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From: Brian Foley [mailto:foley.brian@adelphia.net]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 12:19 AM

Subject: My Article on Soul Control - Brian Foley

Is it really a Warrior deck?

This article is explaining why theme decks really aren't theme decks. Seems strange doesn't it? Well let's say that there is a Warrior theme deck in the top 8 of a Shonen Jump Championship, it wouldn't exactly be a Warrior deck because it would be running cards like Breaker the Magical Warrior and Mobius the Frost Monarch. If you look on the Pojo forums you will see a lot of decks with the title "Warrior Toolbox", it will be running a lot of Warriors such as Don Zaloog, D.D. Assailant and D.D. Survivor, but it will also be running cards like Cyber Dragon, Mobius the Frost Monarch and Spirit Reaper. This is what this article is based on and I am going to show you a pure Warrior deck and your Standard Cookie Cutter Warrior deck.

Here is an example of a Warrior Toolbox:

Monsters: 17

Mobius the Frost Monarch
Cyber Dragon
Cyber Dragon
Cyber Dragon
D. D. Assailant
D. D. Assailant
D. D. Assailant
D. D. Warrior Lady
D. D. Survivor
Exiled Force
Mystic Swordsman LV2
Don Zaloog
Spirit Reaper
Spirit Reaper
D.D. Survivor
Sangan
Breaker the Magical Warrior

Spells: 15

Dark Hole
Reinforcement of the Army
Reinforcement of the Army
Premature Burial
Snatch Steal
Mystical Space Typhoon
Heavy Storm
Nobleman of Crossout
Book of Moon
Smashing Ground
Smashing Ground
Enemy Controller
Enemy Controller
Swords of Revealing light
Scapegoat

Traps: 8

Sakuretsu Armor
Sakuretsu Armor
Sakuretsu Armor
Call of the Haunted
Torrential Tribute
2x Dust Tornado
Widespread Ruin

Total: 40

Description: Pretty good deck isn't it? Yeh this deck dominates the Metagame and all that, but it isn't actually a theme, it is just a random jank deck with 9 Warriors. 9 out of the 17 monsters are Warriors, but that doesn't make it a Warrior deck. I'll show you an example of a pure Warrior deck right now.

Monsters: 18

Marauding Captain
Marauding Captain
Don Zaloog
Don Zaloog
Blade Knight
Blade Knight
D.D. Warrior Lady
D.D. Assailant
D.D. Assailant
D.D. Assailant
D.D. Survivor
Exiled Force
Mystic Swordsman Lv2
Command Knight
Command Knight
Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke
Freed the Matchless General
Silent Swordsman Lv5

Spells: 17

Dark Hole
Reinforcement of the Army
Reinforcement of the Army
Premature Burial
Snatch Steal
Mystical Space Typhoon
Heavy Storm
Nobleman of Crossout
Enemy Controller
Enemy Controller
Smashing Ground
Smashing Ground
The Warrior Returning Alive
The Warrior Returning Alive
Scapegoat
Swords of Revealing light
Book of Moon

Traps: 5

Royal Decree
Royal Decree
Royal Decree
Torrential Tribute
Call of the Haunted

Total: 40

Description: This deck could stand up to a Warrior Toolbox any day, it's amazing trap line-up would destroy the Toolbox's trap line-up. The spell line-ups are almost identical except for the Warrior Returning Alive's because they are there to maintain hand management as I have included 2 Marauding Captains in this line-up to swarm the toolbox.

Of course you don't have to run all the same type in a theme deck, I just wanted to show that it could be done. Warrior toolbox decks use tech cards such as Chaos Sorcerer sometimes if they have included enough light and dark monsters in their monster line-up.

Well there is the article, sorry I couldn't spend much time on it, I'll try to submit another one next week. E-Mail me with any suggesttions ratings, etc. Also if anybody wants a deck-fix e-mail me and I'll get on it.

E-Hero Warrior