Pharaoh Tour Bremen

[Dark Paliden]

http://www.metagame.com/yugioh.aspx?tabid=61&EventId=111

Discuss? About decks or something?

[Sand-Trap]

...Wow. I just saw the tournament location and splooged my pants.

[.CatFiSh_]

...Wow. I just saw the tournament location and splooged my pants.

Yeah... 1,100 players...

[The Punisher]

WTF is that, Strike Ninja and Exarion Universe in 6/8 of the Top8 decks?

Looks like some interesting tech the Americans should look into.

[.CatFiSh_]

What is the card he is holding in the pic? A german site says it is a:

1x TP 6 pro Turnierteilnehmer

WtF?

[Sand-Trap]

I'm wondering that myself.

[drizzztdourden]

=/ these are some very different decks, and the one with the 3 blast with chain? Im trying to figure that one out...

[Dark Paliden]

From what I can tell from pic, it looks like a Trap Card.

[vishnubhai]

Damn, talk about having different meta's..... IMO HELLA GOOD t('.'t)!!!!!!!

[Sand-Trap]

From what I can tell from pic, it looks like a Trap Card.

O RLY? I didn't notice the pinkish color at all!

=/

Btw, if no one else noticed, Manuel De Oliveira Top8'ed at SJC SF, then went back to Germany to Top8 here as well? Not bad, not bad.

[TribeAttack]

Can you say random?

[GeoYugi]

Manuel is a playa going top 8 here top 8 there! We stayed at the same hotel as the Switzerland guys and rode to the Expo Center with them. It is cool to see that Manuel did so good in both tournaments. Although I really do want to know what that card is. I can't figure out what a Turnierteilnehmer is.

[.CatFiSh_]

I think it means he got the whole Tp6 set for winning, and the card he is holding is Royal Decree. I unno tho.

[darkphoenix88]

All I can say is wow that was just wierd.

[Anubis]

Turnierteilnehmer Translates into Tournament participant

[.CatFiSh_]

Yeah... GeoYugi and I have been translating things for like the past hour.

[AnArChY_Kn1gHtS]

Congratz on another top 8 Manuel GEEZ MAN U PWNZORZ!!! And he top 8'd with Sasuke Samurai!!! UR INSANE!!!

[Kill_switch]

It seems after looking at the top 8 decklists and reading the feature matches that the 3 biggest tech cards there are Blast With Chain, Exarion Universe, and Strike Ninja.

[.CatFiSh_]

Kill Switch: Thank you Captain Obvious.

[Kill_switch]

Kill Switch: Thank you Captain Obvious.
No, thank you.

[_[Rain]_]

Kill Switch: Thank you Captain Obvious.

Commander Duh was with him at the time also...

The decklists were as Cookie hard as could be...other than that ...:|

Blast With Chain, nice tech but still =/

[satcher]

what was up with all the burn side decks wave motions, stealth birds etc.?

[.CatFiSh_]

what was up with all the burn side decks wave motions, stealth birds etc.?

Thats how they roll over there.

[Kill_switch]

Some other stuff I saw in the feature matches were Greenkappa, Elemental Hero Wildheart, and Mataza The Zapper.

[drizzztdourden]

Some other stuff I saw in the feature matches were Greenkappa, Elemental Hero Wildheart, and Mataza The Zapper.

wildheart is hot... even over here, the ability to render 7-X cards in your opponents deck useless, even for a turn is a great ability

[Anubis]

The Triforce on the roof of the space center mad me soil my pants.

[Kill_switch]

wildheart is hot... even over here, the ability to render 7-X cards in your opponents deck useless, even for a turn is a great ability
Strike Ninja is better at it.

[AnArChY_Kn1gHtS]

The Triforce on the roof of the space center mad me soil my pants.

I thought I recognized that lol

[psionic psycho]

if you looked paul levitin sided strike first but they were first to main it

[NITREX]

if you looked paul levitin sided strike first but they were first to main it
Ehhh what are you talking about? Jae/Jason Tan all mained it how many months ago ;|

[iJustice]

The only card I can think of that the prize card looks like is Soul Line. But we don't have that yet, so idk >_>

[RefLeX]

cool

bi

[_[Rain]_]

I love the Ex-tech from some of the decks.

