Richie C's Top Ten Monsters with 1000 attack or less.


Hey! Richie C here, or VampiricFairyWarrior on the boards, this is my first 
article that I have ever sent in to Pojo. I decided to make a list of cards 
that people love to hate.... or hate to love... these are the small 
monsters, with HUGE abilities. The monsters on this list have 1000 attack or

less, and have at one point or another been in my own deck. This is my Top Ten 
list of Monsters that have less than or equal to 1000 
attack:

10.) Magical Merchant: Ok, when this first came out I thought it was a joke,

but I have recently pulled out my crate of commons and re-considered this. 
It works wonders in Chaos decks, it is a light, that when flipped gets you a

spell or trap. The only variable is how many monsters it will destroy, on 
average, it will be 0-2 max. which in Chaos could actually be helpfull, as 
they will likely be Dark and Light monsters. It also works well In exodia 
decks, unless you drop the head, wut are the odds of that happening? Also it

is a deck thinner, so thats also a plus!

9.)Injection Fairy Lily: Admit it, you've used her, or at least thought 
about using her. She is a Goddess, while she may not be "In" right now 
(stupid Earth... she shoulda been a Light monster) she has massive 
potential. She can be retrieved with Sangan/Witch/Giant Rat and packs a 
massive punch. In fact, she is the biggest playable monster out right now. 
Imagine hitting your opponent directly with this? He looses 42.5% of his 
life points... while you loose a 25%. However, IFL can leave you in a very 
tight spot, your opponent can snatch/change her which speels trouble for 
you, also after paying for her 3 times the funs all done... seriously, and 
then you have a 400 creature stuck on your side of the field, in ATTACK 
mode. So I would recommend she only be used by experienced duelists... as if

you use her too recklessly, it will spell game over for you and not your 
opponent.

8.) Fiber Jar: The look on a Chaos Deck User's face is priceless when they 
have removed upwards of 4 of their monsters and then attack this. It just 
works. A fiber Jar at the right time means you win. I presonally run a Chaos

deck right now, and fiber just gives me the creeps. I have had 7 monsters 
removed from play, and because of a gravity bind, he got to flip it on his 
turn. Have you ever played with 11 monsters in your deck... 2 of which being

Chaos? Also he got a free attack on me with his Mataza. Not fun. However, 
Fiber has lost a lot of it's usability, the main deck that it is good 
against, Chaos, uses scientist, simply put: Balter + Fiber Jar = One Happy 
Balter. Also other commonly played cards negate it, Ha Des comes right to 
mind. But, if you can pull of the Fiber Pod, you'll be in for some fun, and 
I would strongly recommend this in every deck that doesn't contain Chaos.


7.) Exiled Force: Hrm... can you say cheap monster removal? It can be 
searched by Witch/Sangan/GiantRat/Reinforcements Of the Army and can kill 
any monster on the field. Downside...? You can't summon that turn, or can 
you? A good move is reborn this. And then your Monster Reborn, Premature, 
Call of the Haunted become Tribute to the Dooms. However your opponent can 
also utilize this aswell, which is a bit of a downside. So it's up to you, 
use up your summon for that turn to destroy one of your opponents monsters, 
(regardless of position I might add) or just use an extra DDWL instead. IMHO

DDWL > Exiled Force... as Exiled doesn't stop effects. If he stopped the 
effect of what he destroyed... well lets just say he would probably be in 
the top 3... but he doesn't so deal.

6.) Magician of Faith: Spells are important. There are no serious decks that

dont have Spells. Wouldn't be nice to get to re-use one of those spells? 
There is one reason not to use this. The off-chance that it MIGHT get Change

Of Heart activated on it. There are other things that negate it, 
Balter/HaDes (they will be coming up alot in this list as they are the 
enemies of these type of monster). But even if she gets negated, you still 
have a valuble Light monster in your grave... so wuts the downside? I dont 
see any. Also you can flip it up, get your spell, and then activate Metamoph

on her to get out a TER. In my opinion this belongs in every Chaos deck, and

most other decks as well.

