Subject: A word to all the Beginners and/or Advanced players


           Hi, my name is Binh Tran. I'm currently am the very best duelist 
in my area. Now, this is to all the beginners to the game of Yu-gi-Oh. As 
you progress into this game you will find out about very useful cards, that 
most people will tell you that you must have them in your deck. ( These 
will be refered to as "staples") Cards like Raigeki, Monster reborn, Change 
of heart, etc. I have only a handful of these "staples" in my deck. 
Everyone says these cards should be in every deck, and every one listens to 
them. Why? I don't understand why everybody uses these cards. There is a 
connection between all these cards. And that is that they are all rare or 
restricted. Many of my fellow duelists such as "Dualling daddy ( I did not 
misspell, this is how he calls himself)" have found cards that are very 
useful but they are commons or non-restricted. Every one should use what 
they feel is a good card to them. To Dualling Daddy Eternal rest is a great 
card, and most people would say that the best card in my deck is Raigeki, 
but no, I seriously think the best card in my deck is Thunder dragon*. Are 
you surprised? I bet you are, in fact, I bet you're thinking "What is he 
crazy? Thunder dragon sucks!" And at first glance he would be, but I 
strayed from the "staples" group and found a use for him. Now, the upcoming 
structure decks coming out will be popular. These decks will include 
staples such as Raigeki. That means they will be considered "good". People 
will buy these decks and will automatically have a "good" deck. People will 
find that one of the certain decks will work best against another.(ei. 
Joey<Pegasus, Pegasus<Yugi, Yugi<Joey) Then, the strategic, combo-filled, 
challenging game of Yu-Gi-Oh will be nothing more than a tedious game of 
rock, paper, scissors. And once people find these strengths and weaknesses 
they will buy all of those decks so they can win. Wasting their money.

I leave you with this, if everyone that plays Yu-Gi-Oh plays the same 
cards, what is the point?

Binh Tran, If you share my thoughts or disagree:

AIM: videogamer1306

Email: <mailto:videogamer1306@yahoo.com>videogamer1306@yahoo.com

*Thunder dragon's effect reads "You may sacrifice this card from your hand 
to add up to 2 "thunder dragon" cards from your deck to you hand. Your deck 
is then shuffled" I have three Magic Jammers in my deck. After the first 
3-4 turns I find myself handless with 1-2 jammers on the field. Thunder 
dragon thins out my deck and serves as jammer bait. Too good not to use.