Saturday, September 3, 2011

KL SG Wang Zexal Ranking Tourney Results

1st : Sean
Deck Used: Grave BF

2nd: Some guy with "long" in his name who eliminated Sam from Asian Tourney Top 16
Deck Used: Skill Drain TG (with Dark Bribes and 3x Horn of Phantom Beast)

Either 3rd of 4th is teammate Andrew with TG Agent Angels

Somewhere in top 8 is Kyde's Six Sam. He has a very strangely built deck. He has topped 2 weeks in a row, whereby he came in 2nd place last week while Sean also came in first last week.

Luckily, Kyde was kind enough to share with me his build:

Legendary Six Samurai-Kageki x3
Legendary Six Samurai-Kizan x3
Kagemusha of the Six Samurai x3
Grandmaster of the Six Samurai x2
Elder of the Six Samurai x1
The Six Samurai-Irou x1
Legendary Six Samurai-Enishi x1
(Monsters-14)

Six Samurai United x3
Asceticism of the Six Samurai x3
Shien's Dojo x2
Cunning of the Six Samurai x1
Gateway of the Six x1
Shien's Smoke Signal x1
Reinforcement of the Army x1
Monster Reborn x1
Heavy Storm x1
Dark Hole x1
Book of Moon x1
(Spells-16)

Double-Edged Sword Technique x2
Mind Crush x2
Trap Stun x2
Trap Dustshoot x1
Reinforce Truth x1
Solemn Judgment x1
Torrential Tribute x1
(Traps-10)

Unfortunately, im not a six sam expert and i cant comment on it :x

I will try to get Seans build and post it here if i get his consent.

So, yeah, i will be posting the results for the weekly ranking tourney every week =)

PS: got sean's build. will be posting it tmr, etc

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Played Against Michael Bonacini from Death Aspect

Uploading from my Ipod now, so gonna be a short post. It was very good game =)

i opened with dustshoot, and 2 mystic shine balls in hand.

first time i played the deck, as i used my teammate's variants and concept, as i wanted to get the feel of playing the deck, since all i did was watch amir and andrew go gantetsu every game

Their build sacrificed Christia in favour of the TG cards to make it more consistent.

Props of the day

1) Michael Bonacini's deck is a really solid TCG deck. As expected, the game stalling with Faders and Valleys are good.

2) 40+ min game is crazy.

3) Played decently with TG Agents on first try. I think i overextended at one or 2 points. Like going into Gachi Gachi number 2 for fun

Cons of the day:

1) Didnt get to draw a single Hyperion even with 2 cards from the sky, and 3 dualities. The only one near the top of my deck was removed from play with Necroface.

2) Followed TGG rulings so got Tour Guided. Agreed. Imbal. Nothing much i can do if people Veiler me then Tour Guide me and next turn search another Veiler.

Now lets compare OCG and TCG.

TCG broken thing is Tour Guide into no 17 Revise Dragon beatstick and search Veiler.

OCG broken thing is Venus into Gachi Gachi and sit there with 2000 attack beatstick. Many players includin me are already complaining about that, so we can see how much worse the TCG has it than us.

edit: i posted this, the day before the rulings were revised, so pls stop telling me that i posted wrong info about the rulings.

now, since the rulings are properly nerfed, expect agent angel to be the next meta in tcg too. there will be pros learning to abuse gachi gachi now

Random Stuff

On DN i got raped by econ, when playtesting with shamir, (refer to andrews blog), i had reborn, collosal, and heavy storm and was ready to go for game next turn but shamir flipped econ and took my collosal, dropped his hyperion, and attacked with his own collosal + mine for game.

Im sorry too lgq, for some reason everytime im online, i had to reject your duel request because was already playing with shamir =(

mind crush is good too. I think its maindeck worthy this format.

VS Agents
Declare Hyperion, Honest, Venus bla bla

VS DW
Declare Gate

VS Junk Doppel
Declare "x syncron" after they try to do stuff or have searched with Tuning.

For some reason i feel like taking Book of Moon out this format. Does nothing VS DW and is not that good VS Agents. We'll see after some testing

Also, i cant really find a good way to take out Agents this format besides Mind Crush, Veiler and the only 2 other things i can think of is Karma Cut and Divine Wrath but they are both -1s, so hmm.

The Light Imprisoning Mirror is situational and i dont like it because it is too prone to MST

Solid Angel Trap Lineup:

2 BTH
1 Torrential
1 Trap Dustshoot
2 Warning
2 Mind Crush

Sad everybody is now gonna be playing Agents.

Im stopping X Sabers because Sabers< Agents. You need Emmsblade and Darksoul to jump start the game and getting both in the grave to search combo pieces all need your opponents interactions. By the time they attack, they would have Venus + Gantetsu resolved already and then my opponent will just get ready to drop Hyperion. Really imbal there. They dont even need Christia lol

Gonna switch to Junk Dopple this format. Mainly because:

1) Everyone else is playin Agents so it is more fun to play the deck which has less players. Agents are dead cheap so ya everyone will be playing it. Even in tourneys, to be safe, i would go with TG Agents

2) Price of everything has dropped drastically except Quasar. Invest!