ZOMG 89th POST11!!1!!1

[GeoYugi]

The only card I can think of that the prize card looks like is Soul Line. But we don't have that yet, so idk >_>

And, good sir, what does Soul Line do? I have never heard of that card in my life.

[iJustice]

I can't quite remember it exactly, but I think it's this:

Pay 1000 LP's to activate this card. When your opponent destroys a monster on your side of the field as a result of battle, special summon a LV4 monster from your deck to your side of the field.

Yugi uses it in the manga/anime. It may be a bit different than that, like the activation requirements, but that's what it does for the most part.

[bryu12]

Blast with chain is an interesting tech. I guess you could equip it to thier monster in a chain with dust or space if you don't have a monster. But i don't see the reason for maining 3. The rest of that guys deck is sick though 3 Ninja is HOT.

That convention center is awesome, although I dreaded the thought of Sand-Trap wetting himself.

Why can't we have an 1,100 person two day tourney?

Yeah post 400 and it only took me a year and a half.

[_[Rain]_]

3 Ninjas is iffy, but w/e wins right ;/

He could use some more tech though IMO

[DarkAssailant]

crazy stuff over there.

3 things tho-
1- i wish i cud go over and play in an 1100 man tourney, how cool wud that be.
2- theres a 17-card side deck
3- Sand-Trap, ur a cool guy and if u want stay that way please, for the love of god, keep all splooging to yourself

thats all

[dotdotdot]

I used Strike last weekend at San Mateo... =/
The Blast with Chain combos really well with Strike...
And wow.
1,100
...
Wow.
And the location...
Wow.

[chawzilla]

Blast with chain is an interesting tech. I guess you could equip it to thier monster in a chain with dust or space if you don't have a monster. But i don't see the reason for maining 3. The rest of that guys deck is sick though 3 Ninja is HOT.

That convention center is awesome, although I dreaded the thought of Sand-Trap wetting himself.

Why can't we have an 1,100 person two day tourney?

Yeah post 400 and it only took me a year and a half.

Lawl me and neil got top 4 with Blast with Chain at a-1......i ran it when ppl ran dark coffin cuz i couldnt find dark coffin lol.

Anywho......this was a M****SSSSIVE tournament.

[_[Rain]_]

The location was a sweet pick. I'd love to see a 1,100 ppl tourney in America :[

[N2theB]

Woww 1100 people,I don't think there is that many players in the US who even play Yugioh!....

How many Friggin' rounds of Swiss was there to get to the blasted top 8??????????????I bet there were some tired people.......lol

Same decklists as here, only different?? WTF?

Reaper everywhere,Don Everywhere,Where are the DW cards?? Mained Mataza,Mained Blast,ummm ok??

[Kiriyama]

I didnt know blast with chain worked with strike ninja.....

[LIGHTWARRIORG]

It doesn't. Blast With Chain needs to be destroyed by the effect of another card while euipped to a monster. So either they have a severe rulings miscommunication, or they weren't putting the Blast on Strike Ninja...

[pineapple4brains]

This explains why when I dueled Manuel's teamate he had burn sidedecked...It's there entire freaking meta!

USA and Canada's meta is better...I think/// Yeah I'm sure.

[dotdotdot]

This explains why when I dueled Manuel's teamate he had burn sidedecked...It's there entire freaking meta!

USA and Canada's meta is better...I think/// Yeah I'm sure.
Siding into burn is hot.
Like fiery.

[pineapple4brains]

Siding into burn is hot.
Like fiery.


No not really...I predicted it...SO mslv2 ***** his deck...But I lost cus my merchant dropped 9 mons and next turn I deckout.But I still won the match!


Oh and manuels teamate has the coolest looking exarion eva!
And european solemn judgements

[Thousand Eyes]

The way I see blast with chain working is this.

