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Oct-Dec 2008 Archive

Wednesday, December 31, 2008  It's Otaku's Birthday this week, and he picked the cards to review this week.  Today's Card of the Day is Ojama Trio. Anteaus, Mr. Random, Otaku & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008  It's Otaku's Birthday this week, and he picked the cards to review this week.  Today's Card of the Day is Solemn Judgment. Anteaus, Mr. Random, Otaku & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today.

Upper Deck sent us a Press Release stating: "A California court has denied Konami’s application for a temporary selling and shipping ban, effectively stopping any restrictions that would have prevented Upper Deck from marketing, selling, distributing and providing game support for the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game."  More details in Today's News.    

Monday, December 29, 2008  It's Otaku's Birthday this week, and he picked the cards to review this week.  Today's Card of the Day is Just Desserts from the Joey Starter Deck. Anteaus, Mr. Random, Otaku & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, December 23, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is The World Tree from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Mr. Random, General Zorpa & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Monday, December 22, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Miracle Fertilizer from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Kalani Vernon has an article titled: "Redesigning Perfection: Tele-DAD Control?" for you today in our Tips Section.  

Sunday, December 21, 2008  Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Saturday, December 20, 2008  To be a little festive in the Card of the Day section this holiday season, today the COTD reviewers were allowed to pick whatever card they wanted to review.   Anteaus, Jeff Lang, General Zorpa, & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today of Magical Academy, Sky Scourge Norleras, The Fiend Megacyber and Yata Garusa.

Jeff Lang new Featured Article for you.  Today Jeff has a Stun Deck for you.

Thursday, December 18, 2008  Last night, our friends at Upper Deck sent us a Press Release indicating they will still be supporting organized play in 2009.  We posted the Press Release in our News Section for you today. 

Today's Card of the Day is Gorz the Emissary of Darkness. Anteaus, Jeff Lang, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, December 17, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Tempest Magician from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Jeff Lang, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled: Exodia's Destiny. 

Tuesday, December 16, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Revived King Ha Des from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Monday, December 15, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Secret Village of Spellcasters from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Sunday, December 14, 2008  GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you.  Today's article is titled Armageddon Complex.

Friday, December 12, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Morphtronic Accelerator from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Well I guess the news of the day is that Konami is taking Control of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME:

"El Segundo, CA - (Dec. 11, 2008) - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KDE) today announced that the company is taking over all operational and business aspects of the worldwide phenomenon, Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME™, effective immediately. KDE will take over distribution and customer support for the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME™ from Upper Deck Entertainment (Carlsbad), KDE's former exclusive distributor of the trading card game. The Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME first took the Asian market by storm in 1996 and became a global sensation in 2002 as it reached the shores of North America, quickly followed by Europe and other territories. Today, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME continues to reach new milestones as the game evolves.

"Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. is very pleased that the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME continues to be the number one TCG in the world. We are fully committed to maintaining a very high level of game support, from sales to organized play, and to providing a seamless transition during this process," commented Kazumi Kitaue, Chairman and CEO of Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. "We look forward to having distribution of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME within our corporate umbrella as it allows us to take advantage of the synergies from our existing gaming platforms to ensure continued great products for the Duelists and for our retail and distribution partners."

For distributors and retailers wanting to set up accounts with KDE, please contact customer support at 310-220-8630 or card-po@konami.com.

Thursday, December 11, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Doomkaiser Dragon from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Queen of Thorns from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, December 9, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Pyschic Lifetrancer from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, General Zorpa, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Tomas is back with a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled: "Rebuilding Middle City - One Card at a Time".

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled: Remembrance of Things Past. 

Monday, December 8, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Tiger Dragon from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Mr. Random & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Friday, December 5, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Hanewata from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Mr. Random, General Zorpa & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, December 4, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Storm Caller from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Otaku, Mr. Random, General Zorpa & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's he's offering up An Explanation.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Morphtronic Radion from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Otaku, Mr. Random, General Zorpa & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, December 2, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Morphtronic Radion from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Otaku, Mr. Random, General Zorpa & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

We added a new Tip to our Fan Tips section today titled: Winning In Yugioh Part Two: Spell/Trap Removal, Monster Removal, and Hand Management.

Monday, December 1, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Mad Archfiend from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Mr. Random, General Zorpa & Dark Paladin have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, November 26, 2008  Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Tuesday, November 25, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Iron Chain Dragon from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Otaku, Mr. Random, General Zorpa, Dark Paladin, Pwii & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today. 

