Mini Tourney Report 30-8-2012

So I went to Ah Kits Store today to play in the mini tourney since my exams are now over and I'm free for a month or so.

Playing pure agents again because well fuck T.G. :V

Deck Played: Putra Agents

September 1st Banlist

3 Swiss rounds followed by top 4 cut off.

Round 1: vs dark world (I forgot how to spell your name sorry)

Game 1: He had Skill Drain on the field ready to stop the effects of my monsters and was ahead in lifepoints for quite a while but a MST stopped the Skill Drain and forced him to activate Solemn thus shrinking the lifepoint gap and allowing me to make a comeback using Master Hyperion and Honest.

Game 2: He summoned a Goldd on his first turn, set a few, and ended his turn. I opened with Venus into Gachi plays and set a few cards before passing my turn. He attacked my Venus with his Goldd and ran into Dimensional Prison. Later he managed to summon a Grapha and attacked only to eat another Dimensional Prison. After losing the Grapha he couldn't do much else and died to Hyperion.

Current Record: 1-0

Round 2: vs Final Countdown with insane side deck (Mango)

Game 1: Saw Final Countdown and tried to play against it however ended up losing in the long run despite me summoning Kristya due to the fact that he had just enough resources to stall me. After the game he revealed his hand to show me 3 Battle Fader he couldn't use since I had Kristya on the field most of the game lol.

Game 2: I opened Venus into Gachi Plays and set 3 cards and ended my turn thinking I would fight Final Countdown Again. Suddenly I saw a Heavy Storm and Inzektors. After laughing like hell at what I knew would soon be my loss due to the epic mindfuck I tried struggling for a bit only to in the end lose to his Inzektors since I couldn't stop them after the turn 1 Heavy Storm.

Current Record: 1-1

Round 3 vs Chaos Dragon (Cheng Wee? I think thats how its spelled)

Game 1: I summoned a Kristya and slowly attacked with it and he couldn't do anything about it. I had a scary moment where he summoned Gale and halved Kristyas attack but I managed to stop his Eclipse Wyvern next turn with a Solemn Warning. He still got to banish with Wyvern's effect though lol.

Game 2: He couldn't get much going this game and but he had a Decree ready for my traps. I dropped Hyperion to destroy the Decree but he then used Heavy Storm on me lol. Despite that though Hyperion proved to be too strong and crushed him eventually.

Current Record: 2-1

Top 4: vs Wind-ups (LOL use Wind-ups in mini tourney Bahamut84)

Game 1: I played slowly with Venus and Gachi plays as usual and carefully manipulated my graveyard using Vermillion Declarer and Hyperion to let me summon Kristya which he had no out too lol.

Game 2: He looped two cards from my hand and ended on a field of Zenmaines and Daigusto Emeral. I tried stalling with set cards but I eventually died to the advantage he attained from the amount of cards he farmed using Emeral.

Game 3: I opened with Venus into Gachi plays and ended my turn. He went for Tour Guide and I used Vermillion Declarer to stop his Zenmighty's effect. Since he just ended his turn with an empty field I decided to tribute both Venus and Gachi for Kristya and pressure him. He ended up clearing my Kristya the following turn and summoned a Wind-up Rabbit and set a card. I summoned Hyperion to bait out his set card since I would have 4 Fairies in my Grave if he had a bottomless for my Hyperion but the set card ended up being Solemn Judgment. So I just used a previously set Call of the Haunted to revive Hyperion and drop Kristya on him for game.

Top 2: vs Final Countdown with insane side deck (Mango)

... I don't even want to talk about this match  ;_;

Result: 2nd place and got a Gold Rare BLS

Thoughts after tournament: Kristya is bullshit, Vermillion Declarer is the best, I hate Final Countdown, and whoops forgot to side in Decree and Snowman Eater today lol.

After the tournament I played some casual games the best moments of the day was using Mind Crush on all three of my friend Sherwyn's Rekindling (lol) and topdecking Kristya with exactly 4 Fairies in my grave to summon against him (Kristya SwagSwagSwag).

New SD coming soon!!!

Once upon a time in the world of duel monsters Mermails swam in the sea, Agents reigned in the skies, and Dark World rested in hell. The Heroes were recuperating from some of their losses and X Sabers reappeared to defend the land again after seemingly being exterminated by the Inzektors. The Samurais rested in the far east in their shiny castles and celebrated the end of the Inzektor swarm. As for the rabbits ... they were mourning the loss of their third brother somewhere. In the world of duel monsters peace is an impossibility, with such a wide variety of diverse races how could it be after all? However for now there was a balance and no one race could triumph and reign over all.

Then everything changed when the fire nation attacked.

Structure Deck 24 Assault of the Flaming King

「STRUCTURE DECK -炎王の急襲-」
Structure Deck 24 - Assault of the Flaming King

Release: 8th December 2012
Price: 1050 Yen (incl. tax)

Contents:
- 40 Cards (number of new cards unknown)
- Rulebook
- Playing Guide
- Duel Field

- Deck revolves around the FIRE attribute, and can be combined with card(s) included in Cosmo Blazer, which is released in November 2012.
- Also includes many reprints.

