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Tebezu on
YuGiOh
I like
decks that run but appear as if they
shouldn't. Animals like the Duck-Billed
Platypus and the Spiny-Anteater remind me
that even though appearances may lead us to
believe an organism to be strange, form
always is the end result of function. In
Yu-Gi-Oh, we see the evolution of decks as
an end result to their environments.
Certain staple cards prove themselves over
and over, while tech cards emerge as ways to
combat the common environmental hazards.
Examples being the emergence of Return From
the Different Dimension. Such a card was
the end result of an aggressive format.
Eventually it took some time for players to
realize that such a trap could work
effectively with Chaos Sorcerer. Thus we
start to watch the metagame change, at one
dynamic time the entire environment shifts
because a powerhouse has been noticed.
Gravekeeper's are such a powerhouse. The
ability to swarm the field, while also
maintaining advantage with countless plus
ones, is screaming for attention from a
dueling public. But as mentioned, I like
decks that do not appear as what they truly
are. Stein decks that play as aggro
beatdown, Burn that plays in a Creature Swap
control style, etc. The reasoning for such
a fetish, if I can say that, is because
giving yourself the ability to play multiple
decks/style of play at one time allows you
to be more versatile in your game. The
ability to surprise an opponent is not only
fun but a great skill to develop in the
sense it will help you be able to maintain
potential success. Versatility is key,
especially in an environment that we are
wary of, like the current one which has yet
to produce a dominant deck type.
With out
further ado I present to all of you Jake
Hurt's (COOL NAME) Gravekeeper's Deck. The
following are his words, used to explain to
my readers why his deck appears in its
current form. I'd like to explain once
again my reasoning for featuring others
decks, unadjusted by myself. If we as a
dueling community are to learn how to be
successful, we must acknowledge other
players and try to understand their thought
processes in developing
theme's. I also feel that some decks
are well built and need no further changes.
For me to manipulate, in any way, a deck
that is proving to be successful makes no
sense. WHY FIX WHAT IS NOT BROKEN?
Hmm ok introduction, well Ive been
playing Yu-Gi-Oh for 4 years now, back
in the day I was quite the noob. After a
while the banned list came along and I
began to play with different decks, I
tried gravekeepers and soul control, I
stuck with soul co
 ntrol
until the release of cybernetic
revolution, I played with machines but
the next banned list screwed that deck
up, so I moved back to gravekeepers.
That was 2 and a half years ago and I've
been playing with them ever since. In the last year of play testing I've come to realise that although gravekeepers are known for spamming, that doesn't necessarily mean the only way a gravekeeper deck should win is to have necrovalley out with 5 gravekeepers, this is why my gravekeeper deck is fully capable of winning a game without necrovalley even being played, (although it does help) it takes away the pain of never drawing one, and the pain of your opponent destroying it and you waiting to try and get another one. Another card I tried out recently was ancient lamp, which is really cool, people like having 2 monsters out (especially with cyber dragon) so imagine your opponents dismay when on their first turn they summon cyber dragon spirit reaper, and their dragon attacks a face down lamp? You not only keep your monster, but they lose 1800 lp AND the reaper because it was targeted. Strengths of the deck: The deck is capable of an offensive or defensive position without any side deck use (yes I know it may be looked on as a bad idea but I've never needed to dip into my side deck for any deck I have faced, so I didn't bother posting it) the deck can hold out on the defensive for a quick gravekeeper OTK or can go on the offensive from the start as a sort of aggro deck. Another strength of this deck is its ability to fight even when spells and traps are all negated, although it can be difficult to get out of that situation I have done it many a time with this deck, this is because I have tailor made my deck to not focus on spells and traps to take care of monster removal, I have focused on my monsters for that job.
Weaknesses of the deck: There is but one
card this deck is not
very good against, lava golem. The big
monster tributing burn card can turn the
gravekeepers offensive or defensive
status into a "quick gotta find a way to
get rid of it" and with only 2 tributes
the only other ways of getting rid are
exiled forces, ring and magical
dimension (or enemy controller
sometimes) however you try and get rid
of it. If the other person uses 3
golems your in for some trouble. A
possible weakness is skill drain, but
meh who uses that? Lol. Even then I
could stall using necrovalley and spys
as cover (2500 defense is huge) or even
guards. (2400 is also huge)
Grave Desecration
(40)
Monster (19)
Tribute Monsters - 2 What I really like about the deck is that it's very difficult to get very bad hands, if you do your just very unlucky unlike other decks which can get bad hands much more often, again this is due to the decks good balance which I've worked on for over 2 years. Finally I'll explain the main reason why my deck has taken this route, it's because my main rival in the game plays a Horus lockdown deck which will get Horus 8, King Dragun, and royal decree out in order to stop you from doing anything, and for the past 2 years the decks been evolving as his deck has to fight it. And I'm happy to say I've kept the win loss record against that deck to just about equal. /////////////////////////// A perfect example of the insight which forces deck shape. We notice that a well built deck, especially a theme deck, takes dedication and well guided problem solving. To be successful in this game, or in life, we must always remember that in order to be successful we should be patient. Learn from the errors of the past and apply such lessons to the future. If anyone wants to contact me for any reason, I can be contacted at...
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