From: Philip Lee [mailto:philip_lee9@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 11:10 AM
Subject: Turning a negative into a positive - by
Itsy Spider
Hi guys. I just wanted to post some tips on a card
that I think deserves to be seen more often-Creature
Swap.
In my opinion, I think that Creature Swap is a great
card. Nothing like trading away your weak monster to
take control of your opponent's Jinzo/Mobius, right?
I can remember loads of situations where I topdecked
it
and managed to literally turn the tables. Once, I
managed to win by swapping
one of my monsters for Jinzo.
Of course, there are a few cons. Technically,
Creature Swap is a -1 card advantage. You're giving
up two cards (Creature swap and your monster) for
one of your opponent's monsters.
But there is a way to turn that minus into a plus.
I thought of this when I still used my 'searcher'
deck (It uses multiple Mother Grizzlys, UFO Turtles
and Pyramid Turtles)
The solution to the -1 card advantage is really
simple.
Simply summon a 'searcher', such as Mother Grizzly,
Masked dragon, etc. and swap it. Now use their
monster and attack your own monster. Your opponent
gets -1 because they lost your monster. But then you
get to use the effect of your searcher and search
out another copy from your deck. An instant +1 for
you.
You -2 (Creature Swap and your 'searcher') You +1
(Your opponent's monster) Your opponent -1 (They
lose your monster) You +1 (You get another copy of
your monster)
Simple, huh?
There are also other ways that you can get even more
advantage. An alternative to the above is to search
Spirit Reaper/White Magical Hat/Don Zaloog/Masked
Sorceror and (maybe) attack them directly to gain
even more advantage. If you want to deal more
damage, you could use one of your searchers to
suicide into the other searcher that you gave them
with Creature Swap, thus letting you get two more
monsters onto the field to attack your opponent
directly with. You could even suicide Mystic Tomato
into your own Mystic Tomato, letting you search out
two Don Zaloogs!
Hopefully, this article will let other duelists
think of new ways to gain card advantage. I hope
that more duelists out there will use Creature Swap
in the future.
If you want to send me any suggestions or you want
to yell at me for any reason, just e-mail me at
philip_lee9@hotmail.com (Please, don't spam me or
anything)
Itsy Spider