U could slam it with your own mobi/breaker/mst/heavy etc and kill off that face down or reaper thats blocking game. Or u could be swinging with a mon powered up by 500 and instead of just simply blasting the equip like normal u force them to lose a monster for it.

Nice tech if ya ask me but guys here in the states have been splashing Ninja forever now.

The only new thing there is Blast.

[NITREX]

The way I see blast with chain working is this.

U could slam it with your own mobi/breaker/mst/heavy etc and kill off that face down or reaper thats blocking game. Or u could be swinging with a mon powered up by 500 and instead of just simply blasting the equip like normal u force them to lose a monster for it.

Nice tech if ya ask me but guys here in the states have been splashing Ninja forever now.

The only new thing there is Blast.
Saw the Blast tech 3 weeks ago ;|

[morphing jar]

Strike Ninja is better at it.
I have to agree.

[mrexodia]

What is the card he is holding in the pic? A german site says it is a:

1x TP 6 pro Turnierteilnehmer

WtF?

OK Turnier = Tournament
Teilnehmer = Taker/Winner

In this case is the tournament winner


1100 people WWWWW OOOOO WWWWW

[CreatorOfThePointSystem]

Up to 128 people is 7 rounds...
256 people is 8 rounds...
512 people is 9 rounds...
1,024 is 10 rounds...

Was this a friggin' 11-round tournament? Geez! They probably started the thing at 8 AM or ended it at midnight or something.

[Thousand Eyes]

11 rounds is an fing lot of rounds. I would love to be able to play in something this big.

[enmy_controller_rulz]

i love the blast with chain tech honestly i think it has some potential its kinda like rush recklessly i guess it kinda gives ninja a little bit more support and suprise to the opponent when they try to atk ninja i liked that alot too bad manuel didnt have that massive fusion deck like he did at sen meso i feel bad for the judge that had to check his deck...

[LIGHTWARRIORG]

The prize card the guy is holding in the picture looks like an LOB Dark Magician.

[PainAgonySuffering]

=/ these are some very different decks, and the one with the 3 blast with chain? Im trying to figure that one out...

Possibly using it on Strike Ninja. Removing the ninja, destroying something.

[pineapple4brains]

Possibly using it on Strike Ninja. Removing the ninja, destroying something.

no worky...

11 rounds... Man that would be exaustin... by the time they got home(if they didn't decide to sleep there) it would be like 3-4 in themorning prob.

[TribeAttack]

no worky...

11 rounds... Man that would be exaustin... by the time they got home(if they didn't decide to sleep there) it would be like 3-4 in themorning prob.

Yeah, 9 rounds makes you tried enough.

[PainAgonySuffering]

no worky...

11 rounds... Man that would be exaustin... by the time they got home(if they didn't decide to sleep there) it would be like 3-4 in themorning prob.

Well maybe as tech against s/t removal?

[pineapple4brains]

Well maybe as tech against s/t removal?

dat worky...

It's basically like rush recklessly with more versatility...


versatility is good.

[mortals]

Blast with Chain needs to be destroyed by a cards effect AND be equipped to a monster for it to work.

The other cool part about it is that it IS a ATK/DEF modifier and thus can be activated in the damage step. This means that your Berserk Gorilla can even take on a Mobius.

[ss4giel]

they found my secret card. o well.

[c0oKie MoNsTa]

they found my secret card. o well.
the decks all sucked. And the blast with a chain deck must have lucksacked, how can u run this and not get terrible hands?
swap
swap
goat
swords
strike ninja
strike ninja
strike ninja
blast with a chain
blast with a chain
blast with a chain

what happens if u open with 3 of any of them cards opening hand? the deck is terrible its cant top/draw at all, he must have stacked.

[PainAgonySuffering]

scapegoat is prolly the best starting card.

