From: kevin lim
Subject: Pro-Thinking Part 1: Card Advantage -
ExZodia
To be a successful Yu-Gi-Oh TCG Duelist, you must
think like one. To think like a professional, you
must be able to know how to think. This would be
most categorized on deck building as it is one of
the most important aspects of becoming a good
duelist. Such an amazing way of thinking requires
the basic knowledge of terms used in dueling and/or
building a deck.
First of all, I will start with Card Advantage. To
start off, what is Card Advantage? To define it so
even newbs can understand; Card Advantage is the
number of cards on your field and hand compared to
the number of cards on your opponent's field and
hand. How do we put Card Advantage to good use when
building a deck and during duels? We simply count it
mathematically. To type it down in characters, we
use the following format listed below:
+X = 'X' is the number of Advantage gained.
-X = 'X' is the number of Advantage lost.
X:Y = 'X' is the number of Advantage lost in which
'Y' is the number of Advantage gained in reaction to
the loss.
Now, how do we put advantage or disadvantage; in the
situated format above? and to top it off, how do we
measure advantage? First of all, I'm going to list
some examples to give you a better understanding in
calculating in terms of Card Advantage.
"Player A summons Breaker the Magical Warrior and
removes it's Spell Counter to destroy Player B's
face-down Sakuretsu Armor. Player A's Breaker the
Magical Warrior attacks Player B's Mad Sword Beast.
Player B's Mad Sword Beast is destroyed and Player B
loses 200 LP from the attack"
Summoning Breaker the Magical Warrior provided
nothing in terms of Card Advantage as the amount of
cards on the field and on hand are the same.
Removing the Spell Counter and destroying Player B's
Sakuretsu Armor was a +1 as Player B lost a card on
his/her field whilst Player A lost none. Player A's
Breaker the Magical Warrior then attacked Player B's
Mad Sword Beast resulting in Mad Sword Beast being
destroyed; concluding that Player B lost another
card on his/her field resulting in another +1 for
Player A. Therefore, we can conclude that this
action resulted in a total of a +2 in terms of Card
Advantage. Let us use another example to show a loss
in Card Advantage.
"Player A activates Lightning Vortex discarding
Mobius the Frost Monarch as a cost to destroy Player
B's face-up Jinzo"
After Lightning Vortex was activated, it was sent to
the graveyard along with Mobius the Frost Monarch.
We can say that Player A lost 2 cards from his/her
hand resulting in a -2 in terms of Card Advantage.
Player B then lost his/her Jinzo from Lightning
Vortex minimizing the disadvantage for Player A.
Therefore, it all adds up to a -1. I think we should
have Card Advantage covered up. Look out for
ExZodia's next Pojo tip on Innovative Thinking.
If you have any comments/criticism regarding my
article. E-mail me at kv_lim15@hotmail.com.
