Money gonna fly away ~

Tech Genus cards coming out!

X Saber Souza level 7 synchro coming out ! Awesome ! It has a variety of effects so frigging awesome. Must get.

Gladial Beast Lanista which looks like a bird.

Level 1 BF tuner Jinn the Dry Wind and Scrap Ortholos tuner.

E Hero Nova Master which is a fire e-hero fusion monster which is obviously the generic ones like your Zero, Shining, Great Tornado. Wheee Im so gonna play that Laval card that has the ability to draw 2 cards when tribute a Laval monster if im not mistaken. Fire fodder for Nova Master! Suspect its effect to have something to do with burn but it better be good. Definitely gonna get it, for my Hero collection

Damn excited!

Today's post is Caius the Shadow Monarch which is sorta a mini Trishula.



I swear Caius was made for X Sabers. LOL. Thanks to Loo for pointing that out.

Why is it made for Sabers?

Hamster into Darksoul--> sac for Caius--> remove plus search

Emmersblade as floater--> Dark Soul--> Caius--> Remove plus Search

Gottoms Emergency Call --> Summon Pashuul plus Dark Soul --> Tribute for Caius--> Remove plus search plus sync a 8 star synchro

Fullhelmknight / Pashuul all hardly die so can be Caius fodder.

2 Sabers on field, summon Faultroll--> summon dark soul from grave--> tribute for Caius--> remove plus search.

Level 6 means Trishula with Pashuul and random Ragigura.

Level 6 means level 8 Stardust or Scrap Dragon in Sabers, so its all good.

Really, sabers sometimes can go into crazy syncrho advantage mode which i can even compare to Infernity.

Only that stupid Book of Moon spoils everything, and sometimes Gemini Spark.

The removing a card effect is useful as I can get rid of Royal Decree, Oppression, SCAR RED NOVA HAHA, and Stardust Dragon which are all annoying game winners.

Also, just noticed Singapore and Malaysia meta is quite different, since i see, Baha them all still topping with Quickdraw, and KL meta is more diverse plus being dominated by Wong Fei Hung which runs Light Beats.

@ Andrew- Yah, it really sucks that our meta has to be so anti meta-ish. Oh well time to tune sidedeck !

Sidedecking

Since LGQ mention the concept of sidedecking, most people are mostly aware of only one type of sidedecking which is basically standard sidedecking where you side in specific cards to counter your opponent's deck.

However i will introduce or reinforce 2 new types of sidedecking.

Firstly would be an unpopular but extremely awesome sidedeck tactic called side into a different deck.

So basically you look at your deck and figure out the general strategy and the analyse the cards that your opponent is gonna side against. Then you side them out and take your deck to a different direction.

The good thing about this is that the cards your opponent sidedeck in to kill you is now obsolete and he has 3 to 4 dead cards in his deck.

The bad point of this type is that not many decks can do this and only some can do it effectively such as converting Hero Beat to Hero Gate or Debris Hero.

The second type of sidedecking needs the knowledge of what youyr opponent is gonna side against you. For example if you are running Bf and you know people are gonna spam 2 to 3 holy light just to slow you down, you can side in DD virus or fissure just to counter your opponents sided cards. Basically you side cards to counter what your opponent puts against you.

So its actually an incredibly awesome strategy if you can predict correctly, however adding in new unsynergical cards could cause inconsistency due to wrong choice of sidedecking. I have yet to test this strategy out, but its actually a good thing if you can pull it off because it doesnt interrupt with your strategy neither does it slow you down much. Rather you will be slowing your opponent down.

THATS ALL FOR TODAY. On a side note, WHEEE I FINALLY COMPLETED MY SABER DECK WILL POST IT UP SOON AND DISCUSS CARD CHOICES, its different from the normal OCG decklists duhh its cos i run dark souls and boggarts but anyways !

Dark Sealing Mirror

So, today's topic is Dark Sealing Mirror as a side deck option for Sabers.

Yes I'm more and more posting on Sabers because i'm having a good time playing the deck. Let's not forget that the deck isn't tier 1 in OCG so it needs all the help it can get.

So, in OCG , and even TCG people like to run Gemini Devil or Reign Beaux to counter Sabers when they do their loop. While less and less focus on the loop, i still recommend teching 1x Ragigura just in case you can do the loop and drop your opponent's whole hand.

