Michael Girard

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Michael Girard.

Michael Girard was a Decipher-era Squadron Member (Gold 120, Apache Junction, Az) and the first Player Support Advocate of the Players Committee, named by Warren Holland on 25 January 2002.[1] His Squadron slot was marked Retired after Decipher's SWCCG run.

He started playing in Great Falls, Montana, winning a sealed-deck demo tournament run by James Lafferty. Girard was a finalist at the 1998 Decipher World Championship, listed as Mike Girard, and qualified through Tatooine Tempe from Apache Junction, Arizona.[2] At the event Girard played eventual champion Matt Potter.[3] At DecipherCon 1999 he also played Young Jedi, finishing 45th in YJ Qualifier #2 (Sealed Deck).[4]

In their own words

I started playing a card game in a little shop in the middle of Montana in a town called Great Falls. Who knew that one day I would grow and mature into a Squadron Member for Decipher, Inc.

I heard that a guy named James Lafferty (Red 25) was running a demo of this new card game called Star Wars CCG. Since it had to do with Star Wars, I knew that it had to be good. So I went to this demo and it turned out to be a Sealed Deck tourney. Well, I was lucky enough to beat my friend Jeremy Lamere and win the whole tournament (the only time I have ever beaten him in a tourney). I got two Darth Vaders and a Grand Moff Tarkin out of it and from that day forth I have been hooked.

The best experiences I have had has been playing in Regionals for the past three years. I was so close to winning the first two times, and as they say, the third time's the charm. I qualified for the World Championship in 1998. The Worlds experience was one that I will never forget. I met so many people that you only hear about in tournament reports and magazines. I had a new respect for the game and the players. I even had the pleasure of playing Matt Potter, the eventual World Champion.

During my term as a Squadron Member, I hope to bring new, bright and smiling faces into this game. I love to introduce this game to new players and watch their eyes glow as they pull that rare card they need from a pack they just bought.

I love this game.[3]