3) The deck has massive synergy

Got a solid build from deckbuilding and solitairing hands/ plays yesterday. Just needa obtain the cards only.

Last but not least, Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to all Muslim readers out there =)

Sunday, August 28, 2011

AKB decklist

Since im not gonna be playing this deck anymore, here's the decklist:

3 Genex Controller
3 GK Spy
2 Rescue Rabbit
1 BF- Gale the Whirlwind
2 Cyber Dragon
1 Black Luster Soldier
1 Gorz
1 Tragoedia
1 Chaos Sorceror
3 Effect Veiler
2 Breaker the Magic Warrior
1 Sangan

2 MST
1 Heavy Storm
3 Pot of Duality
1 Monster Reborn
1 Dark Hole
1 Book of Moon
1 Mind Control
1 Allure of Darkness

2 Call of Haunted
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Trap Dustshoot
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Solemn Warning

Yeah yeah you notice the 1 Solemn Warning. lol. Remember, this was just testing stage, and i was trying to find the right balance between cards that interfered with your opponents monsters and MSTs.

So yeah, im giving up on this deck.

It should be pretty good. Going 50-50 against TG Agents piloted by 2 top players is pretty good :P Decide to focus on a deck that is legal for Asian format, whereby promos aren't legal.

Umm only 2 Rabbit cos targets are limited. Dont know what else to run without hindering the decks consistency. You basically dont even need Rabbit, its just a good support. Avarice at one only, so conserve it for your Rabbits.

Gale the Whirlwind cos it can half attacks and thats useful plus its stats are suitable , level 3 tuner , dark monster etc.

Thats all for today

Friday, August 26, 2011

Testing process with Rabbit (AKB vers)

After Beta stages, i tested it out recently on DN

VS TG Agents (amir)

results: 1-1

both games we win using BLS. 1st game he exceed gachi , i top bls, and he hyperion but i monster reborn bls. conserving helps =)

second game i gg-ed to bls.

VS TG Agents (andrew)

results : 1-1

first game won due to bls again. second game lost due to kristia + hyperion

was going into a 3rd game, and had pretty good stuff to do but my comp blackout -.- unreliable electric company. 1 hour in the dark sucks. ran to car to cool off.

VS synchro turbo deck (joo phin)

2-0 . did lots of stuff ftw. couldnt rmbr

VS Dinosaur deck (bong seng)

1-0

VS Wind up exceed (bong seng)

2-0

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Notable duels were the 1st 2 duels.

TG really made Agents lot more consistent. +1 always, and TG striker makes gachi gachi easier. helps facilitate bls. OCG version of tour guide splashing

Im pleased to see it go 50-50 against Agents, which is considered a hard matchup. More testing coming up soon!

still havent tested vs dw, but i reckon after i side, i will win the next 2 games :P

i need to +1 more sorceror to 2 sorceror. boss monsters rock and stuff that can take care of hyperion + grapha for free rocks.

paul empty jar cooper just added me on fb O.O

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

List of decks you should check out this format


1) Baha's Junk Dopple

Link: http://duelingdays.blogspot.com/2011/08/junk-doppel-sep-2011-beta.html

Nicely built and consistently built.

My only preference fix would be -1 tuning for 1 lonefire or 1 debris. I reckon Baha doesnt use lonefire or debris because of Veiler + Orange Light.

2) Max's OCG Agent Angels with BLS

Link: http://duellikeanidol.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/testing-agent-fairy-in-september-2011-list/

The first agents i see mixed with the dark monster lineup. everything looks decent.

3) Michael Bonacini's Necroface Chaos deck

Link : http://inamedeathaspect.blogspot.com/2011/08/re-visiting-necroface-chaos-for-sept.html#comment-form

TCG players should check it out.

OCG players can check out the deck too.

Quite interesting in my opinion because the deck can almost never die at all lol and its like this entire format was facilitated to make sure this deck stays at the top.

Abuse Chaos monster + super hard to kill + crazy load of advantage = good formula for current format top deck.


Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Discussing Compulsory Evac Device and X sabers

Did some testing and theory-ohs. Why do i think its bad?

1) Does nothing against Agents. Return their Hyperion and Kristia is funny since it does nothing. Maybe slows it down a while only.
Sure you can hit Gantetsu sometimes but then its not hard to get rid of it with Sorceror, BLS etc. If you really wanted to take care of the threat of Gantetsu, you should take care of the Venus and Earth first.

2) Does nothing against LS. Returning their monsters are pointless.

3) Does nothing vs DW. Return their stuff to their hand to use again?

So, since this card can only handle 50% of the top tier decks, i wouldnt use it. Furthermore, it cant hit the stronger half of those top tier decks so ya. Sorry on posting on Compulsory being viable earlier.

In the TCG i find X Sabers being a viable deck because Exceed summoning 2 Darksouls into Revise and removing Darksoul to pull off its effect is decent. Sure its not as good as Tour Guide but it could be solid :D

Andrew pointed something out to me a few days ago.

Didnt Roy St Clair top SJ Nashville a few formats ago which was LS-heavy with x sabers? :D

Just a thought if LS becomes the meta.

