stagnant period for the blog as finals next week :(
wont be joining team but i'll be there to do coverage and interviews with the winners (andrew's team *insert conspiracy here hahaha* )
updates will come after finals but hopefully Top Shop is still on.
Quitting after the last tournament is over :) Thank you for reading my blog since february 2008. 400000 views is not bad already as i didnt set a personal goal either.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Asia Plus !
First of all I'd like to congratulate sazabi's team for winning team tournament in Singapore.
When I was playtesting at Andrews place I randomly called sazabi's team as the winner so I'm like the fucking octopus from the last fifa World Cup lol
As for my own country's team tourney, it falls on the 10th right in the middle of my finals so i wouldn't be attending that sadly as there's only 2 more sanctioned events left before the end of the year, and I really wanted to do my best and top to add more credentials. Sadly there's only top shop left and it hasn't been confirmed either but luckily I can say that it should fall right after my exams .
When I was playtesting at Andrews place I randomly called sazabi's team as the winner so I'm like the fucking octopus from the last fifa World Cup lol
As for my own country's team tourney, it falls on the 10th right in the middle of my finals so i wouldn't be attending that sadly as there's only 2 more sanctioned events left before the end of the year, and I really wanted to do my best and top to add more credentials. Sadly there's only top shop left and it hasn't been confirmed either but luckily I can say that it should fall right after my exams .
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Konami answered my prayers !!
Few days after i wished Konami would release more box/ tin products for OCG and now they're releasing M7 and Ouroboruos.
Kyde will be delighted with M7, and the release of ourobouros means that the deck containing Ophion and the new verz monster may have other verz support cards like verz heliolope and verz thunderbird.
does that mean verz rabbit will finally have a chance to be legal in SEA?
awesome :)
Good news but sadly wont be able to enjoy it much since wont be playing long.
Kyde will be delighted with M7, and the release of ourobouros means that the deck containing Ophion and the new verz monster may have other verz support cards like verz heliolope and verz thunderbird.
does that mean verz rabbit will finally have a chance to be legal in SEA?
awesome :)
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Compulsory the new book of moon ?
Last time we remember everyone running book of moon in 2 or 3s especially during the bf and cat formats.
This format every one is running multiple conpuls !
Like book of moon they do similar things. Both are a possible -1 as turning opp card downwards with no answer to it next turn sucks while, bouncing opp monster to hand to Avoid a combo is also a -1 if not played right.
They both also help evade stuff like skill drain and veiler. Say you want to gagaga gunman you can just cost and activate either and avoid veiler and drain. Something similar ppl use to do is book black rose if it gets veilered
With compulsory, you can evade monster destruction and Just send it back to your hand
Lastly compulsory is the best card to remove boss monster in the form of extra deck card which gives it that versatility over book of moon while book lets you turn things face down so you can kill them by battle next turn.
Compulsory is one of the best removal cards this format. Aside from torrential and bottomless trap hole it is one of the few possible main deck cards to slow down mermail since solemn warning does shit vs megalo. You can return megalo to their hand and if they have thrown away their atlanteans then they need to set up again. And mermails weakness is the setting up of their decks. However if they open pike, drop marksman then no comment :x then again you shouldn't be setting your conpuls until you read megalo. And if they summon pike then they can't otk anyway so sure let them overextend with megalo then kill them after. The reason why I keep mentioning mermails is because it is the decks like hero beats general worst matchup.
That's all for today
This format every one is running multiple conpuls !
Like book of moon they do similar things. Both are a possible -1 as turning opp card downwards with no answer to it next turn sucks while, bouncing opp monster to hand to Avoid a combo is also a -1 if not played right.
They both also help evade stuff like skill drain and veiler. Say you want to gagaga gunman you can just cost and activate either and avoid veiler and drain. Something similar ppl use to do is book black rose if it gets veilered
With compulsory, you can evade monster destruction and Just send it back to your hand
Lastly compulsory is the best card to remove boss monster in the form of extra deck card which gives it that versatility over book of moon while book lets you turn things face down so you can kill them by battle next turn.
Compulsory is one of the best removal cards this format. Aside from torrential and bottomless trap hole it is one of the few possible main deck cards to slow down mermail since solemn warning does shit vs megalo. You can return megalo to their hand and if they have thrown away their atlanteans then they need to set up again. And mermails weakness is the setting up of their decks. However if they open pike, drop marksman then no comment :x then again you shouldn't be setting your conpuls until you read megalo. And if they summon pike then they can't otk anyway so sure let them overextend with megalo then kill them after. The reason why I keep mentioning mermails is because it is the decks like hero beats general worst matchup.
That's all for today
Friday, October 5, 2012
Pulling the Rug
Was looking through some old stuffs and found this card.
Awesome card.
Kills gadget, gearframe, Undine, Deep sea diva, and Mermail abyspike.
You can randomly kill stuffs like Airman too. Die airman !
Awesome card.
Kills gadget, gearframe, Undine, Deep sea diva, and Mermail abyspike.
You can randomly kill stuffs like Airman too. Die airman !
Friday, September 28, 2012
What I Want Out of Yugioh
this wont be a ranty post but just some personal preferences i wish i could get out of Yugioh.
There wont be any game design stuff as i'll let Konami do their job as the format now is good already.
