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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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It’s Sneak Preview time again! It feels like these sets seem to come out faster and faster. Hopefully you attended at least one Rise of Destiny Sneak Preview event, and you’re excited about the Flaming Eternity Sneak Preview weekend. If you haven’t gone to a Sneak Preview event before, it’s finally time to get in on the most popular Limited play available in Yu-Gi-Oh! The dates to remember are February 26 and 27—on those dates, there will be Sneak Preview events held all over the United States, as well as in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. If you go to an event, you will also receive a Cyber Harpie Lady promo card.
If you attend many of these events and talk to the other players, you’ll find out that most of them are there to get their hands on the new cards as soon as possible. Some players will be looking for the most prized trading and resale cards, while others will want useful additions to their card pool. The Sneak Preview events are a good deal, because they’ll only cost you $20 to $25 to sign up, and you’ll get five boosters with the chance to win more. In most areas, going to a Sneak Preview event is the only way to get new cards early and for a reasonable price.
As long as you’re getting some new cards, you might as well come up with some new combos. Many duelists follow the Japanese Yu-Gi-Oh! scene or playtest Japanese cards with help from translations, so those players already have a basic feel of the set and know a few tricks. However, card templating can change along with the set content, so the only way to be certain about what the cards can do is to get your hands on a few packs and try them out. If you’re going to develop some new combos, you might as well show them off at a tournament where everyone will know they came from you.
Each new set has cards that make an impact on the current metagame, and the sooner you can experiment with them, the more they’ll help your deck. Constructed events are going strong in the early part of 2005, with plenty of Regionals and three Shonen Jump Championships. If you want to take advantage of the new cards, Sneak Preview events are great places to get new cards and test them out. Have you been making predictions about which cards are going to be strong? Go to a Sneak Preview and find out if you are right.
In addition to showing you new cards, going to a Sneak Preview event helps you prepare for Constructed tournaments in other ways—specifically, the Sneak Previews give you a valuable change in focus. Sealed Pack events highlight innovative, more relaxed play. Consider it a sort of “working vacation” for the gaming part of your brain. You can’t beat a good dose of Sealed Pack to de-stress you from the rigors of high-level Constructed play. Plus, Sealed Pack stimulates the inventive, creative side of play that you can lose when you’ve been focusing too closely on your favorite deck. Sneak Previews are great places to relax and talk to other duelists in your area about play strategies. Why limit yourself to the new set?
You can also build up your Sealed rating at a Sneak Preview event. UDE maintains two separate rankings for Yu-Gi-Oh!, so while you’re trying to move up in the Constructed rankings, remember that you can also improve your Sealed rating as well. A respectably ranked duelist is going to want to maintain a balance between the two to showcase his or her strong knowledge of the game.
As long as we’re talking about how well you know the game, I’ll ask this question. Is there more to your knowledge of Yu-Gi-Oh! than understanding how to play a handful of your favorite cards? Any duelist can get a copy of a proven decklist, assemble the cards, and learn how to play it with at least a moderate amount of skill. It takes a lot more finesse to build a viable deck out of five random booster packs, and that’s where your talent can shine through. You run the risk of defeat at the hands of a little kid who got the amazing pulls, but if you want to prove that your skill is greater than the sum of your cards, go to a Sneak Preview event and put your skills to the test.
There are plenty of reasons to participate in a Sneak Preview event, whether you want to play in a relaxed environment, boost your rating, fill out your collection, or get playable cards for your deck. Check out the list of scheduled Sneak Previews at http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/yugioh/sneak_preview.aspx, and be sure to mark down the date of an event near you so you don’t forget. There’s still plenty of time to work out carpools and contact Tournament Organizers to get all the information you’ll need, so plan to get your hands on some new cards. Test them out, enjoy the shift in play focus, and prove that you’ve got a game!
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