May 2008

My Meta Zombie Update - P.Vicious Boston

 

                 Welcome back to my second entry into online Yu-Gi-Oh. My last article featured my personal zombie deck and what each of the "non-staples that I include in my deck and why I chose certain ones. Over more decktesting and an UDE ruling reversal of Zombie Master I had to fix my deck just a tiny bit. Here are the corrections and updates.

 

Monsters: 19

 

1x Il Blud
1x Dark Magician of Chaos
2x Ryu Kokki
2x D.D. Crow
1x Sangan***
1x Armageddon Knight***
1x Destiny Hero Disc-Commander***
1x Spirit Reaper
1x Morphing Jar
2x Goblin Zombie
3x Zombie Master
3x Pyramid Turtule

 

Magic: 17

 

1x Monster Reborn
1x Premature Burial
3x Book of Life
1x Card Destruction***
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Lightning Vortex
1x Brain Control
1x Giant Trunade
2x My Body as a Shield
3x Card of Safe Return (for some reason I didn't list this last article. Sorry!)
 

Traps: 6

 

1x Mind Crush***
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Limit Reverse***
2x Divine Wrath

 

The deck comes out to 42 cards which is one more than what I wanted
to run but the additional cards I added can cut that gap down so it
is a fair trade.

Ok this is my finished project for the time being of Zombies. Why did I make these changes?I made these changes because of playability and some ruling changes. If you didn't knowUDE made a rulings change this week before Shonen Jump Saint Louis to Lumina and Zombie Master. Now you cannot activate Zombie Masters effect if you do not have a legal target ALREADY in the grave.  Therefore you cannot ditch zombie master for zombie masters effect and revive him if there isn't already a level 4 or lower zombie in the grave to target.

Sangan: Sangan welcome to the team! Sangan is replacing effectivly Plague Wolf as a monster to give me some more versatility to search out Pyramid Turtle, Goblin Zombie, Spirit Reaper, D.D. Crow, and Armageddon Knight. This provides a faster more reliable touch and increases my options especially flipping torrential while this is on the field evening out my losses or cutting them shorter than they normally would.

 

Armageddon Knight: Because of the rulings change I was forced to look for a way to burn through getting monsters in my grave faster and more effeciently. Thanks to this guy I can now deck thin and get my grave full at the same time. To me this is the equivelient of Stratos for my Zombies. Not only can it get a Zombie, it can push in my Disc Commander or Sangan for abuse with limit reverse which is also a new addition!

 

Destiny Hero Disc-Commander: This was a hard choice to put in as it bumped my monsters past 18 which I felt was a comfortable number to deal with especially with all the revival in the deck. This can be abused with Limit Reverse for revival. Be careful though if you decide to follow because it can and most likely will trigger a memo for your opponent when they see it in the grave for later use. Although...You can also let them burn their monster reborn and chain Limit Reverse to make them waste a card and give yourself a +2.

 

Card Destruction: Another addition due to the rulings change effective before SJC Saint Louis. Burns your opponents hand like Morphing Jar, gets cards into the grave for zombie masters effect, and helps you with extra options which is the most important thing when playing.

 

Mind Crush: I do not have crush card and Trap Dustshoot has a stipulation where your opponent must have 4 cards. While thats great turn 1-3 late game hands can be down to 1-2 cards. Mind Crush can let you get to know exactly what to get. Your opponent searches with stratos for a D-Draw? burn them with this (CAUTION: Can backfire hardcore so watch yourself). This also can be used well when your opponent draws, checks his
then your grave simultaneously, call Monster Reborn and hopefully get lucky. Not to mention if they keep checking the number of Darks they have in grave. An aware player would make the call of Dark Armed Dragon to remove it from their hand and save yourself the game hopefully.

 

Limit Reverse: New addition and a much welcomed one! While I do play this at one it is VERY helpful to create advantage. While it can only target Disc Commander and Sangan (it can target spirit reaper but he dies because of him being targeted when he hits the field) it is a very useful card. Chain this to their summoning, draw 2 or search then torrential. Activate in endphase, draw 2 then turn to defense mode on main phase or summon sangan, sacrifice for Ryu Kokki/Il Blud/Dmoc and let the good times roll.

 

Next Article: A look to a Dead Future! Japan is getting a NEW Zombie Structure deck called Undead World. I will be examining the new cards and determining their usefulness and when we can hopefully expect to see these cards in the TCG! Til next time! Keep playing and thinking!

 

If anyone has any questions please feel free to write me at Wrath886@yahoo.com. Please make your topic Yu-Gi-Oh Pojo and I will read and respond to it! I appreciating you the reader taking time to read this and I look forward to writing again.