Stopping all stupid and unpopular beliefs - fridginators From: "Azza Fridginators" Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:51:58 +1000 Hiya and welcome back to Fridginators Freezer! Now i know you have been wanting an article for a few weeks. Sorry about that. I cannot compete with Sean or Anteus, they can do many more articles than me, but dont you think mine are much more informing and full of detail? Thats what i think and what i think is right. If you dont think so, fine click the back button and dont read my column and dont be informed :P. Your choice. WARNING/This article is rated SPWHW for Smart People Who Hate Waboku. Fridginators advises that the following article should not be read by people who are retarded and like waboku/WARNING I have come today (or actually many days) to discuss why some cards are just plain BETTER than others. Today's highlighted topics will be Solemn vs Divine wrath and Ccapegoat vs Waboku. Thus Scapegoat VS Waboku Scapegoat: Scapegoat, along with BLS and now V lord, basically describe the word "metagame". It is the most abused quickplay there is. Now people still run waboku, but i ask why? Here is my own COTVM (card of the five minutes)[if you dont get why V is in there refer to Roman Numerals]. By the way, most of these were done in my history book when i was bored :P. Scapegoat Pros +Chainable +Quickplay +Spell negation (magic drain, solemn) is not as used as trap negation (jinzo, royal decree, solemn, even trap jammer, seven tools and mirage dragon!) +Creature swap +Enemy Controller +Metamorphisis +Can stall for AGES! +Magician of faith :P. +Hand of Nepthys +When you chain this to Creature Swap Cons -Can clog field -Trample -Enemy Controller -Removal So scapegoat is +6. That is Huge! One up to the home team! Lets see how the opposing team goes. Waboku Pros +Saves you for a whole turn +Chainable +Great for tributing Cons -It is only 1 turn -Leaves you -1 advantage -Doesnt deal with the threat So what is waboku on? A measly 0. BLASPHEMY TO THE INFIDEL! scream all you n00bish waboku players. The great Scapegoat has risen to take the metagame, hook line and sinker. But lets see how sakuretsu works. Sakuretsu Armour Pros +Kills a monster +Leaves them open for a heavy attack +1-1 advantage in your favour +Actually DEALS with the threat Cons -Not Chainable -Many monsters Cant really think of any other cons. so Sakuretsu is +2, a solid rating. See how waboku crumbles even to sakuretsu armour AND scapegoat? I pity the fool who still uses it. Now for another widely anticipated (yeah right) topic. Solemn Judgement, a universally superior card, to Divine Wrath. Lets look at it before going into pros and cons. Solemn Judgement vs Divine Wrath People have been using Divine Wrath to kill tomatos AFTER THEY ATTACK THEM! Would you really willingly subject yourself to 1-2 advantage? Or lets say D.D.Warrior Lady. Attack her and negate her effect! How incredibly stupid? Why not run smashing ground, sakuretsu armour or Solemn Judgement to her instead? Solemn Judgement Pros +Negates Spell +Negates Trap +Negates Monster Summoning +Flexible Cost +VERY HANDY LATE GAME Cons -Early game is near useless So Solemn is on a very nice +4. Amazing. Now lets see the SO CALLED 5/5 for advanced (EMoD you are a complete fool of a took). Pros +Negates any monster effect Only 1 pro, lol. Cons -Continuous Effects -Discard -Late game is useless See? ITS WORSE THAN WABOKU (and that takes a lot to say!). It is -2! Why not use raigeki break? An infintely better and more versatile card. BTW i just got a Windstorm of Etaqua which im gonna side and see how it does. Lets go back to more Waboku Bashing! WABOKU BASHING! RAIDING PARTY! YOUR WIFE IS HIPPO! etc etc etc. Windstorm of Etaqua Pros +Chainable +Protects for turn +Leaves them vulnerable +Trample +Goat Killing :D (this should get 32498379 points for that) Great for +tributing Versatile at Defence or Offence Cons -Trap Negation as listed above -Opponent can still summon after you use it Hey I Like this! Windstorm is at +5! Now it contradicts Jae's system which rates Sakuretsu as 34 and Windstorm at like 43* but i prefer Windstorm. Book of Moon Vs Enemy Controller Vs Creature Swap Hmm i don't even know this one. They are both great cards, Jae says BoM is better than EC but i find them both inferior to Creature Swap which isnt even in the Top 50. I dunno. Why do i even bother typing reports? Maybe cos i am a loner. True, and i did buy a DDA for 4 or 5 times what its worth as everybody in Games Chain is aware of. While I'm rambling and watching the OC off the internet, I'm gonna go on about more pyschological crap. Honestly, yesterday at my local tourney i was testing my Gravekeepers. I must admit I overated them by a mile and only finished at a 2-2 record. Not great at all. I did do better in some friendlies however. But anyway, i was playing some guys who have only come about 2 times. They said I have no skill and only money for cards. But honestly, I was playing a guy who was using a zombie deck and I was playing with a gravekeeper deck, which is half Commons and Rares. Seriously, money is like of NO importance anymore in the game, with all the Structure decks, Dark Revelations and Dark Beginnings. I mean i beat him 2-0, it is just being sour grapes. Just because people have more cash than others, or if people are rich doesnt mean they arent less of a player. Honestly its just disgusting. Really, I am one of the "lucky" or "rich" people but since when does it make me any less of a player. Quite outrageous. Does anyone deserve any less of respect no matter how old/young/rich/poor/skilled/unskilled they are? No of course not. But back to the matter at hand. Book of Moon Pros +Can stop an attack +Can save your own monsters +Can reuse flip effects +Can combo with NoC +Chainable +Spell negation thingo Cons --1 Advantage So book is about +5. That is great! Still isnt better than goat but still great. Let us see Enemy Controller Enemy Controller Pros +Owns Berserk Gorilla +Can work as Change of Heart with Goats/Serpent Works well against +opposing goats. +Chainable +Spell Negation Thingo Cons -1 or more Advantage with both effects Book of Moon is +5 and Enemy Controller is +4. So book of moon is slightly better than enemy controller but i find enemy controler is better in decks with bucket loads of field presence with scapegoats, apprentice, and weak flips. Creature Swap Pros +Permanent Swap +Scapegoat +Serpent +Far most lasting advantage Cons -Scapegoat -Unreliable Hmm only +2? Meh i like it. I really cant be stuffed anymore. I have writers block! Send all crap or whatever to shiny_golden_boy@hotmail.com and ill get around to answering it. WABOKU SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS! Send that to me and ill fix your deck and what not. Say it in a review and ill mention you :P. Adios azza / fridginators Waboku Sucks *Jaelove is smarter than me and he has an actual system so put his opinion above mine. Not that you shouldnt highly regard my opinion.