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Huntik Preview: No Rest for the Wicked! - February 23, 2009 |
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The Organization will stop at nothing in their quest to control the Titans. They use sneaky tricks to push their minions harder, and eliminate the competition without fighting fair.
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Huntik Launch Event This Weekend! - February 18, 2009 |
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Give your local hobby store a call and ask them if they will be holding a Huntik Launch Event so you don’t miss out on your chance to get these Limited Edition EXCLUSIVE cards!
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Huntik Preview: Sabriel and the Everfighters - February 16, 2009 |
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The card previews so far have centered on some of the strongest Seekers from the world of Huntik, but what’s a Seeker without their Titans? Today, we’ll look at one of the toughest Titans you can put in a deck: Sabriel!
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One Card at a Time: Stormwind City - February 13, 2009 |
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Each week, Glenn Jones takes an underappreciated single card and dives head first into it, squeezing every drop of strategy out of it. This column focuses on a place most MMO players are familiar with- Stormwind City.
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Huntik Preview: Suit Up! - February 12, 2009 |
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The Huntik Trading Card Game lets you build a deck using the villainous minions of the Organization, and they’ve got plenty of tricks up their sleeves to control their Titans and defeat the Huntik Foundation.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Champion Packs Orders Go Unfilled - January 13, 2009 |
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North Las Vegas, NV (January 13, 2009) — Upper Deck regrets to announce that hobby tournament stores nationwide will not receive their orders of Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME Champion Packs. Despite contractual obligations, Konami Digital Entertainment failed to send the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Champion Packs to Upper Deck for distribution to hobby stores.
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Star City Events Holds Judges' Conference in Roanoke, Virginia - August 03, 2004 |
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Star City Events will be hosting a judges' conference on Saturday, August 7, in Roanoke, Virginia at the Star City Game Center. The conference is for current Upper Deck Entertainment (UDE) judges and players interested in becoming judges . . .
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Soul Control vs. Beastdown: Tech Against Fang - May 20, 2005 |
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Evan Vargas’s Soul Control deck has become one of the most net-decked archetypes in the country since he introduced it in Los Angeles on April 2, one day after the new Limited list was released.
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Living the Metagame: High-Level Monsters - May 03, 2004 |
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Why use any high-level monsters at all? Two reasons: gamebreaking effects and/or the ability to special summon the monster through its own special requirements.
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Living the Metagame: Winning Trap Lineups - April 09, 2004 |
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So how many traps are the top players using, and which ones? We have had three months of Regional tournaments across the country. I have analyzed over 150 of the top decks, and the trap lineups for winning decks are very consistent.
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Living the Metagame: Fanning the Flames - March 19, 2004 |
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Slowly but surely, each set released has improved the cards of Burn decks. Magical Scientist, Wave Motion Cannon, and now Chaos Emperor Dragon and Stealth Bird make the Burn deck viable as a serious deck type in the current metagame.
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Living the Metagame: The Time of Chaos - March 15, 2004 |
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Invasion of Chaos has just been released at the time of the writing of this article, and the buzz around the set has been incredible—for good reason. This article will not review the entire set, but instead will focus on the expected impact it will have on the metagame.
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Best of 2008 - The Practical Duelist: Group Playtesting - January 08, 2009 |
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Thumping on your local tournaments’ weekly lineup just isn’t enough, and Bryan broke it all down to show you the simple processes you need to test effectively. If you seriously want to top a Regional, Shonen Jump, or go to Worlds, you should absolutely read this article.
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Player Beware - June 28, 2004 |
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How many times have I had my own deck stolen? Staring at my hands, I looked down and counted at least seven times to my memory within the past two years that it has happened . . .
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The Art of the Duel - May 24, 2004 |
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Has monster removal got you down? Can’t sleep at night for fear that Chaos Emperor Dragon is going to appear and blow up your field? Are you depressed that your hand disappears faster than the speed of light?
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The Challenge: Type A Responses - April 23, 2004 |
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A few weeks back, I had issued a challenge to all the readers out there. My challenge was to come up with the best Yu-Gi-Oh! Type A deck. Let's see how some of you intrepid readers fared, shall we?
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The Challenge: The Pro Circuit - April 16, 2004 |
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Ready for more Organized Play information, friends? So far, we have covered premier events, and this week we're going to look at the Pro Circuit.