[c0oKie MoNsTa]

scapegoat is prolly the best starting card.
you have to be the dumbest person i have ever heard. scapegoat is an easy -1 unless he lucksacks a swap. same with swords, unless ur running ffc

[WildWill]

you have to be the dumbest person i have ever heard. scapegoat is an easy -1 unless he lucksacks a swap. same with swords, unless ur running ffc


Actually Bruno, you're the dumbest person we've all ever met. YOU ARE CONSISTENTLY banned when you come back here. You're going to be IP banned, and you're not welcome here, yet you KEEP COMING BACK TO GET BANNED.

Go away and do something else for a change, like, I dunno, grow the hell up.

[PainAgonySuffering]

Anyone knows that setting a goat first turn is a major hand adv. towards your opponent. and also getting them to waste a s/t to try to destroy it. In the end either a +3 or +4 in end on field.

[Kill_switch]

Goat is ALWAYS -1 if its not abused by Meta, Swap, Enemy, etc =/

[NITREX]

Anyone knows that setting a goat first turn is a major hand adv. towards your opponent. and also getting them to waste a s/t to try to destroy it. In the end either a +3 or +4 in end on field.
Some believe the goat tokens provide no advantage, since they are useless unless you combo it with some other card for example Creature Swap or Enemy Controller, while some others believe its a automatic +3 or +4 if your opponent wasted a MST on it or something.

Just clearify that for you, so you see why it can be seen as a -1

[PainAgonySuffering]

hmm well its still a good a stall for a card to come by and help you or like you said to pair with other cards.

[wertalace]

WTF is that, Strike Ninja and Exarion Universe in 6/8 of the Top8 decks?

Looks like some interesting tech the Americans should look into.

Ninja is badass...but did anyone notice that they ALL had side's against burn?

[NITREX]

Ninja is badass...but did anyone notice that they ALL had side's against burn?
Its more like they all side _INTO_ burn

[wertalace]

Its more like they all side _INTO_ burn

-sigh- that's what I meant...i'm just an idiot... :p

[jiznoplyer1]

hmm...wuts legendary jujitsu artist??? do they mean master?

[FiendSkillz]

hmm...wuts legendary jujitsu artist??? do they mean master?

it's some krazy new card that we never heard of?!...

of course they meant master

[Oblivion4]

Not that it matters too much since Gress (I think that's how you spell it) won anyways, but I noticed in the first game of the finals that Metagame said he tried to use Brain Conrtol on Strike Ninja but only had 700 lp left so he lost. Last time I checked you can't pay yourself to death. Hopefully it was just bad writing on Metagame's part and that it was the only card in his hand so given the current situation he obviously would have lost next turn, and if that's the case then Metagame should really get better writers as I read the ending as Gress got a jank ruling on paying for BC. Not that he had no other options left.

[pineapple4brains]

Not that it matters too much since Gress (I think that's how you spell it) won anyways, but I noticed in the first game of the finals that Metagame said he tried to use Brain Conrtol on Strike Ninja but only had 700 lp left so he lost. Last time I checked you can't pay yourself to death. Hopefully it was just bad writing on Metagame's part and that it was the only card in his hand so given the current situation he obviously would have lost next turn, and if that's the case then Metagame should really get better writers as I read the ending as Gress got a jank ruling on paying for BC. Not that he had no other options left.


Yeah I think he forfitted when he realized since he couldn't pay for brain control and he'd just lose next turn...If that's not true then dem judges suck...

if he had 800 then he would of lose but not 700

[An_dee]

ok, i'm from germany, so let me explain:

sorry 4 my english first!

blast with chain:
here a lot of players run 2 mobius, so when mobius is summoned
you chain blast and kill the mobius for example.
also you can activate it in damage step to increase your monsters
atk, but this was already mentioned here.
runs pretty well...

strike ninja:
quite solid atk with 1700, and you can remove it when opponent
activates smashing ground, hole, etc.
so you have a monster on the field in your turn for example to tribute
summon.

creature swap:
i don't like it, but the idea is to swap your mystic tomato and
get a don zaloog and take your opponent's cards.

