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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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Bryan Camareno
 
Best of 2008 - The Practical Duelist: Group Playtesting - January 08, 2009
  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.

  
 
 
Looking Back on Fundamentals: Revisiting Time Management - November 07, 2008
  The principles of time management are predicated on the simple fact that your time exists in a limited quantity.

  
 
 
Crossroads of Chaos Preview: Night’s End Sorcerer & Tempest Magician - October 31, 2008
  Tempest Magician is an example of a Synchro monster geared directly toward its monster type. The card is built to support Spellcasters...

  
 
 
Crossroads of Chaos Preview: Secret Village of the Spellcasters - October 23, 2008
  Right off the bat a certain thought comes to mind: "one-sided Imperial Order."

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Looking Back on Fundamentals - October 17, 2008
  To be honest, I don’t think any goal is too ambitious. You have the ability to accomplish anything you set your mind to.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Qualities of a Great Player - October 10, 2008
  There are many good players out there, but few great ones. Why? Because nobody has tried to pinpoint the reasons why some players are great and others are just "good."

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Synchros and the Return of “Metamorphosis” - October 03, 2008
  Remember the days of Metamorphosis when it was played in T-Hero? Ignoring the fact that T-Hero’s fame was short-lived, the sheer versatility of the deck gave us a run for our money.

 
 
 
The Art of Misinformation: More Techniques and How to Use Them - September 26, 2008
  If you don’t know how to surprise your opponent then you have to rely on nothing but your hand’s strength.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Metagame Update - September 19, 2008
  Shonen Jump Championship Baltimore was a monumental event that proved one thing: Gladiator Beasts are still on top. But why are they?

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Getting More Out of Your Local Store - September 12, 2008
  The brick-and-mortar stores that hold your local tournaments are the backbone of this game. If you don’t have a place to play, then the game can’t grow.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Art of Group Playtesting - September 05, 2008
  Good testing groups are one-in-a-million in any game, especially this one. The honest truth is that most people don’t know how to test properly for tournaments and the problem is worse with group testing.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Bringing Certainty to an Uncertain Science—Part 2 - August 29, 2008
  It’s important to know how your deck wins and why. Start with strengths.

  
 
 
The Metagame Manifesto: Bringing Certainty to an Uncertain Science—Part 1 - August 22, 2008
  This week I’m here to discuss how one goes about predicting a metagame.

 
 
 
Getting Back in the Game: Rebuilding Your Collection—Part 2 - August 15, 2008
  Whether you’re new to the game or seeking to restore your collection to its former glory, this article will show you how to increase your card inflow.

  
 
 
The Duelist Genesis Preview: Hand of the Six Samurai - August 05, 2008
  What are we looking at here? Quite possibly a revitalization of the Six Samurai archetype.

  
 
 
The Duelist Genesis Preview: Red Dragon Archfiend - July 31, 2008
  Check out another couple of gems that you’ll find at Sneak Previews for The Duelist Genesis.

  
 
 
Getting Back in the Game: Rebuilding Your Collection - July 25, 2008
  Last time, I assumed you still had your collection and were just taking some time off from the game. But what if you don’t have your collection anymore?

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Finding Your Inner Drive - July 18, 2008
  Playing this game competitively can be tough, and if you want to win and make yourself known, then you need to know how to deal with the tough times

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: More Helpful Notions to Improve Decision-Making - July 11, 2008
  If you are not consciously aware of what you want to avoid, then you may go through more digressions than necessary to get to where you want to go.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Using More Simple Math in Yu-Gi-Oh! - July 04, 2008
  In high-stakes game situations where one false move could turn victory into defeat, it becomes increasingly important to be aware of what your opponent can play from his or her hand.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: A Short Guide to Your Big Comeback - June 27, 2008
  What if you’re thinking about shaking that rust off your duelist grip? I have a quick guide to help you get started.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Singing the Off-Season Blues - June 20, 2008
  I know the off-season only lasts a month, but I don’t have an event to judge or play in for a whole month and a half! If you’re stuck in the same dilemma, then we need solutions.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist:10 Things I Learned Along the Way, Part 2 - June 13, 2008
  Recently, I’ve been asked the same questions by a lot of my friends and players that I meet at events: "Hey Bryan, what happened to Part 2 of that article?"

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Head Judge’s Guide to a Well-Run Premier Event - June 06, 2008
  I think the most difficult lesson to learn about being a head judge is that you are running the show.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Floor Judge’s Guide to a Well-Run Premier Event - May 30, 2008
  This week I’d thought I’d share my thoughts and experiences on the other side of the game: judging.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Simple Probability Behind Yu-Gi-Oh! - May 23, 2008
  This week, I’ll discuss the basic math behind our favorite game and why some decks seem to do better than others.