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Nasty Waters Ahead - March 05, 2004 |
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With the release of Invasion of Chaos, Water attribute monsters are getting a huge boost. In fact, they are getting such a boost that I would go so far as to say that they are going to become a tournament-viable archetype with this set release.
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The Binder: Greenkappa - February 02, 2009 |
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I’m really tired of Solemn Judgment, and playing my own copies of it to fight back just doesn’t make me feel warm and tingly inside. This guy, however, comes with tingles aplenty!
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Seven Days: January 26 - January 26, 2009 |
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It’s Monday, January 26, 2009, and less than two weeks remain until thousands of duelists get their shot at a copy of Gold Sarcophagus!
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The Binder – Karma Cut - January 26, 2009 |
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To understand why Karma Cut is a competitive tech choice in this format, you need to understand how it varies from Phoenix Wing Wind Blast.
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The Apotheosis — Dark Warrior Toolbox - January 22, 2009 |
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The thing to remember when you build a theme deck is that if you want it to be more than just a handicapped oddity, you need to take full advantage of your theme.
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Jason Grabher-Meyer and Julia Hedberg |
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Ultimate Duelist Challenge #4: Take 'em Down! - April 12, 2005 |
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Today, you’re going to have to take your opponent down to 0 life points by the end of your first battle phase. Before you start saying “That’ll be easy! I’ve done that in duels before,” make sure you read the fine print.
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Solid Ground: Getting Your Friends To Play - April 19, 2007 |
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I’ve found two things to be true when it comes to friends and trading card games—playing a TCG is a great way to meet new friends, and it’s also fun to drag your existing friends in.
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Solid Ground: Side Deck Tech from Strike of Neos - April 12, 2007 |
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I still don’t have nearly as much Strike of Neos as I’d like—I really enjoy this set. Apart from the cards that have made it into main decks of all descriptions, there are some really good side deck options in the set that you should consider.
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Julia Hedberg and Jason Grabher-Meyer |
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New Grounds: Teching the Metagame with Aggression - April 21, 2007 |
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We’ve already discussed the fact that both DDT and the Ritual OTK deck base themselves around an inordinate amount of spell cards that must resolve successfully to give them victory. However, both decks also suffer from a few more weaknesses that I’d like to exploit.
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Taking Sides: TeleDAD with Skill Drain - February 05, 2009 |
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Most TeleDAD main decks can be restrained by Skill Drain, but not enough for Skill Drain to destroy the deck’s combos and strategies.
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Taking Sides: Lightsworn - January 23, 2009 |
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If I had to choose the most difficult strategy to use a side deck with, I’d choose Lightsworn.
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Taking Sides: Gladiator Beasts Part 2 - December 19, 2008 |
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Side decking against less popular decks can be tricky. Even similar builds of less commonly played decks often vary significantly, and that makes it extremely important to pay attention to the cards your opponent plays in the first game...
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Taking Sides: Gladiator Beasts Part 1 - December 12, 2008 |
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In this article, I’ll be analyzing how the two most common Gladiator Beast matchups are expected to play out and which cards would be beneficial to side in and out during each match.
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UDE Comes to BlizzCon! - October 31, 2005 |
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Upper Deck attended BlizzCon to preview the World of Warcraft TCG and demo the Vs. System.
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The School of Duel — It’s All You - February 03, 2009 |
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Playing "by the book" is almost guaranteed to let you make the "strongest" move in a given scenario, but it isn’t necessarily going to maximize your chances to win the current duel.
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Almost There — Back In Black (Garden) - January 27, 2009 |
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When you decide to play Plants, you aren’t risking your life in the tournament on whether or not you can draw a single card eight or ten rounds in a row. You’re engaging in a test of dueling ability that will reward you with wins, almost regardless of what you’re playing against.
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Almost There — A Word to the Wise - January 13, 2009 |
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While this build is merely a first look at the idea, I’m confident that anyone who can successfully and consistently put Neos Wiseman on the field will win the game.
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Best of 2008 - Almost There: Garden of Nightmares - January 06, 2009 |
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When I first sat down and decided to decipher the multitude of text of Black Garden, I had no idea that I would end up playing a deck based around it at Shonen Jump Championship Detroit...