Or maybe you wanna tribute off a Boggart or Dark Soul for an on-field Gottoms for advantage.

With those 2 cards above destroying your loop or interfering you will lose control.

Side Imprisoning Mirror. Even Gorz dies. DD Crow also or Dirg which wants to destroy your graveyard.

X Sabers don't even run any dark monsters, save Sangan maybe, and it doesnt even affect Scrap Dragon, cos its a earth, which is a very important card in Saber decks. Cos is just screams advantage.

Destroy face down Gottoms Emergency Call, chain it then special summon 2 Sabers from grave and destroy one opponent's cards. Those 2 Sabers could be components for a Hyunlei or 2 Dark Souls which will lead to tribute with Gottoms for advantage.

VS Black Feather decks and Infernity (they aren't dead yet!) too. Good option.

But with 2 Mst and 3 Icarus format should we still run Dark Imprisoning Mirror? Yes, because it will still mess with the momentum of their game and shutting down certain options at various times. Also if they target your Mirror, that means you have 1 more safe combo piece (cos it wasnt destroyed by Icarus) and it could mean that they are forced to destroy their BF just to destroy Mirror so they can pull of a Blizzard/ Sirroco/ Kalut to gain back momentum.

OR we could just run MyBody as a Shield :D which I think is a very good maindeck option for decks that has monsters as a huge role in the deck. So your stuff don't die so fast :D

Bored. Thats all for today!

Gorz- Is it maindeck worthy this format?

So there are cards that come and go, that have their effectiveness this format and ppl call them godly but then next format? people dont even care bout them. A good example is DD Crow.

However there is Gorz who people think, isit maindeck worthy this format?

So, it is slowly becoming a trend that I'm reviewing the effectiveness of Gorz per format.

So, the question boils down.

I'm sleepy so I'll keep this short.

Firstly some scenarios first:

1) 3 BRD + Cold Wave plus summon something and whack. Empty field.

2) X Saber with triple Hyunlei which is 3 Heavy Storm and then destroy your stuff. Empty field.

These two are very popular and possibly the strongest plays able to be made, this format.

So, my question now is, what the hell are you doing without your trusty Gorz this format?

PS PS : So, to people who think Friggs Apple > Gorz, sorry lah, just proven you wrong. Besides let's rehighlight Trap Stun, Cold Wave = Friggs Apple <<<<<>

Enemy Controller

Is a good tech card this format.

Its one of the best cards to play because it can increase our OTK rate, and can turn cards to defense so you can attack over it.

It turns stuff to defence so you dont die either

It is a swiss army knife because you can use it as a Brain Control sort of effect.

Its chainable too, so somehow it really reminds me of Book of Moon although Book is better.

To deal with syncrhos, you can just attack over it next turn but of course its not a full proof plan.

But it really depends on player choice. I choose to run it over Book cos i just like it better. Its incredible in Sabers cos Fullhelmknight plus Enemy Controller = Shura the Blue Flame/ Flamvell Firedog which is a damn good play in my opinion.

Thats all for today :D

Rescue Cat???

So, people are saying Rescue Cat banned slowed down Sabers.

I'm here to somewhat disagree. . . .

With Cat gone , we don't need to run cards specifically to search it out, (eg: Summon Monk, Gold Sarcophagus etc) , meaning we can have at least 4 more spaces (2 sarco+ Cat+ Monk)

Aside from that, you don't need to run X Saber Airbellum which is like shit when it clogs in your hand. I rather clog with Fullhelmknight then anything else.

Furthermore with more space, we can make the deck more stable with support spells and traps etc. Which also means easier to side deck for the deck.

The deck is already incredible consistent with Sangan, 3 darksoul and 3 Emmersblade. (Some builds run Sangan. I do, because i'm stingy to spend for a 3rd Dark Soul)

And if you are really into Rescue Cat effect to spam 2 monster just like that, there is always Gottoms Emergency Call lah which summons any 2 Sabers wor.

Which is better than Rescue Cat, effect-wise and it doesn't get Effect Veiler-ed.

However you need a face up Saber monster to activate it, and that's why we have Emmersblade and Darksoul to ensure you always have a Saber in hand. Just watch out for Book of Moon.

