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Tebezu on YuGiOh
The Beast Within
March 5, 2007

As the weekends shonen jump demonstrated, this format is full of life, diversity, and surprises.  The reason for this diversity is simply due to a lack energy.  For those of you who have/or will be studying ecological niches, biodiversity hot spots, etc. you will come to understand that more diversity (determined by the different kinds and amounts of life found in an area) exist in environments starved of energy.  This comes as a result of organisms being forced to find alternative ways to synthesize ATP (molecule responsible for a lot of metabolic processes).  We start to see massive amounts of mutalism take place, as each organism is forced to rely on another organism to generate needed energy.  In an environment full of energy we start to see the same pattern of energy consumption take place.  Most plants we are familiar with photosynthesize in the same fashion, most animals obtain nutrients by consuming something else, etc.
 
Yu-Gi-Oh's new mass extinction has altered the environment, doing so has given rise to new archetypes that no longer have to deal with the same deck over and over because those said decks have lost key elements that have driven them into extinction.  Diversity is now good, and as the format progresses we will start to witness what adaptations reign supreme.
 
With this in mind I introduce you all to a letter I received... 
 
Dear Tebezu,
 
In our hobby shop, the players are  fixated in making monarch control decks.  Since then, it has always become a question who is the fastest monarch control player.  I created this deck so that it may help them to be creative again.  Is there any way that I could improve this?
 
Thanks and good day,
 
John Paul Nuique
 
 
Normal Assault
 
Monsters -18
3 Cyber Dragon
3 Genetic Warwolf
3 Frost Saurus
2 Exiled Force
2 Mad Dog of Darkness
2 Luster Dragon
2 Insect Knight
1 Archfiend Soldier
 
Spells - 13
 
1 Heavy Storm
1 Smashing Ground
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Premature Burial
1 Nobleman of Crossout
2 Brain Control
2 Non-Spellcasting Area
2 Heart of The Underdog
2 Dark Factory of Mass Production
 
Traps - 9
 
2 Birthright
2 Justi-Break
2 Skill Drain
1 Mirror Force
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Call of the Haunted
 
 
This deck in and of itself is built good.  But I do not know how to stress that in order to be successful we must use tech as tech and not as a deck.  Normal monsters have all kinds of support and most of it is good support.  Cards that allow us to draw extra cards, bring 2 dead monsters back to our hand at the cost of one card, etc. are great ideas in theory.  But the downside of it all comes from such supports necessity for us to have a normal monster.  Thus such cards usefulness becomes limited to certain situations in the game that may not always be established.  In the current format (filled with no draw power outside of monsters and generic traps/spells) every card needs to count.  Players who make mistakes are going to have a harder time crawling out of their hole.  Thus more skill and less luck is going to be needed to accomplish the harder task of winning.  If every card is usable the less importance "lucky" draws have.  We begin to see decks that can accomplish tasks pretty much no matter what their opening hands look like.  We have to build decks that down right OwNz its opposition.  This accomplish has been for generations found in the aggro/beatdown archetype.  Beast monsters offer us some of the best monster type support available.  Searchers, trample, phoenix, KING TIGER WANGHU, etc.  Thus with this in mind I can only hope you all listen  too your inner beast and allow it to consume you!
 
The Beast Within
 
(41)
 
Monster (21)
 
3x Cyber Dragon
3x Genetic Warwolf
3x Vorse Raider
1x Mad Dog of Darkness
2x Enraged Battle Ox
2x Giant Rat
1x Neo-Spacien Grand Mole
2x Exiled Force
2x D.D. Assailant
1x Spirit Reaper
1x D.D. Warrior Lady
 
Spell (12)
 
2x Smashing Ground
2x My Body as a Shield
2x Creature Swap
1x Reinforcements of the Army
1x Premature burial
1x Nobleman of Crossout
1x Snatch Steal
1x Heavy Storm
1x Scapegoat
 
Trap (8)
 
2x Justi-Break
1x Sakuretsu Armor
1x Widespread Ruin
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Ring of Destruction
 
 
Side Deck (15)
 
2x King Tiger Wanghu
2x Mobius the Frost Monarch
2x Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
2x Mystic Tomato
2x Don Zaloog
1x Sangan
1x Treeborn Frog
1x Brain Control
1x Non-Spellcasting Area
1x Widespread Ruin
 
 
This deck can easily be adjusted to perfection (which i hope you all do and send me back some ideas).  But it offers massive amounts of removal (mass removal and the one for one kind) versatility as far as monster exchange is concerned, and gives us no excuse to ignore King Tiger Wanghu.  The King really is a fine monster who rains all over lilies parade (she likes to party with the gadgets, Giant Rat, Tomato's, etc. so they all suffer too!)
 
Not to mention the beast archetype allows Bazoo the Soul Eater to find a happy niche.
 
I really hope that you all take this deck into consideration.  Look at it, improve it, and play it.  The only way any of us can accomplish a goal is by playing to our strengths.  For those of us who like good old fashion face smashing, well we need to get cracking cause this format is all about breaking skulls.
 
If anyone wants to talk, has suggestions, crazy deck ideas, etc. I can be contacted at...
 


 


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