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The Apotheosis: One of Everything on the Menu - February 06, 2008 |
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The Limited cards on our current Advanced format list are obviously powerful enough to merit being on there because they might be a little too good if you could play two or three of them.
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Ryan Murphy on Gadgets - February 08, 2009 |
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Gadgets are a statement. They are mathematic, controlling, and intelligent.
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The Budget Builder: Black Garden - February 01, 2009 |
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We’ll be discussing the strengths and weaknesses of the Plant archetype, specifically a Black Garden variant of the deck.
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A "Little" Bit Different - January 25, 2009 |
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You can expect Little City to be a force in future Shonen Jump Championships, so whether you need to understand the deck or make a copy of your own, research is essential to being successful on the highest levels of competition.
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The Budget Builder — Ojama Equalizer - January 18, 2009 |
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To begin the New Year, we’re going to look at what might be the cheapest Yu-Gi-Oh! deck to be introduced by Metagame. With only six rare cards and thirty-four commons, this is a deck almost anyone can afford!
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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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The Limelight – Igor Kharin - May 20, 2006 |
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Igor Kharin came in second at the National Championships, armed with his clever Cyber-Stein build tearing through opponents all day long.
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Beating the Format #1: SJC Durham Aftermath - March 15, 2006 |
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In this series, I plan to look at major events and play styles, and analyze a card, combo, or deck that raised interest at an event or caught our eye in a feature match.
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The Binder: Skill Drain - September 23, 2007 |
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While Jonathan Labounty won with a deck that many considered to be extinct after the new Advanced format changes, the new decks and strategies that came out of SJC Washington, DC were all very unique.
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The Binder: Bottomless Trap Hole - September 17, 2007 |
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As the Advanced format changes, whether through the rise of a new deck or a new change to the Forbidden and Limited lists, cards filter in and out of the most commonly played decks.
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The Binder: Jinzo Revisited - September 09, 2007 |
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It always excites me when a card which I’ve previously looked at goes through a dramatic change in a tournament format.
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The Binder: Good Goblin Housekeeping - September 02, 2007 |
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Good Goblin Housekeeping to draw three cards multiple times typically swings games into your favor, since it’s hard for an opponent to beat the extra steam that the re-use of a late-game copy can provide.
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Turbo Just Isn’t Fast Enough! - November 08, 2008 |
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Now why am I trying to talk about a deck from the last format? It’s simple: the deck isn’t dead yet.
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Simon Says: Don’t Fear the Ring - September 23, 2006 |
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I would like to talk about certain cards you can use to minimize or even nullify the devastating power of Ring of Destruction.
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Simon Says: Trapped and Locked Down - September 09, 2006 |
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Some cards out there can limit a player’s actions, allowing the player who uses them achieve his or her winning strategy while the opponent is completely bogged down and helpless.
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Simon Says: Aliens Attack! - September 02, 2006 |
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Today I would like to discuss the alien theme further by highlighting some other cards from this set that I didn’t cover in my initial preview.
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Duelist Academy: February Mail - February 04, 2009 |
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This week’s mail bag involves a slew of Gladiator Beast questions, with a special appearance by Royal Oppression.
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Duelist Academy: Dandy Dragon - January 28, 2009 |
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Today we examine these new cards so you will be prepared to use them when you have received your copies . . . or when your opponent has.
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Duelist Academy: Phantom of Chaos – Part 02 - January 21, 2009 |
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Today we look at more effects that don’t work well with the Phantom of Chaos and discuss how it loses the powers it has copied in the end phase. We will also examine the Phantom’s interactions with Skill Drain, which are a bit quirky.
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Duelist Academy: Phantom of Chaos - January 14, 2009 |
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"While many creatures copy the abilities of those around them, the Phantom copies the abilities of the deceased. The forgotten ancestrage offers up its wisdom, and the Phantom partakes". ― Excerpt from the journals of Kozaky
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Best of 2008 - Duelist Academy: Imprisoning Mirrors - January 07, 2009 |
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The Light and Shadow-Imprisoning Mirrors continue to show up in decks as a means of combating various light or dark themed decks popular in the metagame. The confusion surrounding how they work is recurring, so if you know any players that are new to these cards, have them read this article.
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Invasion of Chaos Premier Weekend Press Release - February 17, 2004 |
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Kings Games, an Upper Deck™ Premier Tournament Organizer in Brooklyn, New York, announced today that it will be hosting an Invasion of Chaos (IOC) Premier Tournament Weekend on March 6–7, 2004.
