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June 2007 Destiny Striker Monarch Deck - Cameron
Hey
everyone, that's right you read it
properly. I, Mr. Anti-Mainstream, will
be showing you a Monarch Deck I plan to
make. In my spare time I tend to think
about things I can't do now, but may be
able to do in the future if I work
toward it. Among many other things I
come up with, I also throw a bit of
Yu-Gi-Oh! fantasy in there. What deck
would I use if I had every single
expensive card that I don't have, three
of each at that? I'd probably make a
Monarch Deck and actually have a chance
at winning a major event. So I
visualized a drawing board and put a few
tribute engines on it to decide how I'd
make my Monarch Deck. So far there a few
viable engines to use in a Monarch Deck,
but many are being overshadowed by the
Destiny Hero engine. Nevertheless, here
are the tribute engines I came up with:
Cyber
Dragon x3
Sangan
Treeborn Frog
This
seems to be the standard, every Monarch
Deck tends to use these. Cyber Dragon
for first-turn Monarchs, Sangan is a
self-replacer (and a searcher for the
Frog), and ofcourse the lynchpin of the
12-Gauge Monarch Deck; Treeborn Frog
itself.
Apprentice Magician x2
Old-Vindictive Magician x3
At
least 2 Old-Vindictive Magicians, but I
wouldn't want the second Apprentice to
become a dead draw if I draw both of the
Vindictives. When Fortune Teller of
Crystal comes out in Tactical Evolution
it'll be 2 of each.
Destiny Hero - Disc Commander
Destiny Hero - Fear Monger x2
Destiny Hero - Malicious x3
Elemental Hero Stratos
Destiny Draw x3
Probably the best engine out there, but
after discarding 1 Malicious for the
first Destiny Draw and Disc Commander
for the second you have to hold on to a
Fear Monger to discard for the last
one, even though it's supposed to revive
Disc Commander. Hmmm...
Gravekeeper's Guard
Gravekeeper's Spy x3
Book
of Moon
This
one is solid too, and sees enough use
that it's no surprize to any of you.
Kuriboh x3
Winged Kuriboh x3
The
Flute of Summoning Kuriboh x3
Abstract, yet I think it's cool because
they're not prone to be dead draws as
they do exactly what you want cards to
do when you've got a bad hand; SAVE
YOUR......SELF! lol
Spell
Striker x3
Reinforcement of the Army x2
The
Warrior Returning Alive x3
Ah,
Spell Striker is the last of the 3 promo
cards from the Yu-Gi-Oh! World
Championship 2007, it goes to show you
that this is probably the best game to
buy even if you're just doing it for the
promo cards. 2 are used for Monarch
fodder, the other makes Dragon Decks so
much better! Anyway, Reinforcement
searches it out and fuels its effect.
The Warrior Returning Alive gets it back
and fuels its effect. Hmmm...
That's what I came up with, now I really
like the Destiny Hero engine but it can
run you into bad hands very easily and
doesn't seem to take the late game into
consideration because of a lack of
discard fodder for the last Destiny
Draw. The Spell Striker engine would be
perfect to coexist with this and
compensate for its faults, I'll show you
why:
Destiny Striker Monarch Deck (Mine, no
netdecking this, not yours, MINE!)
40
Cards
Monsters: 21
Cyber
Dragon x3
Destiny Hero - Disc Commander
Destiny Hero - Fear Monger x2
Destiny Hero - Malicious x3
Elemental Hero Stratos
Mobius the Frost Monarch x2
Raiza
the Storm Monarch x2
Sangan
Spell
Striker x3
Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch x2
Treeborn Frog
Magic
Cards: 14
Confiscation
Destiny Draw x3
Heavy
Storm
Mystical Space Typhoon
Nobleman of Crossout
Premature Burial
Reinforcement of the Army x2
Snatch Steal
The
Warrior Returning Alive x3
Trap
Cards: 5
Call
of the Haunted
Crush
Card Virus
Mirror Force
Ring
of Destruction
Torrential Tribute
That's what I would build if I had all
of those, and I can acquire all of those
in due time (maybe not an Ultra Rare
Crush Card Virus, but maybe a common in
a future Structure Deck). I've seen
Destiny Hero Monarch builds before, and
they include 1 copy of Reinforcement of
the Army. I hate that! I like
Reinforcement played in pairs or not at
all, I don't know why. Since it has only
Disc Commander, Stratos and 2 Fear
Mongers to target the Destiny Monarch
Decks only include 1 copy. Add 3 Spell
Strikers and 2 Reinforcements are
needed, the deck also flows much better
in the event that the Destiny Hero
engine isn't working.
Now I
just can't imagine myself discarding a
Fear Monger to a third Destiny Draw, I
just can't. I have a Destiny Hero Deck
and I absolutely love using his effect
to bring back Disc Commander, but he
can't do that if he's discarded.
However, The Warrior Returning Alive is
used in the Spell Striker engine to
re-use it and fuel its effect at the
same time. However, it can also be used
to get back a dead Destiny Hero to
discard for Destiny Draw. So I wouldn't
have to discard a Fear Monger, I could
just return the last Malicious to my
hand and discard that. It could also be
used to bring back and set Fear Monger
up to 3 more times once I get Disc
Commander in the graveyard. Overall this
deck could draw up to 18 more cards than
the opponent (6 from the Destiny Draws,
2 from Premature on Commander, 2 from
Call on Commander and 8 from the 2 Fear
Mongers and the 2 Warrior Returning
Alives bringing back Fear Monger).
This
Monarch Deck is less likely to run into
bad hands than others. First, it's
running 2 less Monarchs than the top
decks now. That could be a mistake as I
wouldn't be able to summon as many
Monarchs but I really don't like having
dead tribute monsters in hand. Second,
it's running 3 tribute engines instead
of just 1 or 2 (if the 3 Cyber Dragons,
Sangan and Treeborn Frog actually count
that is). Not just that, but the 2
engines I'm blending together help each
other become more efficient. The Destiny
Hero engine is more powerful and breeds
more card advantage, but runs into bad
hands. The Spell Striker engine breeds
no card advantage as everything is a
1-for-1, but is much more reliable and
isn't just for summoning Monarchs.
You
can use the Spell Strikers to attack
directly for the last bits of damage
too. If you look at coverage on the last
few Shonen Jump Championships on
Metagame.com, you'll see some of the
best duelists losing to a Destiny Hero
Monarch Deck because they just wouldn't
attack a Fear Monger or Disc Commander.
The worst case was when someone was
hiding behind one of these with just a
few hundred Life Points left, but the
opponent still wouldn't attack because
they were to afraid of giving the
opponent 2 more cards. If they'd just
been able to deal some direct damage or
even piercing damage they would have
won. This deck is packing alternatives
in case the opponent has a huge monster
or a monster you really don't want to
attack blocking his or her last few Life
Points.
I
haven't tested this deck yet as it's in
the making, but if anyone has any
suggestings, comments or cards they're
willing to sell for fairly cheap prices
then give me an e-mail. I need 2 Raizas,
1 Mobius, 2 Maliciouses, 2 Spell
Strikers, 3 Destiny Draws and a Treeborn
Frog. Oh yeah, and Crush Card but I'm
not gonna pay $1500 for it, so never
mind about that one.
Send your
questions, comments, etc. to
cjrwaud@cogeco.ca.
Please no hate mail, I'm really a
nice guy once you get to know me.
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