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Tebezu on
YuGiOh
Last
weekend I attended a local tournament.
Currently I am getting ready for Shonen
Jump Boston and am testing out the
theory of the Yu-Gi-Oh community. Thus
I decided to play a Machine Deck. Take
a look...
VROOM, VROOM
(42) Monsters: 22  3 Cyber Dragon 3 Cyber Phoenix 3 Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive 2 Cyber-Stein 1 Breaker the Magical Warrior 2 Exiled Force 2 Drillroid 2 Steamroid 1 Morphing Jar 1 Sangan 1 D.D. Warrior Lady 1 Spirit Reaper Spells: 15 2 Enemy Controller 2 Smashing Ground 1 Nobleman of Crossout 1 Graceful Charity 1 Scapegoat 1 Mystical Space Typhoon 1 Limiter Removal 1 Premature Burial 1 Last Will 1 Heavy Storm 1 United We Stand 1 Confiscation 1 Book of Moon Traps: 5 2 Royal Decree 1 Mirror Force 1 Ring of Destruction 1 Torrential Tribute
I
could not believe how fast the games
flew by. Towards the end of last format
we saw an increase in the importance of
field presence and the gradual decay of
hand presence. This theory still holds
true.
While
working my way to the finals I played at
least 3 machine decks. My first match
was against a D-Hero deck. Surprising
enough, D-Shield and Destiny Hero-Doom
Lord create a dangerous lock. The
ability to consistently remove a monster
every turn adds up. Combine that with
the big 2700 defense D-Hero and we get
some dangerous locks. Many people have
turned their attention away from D-Hero
Defender as a result of his draw
effect. Even I have deemed the monster
as useless and inferior. After coming
dangerously close to decking out, while
being forced to never have a monster on
the field (proudly sponsored by 2 Doom
Lord's) I have established a new respect
for the D-Hero's. "I THINK ONE DAY I
WILL MESS AROUND MORE WITH THEM!"
But
despite all of the combinations thrown
at me, my machines prevailed in part to
Cyber Phoenix and Limiter Removal.
After that I easily ran over the
D-Hero's with Cyber Stein and Cyber-Twin
Dragon.
Round
two I was not so fortuitous. It was
against one of my friends who for the
day decided to run a burn deck. Despite
my best efforts for 2 rounds I was
burned and dead within 4 moves.
That
experience alone has given me the
confidence to tell all of you to side
deck for burn. Burn decks are taking on
a new form. Reflect Bounder and limiter
removal are in these aggro burn builds.
Not only that, but expect to see
Ceasefire, Ring of Destruction, Magic
Cylinder, and so many Ojama Trios
combined with Secret Barrels and other
burn cards, your going to be sick.
Despite the fact I was main decking two
Royal Decrees, the traps just kept
coming. I recommend that you all
side-deck Barrel Behind the Door. Not
only barrel, but Royal Decree should be
involved in some way. Reflect Bounder
(WHICH SHOWED UP IN BURN AND MACHINE
DECKS) is not really an issue. The
traps of Burn Decks are what will get ya.
After
this match I was forced into winning the
rest of my games. The machine deck was
doing well until I met Steve. Steve is
a good player in my eyes. He has never
played a cookie cutter deck. His
matches are always fun and definitely
take skill to pull out victorious. He
is one of the players at the tournament
who finds ways to make cards like
Victory Viper, Freed the Brave Wanderer,
etc. deadly threats.
While
playing against him my opening hand
was decent. I had a Cyber Dragon and a
Cyber Phoenix. Two Royal Decrees and
Smashing Ground. I drew into a Book of
Moon. Sense he had moved first I was
openly enthusiastic. He had left no
back row and simply set a monster (DEKOICHI
ANYONE)
Thus
I summoned Cyber Dragon and Cyber
Phoenix. I set my Royal Decree and
attacked into a Dekoichi. From there I
hit my Opponents LP for 2100. At this
point I had made a mistake. For those
of you who watch Yu-Gi-Oh GX, I am
positive you have heard about how Jaden
plays with his gut. My gut was telling
me to set Book of Moon, I kept
thinking...
