May 2008

reaching full potential - jonjr

this tip is exactly what it implies, an old favorite monster of mine has finally become a real game winner thanks to the new dark emperor sd. the monster in particular im talking about is the big stick of the spirit monsters Hino Kagu Tsuchi, now hino will always have a special meaning for me as he was the very first rare i pulled out of a booster pack and one of the first good cards i ever had. unfortunatley for hino, he was released along side a broken little crow, and even after that cards banishment, hino never saw play because of his two tribute status. now though thanks to the rampant availability of the d.d. survivor/scout plane tribute loop hino's negatives have become for the most part a thing of the past. i built a deck designed specifically to bring this guy back.

 

Hand RFG

 

Monsters 23

 

Hino Kagu Tsuchi x2

 

Caius the Shadow Monarch x 2

 

D.D. Scout Plane x 3

 

Cyber Dragon x 2

 

Jinzo

 

D.D. Survivor x 3

 

Horus lv 6

 

Horus lv 8

 

D.D. Warrior Lady

 

D.D. Assailant x2 

 

Exiled Force

 

Banisher of the Radiance

 

Needle Worm

 

Don Zaloog

 

D.D. Crow

 

Spells 13

 

Enemy Controller x2

 

Giant Trunade

 

Magic Reflector

 

Shrink x 3

 

MST

 

Heavy Storm

 

D.D.R.

 

Reinforcement of the Army

 

Dimensional Fissure x 2

 

 

Traps 6

 

Macro Cosmos x2

 

Royal Decree

 

Torrential Tribute

 

Return from D.D.

 

Ultimate Offering.

 

Total 42.

 

let me explain a little how this works, most of the cards are just from the DESD with some other staples in there.the main combo this works off is turning the 3 survivors and scout planes into an infinte tribute/ wall. these cards also work great with enemy controller, turning it into effectively a change of heart. anyway you want to sac those monsters for hino as soon as your opponent leaves his defenses down, this isn't as risky as it always used to be however since the D.D. returners will protect you from counter attacks if hino slams into a purple card of some kind or another. traps have always been hino's biggest fear as since he returns to your hand most forms of magic removal don't work that well, so you want to either have decree jinzo or use a trunade that turn you attack. just for the record i have never once in all my time playing this deck had my opponent recover froma hino attack, topdecking your way out of the D.D. loop is just about impossible. your main goal on defense should simply be protecting cosmos/fissure so i put in a magic reflector to hamper any monarchs. return from d.d. isn't really needed that badly but it can't really hurt, also needle worm may seem like a strange choice but with all the giant beatstick monsters running around with "special summon this broken monster by removing blah blah amount of blah blah type from your graveyard" needle worm first turn can almost certainly damper things for them because in most decks RFG means it if you're not prepared for it.

 

strengths

very solid wall/tribute fodder

 

very disruptive

 

topdecking against this deck mid to late game is almost impossible

 

stops super special summon monsters (Zerato, DAD, ect)

 

weaknesses

Hino is always bad against traps

 

jinzo and decree will hurt your own cosmos'

 

if you can't get the cosmos/fissure scout plane/survivor combo going your in for some dead draws.

 

i know this was a long article, and if you have any ideas on substitutions for some cards or some good side deck ideas please let me know at jonjrhr@yahoo.com