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Doomkaiser Dragon
Card# CSOC-EN043
Doomkaiser Dragon's effect isn't just for Zombie World duelists: remember that its effect can swipe copies of Plaguespreader Zombie, too!
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The Champions: John Burkhead - February 07, 2009 |
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The first thing I like about this deck is that Burkhead was able to do what most players weren't: cut a lot of Zombies.
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The Champions: Ryan Spicer - January 31, 2009 |
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In my opinion, this TeleDAD deck should have won Houston. It is better in every way than the build that everyone else was using.
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Battlefields: Practice Makes Perfect - January 29, 2009 |
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You need to know how games can be won because in a nine round tournament you will need to exhaust your entire arsenal. Games are won by skill, by luck, by trickery, and by the most perfect of timing.
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The Champions: Jae Kim - January 24, 2009 |
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Jae's been to The Champions on several occasions. Each time it's because he's accurately predicted the metagame and prepared to beat it.
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The Champions: Calvin Tsang (and Ervin So) - January 17, 2009 |
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I'm not going to try to claim a trap line-up with two copies of Threatening Roar and three Reckless Greed is stronger than the one that places ten to twelve people in the Top 16 of every SJC. But Calvin ran into all the best TeleDAD builds played by some of the best duelists alive, and he still made it to second place.
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Battlefields: Backfire - January 15, 2009 |
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The most common way people lose is something they don't even realize. What usually happens is a play they made ends up backfiring completely.
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Best of 2008 - The Champions: Dale Bellido - January 10, 2009 |
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Every card had a purpose and the deck performed better than anyone could have hoped for. Since then the deck has been modified and perfected for the current metagame. This is where it all started.
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Best of 2008 - Battlefields: The Power of Attack Power - January 03, 2009 |
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I feel like I improved my game a ton when I wrote this article by realizing just how many ways the battle phase could be used to advance your position. Perhaps more importantly, I learned how you need to apply the knowledge of what you want to do to your deck building process.
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Battlefields: Let It Go - December 25, 2008 |
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Whenever your opponent plays a card, you need to be able to look at it and decide, "Do I care if my opponent plays that?"
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The Champions: Steven Harris - December 20, 2008 |
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Harris obviously built this deck with the knowledge that his opponents would want to play out all their cards...
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The Champions: Felipe DeJesus - December 06, 2008 |
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Felipe DeJesus took Lightsworn to SJC Atlanta, and made it all the way to the final four with what’s easily the most teched-out version of Lightsworn I’ve ever seen...
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The Champions: Erin Diaz - November 29, 2008 |
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At the moment it’s pretty clear what the two best monsters in the game are.
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The Champions: Arthur Rogers - November 15, 2008 |
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Every time, there’s one deck that’s singled out as the deck to beat, and likely only one more that’s considered good enough to beat the top deck consistently. In this format, that deck is Lightsworn.
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The Champions: Chris Taporco - November 08, 2008 |
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Chris Taporco made a big impact at Shonen Jump Championship Charlotte with what was quickly becoming everyone’s favorite deck of the day.
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Battlefields: Magic Numbers - November 01, 2008 |
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Why do some players always seem to be able to set up huge, one-turn plays while others are always forced to play a control game?
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The Champions: Eric Ing - October 18, 2008 |
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It’s time to say "out with the new" and "back in with the old." Gladiator Beasts can still win in today’s metagame.
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Battlefields: Problem Solving - October 16, 2008 |
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I talk a lot about having to use answers to solve problems. This is because to me, that’s exactly how this game should be played.
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The Champions: Hector Heras - October 04, 2008 |
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Going undefeated in a major tournament like a Shonen Jump Championship or National Championship is incredibly difficult.
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The Champions: Jermol Jupiter - September 27, 2008 |
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Clearly prepared for Baltimore, Jupiter adjusted his deck just enough to combat Teleport Dark Armed decks as well as the Gladiator mirror.
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The Champions: Dale Bellido - September 20, 2008 |
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Many players showed up that weekend in Baltimore with all sorts of Synchro decks. But only one looked this good.
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The Champions: Jung-Ho Ahn - September 13, 2008 |
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It’s easy to make a decklist and pack it full of cards that will help you set up and achieve a certain game state. But what’s important is making sure you win the game after you’ve established your infrastructure.
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The Champions: Dwayne Delamotta - September 06, 2008 |
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Dwayne Delamotta defied all odds by finishing in the Top 4 at Indy with his version of the Lightsworn.
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Battlefields: Swiss Army Knife - September 04, 2008 |
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In a premier Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG event like a Shonen Jump Championship or National Championship, new decks and anti-metagame strategies always make a big splash.
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The Champions: Marco Cesario - August 30, 2008 |
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Last Indy was won by CO Burn. One year later, with the majority of players wielding Dark Armed Dragon, Lightsworn, or Gladiator Beasts, the metagame was ripe for such a deck to break into the spotlight once more.
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The Champions: Joshua Graham - August 23, 2008 |
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At first glance, you look at Joshua Graham’s decklist and think it’s just another Gladiator deck. Until you notice he’s only got fifteen monsters.
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Battlefields: The Power of ATK Power - August 21, 2008 |
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The 2008 World Championships have come to a close, and this year’s tournament brought with it a first to the competitive dueling scene.
