 18 duelists, 9 matches: 9 winners & 9 losers. with the first round finally done, we were divided into 2 groups: the winners & losers brackets. another round and this time it’s elimination. before the thing started, I heard the guy in the yellow shirt trashed Epul, although some witnesses claim that the guy miscalculated the Life Point reduction in their practice game. we also heard abt this lady who uses one of the dirtiest and cheapest tricks: a stalling deck + Fiber Jar. imagine yourself going up against someone who uses magic and trap cards which increase the amount of her Life Points and then stalls your attacks with various card effects. when things look grim, she uses the Fiber Jar’s flip effect to restart everything all over again. and then, abt half an hour later, she is declared the winner because she has more Life Points and she didn’t even need to attack your Life Points that much!!! we called her the “stalling bitch” and we all tried to avoid going up against her in the next round. Epul went up against this girl with a heavy-hitter beat down deck and fortunately, I was granted a bye by Shanti, which guaranteed me a spot in the Quarter Finals. heh, lucky me. being able to relax a bit before my next match, I proceeded to watch the other duelists duke it out against each other.
one of the major problems of playing Yu-Gi-Oh! is that once you’ve discovered what kind of deck a person is using, usually experienced duelists will already know what are the cards to be expected from his opponent. using my opportunity of not dueling for the time being, I went around to gather information by looking at the decks and strategies of every duelist over there. anyway I was watching these 2 guys dueling; one was a large, spectacled man using a powerful Water deck and the other was the aforementioned dude who was using a Rush beat down deck. both were exceptionally skilled duelists and neither would admit defeat to the other. they both won a duel in their match and so it was down to the third and final duel to end the game. it was a pretty close fight but in the end, the Water deck guy lost, and it was so close too!! meanwhile at another table, Epul was bullying the girl with the heavy hitter deck.her magic equipment cards which could raise her monsters' attacks proved to be useless since Epul was using Messenger of Peace, which prevents all monsters with an attack of 1500 and above from attacking. worse still, just when she sacrificed her own two monsters to summon Red Eyes Black Dragon (atk:2400 def:2000), Epul special-summoned Lava Golem(atk:3000 def:2500) on her side of the field by sacrificing her newly summoned dragon and another monster of hers. despite having a high attack power, the burning behemoth can't attack because of Epul's Messenger of Peace, and every turn she controls the Lava Golem, she gets 1000 damage dealt to her Life Points. I swear I think I saw the girl was about to burst into tears because she was completely helpless against Epul’s ruthless Life Point-burning strategy. now that's what I call a great strategy!!!
"Epul checking his evil burner deck"
half an hour later as everyone finished their matches, there were now ten people remaining. while another duo got a bye to the Semis, Epul and I now had to face the remaining tougher duelists at the Quarter Finals. our opponent’s were revealed and while Epul squared off against the same guy in yellow shirt who “claimed” to have beaten him in their practice game, I had to go mono a mono against the dude with the Rush beat down. holy shit. I was lucky enough to get a bye and now I’m up against a pro. and as expected, I got my ass kicked so bad. the whole match (both duels) lasted less than 10 minutes!! normally I’d feel extremely depressed after a loss, but after all these years, I was finally able to stand proud as a man and accept whatever the outcome may be. in fact, I was kinda honored that at least I get to duel against one of the strongest duelists in the tournament. I congratulated him and shook his hand as a sign to acknowledge his superior dueling skills.
the guy with the Water deck that was defeated earlier approached me and told me to relax. he prolly understood what it feels to be a newbie and getting crushed helplessly by the dude with the Rush beat down deck. to tell you the truth, I was still a bit disappointed with my ego hurt pretty badly. I only got to duel in one match, then got a bye and eventually axed by a pro. seeing that Water deck guy almost beat the dude who squashed me, I decided to challenge him to a match. maybe at least I could improve myself and see the difference in skill level against someone more experienced and has a better constructed deck. he agreed, so we sat at another table, took out our decks, shuffled each other’s and drew 5 cards. I flipped a coin and he called it right but surprisingly, he told me to make the first move. in a duel, the guy who moves first can’t attack with a monster he summoned immediately, but he gets to play magic and set up traps. it seemed my opponent was trying to read my moves and try to attack first. and so it was our first duel in an unsanctioned match. starting the duel, I drew one card and proceeded to make my first move...
...it was hopeless. all I had were trap and magic and upper level monster cards and none of them were too useful at the moment. because I had no monsters on the field, I couldn’t sacrifice anything to tribute-summon those strong monsters in my hand. since I couldn’t do anything else, I set one card face-down and told my opponent to make his move. drawing a card, I was expecting him to summon a monster and directly attack my Life Points (LP) since my field was unguarded by any monsters, but shockingly he ended his turn. my move; drew another card and it’s still not a monster. I am so fucked. since I had no choice, I had to end my turn. his move; he drew a card and by the look of his disappointed face, it seemed that he too couldn’t summon any monster. he set a card face down and ended his turn. it was me again and I drew my card...still not a monster!! holy shit!! how unlucky a guy could get? nonetheless, the card I drew proved to be quite useful so I set it face-down and ended my turn. it was his move again and he needed to finish me off quickly. he drew a card and then proceeded to activate the field magic A Legendary Ocean, which increases the attack and defense of water monsters by 200 and enables him to summon any level 5 water monster from his hand without any tributes (sacrifices). I responded by activating my face-down trap card, Destiny Board. the deadly ouija board appeared on the field with the first letter “F”. he then activated his face-down magic card Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy my Destiny Board but luckily, I responded by activating my other face-down trap card, Imperial Order which negates all magic effects. frustrated, he couldn’t do anything anymore since his Legendary Ocean’s effect was now negated so he promptly ended his turn. as he finishes his move, I activated the second letter of the Destiny Board. I took the spirit message “I” from my deck and shuffled it. it’s back to my move...
