The Muffin Mans' Top 10 New Duelist Mistakes

In NO particular order!(except Numbers 1 and 2...heh...)

10.Absolute power wins absolutely - NO! Please, don't go this route of thinking. You're gonna defeat many more duelists by using strategicly played cards rather than overwhelming defense/power.

9.Defense is an unstoppable strategy!! - With Black Tyranno out, the last thing you want is your M/T cards Dusted away, leaving your 2000+ Defense monsters useless. What's worse, if they're not playing a Dino deck, Raigeki will just get rid of your hard work. They've taken maybe 300 or so damage, but revealed all your face-downs.

8.Dragons have high-attack, so they're the best sub-type! - Actually, Fiends have alot more powerful monsters that keep below 4 stars and better effects usually, kiddos.

7.Yugi/Kaiba/Joey did it, so it must be a good idea! - No. Nothing done in the anime with RARE exceptions is a good idea.

6.More money = better cards - Trade. If you buy 3 packs and get 3 rare cards that you don't need, you can trade 'em for better cards. You don't ALWAYS need money.

(getting specific now!)
5.I can take something out for Jinzo. - If you need to start breaking up the theme/arch-type, then maybe you can do WITHOUT Jinzo?

4.Swords of Revealing Light is better than Waboku! - You can't chain Swords to their own destruction, while still having the effect work. Believe me, it sucks to think you have a 3 turn lockdown with Sinister Serpent out just to have Jinzo break through with the help of MST...

3.Heavy Storm/Dark Hole are bad because they hurt me too! - Timing is key. Play your Magic/Traps AFTER Heavy Storming. It'll help cut down on the losses. Same with Dark Hole. Dark Hole at the beginning of the turn, then summon/Reborn a monster.

2.Great Maju Garzett is great! Tribute Blue Eyes and... - Tributing a powerful monster for Great Maju Garzett means card disadvantage. At the very least, a Magic/Trap card and Blue Eyes. At the most, 2 Tributes for Blue Eyes, then that tribute for Garzett. 3 monsters for 6000 is not a good trade-off.

And the number 1 biggest New Duelist mistake is...

1.Yata is UNSTOPPABLE! He fits EVERYWHERE!! - Yeah! All you have to do is clear my M/T space, my monster zones, make sure I don't have any drawing cards in my hand/set, no monsters in my hand, and no Sinister serpent in my graveyard and I'm LOCKED!! ...Geez, and people claim Pyro Clock of Destiny was "too situational"?

Honorable Mention - Chaos monsters. Most new duelists don't grasp the whole reason they're so obnoxious just yet...

Shadowgengar113@Sbcglobal.net  - don't bother complaining about the cards unless you accept this is MY opinion. You don't have to agree.