There is No I in Team, but nightmares there can be...

If only we knew the end was here. The harbinger of the end times...

I heard the stories as a child, and thinking that "I'm a bad-ass", I failed to heed the Warnings.

But last Saturday, I watched in horror as it's tendrils wrapped around the valiant Battlin' Boxers under Troy's command. It then turned it's single eye on my own Hazy Flames. Within moments 2 more rose from the Shadows, ensnaring the noble Hazy Flame Basiltrice within it's grasp. 

I heard the noble beast's screech out in pain, the sound growing softer as it was choked by the Harbinger's tendrils. At that moment, Troy turned to me and gave me the nod, and I did something I haven't done since troy and I were in high-school : I ran from that duel as fast as my wheels could carry both Troy and I. 

Even to this day, when I close my eyes, I see it's eye staring back at me, and hear it's tendrils coming ever closer. 

The Harbinger Of the End Times...

Greetings Cardhousians.

I e-mailed Kev on Monday as to whether I can say "Merry Christmas", or whether I have to go with "Happy Holidays." After not hearing anything, I'll just keep out of that storm and post this entry anyway.

First-off, Congrats to Matt Max (blooming auto-correct!) on his Vice-Captaincy. "With great power comes greater responsibility."

Anyhow, back to the blog, as you could gather from my PTSD recount;

1. The last yearly Team Tournament has just been and gone.

2. Yours' Truly was paired up with our Resident Pokemon Professor, Professor Troy Crossingham.

3. I think that Pumprincess is the Harbinger of the end times.

4. I used "End Times" to denote the Last Team Tourney.

5. In my previous post, I was off by a week, as I said 'see you at break-up'.

You are probably asking: "Pumprincess? Why are you traumatized by Pumprincess?"

Yes I am, there was nothing that I could do, and There was nothing the Professor could do, to stop 3 of them.

It was not just because it crippled us that I am advocating that it should be banned from team tournaments, but because similar cards have been banned from team tournaments before.

Let me show you a similar card that has been banned from Team Tournaments:

Cue the Song from the band "Europe"...

Yes, if you didn't know better, you'd think that I was invoking Yu-gi-oh's "Godwin's Law"...

I promise that this has a point. Let's compare them both.

EFFECT: "Pay 2000 Life Points. After 20 turns have passed (counting the turn you activate this card as the 1st turn), you win the Duel."

EFFECT: "If this face-up card is destroyed while in a Monster Card Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Card Zone as a Continuous Spell Card, instead of sending it to the Graveyard. While this card is treated as a Continuous Spell Card by this effect, during each player's Standby Phase: Place 1 Pumpkin Counter on this card. All monsters your opponent controls lose 100 ATK and DEF for each Pumpkin Counter on this card."

Final Countdown was banned because the effect 'ticks' in each player's Stand-by Phase. Final Countdown adds +1 to it's Turn Count (With a Check at the next player's Standby Phase. If Turn Count >20 then the player is the winner.) So in 5 turn cycles (when every player has a turn), you win the game with this card.

Compare it to Pumprincess, who's effect places a "Pumpkin Counter" on itself during each player's standby phase. While on the field in the spell/trap zones, your opponent's monsters lose 100 attack per Counter.

If you only play one, your opponent's monsters lose 400 ATK and DEF per cycle. It only takes 5 turns to -2000 ATK and DEF, crippling your opponent and essentially winning you the game.

Now imagine or even 3 on the field is enough to cripple even the most effective deck, with -1200 ATK and DEF each cycle.

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Alright Guys, I just wanted to state my case. If you agree or disagree with my points, please let Kev know! Also let him know if you want to unban the other cards that 'tick' in every Standby Phase, or whether you want/do not want to ban Pumprincess from Doubles

It's your Gaming, the Team Dueling we use is a unique format to the Card-House, so as Cardhousians, the group-say goes.

So on that note, I just want to say thanks to Troy for pulling my ass working as my partner for the doubles, I am an absolute pain to play with at the best of times, and that man deserves a god-damned medal.

'Til I see you at Breakup,

THE CHAD (second of two, whom are "So Hot We're a Fire Hazard."