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From: "Juan carlos macias" 


Dear Matthew Low,
I am Juan Carlos Macias and I live in Temple City.  You answered one of my questions a while ago.  
Now I need help with my deck.  I run a Master Roshi Ally deck.  THis deck is a pretty ok deck.  
It beats my friends most of the time and I'm really proud of it.  I was wondering if you can 
help me, because I might go join a league soon, and I want this deck to be the best as this deck 
can be.

Roshi Non-touki-waza Ally assault

MP:
Master Roshi lvl.1(CCPP)
Master Roshi lvl.2(CCPP)
Master Roshi lvl.3(CCPP)

Sensei:
North Kai:
2 Heroic block
1 breakthrough Drill
1 Hero's Drill
1 Black Pivot Kick(need more)
1 Blue Leapfrog Driil
2 Black Scout Maneuver
1 Orange Rapid attack
1 Saiyan Overcharged blast
1 Saiyan Headshot
1 Hero's Heart is Strong
1Orange Destruction ball(need more)

Location:
2 Protective Shelter

Dragonballs:
1 Dende Dragonball 3
1 Dende Dragonball 5
1 Alt. Dende Dragonball 6
1 Dende Dragonball 7

Combats:
3 Gathering of Heroes
2 Ally Wins
2 Trunks Energy Sphere(Need More)
2 Pure Defense
2 Goku's Quick Save
2 Battle Pausing
2 Transformation
1 TIAWT
1 Saiyan Truce Card
1 Battle Pausing
1 Super Saiyan Effect
1 Namekian Friendship


Non-Combats:
2 Saiyan Inspection
2 Unexpected Company
2 Caught Off Guard Drill
2 Hero's Way
1 Expectant Trunks
1 Orange Halting Drill

Physical Combats:
3 Blue Round Throw
3 Blue Defensive Flight
3 Black Physical Focus
2 Red Counterstrike
2 Blue Flips
2 Goku's Flight
1 Nappa's Physical Resistanse
1 Vegeta's Physical Stance

Energy Combats:
3 Blue Draining Blast
2 Orange Junction Energy Blast
1 Goku's Super Saiyan Blast(need more)
1 Goku's Energy Absorption
1 Nappa's Energy Aura

Allies:
Chiaotzu(SS)
Nail the Namekian(FS)
Piccolo the Avenger(TS)
Android 18(AS)
Piccolo the Trained(AS)(now the he has a Power and not a CCP, he's pretty
useful)
Yamcha the Friend(CS)
Tien the Swift(CS)
Krillin the Friend(CS)
Vegeta the Powerful(CS)
Future Gohan(CCPP)
Piccolo the Puppet(PS)
Krillin the Father(WGS)
Froug(WGS)
Grand Kai(WGS)
Torbie the Silent(WGS)
Arqua the Water Champion(WGS)(Just a fille till I get Super Saiyan Trunks) Kid Trunks teh Junior 
Champion(WGS) Super Saiyan Goku(Movie 7 Promo)
Oolong(MBS)
Kid Trunks(MBS)

This deck as you can see is all about beatdown.  The only problem that I can really see in this 
deck is that the sensei deck.  The cards are all scattered around.  The reason this is is beacause 
they some cards are there just to fill space, till I get more cards like Black Pivot Kick.  I 
really would appriciate it if you help me.
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Good old similar to the old LowAlly.dec. Hopefully you still need this, so here we go.

You are correct that your Sensei Deck needs help. Here's what my currently looks like. You might 
get some really good ideas from it. You can just up the numbers of certain cards that you do have 
to replace ones you don't.

North Kai Sensei [13]
2x Goku's Blinding Strike
1x HUH???
2x Orange Reflex
1x A Hero's Heart is Strong
2x Black Front Punch
2x Earth's Spirit Bomb
1x You're Invited
2x Black Scout Maneuver

Your location needs to be Winter Countryside because if Roshi levels, that's not a good thing. You 
could tech in a City In Turmoil if necessary.

The only problem with Dende Balls is you are sent to full, which is something you don't want to do 
in ally. I would recommend running Earth 7 with its amazing ability to get out a ton of jams and set 
up a broke hand the following combat.

I don't think Ally Wins will help all that much. 3 Gathering of Heroes is a bit much unless you try 
for Earth's Spirit Bomb. I guess you could run Pure Defense, Transformation, and Goku's Quick Save. 
In a sense, I would consider Apocalyptic Battle over Transformation for the anti-anger. You need your 
staples like 3 Confrontations, another TES, Dazed, and so forth.

Your non-combats seem odd, especially the Orange Haulting Drill seeing you should welcome physical 
attacks. Absorbing Drill would be more like it. Unexpected Company is junk compared to Z Warriors 
Gather.

Now your attack/blocks is where you need help in. Many of them I would not consider running. An ally 
deck normally doesn't have room to run too many blocks, so you have to get creative. I ran only ones 
that would extremely help the deck. Goku's Super Saiyan Blast (now Goku's Flight), Blue Defensive 
Flight, Goku's Energy Absorption, Goku's Running Defense, Nappa's Energy Aura, and Time come to mind. 
Even Ally's Sacrifice might be a nice option. Random ones like Blue Flip and Red Counterstrike do not 
fit the theme in the least bit.

You need more attacks than just ones that drain you to zero. You'll want to consider cards that give 
you a little removal like Namekian Shield Destruction and Red Vigor Orb, and maybe even Piccolo's 
Power Ball to stand your ground when you don't have allies at your disposal.

Now the allies. Here's my take on your choices:
Allies:
Chiaotzu(SS) - Big key is the cost of one stage.
Nail the Namekian(FS) - Always good.
Piccolo the Avenger(TS) - Big energy good.
Android 18(AS) - Defense is always good.
Piccolo the Trained(AS)(now the he has a Power and not a CCP, he's pretty
useful) - Well only run one Piccolo. I tried out this one, and while he was very useful, he did squat 
against other characters like Roshi, SWK, etc. I'd stick with Avenger.
Yamcha the Friend(CS) - He's cool.
Tien the Swift(CS) - Energy costs 1.
Krillin the Friend(CS) - Energy costs 0... yay Vegeta the Powerful(CS) - Energy costs 1.
Future Gohan(CCPP) - Try him out. I ended up cutting him over lack of room. He's very cool though.
Piccolo the Puppet(PS) - Three Piccolos -_-.
Krillin the Father(WGS) - Two Krillins -_-.
Froug(WGS) - Block is good.
Grand Kai(WGS) - I ended up cutting him because he didn't do enough to warrant a space.
Torbie the Silent(WGS) - He has nice tech ability.
Arqua the Water Champion(WGS)(Just a fille till I get Super Saiyan Trunks) - Trunks the Swift is more 
useful IMO.
Kid Trunks teh Junior Champion(WGS) - He's good.
Super Saiyan Goku(Movie 7 Promo) - I don't even run Goku any more.
Oolong(MBS) - of course.
Kid Trunks(MBS) - Two Kid Trunks -_-.

I don't run more than one copy of any character because if you draw the other one then you have a dead 
card you just drew. Right now I run a whole good collection of allies in my deck, and I even have to cut 
some. I have 18 in the deck right now. Take a good look at the Kid Buu Saga allies, and I bet you'll be 
throwing some of them in. I guarantee it.
Oh, and try out Bardock and Goten MBS. I use those two.

Good luck. Update this deck from the new sets and give it a whirl.

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