The burn of burn by Sean





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From: seanslcars@comcast.net
Date:  Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:49:41 +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. 
Today Sean breaks down the burn deck. One of my AIM buddies killed me with 
one, so of course I’ve decided analyze it to death and write an article 
about it.
Strengths: Burn decks slow down the pace of the game. Warriors are the worst 
deck to play against burn, though chaos, zombies, and beatdowns also severely 
suffer against it. Speed is something burns love to shut down, and do very 
well. Obviously, direct damage is what they do best. Cards that inflict damage 
directly are going to form the main backbone of the burn deck, and stall 
cards will form the other part. There’s an added bonus to burn monsters. Cards 
like Stealth Bird, Des Koala, and Balloon Lizard all have high DEF values that 
shut down the majority of the four-star monsters currently in use. Furthermore, 
Solar Flare Dragon, Bowganian, and cannon soldier all have respectable ATK values, 
and of course there’s Reflect Bounder that can knock down Tribe, Breaker w/out 
counter, etc. The burn deck will have it’s opponent pulling out their hair as 
they are pinned helplessly in place while their life points slowly but steadily 
dwindle. 
Weaknesses: Two words. S/T removal. Is "S/T" a word? Whatever moving on. I keep 
a pair of Giant Trunades in my sidedeck to deal with burns. Add that to three 
dust tornadoes, mst, breaker, heavy storm, and now the "evil" sacred phoenix of
 nephthys, which will dismantle a burn deck quicker than that gay millenium 
 thing can appear on your forehead. A good burn deck will have at least two magic 
 jammers (not magic drains-don’t even think about trying magic drains in burn. 
 You need to be able shut down spells when it really counts.) Be mindful of Jinzo,
  and even Spell Canceller, should your opponent be keeping one to stop burn. And 
  of course Nobleman of Crossout will hurt bad, especially, if your opponent nails 
  your stealth birds with it. NOTE: I recommend against sidedecking Barrel Behind 
  the Door to counter burn. Giant Trunade and Magic Jammer are better choices. 
  Finally, don’t forget the killer of burn. Deck Devastation Virus can destroy a 
  burn deck by taking out nearly every monster you have.
Here’s what my prototypical burn deck looks like:
Monsters Level 5+: 2
Lava Golem
Lava Golem
Monsters Level 4-: 16
Stealth Bird
Stealth Bird
Stealth Bird
Bowganian
Bowganian
Solar Flare Dragon
Solar Flare Dragon
Solar Flare Dragon
Cannon Soldier
Cannon Soldier
Reflect Bounder
Balloon Lizard
Balloon Lizard
Des Koala
Des Koala
Cyber Jar
Spells: 13
Wave-Motion Cannon
Wave-Motion Cannon
Level Limit Area B
Level Limit Area B
Messenger of Peace
Messenger of Peace
Messenger of Peace
Meteor of Destruction
Meteor of Destruction
Tremendous Fire
Tremendous Fire
Scapegoat
Scapegoat

Traps: 9
Gravity Bind
Gravity Bind
Ring of Destruction
Magic Cylinder
Ceasefire
Magic Jammer
Magic Jammer
Secret Barrel
Secret Barrel
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