Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Deck that will rape you next TCG format

Check my blog roll for more information

Karakuri
Hieratic
Machina Gadget
Blackwing
Infernity
Dark World
Agent

And the list goes on

And this is for K'yde, LGQ and anyone who loves Hieratic: How will you build the deck next format?

Saturday, August 17, 2013

The awesomeness of Deep Sea Diva

Let's say we run 3 Deep Sea Diva, 1 Atlantean Marksman and 1 Atlantean Dragoons in our deck

Summon Diva equals:

*Herald of Pure Light:  Recycle basically everything you want to recycle with minimal cost. Getting back BLS/Dark Armed Dragon/Master Hyperion/... while returning a useless card to your deck? Too good

*Trishula: Marksman attacks calling out Dragoons, make Trishula. 1 card Trishula without required setup? Too awesome

*Daigusto Phoenix: 3000 damage

*Gachi Gachi: Classic wall

*Armor Kappa (in case you run Heavy Infantry): Clear 1 face-up card, even Dimensional Fissure, while gaining 1000 ATK permanently

*Catastor: Classic crusher

I'm wondering why Konami decided to release Trishula but not hit Deep Sea Diva. Because they think people would still main deck Imperial Iron Walls? So retarded

Friday, August 16, 2013

Confirmed September ban list

Source here


Forbidden Cards 「禁止カード」:

Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks 「炎征竜-バーナー」
Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets 「水征竜-ストリーム」
Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles 「地征竜-リアクタン」
Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts 「風征竜-ライトニング」
Spellbook of Judgment 「魔導書の神判」

Limited Cards 「制限カード」:

Genex Ally Birdman 「A・ジェネクス・バードマン」
Wind-Up Shark 「ゼンマイシャーク」
Mermail - Abyssteus「水精鱗-ディニクアビス」
Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Rooster 「立炎星-トウケイ」
Number 11: Big Eye 「No.11 ビッグ・アイ」
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier 「氷結界の龍 トリシューラ」
Super Rejuvenation 「超再生能力」
Divine Wind of Mist Valley 「霞の谷の神風」
Abyss-sphere 「アビスフィアー」

Semi-Limited Cards 「準制限カード」:

Chaos Sorcerer 「カオス・ソーサラー」
Gladiator Beast Bestiari 「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole 「N・グラン・モール」
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness 「冥府の使者ゴーズ」
Fire Formation - Tenki 「炎舞-「天キ」
Black Whirlwind 「黒い旋風」

No longer limited 「準制限」:

Wind-Up Magician 「ゼンマイマジシャン」
Tsukuyomi 「月読命」
E - Emergency Call 「E-エマージェンシーコール」
Advanced Ritual Art 「高等儀式術」
Pot of Duality 「強欲で謙虚な壺」
Scapegoat 「スケープ・ゴート」
Reasoning 「名推理」
Mirror Force 「聖なるバリア-ミラーフォース-」

Almost the same as the leaked list, with the addition of  Chaos Sorcerer (now semi-limited), Tenki (now semi-limited) and Reasoning (now unlimited)

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The list that people are crazy about






Newly Forbidden:
Burner, Dragon Ruler of Sparks (炎征竜-バーナー)
Lightning, Dragon Ruler of Drafts (風征竜-ライトニング)
Reactan, Dragon Ruler of Pebbles (地征竜-リアクタン)
Stream, Dragon Ruler of Droplets (水征竜-ストリーム)
Spellbook of Judgment (魔導書の神判)

Newly Limited:
Brotherhood of the Fire Fist – Rooster (立炎星-トウケイ)
Genex Ally Birdman (A・ジェネクス・バードマン)
Mermail Abyssteus (水精鱗-ディニクアビス)
Wind-Up Shark (ゼンマイシャーク)
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier (氷結界の龍 トリシューラ)
Number 11: Big Eye (No.11 ビッグ・アイ)
Divine Wind of Mist Valley (霞の谷の神風)
Super Rejuvenation (超再生能力)
Abyss-sphere (アビスフィアー)

Newly Semi-Limited:
Gladiator Beast Bestiari (剣闘獣ベストロウリィ)
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness (冥府の使者ゴーズ)
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole (N・グラン・モール)
Black Whirlwind (黒い旋風)

Newly Unlimited:
Tsukuyomi (月読命)
Wind-Up Magician (ゼンマイマジシャン)
Advanced Ritual Art (高等儀式術)
E – Emergency Call (E-エマージェンシーコール)
Pot of Duality (強欲で謙虚な壺)
Scapegoat (スケープ・ゴート)
Mirror Force (聖なるバリア-ミラーフォース-)



That's quite a few changes...

And if this is true...

Would definitely go for the rank 4-based deck then. Constellar, Evilswarm, Wolfberk Fire Fist,...

Mermail comes back to the original form of Genex Undine, with the addition of Tidal

Spellbook comes back to the original form of pre-LTGY (still a good deck though)

Dragons then can only be splashed into attribute-themed deck, or mixed into one with the help of Lightsworn and/or Card Trooper engine

It's quite doubtful who would even run Trishula right now. What deck can make it without difficulties aside from Infernity?

Monday, August 12, 2013

Worlds

The champion is Taiwan rep Shin En Huang IIRC

Decklist:


Source: Yugioh Edition Singapore

Quite a weird deck: No Gold Sarcophagus, Dragon Ravine replaces them all, then LADD, then no Ancient Sacred Wyvern. The lack of Master of Blades is understandable because there would be absolutely no Evilswarm or anything that targets at Worlds

Spoiler: I don't hate this guy for being fat, I'll just be reporting the duel a little bit

So, in the final duel, when David Keener had double Starhall Jowgen, Blue Magician AND Solemn Judgment set, it was Huang's turn. He summoned Tsukuyomi, and Keener let it go? The moment I saw him nodded, I immediately knew who would be the Worlds Champion 2013.