Tournament Results

Date Event Format Finish Dark Light
1 July 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier team tournament Premiere - Tatooine 4–2 record[5] Garrison deck[6]
July 2001 (before 26 July) 2001 San Diego Comic-Con Open Premiere - Tatooine 1st (10–0)[7][8] Hoth: Ice Plains (5th Marker) Watch Your Step
30 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier Premiere - Tatooine 3rd[5] You May Begin Losing Force, a Start Your Landing deck Lingrell's RST Boomrace deck, modified with more podracing interrupts and SAC/Numbers protection
30 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier Premiere - Tatooine 3rd[9]
30 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier Premiere - Tatooine 3rd[10]
30 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier Premiere - Tatooine [11] Lingrell's RST
29 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier sealed deck tournament Sealed Deck 3–1 record[5]
29 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier warm-up tournament Premiere - Tatooine 2–2 record[5] MKOS balanced two-minute Watch Your Step starting Seeking An Audience
29 June 2001 2001 Denver World Qualifier warm-up tournament Premiere - Tatooine [12] MKOS mains (Chevin/Chall Bekan)
14 April 2001 2001 Arizona State Championship Premiere - Reflections II 6th[13]
24 March 2001 March 2001 Phoenix tournament (24 March) Premiere - Reflections II [14] Chevin MKOS
23 March 2001 March 2001 Phoenix tournament (23 March) Premiere - Reflections II 1st[15]
23 March 2001 March 2001 Phoenix tournament (23 March) Premiere - Reflections II [14]
16 March 2001 March 2001 Phoenix tournament (16 March) Premiere - Reflections II [16] SYCFA / Onith - Set For Stun
January 2001 (before 22 January) 2001 I-10 Cup Premiere - Reflections II —[17] Fortress
5–7 October 2000 2000 Decipher World Championship (Day 1)[18] Premiere - Death Star II DQ
September 2000 September 2000 Tucson tournament Premiere - Death Star II 2nd[19]
30 July 2000 July 2000 Tempe tournament Premiere - Death Star II 1st[20]
30 July 2000 July 2000 Tempe tournament Premiere - Death Star II 1st[21] The Allen Parsons Project (starts Endor Ops, pulls Moff Girard, Death Star II and Perimeter Patrol) EBO (his old EBO/spy deck with DSII additions; Ishi Tibs and Bothan Spies set up EBO)
8 July 2000 2000 Tatooine Regionals Premiere - Endor 9th[22] 'Table 13 @ the Mirage' (newer version of his Vegas Style, with Lobot) 'I am Raph's Tech Light Deck' (version of Raphael Asselin's deck, Boushh/Reflection instead of Jedi training)
July 2000 2000 Origins Open Premiere - Endor [21] 'Dag Ass Deck' with Kessel[23]
25 June 2000 June 2000 Phoenix tournament (25 June) Premiere - Endor [24] LS Beast
25 June 2000 June 2000 Tempe tournament (25 June) Premiere - Endor 1st[25] Endor ops (Rumours) Raph's Beast of a Canadian Deck
24 June 2000 June 2000 Tucson tournament Premiere - Endor [25]
17 June 2000 June 2000 Tempe tournament (17 June) Premiere - Endor 4–0 record[26] Rumours Raphael's Super Secret Canadian Tech Deck
11 June 2000 June 2000 Tempe tournament (11 June) Premiere - Endor 1st[27] Defense deck
11 June 2000 June 2000 Tempe tournament (11 June) Premiere - Endor 1st[28] Rumours (metagamed) Raph's Direct Damage Deck (Raphael Asselin's deck)
10 June 2000 June 2000 Phoenix tournament (10 June) Premiere - Endor 8 (+109)[29]
6 May 2000 2000 Las Vegas Grand Slam Premiere - Endor [30] Girard's 'Vegas style'
6 May 2000 2000 Las Vegas Grand Slam Premiere - Endor [31]
6 May 2000 2000 Las Vegas Grand Slam Premiere - Endor [32]
1 April 2000 2000 Denver Grand Slam Premiere - Endor 10th[33] Vegas Style, his sabacc deck Speeder ops off of Ralltiir
25 March 2000 2000 Arizona State Championship Premiere - Endor 5–1 record[34] Girard's patented Vegas Style (CCT start, Casino/Security Tower sabacc retrieval) Speeder Ops off of Ralltiir
12 March 2000 March 2000 Tempe tournament Premiere - Endor 4–0 record[35] Girard's Vegas Style Speeder Ops
11 March 2000 March 2000 Phoenix tournament (Saturday) Premiere - Endor [35]
10 March 2000 March 2000 Phoenix tournament (Friday) Premiere - Endor [35]
26 February 2000 February 2000 Tucson tournament Premiere - Endor 1st[36] Vegas style/No Drazin: CCT/Sabacc deck Brenston's Beats ("Descent into the Cheese")
12 November 1999 DecipherCon 1999 Japanese Sealed Deck Japanese Sealed Deck 98th[37]
11 November 1999 1999 Decipher World Championship (Wild Card) Premiere - Endor 137th[38]
16 October 1999 October 1999 Jester's Court tournament Premiere - Endor 3–1 record[39] The Gambler and the Jailer: Drazin with sabacc (Tim Leung's core) Cloud City Celebration with anti-Drazin tech
2 October 1999 October 1999 Phoenix tournament (Arizona Gamer) Premiere - Endor [40] Mains (Hidden Base start)
October 1999 1999 Who Got Game? tournament Premiere - Endor 1st[41] West Coast Strahd: Drazin, direct-damage heavy Good Cards deck: MWYHL start, character-heavy mains with Redemption/Bacta Tank and two Order To Engage
September 1999 1999 Tatooine Regionals Premiere - Endor 3–3 record[42] Hak tech: Corulag ops with one of almost every hate card Brentston's Beats: mains and toys with the MWYHL start
21–22 November 1998 1998 Decipher World Championship[2] Premiere - Special Edition
May 1999 May 1999 Las Vegas Memorial Day tournament Premiere - Special Edition [43]

Anagrams

Service

Dates Service
Jan 2002 – Dec 2002 Player Support Advocate[1]
Decipher era Squadron Member, Gold 120, Tatooine region (Apache Junction, Az)[3][44][45]
2001 Jedi Knights Trading Card Game playtester[46]
July 2003 Decipher Lord of the Rings TCG game developer[47]

A blank place means no posted standings give the player's place.

