July 2006
From: Jacob Linville
[mailto:bigbilly68rox@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 9:00 AM
To: yugiohcrew@pojo.com
Subject: Like a Rock - Jacob Linville
Hi! It's me again with an underplayed, yet effective
deck type. No, this isn't a Dodge commercial, it's a
Rock/Burn Deck. It's main focus is the new
Ultra-Rare card in the new starter deck, the newest
reincarnation of Exodia,
Exxod, Master of the Guard. Instead of unstoppable
attack, it has an unstoppable defense. But, more
importantly, it has an effect.
Exxod, Master of the Guard
Earth
8 stars
(rock/effect)
This card cannot be Normal Sumoned or Set. This card
cannot be Special Summoned except by Tributing 1
monster on your side of the field that includes
"sphinx" in it's card name. While this card is
face-up on the field, each time an EARTH monster is
Flip-Summoned, inflict 1000 points of
damage to your opponent's Life Points. 0/4000
The sphinx thing might seem like a drawback, but the
sphinx cards are actually a great help to this deck.
Here's the deck. Then, check out the strategy(if you
don't already know it).
Monsters 23
x2 Exxod, Master of the Guard
x2 Hieracosphinx
x2 Criosphinx
x2 Guardian Sphinx
x2 Guardian Statue
x2 Moai Interceptor Cannons
x2 Medusa Worm
x2 Golem Sentry
x2 Megarck Dragon
x3 Giant Rat
x2 Great Spirit
Spells 13
x3 Shield and Sword
x2 MST
Graceful Charity
Brain Control
x2 Hammer Shot
Premature Burial
x2 Nobleman of Crossout
SORL
Traps 4
x2 Magic Drain
x2 Compulsory Evacuation Device
Obviously, Exxod is our burn engine. Hieracosphinx
has 3 functions: 1) Protect your facedown monsters
so you get their effects. 2) Beatstick. 3) Sacrifice
for Exxod. Get this guy out, build an army of
facedown monsters, sac him for Exxod and you can win
in 2 TURNS!!! Criosphinx is interesting and very
useful and versatile. With the heavy amount of
bounce cards, this card can be devastating. He can
also be Special Summoned w/ Giant Rat for no
Tribute, plus he is a sphinx. Guardian Sphinx is
amazing w/ Criosphinx and he is a sphinx, too.
Guardian Statue and Golem Sentry are re-flippable
and bouncers. Moai Interceptor Cannons are high
defense and re-flippable. Medusa
Worm is great monster removal. Megarock Dragon is a
game winner mid-late game. Giant Rat gets out
anything you may need at the time. Great Spirit is
just wow. Great effect, re-flippable, makes
beatstick, searchable. Shield and Sword is just so
unexpectaed and surprising when Exxod is out. Your
opponent will be so astounded, they will forget
about their facedown Mirror Force. Hammer Shot is
great removal and always will hurt your opponent.
Magic Drain is good counter that will always be a
1-for-1. Compulsory Evacuation Device is bounce.
Strengths
The strength in this deck is it's versatility on the
win strategy. It burns,
attacks, bounces, and has hand destruction. What
DOSEN'T this deck do. And with all my decks, it's
underplayed(although there is a starter deck for
it*HINT*), so it's a surprise.
Weaknesses
Like any deck, it runs into bad hands. If you have
Exxod and no sphinx, you're stuck.An underplayed
counter to this deck is Dark Mirror Force.
"Okay, I'll activate Shield and Sword and attack you
w/ Exxod." "Dark Mirror
Force!" "NOOOOOOOOO!!!" Now you're stuck with a zero
ATK Exxod and no support or burn. That's why this
deck has so much bounce. Don't waste all your
resources early or you could end up in this
scenario.
Hope you like the deck!
Send anything you want(cough*deck ideas*cough) to
bigbilly68rox@hotmail.com I'm out of school, so I
can reply fast!
