May 2007
Deck Ideas and rant
Hi Pojoers,
Today I want to talk about something that all should
be aware of, our decks. Let me start by listing a
few cards:
Heavy storm
Mystical space typhoon
Premature burial
Swords of revealing light
Snatch Steal
Nobleman of Crossout
Enemy Controller
Smashing Ground
Book of Moon
Pot of Avarice
Call of the haunted
Mirror Force
Sakuretsu Armor
Torrential Tribute
Dekoichi the Battleenchanted Locomotive
Sangan
D. D. warrior lady
Cyber Dragon
Spirit Reaper
Treeborn Frog
*******************************Problem*******************************:
Now what is wrong with this list? I¡¦ll tell I
probably name at least half the cards in almost
anyone¡¦s deck. Now the question is can we call
ourselves original. If we have at least 50% of our
cards the same as anyone else¡¦s, is this deck
original?
I can throw in a few monarchs and people claim it¡¦s
a monarch deck. I throw in 3 card troopers and it
became a card trooper deck. How bout throwing in a
Bazoo and return from a different dimension? The
problem is the world championship. Is America
winning against the other countries? Time after time
again we are losing. The only time we are ever even
in the top 10 was back in 2004 by Roy St. Clair, who
came in 6th place.
I think we all need to start creating new decks
rather than sticking with the same old deck. This
decktype that we¡¦re running is getting old, we need
to think of a combos and such.
*******************************Crticism*******************************:
The problem with running these cards lies with an
article that was posted on pojo a few months back.
The article spoke about if the cards we use is a
part of our strategy. For example, I¡¦m running a
burn deck. Would I really need to include a heavy
storm or mst? I read from one of the reviewers on
pojo ¡§if you have this and you don¡¦t play it you
are a n00000000000b.¡¨ I¡¦m not going to say who
it¡¦s from. But should I run this in a burn deck?
I say we should run cards based on whether this
helps our strategy, not run cards because of others
opinion.
****************Different
Decks*******************************:
Note: Use these deck ideas, but make them original,
don¡¦t add in cyber dragon of something for the hell
of it.
Return to the top of your deck Deck
The problem with trying to create a new deck lies
with the players. I¡¦ve seen people try out new
decks. There is this deck I call the ¡§bounce deck¡¨
the guy prefers the name ¡§return to the top of the
deck¡¨ deck. His main idea was basically return
everything to the top of your deck. Not a bad idea,
your opponent has to constantly play the same hand.
All seeing eye Deck
This deck uses convulsion of nature, archfriends
oath, confiscation, etc¡K The idea is to constantly
see what your opponent has and try to shake them up
as much as possible. You could add in a few
simultaneous loss, etc¡K This would attempt to
control everything your opponent draws
Viral Infection Deck
Ever try Deck Devastation Virus and Disturbance
Strategy? If your opponent does not have cards that
Deck Devastation Virus can destroy, make them
shuffle and draw new cards that cause them to
potentially lose more cards.
Only problem is that they may draw a better hand.
That is why D.D.
designator and confiscation is in there.
*******************************Conclusion*******************************:
Since everyone runs the same magic, trap, and some
of the monsters, it¡¦s nothing more than a cookie
cutter now. Because that¡¦s the definition, isn¡¦t
it? When a great majority of our cards in our decks
are the same as others it is considered a cookie
cutter. We should try to make new and better deck
ideas and completely reject the old style. I really
want to see America in the top 3 at least. Thank you
for reading.
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