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From: ChronoMageZero@aol.com [mailto:ChronoMageZero@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2006 3:50 PM

Subject: Combo Rant with Tips - Ezekiel



Hi All! Well since this is my fourth post to the CCG I think I should tell y'all something 'bout myself.

My name is Johnny, am 18 on 25th January and I live in Northern Ireland, it's not very exciting but hey, it's home. It's my final year in high school before I go to university next year. I have a girlfriend who I have been seeing for over a year now and I have been dueling on and off for the past 3 years (since it started basically.) My favourite movie is Ghostbusters and my favourite TV show is Doctor Who. I listen to a wide range of rocky/metal music with some of the highlights being CKY, DragonForce and U2.
My first booster was the Japanese Booster Chronicles pack because I was a dumbass and got the wrong one! I did get a rare Magic Thorns though so it was cool. My first ENGLISH cards were the Kaiba Starter and my favourite cards are the Dark Magician of Chaos and the Elemental Monarchs.



D'ya know what really Grinds my Gears? Combos, or more to the point the lack of combos people play as they focus on more reactionary plays such as SakAr and common ones such as Book of Moon then Nobleman of Crossout. I will be attempting to show some fun and hopefully original combos (someone somewhere has probably done it before so if you have done it congrats!)



1) Deadly Goo!
Okay, before I get started here's what the cards do, just to remind you folks;



SOD-EN018
Malice Doll of Demise

DARK Fiend/4/1600/1700

If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard by the effect of a Continuous Spell Card, Special Summon this card from the Graveyard during the Standby Phase of your turn.



SOD-EN043
Ectoplasmer

SPELL
Continuous

Only once during each player’s End Phase, each player Tributes 1 face-up monster on his/her side of the field and inflicts damage to the opponent’s Life Points equal to half the original ATK of the Tributed Monster.



Right, this is a solid Burner Strategy. Malice Doll will do 800 damage per turn if you play your cards right (pun definitely intended.) Since it comes back during YOUR Standby Phase it is essentially safe in your Graveyard unless your opponent removes it somehow,

it'll keep burning and burning. With Ectoplasmer being a Continuous Spell it is susceptable to M/T removal such as MST, Heavy Storm etc. This will however draw your opponents attention away from any previous tactics they had in order to take out Ecto as it is the easy option to get rid of before the damage starts to pile up. Magic Reflector could help with this (it gives it an added layer of protection from destruction.)
A dedicated Burn Deck could utilize this very effectively and along with cards such as Stealth Bird, Cannon Soldier, Curse of Darkness etc. the duel could be over in a matter of turns.
Too simple a combo? Heard it before? Okay then, try this on for size.



2) Two Birds, One Stone!



FET-EN022 Gearfried the Swordmaster
LIGHT Warrior/7/2600/2200
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by the effect of "Release Restraint". When this card is equipped with an Equip Card, destroy 1 monster on your opponent's side of the field.

LOD-088 Blast With Chain
Normal Trap
After activation, this card is treated as an Equip Magic Card. Select 1 monster you control and equip it with this card to increase the ATK of the selected monster by 500 points. When this card is destroyed by the effect of another card, select 1 card on the field and destroy it.



Not bad if I do say so myself. It's a 2 for 1 gig, 1 monster is destroyed from Gearfried's effect and then another CARD is destroyed by Blast with Chain. Quite an efficient way to clear the field for a direct attack. Gearfried is vulnerable given that he can't come back after being destroyed so you want to take out as many threats as possible. Another option for this combo is the Divine Sword Phoenix Blade from the Warrior's Triumph Structure Deck. If you run an enthusiastic Warrior deck then it should be no trouble to utilize the Phoenix Blade's recursion potential.
As you've seen the above combos are simple, 2-3 card combos as there is nothing worse than planning out and gathering the materials needed for a super-duper-combo of doom and then it getting blinked out of existence with a stray MST! On to the final combo.



3) Frogapolooza!



CRV-EN026 Des Frog
WATER/Aqua/5/1900/0
When this card is Tribute Summoned successfully, you can Special Summon "Des Frog"(s) from your hand or Deck up to the same number of "T.A.D.P.O.L.E."(s) in your Graveyard.



CRV-EN027 T.A.D.P.O.L.E.
WATER/Aqua/1/0/0
When this card on your side of the field is destroyed as a result of battle and sent to your Graveyard, you can add any "T.A.D.P.O.L.E."(s) from your Deck to your hand. Then shuffle your Deck.

CRV-EN042 Des Croaking
Spell
You can only activate this card when there are 3 face-up "Des Frog" on your side of the field. Destroy all cards on your opponent's side of the field.



SOI-JP025
Yomigaeru ("Yomi Frog")

WATER/Aqua/1/100/100
When this card is in your Graveyard at your Standby Phase, and you don't have Magic/Trap cards on your field, you can special summon this card to your field. This effect cannot be activate if a [Yomigaeru] is face-up on your field.



SOI-JP026
Devil Frog

WATER/Aqua/3/1200/800

This card's attack strength is increase by number of [Tadpole] in your Graveyard * 300.



SOI-JP036
Frog Sandeath

WATER/Aqua/Fusion/8/2500/2000

[Des Frog] + [Des Frog] + [Des Frog]
When this card is Fusion Summon, it can only be done by the above cards. This card's attack strength would be increase by 500 for each [Yomigaeru] in your Graveyard.



SOI-JP054
Lost Next

Trap
Choose a face-up monster on your field. Send a monster with the same name as that monster from your deck into Graveyard.



As you can see this combo is a lot larger and more complicated than the last two but is a lot more powerful and destructive in the long run. The combo revolves around the T.A.D.P.O.L.E. cards as they provide the power for this combo. Whilst the first three cards are currently available, the latter ones are in the upcoming Shadow of Infinity set so you'll have to wait a little while if you want to enact this combo. Basically the combo revolves around getting the T.A.D.P.O.L.E.s into the Graveyard ASAP and reaping the rewards after. You can swarm big time with this combo and a deck built around it would be an innovative and uncommon one (I hope someone makes one and does something big like win a regional tourney with it, that'll show all those clone deck wannabes (see my previous article for more info.))
Whilst it is very situational, searcher cards such as Sangan and Mother Grizzly could get;
a) T.A.D.P.O.L.E.s on the field and hence in the Graveyard faster
or
b) If you have all your T.A.D.P.O.L.E.s in the Graveyard then get a few Des or Devil Frogs and go to victory!



Well as Bugs Bunny famously said it, "that's all folks!" Until next time at least )which'll be real soon)

Hope you found this post interesting and may want to try out some of the above combos or it has at least given you food for thought about deck ideas or combos of your own.
All comments, deck fixes/ideas/combos etc to the usually address

chronomagezero@aol.com

Till next time, Peace Out
Ezekiel