I can't wait for this new set finally a playable fire archetype asides from Laval!!!
Thanks for reading!

Agents Sept 2012

So yeah a new format where agents will be somewhat playable yay!

We lost 1 Tour Guide though ;_; despite that Hyperion is still an incredible force to be reckoned with. Kristya is still amazing and well there's always good old Black Luster Soldier right. 

Monsters: 23

3 Mystic Shining Balls that you always draw multiples of щ(ಠ益ಠщ)
3 The Agent of Creation Venus
2 Tour Guide from the Underworld
2 The Agent of Mystery Earth
2 Master Hyperion (He's Back)
2 Archlord Kristya (I hate this card)
2 Herald of Orange Light
1 Sangan
1 Night Assailant
1 Chaos Sorcerer
1 Black Luster Soldier Envoy of the Beginning
1 Tragoedia
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
1 Honest

Spells: 9

2 Cyclone
2 Pot of Duality
1 Monster Reborn
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
1 Heavy Storm
1 Mind Control (Why is this card still in the game <_<)

Traps: 9

2 Torrential Tribute
2 Dimensional Prison
2 Compulsory Evacuation Device
2 Solemn Warning
1 Solemn Judgment

Nothing too interesting about the deck but I have my own personal preferences for it such as Herald of Orange Light instead of Effect Veiler. The reasoning behind this is that I simply want to dump fairies in my graveyard for Kristya or get rid of the useless Kristyas in hand.
I like Night Assailant as its a 1 card out to those annoying Verz Opheons, in the worse case scenario I keep a copy of Black Mist in my extra deck to stop Opheon. I'm not running Bottomless in my trap line up because I really don't like Bottomless that much due to the fact that I always seem to draw it one card too late. I feel that if I really do need to get rid of anything Dimensional Prison should suffice. I'm not sure if agents are the right thing to play for me next format though they seem quite good. I'm looking also at Six Samurai as well because they have lots of versatility in my opinion.

Thanks for Reading!!

Sorry I haven't been updating much

Sorry I haven't been updating much its exam time for me.

I'm still unsure of what to play this new format everything seems quite fun.

I've been wanting to play Samurais for quite a while but my old Agent deck seems playable once again too. Theres also the interesting new Water deck and I've also had some ideas about some Beast Stun Deck and Maldoche. Either way this format looks like its going to be an interesting one.

I'll update more once my exams are done and I have an idea of what I'm going to do.

Cards that will be popular in the next format. (Opinion)

Lets assume that the list posted on dueling days is 100% accurate.

http://duelingdays.blogspot.sg/2012/08/banlist-post-unconfirmed.html

(Here is the banlist posted on dueling days)

What cards will be more popular next format?

Also what decks will be viable as well.

Lets start off with a card that will in my opinion become extremely popular at the beginning of next format.

Thats right good old TKRO with this banlist I expect this card to become extremely popular in the main deck. Why is that though? Well the reasoning behind this is why this card became unpopular in the main deck in the previous format, inzektors. TKRO does nothing to inzektors. While It can stop the summon of the exceed monster TKRO will most likely die before the exceed monster is summoned so in an inzektor infested format TKRO is nothing more than dead weight.

However with this new banlist and all the hate it has on inzektors TKRO is now much more powerful. The deck hits machina variants, maldoche, gladiator beasts, agents, hieratics, x sabers, mermail, atlanteans, heroes, wind up, infernity, and many rogue decks.

What else also becomes popular with the destruction of inzektors?

Well a card that used to punish over aggression but was pointless against inzektors is now semi-limited will be seen everywhere. This will slow down the format drastically in my opinion whether it slows it down too much though awaits too be seen. 

Thats right I'm talking about good old Mirror Force. Lets also however not forget another card that was quite useless against inzektors but gains much power in this format.

Dimensional Prison! This card will be useful for removing those annoying floaters in the next format such as Card Trooper(if we see it), Sangan, and Maestroke.

Of course there should be many other cards that will grow in power that I have not mentioned above such as Bottomless Trap Hole, Mystic Tomato, and Neo-Spacian Grand Mole. What other cards do you think will gain popularity in next format?


As for decks that will also gain popularity lets take a look at the banlist to gain a better understanding of the September 1st meta. If you noticed many otk decks such as Chaos Dragon and Hieratics have been hit. Also Wind ups have lost their loop and much of their otk power (I think). Inzektors have been virtually erased from the game and Rabbit has gotten a slight nerf. So what does this mean? Well without the presence of Inzektors and dragon decks it means that the format has slowed down significantly. While otks still remain in the meta, such as the arrive hero otk for example, they are significantly nerfed compared to the March 1st format.

Thus many old school decks become extremely viable.

Here is a list of what I think will be stronger in this new format.

1) Gladiator Beasts
2) X Sabers
3) Six Samurais
4) Gravekeepers
5) Maldoche
6) Prophecy
7) Agents

So why do I think that these decks will become stronger?

