Hi! It's me again the guy you love to hate and send angry emails; Azza!
Okay that was corny. Well anyway im just reporting to say that I think warriors are not the swarming deck. Thanks to Deathjester and his dojo i think that the true king of swarming is the earth deck!
But one thing, if you ever see fridginators on pojo forums thats me so give me a yell or wotever.
Earth deck? What the hell am i on about? At the end of this article you will think you are crazy to have thought that. Earth beatdowns are probably the most successful and annoying decks. It is because Earth decks have powerful monsters that are always the top of everything in Beatdown.
Beserk Gorilla is the best 4-star monster in the game with his huge power and slight drawback.
Exiled Force, while this is a warrior (which i dont like) it is a great removal card and Gigantes food.
Goblin Attack Force, (see exiled) is the most powerful 4-star monster that is actually good (ie not Armor Exe).
Gigantes has great stats and if killed in battle will provide a heavy storm effect, usually to the advantage of the Earth deck player.
Nimble Momonga provides great deck thinning and provides life point advantage, also provides tribute fodder.
Injection Fairy Lily is the most powerful beatstick, also goes great with Nimble Momonga.
Mystic Swordsman Lv2 is a very speedy sasuke samurai, very handy for threats such as Cyber and Fiber.
Giant Rat fetches out so many great Earth monsters and also thins your deck.
Marauding Captain, (see X-force) is another of the great swarmers in the Earth deck, also protects your GAF.
The Rock Spirit serves as a great wall when you have bad draws and keeps your monster count strong.
As you see the earth deck has potential to summon many monsters in 1 turn. Whenever you play the remainder of the monster removal left, expect a huge retaliation to it. If you play Tribe to destroy a Beserk and an Injection, expect your opponent to summon a Gigantes, a Rock Spirit and Marauding Captain and a Goblin Attack Force.
Ok that was exaggerating unless your opponent has a good hand. But it is just to show you how much the Earth deck can swarm. I dont see why people say that the Warrior deck is the swarming decks.
Warriors aren't a swarming deck (although they have some swarming and incredible searchability) they are a versatile deck! They have Don Zaloog, D.D. Warrior Lady, Blade Knight and Exiled. Earth decks don't have all that jazz but they can fill a monster field incredibly quickly.
Now if someone scrolls down to my deck list and the bottom they will notice my incredibly high monster count. Now that is suicide in any other deck. But for earth decks, monsters are the offense and the defense. Not they will ever need a defense if built right. Earth decks will pack about 23 monsters, and sometimes go over the 40 card limit.
Spells and traps for the earth deck will all be offensive or burning. There is no point in them being defensive when they have Rock Spirits, Nimble Momonga and Giant Rats are there to take your blows.
Smart people will mix the speed of warriors with the incredible swarming of Earth. They will include 3 Goblin Attack Force's and 2 Marauding Captains and 1 Exiled Force and 2 Reinforcements of the Army. This provides Earth decks with some nice speed.
In case you haven't noticed, Earth decks have an amazing amount of deck thinning! They have nimble momonga, giant rat, reinforcements and (should i dare say it, karl if your online dont pay me out for it) Mirage of Nightmare. Now i know i hate mirage of nightmare but it does have the capability to be good in Earth decks with more drawing, deck thinning and discarding, all things that earth decks like.
The main weakness to Earth decks however, is that if it stops swarming, its losing. What makes earth so much better than other beatdowns is the capability to always have 2 monsters on the field and many more biding their time in their hand. If an Earth deck came across a stalling deck they would have to have nice luck to get out a mystic swordsman lv2 and Injection.
Also, Earth decks hate Kycoo, Soul Release, the regular removers as then the only swarming is through marauding, nimbles and rats. The best swarming is gigantes and the rock spirit.
Now here is my Earth deck list. Remember, i have never played earth, but i have seen people play it. It is very effective. I have made an Earth deck entirely on what i think would be a good one. No one else's opinion was involved.
Earth Deck: 43
Monsters: 23
Jinzo
Gigantes x3
Nimble Momonga x3
Marauding Captain x2
Goblin Attack Force x3
Giant Rat x3
Mystic Swordsman Lv2
Exiled Force
Injection Fairy Lily
Beserk Gorilla x3
Enraged Battle Ox x2
Spells: 13
Change of Heart
Heavy Storm
Mirage of Nightmare
Mystical Space Typoon
Nobleman of Crossout x2
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Reinforcements of the Army x2
Snatch Steal
The Forceful Sentry
Traps: 7
Call of the Haunted
Ceasefire
Dust Tornado x2
Ring of Destruction
Royal Decree (ba da du dah! The Trump Card! [not any longer when DB2 comes out])
Torrential Tribute
The main point of this deck is to get out Gigantes and Marauding to do some swarming and usually heavy damage to your opponent. I include 2 Dust Tornados to make up for Breaker and i also included Royal Decree as a Jinzo while Jinzo isnt out and also because none of the traps (except Torrential Tribute, too good not to put in) are offensive and the deck is supposed to fall back on monsters, not on spells or traps. Ceasefire with Ring is to deal the finishing blow to the opponent.
Any deck fixes would be greatly appreciated, just keep in mind i probably will never use the deck (unless i somehow get a bunch of ultra/super rares from a great uncle or something). I am on a budget (i havent got too much spectacular things in my chaos deck, its a work in progress).
Anyone who used my deck, please tell me how it went,
So thats goodbye, from Azza (or fridginators)
Stuff done so far:
1. Chaos from an underdog
2. The Overated and Underated exposed
3. The Overated and Underated exposed part 2
4. The True King of Swarming
Farewell
Until the next time.......
Azza
P.S. I have no idea what i am going to do next. Send me ideas through email please and i will choose one if it deserves merit.