Monday, November 24, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Puppet Master from the Crossroads of Chaos. Anteaus, Mr. Random, General Zorpa, Dark Paladin, Pwii & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled "Anteaus’ Revamped Solution to the Demise of Yu-Gi-Oh!".

We added a new Tip to our Fan Tips section today titled: Winning in Yugioh: Power, Card Advantage, and Field Presence.

Sunday, November 23, 2008 Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled "The Game of Yu-Gi-Oh! and it’s Slow, Sad Demise".

We posted a few new Tips in our Fan Tips section today. 

Friday, November 21, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Psychokinesis from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Anteaus, General Zorpa, Dark Paladin, Otaku & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today.

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Thursday, November 20, 2008  As mentioned on the main Pojo Page yesterday, I spent all day Wednesday at the hospital accompanying my oldest daughter as she had some nasty hand surgery.  So today, you get a Two-fer Thursday.  Today's Cards of the Day are Morphtronic Celfon & Treacherous Trap Hole from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Anteaus, General Zorpa, Dark Paladin & Otaku have reviews for you today.

GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you.  Today's article is titled The 4th City.

Tuesday, November 18, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is IL Blud from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Anteaus, General Zorpa, Dark Paladin, Otaku & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today.

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled "The Trade Book: Book of Moon, Enemy Controller and Shrink".

Monday, November 17, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Plaguespreader Zombie from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Anteaus, General Zorpa, Dark Paladin, Otaku & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today.  And they all love this card!

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Saturday, November 15, 2008  I had a super busy day yesterday, and I'm late getting the YGO section.  Sorry.  You get COTD, but just a day later.  Today's Card of the Day is Harvest Angel of Wisdom from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Anteaus, Dark Paladin, Otaku & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today.  This is our 1600th COTD!

Thursday, November 13, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Tytannial, Princess of Camellias from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Dark Paladin, Otaku & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today.  We also welcome Anteaus to the COTD team today.

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled "The Trade Book: Necroface and Airknight Parshath".

Wednesday, November 12, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Search Striker  from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Dark Paladin, Otaku, Pwii & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, November 11, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Morphtronic Boomboxen  from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Otaku, Pwii & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today. 

GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you.  Today he's discussing cards that are pretty good, but no one is paying attention to them.  

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

We fixed a bad link from Anteaus Featured Article "Looking at the Past: March 2007 - September 2007 (the WTF?! Format)" that was posted on 10.30.08.  It should be working properly now.  So you may want to check that out..

I was cleaning out my office, and found a box containing some of our old Yu-Gi-Oh! books.  I have decided to sell them to Pojo fans directly in case anyone wanted them for reference.  Some of the books are from last year, and some go back 6 years now.  I only have a few copies of these books.  The YGO GX book was only available at School Book Fairs.  ;-)  Check out our new BookStore Page, and you can order securely through PayPal.  Most of the books are about 1/2 price or less.  All were written by the Pojo Staff at the time. 

Monday, November 10, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Turbo Synchron from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Otaku, Pwii & Jeff Lang have reviews for you today. 

Jeff Lang has a new Featured Article for you.  Today Jeff is discussing the Gladiator Beast Deck. 

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled "A Handful of Treats...post Halloween".

Friday, November 7, 2008  With Sneak Previews having occurred over the weekend, we're able to start reviewing Crossroads of Chaos cards.  Today's Card of the Day is Turbo Warrior from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Otaku, Dark Paladin & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, November 6, 2008  With Sneak Previews having occurred over the weekend, we're able to start reviewing Crossroads of Chaos cards.  Today's Card of the Day is Black Garden from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Dark Paladin & General Zorpa have reviews for you today.  We also welcome Otaku back to the COTD team after a long break!

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Wednesday, November 5, 2008  With Sneak Previews having occurred over the weekend, we're able to start reviewing Crossroads of Chaos cards.  Today's Card of the Day is Mark of the Rose from the new Crossroads of Chaos expansion. Mr. Random, Dark Paladin & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, November 4, 2008  With Sneak Previews having occurred over the weekend, we're able to start reviewing Crossroads of Chaos cards.  Today's Card of the Day is Black Rose Dragon. Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Tomas is trying to get a new feature going: "Pojo "Spotlight" Matches. From great players, to those you've never heard of. From the new ideas and expanding game play and tech cards. All the plays, good, bad and ugly. This isn't about who's the best out there, it's to help showcase each region, the meta in each region and new ideas that can come up. This isn't all about fame, it's to get some exposure to more new players who don't always get that opportunity to travel to big events, and have those new ideas shown to many people throughout the world."  He's hoping to start this weekend.

