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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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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 Budget Builder: PACMAN - December 28, 2008 |
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Today we’ll be looking at an incredibly affordable deck, and one of the most irritating decks the game has ever created: PACMAN.
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The Budget Builder: The Six Samurai - December 21, 2008 |
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Many players looking to break into the tournament scene without breaking into their wallets choose Samurai for two reasons: they’re inexpensive to build and they level the playing field for new players.
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Murphy Control - December 14, 2008 |
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If you’ve been looking for a fun, innovative control deck to bring to a tournament with serious competition, you might want to consider this one.
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The Budget Builder: Crystal Beasts - December 07, 2008 |
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This deck was piloted while others were playing Machine OTK decks: decks which had almost as much aggression as modern archetypes, but less control over the game.
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The Budget Builder: Venom - November 30, 2008 |
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Today, we’re going to make Reptiles a competitive archetype for tournament play. After all, the deck is worth less than $75, and its best card has an effect that basically reads "you win the game."
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The Budget Builder: Mausoleum - November 23, 2008 |
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Today we’ll be looking at a deck that hasn’t seen much play lately, but is nevertheless a powerful competitor and incredibly fun.
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Building On A Budget - November 16, 2008 |
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If you’re looking for a way play at a very competitive level while still keeping things well below the price range of other strategies, this might be the answer you’re looking for.
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Building On A Budget: Batterymen - November 09, 2008 |
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The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG can be an expensive game if you want to follow trends. But it's a game of almost boundless strategy, and you don’t have to be a drone subject to the whims of other innovative players!
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The Not-So-Forgotten-Format: Barriers - October 12, 2008 |
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Today we’ll be looking at a deck that aims to do two things: change the way the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is played and demonstrate the advantage of creating dead cards in your opponent’s hand.
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The Not-So-Forgotten-Format: Meow Mix - September 28, 2008 |
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For the sake of identification, hilarity, and props, we’ll refer to this deck as "Meow Mix" (it was agreed that no self-respecting player would wield a deck titled "Cute-Box").
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The Forgotten Format: Chain Strike - September 14, 2008 |
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Today we’ll be looking at a strategy that helps counteract the popular Gladiator Beast decks: making it difficult for them to complete an attack, declining to give them a decent target for Gladiator Beast Murmillo, and rarely making them happy playing Gladiator Beast Gyzarus or Gladiator Beast Bestiari.
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The Forgotten Format: Zombies - August 17, 2008 |
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The point of the modern Zombie deck is to load the field with as many as five completely disposable monsters—monsters that have, in some way, replaced themselves with another card. This way, you can continually load the field until your opponent runs out of answers.
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The Duelist Genesis Preview: Psychic Sunday - August 03, 2008 |
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Telekinetic Charging Cell is a world debut card for the TCG, like Allure of Darkness and Test Tiger. For that reason alone, you should be raising an eyebrow.
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The Forgotten Format: Big City - July 27, 2008 |
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While Big City has been generally assigned to "Tier 2," and seen as lacking the power to stand ground against the best decks in the game, it’s gotten some help that’ll push it to the limit.
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The Forgotten Format: Ryan Murphy - July 13, 2008 |
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It’s no secret that—since the release of Gadgets in the United States,I’ve been a very large supporter of the archetype.
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The Forgotten Format: Corn Control - July 06, 2008 |
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Today we’ll be looking at a deck that takes some inspiration from Adam Corn’s build at the 2008 United States National Championship.
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The Forgotten Format: Makyura - June 22, 2008 |
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There isn’t any fooling around with this deck—you’ll be trying to draw every card in your deck on the first turn. If you take a second turn, the deck failed.
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The Forgotten Format: Twilight - June 01, 2008 |
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We’ll be giving Twilight some new power by moving it into the Traditional format, but you’ll be able to recognize the skeleton of the deck by playing with it and thus easily make the transition to Advanced play.
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The WCP Theory and Mathematic Side Decking - May 25, 2008 |
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This week, we’ll be considering two different things: the Win Consistency Percentage (WCP) and mathematic side decking. While WCP is a new theory, it’s necessary for applying a lot of theory in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, especially in terms of creating a side deck.
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The Forgotten Format: Zombies - May 18, 2008 |
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Once the Zombie engine starts working, it’s very difficult to stop. Even if your opponent has the cards necessary to clear your field, your hand will probably be so large that you’ll be able to refill the field the following turn.
