[UEDMasterChief@aol.com]
Bring on the BURN -
~Chief~
BRING ON THE BURN
Hello Everyone,
This
is my first post on Pojo's Tips section and I hope it won't be the last, (that
is of course depending on the response, good or bad, that I get, if any...).
(btw I'm sorry if this is a little long...)
There have been numerous posts on burn decks in the past and undoubtedly will be
more in the future. I have my own contributions to make to ever increasing pile
of strategies and decks designed to decrease an opponents life points to zero
with little or no attacking. I myself run a few different types of decks (5 to
be exact, yes that's right....5) including my tournament Warrior Deck,
Zork/Necrofear Deck, Pyro Burn, Fire Princess Hybrid Deck, and Deckout/Control
Deck. All of which are extremely effective. They may seem a bit spread out in
terms of similarities but I absolutely love them all, quite possibly why there
are 5... Anyway, I will move on to the point of my article, The emergence of a
new archetype, the PYRO BURNER!
Most people hear the word
Pyro and think of the ancient times of PSV with Darkfire Soldiers and crappy lv
5's, but recently this has all changed. Thanks to the awesome Ancient Sanctuary
set we now have one of the best decks, IMO, ever, the Pyro Burner. The center
piece of this deck? the great Solar Flare Dragon.
Solar Flare
Dragon AST-032
Fire/Pyro
4/1500/1000
This card cannot be attacked if
there is another Pyro-Type monster on your side of the field. This card inflicts
500 points of damage to your opponents Life Points during the End Phase of your
turn.
Now you begin to see the power of Pyro decks. Imagine,
getting 2 of these bad boys out at once, its an instant lock on opponents
attacks, plus they lose 1000 life points when your turn ends, beautiful. Now of
course you will need other Pyros and burn cards to support and/or replace this
strategy in the worst-case or late-game scenarios, which is where good old Fire
Princess comes in (at least in my deck...). Before I continue I will display my
deck so that you begin to see more clearly what im talking
about.
Pyro Burner
Monsters: 18
Solar Flare Dragon
x3
Fire Princess x3
Blazing Inpachi x3
The Thing In The Crater
x3
Inferno x2
Sangan x1
Witch of the Black Forest x1
Cyber Jar
x1
Sinister Serpent x1
Magics (okay! Spells omg why did they have to
change it >?!<): 15
Graceful Charity x1
Pot of Greed x1
Dark
Hole x1
Raigeki x1
Harpies Feather Duster x1
Change of Heart
x1
Monster Reborn x1
Premature Burial x1
United We Stand x1
Poison
of the Old Man x2
Dark Room of Nightmare x1
Messenger of Peace
x1
Molten Destruction x1 (yes thats right, a FIELD CARD! ooooohhh nooooo not
a field card!!!! IT WORKS GREAT SO SHUT UP...j/k)
Traps: 15
(yes...quite a few...)
Woboku x2
Solemn Wishes x2
The Spell Absorbing
Life x1 (the same thing as Ceasfire except you gain 400 Lp's per effect monster,
for those of you who don't know...)
Gravity Bind x1
Ring of Destruction
x1
Magic Cylinder x1
Curse of Darkness x1
Judgement of Anubis
x1
Curse of Anubis x1
Call of the Haunted x1
Mirror Force x1 (does'nt
really go with burn but can easliy clear a way for attacks or eliminate
threats...plus it's too good not to include...)
Nightmare Wheel
x1
Backfire x1 (Sweet Staple for Pyro Decks)
So there you have
it, my personal Pyro Deck, I realize the catastrophic possibility of a horrible
hand, but i have personally done over 4000 points of damage in just 2 turns with
this deck on a half decent draw. Since this deck is massively Jinzo ownable I
might include some other type of monster removal and/or stall tactic in the
future, but right now it is a killer deck. Some of you might be wondering why I
have included Curse of Anubis. Aside from the fact that i wanted to test it out,
it combos great with the 2 Infernos, and with their UWS and Molten Destruction
in case i lose Curse of Anubis too early they still have a good chance of
getting their effect off. The Thing in the Crater is a great way to get out more
monsters since i get the effect if it dies in any way, including magic cards, in
which case i can nuke the field with a Dark Hole with a TTiTC on the Field and
still get to summon after his effect lets me Spc. Summon. This is even better
when i have Backfire out. Since this deck is partially offensive i only have one
each of MoP and GB for backup or Fire Princess stall. I have seen Poison of the
Old Man in many decks but I cant say that i have seen it used correctly. A lot
of people seem to want to use it the second they get it...which is WRONG, IMO,
you should set it and chain it to an opponents MST to let them burn their M/T
removal or set it to use later when you get out a Fire Princess or intimidate an
opponent who wants to attack. Most people would not like Dark Room of Nightmare
in this deck as its full of Magics/Traps already, but i love it, an extra 300
adds up fast with the amount of times I will be doing damage to my opponent. As
for my support monsters i.e Sangan, WotBF, Cyber Jar (which i consider a
staple), and Sinister Serpent, they are not fire but of course assist in the
speed this deck needs to "set itself up". My Blazing Inpachis are pure beatstick
as well as Inferno and Backfire fodder. They also are not affected by Curse of
Anubis.
I hope this has shed some
light and opened some eyes to the awesomeness of the Pyro Deck as well as
sparked some imagination to turn away from Copy Cat Chaos Decks and start to
play original decks. And as many of you know, when the Ban-List comes into
effect, these types of decks will be much more effective and "safer" to use.
~Look for my next article featuring my Hybrid Fire Princess Deck
soon~
~/>?<\~ I have a question for anyone out
there who knows the answer. My friend and i have been having a debate over the
card Fusion Gate and its effect. He says that you can simply remove the monsters
from play wherever they may be i.e. "you dont have to have them in your hand". I
on the other hand think that that is rediculously overpowered and that you have
to have the fusion material monsters in your hand to remove them from play. I
have not been able to find a ruling to validate my claim, but I hope that one of
you readers can help me with this. ~/>?<\~
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