Side-deck Staples?


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From: Dave Lavier <dvlavieri@yahoo.com>
Date:  Sat, 9 Apr 2005 16:15:08 -0700 (PDT)

    Hello, I am Yata-Garasu 1, Yata for short. This is my first YGO 
    tip here on Pojo's and also my weak attempt at becoming a Card of 
    the Day writer. Today I plan to discuss some great cards for 
    side-decks in todays meta.
 
    The first thing to ask yourself when making a side-deck is, "What 
    is abundant in my meta?" Well, since I probably don't live near you, 
    I'll simply go by what the most popular "Winning Decks" are, these 
    can also be found in the numerous rants about originalliy in this 
    section.
 
-Chaos; the most disliked and over played deck archtype. It revolves 
around getting out the feared Black Luster Soldier-Envoy of the Beginning. 
This deck's worst enemy is Necrovalley, but there isn't much of a reason 
for every deck to have that, it would be a waste.
 
-Warrior; although often combo-ed with Chaos, it can easily be run by 
itself, this deck swarms and swarms, and when they get out the heavy hitters, 
they're almost impossible to stop.
 
-Zombie; with the new restrictions, Zombies have become too popular. They 
special summon like crazy, Turtles and Books are really easy to obtain, as 
are Vampire Lords. These can be very dangerous.
 
-Burn; direct damage, ouch. These decks, hurt, but with a good side-deck, 
these are merely bumps on the road to success. A little Spell and Trap 
removal hates this deck, but you'll love it.
 
Now, for the Side-Deck itself.
 
-Royal Oppresion; This card hurts all decks listed above, with the 
exception of Burn. As long as you don't run one of the listed decks, your 
opponent shouldn't be using it against you too often.
 
-Prohibition; The original Side-deck Star! Your opponent running you over 
with BLS-EotB? Phoenix? Jinzo? Prohibit it! Great against decks that revolve 
around getting out a huge monster.
 
-Kinetic Soldier; Warriors are argualy the most abundant deck in use, this 
thing slaps BLS himslef in the face, wielding a 350 ATK point advantage over 
him, when in battle with it.
 
-Divine Wrath/Solumn Judgement; Sometimes you may find yourself in dire need 
for some reliable negation.
 
-Windstorm of Etaqua; If you don't got this main decked, side it! With those 
crazy Gorillas being as popular as they are, these things kill. Not to 
mention it will instantly end any attacking (unless they are playing Total 
Defense Shugun, that is). Just a great card.
 
-Airknight Parshath; Assuming this isn't in your deck, this card is a great 
back-up, nice stats, Goat-slaughterer, card advantage, and this list goes on.
 
-Theme Support; Put that 3rd Terraforming, D.D. Assailant, X-Head Cannon, 
X Dragon Head, etc in so, in the occasion that you find yourself needing it 
against an opponent, just get it out next game and beat them down. Theme is 
important, but you can't fi every themed card in your main deck, so just slide 
it into here.
 
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-Yata-Garasu 1 (David Lavieri)
Contact me at dvlavieri@yahoo.com