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Duel 9 continued
straight after Duel 8. Ilya and myself used the
same decks but would the outcome be any different?
Ilya says:
you should start this one
Paul says:
ok I drw 6
Paul says:
I set 1 mon and 1 s/t
Ilya says:
drw
Ilya says:
activate Swords of Revealing Light
Paul says:
chain MST
A bit of a hasty move, Swords wasn’t really
hindering me at this point and it would definitely
have been wiser to hang onto MST for a little bit
longer.
Ilya says:
the swords "revealing" effect still goes through
though revealing your . . . . ..
Paul says:
sangan
Ilya says:
and MST was your FD right?
Paul says:
yep
Ilya says:
normal summon mystic tomato
Ilya says:
tomato attacks sangan
Ilya says:
what do you bring from deck to hand?
Paul says:
DDWL
Remembering the last duel, I again selected DDWL
from Sangan’s search.
Ilya says:
end turn
Paul says:
I drw
Ilya must have felt safe behind his Mystic Tomato,
if I attacked it he would be able to search for a
monster probably Newdoria if he copied his moves
from the last duel. However I had a plan to prevent
his search.
Paul says:
I activate reinforcement of the army and search
marauding Capt.
Paul says:
I summon marauding Capt.
Paul says:
and use its effect to summon DDWL
Paul says:
DDWL atks your mystic tom and removes both from play
with its effect
Ilya says:
8000-7900
Paul says:
marauding atks directly
Paul says:
8000-6700
Ilya says:
8000-6700
Paul says:
I set 1 s/t and end
By removing Mystic Tomato from play Ilya could not
use its search option to find a monster, this paved
the way for Marauding Capt to hit Ilya’s life points
directly.
Ilya says:
drw
Ilya says:
set 1 monster and end my turn
Ilya was now on the defensive.
Paul says:
ok I drw
Paul says:
I summon DDS and equip with BBS
Paul says:
and atk your FD
Ilya says:
my cyber jar
Ouch! talk about another hasty move, Cyber Jar was
now ready to turn the duel on its head. Sometimes I
really hate Cyber Jar, with its effect going off it
was about to randomize the field and advantage could
end up either way. It’s my own fault though I
should have been preparing for a possible flip
monster and shouldn’t have just stormed at his
monsters. In addition I just lost 2 monsters and
Ilya had only lost 1 (which was his cyber jar
anyway)
Ilya says:
I take 1300 damage
Ilya says:
8000-5400
Ilya says:
all mons are destroyed
Ilya says:
your 5 then my 5
Paul says:
Ojama Trio
Giant Trunade
Marauding Capt (set fd)
Dust Tornado
Mystic Tom (set fd)
Ilya says:
Sangan (ATK), Exiled Force (ATK), Cannon Soldier
(ATK), Dust Tornado, Last Will ([to hand])
Interestingly I set my monsters face down. Now it
was still my battle phase so if I had put them in
attack position I could’ve continued to attack his
newly summoned monsters. Looking at the monsters
that Ilya got I could easily have knocked some of
his monsters out of the way. Mystic Tom could’ve
suicided into Cannon Soldier and got its search off,
and Cannon Soldier would then be gone. Marauding
could’ve picked off either one of Sangan or Exiled
Force and the newly summoned monster from Mystic
Tom’s search could’ve taken out the remaining
monster. In previous assessments of turn-by-turn
duels I’ve mentioned about the initiative of having
Cyber Jar activated on either players turn. I
should’ve really put my monsters in attack mode
regardless of what Ilya was gonna get (unless any of
my monsters were FLIP effect monsters), this way I
would be able to use the initiative if I had it. If
Ilya had drawn a lot more and high ATK value
monsters and I couldn’t use the initiative, then I
could always set some s/t as defense. In this duel
though I wasted the initiative and this was a
crucial mistake in the duel.
Ilya says:
still your turn
I wondered about what happened to DDS after the
Cyber Jar flip.
