Farfa's Structure Deck Tourney

Farfa's Structure Deck Tourney was a tournament on the Farfa Discord Server. A tournament meant to test the power of unaltered structure decks against each other. It started on Sunday October 14 and ended on \_. Though there was more days of planning beforehand. There were 48 tourney slots but 49 participants, with carrotboi being replaced with Kappa, the 49th participant near the end of round 1. Notable participants were Farfa, Jordan, DensePineapple, No Dupes, XxYoshixX, Nerd Factor and Skrelpling.

## Rules

This is the set of rules created by the moderation team.

1. Card for card of the complete structure deck, no added cards, not 3 of a structure deck

2. Play the format (no adjusted/custom banlist for this tourney) and rule set that structure deck came out in (ie, play MR3 rules for MR3 structure decks)

3. If there are cross rule set matches (ie. MR3 VS MR4) play on dueling book and apply the correct MR for the respective decks

4. All decks pre-MR4 will follow MR3 rules (no extra draw going first)

5. If a pendulum deck plays an MR4 deck the pendulum deck will follow MR3 rules (no pend zones in the S/T zone)

6. ALL duels will be in match format

## The Participants

1. Jordan playing Emperor of Darkness
2. DUI Duelist playing Spellcaster's Command
3. SpacesMaster playing Machine Reactor
4. Mausrad playing Spellcaster's Judgment
5. Linkcat playing Dragon's Roar
6. Turtle playing Lost Sanctuary
7. Jaydon145 playing Zombie World
8. Mygo25 playing Cyberse Link
9. Bossplayer23 playing Realm of Light
10. Kryll playing Powercode Link
11. Merlin playing Starter Deck Yuya
12. Phunto playing Samurai Warlords
13. Shadow playing Machine Re-Volt
14. Dadar playing Gates of the Underworld
15. Farfa playing Dragons Collide
16. Cowllie playing Onslaught of the Fire Kings
17. DensePineapple playing Fury from the Deep
18. Drangomix playing Synchron Extreme
19. GellyBelly playing Saga of Blue-Eyes White Dragon
20. Skormory playing Rise of the Dragon Lords
21. HearthStoneIsMyCity playing Rise of the True Dragons
22. IV playing Structure Deck Seto Kaiba
23. Twiggy playing Geargia Rampage
24. Amazeberrilicious playing Realm of the Sea Emperor
25. Rayden playing Pendulum Domination
26. Yugitom playing Zombie Madness
27. QuashGod playing Invincible Fortress
28. Lepprince playing Machina Mayhem
29. Omar playing Lord of the Storm
30. Fizzhing playing Warrior's Triumph
31. Masahiro (originally Carrotboi who had to drop out) playing Structure Deck Yugi Moto
32. Celza playing Starter Deck 2006
33. Tumi playing Dinosaur's Rage
34. Gnetz playing Dragunity Legion
35. Incognito playing Wave of Light
36. Ithi playing Duelist's Toolbox
37. Nerd Factor playing Master of Pendulum
38. Skrelpling playing Starter Deck Codebreaker
39. Aory (originally YummyCailer) playing Xyz Symphony (second chance in tourney)
40. The Dragon Master playing Cybernetic Revolution
41. No Dupes playing Dinosmasher's Fury
42. FelixWyn playing Blaze of Destruction
43. Aory playing Starter Deck Joey
44. Dinoman playing The Dark Emperor
45. Arsion playing HERO Strike
46. Greg501 playing Warriors' Strike
47. XxYoshixX playing Lair of Darkness
48. Randuin playing Structure Deck Marik

## Bracket

Tumi, Gnetz, Incognito, Ithi, Nerd Factor, Skrelpling, YummyCailer, The Dragon Master, No Dupes, FelixWyn, Aory, Dinoman, Arsion, Greg501, XxYoshixX and Randuin had byes for round 1.

With 32 remaining participants dueling, the first match ups are:

Jordan VS DUI Duelist

SpacesMaster VS Mausrad

Linkcat VS Turtle

Jaydon145 VS Mygo25

Bossplayer23 VS Kryll

Merlin VS Phunto

Shadow VS Dardar

Farfa VS Cowllie

DensePineapple VS Drangomix

GellyBelly VS Skormory

HearthStoneIsMyCity VS Celza

Twiggy VS Amazeberrilicious

Rayden VS Yugitom

QuashGod VS Lepprince

Omar VS Fizzhing

Carrotboi VS IV

## Results

### Round 1

Each pair was given 48 hours to complete their round 1 duels.

