Squad 9 Regional

[NavyCherub]

No, I wasn't there, but Bucho was, and here's what he had to say about it:

Here is a short update from the Squad 9 regional. There were 17 people that played using a variety of decks. Tragedy struck when someone stole Robert Turner's Chad deck before his Top 4 match. The finals were Mike Lopez vs. Shaun Morgan both playing Kisuke. In a very hard fought best 2 out of 3 match lasting and hour and a half, Mike Lopez is the new Captain of Squad 9. I will have a full report with decklists when I get back to the office on Monday.

1st Place

Mike Lopez

Guardian:

Kisuke Urahara

Side Deck:

7 x Mind Energy
5 x Body Energy
6 x Spirit Energy
1 x Shoot to Kill
1 x Spare Key

Deck:

4 x Isshin – Proud Father
4 x Masaki – Re***uring Mother
4 x Uryu – Home Handicrafts Club Member
4 x Karin – Soccer Extraordinaire
4 x Yuzu – Out in the Cold
2 x Chad – Cutting Edge Fashion
2 x Orihime – Leek Spin
2 x Ichigo – Umbrella Wielder
3 x Leech Spitter – Shrieker’s Pet
3 x Reality Check
4 x Balance of Souls
2 x The Mr. Kan'onji Challenge
2 x Utter Destruction
1 x Overreacting
1 x Bakudo 61 – Six Bars of Light
1 x Right in the Eye
1 x Up Close and Personal
4 x Unbelievable
2 x P***ing Over
2 x Narrow Escape
2 x Spare Key
4 x Quincy Glove
2 x Sewing Kit

2nd Place

Shaun Morgan

Guardian:

Kisuke Urahara

Side Deck:

5 x Mind Energy
5 x Body Energy
5 x Spirit Energy
1 x Balance of Souls
1 x P***ing Over
3 x Spare Key

Deck:

4 x Yuzu – Running Away
4 x Yuzu – Out in the Cold
4 x Ichigo – Umbrella Wielder
4 x Karin – Re***uring Sister
4 x Masaki – Re***uring Mother
4 x Isshin – Proud Father
4 x Uryu – Home Handicrafts Club Member
3 x Orihime – Leek Spin
4 x Enraku
4 x Quincy Glove
4 x Soccer Ball
2 x Sewing Kit
4 x A Family United
2 x P***ing Over
2 x Reality Check
1 x The Mr. Kan'onji Challenge
3 x Lose the Bunnies
3 x Balance of Souls

3rd/4th Place

Robert Turner

Guardian:

Yasutora "Chad" Sado

Side Deck:

4 x Mind Energy
4 x Body Energy
4 x Spirit Energy
4 x Shoot to Kill
4 x Hollow Henchmen – Servants Of Evil

Deck:

4 x Police Tape
4 x Path up the Hill
2 x Soul Reaper Academy
4 x Reality Check
2 x The Mr. Kan'onji Challenge
3 x Beating Yourself
1 x Golden Cannonball
4 x Overbearing Thug – Leader
4 x Kaien – Fighting for Honor
4 x Soul Reaper Gang – Ready To Fight
4 x Abuelo – Caring Mentor
4 x Chad – Young Student
4 x Repentance Cell Guards – On the Job
4 x Ikkaku – Lucky Dance
4 x Miyako – 3rd Seat of Squad 13
4 x Kon – Mod Soul
4 x Kenpachi – Taking All Challengers

3rd/4th Place

Felipe Burgos

Guardian:

Ichigo Kurosaki

Side Deck:

4 x Mind Energy
7 x Body Energy
7 x Spirit Energy
1 x Path up the Hill
1 x Spare Key

Deck:

1 x Up Close and Personal
1 x Right in the Eye
1 x Golden Cannonball
2 x Splitting Up
1 x Shoot to Kill
2 x Narrow Escape
2 x The Mr. Kan'onji Challenge
2 x Relentless ***ault
2 x Questionable Logic
4 x Balance of Souls
3 x Overreacting
4 x Reality Check
2 x Reishu Kaku
2 x Sake
2 x Leech Spitter – Shrieker's Pet
4 x Kon – Mod Soul
2 x Rukia – Critically Injured
2 x Renji – Eager To Fight
2 x Rukia – Patiently Waiting
2 x Saido – Stealth Force Member
3 x Sosuke – Revealed
2 x Yumichika – In Flight
2 x Kenpachi – Lead Astray
2 x Toshiro – Impressionable
2 x Momo – Blinded by Revenge
2 x Gin – Under Interrogation
4 x Byakuya – Squad 6 Captain

[AfterGenocide]

What a cruel world we live in.