Monday, November 3, 2008  GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you today.  Today GZ is exploring 2 cards.

Jeff Lang has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is on a new Demise Deck.

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

With Sneak Previews having occurred over the weekend, we're able to start reviewing Crossroads of Chaos cards.  Today's Card of the Day is Rose, Warrior of Revenge. Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Friday, October 30, 2008  Happy Halloween everyone!!! Today's Card of the Day is Trap of Darkness from The Duelists Genesis. Mr. Random,  Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Thursday, October 30, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is The Tricky from The Duelists Genesis. Mr. Random, Pwii, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus has 2 new Featured Articles for you today:

• Looking Under the Bed: Excuses
• Looking at the Past: March 2007 – September 2007 (The WTF?! Format)

Wednesday, October 29, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Charge of the Light Brigade from The Duelists Genesis. Mr. Random, Pwii, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Telekinetic Charge from The Duelists Genesis. Mr. Random, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Monday, October 27, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Maiden of Macabre from The Duelists Genesis. Mr. Random, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Friday, October 24, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Maiden of Macabre from The Duelists Genesis. Pwii, Mr. Random, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you today.  Today's article is titled: The Amazing Quartet.

Thursday, October 23, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Izanami from The Duelists Genesis. Pwii, Mr. Random, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, October 22, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Gladiator Beast War Chariot from The Duelists Genesis. Pwii, Dark Paladin, Mr. Random, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, October 21, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Psychic Overload from The Duelists Genesis. Pwii, Dark Paladin, Mr. Random, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Monday, October 20, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Broken Blocker from The Duelists Genesis. Pwii, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you today.  Today's article is titled: Getting In the Game: In Preparation for SJC South San Francisco PART 1.

We posted a handful of new articles in our Tips & Rants section today. Look for articles from Crzydrvr, ForteDS, Chaosmech & Josh.

Friday, October 17, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Graceful Revival from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Dark Paladin, Jeff Lang & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus has his Friday Deck Fix for you today.

Thursday, October 16, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Book of Eclipse from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Dark Paladin, Pwii, Jeff Lang, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Unstable Evolution from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Dark Paladin, Pwii, Jeff Lang, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008  After taking Columbus day off, the COTD staff is back again.  Today's Card of the Day is Lightsworn Sabre from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Dark Paladin, Pwii, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Monday, October 13, 2008  GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you today.  Today's article is titled: Gladiator Beast War Ape?

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Friday, October 10, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Counselor Lily from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Jeff Lang, Dark Paladin, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus is starting a Create a Card contest today in his Featured Writer section.  Anteaus also has his Friday Deck Fix for you as well. 

GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article for you this weekend.  Today's article is titled: A New Dawn.

Thursday, October 9, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Mind over Matter from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Jeff Lang, Dark Paladin, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Wednesday, October 8, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Intercept from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Jeff Lang, Dark Paladin, Pwii, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled: "Looking at the Past: April 2006 - September 2006 (Extension of the "Nothing Format")".

Tuesday, October 7, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Defense Draw from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Jeff Lang, Dark Paladin, Pwii, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

GeneralZorpa has his 4th article to help get people back into competitive play.  If you've taken some years off, GZ is helping you you shape up.  Today's article in the series is: Getting In the Game: Trading.

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled: "Looking at the Past: September 2006 – March 2007 (The OTK Format)".

Monday, October 6, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Herald of Orange Light from The Duelists Genesis. COTP, Jeff Lang, Dark Paladin, Pwii, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today. 

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Friday, October 3, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Power Filter from The Duelists Genesis. Ben, Dark Paladin, COTP, Jeff Lang, Pwii, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today.

GeneralZorpa is back with a new featured article.  Today's article is titled: Black Hole.

Anteaus is back with another Friday Deck Fix.  Today's he's looking over a Macro Monarch Synchro deck.   

We posted a couple of new articles from Kalani in our Tips & Rants section today. 

Thursday, October 2, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is Emergency Teleport from The Duelists Genesis. Ben, Dark Paladin, COTP, Jeff Lang, Mr. Random & General Zorpa have reviews for you today.

Familiar Stranger has updated the OCG/TCG Cross Reference List with Passcodes for you today.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008  Today's Card of the Day is De-Synchro from The Duelists Genesis. Ben, Dark Paladin, COTP, Jeff Lang, Mr. Random, Pwii & General Zorpa have reviews for you today.

Anteaus has a new Featured Article for you.  Today's article is titled: "Looking at the Past: October 2005 - April 2006 (The Nothing Format)".