I drew a card...finally a monster!!! since I didn’t want my opponent to use any magic that might disrupt my strategy, I paid 700 Life Points as an upkeep for Imperial Order to stay on the field. I placed my monster in a face-down defense position and ended my turn. he drew a card, then immediately summoned 7 Colored Fish (atk:1800 def:800) in attack mode and used it to attack my face-down monster. my face-down monster was then revealed: Earthbound Spirit (atk:500 def:2000) and since my monster’s defense is higher than his monster’s attack points, he loses 200 Life Points(2000-1800=200). as he ends his turn, the third letter “N” of the Destiny Board appears on the field. my move. drawing a card, I paid another 700 LP for Imperial Order and then summoned Slate Warrior in attack mode (atk:1900 def:500). declaring an attack, I used my Slate Warrior to destroy his 7 Colored Fish, dealing 100 damage to his LP (1900-1800=100). I ended my turn. the look of his worried face was priceless. the Destiny Board was almost complete. removing his 7 Colored Fish in the Graveyard from play, he then special summoned Aqua Spirit in attack mode (atk:1600 def:1200). he then ends his turn which allowed me to play the fourth spirit message of the Destiny Board from my deck. the letter “A” appeared and one more turn to go. the problem is, you can only have up to 5 magic and/or traps on your field (excluding field magic) and since I already have the letters F-I-N-A and Imperial Order, I needed to destroy the Imperial Order to play the last letter “L”.
"duelin' with destiny"
my move. drawing one card, I decided not to pay the 700 LP and thus Imperial Order was destroyed immediately. now both of us could play magic again. he then used the Aqua Spirit’s special ability, which is to change the battle position of one of my face-up monsters on the field. obviously, he changed my Slate Warrior to defense mode. I quickly responded by playing the magic card Painful Choice, enabling me to pick 5 cards (any card) in my deck. I will then have to show them to my opponent and he will choose one of them to be added into my hand while the rest are discarded into the Graveyard. I chose 5 fiend monsters, got one and as the 4 other monsters are sent into the cemetery, I knew my backup plan was going to work. removing 3 fiend monsters in the Graveyard, I special summoned Dark Necrofear (atk:2200 def:2800) in attack mode. declaring an attack, I used Necrofear to shred his Aqua Spirit apart (2200-1600=600). before ending my turn, I decided to put one face-down card on the field, just in case he does something unexpected before the Destiny Board completes. even though now all of my magic and trap slots are full, I was hoping he would do something that might trigger my trap, thus making a space for the last letter to come into play.
his move. Shanti was walking by and he just laughed because he knew at this rate, the chances of my opponent winning were slim. F-I-N-A were already on the field, and the letter L was about to join in, automatically granting me a victory. realizing that nothing can be done, he forfeited the duel. yay!!! a win!! against a skilled duelist even!!!! woohoo!!!! unfortunately, my joy was short-lived as my luck ran out in the next two duels. perhaps embarrassed by his loss to a complete newbie, he remorselessly overwhelmed me and won the match. oh well, I didn’t care that much anyways. at least I managed to prove that my deck could prove to be a threat even to a more experienced duelist than myself. the guy and I chatted for awhile and we ended up trading some cards. elsewhere, Epul was celebrating his victory, which earned him a spot in the Semis. it was close to 8 pm now and most ppl have already left the place. Epul now had to face the Rush beat down dude who axed me earlier. although he could’ve beaten him easily, in the end Epul had to bow down to his might. I was watching their game and I didn’t know why Epul made so many mistakes in that important match. maybe he was kinda tired from the many duels or sth, but clearly he had a chance to win. I wanted to help but I knew that it wasn’t permitted. I could only shake my head hopelessly as I saw what could’ve been a great opportunity for my roommate/web mentor to “avenge” my loss, gone away wasted.
by the time the winner was declared, it was almost half past 8. we hung out at the place for awhile and we asked when was the next tournament going to be held. Shanti said he might consider of having another one this early of July and maybe, just maybe...if so many ppl are interested in it, he could try to hold weekly tournaments. I was definitely excited because I knew I really needed all the practice I can get. hopefully by the end of the year, I’ll be prepared to participate in official tournaments and make my way to the National League. the Yu-Gi-Oh! world championships will be held in California this July and although I wanted to go there so badly, I knew it wasn’t my time....yet. whatever the case may be, I knew today, I’ve taken my first step on the Stairway to the Destined Duel...
