Comparing Exodia Decks with Exodia Necross Decks - Vic
Apprentice

I'm back again with an article this time instead of a
rant. This article is an excerpt from an e-mail that I 
responded to about someone asking me whether putting 
Exodia Necross in their Exodia deck might be a good idea.

"As to your Exodia deck, I believe that an Exodia deck
is entirely different from an Exodia Necross deck. An
exodia deck specializes in getting the cards to your
hand (obviously). However, an Exodia Necross deck
utilizes cards like Painful Choice in order to force
the pieces into your graveyard. It's hard to attempt
both strategies in one deck, because you're not quite
sure which strategy to go with. Good decision making
can work to some extent, but even the best player
can't control luck unless he cheats, and then it's not
luck at all.

"I find the goal of Exodia Necross decks much easier
to complete because it's easy to stick the pieces
face-down on the field or use cards like Painful
Choice. However, once your opponent realizes what
you're doing, he may attempt to remove the pieces from
play rather than send them to the graveyard. This is
entirely possible with the current meta-game.

"However, in regular Exodia decks, your opponent may
not even know that you're running an Exodia deck until
it's too late do to the fact that for the most part he
can't see your hand. Regular Exodia decks are safer
but much harder to execute. However, with cards like
Backup Soldier, it's possible to bluff your opponent.
Sending your cards to the graveyard on purpose might
make him await Necross, when all of the sudden you use
Backup Soldier and the last three pieces are in your
hand. However, still be wary of your opponent trying
to get your cards out of play.

"Also, regular Exodia decks have a much larger element
of surprise. Many combos that players use these days
can somewhat delicate and require a few turns to set
up. It has been my experience with Exodia decks that
I'm usually in the middle of trying to lock my
opponent when he gets his last piece. This alone might
make regular Exodia decks better because you can draw
the last piece at any time, even if you are in a
lock."

Questions? Comments? I'll take any e-mail whether it
be flames or praises.

E-Mail: vicapprentice@yahoo.com
AIM: Vic Apprentice


		
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