From: "Jay C." Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 20:39:15 -0500 Welcome back everyone. Today I will discuss another unusual deck type - A Normal Monster Beatdown Deck. First off, Thanks for posting, Lord Tranorix. Ok lets take a look at the deck list - Monsters(17) Total = 40 2x Summoned Skull 1x jinzo 3x Archfiend Soldier 3x Mad Dog of Darkness 3x Gemini elf 2x Marauding Captain 1x Gigantes 1x Breaker the Magical Warrior 1x Tribe Infecting Virus Spells(17) 2x Heart of the Underdog 2x Two-Man Cell Battle 2x Nobleman of Crossout 2x Book of Moon 1x Pot of Greed 1x Change of Heart 1x Snatch Steal 1x Heavy Storm 1x Premature Burial 1x Mystical Space Typhoon 1x Forceful Sentry 1x Painful Choice 1x Big Bang Shot Traps(6) 2x Dust Tornado 1x Torrential Tribute 1x Ring of Destruction 1x Call of the Haunted 1x Magic Drain Purpose - Notice that more than half the monsters are NORMAL. For people who don't know, A normal monster is a monster without any effect. Ex - Summoned Skull. The purpose is simple, same as any other beatdown. Put high amounts of pressure on your opponent and eventually he/she will fall. The deck uses about 5 Earth Monsters, so I decided to stick a Gigantes in and see how it works, I like its effect. Heart of the Underdog, Marauding captains and the Cell Battles help this deck alot as well because of the level 4 normal hitters. The Books of Moon go good with the Crossouts and the Big Bang Shot. Stregnths/Weaknesses - In my opinion, this deck type has a nice advantage over control. The monsters are powerful and swarm quickly. They would easily overpower the weak Don Zaloogs and Spirit Reapers. Hmm a weakness? I would think burner because they have Gravity Bind, Messenger of Peace and Level Limit B's that could put this deck to a major halt. Well that concludes this article, I probably won't be writing another one for a while as I am really busy. If you would like me to review a certain deck in my next article/ give comments then contact me at Jayizawesome@hotmail.com Decks reviewed so far - D.D. Deck, Normal Monster Beatdown. Happy Holidays!