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Dimension Fusion One Turn KO - April 12, 2008 |
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This is a deck that dates all the way back to Michael Powers’ innovation at Shonen Jump Championship Houston in 2005.
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The Forgotten Format: Gravekeepers - April 05, 2008 |
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As promised last week, I’ll be continuing with the theme of combating the overpowering Dark Armed Dragon deck, the success of which in the Advanced format is forcing it to be carried into Traditional.
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The Forgotten Format: Recruiter - March 08, 2008 |
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Today I’ll be revisiting a deck that I found to be incredibly consistent and absolutely top tier. I’m referring to the Recruiter deck pioneered by Adrian Madaj in the 2006 European Championships.
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Inflection Point Play - February 23, 2008 |
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There are a select few players who fully understand the necessity of varying their play depending on the exact state of the duel.
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The Forgotten Format: Demise - February 16, 2008 |
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I’m talking about one of the most popular and long lasting one-turn KO decks that just won’t go away: Demise, King of Armageddon.
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The Forgotten Format — Remove From Play - February 02, 2008 |
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The captivating feeling you find when playing a deck outside the norm, something built specifically to outwit a generally accepted strategy, is one of the reasons the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is so exciting...
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The Forgotten Format: Water Monarchs - January 12, 2008 |
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This week, I’ll herald the new year with a Water-based hand control deck that has the ability to lock an opponent down with a dead hand, eliminating the few powerful cards he or she has.
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Best of 2007, The Forgotten Format: Chaos - January 05, 2008 |
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There was a time when the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG was not the tamed beast of a game it is today, but a raging chaotic mass of overwhelmingly powerful cards.
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The Forgotten Format: Kaiba - December 22, 2007 |
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The deck is going to draw a lot of cards, but (more importantly) it’ll be able to quickly convert those cards into aggressive action that your opponent will have to deal with.
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The Forgotten Format: Light and Darkness Dragon - December 08, 2007 |
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The recent release of the Dragon has changed the Advanced format, but its overlooked ability of counting as both a Light and a Dark monster has an incredible impact on the Traditional format.
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The Forgotten Format - November 24, 2007 |
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Today, we’ll be revisiting The Creator and the deck archetypes he allowed.
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The Forgotten Format: DDT - November 17, 2007 |
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You’ll quickly be causing over 8000 damage: should your opponent survive, you’ve probably drawn enough cards to repeat the process on the following turn anyway.
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The Forgotten Format: Dark World - November 10, 2007 |
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With the recent success of Zombie builds in Advanced, I wanted to revisit an old archetype that rarely sees the play it should in the Traditional format: Dark World, featuring Card of Safe Return.
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Gladiator’s Assault Preview: Dragon Ice - October 30, 2007 |
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When your opponent plays Cyber Dragon, returns Treeborn Frog to the field, or tries any other special summoning shenanigans, you can respond by bringing this 2200 DEF wall onto your field.
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The Forgotten Format: Last Turn - October 20, 2007 |
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There is something undeniably ecstatic about defeating an opponent before he or she has a chance to react.
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The Forgotten Format: The New OTK - September 15, 2007 |
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Today, I’ll be taking advantage of the eased restriction on a few cards to create a potent, aggressive deck that can sweep an opponent away in a matter of turns.
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The Forgotten Format: Empty Jar - July 21, 2007 |
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There aren’t many decks that can win before your opponent even begins his or her first turn, but the Empty Jar Mill deck is one of them.
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The Forgotten Format: Chaos - July 07, 2007 |
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There was a time when the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG was not the tamed beast of a game it is today, but a raging chaotic mass of overwhelmingly powerful cards.
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The Forgotten Format: Magical Scientist OTK - June 21, 2007 |
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Playing against Chaos decks in the Traditional format can be daunting, and many players simply opt to take the proven, consistently powerful Chaos cards to their tournaments, relying on better hands and more skillfully played matches for victory.
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Recruiter Strategy In The Current Format - May 22, 2007 |
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The last time an inconsistent, yet incredibly powerful deck (Return from the Different Dimension) stormed the Shonen Jumps, a few innovative players began to create decks which took advantage of the other players’ reliance on a single card. Soon afterward, recruiter decks were released unto the world.
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