Subject: Tips on building great decks--Master Omar HOW TO BUILD A GREAT DECK -First off to building a great deck you want around 40-50 cards.If you have more you'll loose more often because you won't be able to draw anything usefull,belive me,i used to have a 72 card deck and lost about every duel,the other day i made it 50 and won 5 out of 6!!! -Next think of what type of deck you are going to use,for example beatdown,direct dammage,harpie,dragon or so on.I run a beatdown now (I used to have direct dammage). -Next you want to have a type like light,dark,fire and so on.Whene you choose it add a field power bonus to it,for example if you add a light you may want to have a Luminous Spark.(I run a light). -Have about 20 monster cards in your deck,20 Magic and about 10 trap. -Dont be fooled by holographic cards,they wont help you any extra in a duel. -Dont make cool looking cards fool you either,just because red-eyes looks cool doesnt meen you should put that crap in your deck. -DON'T add monsters like Rabid Horseman or Charubin the fire knight,because there a totall waste of your polymerization,use polymerization on like twin-headed thunder dragon or gaia the dragon champion. -Run a lot of 4 stars in your deck,2 reasons to get out your tribute monsters and because they summon with no tribute.Have good 4 stars like La Jinn,Harpie's Bro,7 Coloured Fish etc. -Have about 12 strong 4 stars,5 effect and 3 tribute guys. -Dont overload your deck with 2000+ just because there strong,it will be impossible to win because your field will always be wide open for a direct attack. -Never relly on 1 strategy,because if that strategy gets destroyed,you have nothing left to do in that duel. -Exodia isn't always the easiest way to win. -Don't make 1 monster in your deck the big strategy,because a monster can be easily destroyed,by trap,by magic,or another monster. -Always on your turn,do everything possible to do,never end a turn without setting,summoning,attacking,activating or flipping,try doing a lot. -This is up to you,but ritual cards aren't good,they take to long to get out,can be destroyed easily,and you have to discard.(I have no ritual monsters in my deck). -Always have a bit more magic/trap then monsters altogther,because if you have good magic and traps,you can stop attacks and other magic/trap easily. -Always check the restricted and limited cards,so you won't be disqualified in tournaments. -Don't ever use Japenease or anything like that,because they aren't tournemant legal,and you cant read them. -Read the rules before dueling,be wise about what moves you do,don't do something dumb like give gearfried the iron knight an axe of despair,because it will only destroy the axe.(Lol,my friend did that dumb move once). Well that's all the deckbuilding tips i got,if you follow these I gaurentee you will win more duels,i promise.If you have a question or comment add me on msn or e-mail me. chokeslam80@hotmail.com Omar,