UPDATE to "45-50 Card Deck Can Be Fun By
Angel-From-A-Hgher-Plane





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From: AFernan104@aol.com
Date:  Sat, 2 Apr 2005 13:23:25 EST

This is a revised article I submitted a year ago. Hope you all enjoy it anew!

45-50 Card Deck based on research and experience on my duels from 12/10/02 
through 04/2005. 
Generally 45-50 card decks tend to be too many cards in terms of speed and 
low top-decking(getting the card you really need within your turn) draw 
probability. However it is still fun to play them especially when you
 know you have a very complementary and powerful cards in a deck. This 
 article is simply to aid my fellow yugioh players who are new to the 
 realm of duel monsters. It is a generalization of a BIG DECK composition 
 but must have a smooth compatibility factor between monsters, spell, and 
 trap cards. Usually a beatdown deck could be an effective BIG DECK since 
 it's simple purpose is to attack other monsters and hit the life points 
 whenever possible? Keep in mind that a 50 cards deck is mainly for fun-play. 
 One needs to compensate for the slowness and low drawing probability by using 
 themed based monster type/attribute based deck. In the end BIG DECKSs are too 
 slow to be consistent winners but could prove fun to play based on ones favored 
 type of related cards.


In the following information is in accordance with the ADVANCE FORMAT Forbidden 
List effective on April 1st!

Monsters Cards
Total Monster Cards count: 10; 3-6(level 5 or 6) 10(level 1-4) 6 or 7 offensive 
and 3 or 4 defensive. Most would be effect-based monsters unless their atk is 
above average like level 4 1900+ Attack or defense stats.
Effect Monsters
Total Monster Cards count: 10; 3-5(monster  removal & stoppage), 1-3 Extra 
Drawing, 1-3 magic/trap negation/destruction/disruption/recursion. 
Note1: What I mean by STOPPAGE, is using effect monsters whose effects are designed 
to paralyze/remove your opponent's monsters to prevent attacks or to return them to 
the hand or deck.
Note2: Disruption can be deck/hand depletion or Life Point burn effects.
Note3: Recursion can be reviving your monsters and regaining spent/used life points, 
spell and trap cards. 


Sample Effect Monsters:
Sangan
Cyber Jar
Fiber Jar
Magician of Faith
Mask of Darkness
Newdoria
Yomi Ship
D.D. Warrior Lady
Mystic Tomatoe(or the other 1500ATK Attribute Searchers)


Magic/Spell Cards
Total Magic/Spell Cards count: 15; 3 of these Spell cards can be of a specialty 
variety based on compatibility with Monster cards and trap cards you include in 
your particular 45-50 card BIG DECK.


Sample Spell Cards:
Premature Burial
Card Destruction(near staple)
Graceful Charity
Pot of Greed
Swords of Revealing Light
Heavystorm
Mystical Space Typhoon
Snatch Steal(near staple)


Trap Cards
Total Trap Cards Count: 10: 3-5(monster  removal & stoppage),

Include the most stable staple-type card: Some of these aren't so much a staple trap 
card yet do provide a very consistent effectiveness in most deck-types;

Sample Trap Cards:
Trap Hole
Bottomless Trap Hole
Call of the Haunted
Magic Cylinder
Mirror Force
Seven Tools of the Bandit
Magic Jammer
Magic Drain
Solemn Judgment
Torrential Tribute
Waboku
Negate Attack
Sakuretsu Armor
Widespread Ruin
Horn of Heaven
Time Seal
Reckless Greed
Ring of Destruction


A Basic 45 Deck Composition
20-25 Monster Cards(includes 3 single-Tribute Monsters)
10-15 Spell Cards
05-10 Trap Cards
A Basic 50 Deck Composition
25-30 Monster Cards(includes 3-5 single-Tribute Monsters) 15-20 Spell Cards
10-15 Trap Cards
I hope this article will help those who are willing to except my tips and suggestions.
Comments are welcomed


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Angel-From-A-Higher-Plane
AFernan104@aol.com