Mind Crush

"Declare 1 card name; if that card is in your opponent's hand, they must discard all copies of it, otherwise you discard 1 random card."

 So let's make a list of top tier deck (TCG)

• Wind-Up
• Geargia
• Machina Gadget
• Agent
• Chaos Dragon
• HERO
• Mermails

Too many LOL. Not in any order btw.

So let's take a look at how Mind Crush does against these deck:

1. Wind-Up: They play Factories! And when they normal summon Wind-Up Magician or special summon it with Zenmaity, just go confident and call SHARK, you win more than 90% of time.
2. Geargia: Just call Geargiaccelerator when you know they have it, at least you stop them for a turn.
3. Machina Gadget: They search to much. Just don't call Fortress, ok?
4. Earth searches Venus. Later on you should have some good read to call Hyperion/BLS/Kristya at the right time.
5. Eclipse Wyvern searches! Sadly people do not often play more than 1 Wyvern now. Charge of the Light Bridgade and Sangan search too. Overall Mind Crush does not do much against Dragons because it's hard to read Darkflare/Lightpulsar/BLS/DAD/Sorcerer/... Too many
6. HERO: E - Emergency Call and Stratos! Try to read Miracle Fusion too. If you're facing Bubblebeat then it's easier to use Crush.
7. Mermails: You can chain Mind Crush to Megaloabyss's summoning effect. It will be dropped to graveyard and no Abyssphere will be added. Abysspike, Atlantean Dragoons do searches too, not mentioning Salvage. Just don't call Genex Controller LOL

Aside from those specific use, Mind Crush can be used when you read Gorz, Tragoedia Veiler... Don't call Maxx "C", they can just chain it. Pot of Dualities among with other searching spells (Seal of Convocation, GB Proving Ground,...) are widely used too.

There're actually a lot more ways to abuse Mind Crush, but they depend on the state of the game you're playing. Try to read your opponent's mind, just try. Becoming better at using Mind Crush means becoming better at YGO overall since YGO has something called "mind game" which is really important and it defines the good and the best players.

That's for today, thanks for reading.