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The May 2019 Trinity Cup was held this month with a record 40 participants, and the results are in!
1st: 41 Flavors of Burritos
2nd: Cinosrepus
3rd-4th: Get Head With No Seatbelt
3rd-4th: ToadalGear
5th-8th: MBT
5th-8th: LilShpeeThatCould
5th-8th: Icysion
5th-8th: Mawile
Congratulations to all who topped! The following deck profiles were all written by the respective tournament participants.
1st Place: 41 Flavors of Burritos' Zombies
What deck did you play and why?
I ended up playing zombies for a couple reasons. Firstly, I’d wanted to play them in champs, but my most recent list was still in development so I didn’t end up using them. As a result, I brought them out once I finished that decklist. Also, with the recent hits to Orcust, one of my favorite decks had taken an entirely different style of play, so I had to find another deck to utilize and zombies were my number 1, so it was a no brainer (undead puns). Lastly, I kinda wanted to try and win the tourney cause I ended up creating several new decks/deck ideas that I wanted to test in upcoming tournaments, so yeah.
What tech choices did you play?
How did you prepare for the meta, and would you change anything going forward?
So, I totally forgot Destiny Heroes and Ballpark were considered meta, so my side deck consisted of only counters to Weather and a meme counter to Salamangreats. Fortunately, I had Samurai Destroyer as a counter to Ballpark, so that worked out alright. In the future, I would definitely replace Goku En and Linkuriboh with Dark Factory of More Production and Tornado Dragon respectively. Besides that, it would depend on the meta and how it develops. I found that while my deck was at 55 cards, it stayed considerably consistent to its core gameplan.
How were your matchups?
Of the 8 duels I had, I faced 5 decks that ran Ballpark, 1 Timelords burn deck, 1 Labcoat special, and Heroes.
I’m still a persistent believer that Ballpark is a horrible matchup for zombies, but I won 5 duels against them, so yay. Most of the duels didn’t involve Ballpark, but even the one in which ballpark resolved I managed to win. When dueling Heroes, the 3 cards I was afraid of were Fusion Destiny, Elemental Hero Honest Neos, and Vision Hero Trinity. Didn’t have to vs those cards during that duel, so didn’t have to go into hyper panic mode to not die. The only other deck I had trouble with were the Timelords, because zombies have only 1 in archetype way of dealing with them. Plus, they don’t really have that much non-destroying removal.
2nd Place: Cinosrepus' Destiny HERO
What deck did you play and why?
I played Heroes with Destiny Fusion and without Neos Fusion because Heroes are fun and good. I didn't like Neos Fusion because it could brick and because I needed space for Rank 4 XYZ monsters in my ED. The versatility makes it more powerful.
For trinities, I played Honest Neos because it's good, Lost Wind and Heavy Storm Duster because they're good, and Pot of Greed. I didn't like additional playstarters because they were suboptimal in this deck, since they had too much brick potential if drawn twice. Many of the plays are "one and done" and while it would be okay to have a higher chance of having Fusion Destiny or Elemental HERO Stratos or Vision HERO Vyon, the matchups really determine what kind of card I want. PoG is good in every instance and helps with the versatile playstyle. It's always good and helps me reload my hand, allowing me to draw answers. This deck is more controlly, grindy, and responsive than the aggressive style, so card draw is more powerful. HSD emphasizes the S/T removal aspect, and Lost Wind helps against high attack or powerful effect special summoned monsters.
What tech choices did you play?
How did you prepare for the meta, and would you change anything going forward?
In the side I added a lot of spell and trap removal for the Ballpark and Weathery matchup. Spell Shattering Arrow, Fairy Wind, Malevolent Catastrophe, Vision HERO Witch Raider, and Cosmic Cyclone. I added Divine Wrath and Recall for dinos, zombies, weather, and heroes. I added Brain Control against zombies, but I never drew it. D.D. Crow and Called by the Grave are for anti-GY matchups such as zombie and dino. Drowning Mirror Force was for if anyone played Altergeist. Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring for high impact cards like Fusion Destiny. System Down with Left Arm Offering against machines, but I never drew them anyway. For changes, I would probably add Lilith, Lady of Lament and Absolute King Back Jack for more consistency and to bring out some of my best traps. I'm also adding Goblindbergh to have more XYZ power.