5.) Spirit Reaper: Ok. there is one factor in Yu-Gi-Oh that comes above all 
others, and that is Lifepoints, what this fella does: is protect them, which

is VERY Vital. How? You may ask... well thats simple. He cannot be destroyed

by battle. Not only can he not be destroyed in battle, he is icredibaly easy

to get out. A Sangan can fetch him, a Tomato can special summon him, a 
Turtle can special summon him in defence mode (even better). He provides a 
shield that is almost completely impenitrable... notice the almost... if you

designate him in any way, he dies, he is also vunerable to Sasuke Samurai 
(which not many people use however), and the usual removal cards. He is 
however immune to Ha Des, and Balter. He also has an added bonus... he 
destroys cards... and if you need to learn the value of a card go look at 
3.) on the list...

4.)Sangan: Ok, look at this list... and realize that if this card leaves the

field (except when attacked by Balter/Hades) you can get ANY one of these 
cards on this list. A well-timed sangan can mean the game for you. 
Especially when used alongside CED. It's counter part Witch can do the same 
thing... but this list is for 1000 and lower so :P. Also Sangan can grab 
Tomatoes /Angels /DDWLs / or even a Don Zaloog. Sangan is just so versatile 
for his rarity... oh yeah did I happen to mention it was a Rare and a 
Common! Off the top of my head, there is no deck that should be without 
Sangan. Well unless it is a Anti-Sangan deck...

3.)Yata-Garasu: (throws up Hate mail shield) The card every duelists has, at

one time or another, loved to hate, or hated to love... either way... this 
card is a GOD, I am not going to write an article about him, and how 
game-changing he was. However, I will tell you that if your deck is 
contructed right, a drawn card in this game is the most valuble asset ever. 
With the draw that the crow negates, you could have drawn a Pot of Greed, a 
Chairty, a Reborn, a Chaos Monster, a Pre-Negator (which would likely kill 
the Yata), or even a crap card.... my point is that 9/10 Drawing a card is 
crucial, I have seen people come back from a Yata lock simply because the 
yata-victim simply got to draw one card. In this game (as much as I hate to 
admit it) one single card can mean winning or losing... and this is one 
card, that if used correctly, will bring you much closer to winning.

2.)Sinister Serpent: OMG I could never imagine putting this guy higher than 
Yata in this category, but the Snake is too good to pass up, it really 
belongs in any deck, it can save an Exodia piece after a DDuo/DonZ/Spirit 
Reaper attack in an Exodia deck, It is a free discard for Graceful Charity, 
which belongs in every deck, you can metamorph him for a TER, and then get 
him back next turn. Also the snake will stop a Yata cold. A feit that 
shouldn't be taken lightly. I am probably forgetting half the uses for this 
versatile creature, but if I listed them all here you would probably get an 
anurism from reading too much. Simply Put: No Deck should be Without a 
Snake!

1.) Magical Scientist: I will admit when it first came out I didn't really 
like him, the whole Catapult Turtle thing just rubbed me the wrong way, I 
mean it was too easy to stop. And then people started using this guy for 
better reasons, using Balters, Ryu Senshis, Thousand Eyes restricts. It's 
then when people were putting scientist to good use, paying a mere 1000 lp 
to negate a Witch/Sangan/Tomato/Angel effect, it was priceless. Or on the 
flipside paying 1000 to "suck up" a monster with a TER to have the monster 
destroyed when TER goes back to the fusion deck, who can argue with that?! 
Also, if your familiar with Priority, this is one killer monster that falls 
into that fold as well. IMHO, Scientist is too good a card to not use. It is

good for Effect and Trap Negation, as well as Monster Removal.... all with 
stats of 300/300.

And thats my List, If you want to PM me I am VampiricFairyWarrior on the 
boards, and if you want to send HateMail/Props/Slops/Money/Whatever... I can

be reached at drunken_mouse_2@hotmail.com or whopeee_mouse@yahoo.ca Peace 
out 'til next time.