[Guardianlight15-sjc!]

ok, i'm from germany, so let me explain:

sorry 4 my english first!

blast with chain:
here a lot of players run 2 mobius, so when mobius is summoned
you chain blast and kill the mobius for example.
also you can activate it in damage step to increase your monsters
atk, but this was already mentioned here.
runs pretty well...

strike ninja:
quite solid atk with 1700, and you can remove it when opponent
activates smashing ground, hole, etc.
so you have a monster on the field in your turn for example to tribute
summon.

creature swap:
i don't like it, but the idea is to swap your mystic tomato and
get a don zaloog and take your opponent's cards.

since your from germany, can u tell us what the prize card was?

i went to a translater site so hear it is in german to help you.

mein Deutsch ist ein schlechtes lol der Spitze, aber usin im ein Übersetzer also gehen Abbildung:P. können Sie erklären uns auf englisch, was die prize Karte war und was sein Effekt es ist.

[GeoYugi]

Me and CatFish went to a german site and they told us it was Toon Goblin Attack Force, yet it doesn't really look like it ;/

[Guardianlight15-sjc!]

i still have no idea what the card is yet but i saw how you get qualified and stuff and prizes..... lets just say sjc still gives better prizes LOL.

but damn, there like 3-4 different versions of this set up, in one set up the top 32 get an invute (wtf)

to bad we won't get one of these hear, oh well, at least we have ours sjc>this.

[kintaro]

The card is a trophy xD Here at us, the winner gets a card all in glass. Sometimes it is a dcr lady or a pgd reaper/newdoria, mfc y or something. This time it was a tp6 decree. :Looks like it, but not sure:

[Yugimonz]

i dont think its a tp6 decree here is a bigger pic

http://www.etcg.de/events/cv_fotos/1128/356.jpg

[pineapple4brains]

It's coffin seller...
Like I said in another topic I studied each detail and there identical coming down to the tombstones and the person and the fog

[Yugimonz]

It's coffin seller...
Like I said in another topic I studied each detail and there identical coming down to the tombstones and the person and the fog

yeah

why the heck would the give them a card like that and nothing good man i would never join one of them

[pineapple4brains]

yeah

why the heck would the give them a card like that and nothing good man i would never join one of them

Cus then your like the #1 duelist I guess///

Also I bet they give you some electronics and some pot of avarices....

Did I just say that?


j\k

[Mage King]

The decks seemed very focused.

Almost to a fault, like Playing as many as possible of important cards in hopes of drawing them consistently. However Drawing multiples of cards like Mobius or Blast with chain, is why many overseas players don't do this.

3 Strike Ninjas = two vanilla 1700's and 1 strike Ninja.
I read the matches, play was mediocre at best. Little holding things like torrential or heavy for 2-1's...

And these are high ranked people in later rounds, but I guess their meta is different....

[soulwarrior]

Hi,

first of all, I'm the stupid guy that translated some parts of the German coverage into English. ;)

Looks like you got some questions, so I'll try to answer them. ^^

Not that it matters too much since Gress (I think that's how you spell it) won anyways, but I noticed in the first game of the finals that Metagame said he tried to use Brain Conrtol on Strike Ninja but only had 700 lp left so he lost. Last time I checked you can't pay yourself to death. Hopefully it was just bad writing on Metagame's part and that it was the only card in his hand so given the current situation he obviously would have lost next turn, and if that's the case then Metagame should really get better writers as I read the ending as Gress got a jank ruling on paying for BC. Not that he had no other options left.

Well, it doesn't translate quite well (I guess), but that was a joke.
He said he activates Brain Control, Madaj dropped his jaw and after 5 seconds everyone realised that Gress has no answer and lost the first game.

PLEASE don't think something like 'wow, their judges suck - definitely!!!'
That's really NOT the impression I wanted to give you when I translated the joke... O_o

OK, about the tournament:

It would take us forever if we would play enough Swiss Rounds to be able to play Top 8.
So we found another solution (we first used it at Pharaoh Tour Würzburg, where we had more than 700 participants and YES - tournaments in Germany can become HUGE... VERY HUGE...):
We play 8 rounds of Swiss and then we make the cut.
Depending on the numbers of players, we play Top 8, 16, 32 or like we did in Bremen: Top 64.