[Rukia X]

wow that suks.

[Stegy]

Well, at least the list of thieves is only 16 people. =\

Robert Turner is cool. I can't see why anyone would take his deck.

[AfterGenocide]

Naturally greed.
I'm sure many people have walked down that path, I know I have.
Hopefully it won't be a huge hindrance for him in the future.

[Fled]

The odd thing being Chad builds generally don't play expensive cards...

[dicarlo]

ehhh

4 checks
2 challenges

still suck to loose


especially when they weren't even his cards

[chill46]

Is it just me or is anyone else surprised at the lack of Bankai that tops at Regionals. Maybe I should stick to Masaki/kisuke myself.

[NavyCherub]

Is it just me or is anyone else surprised at the lack of Bankai that tops at Regionals. Maybe I should stick to Masaki/kisuke myself.

Not much Bankai can top if no one runs Bankai - which is exactly what happened there. I believe the only Bankai-specific decks were a random defensive deck and a Kisuke - Playful deck that top 8'd. People need to run things at regionals for things to top.

[Fled]

Yea I didn't mean it to sound like a good thing.

But it seems like a tourny-based theft more than a "I want these cards to sell" type theft.

Just a bad sign, I hadn't noticed any sort of dirty **** like this at previous regionals, and it's not something I want to start worrying about specifically (I'm always cautious, generally).

[Vegeta77]

The cards were John Moore's cards. We had sent Turner a deck because Chad was extremly good in the Metagame. He had destroyed everything he played against, and then had his deck stolen.

Meh, what a waste. Not only are John's cards gone, no foil deck :(

[dicarlo]

yah, i think if not for the theft chad should have taken the event. As far as masaki in the current meta, she's lost alot of power with the new set but is still consistant. However, i think that the kisuke guardian still has alot of potential outside of family decks. But as far as the next few events go as someone said earlier if no one runs decks that came out in bankai no one will win with it. Squad 1/11 , 7/9, Students, etc. are all very good decks that were either created or upgraded with the release of bankai.

[Vegeta77]

I'll agree with that.

The reason Chad had such a good chance in Top 4 was he ran 4 Path up the Hill, and of course draws like crazy to hit them.

It'll be interesting to see how the next few events play out.

[Bojac]

Hmm...

Ok so maybe Chad isn't dead yet.

http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/7789/myhatkh0.jpg

This is my hat, I guess I'll eat it at Origins.

[GGGRRRRRR]

as of now the worst thing is that he couldn't continue to most likely win the tourney, but his deck is being replaced, atleast that is what he was told. he had that regionals in the bag easy, he destroyed all but one he played in atleast 3-5 turns easy.

i think top were
2 kisuke decks (1 mommy, the other i didn't play)
1 ichigo rush (that was me)
1 byakuya rush
1 chad (so sad:( )
1 kon (way to go ting)
1 orihime burn
1 that i can't remeber

i comepleted my weekend goal and got my gin guardian, i'm so happy XD.

[chill46]

It seems like 1 kon tops at every event. I think it's funny. Chad is definitely good though.

BTW, still looking for a black Kon guardian. See my trade thread.

[NavyCherub]

Updated with the top four lists.

[Vegeta77]

Aww. Now people know why Chad is good.

[Rukia X]

naw,rondy and me know why chad is good,right navy.

[NavyCherub]

naw,rondy and me know why chad is good,right navy.

Yeah, Rondy has a build like this one. It's so good, too bad the deck got stolen.

[Rukia X]

yeah man,chad has so much potential.