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FanatikMonk on Yu-Gi-Oh!
Conundrum: Cyber Bond
September 11, 2006  

            First off, thank you all for submitting great decks.  I can honestly say that every single deck was above my expectations and demonstrated some true deck-building skill.  I saw a lot of decks that demonstrated creativity beyond anything imaginable.  I saw a demonstration of knowledge of rulings and little-known-facts about YGO.  So just to recap here was last week’s challenge:

 

            Construct a deck that:

                        Runs 3 Time Wizards!

                        Has at least 2 Timeaters!

                        Could be competitive on the national level.

                       

Timeater

[ Machine / Effect ]
Description:
If this monster destroys a monster on your opponent's side of the field in battle, your opponent skips his/her next Main Phase 1.

1900/1700

 

Time Wizard
[ Spellcaster / Effect ]
Description:
Toss a coin and call Heads or Tails. If you call it right, your opponent's monsters on the field are destroyed. If you call it wrong, your own monsters on the field are destroyed and you lose Life Points equal to half the total ATK of the destroyed monsters. This card can be used only during your own turn, once per turn.

500/400

 

            Now before I post the winners deck I’d like to give an honorable mentions to some great tech ideas that people tried (and just to give you all an idea of how creative your fellow duelists are).

 

  • Dark Sage
  • Fairy Box
  • Sasuke Samurai #4
  • Great Long Nose (If you skip your first main phase and battle phase you must end your turn!  Genuis!)
  • Mausoleum of the Emperor
  • Ojama Trio

 

So without further ado here is the winning deck:

 

Hey,

I'm responding to your general request on Pojo.com's Yu-Gi-Oh TCG page for "Time Control" deck submissions utilizing three Time Wizard (MRD-065) and at least two Timeater (PGD-010).  The following decklist needs a little work, I feel--I've not gotten the chance to play-test it yet, but I'll try to explain the logic I put into it.  The deck tries to juggle a few different themes (coin toss/spellcaster/phase-skipping), but I'm hoping the final build will be synergistic and effective in countering more common deck types.

Time Control Decklist-41 Cards

Monsters (19)
3 Time Wizard
2 Timeater
2 Sasuke Samurai #4
2 Black Ptera
2 Apprentice Magician
1 Cybernetic Magician
1 Blowback Dragon
1 Toon Gemini Elf
1 Breaker the Magical Warrior
1 Sangan
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Old Vindictive Magician
1 Magician of Faith

Spells (14)
2 Magical Dimension
2 2nd Coin Toss
1 Graceful Charity
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Last Will
1 Scapegoat
1 Book of Moon
1 Swords of Revealing Light
1 Confiscation
1 Nobleman of Crossout
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Heavy Storm

Traps (8)
3 Thunder of Ruler
2 Ojama Trio
1 Mirror Force
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Ring of Destruction

Time Wizard's effect is obviously risky, requiring a correct coin toss, so I've included two 2nd Coin Toss to provide a bit of protection.  In order to make 2nd Coin Toss at least a reasonable draw most of the time, I've included some additional "coin toss support" monsters-two Sasuke Samurai #4, and one Blowback Dragon.  Yet even with 2nd Coin Toss, unsuccessful flips will still occur.  With this in mind, I thought at least two Black Ptera might have some potential in this build, since they will return to the player's hand even if blasted by the Wizard's effect.  They could then be used for Graceful Charity bate, tribute material for Timeater or Blowback Dragon, or even Cybernetic Magician's activation cost.  Similarly, Last Will could provide some protection from a failed Time Wizard toss, allowing a few options for additional special summons and speed.  Pot of Avarice is a near-must in a deck that can potentially send all of its field monsters in one turn, and potentially reusing Sangan, Black Ptera, Magician of Faith or any of the coin flip monsters is always a good thing.

Since Time Wizard is a Spellcaster, I've included some strands of related support.  Apprentice Magician will add some speed, searching for our Time Wizards, or Magician of Faith or Old Vindictive Magician, depending on the situation.  Apprentice has always made for good synergy with Breaker, as well.  Two copies of Magical Dimension provide a few other options-they create synergy with Black Ptera and Scapegoat, allow a channel for some needed monster destruction, and allow for quick drops of Cybernetic Magician or Toon Gemini Elf or even Time Wizard.  I'm not entirely sure if the Elf will work.  I was looking for another strong Spellcaster to work with Magical Dimension and initially went with Dark Magician of Chaos, but with the deck already running a fair number of tribute monsters, I opted not to.

To support Timeater, I've added two copies of Ojama Trio, which create easy destruction targets for this monster and provide a minor source of burn.  I originally thought of running three, but didn't want to push the card count too far over forty...maybe with a third Timeater, a third Ojama Trio could work.  As for Thunder of Ruler--if you can manage to activate this following a successful Timeater hit, your opponent skips straight from the Standby Phase to his/her End Phase, since a Battle Phase is a prerequisite for a Main Phase Two.  This combo has some potential to disrupt your opponent and give you more control over the game.  Battle Phase skipping will also allow the deck some more time to build resources, etc.

I'm hoping to try this deck out soon and further assess strengths/weaknesses.  Any help with the build would be appreciated!

Thanks,
Alex 

 

            No, Alex, thank you!  Way to take advantage of so many elements in one deck but maintain a serious synergy between all of it.  This deck successfully skips your opponent’s entire turn, consistently and can draw upon time wizards quickly to create advantage.  The use of Black Ptera here is a great choice but it could be compromised for a treeborn frog to slim the deck down to 40.  Fairy Box could also be teched in for 1 of the thunder of rulers to further punish your opponent via coin flips.  Otherwise, this deck is awesome and Alex should be commended.

 

NEW CONUNDRUM!

 

            So, by popular request, we’ll be building a Cyber Dragon deck, but I’m going to make it a little difficult for you guys, just to inspire a little creativity.

 

            Construct a deck that has:

                        3 Cyber Dragons

                        3 Power Bonds

                        No more than 40 cards

 

            Now this may seem easy, but I assure you it’s not.  Running 3 Power Bonds is a huge liability so do your research and work hard on what could be an awesome deck.  Send all decks to my e-mail and I’ll post the winner in a week’s time.  Make sure you give a name that you’d like to be addressed by in the article.  I don’t accept attachments, so please don’t send them.  I do accept creative ideas, so flood my mailbox.  Awesome!  Fame awaits, get working on this next deck and Happy Dueling!

 

FanatikMonk

Clayton_Nelson@Brown.edu

 

 

P.S.  I’m considering going to SJC Boston, but I don’t know what to run.  I’m debating between my Soul Hat deck, my ChimeraStein deck and my Macro deck.  I think those would be the most anti-Meta, so give me your opinions.  I won’t show you deck lists, but I can give you ideas as to what my strategies are.  Awesome!

                       

 


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