Hello.  I'm here today to give a sneak peek of the upcoming Metal Raiders set, in the form of a soon to be powerful deck.  We're going to look at an Exodia deck, and introduce some new cards that are sure to help out.

 

(Thanks to Edo for early card translations!)

 

"Raiders of the Lost Exodia" PRELIMINARY VERSION

 

Metal Raiders cards are in bold.

 

(This is assuming that Mirror Force and Heavy Storm are restricted to one, and Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest are restricted to 2).

 

Monsters: (20)

Exodia the Forbidden One

Right Leg of the Forbidden One

Left Leg of the Forbidden One

Right Arm of the Forbidden One

Left Arm of the Forbidden One

Wall of Illusion

Wall of Illusion

Giant Soldier of Stone

Giant Soldier of Stone

Man-Eater Bug

Man-Eater Bug

 

The main combo here is Sangan/Witch of the Black Forest + Cannon Soldier.  Sangan lets you search your deck for a monster with an attack power of 1500 or less and put it into your hand if it is destroyed, and Witch of the Black Forest lets you do the same thing, except with 1500 or less defense.  Cannon Soldier allows you to sacrifice a monster on the field to do 500 damage to your opponent.  Thus, you use Cannon Soldier to destroy your Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest to search for Exodia parts.

 

The Unhappy Maiden ends your opponent's Battle Phase should they choose to destroy it.  Magician of Faith has a flip effect that lets you bring back a Magic card from your graveyard (just like in the Anime).

 

The rest of the cards act as a defensive wall to prevent your opponent from killing your life points.

 

Magic: (17)

Pot of Greed

Monster Reborn

Change of Heart

Dark Hole

Raigeki

Card Destruction

Fissure

Fissure

Dian Keto the Cure Master

Dian Keto the Cure Master

Stop Defense

Stop Defense

Last Will

Last Will

Swords of Revealing Light

Swords of Revealing Light

 

Only one new card here.  Heavy Storm, known as Tempest in Japan, destroys all Magic and Trap cards on the field.  This is nifty if you need to get rid of an opponent's problematic card like Mirror Force.  The rest of the cards are standard business.  Last Will is to get an extra Sangan/Witch of the Black Forest from your deck when you destroy one.  (Two monsters for the price of one!)

 

Traps: (9)

Trap Hole

Trap Hole

Castle Walls

Castle Walls

Ultimate Offering

 

Everyone knows what Mirror Force does.  Magic Jammer allows you to discard one card from your hand to negate and destroy an opponent's Magic card.  Seven Tools of the Bandit lets you pay 1000 LP to negate and destroy an opponent's Trap card.  The rest is basically standard.  Ultimate Offering allows you to launch your Sangan/Witch of the Black Forest quicker and put up your defensive wall quickly.

 

We are playing mostly a defensive deck with Exodia, so we are trying to rely on Exodia to win.  You may not like this strategy, so our side deck can turn this deck into a more offensive Exodia deck or a standard F/S beatdown.

 

Side Deck: (15)

Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Blue-Eyes White Dragon

Summoned Skull

Summoned Skull

La Jinn the Mystical Genie

La Jinn the Mystical Genie

Battle Ox

Battle Ox

Soul Exchange

Soul Exchange

Reinforcements

 

Sword of Deep-Seated allows you to increase any monster's attack and defense by 500, and it goes to the top of your deck if it goes to the graveyard from the field, letting you reuse it.  Sanga of the Thunder has 2600/2200 for Level 7, and lets you negate one attack against it as an effect.  The rest is basically standard stuff.

 

I hope this serves as an interesting and informative introduction to Metal Raiders.  It's only around 2 weeks away, so get ready!

 

I may do a Revolver Dragon (english: Barrel Dragon) deck next if I get positive feedback from this.  Send any comments to NickWhiz1@buckeye-express.com.