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Tebezu on YuGiOh
Survival of the Fittest
January 11, 2007

How are you all doing? 
 
My break was great, but now it is time for me to shake off the rust and get this years Yu-Gi-Oh ball rolling.
 
First thing is first, I planned on writing an article about a Horus Deck inspired by none other than my good old pal Dion.  I am still working out the kinks in a Dinosaur Deck, tinkering around with the potential of Kuriboh, hoping to improve my chain strike build, thinking of the potential dragon decks have, waiting in vain agony for the release of the 2000 attack beastly normal monster from the next set, and still yet to summon Master of Dragon Knight.  But in my absence I have read some 13 plus different articles dealing with the Gadgets.  It seems no matter where I go, who I talk to, or what I think the dueling community is fascinated and inspired to abuse these tiny machines for as much as it can.  If Yu-Gi-Oh has taught us anything it is that size does not matter but that quantity is king.  I, being a firm believer in aggro, think such a philosophy is very true.  Life is not controlled by the macro but the micro, interactions among molecules, the concept of surface tension, kinetic energy and the power it takes to break bonds, the very necessity that all human life depends upon prokaryotic life to live.  These things are very true. 
 
 BUT........
 
If you prevent a molecule from exhibiting polarity, evolve independently from other organisms in a controlled environment, etc.  This world no longer applies.  The way to beat the gadgets is to simply control the field better than them.
 
The gadgets are small monster, the largest one having a meek 1400 attack.  Perfect enough to make battle searchers like Mystic Tomato and the like capable of evening out the advantage generated.  Cards like My Body as a Shield cause us to sacrifice a little to gain a lot.  Royal Decree removes the annoyance of triple sakuretsu armor and widespread ruin.  In  a format without Cyber Stein we no longer need to worry about taking 8000 points of damage in one move.  But the most important rule to remember is that the Gadgets generate advantage by forcing their  tormentor to use a 1 for 1 removal card, like smashing ground, to produce a minus one.  I advise that all of you refuse to minus one your one for one on a floater with 1400 attack.  For such an atrocity on the laws of advantage means you now have fewer reactions to your opponents actions.  With this in mind I am thinking of a little beast forgotten by most.  A King among monsters, a creature so powerful and evil that the weak shall not inherit his kingdom.  A monster truly a believer in the ideas of Darwin.
 
Survival of the Fittest
 
Monsters (23)
3x King Tiger Wanghu
3x Hydrogeddon
2x Cyber Dragon
2x Apprentice Magician
2x Old Vindictive Magician
2x Chiron the Mage
1x Enraged Battle Ox
1x Hand of Nepthys
1x Sacred Phoenix of Nepthys
1x Breaker the Magical Warrior
1x D.D. Warrior Lady
1x D.D. Assailant
1x Magician of Faith
1x Morphing Jar
1x Spirit Reaper
 
Spells (14)
3x My Body as a Shield
2x Rush Recklessly
2x Smashing Ground
1x Book of Moon
1x Graceful Charity
1x Nobleman of Crossout
1x Heavy Storm
1x MST
1x Swords of Revealing Light
1x Premature Burial
 
Traps (6)
2x Royal Decree
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Ring of Destruction
1x Call of the Haunted
 
 
Side Deck (15)
 
3x Des Wombat
2x Mobius the Fros Monarch
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
2x Creature Swap
2x Asura Priest
1x Sakuretsu Armor
1x Scapegoat
1x Treeborn Frog
1x Sangan
 
This deck is far from completion, for we really have yet to see what gadget line-up dominates.  But I believe this is a step in the right direction to combat them.  King Tiger and Hydrogeddon abuse the free fodder and play style of the future gadget player.  My body and decree punish them for using a lot of monster removal.  The format is evolving and cards once considered "staples" like Bottomless Trap Hole have faded to the side deck or completely from the scene.  Thus Sacred Phoenix takes advantage of this by coming back from the ash time and time again.  As long as people choose not to play Bottomless Trap Hole and replace it with multiple copies of attack orientated removal, Vampire Lord and Mobius the Frost Monarch will increase in play and our new found friend the firestorm monarch will fade away. 
 
Why will he go back in the trade binder you ask.  Well, if people are running gadgets, his effect will more than likely hit a gadget searched from the deck.  Thus he no longer provides advantage.   
 
If this is what Yu-Gi-Oh players want to play I believe we should punish them for doing so.
 
And with this I leave you with a quote by Mark Twain,
 
-    I Like this quote  I dislike this quote "It is easier to stay out than get out."
 
 
 
If anyone has any questions, wants to talk, has a clever deck idea, etc.
 
I can be contacted at...
 
 


 
 


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