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From: Pkspiral7@aol.com

Date:  Tue, 9 Mar 2004 22:26:41 EST

Ok, lets get right down to it.

One day i was walking down to the cafeteria looking for this kid to duel and i saw the wierdest thing ... This kid had a SOUL DEMOLITION on the field. In case you don't know what that does let me refresh your memory.

LOD-014 Soul Demolition

Trap Continuous

You can activate this card's effect only when you have a Fiend-Type monster on your side of the field. You must pay 500 Life Points to use this effect.

Both players select 1 Monster Card from their opponent's Graveyard and remove them from play.

Common

not wonderful right? well ... yeah it's not, but it was a key card in the kid's deck, he ran 3. So, naturally, the deck caught my interest and i watched the final duel of their match. This kid only ran about 5 fiends, not much material for soul demolition. So the duel progressed, and then it happened ...

The kid flipped up his sangan (fiend type) and played fire princess. Then he played soul absorption,and in case you don't know that card:

IOC-046

Soul Absorption

Spell

Continuous

Each time a card is removed from play, the controller of this card increases his/her Life Points by 500 points.

And guess what? Soul Demolition!

So the kid just kept paying 500 for him and his opponent to remove cards from the graveyard, each time gaining 500 LP from Soul Absorption (the gain is

seperated) and each time doing 500 LP damage with fire princess. so he payed 500 to gain 1000 (2 cards removed) and do 1000, and he did it 8 times, paid 4000 (500 x 8) to gain 8000 and make his opponent lose 8000.

Soul Absorption + Soul Demolition + Fiend Type Monster + Fire Princess WOW! and the only requirement being that both player have at least 8 cards in their graveyard. (8+8=16, 16x500=8000) I just sat there speechless with awe .... i was just astonished and amazed at the brilliance and originality of that OTKO. It represented what Duel Monsters is all about, creative and original ways to win. How many times have you blown away spectators with a completely new and inventive strategy? How do u think f00b felt when he first used his "metamorphisis+scientist+1000 or more fusions" deck. It must've felt GREAT, not to use control, beatdown, or scientist OTKO.

Last for the day i would like to bring attention to a great new card:

IOC-097

Ultra Evolution Pill

Spell

Normal

Offer 1 Reptile-Type monster on your side of the field as a Tribute. Special Summon 1 Dinosaur-Type Monster from your hand.

Rare

For those of you that pay any attention to types (cough cough nobody except theme deck people cough cough) sinister serpent is a reptile. Imagine summoning a sinister and then playing ultra evolution pill to sac it to summon a dark driceratops or a black tyrannno.

Me smells a new archtype.

Questions? Comments?" Corrections?

Email me at:

Pkspiral7@aol.com