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Ask Rob: Random Rulings from Rob's Inbox - March 22, 2004 |
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I'm going to start a new section, which I will be returning to frequently, called Random Rulings from Rob. Each time I do this review, I will be taking a handful of reader emails and answering their questions.
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Ask Rob #3: Tournament-Viable Commons - February 23, 2004 |
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Today we're going to discuss just what makes a good common and what doesn’t, and how to focus your deck into something tournament-viable without the big budget.
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Ask Rob #1: Extraordinary Popular Delusions - February 10, 2004 |
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This is a special week, as Metagame.com is just starting. I've decided to respond to the top five most common misconceptions, or "delusions," if you will, that I hear on a daily basis. Each is an actual question that I have been asked, along with the most common reasoning that was provided.
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Tomato Control vs. Soul Control - December 23, 2005 |
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I’m not just here to tell you how this deck won a Shonen Jump Championship. I plan to dissect it and compare it to another deck that you’re likely to see in the current metagame.
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Vincent Tundo In: Bigger and Better! - March 05, 2008 |
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During the Shonen Jump Championship at Houston I was walking down one of the aisles between tables after Round 4, and just happened to spot a discarded copy of Lucky Pied Piper...
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Through The Common Pile: Squeeze - March 11, 2007 |
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Isn’t it great when you’re at a Regional or Shonen Jump Championship, and your opponent starts topdecking and can’t seem to get a monster out? This deck is designed to simulate that scenario again and again with the help of Narrow Pass.
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Through the Common Pile: Hino-Hand - October 21, 2006 |
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This deck is designed to take away your opponent’s cards as quickly as possible while recruiting some of the meanest monsters in the game, and there’s no better way to do that than with Mausoleum of the Emperor.
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Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships Recap - July 29, 2004 |
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Continue to check out the Yu-Gi-Oh! Worlds coverage on the events page. There are new articles posted daily, including deck and metagame analysis.
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SandTrap's Fire Deck - December 21, 2004 |
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Rise of Destiny gave Fire decks cards like Ultimate Baseball Kid and Raging Fire Sprite.
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The Importance of Trample - December 06, 2004 |
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Trample is a term used to describe dealing damage to a defense position monster when you normally couldn’t.
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Countering the Advanced Format Metagame - November 05, 2004 |
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First, let’s look at what’s gone in the Advanced format. Raigeki, Dark Hole, and Harpie’s Feather Duster are all banned, and Torrential Tribute is restricted to one copy per deck. What does this mean?
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The Apotheosis: Exodia, King of Armageddon - May 30, 2007 |
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My, my, how the mighty have fallen! Just weeks ago, Demise, King of Armageddon was the most feared deck on the radar of any truly competitive duelist. Now, with the Demise OTK strategy having been utterly savaged through main deck and side deck counters at Shonen Jump Championship Philadelphia, the big blue blight is a shadow of his former self.
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Extra Credit: Crystal Beast Class 101 - May 17, 2007 |
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Welcome, students! If you are here in this lecture hall this afternoon, it means you have the drive, devotion, and dedication to dueling that is required to expand your competitive education.
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The Apotheosis: The Queen’s Swarm - May 15, 2007 |
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As much as I identify with the Amazonesses and their flashy habits of dress, I much prefer Harpie monsters. Feathers, spikes, and spandex? I readily admit that I can only begin to aspire to such gloriously bold fashion statements.
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The Apotheosis: Norleras’ Topdeck Time - May 08, 2007 |
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It’s the most wonderful time of the dueling year! With the Force of the Breaker Sneak Previews now behind us, duelists across the globe have all-new cards in their hot little hands.
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Metagame Looks Back on 2006 - December 23, 2006 |
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As 2006 comes to a close, Metagame.com would like to wish everyone a happy holiday season.
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Enter Ghandipants! - February 23, 2006 |
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I’ve managed to successfully hop from the Vs. System side of Metagame.com over to this land, where all the cartoon characters have slightly larger eyes and the monsters have slightly larger ATK values.
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Table Judging and Player Errors - September 06, 2007 |
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Table judging is one of the skills judges regularly overlook, since it rarely comes up at local and Hobby League levels.
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