Paul says:
right question time
Ilya says:
shoot
Ilya says:
if it’s about your DDS then yes he's coming back at
then end of your turn
Ilya says:
he was sent out of play right
Ilya says:
let me ask ronin
Paul says:
erm I don't think he was
Paul says:
cyber jar sent him to the graveyard, and then BBS
has no Mon so that just goes to the GY as well I
think
Ilya says:
yes he's in the GY. BBS has to be destroyed in order
for him to be rfg'd and then his effect would
activate. but he was sent to the GY lets continue
This shows how my understanding of the game rules
has developed. Let me explain what happened here a
little more. I was using DD Survivor in conjunction
with Big Bang Shot because their effects compliment
each other. When BBS is destroyed it removes from
play the monster it is equipped to. If DDS is
removed from play then it is summoned back to the
field in your end phase. So you can see that BBS’s
negative part of its effect is countered by DDS’s
abilities. Now in the Cyber Jar case, DDS was
destroyed and sent to the graveyard this left BBS
with no monster to be equipped to and therefore also
goes to the graveyard by what is known as a Game
Mechanic. A Game Mechanic is basically a rule or
condition that exists while playing the game. An
equip card has a mechanic in the game that means it
must be equipped to a monster at all times to be
active on the field of play. If it is not equipped
to a monster then it can’t exist on the field of
play and is removed from the field to the graveyard.
Ilya says:
you have your m. cap and m. tom FD and I have Cannon
Soldier, X Force and Sangan in atk modes.
Ilya says:
8000-5400
Paul says:
I also have a set s/t
Paul says:
I set 2 more s/t and end turn
Ilya had gotten the upper hand due to the Cyber Jar
flip and my poor play so I needed to do something to
affect his gameplay. By setting 2 more s/t I now
had 3 on the field. Ilya had no idea what any of
them were and as such it put pressure on him to
think about what possible counters I could have.
This is a technique that new players should look at
starting to try and use. Essentially it is about
playing mind games with your opponent, but this is
all part of the strategy of the game.
Ilya says:
drw
Ilya says:
normal summon Breaker, response?
Paul says:
no
Ilya says:
set s/t, response?
Paul says:
no
Ilya says:
I'm gonna ask everytime cause you have 3 s/t's on
the filed and I have to operate carefully.
Paul says:
I understand, hence why I put them there
Ilya says:
your field is 2 set mons (from c. jar) and 3 set
s/t's right
Paul says:
correct
Ilya says:
I activate Last Will
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
no
Ilya says:
offer as tribute my Exiled Force, for their own
effect, to destroy your set mystic tomato
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
nope
Ilya says:
for my x Force
Ilya says:
Last Will's (state) activates its effect
Ilya says:
allowing me to special summon
Ilya says:
Hand of Nephthys
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
nope
Ilya says:
you still have 3 s/t's right?
Paul says:
yes still got 3
Ilya was building some field presence and with Hand
of Nephthys on the field it was obvious which card
would be coming soon.
Paul says:
just confirm your current field for me please?
Ilya says:
Breaker (ATK 1900), Cannon Soldier (ATK 1400), Hand
(ATK 600) , Sangan (ATK 1000) and a set s/t [which I
set this turn].
Ilya says:
discard counter off of breaker to destroy your
middle set s/t (its the second one from either end,
lol.
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
you got dust, and I chain to destroy your set s/t
1 down and 2 to go. Chaining my dust to Ilya’s
breaker token, essentially wasted his token and at
the same time he lost one of his own s/t
Ilya says:
you got my dust
Ilya says:
now I offer as tribute my Hand of Nephthys and
Sangan to special summon Sacred phoenix of Nephthys
from hand
Ilya says:
Response?
Paul says:
I have a question
Ilya says:
no you can't activate Ojama trio while I'm tributing
Ilya says:
that's what I'm actually trying to dodge
Paul says:
gutted
Ilya says:
It’s a mere moment in which I offer monster from (4)
to (3) because 2 leave and one comes on
Now there have been some great articles recently on
Metagame.com about activation costs (I recommend
everyone, newbie or not, read them). They help
explain why Ojama Trio can’t be chained. Phoenix is
going to be summoned via Hand of Nephthys’ effect.
Now you can chain cards to monster effects (as long
as you follow the chaining rules) but if I explain
the chain and how an activation cost works then you
will see why I can’t activate Ojama Trio. Remember
when I mentioned the differences between activation
and resolution you’ll need to remember that also.