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The Champions: Hsoros Nairebas - August 16, 2008 |
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What Sorosh has done is found a Dark Armed build that can overcome Gladiators every time by skill instead of luck.
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The Champions: Chris Bowling - July 26, 2008 |
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Chris Bowling is one duelist who’s seen a lot of success this format. Similar to the path Paul Levitin made back in 2005, Bowling has made several impressive showings, diving deeply into Day 2 and taking home a national title.
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The Champions: Tom Mak - July 19, 2008 |
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Tom Mak incorporated a new strategy into the already consistent Lightsworn build. The combination? Monarchs and Lightsworn.
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The Champions: Yannick Dubeau - July 12, 2008 |
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Combined with Nova Summoner to special summon it in defense mode, The Fool is basically just a wall to get around.
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Legends from the Battlefields: Morphing Jar II - July 10, 2008 |
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When I entered Canadian Nationals and received two feature matches, I was very fortunate to be able to make Morphing Jar plays and show exactly how one could take advantage of a single card.
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The Champions: Adam Corn - July 05, 2008 |
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For a long time, players have been asking why no one was using Prime Material Dragon.
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Battlefield Legends: Morphing Jar - June 26, 2008 |
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In this writer’s opinion, one of the most advantageous cards in the game is something that’s never really left competitive play, and yet hasn’t made the impact it’s capable of. The card I’m referring to is, of course, Morphing Jar.
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The Champions: Dale Bellido - June 21, 2008 |
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The Lightsworn deck shares a similar playstyle with the Dark Armed strategy, but with a completely different monster base. Instead of all the out-of-battle tricks the Dark monsters use, Lightsworn are dominant on the field of battle.
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The Champions: Edgar Flores - June 14, 2008 |
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Many players attempted to put Dark Armed Dragon into their own Monarch decks, but until Edgar Flores’s performance at Shonen Jump Championship St. Louis, few found success with that strategy.
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Battlefield Legends: The Attack-and-Pass - June 12, 2008 |
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Today, I’m going to take some time to address a play that has almost been forgotten. The reason for doing so is that I believe the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is currently at its peak in terms of the amount of thinking that must go into playing.
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The Champions: Steven Harris - June 07, 2008 |
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Six out of the eight players who made the Top 8 in St. Louis were successful with this strategy, and of the six it was winner Steven Harris whose deck is perhaps the most consistent.
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The Champions: Face2Face - May 31, 2008 |
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The success Mario Matheu found with Light and Darkness Dragon in Minneapolis just weeks before Nashville shed light on just how useful the Dragon could be.
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Battlefields: In Retrospect - May 29, 2008 |
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One of my biggest fears in writing a column like this one is that I might make mistakes I’ve actually advised against in my own writing.
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The Champions: Jerry Wang - May 24, 2008 |
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Before the tournament, Jerry gave our team a peak at his deck. The build looked so good that Dale Bellido instantly dropped what he was playing...
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The Champions: Mario Matheu - May 17, 2008 |
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Knowing how the premier level metagame is taking shape, you would be a fool not to prepare accordingly.
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Battlefield Legends: The Bait and Trap - May 15, 2008 |
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Unfortunately, winning a duel isn’t as simple as watching your opponent lose it, and your opponent is going to be a lot smarter than a mouse.
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The Champions: Jerry Wang - April 18, 2008 |
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Jerry Wang has maximized his deck with draw power and game-breaking cards, and creates some nasty combos that can lead to winning the game or a secure victory over the next couple of turns.
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Battlefield Legends: Pro Storm Part II - April 16, 2008 |
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As always, duelists adapted to the change in playstyle to both limit the effectiveness of the Pro Storm and to punish players who made it obvious.
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The Champions: Erin Diaz - April 11, 2008 |
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One of the more interesting questions that comes up quite often in online dueling communities is, "what is the best deck of all time?"
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The Champions: Kris Perovic - March 28, 2008 |
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Costa Mesa was completely different. As expected, Perovic showed up with an outstanding DDT deck...
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The Champions: Lazaro Bellido - March 21, 2008 |
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Again, as with most Shonen Jump Championships, Lazaro Bellido made Day 2 with arguably the most consistent and strongest deck.
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The Champions: Jonathan Moore - March 14, 2008 |
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With all the hype around the Dragon moving into Shonen Jump Championship Houston, very few players saw Jonathan Moore and his band of Six Samurai as much of a threat.
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The Champions: Paul Levitin - March 07, 2008 |
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To no one’s surprise, the deck to beat at Shonen Jump Championship Houston was the Dark Armed Dragon deck.
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The Champions: Danny Brown - February 29, 2008 |
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One trend that’s seen success for quite some time is playing against the main strategy while still using the best parts of that strategy for yourself.
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The Champions: Hugo Adame - February 22, 2008 |
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Why not bring the battle phase back? Hugo Adame did just that, taking this French-inspired Macro Cosmos build to a Top 16 finish.
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The Champions: Alvaro Jirau - February 08, 2008 |
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Most of the time I don’t include the side deck with the decklist, but the side deck is what makes Jirau’s build so special.
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The Champions: John Umali - January 11, 2008 |
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Instead of taking the path every other player is concentrating on beating, Umali took an alternative route.
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