That saves us a bunch of time and is the only way to deal with these huge player numbers... :'(
The tournament in Bremen started at about 12:30 and the final ended at 4:30 (am of course).
Since the registration opened at 08:30, we were close to a 1-day-event...

We wait for the OK to split tournaments into 2-day-events. ^^

OK, another question not answered yet?
Doesn't look so... ^^

If you have some follow up questions, write me an E-Mail or contact me via ICQ. If someone took a second to look at the writing, I'd be glad to get some feedback for the articles.

I'll also translate some of the featured matches and articles from the finals that will be held this weekend.
It won't be live again, since I'll set up the German coverage live.


P.S.: Please don't speak bad about Manuel De Oliveira. He's one of the best players in Switzerland, was able to show you his skillz in San Francisco and also earned a lot of respect in Germany (he won the first Pharao-Tour ever held in Stuttgart '04).
And forget about the 'their players have no skill' phrases, I mean...
I also don't speak bad about soul control decks and still share the opinion that they won't ever work and not that game-breaking... (no soul-jokes pls ^^)

soul :cool:

[Mr. C]

Coffin Seller as the prize card? Please.....

[AnArChY_Kn1gHtS]

I can see Coffin Seller as the prize card, bcuz at the last one, they gave away a spirit reaper. And Manuel is such a great player, no one bag on him, he really does PWN

[gooseTCG]

Hi,

first of all, I'm the stupid guy that translated some parts of the German coverage into English. ;)

Looks like you got some questions, so I'll try to answer them. ^^



Well, it doesn't translate quite well (I guess), but that was a joke.
He said he activates Brain Control, Madaj dropped his jaw and after 5 seconds everyone realised that Gress has no answer and lost the first game.

PLEASE don't think something like 'wow, their judges suck - definitely!!!'
That's really NOT the impression I wanted to give you when I translated the joke... O_o

OK, about the tournament:

It would take us forever if we would play enough Swiss Rounds to be able to play Top 8.
So we found another solution (we first used it at Pharaoh Tour Würzburg, where we had more than 700 participants and YES - tournaments in Germany can become HUGE... VERY HUGE...):
We play 8 rounds of Swiss and then we make the cut.
Depending on the numbers of players, we play Top 8, 16, 32 or like we did in Bremen: Top 64.

That saves us a bunch of time and is the only way to deal with these huge player numbers... :'(
The tournament in Bremen started at about 12:30 and the final ended at 4:30 (am of course).
Since the registration opened at 08:30, we were close to a 1-day-event...

We wait for the OK to split tournaments into 2-day-events. ^^

OK, another question not answered yet?
Doesn't look so... ^^

If you have some follow up questions, write me an E-Mail or contact me via ICQ. If someone took a second to look at the writing, I'd be glad to get some feedback for the articles.

I'll also translate some of the featured matches and articles from the finals that will be held this weekend.
It won't be live again, since I'll set up the German coverage live.


P.S.: Please don't speak bad about Manuel De Oliveira. He's one of the best players in Switzerland, was able to show you his skillz in San Francisco and also earned a lot of respect in Germany (he won the first Pharao-Tour ever held in Stuttgart '04).
And forget about the 'their players have no skill' phrases, I mean...
I also don't speak bad about soul control decks and still share the opinion that they won't ever work and not that game-breaking... (no soul-jokes pls ^^)

soul :cool:


Soul Control beat Manuel in the top 8 at SJC SF.

[Sand-Trap]

Soul Control is definitely sexy and game-breaking. Silly Germans xD.

[RjAkaPeanut4U]

Honestly Soul Control is really sexy ;o. Like, its just so versatile now, with Brain Control, Snatch Steal, and Soul Exchange you take their monsters, and with all but the latter are still good cards without a tribute in hand, with the fact that the advantage you can possibly generated out of a 2 card combo in a SC deck, its just crazy not to try it out atleast once.

I still havent got to try out SC IRL though ;[.

