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Tebezu on YuGiOh
Cybernetic Decay
May 15, 2007

My skill as a writer has recently been insulted.  My logic concerning writing has been insulted.  But an insult means nothing when it comes from a nobody.  Much like Zane Trunsdale, I too have felt the low and degrading realization of defeat.  To lose in any manner is never fun, some say it is a learning tool, others argue it is destined by God.  But in the final moves of whatever your losing at, at the end of the match your still a loser.  We've all done this no matter what we admit too.  Being in the top 3 of your state and appearing only in the top 40 of a tournament.  What a joke the other players think.  Glad I'm not him, you think they think.  Your gut tells you your not responsible for the outcome, but the very site of an other's success tells you they are wrong and you were robbed.  Society tells us we should say congrats to those who succeed and reevaluate the way we play.  We ask ourselves why congratulate the successful, they know damn well how well they did.  We are not to blame.  This behavior, this driving force to win eventually consumes us all.  For if it doesn't, this society will pass us, and eventually we will become nobodies, numbers in a world full of them.  
 
Many of you may never again read that glycolysis and B-oxidation (the pathway for the breakdown of fatty acids into acetyl CoA.  The breakdow of fatty acids occurs by the removal of two-carbon acetate groups from the carboxyl end of the fatty acid.)  must occur at the same rate for a steady supply of pyruvate to conform to oxaloacetate.  In case some of you are completely confused as to where these words came from I recommend you read about Respiration (C6H12O6 +602 YIelds 6CO2 + 6H20).  The situation I am describing deals with the formation of Ketone Bodies.  If the supply of pyruvate (from glycolysis) indirectly leads to a condition where oxaloacetate is not being produced in large enough quantities to allow acetyl CoA to enter the citric acid cycle/Kreb's Cycle (the cycle responsible for the formation of three NADH and one FADH2,which eventually are converted to ATP) a condition known as Ketosis arises.  This condition is simply one of abnormal ketone bodies.  This is the case because acetyl CoA unable to enter the Kreb's Cycle is converted by the body into B-hydroxybutyrate, acetone, and acetoacetate.
 
This condition is the end result of starvation, a diet low in carbohydrates, and diabetes mellitus (which basically starves cells due to the condition not allowing carbohydrates to enter cells).  It also leads to an decrease in blood pH, making it more acidic then most cells prefer to function at.
 
Now that the chemistry lesson is done, I've just explained to you two ways (one biological the other psychological) how not enough of something leads to devastating consequences.
 
In case some of my critics are reading, good writing should force people to learn something new, it should force people ask what is he saying.  Good writing should lead its readers too a book/google for answers.  
 
Cyberdark monsters are about everything.  These machines want nothing to do with starvation, they want power, they want victory.  With this in mind I've finally believe it an opportune time to indulge within Zane's alter ego.  For cyberdark is all about indulgence.  May that be the absorption of carbohydrates, or sweeping a tournament.
 
Cybernetic Decay (43)
 
Monsters (23)
3x Cyber Dragon
2x Dweller in the Depths
3x Exploder Dragon
3x Masked Dragon
1x Twin-Headed Behemoth
2x Cyberdark Horn
1x Cyberdark Keel
2x Cyberdark Edge
2x Cyber Phoenix
1x Sangan
1x Spirit Reaper
1x Card Trooper
1x Jinzo
 
Spells (12)
2x Shrink
1x Confiscation
1x Future Fusion
1x Overload Fusion
1x Dragon's Mirror
1x Creature Swap
1x Premature Burial
1x Nobleman of Crossout
1x Snatch Steal
1x Heavy Storm
1x MST
 
Traps (8)
2x Dust Tornado
2x Deck Devastation Virus
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Ring of Destruction
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Mirror Force
 
Fusion
3x Cyber Twin Dragon
3x Cyber End Dragon
3x Cyberdark Dragon
3x Five-Headed Dragon
3x Chimeratech Overdragon
 
This deck focuses on utilizing Deck Devastation Virus (Crush Card Virus if I ever get one) as an end to most of this formats monster threats.  This card combined with a cyberdark tribute (which should be done at a time that costs an opponent some form of removal) totally removes most of the formats searchers from the game. 
 
We may like it or not, but OTK is the face of this format as well.  DDT may compete but Demise is the face of 2007.  This deck is relatively cheap to build and is more consistent and threatening than Cyber Stein.  If we want to beat these odds we have to play either with/against them.  Crush Card removes most searchers, thus forcing an opponent into drawing the combo pieces.  The Cyberdark machines will also smack an opponent hard, thus making that 2000 LP payment a tad harder to do.  If our opponent sides into Royal Decree, they basically commit suicide when we have access too 2000 plus four star monsters.
 
Utilizing excessive spell/trap removal along with a pair of Shrink almost ensures the field is clear for direct attacks from our super sized engines of torture.  Cyber Phoenix is a tool capable of preventing targeting effects.  Jinzo aids in the reduction of trap threats.  But the real kicker with this deck is its ability to summon Chimeratech Overdragon.  Cyberdark Dragon can be used whenever a 2500 (+) attack monster is needed, but Overdragon can end the game.  Once again the s/t removal almost guarantees that the hit needed will hit.  Call of the Haunted combos with Card Trooper, Cyber Phoenix, Sangan (which basically allows us to search our decks for monsters with more than 1500 attack), and Jinzo.  Exploder Dragon can remove threats not preventable by our massive behemoths.  This deck also packs a lone copy of Dragon's Mirror for late game blow outs via Five-Headed Dragon.  Future Fusion, trooper, Masked Dragon, etc. all aid in deck milling, thus 43 cards is not in excess.  I've wanted to play such a deck for sometime now, but it was always missing something.  FOTB's Dweller in the Depths is what I needed.  The fact this monster is a 3 star dragon with 1500 attack points is what caught my attention.  Many people have used the Cyberdark monsters as tech.  Even some have built dedicated decks utilizing 1300 three star weaklings.  But 1500 is what pushes these monsters over the edge.  A 2300 4 star monster is nothing to laugh at.   
 
This is a deck that I am immensely proud of because it has the ability to surprise an opponent from almost any angle.  It is also a true example of how sacrificing others is beneficial to some.  For the deck, despite its appeal and playability is sad.  The entire focus of it encompasses around the death of a dragon to fuel a soulless terror.  I guess one could draw the analogy that it possess two-faces, much like life, just like a coin! 
 
 
Forest Thomer
 
If anyone wants to talk, has ideas, wants to trade gem beast, etc.  I can be contacted at...
 


 


 


 


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