Asia Championship 2013 is almost here.

A bit early for this post I know but I'm quite excited for the event and since the OCG isn't receiving any new boosters we can expect that the current card pool is what will be allowed for Asia. Unlike last years meta which was a toss up between Inzektors and the surprise renegade Hanzo Hieratics this years meta is divided into two very simple categories.

The two categories are:

Verz and Not Verz

With Verz being the current dominant force in Singapore its either play Verz or play something that can beat Verz if you wish to win this years Asia Plus. However even though Verz is a dominant force and should make up a majority of the entrants in this years Asia you should also take note that there might not be as many Verz as there were Inzektors last year. The reasoning behind this is that Verz is expensive and the recent addition to the deck (Cercyon) is hard to find and expensive which will discourage people to play the deck.

If you have Verz good for you make a good build and practice and you should go far.

However if you're not playing Verz but haven't decided on a deck yet there are numerous options from you to decide from.

Here is a list on what you should bring if you're not playing Verz.

Hero Beat (Arrive/Normal)
Agent Angel (a bit crazy but a player named Ryo has been topping in japan with the deck using a variation that main decks 3 Forbidden Lance)
Mermail (because Genex Undine is a one card answer to Opheon)
Offering Gadgets (Exceed spam works well against Opheon)
Wind-Ups (Same reason as Offering Gadgets if it isn't hit by the ban list)
Ninja Chaos (Because Exceeds can kill the Opheon again)
Sacred (Pleaides and Omega are both excellent cards to use against the Verz)
Fire Fist (Easy destruction of Opheon and the ability to gain advantage quickly (my personal belief for the second place majority in Asia)

Of course there are other options that will prove effective (Skill Drain Beat, Gravekeeper, Infernity, etc.) however the following list is what I feel are the most effective options if you really want to stand a chance at winning the tournament or at the very least placing high.

While everything in this list is quite standard and can be easily prepared for there is one thing as of now that is a bit sketchy and thats Fire Fist. Since many people are still experimenting with new builds with the release of the cards from VE08 there is no standardized decklist for Fire Fist but there will surely be one by the time Asia comes around.

Expect more follow up posts as Asia nears.

Also Sacred testing is going well but I need more experience before I can say anything.

Thanks for reading! :D :D

The obligatory late tournament report that no one cares about but im writing because im slightly drunk and have nothing better to do.

So I went for a free ranking tournament on the 12th because I want seeding points and because I didn't feel like paying 8 dollars for prizes I wasn't interested for at locals.

Woke up early that day so that I could make it on time and still nearly made it late because I was too lazy to get off my bed since it was so soft. Luckily the fact that I was too lazy to cook lunch for people motivated me enough to make me flee my home and head for the card shop.

16 people entered from what I remember and it was a Single Elimination tournament

Deck Played:Sacreds

Round 1 vs Avenging Knight aka Vishal aka Mr. BlackFeather4Life (surprisingly playing chaos dragon)

Game 1: Pleadies too OP bouncing set Rykos all day long. No milling = dragons dying in fire.

Game 2: Never summoned Pleaides thus no OP bouncing shit thus I die in fire.

Game 3: I summoned Pleadies = I win :D


Round 2 vs JunCai (Offering Gadgets)

Game 1: Sacred Omega = fuck you traps and recyling (save the environment :D) with M7 and summoning more big monsters is fun.

Game 2: A case of dejavu however this time he had a torrential and I couldn't summon my Omega and died ;_; ;_; ;_;

Game 3: I remember winning by sacking (like I always do :P) an MST which let me attack with Rai-Oh and M7 for the win.


Round 3 vs Mango aka Mr guy who kicks my ass with troll decks aka The person I don't ever want to play against ;_; (Playing a not troll deck in Wind-Ups (which is the biggest troll of all).

Game 1: Activate 2 Wind-Up factories and summon Shark. While I sat there with my jaw dropped he plussed two. I tried to fight back with a lone Pleadies but i was a genius and forgot that Wind-Up Warrior existed and died :D

Game 2: He set a lot of cards on his first turn. I used Heavy Storm on him and got + 2. Then I smashed him with random monsters while he was busy distracted with other stuff and we moved on to game 3.

Game 3: Heavy Storm again :D and Gozen Match put in work too :D


Round 4 vs WeeMin aka Mr Taxi (Fire Fist with Gene Warped Werewolf because Taxi Drivers don't get paid enough to afford Vorse Raider)

Game 1: I summon Pleaides and set Safe Zone and some other random card and ended my turn. He summoned Bear which he searched using Tenki and tried to destroy my Pleaides. I think you can guess the out come :D.

Game 2: I opened 2 Tenki and a Fire Fist Bear and couldn't do shit <_< also my mst skills failed and I hit the wrong card.

Game 3: FUCK TENKI AND BEAR :V :V :V :V :V

So I got second place woohoo \O/

Seeding Points for Asia \O/

Also saw Bixuan Mermail kicking ass on the same day \O/

Also saw Colin having one of the most entertaining games in a while because the banter was so good.

More posts in the future coming if I'm not too lazy :D.