New format has come!

As the title, new format has come, which is something I'm (and maybe all of you are) really really happy about.

Of course at the start of the format there's not much to talk about the game. New sets will be released, more stupid deck(s), combo(s) will be provided by Troll-nami, and we'll be having another six months of struggling against meta tier 1.

But whatever, significant changes have been made, and we should be happy about them, at least for now.

No more Dragonfly Centipede Hornet blowing you entire field.
No more Shark Magician Avarice destroying your whole hand when your turn has not even started.
No more Future Fusion into a full field of Dragons (probably along with a Sorcerer or a Soldier).

Many things more, sure, but those 3 combos (are they called combos?) were the pain in our ass as they make the game unlike the YGO TCG we've been enjoying before.

What to expect? People open Earth into Venus into Gachi Gachi followed by Master Hyperion/Archlord Kristya after you get over the 2000 beatstick and the 2200 stall guy. We have Temtempo now, so it's not as hard as a year ago when Agent Angel won Worlds. Stupid opening whatsoever.

What more to expect? One for One discarding Dandylion get Spore to the field. Beware!

Worse situation? Lonefire into Dandylion followed by Call of the Haunted/Monster Reborn.

Mmm...

What not to expect?

TeleDAD is dead, and will never be revived even though Destiny Draw and Emergency Teleport are all at 3. Reasons? 1 Allure of Darkness, 2 Malicious, NO Goyo Guardian or whatever level 6 synchro monster. Stardust can be killed quite easily now, additionally.

Blackwing is not revivied. 1 Black Whirwind means no instant Kalut/Gale (semi-limited and limited, respectively), which makes Blacking just like a tier 2 deck. Playable on DuelingNetwork, but totally screwed during big tournaments filled with meta(s).

Hieratic, Chaos Dragon, Wind Up are not dead. They're not as powerful as they used to be, but don't forget them when you're preparing your side deck.

YCS Toronto is on the way. First big event of the format, interesting enough to watch on live coverage I guess.

That's for today. More decklist coming once Dueling Network is active again.

Peace!