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Trading Card Game Tips from fans
February 2008
THOUGHTS
ON THE NEXT BAN-LIST
The ban-list’s job is not only
to limit cards that break the game, but to
promote innovation and other deck types. I
feel we are in a time much like in
Traditional format. Before the ban-list, if
you didn’t play Chaos, you weren’t going to
win. Now, if you don’t play Light and
These
cards need to be banned:
Destiny Hero- Disk Commander
Crush
Card Virus
I realize less than 3% of
players have this card, but still the
advantage it creates is insane. First, it’s
so easy to get off. D-Heroes are dark and
weak, apprentice magician, sangan, even D.D.
Crow all set this off. Second, it takes
away your important monsters and yes, 1500
and above is way worse than what Deck
Devastation Virus does. Third, you get to
see your opponent’s draws for the next three
turns, so you know exactly what they have
and what to prepare for. It would be a
shame to ban this card before everyone got
to play it, but it just creates too much
advantage. When this card goes off, you’re
probably going to lose.
These
really are the only two cards that I think
should make their way to the ban-list, which
also means that everything else should stay
the way it is.
These
cards need to be limited to one
Raiza
the Storm Monarch
This part of the list is where
things need to happen. Now, I have never
said that the Monarchs need to be banned or
whatever. None of them are that incredibly
broken to warrant that. However, Raiza is
the only monarch that screws up your
opponent’s draw and as we have seen in the
past (Yata, Time Seal) that is a bad thing.
Late game Raiza is very unbalanced, which
pretty much means unfair. LADD maybe pretty
good, but it’s Raiza that really pushes
Light
and Darkness Dragon
Is LADD so overpowered that it
needs to be at 1? I’d say probably not
because there are ways to get around this
guy rather quickly. However, in the
interest of promoting more creativity, LADD
should be limited to one copy. At the very
least, LADD should be semi-restricted, but I
decided a one copy limit would be better.
Let’s not forget that LADD negates
EVERYTHING and without treeborn frog or a
spirit monster, you use a lot of resources
just to get rid of the stupid thing. If you
haven’t noticed yet, I’m hoping this list
strikes a blow to LADD perfect circle.
For the same reasons as Raiza,
this card should be restricted. Messing up
your opponents draw is a mechanic that
doesn’t belong in this game because of the
incredible advantage it creates. This card
just combos so well in the Perfect Circle
deck, it’s chainable to just about any form
of spell/trap destruction and even though
most players only use 2, as long as you’ve
discarded something like treeborn frog,
destiny hero disk commander, or destiny hero
malicious, you’ve just gained a real unfair
advantage on your opponent. If Royal Decree
was put back to unlimited status, then I
would argue that Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
would be fine at 2.
These
cards need to be semi-limited
Destiny Draw
Most players only use two so
let’s just make it official. Most D-Heroes
want to be in the graveyard anyways. UDE
should continue to try and curb the
dominance of
Dark
Bribe
This card is awesome, but not
awesome enough to be restricted to one.
Even so, this card will almost always stop a
card that was more important than the card
your opponent drew from the effect. The
conditions of the list I have made is why
this card can afford to be dropped to 2.
Card
of Safe Return
Zombies aren’t really that much
of a threat in major tournaments, but
neither were Demise decks when the last list
came out and look what they did to that
deck. If you thought LADD PC had crazy
advantage, Zombies with this card beat that
easily. When playing zombies, you are in
business when you draw this card. Under
this list I’m suggesting, zombies could make
a comeback so this card needs to be under
control.
Megamorph
Metamorphosis was really why
Demise was so good and now that Demise is
nowhere to be seen besides one showing in a
Shonen Jump recently, I don’t see the need
for Megamorph to be restricted.
United
We Stand
This is just one of those cards
that, when you look at the restricted list,
you see it and ask, “Why?” No one ever
plays this card in a serious tournament
deck, so why is it restricted? We agreed
that United We Stand should probably be
unlimited, but this card would probably take
the path traveled by D.D. Assailant and
Abyss Soldier, going from restricted, to
semi, and then to unlimited status.
Mage
Power
Same as United We Stand. I
doubt people would play this if it was
unlimited. Stick this and United We Stand
on the semi-limited list, make sure it
wouldn’t lead to any abusive combos, then
change it to unlimited.
Twin-Headed Behemoth
I don’t think bumping this card
up to semi-restricted is going to change
anything. The effect only works once per
game, keeping this card’s power in check.
Also, the reborn effect won’t work if the
monster is tributed. No one plays the one
copy they’re allowed, so I don’t think
anyone would play it at two either.
These
cards should no longer be limited
Apprentice Magician
I don’t know why this card is
semi-limited. What is the difference
between two and three? I have no idea.
Gravekeeper’s Spy is at three, so Apprentice
Magician should be as well. The only
worthwhile things Apprentice Magician can
search out are itself, Old Vindictive
Magician, Crystal Seer, and Magician of
Faith. None of those cards are game
changers. Spellcasters need the help, so
lets put this card back to three.
Royal
Decree
Jinzo being at 2 and Royal
Decree possibly being at three would mean a
lot of trap negation would be available.
The only reason I would un-limit this card
is because I have Dark Bribe at 2, otherwise
that would be an insane amount of negation.
Amazing how many side decks had 3 of these
in them but as soon as it was
semi-restricted, Royal Decree disappeared.
Some decks were running three Royal Decrees
as the only traps in their decks, which the
last ban-list destroyed. Dark Bribe pretty
much made this card obsolete, so Royal
Decree doesn’t need to be limited.
These are
my thoughts on where the next ban-list
should go. Keep in mind that I haven’t even
touched any of the cards from Phantom
Darkness. We will need to see what they do
to the Metagame before we can make a
judgement on them. However, beware of The
Dark Creator, Dark Armed Dragon, and
Thanks to
those who read this entire thing. If you
have any questions or comments, feel free to
e-mail me at
tinytim126@yahoo.com. Please make any
disagreements polite and intelligent, or I
won’t bother responding to you. You can
e-mail me deck fixes as well and I will be
glad to offer you my opinions. I will
feature decks soon and give my thoughts when
the ban-list arrives. Happy dueling and
remember: 1) don’t ever give up and 2) don’t
ever cheat.
-Delinquent Duo
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