[An_dee]

Soul Control is definitely sexy and game-breaking.

just different kind of meta...
u can't really tell what's better, at least it depends on "drawskill"

Silly Germans xD.

yeah, germans don´t have a clue about this game...
wait, what was the result of the last world champs???? ;)

[Shadowhunter]

Honestly Soul Control is really sexy ;o. Like, its just so versatile now, with Brain Control, Snatch Steal, and Soul Exchange you take their monsters, and with all but the latter are still good cards without a tribute in hand, with the fact that the advantage you can possibly generated out of a 2 card combo in a SC deck, its just crazy not to try it out atleast once.

I still havent got to try out SC IRL though ;[.

And it tops like shizz [/opinion]

That d00d should be happy with Coffin Seller, it has some cool art, I ended up with a Question...T.T[And don't tell me it has cool art, cuz I've been looking at it for 5 mins and still can't find the c00lness in it]

[Mage King]

yeah, germans don´t have a clue about this game...
wait, what was the result of the last world champs???? ;)

1st. Greece
2nd. Mexico
3rd. Hong Kong
4th Germany

The National winner for Germany played Machine Chaos, something very draw reliant, much more so than somehting like Soul Control, that doesn't need specific 2 card combos to win, merely to put games away.

I'm not taking away from their winners skill, but he didn't win, and played an explosive deck that isn't consistent. So we really don't have much to base his sucess on.

IMO I think everywhere has about the same number of above average players.
There's good people from every country, but As a whole the U.S.'s population size means that there are more average/pretty good people.

So I can imagine a U.S. event having more skill than an Event from a smaller country just because we have a larger population to pull it from.

[mrexodia]

1st. Greece
2nd. Mexico
3rd. Hong Kong
4th Germany



just to clarify

3rd Germany
4th Hong kong

[someone_bizzare]

Soul Control beat Manuel in the top 8 at SJC SF.
ppl in my town even netdeck the guy... matt laurents if i'm not mistaken. the fact is, soul control is a good decktype. and the way some ppl abuse poa... very nice.

[Kill_switch]

just to clarify

3rd Germany
4th Hong kong
Just To Clarify

3rd Germany
4th Taiwan

[mrexodia]

Just To Clarify

3rd Germany
4th Taiwan

I can't believe I forgot, you are 100% Correct:o

[just_ae]

Tomorrow is Kassel *yeah*

[Master1]

öhm ...
first of all ... I´m the guy who played 3 Strikes 3 Blast and 2 Swap ... an so on ...

The german Meta is ... hm, always the same ...
2 Mobius, probably dust ... so blast is great and a new card for our metagame.
Unfortunately, if u get success, everyone copy it ...

Tomorrow is our PT Final in Kassel, I´ll run with robbin goblin and blast with chain ... and with my Burner Board, I´ve many different opinions to side ...

So I hope I can get into top8 an more ...

[D.D. Survivor]

Oh RLY?!?!

[Mantracker]

Nice job Manuel. 2 top 8's half way across the world in less than 7 days! BTW, I'm the guy you beat badly in round 8 at sjc ;)

As for the deck criticisms
strike ninja's are hot at the moment, I faced so many of them at the sjc, I'm really surprised there wasnt more in the top 8, evades smashing and sakuretsus
blast with chain is good, esp. in a mobius heavy environment which is evident in europe
exarion... i dont get it, this went out with goats. Seems like a weak/random card without real purpose, GK spy is waaay better

[plumaglob63]

strike ninja is one of the greatest
its like a sangan u wont to kill with a smashing but u know its a -1

[Kiriyama]

Wait wait wait... Didnt the guy Hans whatever his name is get recently banned for something he did at the tournaments? I happened to randomly see his name on the suspended list.

[Pat_Smith]

Soul Control beat Manuel in the top 8 at SJC SF.

Ohh mah gosh liek you are = teh secks.

[GeoYugi]

Wait wait wait... Didnt the guy Hans whatever his name is get recently banned for something he did at the tournaments? I happened to randomly see his name on the suspended list.

He got banned for cheating in the Top 8 of a Pro Circuit.