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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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Some tournaments allow for a different style of play using sealed Starter Decks and sealed booster packs. The players purchase or bring a complete, unaltered Starter Deck, usually one of the most recent two released, and purchase or bring three sealed booster packs, also typically the latest released. The cards from the booster packs are used to supplement the cards in the Starter Decks. Given the most recent releases, this article will focus on the Limited-Sealed format using the Yugi Evolution Starter Deck and will examine what cards from Invasion of Chaos can mix well with the deck’s strengths.
 Defense and stalling are two of the Yugi deck’s specialties. Yugi uses four level 3–4 monsters with high defense values, including Giant Soldier of Stone and Royal Magical Library. Kuriboh, Swords of Revealing Light, Waboku, and Spellbinding Circle round out the roster of defensive cards in the deck.
The defensive monsters serve best as temporary protection of your life points until you can tribute them for Yugi’s stronger monsters, such as Dark Magician, Gaia the Fierce Knight, Summoned Skull, and Black Luster Soldier.
For monster removal purposes, you have Man-Eater Bug, Dark Hole, Fissure, Trap Hole, and Raigeki Break. Your can also throw in the useful equip cards Malevolent Nuzzler and Axe of Despair with the powerful card-drawing of Pot of Greed.
Bottom line: in the initial build of the Yugi deck, you have your bases covered and some options to work with.
Your first goal will be to try to replace the weaker monsters in the Starter Deck with stronger monsters from Invasion of Chaos. Monsters like Feral Imp and Celtic Guardian aren’t going to stand up too well in battle. They can be replaced by the beatstick monsters found in Invasion of Chaos or by good Effect monsters. Non-Effect monsters like Blazing Inpachi and Neobug can work well in their place. You will also want to add cards that support the general strategies of Yugi’s deck.
Black Luster Soldier
Ordinarily, Black Luster Soldier is just a lucky draw for this deck. The only card that supports it is Sonic Bird, which only accounts for half of the equation. Fortunately, Invasion of Chaos contains the Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands. This card can assist the Yugi Starter Deck in obtaining any piece of the ritual puzzle that happens to be missing at the time.
Earth Chant, the ritual spell card in Invasion of Chaos, can also be used to increase your odds of summoning Black Luster Soldier. Keep in mind that its tribute requirements are more stringent then that of the Black Luster Ritual.
The Equip Cards
Axe of Despair and the recyclable Malevolent Nuzzler can make most of Yugi’s monsters become quite powerful in a hurry. Chopman the Desperate Outlaw can serve a purpose here, but it would be at its best when used to equip an Axe of Despair from your graveyard. The obvious problem with this comes from its own need to be flip-summoned, which might prove difficult.
Dark Magician
Given the inclusion of Dark Magician, it would be possible to use the Dedication through Light and Darkness to special summon Dark Magician of Chaos, but it's highly unlikely that you'll get both of these cards together. If they do come together, then certainly try make the most of them.
Tributes are one issue for getting your Dark Magician into play. A Hero Emerges can help you deal with the tribute requirements for Dark Magician and also for Gaia the Fierce Knight. The deck already has use of high DEF monsters to stall out for tributes, but you can try adding Soul Tiger if you like. You can also use the always-popular discard-revive tactic with Raigeki Break and Monster Reborn.
 Stall
As mentioned earlier, Yugi’s deck has a definite focus on stalling. The ultimate goal of the stalling is to bring out the deck's stronger monsters, like Dark Magician and Black Luster Soldier. High-DEF monsters, Swords of Revealing Light, Waboku, and Spellbinding Circle are the mainstays of the stall tactic. Invasion of Chaos offers a bit more to support this.
Zero Gravity works against both players, but it can ruin an opponent’s offensive line. The higher ATK monsters tend to suffer from a lower DEF, leaving them vulnerable to your attackers during the following turn. Stumbling also works against you to some degree, but not if you're setting monsters for defense purposes. The way Stumbling can disrupt the summoning of your opponent’s monsters will normally give you an extra turn before you have to deal with them. (Be aware that it will also disrupt your tribute summon.)
D. D. Borderline can keep the opponent from attacking for a while, but you will need to stop playing spell cards. This can be an effective strategy against both the Yugi and Kaiba decks, as both rely fairly heavily on spell cards.
Monster Removal
Smashing Ground is the first place to look for monster removal. It makes a good compliment to Fissure, which the Yugi Evolution Deck is already using. Compulsory Evacuation Device can still serve as an irritant for tribute monsters (and anything else that's in your way). Naturally, Chaos Sorcerer, Dark Magician of Chaos, and Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning should also be included for this purpose, if they appear in your packs.
Once you have assembled your Limited deck, you will be facing off against opponents using either Yugi or Kaiba Evolution Starters much like your own, but with Invasion of Chaos elements added into the mix. No one can predict what Invasion of Chaos cards your opponent will be using, so your best bet is to plan against the Starter Decks themselves.
I won’t detail using Yugi against Yugi, because the strengths and weaknesses of the deck have already been explored above. I will mention that Ryu Kokki and Getsu Fuhma can wreak some havoc on Yugi’s deck due to its larger percentage of Spellcasters, Warriors, and Fiends. Getsu Fuhma stands to do the most damage in this regard, but also has the least likelihood of surviving the battle.
Facing Kaiba
Kaiba’s deck has a surprisingly low number of high-ATK monsters. (Surprising for Kaiba, at least.) More worrisome for Kaiba’s deck is the even greater lack of high-DEF monsters to compensate for this. The 1800+ attackers from Invasion of Chaos will give Yugi’s deck an edge. (You can expect your opponents to attempt to overcome this.)
 Kaiba’s traps are of little concern, outside of the annoyance of Shadow Spell and the surprise Trap Hole. Kaiba’s spell cards, however, are much more dangerous. Curse of Darkness and Tower of Babel can both hurt the game plan of the Kaiba deck. Both of those cards are vulnerable to one thing, however, and that would be Kaiba’s Dust Tornado. One card out of 40, however, should not prevent you from taking advantage of Kaiba’s weakness. (Remember that each will affect you as well, since the Yugi deck also relies on its spell cards.)
You will need to stop Kaiba’s Blue-Eyes White Dragon. The Blue-Eyes White Dragon theme is one of the Kaiba deck’s strongest points and is sure to become an issue for the Yugi deck. You will be tempted to use Yugi’s monster removal cards early in the game, but I must advise that you hold back one some of it for when that Blue-Eyes White Dragon hits the field. Also note that the Kaiba deck has two revival cards, so chances are that you could see that Blue-Eyes White Dragon hit the field more than once.
Next Week: Kaiba’s Revenge!
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