Subject: Re: thanks +Q/A - Trunks Saiyan, Supreme West Kai... Stuff

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From: "Nathaniel Powell"
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2003 02:10:39 +1000

Thanks for the Adice on the Trunks Decks, i went and searched until i found
the Trunks level 1 from the Trunks Saga, as i couldnt find one from the
Frieza Saga. In combination with a Saiyan Style Mastery from the World
Games Saga, and trading doubles of both King Kais Thoughts (TS 134) and
Daughters joy ( Babidi Saga 97), for a Vegetas Quickness Drill (SS 221) i
managed to totally whoop in a minor tournie held in Bondi in Sydney.

There were only about 20 ppl at the tournie, and the decks i faced off
against were:
- Gohan the Furious (TS) Saiyan Mastery (CS) anger
- Majin Babidi ally (Pui Pui, and Yakkon)
- Red Style Meta Cooler CCPP2) no mastery Survival (?) (the guy didnt win a
game, if it hadve been a TE tournie, wouldve been overkilled in every game)

in the finals:
- Pikkon (WGS) (Orange WGS Mastery) anger
- Piccolo the Avenger (TS) Survival

Coming through the tournament without a loss, i came upon a deck that you
wouldve liked very much, a freeestyle mastery (BS) Roshi Ally/ DB deck
running Earth Dragonballs.
in the 3 games we played i only got to see: Chi-chi (WGS), Goten (BS),
tien the swift (CS), Dende
(FS), Goku HT (WGS), Bulma (SS) and Bardock (CCPP2), although he claimed to
have more. In the end, i won the 1st round by Survival, he won the 2nd by
dragonball and i luckily won the third by survival when he ran out of luck
and ended up with only 3 dragonballs in his life deck.

So thanks to your advice, my trunks Deck was victorious.
Id laso like to aske a few questions about some other cards ive acquired...
- whats is your opinion on Supreme West Kai? (CA1 Fusion Saga)
- if i replaced my CS Namekian Mastery for my Piccolo the trained deck with
my BS Namekian Mastery, would it improve my deck substantially?
- would South Kai or East Kai Sensai be the best for my Namekian Energy
Deck?
- is Severe Bruises (AS 112) an outdated card now? i have botha normal and a
foil version of this card, and was wondering if its worth swapping the
normal for a normal Nakemkian Fist Smash (CS 151)?

Sorry this is so long, + probably wasted your time

Thanks agian for your help before, and hopefull ill win another tournie
with more of your help.

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I'm glad to hear that. Of course, win tournaments, that's what you are supposed to do. But I'm sad to say that apparently you've run into quite a few really bad opponents (just from seeing what those people are playing), and quite frankly, seeing that, I bet I could of won with a starter deck... well, maybe not but figure of speech. My sister would of owned everyone... seriously... except maybe you.

Anyway... Roshi EDB ally... well, the problem with what I saw is he ran like bad allies. Seriously. Bulma??? Goku HT WGS (which makes his deck illegal, no HTs can be allies or Trunks HT would be broken)??? What? I don't even run Chi-Chi; I'm all out energy. I'm happy that he ran allies, not happy that he ran DBs (EDB2 and 6 would screw him up), but at least run good allies...

Trunks Level 1 HT is a redemption card. It was rereleased only a couple months ago in a redemption; what he does is cap all energy attacks done to you to two life cards. Pretty nice if you ask me. With that new redemption, he's not impossible to get. I picked up I believe 4 more from that redemption alone, so I think you can find one if you look hard enough.

I hope that you'll be able to improve your deck and easily crush your opponents. I mean, Trunks Saiyan isn't the best archtype out there, but if it wins, why not?

And to answer your questions...

- whats is your opinion on Supreme West Kai? (CA1 Fusion Saga)

Supreme West Kai is quite interesting, and I definitely see her as being one of the MPs of the future. Her ability to take a life card instead of having blocks in her hand is uncanny; a 50% block ratio is bad, but who really cares if you get to have card advantage. That's seeing that you won't have blocks, which means more attacks and support cards for you. And even without blocks, just prevent it all with the Blue MBS Mastery and take no damage. Her powers are really nice and can set up pretty much anything to draw if done right. The only thing is she is pretty much a standard character only, seeing a 50% chance of blocking Backlash is not a risk you should take.

- if i replaced my CS Namekian Mastery for my Piccolo the trained deck with
my BS Namekian Mastery, would it improve my deck substantially?

Yes and no. The CS Mastery is terrible, but the MBS Mastery is not that great either. The regen ability of the MBS Mastery isn't too bad, so actually either way it just depends on the deck. The CS Mastery has always been really bad in my book.

- would South Kai or East Kai Sensai be the best for my Namekian Energy
Deck?

East Kai is the worst Sensei in the game. South Kai isn't bad to pull Android 14. I would probably run North Kai now though.

- is Severe Bruises (AS 112) an outdated card now? i have botha normal and a
foil version of this card, and was wondering if its worth swapping the
normal for a normal Nakemkian Fist Smash (CS 151)?

Well, Namekian Fist Smash = bad card, unless you somehow get it to work in Slug. Severe Bruises = ok card, it will annoy anger since anger doesn't really run Drills. Thus... since you have two, you can do that trade, but it doesn't really matter. That trade, in my eyes, wouldn't be worth my time. But that's just me.

No, you didn't waste my time, but of course I have more deck techs to do... so good luck!

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