Jordan, SpacesMaster, Turtle, Jaydon145, Kryll, Phunto, Shadow, Farfa, DensePineapple, GellyBelly, HearthStoneIsMyCity, Amazeberrilicious, Yugitom, QuashGod, Fizzhing won their duels,

Carrotboi dropped out and was replaced by Masahiro.

Masahiro won against IV advancing to round 2.

### Round 2

Another 48 hours were given to complete this round.

Jordan, GNetz, Turtle, Ithi, Nerd Factor, Skrelpling, Aory, Farfa, No Dupes, FelixWyn, HearthStoneIsMyCity, Amazeberrilicious, Arsion, QuashGod, Fizzhing and Randuin won their duels.

### Round 3

24 hours were given to complete this round.

Jordan, Ithi, Skrelpling, Farfa. No Dupes. HearthStoneIsMyCity, Yugitom and Fizzhing won their duels.

## Controversies

### Starter Decks

During round 3 of the tournament, Farfa noticed that his opponent, Aory, was playing Xyz Symphony, a starter deck. This made Farfa mad and confused, because the tournament was supposed to only include structure decks to test their strength against each other. He claimed that the tournament was ruined due to this problem.

He then asked the mods, why did they included starter decks. The mods replied that they put in 6 starter decks, because if the tournament had been made with 42 decks that would lead to a strange number of brackets. What prompted this situation in the first place was that the mod Ferno wanted 32 decks to take part in the tournament but the Robkek asked for it to be 48 because it's a multiple of 16, which therefore creates a clean bracket, while also including all structure decks.

Ferno asked Skrelpling what 6 starters to include while claiming to Farfa that "some idiot" (referring to Skrelpling) had put a starter on their sign up sheet. Starter decks being stronger is being proven currently as Ithi and Skrelpling were able to easily win their matches. The starter decks that were available in the tournament were: Joey, 2006, Duelist Toolbox, Xyz Symphony, Yuya and Codebreaker.

### Noble Knights of the Round Table Box Set

That same day, GellyBelly brought into question if Noble Knights of the Round table was considered a Structure Deck As it was not included in the tournament. The proof provided was a link to the Wiki that listed it as a Structure Deck from the game Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Arena. That Structure Deck was a copy of the deck within the Noble Knights of the Round Table Box Set. This asked the question if the box set contained a Structure Deck or not.

Farfa first checked the list of official Structure Decks and found that it did not appear on such a list. However, some of the members of the chat called into question of what defined as a Structure Deck, first arguing that it came in a box much like a Structure or Starter Deck. Expecting a Structure Deck Box, Farfa searched on multiple purchasing websites and determined that you could not buy it separate from the Box Set. Through unboxing videos, it was determined that it came in a plastic wrapping. However, during Dzeeff's unboxing video, he referred to the deck as a Structure Deck, causing further confusion.

When citing the official box set page, it was determined that the deck was a "pre-constructed" Deck, however, this also called into what it means for a deck to be "pre-constructed" as Starter and Structure Decks could both be considered as such. Jetelu gave the definition from the Wiki of what separates a Starter Deck from an Structure Deck. Farfa was not satisfied with the definition, calling Dzeeff to get a second opinion on the matter. Dzeeff would cite his series in which he reviewed Structure Decks, saying he got the structure decks from the Wiki and that the deck within the Noble Knights of the Round Table Box Set was not considered a Structure Deck.

Ultimately a poll was made, asking the chat if the deck was a Structure Deck. The verdict was made that it was not a Structure Deck with 54.9% of the votes saying no, with 45.1% saying yes.

### Hiatus

After round 3, the tournament suddenly stopped. This is a result of Farfa wanting to play the Top 8 matches live on stream for content and to hype the Tournament series he was planning on debuting on his YouTube channel; however, at this time Farfa went on a mini-hiatus from streaming resulting in the Tournament been halted. Attempts to restart the Tournament once Farfa returned were put off by Farfa who gave the impression of no longer wishing to continue with the Tournament at all. It has became a joke on the Discord server to ask when the tournament will finish. During the hiatus, the Soulburner and Order of the Spellcasters Structure Decks were released. A restart of the tourney may happen once 48 structure decks in total are released.