Decipher recruited volunteer Squadron Members in the 1990s to promote SWCCG locally (tournaments, demos, player support). "FL" is printed on some slots in the surviving tables.

Jedi Knights TCG

Girard playtested the Jedi Knights Trading Card Game (2001).[46]

Radio Free Decipher

On Radio Free Decipher Broadcast 112 (25 January 2002), Scott Gaeta said Girard had been a roving reporter for Game Players Network, covering big tournaments, before joining the Players Committee.[48]

By July 2003 Girard was one of Decipher's Lord of the Rings TCG game developers, with Jeff Snyder. On Radio Free Decipher Broadcast 170 he said the two would give colour commentary on the Lord of the Rings World Championship finals at Gen Con/DecipherCon 2003. Mark Tuttle would call play-by-play.[47]

Miscellaneous decklists

Date Format Title Side
11 August 1999 Premiere - Endor Neustrom v 1 0 Light
11 August 1999 Premiere - Endor Maelstrom v 3 0 Light
16 September 1999 Premiere - Endor EBOstrom Light
1 October 1999 Premiere - Endor EBOstrom v 1 2 Light
1 October 1999 Premiere - Endor Operative + Counters Dark
1 October 1999 Premiere - Endor One Turn Beats Light
1 October 1999 Premiere - Endor RevoDeck Light
12 October 1999 Premiere - Endor Decent Drazin Dark
21 October 1999 Premiere - Endor Recurring Mains(Drazin) Dark
28 December 1999 Premiere - Endor Gass v 2 0 Light
31 January 2000 Premiere - Endor Tatooine Beats Dark
3 April 2000 Premiere - Endor Girard s Vegas Style Dark
23 January 2001 Premiere - Reflections II Fortress Dark
6 March 2001 Premiere - Reflections II Girard's Super D drain Dark
26 July 2001 Premiere - Tatooine Cake or Death - ComiCon winning dark deck[49] Dark
26 July 2001 Premiere - Tatooine Watch Your Phil - ComiCon winning Light deck[50] Light

Tournament reports

Photographs

  • Michael Girard.
    Michael Girard.