May be fine because Sabers are solid (50-50) against Angels but slightly bad vs DW.

Ok thats all for today, thank you for reading.

Monday, August 22, 2011

Discussing Quickdraw Synchron and BF Gale the Whirlwind

The first card is BF Gale and the reason i wanted to bring this up was because Gale can avoid BTH and its good because in a non heavy trap format, you can summon it and run over one of any of your opponent's bigger monsters.

We all know how good Gale is because it can destroy an imbal setup of BTH + Stardust.

Being a tuner is really good too and being dark lets you load the grave.

The second card i wanted to discuss is Quickdraw Synchron.

Baha did a really good version of Junk Dopple and i advise anyone interested in the deck to check it out. Consistent,

Normally, i would not even touch Junk Dopple or a deck like that because of its reliance on Ryko, but after a discussion with Baha yesterday, it made me realise that Quickdraw could go into Drill Warrior which is the next best thing to Pot of Avarice.

Because having constant access to Effect Veiler and boss monsters sounds really good. You can mill and dump your monsters and retrieve them and the best thing is that few traps out there are gonna stop you.

Might find a way to abuse Drill Warrior Hmmm!

So, criteria for top decks this format!



1) Must be able to take on DW and Agents

2) Preferably running BLS and Sorcerer to fuck Grapha and Hyperion

3) Must generate advantage consistently

4) Must be versatile and not reliant on one or two monsters to setup. Probably because 1 Veiler or Orange Herald and your dead.

Nah i know LS is hard to match once LS gets good mills and gets itself going and thats why we have the sidedeck for that lol.


Sunday, August 21, 2011

Discussing the Viability of BTH

In a speed format where 3 msts are everywhere, lets discuss Bottomless Trap Hole.

The bad thing about this is obviously you setting this card as the only card and it dies to MST quite easily.

But what if your opponent doesnt have MST? Its still a decent card.

It works similarly to people sayin Dark Armed and BLS can still be Solemn-ed and Bottomless-ed but they are still broken nevertheless.

The reason why i want to discuss this card over Warning is because BTH is solid VS Agents and LS, and Warning has a hefty lp cost while this does not, making it very practical so that you dont die to 2 JD in your next few turns.

VS Agent Angels this card is still important to take care of Hyperion and Kristia. You CANNOT rely on Veiler to negate Hyperions effect because being a 2800 beatstick still helps a lot, and it gets alot better in a format like this.

Furthermore you could run the risk of setting 2 cards and risk Heavy Storm or risk having a 50/50 removal by MST.

The strange thing is that in Malaysia here, we have had people running 2 MST and another copy of Dust Tornado already last format (probably due to the DW matchup), so it may or may not make a difference.

VS LS, you can activate this in response to Lylas to remove them from play still. At least opponent lost a normal summon, lost the ability to mill, and since it was banished, it will not facilitate JD. Its always good to ruin LS' setup a lil

The same thing applies here with Hyperions because you cannot hope to Veiler your opponents JD and BLS or Sorcerors, because they are still solid beatsticks. So, it leads us to think if BTH really should not be removed from our maindecks or not.

What do you think?

Of course, this post is more focused on the OCG, compared to the TCG, but it still applies both ways since LS/ Twilight and Agents are gonna be big everywhere in both metas.

I would like to hear your opinions.

I cannot call on either side yet because both pros and cons kinda balance each other out. Maybe cons outweigh the pros a lil bit since BTH dies to DW.

I think extensive testdecking is required.

Thats all for today thanks for reading

Thursday, August 18, 2011

New fun thing to do (For me)

1) Flip Spy into Spy 2

2) Rabbit into 2 normal level 3 tuners, (tune warrior for budget, genex controller for competitive)

3) Sync 2 arcanite

4) Destroy fuckload

5) Exceed Big Eye.

6) Next turn, if opponent doesnt have an answer, steal his monster.

LOL it loads the grave for Avarice, and BLS and Chaos Sorceror

see why i love rabbit synchro?

So, this is my take on the new format Rabbit Synchro deck :

3 Rescue Rabbit
3 Genex Controller
3 Effect Veiler
3 GK Spy
1 GK Descendant
1 GK Guard
1 Gorz
1 Tragoedia
1 Sangan
2 Cyber Dragon
1 Breaker the Magic Warrior
1 Chaos Sorcerer
1 Black Luster Soldier

3 MST
3 Pot of Duality
1 Mind Control
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
1 Allure of Darkness
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
1 Pot of Avarice

1 Transmigration Prophecy
2 Compulsory Evacuation Device
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

2 Arcanite Magician
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Scrap Dragon
1 Colossal Fighter
1 Brionac
1 Trishula
1 Ancient Fairy Dragon
2 Black Rose Dragon
2 No 17 Revise Dragon
1 Empty Space Serpent Levial
1 Inverse Roach
1 Big Eye

OCG standard Trap list is probably:

1 Trap Dustshoot
1 Torrential Tribute
1-2 Call of Haunted

and maybe some mind crushes here and there.

Its very good in DW with Eradicator Epidermic Virus

I think Compulsories are really good.

Reasons to play them: Chainable and decent and costless!