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## Tristan (X-2 drop) Klein

Prior to 2022, Tristan Klein had been attempting to find a group of funny individuals who played Yugioh, and luckily for him UCR had the perfect club for him. Joining during the second annual year of Highlander Duelists he was engrossed by the comradery that the Highlander Duelists all had for each other and knew that it would be his home away from home. From humble hubbing to the treacherous journeys to the Jim, Tristan has had a wonderful time at Highlander Duelists and can't wait to enter a new era of the club.

 Pure Blackwing
 Spright
 Gold Pride P.U.N.K
 Mathmech
 Gpunko

## 2022-23

### Fall 2022

Starting in Fall 2022, Tristan Klein had been introduced into the club and made numerous friends! Some prime examples being Sangar and Peyton to which they formed the Jimmers of Highlander Duelists, plus basically everyone else smile(in my eyes you guys are all prime :)). During fall his deck had primarily been Raidraptors and unsurprisingly was the second best Raidraptor player in the club :D, only beaten out by his rival Kyle Pham (Scooter Demon). Despite not knowing too much about the competitve aspects of Yugioh he still had a strong interest in the game, however early on he would try to implement baggy format where he would bring around decks in plastic baggies and duel people with them. They were okay... just never caught on.

### Winter 2023

Winter 2023 would be a turning point for Tristan Klein as he became more invested into the competitive aspects of Yugioh, however he would still not really want to do locals (lmao). Winter quarter would also be when Tristan changed his deck from Raidraptors(metal bird) to Blackwings (Human bird). This change would greatly impact how Tristan would see the game, as now he was playing an actual "viable" deck. This would all accumulate to him claiming victory in the Winter Quarter Highlander Duelist Tournament, topping at first place. His mother stated: "Cool," Some great moments from that tournament would be tarnishing Sangar's sweeping of the year, Timing Tabito out/ burning him for game, using two non tuners to make an assault dragon (I didn't read the card correctly), and finally and most importantly not playing a single meta deck :). We love playing against Bystial Dragonmaid. This quarter would also introduce the act of impulse buying that would cripple Tristan along the line. In this quarter he would spend roughly $400 on Spright and play it twice. Yipee. Finally Tristan's first member event went out as The Highlander Progression Series to which overall was a positive experience (Daniel Alcoff playing Clown Control for three weeks was pretty funny[Killing myself]).

### Spring 2023

Spring 2023 was a fantastic time for Tristan Klein, despite it being the worst he's ever played in Highlander Duelist history. From going negative in every club tournament to dropping the UC Summit, this quarter for Tristan was pretty awesome :). Of course the impulse buying continues as Tristan had purchased an entire mathmech core just for it to be hit on the ban list three days later(W). Other than that it was basically a pretty normal quarter.

## Trivia

* Has beaten Daniel Alcoff at least once. Currently the standings are (1-13) (get rekted)
* Thanks his Dog for his numerous victories (like maybe 2)
* Almost gave Sangar a heart attack at the Jim
* Has lifted Kyle maybe like three times
* Got Peyton with a good ol refrigerator joke.
* Has ripped up a five dollar gold rare gamma that was just about to be playable in the format
* Has attempted to eat a card with foiling
* Smile

## Tournament Results

 UC Summit
 Game Chest Locals ¯\\_(ツ)\_/¯