  
 
 
10 Things I’ve learned Along the Way: Part 1 - May 16, 2008
  Yes, I said it. Metagames don’t evolve as rapidly as they should unless there’s a highly publicized event that proves the dominant deck to be inadequate.

  
 
 
Common Mental Traps and How to Avoid Them: Part 3 - May 09, 2008
  The importance of recognizing what can trigger critical errors in your judgment can help you avoid common errors and recover from them much faster.

  
 
 
Light of Destruction Preview: Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo - April 30, 2008
  Power and speed in today’s metagame can be roughly defined by the ability to special summon monsters...

  
 
 
Light of Destruction Preview: The Batterymen - April 25, 2008
  I’m glad to see such a big boost for the Batteryman family of monsters.

  
 
 
Common Mental Traps and How to Avoid Them: Part 2 - April 17, 2008
  There are some crafty players out there who are skilled at deceiving you with mixed signals, feigned ignorance, and disruptive tactics.

  
 
 
Common Mental Traps and How to Avoid Them: Part 1 - April 10, 2008
  The Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG cannot be played consistently well without the ability to make good decisions.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Easiest Mistake to Make - April 03, 2008
  This week, we’re taking a break from the usual metagame talk in order to make room for something that should be common knowledge...

  
 
 
Balance in the Metagame: Rise of Control - March 27, 2008
  Control decks can balance an aggressive format with tight control over the tempo of the game and by thwarting the aggro deck’s win conditions.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Zombies and the Competitive Metagame - March 20, 2008
  With the introduction of Goblin Zombie, Zombies gained that extra "oomph" they needed to pull off the Card of Safe Return combo more consistently.

 
 
 
State of the Format: Time to Upgrade Deck Technology - March 13, 2008
  If Shonen Jump Championship Houston taught us anything about the new format, it’s this: it will be fast.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Brainstorming for Deck Ideas - March 06, 2008
  A duelist on the competitive circuit is constantly pushed to devise new and innovative deck ideas in order to keep the competition off balance.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Fundamentals of Deck Selection - February 28, 2008
  Choosing the right deck is more than just making an accurate metagame call: it’s also a matter of matching it to your skill level and luck tolerance.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: New Metagame Possibilities - February 21, 2008
  This week we’ll be talking about the recent developments in the format and what the metagame may look like at the upcoming Shonen Jump Championship Houston.

 
 
 
The Art of Deception and Imperfect Information: Part 2 - February 14, 2008
  There’s a lot more to body language than your hands alone.

  
 
 
The Art of Deception and Imperfect information: Part 1 - February 07, 2008
  Sometimes, nothing gets the point across like good old-fashioned body language.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Past Meets the Present - January 31, 2008
  Let’s examine how previously-released cards interact with the upcoming material in Phantom Darkness.

  
 
 
Phantom Darkness Preview: Escape from the Dark Dimension - January 20, 2008
  This week, we have a direct counterpart to Call of the Haunted.

  
 
 
Phantom Darkness Preview: Dark Nephthys - January 15, 2008
  We certainly aren’t short on ways to destroy back-row cards, but it’s never a bad thing to bundle removal with a monster.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: How to Pull Through the Down-Time - January 10, 2008
  This week you’ll learn what to do when things just aren’t going your way.

  
 
 
Best of 2007, The Practical Duelist: Master Your Dueling Discipline - January 03, 2008
  If you’ve played this game for a while, you’ve learned quite a few lessons along the way.

  
 
 
Best of 2007, Skill Building and Maintenance - December 27, 2007
  Building and maintaining your skills should be your first priority as a competitive duelist. Everything else is commentary. This week I have some practical ways for you, the aspiring duelist, to build your skills and maintain them.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Winning with Action, Persistence, and Experimentation - December 20, 2007
  Nothing happens unless something moves.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The True Value of Failure - December 13, 2007
  You don’t achieve any kind of lasting success without failing miserably first.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: A Discussion on ‘Tech’—What It Is and Why It Works - December 06, 2007
  The pseudo-art form known as “teching” involves the inclusion of cards in your deck—as a counter measure to a specific strategy (or strategies)—that would otherwise have no place there.

  
 
 
The Lost Art of side decking - November 29, 2007
  The side deck is the most under-utilized and misunderstood mechanic in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG.

 
 
 
Finding More Time for Practice - November 22, 2007
  Sometimes the term “efficiency” is synonymous with finishing things faster. However, doing things with efficiency does not make them important.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Construction from Pre-Construction - November 15, 2007
  This week I’ll be taking the new Rise of the Dragon Lords structure deck and turning it into a build that you can use at your next competitive tournament.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Benefits of Losing - November 08, 2007
  What you do when you lose is what really counts.

