Subject: Extreme Deck Destruction - Adam

Alternative Deck Designs: Extreme Deck Destruction

	First I'd like to give props to Andrew Lee who recently posted about creating a deck 
completely based around Deck Destruction.  I've been playing around with this type of deck 
since Magic Ruler came out, and thought I'd add my two cents in.  As Andrew mentioned, Swords
 of Revealing Light, and Messenger of Peace are necessities.  This deck is designed to outlast, 
not to outfight.  He also hit the big combo of Giant Trunade and Card Destruction, and the 
obvious need for MoF to get those cards back.
	If you want to really focus on this method, dont use any attacking monsters.  MEB 
should be added for additional monster disruption when you get attacked.  All you need to 
do is stall long enough to deplete your opponents deck, and there's no better way of doing 
that than sending their monsters back to their hand, or to their graveyard.  Share the Pain 
will also be an asset to this deck since it relies so heavily on effect monsters.  Once you 
flip an MEB, MoF, etc, you get their effect plus you get to kill an opponents monster and 
prevent your below 500 atk monster from being creamed.
	Now for the main additions to this deck.  There are several Magic ruler cards that 
make this deck even better.  The first two are the continuous magic cards Toll and Gravekeepers 
Servant (both of which are commons). Since this deck doesn't do any attacking, having a Toll 
or two out on the field will only hurt your opponent.  Especially if you're running 3 MEB's, 
3 Hane-Hane's and 3 Wall of Illusions, your opponent will think twice before paying 500-1500 
LP just to get his/her monster killed or sent back to the hand.  The second is Gravekeeprs 
Servant, which forces your opponent to discard 1 card from the top of their deck to their 
graveyard each time they attack.  Forcing your opponent to pay LP and cards to attack will 
really slow them down,  and combined with intermittent Swords, and Messengers, they could 
easily stall themselves til they are decked
	There are also several monsters in Magic Ruler to add to this.  The first is Hiro's 
Shadow Scout.  It's flip effect forces your opponent to draw three cards and discard any 
that are magic.  This actually helps your deck in two ways.  First, it destroys cards 
such as Raigeki, Dark Hole, and other cards that can destroy face down monsters without 
activating their effect.  Since that kind of monster removal is one of the biggest 
weaknesses of this deck, Shadow Scouts will really help you out.  Even if they draw 
all monsters, it can still help if timed correctly.  By flipping one or two Scouts, 
and then following up with a Giant Trunade-Card Destruction combo, they could end up 
drawing upwards of ten cards from their deck.  If you have the chance to use Hane-Hane's 
effect, it makes it that much better.
	Another useful monster is the Spear Cretin.  This a necessity of this deck due to 
its heavy reliance on effect monsters.  Being able to get back an MoF and reuse Card 
Destruction, or get a Shadow Scout to deplete their last few cards is too big of an opportunity 
to pass up.  Flipping a Spear Cretin, and then using Share the Pain is a sure fire way of 
getting its effect sooner, rather than later.  The last monster useful to this deck is the 
Labyrinth Wall.  Since your main goal is to stall, having a 3000 defender can never hurt.  
It also gives you another way of getting your flipped Spear Cretins off of the field by 
using them as the tribute.  Even if you're not tributing a Spear Cretin, being able to flip 
any of your effect monsters, and getting it off the field where its safe from slaughter is a 
good thing.
	That's pretty much it for this style of deck.  Adding Waboku's is recommended for the 
additional stalling ability.  Playing any of the big three in hand destruction (Forceful Sentry, 
Confiscation, and Delinquent
duo) is a question I am still working on.  The down side of using these cardsis that it makes 
their hand smaller, and reduces the effect of Card Destruction. However, if their oppening hand 
contains one of the powerful magic cards (Raigeki, Heavy Storm), you would be better off 
removing that from the start, and letting your Shadow Scouts get the rest.  Like I said, 
this is still a question that I am toying with.  At the least, they should be in the side 
deck so that they can be switched in if necessary.
	While this deck is quite fun to play around with, I have yet to make the right 
modifications to make it Tournament worthy.  At the tournaments i've been to at Dave and 
Adams Card World (great tourneys and awesome prizes), I think it could do rather well 
against many of the competitors, but it still has flaws that the top few deulists there 
would exploit.  I'd appreciate any suggestions that anybody might have.  EMail me at 
fosbury@acsu.buffalo.edu.  And until I can improve this deck, I'm going to be sticking 
with my Beatdown-Monster Removal deck that has served me so well in the past.  
(please don't send any beatdown hate mail, i'm trying to design a better deck, I really am.)
	Lastly, I'd like to thank Pojo for posting this, and providing a great site for 
Deulists to learn from.

This has been Extreme Deck Destruction, the first in a possible series (depending on the 
response to this one) of alternative deck designs.  This is Adam Fosbury, singing off.