Gladiator Beasts: With less backrow destruction from Inzektors and a slower meta Gladiator Beasts (GBs) are extremely powerful with the incredible power of War Chariot GBs have the ability to stop Mermail, X Sabers, Prophecy, and Maldoche from searching, Laval from sending cards to grave, Gravekeeper Spy from activating, and Six Samurai from negating. Heavy backrow, Destruction from Gyzarus, Negation from Heraklinos, and 3 Rotas make this deck a forced to be reckoned with.

X Sabers: One of the few decks with the ability to destroy massive amounts of backrow in one turn without spells X Sabers were not favored last format due to the speed of Inzektors. However without Inzektors X Sabers have more time to set up massive plays. With Hand Dropping abilities similar to Wind Ups, Hyunlei breaking through backrows, and lulzy loops X Sabers might now have their chance to shine in the OCG meta.

Six Samurais: One of the strongest decks in past formats they lost popularity last format due to their inability to deal with massive beatsticks and effect monsters easily, which was all of last format. However now in a format which will have heavy backrow presence in my opinion Shien becomes a major threat once again. Plus we all know how much pain Gateway and United along with two Six Samurai first turn is.

Gravekeepers: A solid deck even in the previous meta the only reason they weren't effective was because they just couldn't keep up in the meta. Now they have more power than ever with two Torrential and Mirror Force. Royal Tribute is still an amazing card and lets not forget the power that Necrovalley has as well.

Maldoche: A recently released archetype Maldoche are the new gadgets. Searching power and the ability to endlessly recycle makes them a powerhouse. While they may not have the big boss monsters that other decks have their ability to grind you down and gain advantage is unmatched. Expect them to be powering their way through many of the anti meta decks next format.

Prophecy: I myself am a bit unsure about how strong the archetype really is however they can farm and search extremely well, what are they trying to search for though? What cannot be denied is their ability to last through long games easily and simply outlast the opponent. If more support for this deck is released in the future who knows how far could it go? as for now though recycling Rotas is always never a bad thing.

Agents: Ah agents one of my all time favorite decks 3 Dark Armed Dragon imitators isn't a joke you know along with Kristya the deck is a powerhouse. We all should know what this deck does but why is it stronger? Well for starters Earth to two gives the deck a major boost. Secondly the OCG gets Tour Guide to play along with our imba exceeds. We also get some new support too in the form of Card Car D to speed up our deck compared to last time. Expect a Master Hyperion to be summoned in your face in the near future duelists.

So what will you play next banlist?

Will it be one of the decks I listed above? Or perhaps another deck from previous formats such as heroes.

Perhaps some of you will stick by Inzektors and Dragons too (lol).

Thanks for Reading!

Cosmo Blazar (aka Konami's either trolling or seriously going to print it)

So the name of the new pack is called Cosmo Blazar.

If any of you don't know in Yugioh 5Ds there is a card referenced in episode 149 called Cosmic Blazar Dragon. No image of it is ever given and no further information has been provided of it by Konami so many people assumed that it was one of those anime-only cards that would never be printed.

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh!_5D%27s_-_Episode_149 here is where you'll find the card being shown in the anime just read the english translation section.

So if you decided to read the link above you should know this but if you didn't you wouldn't know that Cosmic Blazar Dragon is Yusei's signature card in a alternate timeline. In this timeline Yusei never had to deal with time travellers and apparently Meklords were killing everyone (yeah I know right wtf). The reason Yusei has Shooting Quasar Dragon in the anime is most likely due to the fact that Z-one travelled back in time and interfered with the timeline thus leading Yusei to create Shooting Quasar Dragon and not Cosmic Blazar Dragon.

So what do you think Cosmic Blazar Dragons effect will be if its printed.

Also is Konami just trolling us?

Interesting Hero Support

Today I felt like going over some new cards which can be used to support heroes in the event that the banlist destroys the deck. Some of these are quite random but can be used quite effectively depending on the situation.

Now lets get started with a look at a card that was just released in Abyss Rising:

Bull Blader

During either player's turn when an attack is declared involving this card and an opponent's monster: Neither player takes Battle Damage from this battle, and after damage calculation, destroy the monster this card was battling.

As you can see this card while weak in attack for a level 4 has the ability to destroy almost every single monster in the game. While you will take damage this card is an excellent counter to Verz Opheon, Gravekeeper Spy, and any random monster that is you just can't handle with your regular heroes. 

Other things that make this card powerful are that its a warrior so it can be searched by Reinforcement of the Army and that its level 4 so you can exceed with it if necessary.

For additional trolling equip this card with Safe Zone and let it sit just slowly ram its way through all of your opponents monsters.

For our second card of the day we have a new TCG exclusive

Noble Knight Gawayn

If you control a light normal monster you can special summon this card (from your hand) in face up defense position.

More exceed spamming with alius and this lol.

Plus its a 1900 attack light warrior not too shabby in my opinion.

The art isn't that bad looking either.

Speaking of art whats with all the awesome art coming out lately in yugioh I mean we have Ancient Dragon, Prophecy Destroyer, and now we get this guy.