September 2009

 I'm So Thirsty! - Knight of Ni
 

Hello fellow Yu-Gi-Oh! fans!  This is my first post on this site and I’m very excited.  This should be the first of a stream of posts by me.  I’ve always loved to design decks.  Anyways, enough about me and more about my deck design. Drain decks don’t really see much play because they are usually inconsistent and lack speed.  Well this drain deck focuses on melting your opponent’s deck while still having a strong backbone to support it.  What’s really amazing about this deck is the fact that the drain is natural.  You don’t have to go out of your way to accomplish massive feats of drain.  The key, however, is to get out your Soul – Absorbing Bone Tower as quickly as possible.  I’ve even included some draw and speed support stuff in here to keep things running smoothly.                          I'm So Thirsty                         Total x40                                                  Monsters x20                         Vampire Lord x2                         Ryu Kokki                         Il Blud x2                         Soul- Absorbing Tower x3                         Needle Worm x3                         Pyramid Turtle x3                         Sangan                         Zombie Master                         Morphing Jar                         Mezuki x2                         Spirit Reaper                                                  Spells x13                         Swords of Revealing Light                         Book of Life x3                         Call of the Mummy                         The Shallow Grave                         Gravekeeper's Servant                         Lightning Vortex                         Heavy Storm                         Card Destruction                         Allure of Darkness                         My Body as a Shield x2                                                  Traps x7                         Threatening Roar x2                         Bottomless Trap Hole x2                         Compulsory Evacuation Device x2                         Call of the Haunted                        The Monsters:             The big guns in this deck are the Vampire Lords and Il Bluds.  The Lords have regenerative effects (fueling drain from the Bone Towers) and they drain your opponent’s deck when they inflict Battle Damage.  The Bluds keeps your field full so that you can either stall or rain damage to you opponent.             One of the most important monsters in this deck is Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower.  Each time you Special Summon a Zombie, it forces your opponent to lose the top 2 cards of their deck.  It may not seem like much, but with all of the Special Summoning in this deck, you’ll be getting your Tower’s effect very often, causing a continuous drain.  Also, if you get both on the field, your opponent can not destroy them in battle, forcing them to use a valuable spell or trap to get rid of them.  Something they could’ve saved to get rid of your Bluds or Ryu Kokki.             Your Pyramid Turtles are obvious choices.  So are Needle Worms.  Sangan keeps your hand full, plus you have very many targets to choose from.  Spirit Reaper does what he does best.  Mezuki can Special Summon monsters in a pinch.             Morphing Jar is an iffy choice.  But I decided to put it in anyways.  Usually I prefer to keep some good cards in hand in case stuff goes wrong, so a flipped Morphing Jar could ruin your plans.  Just make sure you’re playing smart.  You could probably replace it with a Des Lacooda or something like that.             The Spells:             The spells serve 3 main purposes here; destruction, drain, or support.  LV and Heavy Storm are good destruction engines.  Gravekeeper’s Servant is another continuous drain card in this deck. Being continuous, it is vulnerable to destruction.  Although it’s not very important, meaning your opponent can either waste a resource to get rid of it or just leave it.  If they choose to leave it, they’ll soon see just how low their options become.  Call of the Mummy, Shallow Grave, Book of Life, and Allure of Darkness are great support cards.  CotM is an iffy choice, considering you’ll almost always have at least 1 monster on the field.  AoD is left at 1 because there are only 10 DARK monsters in this deck, meaning only ¼ of your deck is valid for this massive draw engine.             The main monster you want to resummon with The Shallow Grave would be Needle Worm.  If you end up reusing its effect at least once in the game and you still use the other 2 as well, that adds up to 20 cards lost.  That’s ½ of your opponent’s deck.  That power is amazing!             My Body as a Shield is the only negation card in this deck for dangerous effect (unless you count Vampire Lord’s regenerative abilities).  Therefore they are important protection.             The Traps: The trap line up is pretty standard.   This deck can usually survive hits from Spells or Traps, but not battle.  I use a slightly modified version of this deck and I must say that it works wonderfully.  I’ve never used it at a tournament, though, but I don’t think it would do terrible.  Anyways, if you like the idea, try it out Seth Wheeler (a.k.a. Knight of Ni) wheelersatthebeach@atmc.net