He will summon a Cyber Dragon and more
than likely kill both of my monsters
this turn. I do not have any Defensive
cards, thus I will be hurting. But I
did not set Book of Moon (FROM THIS
POINT ON I WILL ALWAYS LISTEN TO MY
GUT. NOT DOING SO HAS LOST ME MATCHES
IN REGIONAL FINALS AMONG OTHER GAMES)
Readers, I want all of you to listen to
your gut.
Well next turn he Summons
Cyber Dragon and Steamroid. He then
sets a S/T and goes for the attack
(apparently not concerned with Mirror
Force) and he hits Steamroid to my Cyber
Dragon and his Cyber Dragon to my Cyber
Phoenix. Phoenix dies and I draw into
Nobleman of Crossout. My turn comes and
I top deck into a Dekoichi of my own.
(HOW I WISHED I WAS RUNNING LIGHTING
VORTEX) Well looking at a potential
quick game I go all in. I activate book
of moon on Steamroid, Nobleman of
Crossout gets him out of the way. Then
I use Smashing Ground to clear my
opponents Cyber Dragon out da' way.
My logic at
the time was that Steamroid would hurt
future top decked Cyber Dragons of my
own. A well placed Premature Burial
would hurt.
Now I
officially am losing. All I got is a
set Royal Decree and one in my hand.
EWWWWW. So I figure I'm screwed anyway
and set my second Royal Decree along
with my Dekoichi. Steve draws, now with
a huge hand and developing field
presence. He looks at his hand,
disappointed I guess b/c he can't summon
anything to take control of his
overwhelming control. He activates Call
of the Haunted. At this point I was
dazed, wow I was going to lose. Then I
realized I had set 2 Royal Decrees. I
activate my set Decree and he just
stares at me. He passes. I top deck
into another Dekoichi and set it after
flipping the one on the field, drawing
into Limiter Removal. I attack for
1400.
He
Draws and sets a monster. I top deck
into Drillroid. Flip Dekoichi and Draw
an Enemy Controller. I summon Drillroid,
kill his defense Dekoichi with my
Drillroid, and hit him for 2800 damage.
He sets a monster on his turn. I draw
into Steamroid, I summon him and
activate Limiter Removal. Hitting his
set monster with Drillroid and hitting
him for 2800, 2800, and 4100.
What a comeback. I felt so proud.
Our
Second game ends in 2 moves. I summon
Cyber Dragon and Cyber Stein and Cyber
Twin and United We Stand is attached to
Cyber Twin.
GAME.
.....................................................................
Once
I hit the Semi-finals I played against
another machine deck <YET AGAIN TO MY
SURPIRSE>
I
lost the first round as a result of
getting mauled by Drillroid. The second
game I came back. In what seemed like
30 moves, I eventually established
control and won exactly by 4200. I had
activated a side-decked giant trunade to
clear the back field, summoned a Cyber
Dragon, activated Smashing Ground, used
a Limiter-Removal, and then hit for
game. Game three was relatively close.
I had activated MST on my opponents set
Ring of Destruction. He chained and
destroyed his own Reflect Bounder. (At
this point I was dangerously close to
losing). So I set a monster and
passed. My opponent summoned Reflect
Bounder and attacked into my set
Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive.
My turn came and I summoned a Cyber
Dragon. Fearful of losing, I minus
one'd myself and used a set Enemy
Controller to make Reflect go to defense
position and then killed it with Cyber
Dragon. My opponent summoned a Cyber
Phoenix on his Turn and set a S/T. At
the End-phase I activated Scapegoat. I
drew for my turn, used an in hand Heavy
Storm, put a Goat in attack Mode, and
attached United We Stand to it. Thus
the game was now mine.
(On a
side note, I think United We stand is a
killer card for this format. I know it
is a minus one, but the card is
versatile and almost works like a
permanent form of field control. It is
also a nice card to use when your
opponent is forced into top-decking.
How they cry to smashing ground a
Scapegoat or Drillroid when you have a
Cyber Dragon.)
