August 2006

From: Cody Chisholm [mailto:totallycereal@gci.net]
To: yugiohcrew@pojo.com
Sent: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 23:26:22 -0800
Subject: A Piece of the Puzzle... Countering the Meta - Cyber Captain

Hi, all you guys out in pojo land!

I am guessing you are wondering what I mean to say by "a piece of the puzzle," seeing that it's my title and all. Well, every one, like you, I do not like the CC at all. not one bit. I know, I know, everyone plays it, and it wins. But do you know WHY it wins? Because we allow it to. that's right. The only reason we let the deck win is because every one plays the same thing, so how would you ever know if there is a better deck type out there? I'll tell you up front, CC decks suck. Really badly... I might add. Almost every creative yet competitive deck can beat it. the main trick is using your instinct. That is what wins you duels. your first thought in a situation brings you to your next. Which creates win condition. which creates a duel win, and then a match win.

I have had quite a few different local tourneys, and quite a few people play the CC. Which is bad. And then there is the Minority of Inventors (MI). These people, who run these Out of the Box decks leak originality from every pore of their body (in a figurative way.) Me, you ask? Oh, well I'll get to that in a bit.

But first, I would like to show you something. Have you ever heard the saying "learn from your past?" Well, you should listen to it. The MI, and I know you're out there, should start to rebel against the CC. Just like in the Civil War, and the African American Struggle for Equality, and all of that turkey jive.If you know a person that owns a CC deck and regularly takes it to regionals, then please inform him that he has officially stolen that deck from someone else, and he should give it back and make his own. Because a CC deck, by definition, is one fairly competitive deck that is netdecked and netdecked until rung dry. There are plenty of Competitiive decks out there.

You must first understand the CC deck. It is a deck built out of all of the best support cards for different types of other decks. With those cards, they all have potential in their own decks, which is why they were made. They were NOT made to be "Splashed." Nothing was. Every card has a purpose.

Think of a deck as a puzzle. It is riddled with all sorts of different cards. A sturctured deck, or a nice, elaborate puzzle consists of many different pieces that create synergy and work together to make a nice picture in the end. A CC deck is like taking 5 different jigsaw puzzles, and trying to fit the prettiest pieces together. It shouldn't work like that, but we allow it to. We need to start making more nice-looking puzzles, if you catch my drift. Take my deck for example. It takes a piece of the puzzle, the most common one, in fact, and uses it for its true potential. Yes, it is a Cyber Dragon. A deck made around this Card is good, because the Incredible ability of the card pulls the wait for the lot of "-1" cards it uses. Cyber Dragon was made for it's own deck, which is why it came out with the 2 most astounding fusions in the game today. No, I'm not saying that Cyber Dragon decks, along with all of the other decks with potetial, HAVE to be filled with ALL of its support. For example, Cyber Laser and Barrier Dragons aren't worth it to put it into the Cyber Dragon Deck, because they cannot pull their own wait, and they're piece is too big to fit in the puzzle. You should utilize more than one strategy in a competitiive MI Deck, for if one idea fails, a backup can always be handy. For example, I do not only run Cyber Dragons and protos and the lot, but I use The Dark-Hex Sealed, with Blowback Dragon and Cannon Soldier, therefore giving me two more fusions - Gatling Dragon and Labyrinth Tank. I know these guys aren't the best choices alone, but when pulled together, makes that much of a difference.

So, I would first like to tell you that Netdecking this is strictly prohibited. So don't do it... Please.

Shining Cyber Dragons:

Fusion: 6
1x Cyber End Dragon
2x Cyber Twin Dragon
1x Gatling Dragon
2x Labyrinth Tank

Deck: 41
Monsters: 20
3x Cyber Dragon
3x Proto-Cyber Dragon
1x Reflect Bounder
2x Cannon Soldier
1x Heavy Mech Support Platform
1x Blowback Dragon
1x The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion
1x The Dark - Hex-Sealed Fusion
1x Gear Golem the Moving Fortress
1x Breaker the Magical Warrior
1x Tsukuyomi
1x Exiled Force
1x D.D. Warrior Lady
1x Magician of Faith
1x Morphing Jar

Spells: 16
1x Giant Trunade
1x Graceful Charity
1x Heavy Storm
1x Inferno Reckless Summon
1x Last Will
1x Lightning Vortex
1x Limiter Removal
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Nobleman of Crossout
2x Power Bond
1x Premature Burial
1x Smashing Ground
1x Snatch Steal
1x Swords of Revealing Light
1x United We Stand

Traps: 5
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Divine Wrath
1x Magic Cylinder
1x Royal Decree
1x Torrential Tribute

I think adding the Side would be a little much, for it gives you an even better reason to Netdeck. The stradegy of this deck is to hold out until you've got the right cards, and then go for the kill and overextent as far as your gazing eye can reach. The OTK is great in this format, and the Decree stops Return Variant Dead in their tracks, while keeping 5 traps will cease Royal Decree Control. The Cylinder Will most likely stop those Steins, and the Divine Wrath is for those annoying X forces and Zaborgs. And if you can, always go for the greatest combo this deck probably has:

Cannon, pop or 500; Last Will, get Proto;Inferno, pull out make opponent do nothing with their faceup don; 2x Power Bond, G-G-G-G-Game!

It's never failed me.

Anyway, that's how it works. I would love to encourage more decktypes that can reflect the CC right back at them, creating more powerful and original Archtypes, and it would also be nice to see a little diversity in decks these days. I hope you have time to write me back... You know, Comments, Suggestions, Hate Mail Telling me I'm an Idiot, Whatever you can conjure up. just make sure it's good enough for me to not waste my time on it, because 13-yeat-olds have things to do, worlds to conquer... Just no Viruses. they make me sick, and I'm saying that for both mine, AND my computer's sake.

I'll be listening to you 24/7 at totallycereal@gci.net in case you don't already know. I'll get back to you asap, but just remember, up in here in Alaska, there's quite a bit of a time difference.

Enjoy and Respond,

Cyber Captain