Emergency Call even summons XX Saber Gottoms ! Which is incredible since splashing 1 random Ragigura into the build can let you bring out the loop. Which is better than Frog Monarch hand control because it just eats away everything just like that.

Although most duelists run 2, like St Clair, i also decided on triple because its that good.

X Sabers bad matchup would probably include Machina because Fortress attacks Fullhelmknight = discard one hand. LOL.

I think despite Bellido's win over St Clair, I still think that St Clair's build is better because its more consistent, explosive and relevant to the current game state. why?

Simple: The concept of spell trap negating in the form of Triple Trap Stun, Cold Wave, the ability to bring out 3 Hyunlei, Giant Trunade and 2 MST.

However, I did not like the idea of Gold Sarcophagus and i would rather main Duality. In bad hand situations, Duality is way better than Sarcophagus. Also in opening hand, play Duality and then set Emmersblade/ Dark Soul = gold.

IMO, another reason why Duality is better is that it can add the card directly to the hand without having to wait for 2 turns. So its not a -1 for you for 2 turns.

Boggart Knight+FullhelmKnight+DarkSoul+ Faultroll + Trap Stun/ Cold Wave = Game. More or less. The situation happens alot more times than you think.

Hyunlei is gonna punish every duelist out there who sets a hell lot. I think with the release of X Sabers into OCG meta, lesser people are gonna set all their cards.

LOL@ KL people setting Mirror Force, Prison and Starlight Road but die to Trap Stun and Hyunlei. End turn search with darksoul.

X Sabers is really crazy. Now.

Tier 1 decks:

Infernity (there are good builds out there, just that ppl give up on them)
BF
GB
X Sabers (with DarkSoul and Boggart)
Quickdraw Plants

Tier 1.5

Herald
Lightlord
Dragunity (rebuffed ruling of Aklys)
Six Samurai
Hero Beat
Machine Variants

So moral of story- Even more reason not to run Mirror Force now.

Rescue Cat???

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Wheee I got FB now. Duelists find me :D

Oh yeah tested X Sabers out last night. Incredible.

Won't be disclosing the build anytime soon though.

Just wish I had more cash to get a third Dark Soul

Friggs Apple, and the storm of Ragnarok

Holy shit this set might be a meta definer....NOT. But there is still alot more support and i'm actually very excited for this set.

If the polar star beast thing for loki is decent, people may spam them like hell in their decks. Remember Blackwing Gale the Whirlwind?

If the tuner is good, anti meta decks will have fun with their trap recycling. LOL tune Snowman (3) and level 4 monster and a level 3 tuner for some immense Loki fun.

The weird Twilight of the Gods card is decent. I mean relinquish your card to opponent then set a card that can block off an attack and end phase you get Wrath of God effect? Wow.

But problem is that ppl can just sacrifice off your Polar God and end of story.

Friggs apple is decent, but is it as good as Gorz? Nahhh.

With Gorz you +1 , and with Gorz you are ensured a 2700 attack beatstick and you got another bitch to toy around with however you want.

And dude, Gorz vs Apple? Gorz win la....

Quickdraw Synchron is getting more and more versatile. Fleur De Chevalier is basically a Trap Stun. Of course nobody activates spell cards during their opponents turn and that is only usually MST but with the exception of some Gemini Sparks around. Still decent somehow but it got limited to use the effect during your turn only....

Gonna make X sabers soon whee! :D

Infernity and Frog Monarch

Guys, why aren't you playing them?

Infernity is no way near dead. Triple Trap Stun over triple Infenrnity Barier for OCG.

Also, Infernity Break is great to search out for Archfiend's last effect, lol.

I played my friend's new Infernity deck which even randomly splashed one copy of Infernity Force and one copy of Wave Motion Inferno to clear hand.

He now runs 2 to 3 One Hundred Eyes Dragon to remove Mirage and then special summon 2 more. Awesome.

Also, Infernity is the perfect day to summon Scar Red Nova Dragon! Its too easy.

Infernity still can spam the field with necromancer, Mirage and one Gun. Archfiend = good. Mirage is like Gun. So yeah, One Hundre Eyes FTW

Next up, Frog Monarch, i saw a post by Ice-Eyes on TCGplayer that Infenity and Frog builds are gone from the scene. Frog Monarch lost substitoad? Just run 3x Snowman , end of story.