For this Top Ten, I'd like to discuss cards that are good in a Skill Drain Deck.

10) Any normal 4 star monster with a 1800+ attack.

These are good basically because tehy're unaffected by skill drain.

9)Granadora

With Skill Drain its just another 4 star 1900 attacker, but there's an interesting combo for it.

Just summon Granadora, you gain 1000 life points, then activate Skill Drain, you lose 1000 life points and your life points go back to what they were before you summoned Granadora, and you basically just played Skill Drain for free.=)

8) Dark Elf

With skill drain in play its a 4 star 2000 attacker for no tribute, not bad. Its only number 9 because its less useful without skill drain.

7) Zombyra the Dark

A 4 star 2100 attacker who can now attack directly, not bad at all. and without Skill Drain he could be used as an attack wall and he could pose a threat for about two turns.

6) Jirai Gumo

A 4 Star attacker with 2200 attack for no cost, pretty nice. And without Skill Drain in play, you could equip it with Megamorph and double its attack power if you call the coin flip wrong.

5) Giant Orc

A 4 star 2200 attacker that doesn't switch into defense mode after it attacks.

4) Goblin Attack Force

A 4 star 2300 attacker that doesn't switch into defense mode after it attacks. It got higher than Giant Orc because 100 attack points is 100 attack points, but it got lower on the list because its an Ultra Rare so its harder to get.

3) Berserk Gorilla

Yet another card that's good with or without Skill Drain. With Skill Drain its a 2000 attacker, and without it its a 2000 attacker that must attack but can destroy itself in defense mode to save your life points.

2) Armor Exe

I know as I went up the list, I started going on usefulness without Skill Drain, but This one is only playable in a Skill Drain Deck, So I had to give it Number 2. There are only three decks this card can fit into and they are Skill Drain Decks(Which it rocks in), Light or Rock Decks(Which it is so-so in), and Spell counter Decks(I wouldn't know of its usefulness, because I haven't seen a Spell Counter Deck ever constructed). But anyway This card got number two because its a 4 Star 2400 Attacker, making it the strongest card out of the bunch when Skill drain's in play.

And The number 1 card in a Skill Drain Deck is.........

1)Duh!... SKILL DRAIN.

You couldn't even build a Skill Drain Deck without this card, So of course it gets number 1 =P.

Okay, I would now like to show you a Skill Drain Deck which is Strictly Casual, I repeat Strictly CASUAL.

Monsters:(16)

Armor Exe x 2

Goblin Attack Force x 2

Jirai Gumo x 2

Giant Orc x 2

Zombyra the Dark x 2

Berserk Gorilla x 2

Dark Elf x 2

Granadora x 2

Spells:(16)

Monster Reborn

Change of Heart

Dark Hole

Raigeki

Pot of Greed

Graceful Charity

Premature Burial

Harpies Father Duster

Heavy Storm

Mystical Space Typhoon x 3

Book of Moon

Traps:(08)

Ring of Destruction

Mirror Force

Skill Drain x 3

Waboku x 3

Another good thing about Skill Drain is that it negates your opponents effect monsters as well and most decks consist of mostly effect monsters anyway, so you can basically ruin their strategy and beat them down at the same time with this deck.

I'll probably be posting some more top tens and tips later on. Anyway Email me about what you thought of this "Article." My Email Address is DaRkPaLaDiN0018@aol.com

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