Subject: The Gravity of Undeath - Nick

Thanks to everyone who gave me replies to my last tip. When all was said and done more 
people thought I was a drug addict then a serious player - All the same, I feel that my 
work got people to think a bit. Now I am going to look back on an old deck type that has 
DEFINITELY gone out of style. Remember all of those annoying Zombie decks? Well, now is 
the time for me to move all my thinking outside the box and controversial ideas to help 
"unearth" a long forgotten deck type. The ideas for this deck came on like an avalanche. 
I'll give you the lowdown on the the cards needed to make this very unusaul deck work.

GRAVITY BIND. Yes Gravity Bind. Here is the secret and the basis to the whole deck.A 
VERY LARGE loophow was put into the two main non-tribute zombie attackers out now 
(the mediocre 1600/0 Dragon Zombie and the 1500/0 Armored Warrior). Both of these 
monsters have decent attack strengths and the best part of all is that BOTH OF THESE 
MONSTERS ARE LVL 3!!!!!!!!!!! With a gravity bind on the feild, they can sit in the 
feild attacking all day quite easily. GAME.

THE CASTLE. What is a Zombie deck without the mighty and mysterious Castle of Dark 
Illusions? This card raises the attack points (and defense points, but that isn't as 
important here) of all Zombies for four turns. Four turns with a Castle behind it turns 
a Dragon Zombie a 2400 attack power engine of destruction PERMANENTLY. Killing the Castle 
doesn't stop the effect. This effect, combined with the Pumpking(gain 100 attack and 
defense points for four turns if a Castle is out) was the basis of most Zombie decks 
in Metal Raiders. This deck, of course, lost fashion when Magic Ruler came out, and 
is seldom played these days. However, the Castle finds a place in my new Gravity Bind 
Deck. Mystic Plasma Zone compliments the castle nicely. SET.

SHADOW GHOUL. This is another zombie based oddity that lost fashion when magic ruler 
came out. It would use cards like the Cheerful Coffin to empty your hand and then you 
would play a superpowered Shadow Ghoul. Well, few people actually played this stradegy 
so it was never much more then an oddity. This deck, however, makes better use of the 
shadow ghoul then those decks ever did with cards like Cannon Soldier, Last Will, 
Bubonic Vermin, and Darkness Approaches. I'll deal with the latter first. Cheerful 
coffins effect is that you discard 3 monster cards from your hand. That's it. While 
useful in reanimater and Shadow Ghoul decks, it kind of, well, SUX. Darkness approaches 
is much better. It has a flexibility that the Cheerful coffin can only dream of. Have 
two monsters and a MoF on the feild? Dump them to the grave and get a magic card via 
the MoF. Want to make your 2400 atack power Dragon Zombie even stronger? Use it on 
the Castle to start everything all over again! Cannon Soldier, Last Will and the 
Bubonic Vermin speed the deck considerably. Use last will and the vermin to gather 
large amounts of Cannon Fodder. This speeds the deck, often making the win come twice 
as fast. It also thins the deck, increasing the chance of getting yet ANOTHER Castle 
to add to your fortress. Finally Magic Jammer, because it fits the discard theme 
nicely and is absolutely vital to protecting your Gravity Binds from the likes of 
Heavy Storm and MST (and while we are on the subject, a Fake Trap wouldn't hurt either). 
And of course, the Shadow Ghoul is another Zombie, so it recieves an ADDITIONAL bonus 
from the Castle's effect. This can provide insanely powerful monsters without being 
crippled on equip magics. MATCH.

WRAPPPING IT ALL TOGETHER. This deck has several other little peices to make it work. 
In the beginning, you should play MEB or Wall of Illusions to keep enemy monsters down 
and stall the opponent until you get Gravity Bind. Then start playing Zombies. Once 
you have three out, play a Castle (or a Sangan to search for a Castle). Then, start 
to kick their butts. If you get a Shadow Ghoul out, wait until your Zombies are 
Superpowers and then use MST on your own Gravity Bind to unleash your Shadow Ghoul. 
Use Darkness Aproaches to Reflip your Castle, and then pummel to the win!

CONCLUSION. This deck is an interesting twist on the classic gravity bind deck which 
uses Hayabusa Knight and WMH to deal lots of damage when combined with axes and stuff. 
I played this deck in the last tournament I went to, and it recieved a LOT astonishment 
(HOLY S**T! he can do that!?) even though it didn't win (No Gravity Bind). 
I'm not saying to change your deck or anything, but if you are looking for an 
interesting deck which can REALLY pull off a stupified look on your opponent, 
consider this deck in your thoughts.

As always, if you think my ideas are insane you can e-mail me at walsharch@msn.com. 
I reply to EVERYTHING my mom doesn't delete as junk mail. I hope to have your input