Now I
was in the Finals. It was me against
and old friend. He was playing a Light
Deck dedicated to Shining Angel and the
synergy Return from the Different
Dimension creates when used with Freed
the Brave Wanderer. His deck was well
built and pulled all kinds of clever
wins. (I WAS SCOUTING :P)
Our
game starts...
-With my deck I managed to do 19,400 damage on my first move. My opponent set a s/t and summoned a Mirage Dragon. I drew for my turn. 1) Used Heavy Storm  2) Summoned Cyber Dragon 3) Summoned Cyber Stein 4) Summoned Cyber Twin by paying 5000LP 5) Used Last Will 6) Used Enemy Controller, Sacrificing Stein for my opponents Mirage Dragon 7) Summoned Cyber Phoenix to the Field 8) Activated Limiter Removal 9) Attacked for 19,400 Damage on my first move. That was fun stuff for me. A cheap win, but a wins a win. I'll take what I can get:P
Game
two was not so fast, and/or so
dramatic. Basically my opponent under
the assumption I was running a Stein
Deck hit me on the third move of the
game with Cyber Dragon and a Majestic
Mech - Ohka for over 4000 LP. But
Smashing Ground Cleared out my opponents
Cyber Dragon. I summoned a Cyber
Phoenix and hit him for 1200. He draws,
summons Ohka back with Premature
Burial. He then tributes it off for
Zarborg the Thunder Monarch. I chain
my set Enemy Controller, sacrificing my
Cyber Phoenix to take his Zarborg.
Zarborg kills itself. My turn comes and
I top deck Cyber Phoenix and summon it
to hit his LP for 1200 again. I then
set a Book of Moon. He sets a monster
and I top deck into Drillroid on the
following turn. I summon and
he activates Torrential Tribute. I flip
my Royal Decree over. Drillroid kills
his set Shining Angel. He draws into
smashing ground. He used it to kill
Drillroid and then passed. I hit his LP
a few more times with Cyber Phoenix and
eventually finish him off with a Limiter
Removal, making Cyber Phoenix a 2400.
I
really like this deck, yet I personally
believe machines to be slow. Aggressive
but if you think about them, an Asura
Priest can easily mow through almost
every monster in the deck. On top of
that the machines have versatility and a
slew of killer support. But I think
this new format is about field control
once again. Why people are not
utilizing Creature Swap and have ignored
the Monarchs is beyond me. Personally I
think a deck utilizing Luster Dragon or
Skilled Dark Magician will do well in
this format. People always shy away
from effect-less monsters, they
shouldn't. This format is asking for
aggro to the extreme.
There
are definitely alot of decks that have
potential in this new format and I think
it is any ones game. But if you plan on
winning, control the field and you will
easily manipulate a win. Even Cyber
Stein can not get through your field.
On this note, I found Jetroid to be a
killer tech against Cyber Stein. Stein
Players often use Giant Trunade to clear
the field. But in the case of Jetroid,
this is not an issue. Black Stego and
Reflect Bounder also work like charms
against Cyber Stein.
I
plan on doing some fun articles for the
following weeks. Thus I am looking for
some decks utilizing...
1)
Cyber Barrier Dragon and Cyber Laser
Dragon
2)
The Archfiend Monsters
3)
The ROID monsters
4) A
well built Phoenix Deck
5)
Gravekeeper's for the new format
6)
Strong Monarch builds
7)
Dinosaur Decks ( I really want to see
some of these)
8)
Fairy Decks (INCLUDING WELL BUILT
MOKEY-MOKEY DECKS)
9)
New age Water Decks
10)
anything crazy
11)
Spellcasters
Sense
I am going to attend Shonen Jump Boston,
anyone who has suggestions or
information that could help me be
successful is also welcomed to send me
info regarding what to play or what to
expect.
If
anyone wants to contact me for any
reason,
I'd
also like to take this time to tell
everyone that I will miss the Crocodile
Hunter. He was one of my T.V. idols due
to his compassion and understanding of
animals. I admired his fearlessness and
spirit. The world will miss him as will
I.
Forest Thomer
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