Moving on, Huang pitched Blaster for Stream, calling out Tidal, then pitched Redox for Lightning, calling out Tempest. He made Dracosack, which got Fate'd to face-down. Huang called back the discarded Redox, killed Jowgen and Magician with Tsukuyomi and Redox, finally Rejuvenation'd for 4, into another Rejuvenation for 4 (what a lucksack)

Keener fought back, cleared the Dracossack with Jowgen + Power (Judgment included), ending the turn with quite a strong position consisting of Jowgen in ATK position, double Starhall (total of 12+ counters) + Spellbook Tower face-up, Spellbook of Fate + Solemn Judgment + Phoenix Wing Wind Blast set, adding 4 Books during the End Phase, with the Wind Blast getting MST'd

Strong position?

Huang summoned Tsukuyomi (yet again), and this time Keener chose to Solemn Judgment it

It still seems like a good lock for Keener, of course. The seemed-to-be only out of Huang was cleared

BUT

Huang followed with Card Destruction, trading his just-refuelled hand (due to double Rejuvenation from the previous turn) for a new hand consisting of Blaster and Burner...

This was Huang's feeling expression after pitching Blaster and Burner, taken from the live stream
Of course Huang called back Tempest, Tidal and Redox, attacked into Keener's clear field to wipe out his 3900 life point left (due to Solemn Judgment)

Had Keener not conserved his Solemn Judgment, the championship would have definitely gone to US team

I really didn't/don't understand what Keener was saving the Judgment for. If Huang had Heavy Storm, there wouldn't be Keener's extra turn anyway

And, double Rejuvenation for 8 into Card Destruction into Blaster + Burner is skill

Luck is a part of this game, especially this format. I don't blame Huang for having luck at the right time, but it's still a pity how the US team lost this competition. They're really strong, but due to the overpoweredness, Keener had to face Aaron Riker (rapture) in top 8. I guess luck stood by his side during the top 8 :<

Earlier, Hiromi Kodou and Thai rep faced each other in the 3rd/4th place match. The first game was REALLY slow, which lasted for more than one hour. Thai rep resolved 3 Threatening Roar and 1 EEV on spell to secure the win. In game 2 Kudo won it quick, and in game 3 Thai rep (I can't remember his name, sorry) had a combination of Book of Moon and Threatening Roar to push through Kudo's Scarecrow, then flipped the Roar during Kudo's last turn to secure the win (in time)

His deck didn't have any hand traps at all (wtf). Instead he played 3 Threatening Roars, 2 EEVs and Return from DD. That helped him in the Dragon mirror, but I guess his weird choice cost him the Spellbook match vs. Keener. Kudo played it out really well, but Thai rep's deck is too good for playing in time

And that's it. Until next time guys xD

Thursday, August 8, 2013

Transmodify (Transturn) is awesome

Summon Karakuri Merchant 177 Inashichi, search your deck for Karakuri Ninja 919 Kuick
Transmodify the Merchant into Karakuri Komachi 224 Ninishi, effect normal summon Kuick, then go into Burei into usual Karakuri stunts

Activate The Sanctuary in the Sky (yes, I know it sucks). Summon Agent Earth, search Master Hyperion. Transmodify into Agent Venus, pay for 3 Balls. Stack 2 Balls for Herald of Pure Light, use its effect to detach a Ball, add that Ball (you have Earth as a legal target, don't worry) to your hand, and return that Ball to your deck. Venus pay 500 more, get that Ball again, stack with the other remaining Ball for Daigusto Phoenix. Then drop Hyperion, banishing the Earth. 600 + 1600 + 3000 + 2700 is 7900 lol

Summon Infernity Necromancer, summon Archfiend. Transmodify Necromancer into more Archfiends, enough said

Summon Spellbook Magician of Prophecy, search Judgment/Secret, Transmodify into Justice/Temperance (in case Spellbook/Prophecy gets hit somehow)

Summon Treeborn Frog, Transmodify into Swap Frog, start the Frog stunts

Summon Diva for Marksman, Transmodify into double Marksman, attack, calling out 2 Dragoons, attack (total 6400), xyz Bahamut Shark in MP2 then search Diva + summon Abysstrite and a rank 3 of your choice

...

..

.

Summon Red/Yellow/Green Gadget, Transmodify into SPELL CANCELLER

That's for today xD Will be attending one last tournament of the format by the end of August. 99.999999% play Dragons, and after that my final year begins :<

Friday, August 2, 2013

Fuck YGO, let's play Solitaire


Play Solitaire, then either scoop or force your opponent to scoop

Side deck may include Mind Drain for sweetness. Just side out 3 EEV for 3 Mind Drain, for fuck's sake

No Dragged Down because the point is to dig deeper and deeper and deeper into your deck until your find EEV/Mind Drain with Grapha and (ideally) a Malefic Cyber End on the field

No Skill Drain because there's no space, and EEV is often enough to force Prophecy players to quit, whereas Drain does nothing against Dragons. Dracossack can tribute itself

I really need a ban list right now :< Ironically we've all been desired to have an "emergency" banlist of June for the recent 2-3 years, however the only June banlist was applied when the game was at its best :<