Team Nexus consists of around a dozen Yu-Gi-Oh! players that, when combined, share some great accomplishments in this game. Miguel Garcia, for example, placed second at last year's U.S National Championships and finished in the Top 16 of last year's World Championships.
Feroze Ramcharan might not be the member of Nexus with the best accomplishments, but he's definitely one of their great personalities. Feroze has an understandable obsession with the ever-loved and ever-hated Cyber-Stein. In fact, he has a Top 8 finish at a Shonen Jump Championship to his record, thanks to a strong performance at Shonen Jump Los Angeles last November. While Feroze ideally wanted to run a more Machine-oriented deck today, he decided to settle on his solid alternate of a standard
Cyber-Stein instead.
Monsters: 17
1 Sangan
1 Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive
2 Magician of Faith
1 Tsukuyomi
3 Nimble Momonga
1 Cannon Soldier
1 Morphing Jar
3 Cyber-Stein
3 Spirit Reaper
1 Jinzo
Spells: 18
1 Big Bang Shot
1 Heavy Storm
1 Confiscation
1 Enemy Controller
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Lightning Vortex
1 Premature Burial
1 United We Stand
3 Giant Trunade
1 Swords of Revealing Light
2 Megamorph
1 Limiter Removal
1 Level Limit – Area B
1 Scapegoat
1 Graceful Charity
Traps: 7
2 Gravity Bind
2 Threatening Roar
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Ceasefire
1 Magic Cylinder
Side Deck: 15
1 Wave-Motion Cannon
1 Prohibition
1 Messenger of Peace
1 Barrel Behind the Door
1 Seven Tools of the Bandit
1 Possessed Dark Soul
1 Whirlwind Weasel
2 Des Wombat
1 Mystic Swordsman LV2
1 Memory Crusher
2 Kuriboh
1 Breaker the Magical Warrior
1 Mobius the Frost Monarch
For those of you who haven't had the chance to play against a Cyber-Stein One-Turn-Kill deck (and if so, I envy you), the goal of the Cyber-Stein player is to sweep up the spell and trap zone with Giant Trunade or Heavy Storm on the turn in which you can defeat your opponent. When your opponent has no traps to protect him or her, the Stein player can safely summon Cyber-Stein, pay 5000 life points to special summon Cyber End Dragon, and use some form of equipment (or Limiter Removal) to make Cyber End Dragon's ATK value astronomical. Cyber End Dragon will attack some unlucky monster, and the damage will almost always be enough to bring unlucky opponent's life points to zero.
Feroze's build has evolved in what could be considered a very standard monster lineup for the Cyber-Stein deck. Nimble Momongas help in keeping its user’s life points above 5000 so that they can actually pay for Cyber Stein's effect, while a card like Cannon Soldier can either trigger Last Will or help finish off the opponent if the big 8000 ATK Cyber End Dragon just isn't enough.
Feroze's deck also includes some very unique equip spells. Big Bang Shot can allow Ferose to make sure his big monster has enough ATK and piercing to finish the game off. For example, if your opponent is somehow able to gain life through a Nimble Momonga, Ferose can instead pay 5000 life points with Cyber-Stein to summon Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon, equip it with Big Bang Shot and Megamorph, and crash the goliath into some tiny little monster. You know, like Zaborg the Thunder Monarch. I guess anything is tiny when compared to a 9400 ATK Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon!
The greatest weapons for Feroze's deck would have to be his stall cards. Continuous cards such as Level Limit - Area B and Gravity Bind not only allow Feroze to keep the opponent's attacks to a minimum, but they're also easily removable from the field, thanks to his Giant Trunades. They'll never be a burden to Feroze's win condition.
Cyber-Stein is one of the biggest threats in this tournament. The ability to lose within the first two turns is devastating, and can royally shock any players unexpected for it. Remember not to be too surprised if you see a few rejects from Dr. Frankenstein in the Top 8 decks for US Nationals. One nearly decimated the UK Nationals, and there is always a possibility that it can crash through the competition here in San Francisco.