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From: Kaze [mailto:taekmkm@hotmail.com]
Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:50 PM

2 deck structures for Budget Wise and Strategy Wise Duelists - Kaze
 

So far, we’ve seen Zombies and Water, two recent structure decks that have revolutionized the game both budget-wise and strategy wise. As we prepare for the new Warrior Structure deck which is made up of mostly Earth monsters, we should look back and see what we’ve missed.

Dai tries to end the long duel with Suki by summoning his Enraged Battle Ox and hopes to pierce enough damage for game. “Attack your face-down!”

“Reveal Legendary Jujitsu master!”

“Jeez!” Dai lost lots of things from that one attack: his field presence, Lifepoints, and basically his turn. “I use Swords of Revealing Light. End turn.” He tries to buy time until he can summon his Berserk Gorilla next turn.

“Draw, and summon Chiron the Mage! Discard Metamorphosis to destroy Swords of Revealing Light! Now both my monsters attack!”

“Drats! Not again. Stop beating me already!” Dai complained.

“Don’t blame me. Blame the author.”

*Kaze runs away*

Legendary Jujitsu Master is a powerful defensive monster that has very well-balanced stats for a level-3 monster. 1300 atk means you have a good weapon against Stall game 1, and 1800 defense can hold against D.D. Assailants, Enraged Battle Ox, Tribe-Infecting Virus, and other monsters that can’t cap the high defense. The Earth status is what turns the average competitive duelist away, as well as the rock sub-type even further. However, it doesn’t’ have to be a light/dark to be good. The effect should warrant it’s play enough, and it has the stats to back it up. It’s one of the main bases for a Deck Crisis deck, having the ability to Spin the attacking monster back to the top of the deck, delaying their next draw phase AND losing their normal summon most likely. That gives you a somewhat advantage.

On the other hand, another underrated monster in the TCG is Chiron the Mage. Long shunned as a Breaker in Beastdown only, people don’t seem to realize that Chiron the Mage is most useful in decks like Goat Control-Morph. The average OCG Goat Control contains around 15-16 monsters, due to the logic that while Thousand-Eyes Restrict is on the field, you don’t want a hand full of monsters as you wait. Chiron lets you clear the field of Torrential Tribute, Sakuretsu Armors, and Mirror Force for Thousand-Eyes Restrict to attack through. Discarding a 3rd copy of Scapegoat or Metamorphosis isn’t a big deal compared to Aggro where you might discard a Smashing Ground. Goat Control lacks spell/trap destruction and Chiron balances that. Plus, 1800 atk isn’t too shabby.

Personally, both are excellent Side-deck material and possible main-deck material if you run Goat Control, Aggro, or Chaos. Legendary Jujitsu Master is nice disruption against Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys and Zombie decks in general, while Chiron the Mage can destroy Deck Crisis and stall like no other. Then again, I suck at explaining, so I’ll do a sample standard Goat Control deck:

Monsters:
[2] Tsukuyomi
[1] Chaos Soldier
[1] Asura Priest
[1] Legendary Jujitsu Master
[2] Magician of Faith
[1] Airknight Parsath
[2] Chiron the Mage
[1] Tribe-Infecting Virus
[1] Sinister Serpent
[1] Breaker the Magical Warrior
[1] Stealth Bird
[1] Sangan

Spells:
[1] Mystical Space Typhoon
[1] Delinquent Duo
[2] Nobleman of Crossout
[3] Scapegoat
[1] Heavy Storm
[1] Pot of Greed
[2] Book of Moon
[1] Swords of Revealing Light
[1] Premature Burial
[1] Snatch Steal
[2] Metamorphosis
[1] Graceful Charity
[1] My Body as a Shield

Traps:
[1] Ring of Destruction
[1] Torrential Tribute
[1] Call of the Haunted
[1] Mirror Force
[3] Sakuretsu Armor

Pretty standard, at least by OCG I mean. Low monster count for a Morph Goat Control, with a sub-high count in spells and traps. 3 Sakuretsu Armors protect you from Tsukuyomi trying to take a dip in your control, while My Body as a Shield stops Torrential Tribute, Tribe-Infecting Virus, and Lightning Vortex as the main threats once Thousand-Eyes is on the field. 2 Metamorphosis may be low, but we’re going on the “Strong base with major good back-up” plan. Book of Moons are practical staples for fighting opposing Thousand-Eyes.

Asura Priest is simply to wipe out the resources of the opponent’s Goats. Legendary Jujitsu Master serves as the main monster defense. 2 Chiron the Mages slowly drains the opponent’s resources with your plentiful spare spells. 3 Spirits may be much, but it works and play-tested well. Stealth Bird is a personal favorite of mine, as 1700 defense stops a LOT more than you think, and is a win-condition all own it’s own without attacking. Who doesn’t love that? A win condition AND field presence? Sign me up. *cough* Wait, never mind. The Stealth Bird rant article isn’t until next month >.>;

So if you love Earth, love the OCG, and love underrated cards that most TCG players wouldn’t even look at, try these two cards for a nice one-two punch of 1800ness.

For complaints about me wasting 10 minutes of your life, contact me at

taekmkm@hotmail.com