 
 
 
Gladiator’s Assault Preview: Skreech - October 30, 2007
  The “theme” of Skreech, for me, is definitely a mix of speed, synergy, and more speed. It’s really tournament viable.

  
 
 
Gladiator’s Assault Preview: Evil Hero Lightning Golem - October 24, 2007
  Being cards straight from the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime, these two are bound to have interesting effects.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Using “Cost Analysis” to Make Crucial Decisions - October 18, 2007
  At the core of all of the best players in this game is the uncanny ability to make crucial decisions under enormous amounts of pressure.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Master Your Dueling Discipline - October 04, 2007
  If you’ve played this game for a while, you’ve learned quite a few lessons along the way.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: That Sneaky Thing Called Misjudgment - September 27, 2007
  Occasional lapses in good judgment happen only as often as you let them. Still, we all have tendencies that cause us to show a lack of good judgment in a variety of situations.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Know Your Strengths and Weaknesses - September 20, 2007
  This week, we’ll discuss how you can evaluate yourself and work with your strengths so you can stop focusing on your weaknesses.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: 80/20—The Ratio Every Player Should Understand - September 13, 2007
  There’s a universal rule that states: 20% of what you do accounts for 80% of your success. This is known as the 80/20 Rule, and you can apply it to pretty much everything.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: The Power of Mistakes - September 06, 2007
  An important step in any journey is to make a few mistakes along the way. Hitting those brick walls is an experience in refinement.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Adjusting to Change - August 30, 2007
  Change is an inevitability in everything, and the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG is no stranger to it.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Decisions, Outcomes, and Some Advice - August 23, 2007
  Sometimes it’s more like a game against yourself than a game against another person. The way you think and the caliber of your decision-making skills makes all the difference in any match.

 
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Decisions and Their Effects on Your Results - August 16, 2007
  In the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, decisions are a part of every play, turn, victory, and loss. The decisions you make in the game constantly change the outcome.

  
 
 
Skill Building and Maintenance - August 09, 2007
  Building and maintaining your skills should be your first priority as a competitive duelist. Everything else is commentary. This week I have some practical ways for you, the aspiring duelist, to build your skills and maintain them.

  
 
 
Tactical Evolution Preview: Desert Twister - July 31, 2007
  Desert Twister is pretty beefy for a special summon with such an easy cost.

  
 
 
Tactical Evolution Preview: Frost and Flame Dragon - July 25, 2007
  Today’s Tactical Evolution preview card puts together two attributes you wouldn’t normally find together in a deck: Fire and Water.

 
 
 
Staying Ahead of the Game: Part 2 - July 19, 2007
  This week’s tips are even more important as they force you to apply your theoretical knowledge and turn it into real-life experience: by far the toughest thing to do for even the best of players.

  
 
 
Staying Ahead Of The Game: Part 1 - July 12, 2007
  It’s one thing to win a tournament once. It’s another to keep winning time and time again. The best of the best win more consistently than others. The question is: how do they do it?

  
 
 
Card Evaluation 202 - July 05, 2007
  Picking cards for your deck is an easy task nowadays. The internet is full of free decklists that you can copy and modify for yourself. However, to become a better player in this game, you’ve got to learn a new way of thinking about your card choices.

  
 
 
Stress-Free Practice Equals Improved Results - June 28, 2007
  If you ask any player about the key to improved tournament results, the answer is usually “practice, practice, practice”.

  
 
 
The Magic of Making Mistakes - June 14, 2007
  Mistakes in gameplay are often opportunities to learn more, and can make you a much smarter player as well. What a concept!

  
 
 
Independent Thinking for Better Tournament Results - June 07, 2007
  Groupthink is a highly observed phenomenon of human behavior. It is often referred to as “herd mentality” or “following the crowd,” and it can be the best way to sabotage your tournament success.

  
 
 
Preparing to Win: Create Your Own Success - May 31, 2007
  In this game, I’ve learned that it’s one thing to get your deck prepared, but it’s a whole other thing to get your head in the game.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Planning and Preparation - May 24, 2007
  This week, I’ll be talking about the importance of planning and preparation. It works for everything in general, but today I’ll condense these concepts into good old Yu-Gi-Oh! wisdom.

  
 
 
The Practical Duelist: Time Management for Yu-Gi-Oh! Players - May 12, 2007
  Of all the skills a Yu-Gi-Oh! duelist needs, time management is among the most important.

  
 
 
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