[News] (October 22th, 2016) OBF 2016 2nd Tokyo Trio Buddy Grand Prix Results

The second Otona Buddy Festa of the year concluded this Saturday in Tokyo's TOC Ariake Convention Hall. A slew of competitions were held, but all eyes were on the "Trio Buddy Grand Prix" tournament, which was easily the highlight of the event. 

The 3-man tournament was one of the largest and most-hyped official events held this year, hosting an estimated total of 192 players, or 64 teams. It is notable that each round was best-of-one, meaning sideboards were not permitted. 

Original photo by @cardgamer_hj

The winning team consisted of: 
1. Aiz - Magic World (Shadow Shades) 
2. Tokoton - Star Dragon World (Jackknife Aster)  
3. Koke - Dragon World (Sun Dragon) 

Aiz piloted a rather standard Shadow Shades list, the only exception being 3 copies of Barbed Wire - which were likely used to deal with the new Dragon Force or just to fix rough matchups in general, considering the no-sideboard format. 

Tokoton's take on Aster was the Japanese favorite - a hyper defensive variant that utilizes Divisigator to wall behind ridiculous numbers. With the addition of Future Gazer, Jackknife and Jackknife History following D-BT03's release, the deck has improved considerably in card quality. Perhaps the most jarring anomaly was Tokoton's bold tech choice of 4 Antimatter Cloud. While it suggested that the team anticipated a Size 3-centric metagame, it took great insight to successfully pull it off in an event of this scale.  

The last entry was Koke's unconventional Size 3 Sun Dragon deck, which was essentially the direct opposite of Tokoton's list; a wall-breaker deck. Koke played 8 items, drastically improving the consistency of setting up the Gao Formation. Because Balguard could act as a pesudo-defensive spell, it reduced the item clog.

22/10/16 OBF 2016 2nd Tokyo "Trio Buddy Grand Prix"
First Place: Aiz
Flag: Magic World
Buddy Monster: Silhouette Spirit
Size 3: 7
4 Manipulator of Shadowform, Silhouette Terry
3 Master of the Evil Shadow Executioners, Silhouette Damian
Size 2: 3
3 Silhouette Sinbar
Size 0: 6
4 Silhouette Spirit
1 Battle Diety Robo, Silver Rabbit
1 Seventh Omni Earth Lord, Count Dawn
Spells: 30
4 The Shade
4 Trick or Trick
4 Nice One!
4 Never Say Never
4 Malicious Selector
3 Barbed Wire
2 That`s How I Roll
2 Key of Solomon, First Volume
2 Hundred Demons Sorcery, No-Brainer
1 Dragon Spell, Hiding Bomber
Impact Monsters: 4
4 Silhouette Joe, “Illusion Shadow Dragons”

First Place: Tokoton
Flag: Star Dragon World
Buddy Monster: Radiant Guardian, Jackknife "Aster"
Size 3: 4
2 Biggest Dragonarms, Sonic Blast
2 Biggest Dragonarms, Photonlancer
Size 2: 12
4 Radiant Guardian, Jackknife "Aster"
4 Star Dragoner, Jackknife
4 Future Gazer, Jackknife
Size 1: 16
4 Dragonarms, Divisigator
4 Dragonarms, Transportal
4 V Gradation, Quantum Ruler
2 Star Dragoner, Luminous Blue
2 Dragonarms, Roadworker
Spells: 15
4 Antimatter Cloud
4 Jackknife History
4 Star Jack Repair
3 Dragonarms Factory
Items: 3
3 Radiant Saber, Providence

First Place: Koke

Flag: Dragon World
Buddy Monster: Burning Rapier Dragon, "SD"
Size 3: 11
4 Phoenix Wing Virtuous Dragon, Zellhorus
4 Scorching Cavalry Dragon, Second Helios
3 Armordragon of the Fire Deity, Ame-no-Kagutsuchi
Size 0: 5
4 Burning Rapier Dragon, "SD"
1 Heat Dragon Jr.
Spells: 23
4 Sky Dragon Divinity
4 Blue Dragon Shield
4 Sun Dragon Shield
3 Blessing of the Sun
3 Dragodesperate
3 Green Dragon Shield
2 Dragobond
Items: 8
4 Sun Fist, Balguard
4 Dragon Twin Sword, Bal Saber
Impact Monsters: 3
3 Zellhorus, "Eradicate Flame"