February 2006
Roid Rage - SmokeyRanger1986
Hey. My name's Chris Odell. One of the things I have
begun to notice about the current metagame is that
the Machines are not being utilized. The Roid fusion
decks is especially underused. These monsters all
have a card that helps them immensely - Rare
Metalmorph (Continuous Trap). The effect of Rare
Metalmorph reads:
Increase the ATK of 1 Machine-Type monster on the
field by 500 points. Only once, negate the effect of
a Spell Card that designates the monster. When the
selected monster is removed from the field, destroy
this card.
What this does, especially in the Roid fusion, is
deal with cards like Brain Control, Enemy
Controller, Creature Swap, and Book of Moon.
Ideally, you would have summoned Super Vehicroid
Jumbo Drill with Vehicroid Connection Zone,
therefore negating Spell, Trap, and Effect
destruction, plus Skill Drain and its similar
friends. What you create is a monster that is
virtually invincible. The only monsters to worry
about are those who are just plain huge, but those
are generally in newb decks or Mausoleum/Monster
Gate decks, and are easily Bottomless-ed. And Dark
Necrofear, because it can still take control of your
precious toy after you kill it.
However, this isn't the end of the usefulness of
Rare Metalmorph. Say you only had enough money to
get one Jumbo Drill, but you've pulled a few Steam
Gyroids out of packs before. Well, you can still
Vehicroid fusion and add this little guy to the
Engine and run over monarchs. Same with Cyber Dragon
and Steamroid by itself. And Drillroids can go
head-to-head with Cyber Dragons with this thing.
There are so many combinations to aggro with this
build.
So try it out. However, I would suggest a dedicated
build, not just throwing in some Roids with your
staples. The chance of getting the combo is reduced
to virutally nil. This one definitely runs freely
over Gadgets, the soon-to-be new metagame. I'm
cackling with glee even now. :P Later, Pojo fans!
Smokey
P.S. - let me know how it goes at eequalsmc2trooper@yahoo.com
