May 2009

 Burn is not dead...yet - BlackVoid
 

Burn is usually all about stalling and doing a lot of small damage. That doesn't cut it anymore, with all the current decks winning duels in single-digit turns. So I'm bringing back an old burn deck that should be getting more attention now because of the speed.

The Anti-Heal AKA: Simochi Burn, AKA: Reverse Heal, AKA: Death By Nurse deck, is one of those decks that hasn't seen a lot of play and nobody really knows why. I use one myself and am very pleased with it as not only is it the fastest burn deck out there, it's surprisingly consistent.

The idea is obviously to use Bad Raction to Simochi and Nurse Reficule the Fallen One along with cards that would heal your opponent to inflict damage. The 2 card combos in this deck do damage much more quick;y then other burn decks.

Deck: 43

Monsters: 16

x3 Nurse Reficule the Fallen One
x2 A Cat of Ill Omen
x2 Mystic Tomato
x2 Des Koala
x2 Mask of Darkness
x1 Marshmallon
x1 Gellenduo
x1 Sangan
x1 Swarm of Locust
x1 Morphing Jar

Spells: 13

x3 Soul Taker
x3 Upstart Goblin
x2 Rain of Mercy
x1 Swords of Revealing Light
x1 Level Limit Area B
x1 Smashing Ground
x1 Messenger of Peace
x1 Monster Reborn

Traps: 14

x3 Bad Reaction to Simochi
x3 Gift Card
x2 Paths of Destiny
x2 Fake Trap
x1 Magic Cylinder
x1 Mirror Force
x1 Dimensional Prison
x1 Dark Bribe

Side: 15

x3 Self-Destruct Button
x3 Burning Algae
x2 Prohibition
x2 Imperial Iron Wall
x2 Royal Oppression
x1 Cat of Ill Omen
x1 Heavy Storm
x1 Wall of Revealing Light

Since Soul Takers are rare, you can take them out, and add 2 more Rains and a Swarm of Scarabs. Locust is in there because this deck needs some kind of magic/trap removal. Heavy isn't here because this deck always has important traps on the field.
This deck does damage very quickly once simochi is out so Morphing Jar is a must for draw power.

The Side deck may be considered "cheap", but Simochi is the perfect deck for the Button due to all the healing cards for your opponent. The idea is to use Simochi, an underused deck, to surprise your opponent in the first duel and then sub in the Button support cards. The general idea is to take out the Burn cards like Koala and the Reverse heal cards, and add Button support. The other Side cards are basically DAD and JD counters.

If you don't like that strategy though, you could side a couple Trap Eaters and Exiled Forces instead to stop Jinzo and Decree.

For questions, comments, etc, I can be reached at blackvoid2@yahoo.com