Tip: Where Creativity Starts - La-ki-oh!


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>   I'm all for the conceptualization of deck beliefs.  The issue is,
> people have gotten so dead to knowing how to recognize the value of a 
> card that they don't want to worry about thinking whether a card is good 
> or not or try anything new unless it's "obvious".  Then some people get 
> the idea of making an original deck, then overtheme it and add some 
> really crappy cards to some good ones.  Today, I played in a tournament 
> with a deck I decided could work because of a small loop I personally 
> investigated - removal from play.  I put in two Nobleman of Crossout, 
> Nobleman of Extermination, Kycoo, Bottomless Trap Hole, and Fiber Jar in 
> a deck.  Apparently someone else got the idea of doing this too, but he 
> also had Amazoness Swords Woman for a reason I couldn't tell, and then 
> some beatdown Gemini Elfs, Luster Dragon, and other cards I could only 
> dream of having.  Right now, I have some beatdown monsters in my deck, 
> but not too many.  Something I've personally been trying to do is to find 
> deck balance.  Not just Monster and Magic, but Attack and Defense.  When 
> I tried playing an attack-based Light deck, I became open to Trap Holes 
> and Reverse Traps.  When I played a defense-based direct damage deck, I 
> became susceptible to heavy attack, low levels, and Legendary Ocean, and 
> of course, opponents' direct damage.
>
>   Today, I played in a tournament and got second on the worst occasion 
> :
> because my opponent was lucky enough to have Raigeki and Harpie's Feather 
> duster, and then he pulls out Dark Blade, equips him with everything, and 
> attacks, with the dumb luck that I get no monsters.  I end up pulling a 
> Nobleman when I needed a fissure.  And Magic Drain was to help long ago, 
> not now.  A bad beef deck can get lucky.  Sad tales be told.
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>   Anyway, I cannot deny that there are some cards that just belong.  A
> Witch or Sangan or both, depending on if your monsters have the ATK or 
> DEF requirements for them.  Obviously, leaving them out makes room for 
> other things you would have been searching for.  But sometimes, you have 
> to play cards that no one thinks of, because you find a use for 
> them.  Jar of Greed is a nice way to do two things.  Force you to hold 
> out until you really need a card (train yourself to get out of tight 
> situations), make your opponent waste their Spell and Trap destruction 
> cards, and protect your hand (your opponent can't Confiscate, Delinquent, 
> or Goblin something that isn't in your hand).  It's not just the cards, 
> it's how you use them.  Do you use your Compulsory Evacuation device to 
> bring Flip Effects Back for another round?  Or do you use it to make your 
> opponent lose that advantage of a buff monster with all the equipings on 
> him, or get rid of his butterfly dagger?
>Or perhaps to get your monster away from your opponent's control by 
>Monster Reborn or Change of Heart?  Possibility and ingunuity is your friend.
>Penguin soldier could just return your monsters to your hand and transform 
>Dark Hole into Raigeki.
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>Possibility is endless.
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