So simply activation costs are done at the
activation stage. If this activation cost involves
the removal of monsters then that is done then. So
if we apply that to this scenario.
Firstly I’ll discuss a hypothetical. If Hand of
Nephthys’ effect had an activation cost that meant
that itself and another monster must leave the field
in order to activate the card then Ilya would have
had to discard them at the start of the chain, so
they have already left the field. Now if I wanted
to activate Ojama Trio in response at that point
there would be 3 available slots and I could
activate Ojama Trio. Then the chain would resolve
with Ojama Trio first, putting 3 tokens on the
field. Then Hand of Nephthys’ effect would try to
resolve special summoning Phoenix. However as there
would be no available (in this hypothetical case)
slots Phoenix would instead be sent to the
graveyard.
Now in the real case (as what actually happened
above). Hand of Nephthys effect doesn’t require an
activation cost. Therefore when it is activated all
monsters are still on the field until resolution.
If I then wanted to chain Ojama Trio, I can’t
because there is an activation requirement that
there are 3 available monster slots when activated
and in this case there aren’t. Hence there is no
chain and Hand of Nephthys effect resolves, Hand and
Sangan are removed and Phoenix is special summoned
to the field.
Ilya says:
Sangan's effect brings to my hand
Ilya says:
magician of faith
Ilya says:
now
Ilya says:
let me have some fun
Paul says:
sure thing, I’ll try not to ruin it
Ilya says:
Cannon Soldier attacks your FD Marauding Captain
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
no
Ilya says:
then Sacred Phoenix attacks for (2400) damage
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
no
Ilya says:
then Breaker (1600)
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
sak armour
Ilya says:
on?
Paul says:
breaker
Ilya says:
5600-5400
Ilya says:
ok did I normal summon in that turn?
Paul says:
you normal summoned breaker this turn
Ilya says:
right
Ilya says:
so I'm bound to receive the ojamas soon
Ilya says:
sigh
Ilya says:
end turn
Paul says:
that's what they are there for
Paul says:
ok I drw
Ilya says:
sorry for the lengthy turn
Paul says:
no probs it was a cool turn
Paul says:
I'm actually surprised I think I got off quite
lightly
Only in terms of life point damage, I was seriously
behind in terms of field advantage but I could catch
up if played right.
Ilya says:
let's see what you do to counter
Ilya says:
that’s what happens when you set a proper defense
Paul says:
but now I have got a phoenix to contend with
Paul says:
right lets see I activate Ojama trio
Paul says:
chain?
Ilya says:
nope (nothing to chain with)
Paul says:
I set 1 Mon and 1 s/t and end turn
Now that was my 2nd HUGE mistake in this
duel and I mean H U G E!!!!. I left Cannon Soldier
on the field. That meant that the Ojama Tokens I
had just put on the field just became a guaranteed
1500 life point damage to me and no consequence to
Ilya. Stupid and very newbish move.
Ilya says:
drw
Ilya says:
you made 1 slight mistake
Ilya says:
leaving my cannon soldier on the field
Ilya says:
1st - heavy storm
Paul says:
I forgot about him
Ilya says:
what was your set s/t?
Paul says:
giant trunade
Ilya says:
then Sacred Phoenix attacks your set mon
Paul says:
shining angel
Ilya says:
what do you special summon in atk mode?
Paul says:
magician of faith
Ilya says:
wow, nothing better huh?
Paul says:
nope
Ilya says:
cannon soldier cleans her clock
Ilya says:
to the tune of 1100 damage
Ilya says:
4500-5400
Paul says:
I concur
Ilya says:
next I send Ojama token 1, Ojama token 2, Ojama
token 3, Sacred phoenix and Cannon Soldier to the
graveyard for Cannon Soldier's effects
Ilya says:
effect repeated 5 times
Ilya says:
I take 900 damage
Ilya says:
you 2500
Ilya says:
2000-4500
Ilya says:
set 1 mon and end turn
Paul says:
ok I drw
Paul says:
your field is just 1 set mon
Ilya says:
yup
Paul says:
I activate SORL
Paul says:
and set 1 mon and end
Ilya says:
revealing Dekoichi and allowing me to draw a card
Ilya says:
drw
Ilya says:
set 2 s/t, summon Tsukuyomi to flip Dekoichi face
down and end my turn
Paul says:
ok I drw
Paul says:
I activate reinforcement of the army
Ilya says:
no response
Ilya says:
question is what you bring . .. .
