Does anyone have advice for a 12 year old boy wanting to go to YGO regionals?

Question

I have been playing since I was six. Won a few tourneys but never have been to something this large. I only play about 8 man tournaments at my local store. I have a dark deck to be made would that be good? What can I expect their?

Answer 1

well, three yubels dont make a dark deck good, and they ARE NOT NEEDED IN NORMAL DARK DECKS. expect to lose against an even stronger dark deck, if your running a dad deck, your fine, otherwise,

YOUR DONE!

Answer 2

General advice: Regionals are the lowest level Premier event. At Premier events you get alot of skilled duelists and even more duelists who don't know what in the h**l they're doing. Unlike local events, there will be judges there to settle disputes on card rulings and gameplay. Also, in most cases trading is absolutely forbidden. You can sell cards to any vendor but not trade or sell to any other players. Unless you plan to sell to vendors you shouldn't bring your trades because there are always thieves at high level events who come there just to steal. Sad but true. Keep your deck with you at all times and while playing keep your deckbox and side deck in view at all times. If someone steals your deck or even your side deck and you don't find it before the next round begins you will be disqualified. :(

Advice from a Judge's POV: I'm a Level 1 Judge and its my job to keep up on the latest rulings and regulations yet I am constantly surprised at the number of skilled duelists who don't know their rights.

Basic rights:

1. You can always ask to look at your opponents graveyard. You cannot change the order of the cards though.

2. You can always ask your opponent how many cards are in their hand and what their life points are at.

3. You may take notes during duels. Meaning if you can write down what cards your opponent plays and even what's in their hand(if you see it via cards like Trap Dustshoot).

4. After your opponent shuffles their deck you can always cut their deck.

5. If your opponent searches their deck for something but can't find what they're looking for(this happens alot with Nimble Momonga and other searchers) you MUST look through their deck to confirm that.

Advice from a Player's PoV: After playing for 6 years I've learned a thing or two. First, you need a firm grasp gameplay. People are going to be throwing around terms like "Iginition Effect", "replay", and "priority" and if you're unfamiliar with them it could cost you the game. The official rulebook( http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugio... ) explain things like this in a concise, to the point matter and is constantly being updated. Also, the Basic and Advanced Gameplay FAQs( http://entertainment.upperdeck.com/yugio... ) are great for understanding gameplay interactions. Second, know what your cards do before putting them in your deck. Everyone has put a card into their deck thinking it did one thing but once they read the rulings for the card found it does something different. The Yu-Gi-Oh! Wikia( http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page ) is great for looking up cards because you can also find rulings for them as well. NetRep( http://www.netrep.net ) is good for finding rulings and you can also do more concentrated searches(example, if you're building a Fiend deck you could look up all Fiends or all level 4 Fiends or all Dark Fiends...etc) than you can with the Wikia. Last, most Yu-Gi-Oh players lack any talent in deckbuilding and so they generally copy the top decks. Metagame.com's Events section( http://www.metagame.com/yugioh.aspx?tabi... ) has coverage of the lastest Shonen Jump Championship, complete with decklists. Alot of people copy decks from the top 16 and so its worthwhile to take a look at the decks because they're likely going to be your competition.

Answer 3

I agree with andy and Phantom on both their answers.  Whether you have a good deck or not, just go for the fun of it and to learn from other people.  Because most likely there will be alot of championship caliber players there all of which will have a dark deck.  As long as your dark deck is made the way it should be made then you should be fine.  You don't really need a Dark Armed Dragon to have a great deck.  I have a dark removal deck with alot of draw power and alot of special summoning of my DMOC and Dark Nephthys and Darklord Zerato.  The whole point to this is to go and have fun.

On to your other question, you can expect alot of chaos and a whole lotta people.  And if you plan on staying for the entire tournament, then bring friends with you and a good amount of money for food and stuff because these tourneys can last 10 hours or longer depending on the turnout.  However, you can quit at anytime, especially when you are at a point where you know you can't place in the top 8.

Answer 4

either  way  you  should  try  for  the  experience and to  learn  tricks  from  other players  doesn't  hurt  by giving  it a  shot  to  rank  your  self

Answer 5

it depends on what cards you have

you should try to get cards like the three yuble's