See also

External links


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Star Wars Players' Committee, decipher.com (Wayback, 11 June 2002; letter from Warren Holland dated 25 January 2002)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 1998 World Championship packet, Decipher / Kendrick Summers (20 November 1998). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Star Wars CCG Squadrons: Gold 120 profile, decipher.com. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  4. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 – Event Scores: YJ Qualifier #2 (Sealed Deck), Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 girard-goes-to-denver-6-29-7-1-01, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 3 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  6. ↑ kalit-diggaz-in-denva, DeckTech (Cortney "dope5tar" Haggerty, 7 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ Watch Your Phil - ComiCon winning Light deck, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 26 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ Cake or Death - ComiCon winning dark deck, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 26 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  9. ↑ collectormania-open-06-30-01, DeckTech (Justin "Bubba Joe" Beal, 5 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  10. ↑ denver-world-qualifier-weekend-day-two, DeckTech (Brian "HuntaWarya" Hunter, 6 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  11. ↑ parker-co-6-30-01day-2-electric-boogaloo, DeckTech (Jason "Qui" Keen, 19 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  12. ↑ parker-06-29-01-the-whos-keen-show, DeckTech (Jason "Qui" Keen, 12 July 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  13. ↑ viper-hits-states-phoenix-az-4-14-01, DeckTech (Steve "BlackViper" Marshall, 15 April 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 phoenix-3-24-2001, DeckTech (Jared "Don_Yoda" Arthur, 24 March 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  15. ↑ viper-is-almost-cool-phoenix-3-23-01, DeckTech (Steve "BlackViper" Marshall, 24 March 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  16. ↑ viper-returns-phoenix-az-3-16-01, DeckTech (Steve "BlackViper" Marshall, 20 March 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  17. ↑ Fortress, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 23 January 2001). Preservation copies: Stephen Skilton; GitHub Pages; Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ deciphercon-2000-juz-beer-and-cards, Alex Tennet, Decktech (13 October 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  19. ↑ two-az-tournaments-for-you-to-enjoy, DeckTech (Brian "bgkenobi" Garrison, 10 September 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  20. ↑ arizona-gamer-randomness-not-allowed, DeckTech (Brian "bgkenobi" Garrison, 30 July 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 the-allen-parsons-project-tempeaz-7-30, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 31 July 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  22. ↑ the-brownie-is-no-brownie-tatooine-rev, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 10 July 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  23. ↑ origins-by-dom, DeckTech (Dominic "Decktech" Gaudreault, 15 August 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  24. ↑ it-has-a-cute-butt, DeckTech (Brian "bgkenobi" Garrison, 26 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 tempe-az-6-25-00, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 26 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  26. ↑ tempe-az-6-17-00, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 19 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  27. ↑ out-of-hibernation, DeckTech (Brian "bgkenobi" Garrison, 12 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  28. ↑ tempe-arizona-6-11-00, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 12 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  29. ↑ phoenix-az-6-10-00, DeckTech (Enrique "Max of Tat" Huerta, 12 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  30. ↑ lv-grand-slam-a-week-later, DeckTech (Dan "Mystikal" Christy, 13 May 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  31. ↑ las-vegas-grand-slam-top-six-dark-decks, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 6 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  32. ↑ lvgs-top-six-light-decks, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 6 June 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  33. ↑ denverds-4-1-is-he-gonna-finish-that, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 3 April 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  34. ↑ az-states-who-gets-mized-worse-than, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 27 March 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 tempe-az-3-13-00, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 13 March 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  36. ↑ 2-26-00-tuscon, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 29 February 2000). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  37. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 – Event Scores: Japanese Sealed Deck, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  38. ↑ DecipherCon 1999 – Event Scores: 1999 SW Wildcard, Decipher. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  39. ↑ jesters-court-10-16-99, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 18 October 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  40. ↑ az-gamer-phoenix-10-2-99, DeckTech (Enrique "Max of Tat" Huerta, 6 October 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  41. ↑ tr-who-got-game, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 25 October 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  42. ↑ tatooine-regional-w-rant, DeckTech (Michael "Dvader" Girard, 27 September 1999). Preserved copy: Internet Archive.
  43. ↑ Memorial Day Tourney Report, The Outer Rim (Travis Merkle). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  44. ↑ Star Wars CCG Squadrons: Tatooine, decipher.com (listings August 1999 – January 2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  45. ↑ Squadron Members, Corellian Engineering Corporation fan site (geocities.ws/plarathas). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 Jedi Knights Trading Card Game rulebook (credits), Decipher (2001). Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 Broadcast 170 - Radio Free Decipher (18 July, 2003): Mike Girard on World Championships, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 14 May 2022), at 04:16. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 170 transcript.
  48. ↑ Broadcast 112 - Radio Free Decipher (25 January, 2002): Scott Gaeta on the SWCCG PC, Player's Council, YouTube (uploaded 13 May 2022), at 14:34. Preserved copy: Internet Archive. Transcript: Radio Free Decipher/Episode 112 transcript.
  49. ↑ Cake or Death - ComiCon winning dark deck, DeckTech. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
  50. ↑ Watch Your Phil - ComiCon winning Light deck, DeckTech. Preserved copy: Internet Archive
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