Are Harpies REALLY that bad? by Sean





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From: seanslcars@comcast.net
Date:  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:50:35 +0000

Hey Sean’s back with a new round of articles. Hope you enjoy them, and 
don’t forget to check out www.seanzhomepage.freeservers.com and go to 
the first custom page for my yugioh stuff. 
This is in response to an article posted by Battyman saying that Harpies 
suck. Well, I agree with him on that point. Harpies DO suck. Why? Because 
of the line on every Harpie card out there. More specifically, "This card’s 
name is treated as Harpie Lady". So you can’t run three copies of Harpie 
Lady 1, 2, 3, and Cyber Harpie. If you could, you could at least make a 
reasonably OK deck. It still wouldn’t win you the regionals, but if you 
got a duelist girlfriend you could try to get her to play it. Kinda like 
a really, seriously lame yugioh version of lingerie. Whatever. Anyway, 
with the restriction on only three Harpies per deck, nothing good will 
come out of a Harpie deck, so don’t bother. However, what you could do 
is make a WIND/beatdwon deck that incorporates Harpies. Here’s my 
prototype for that deck.
Monsters Level 5+: 2

Harpie Lady Sisters
Jinzo
Monsters Level 4-: 17
Cyber Harpie Lady
Cyber Harpie Lady
Harpie Lady #1
Harpie’s Brother
Harpie’s Brother
Harpie’s Brother
Spear Dragon
Spear Dragon
Spear Dragon
Slate Warrior
Slate Warrior
Slate Warrior
Garuda the Wind Spirit
Garuda the Wind Spirit
Sinister Serpent
Cyber Jar
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Spells: 15
Harpie’s Hunting Ground
Rising Air Current
Rising Air Current
Elegant Egotist
Elegant Egotist
Triangle Ecstasy Spark
Pot of Greed
Graceful Charity
Nobleman of Crossout
Mystical Space Typhoon
Heavy Storm
Premature Burial
Snatch Steal
Delinquent Duo
Lightning Vortex
Traps: 6
Magic Cylinder
Ring of Destruction
Mirror Force
Call of the Haunted
Torrential Tribute
Ceasefire
You’ve got a couple of strengths here. Spear Dragon and Slate Warrior both 
provide some 1900 power with nice effects that can further hurt your opponent. 
The Cyber Harpies and Harpies Brother are powerful 1800 beatsticks to keep 
the Harpie theme, and Harpie 1 provides further powerups. Rising Air Currents 
will further increase the power. Harpies Hunting ground will be like a 
continuous MST that can be easily triggered. Garuda and Elegant Egotist provide 
swarming to further support the beating. The rest is basic staples. You can’t 
get that creative with beatdowns.
By the way, while I’m at it I thought I’d put together a prototype of what I 
would consider the worst deck possible.
Monsters Level 5+: 40
Gate Guardian
Gate Guardian
Gate Guardian
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
Vampire Genesis
Vampire Genesis
Vampire Genesis
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
Red-Eyes Black Metal Dragon
Launcher Spider
Launcher Spider
Launcher Spider
Metal Armored Bug
Metal Armored Bug
Metal Armored Bug
Mazera Deville
Mazera Deville
Mazera Deville
Gogiga Gagagigo
Gogiga Gagagigo
Gogiga Gagagigo
Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Red-Eyes Black Dragon
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Dark Magician
Dark Magician
Dark Magician
Dark Magician Knight
Dark Magician Knight
Dark Magician Knight
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Valkyrion the Magna Warrior
Harpie’s Pet Dragon
Monsters Level 4-: 
None
Spells:
None
Traps:
None
I’ll pay my entire savings account to the person who can beat me using this deck.
Well that’s it for now. Harpies do suck, but if you want to take a crack at it for 
fun, knock yourselves out.
Comments? Questions? My email is seanslcars@comcast.net and my AIM screenname is
 NazGul0010. I’m not one of those people that says "No hatemail please". I love 
 reading that stuff. Until next time-SetoKaibafan13