Paul says:
and bring DDS to hand
Paul says:
I summon DDS in atk mode and set 1 s/t
Paul says:
and end turn
Ilya says:
drw
Ilya says:
flip Dekoichi and draw 1 card
Ilya says:
response?
Paul says:
no
Ilya says:
summon tsuku to flip deko back down
Ilya had a Dekoichi/Tsukuyomi draw engine in place
and with 2 s/t set on the field they were also well
protected. My hand was awful and I needed to
quickly disrupt his extra draws before he got the
options he needed to finish me off.
Ilya says:
response
Paul says:
activate BOM to put tsuku in fd def
Ilya says:
so both of them are facedown.
Ilya says:
hmm
Paul says:
yep
Ilya says:
set s/t and end turn
Paul says:
ok I drw
Ilya says:
no response
Paul says:
flip summon my fd command knight, response?
Ilya says:
no
Paul says:
you have 3 s/t set correct
Ilya says:
yup
Ilya says:
and 2 fd def monsters
Paul says:
and my swords still has another turn
Ilya says:
right
Paul says:
ok I equip DDS with BBS
Paul says:
respond?
Ilya says:
no I do not a have a response
Paul says:
DDS atk your fd tsuku, response?
Ilya says:
I win (that’s the response)
Ilya says:
r u ready for this?
Paul says:
what is it?
Ilya says:
1st - I activate Magic Cylinder (do you wish to
chain?)
Paul says:
have nothing to chain
Ilya says:
then I will to make it hurt a bit more
Ilya says:
I chain to my own Cylinder my Ceasefire
Ilya says:
and to my Ceasefire I chain Call of the Haunted
Ilya says:
2200 from Cylinder + 2500 from Ceasefire
Finished in style.
So there we have
it a break down of another of my duels against
Ilya. Now before I get a load of emails claiming
how I made this stupid mistake and that stupid
mistake. Please take into context where I am coming
from. This was my 9th ever duel, and at
the present I only have 30+ duels worth of
experience to be able to analyse this duel. I will
no doubt have made some mistakes which is fine, and
I do want to know what they are so that I can
improve my only request is no bashing and no
flaming. I want your help but I won’t
tolerate abuse.
So hopefully now,
you newbies can see more of my thought processes and
hopefully they will help you in your own duelling
decisions. In contrast to the last duel and using
the same decks, Ilya was victorious (with a nice
combo at the end I might add!). As you can see
though I made some massive errors in the duel that
cost me the win.
There were some
useful rulings explanations as well. One ruling
that has cropped up in emails in response to my last
turn-by-turn duel was that of Ilya’s tributing of
Ojama Tokens for its effect. If Ilya uses Ojama
Tokens for Cannons Soldiers effect, then he doesn’t
receive the 300 burn damage per token, as they have
to be destroyed to burn the opponent.
I’ve also been
getting some great emails regarding my Ebay
experience. I would just like to thank all of you
for helping and offering advice. I will be
compiling an Article called Ebay the Final Word,
which will bring together all the advice I have
received so far, so that all you newbies can get a
fuller picture of buying and selling on Ebay.
Also thank you to
those who are offering trades via emails. My
collection isn’t great but I am swapping rare/ultra
rare/super rare/secret and promo rares for common
cards. I will get my deck together soon and will be
appearing in local tournaments very soon. In fact I
think my nearest shop, which holds regular
tournaments, is Fanboy3 in Manchester, home to the
new UK National Champion Wayne Pinkney. Well Done
to Wayne, hopefully I can join you next year!
My email address
is
mofox9@hotmail.co.uk email me for any help or
advice or even your opinions on my articles. I
would love to hear your opinions and if you have any
suggestions to improve them then let me know. I
will reply to all emails that are sent to me.
Remember newbies no question is a stupid question.
Until next time
fellow duellists!
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