First things first is i wish the artwork would change back to the old Yugioh back in the Yugi era. it seems that the artists from the old era have completely been fired and i know they want the game to be more directed to younger kids but im sure younger kids prefer the old pictures etc :-/ I mean one of the many reasons, many started Yugioh back in the past was how the artwork had some mystique and the storyline was good etc.
I mean if I were a kid wanting to start a game now, honestly if i was just first introduced to the Yugioh zexal anime theres no way i'd even want to play the game.
Take for example, some card design. Compare Skill Drain with Soul Drain. Sould Drain artwork is like 3/10 compared to skill drain as it lacks so many intricate details.
The second thing i wish was for OCG to have more tins or promotional items which make Yugioh fun to buy again >:D
Stuffs like the briefcase last time which had blue eyes ultimate dragon UTR with 2 decks some packs bla bla bla or the Exodia one. Yes i admit i was conned into these things when i was young but it was fun ! The last promotional package i could rmbr was the one with Starlight Road.
And admit it opening tins and booster packs are quite fun too lol.
TCG people are lucky as they have like 1000 tins per year and awesome imba contents like the Hanzo tin :(
There wont be any game design stuff as i'll let Konami do their job as the format now is good already.
First things first is i wish the artwork would change back to the old Yugioh back in the Yugi era. it seems that the artists from the old era have completely been fired and i know they want the game to be more directed to younger kids but im sure younger kids prefer the old pictures etc :-/ I mean one of the many reasons, many started Yugioh back in the past was how the artwork had some mystique and the storyline was good etc.
I mean if I were a kid wanting to start a game now, honestly if i was just first introduced to the Yugioh zexal anime theres no way i'd even want to play the game.
Take for example, some card design. Compare Skill Drain with Soul Drain. Sould Drain artwork is like 3/10 compared to skill drain as it lacks so many intricate details.
The second thing i wish was for OCG to have more tins or promotional items which make Yugioh fun to buy again >:D
Stuffs like the briefcase last time which had blue eyes ultimate dragon UTR with 2 decks some packs bla bla bla or the Exodia one. Yes i admit i was conned into these things when i was young but it was fun ! The last promotional package i could rmbr was the one with Starlight Road.
And admit it opening tins and booster packs are quite fun too lol.
TCG people are lucky as they have like 1000 tins per year and awesome imba contents like the Hanzo tin :(
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Malevolent Catastrophe
Is a very very important card this format.\
Especially against Hero beat when you are going second in games 2/3.
As hero Beat is considered to be one of the most represented decks in the OCG, you will have alot to fear clearing away their backrow.
For example, like me, when Im playing mermail Atlantean, people will side in 2 soul drain, or maybe skill drain, depending if they side any, which is likely.
Compared with the fact that they will set multiple backrows, or even 3 to 4 if there is starlight road/solemn judgment but i doubt many will use them in hero beat, at least not in the OCG.
Malevolent Catastrophe hurts the deck just as much as cards like Dimension Prison hurt the deck.
Having multiple Heavy Storm rocks and if they do use Solemn then its okay as i can use my saved up MSTs to hit the Soul Drain, and Marksman to hit the facedowns.
Hero beats best card vs Mermail is undoubtly super Polymerization because i cant chain to it, and it rids them of Megalo or any big beater easily. Also Absolute zero is incredibly hard to get rid of. Only D Prison, Mirror Force, and Dark Hole do it efficiently, and that, is to account that you will still lose resources in the process.
HOWEVER shining is mermails best friend as Megalo into discarding Armsman makes it miss timing.
From testing Mermails VS hero beat last week, its hard for heroes to match with mermail with the amount of s/t trap destruction you have. Chain Gemini Spark? Hit my Abyssphere, you chain your MST, k, you -1 yourself.
Especially against Hero beat when you are going second in games 2/3.
As hero Beat is considered to be one of the most represented decks in the OCG, you will have alot to fear clearing away their backrow.
For example, like me, when Im playing mermail Atlantean, people will side in 2 soul drain, or maybe skill drain, depending if they side any, which is likely.
Compared with the fact that they will set multiple backrows, or even 3 to 4 if there is starlight road/solemn judgment but i doubt many will use them in hero beat, at least not in the OCG.
Malevolent Catastrophe hurts the deck just as much as cards like Dimension Prison hurt the deck.
Having multiple Heavy Storm rocks and if they do use Solemn then its okay as i can use my saved up MSTs to hit the Soul Drain, and Marksman to hit the facedowns.
Hero beats best card vs Mermail is undoubtly super Polymerization because i cant chain to it, and it rids them of Megalo or any big beater easily. Also Absolute zero is incredibly hard to get rid of. Only D Prison, Mirror Force, and Dark Hole do it efficiently, and that, is to account that you will still lose resources in the process.
HOWEVER shining is mermails best friend as Megalo into discarding Armsman makes it miss timing.
From testing Mermails VS hero beat last week, its hard for heroes to match with mermail with the amount of s/t trap destruction you have. Chain Gemini Spark? Hit my Abyssphere, you chain your MST, k, you -1 yourself.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Asia Format gets its first picture playmat !!
So i went to locals last week and got these pics. Basically i had no time to access the internet during the past few days to post this up.
This information is what i got from the Paul, the tournament organizer in Malaysia. Any information wrongly posted is a result of :
1) language barrier because that guy doesnt really speak ENG and i dont really speak Chinese and know zero cantonese.
2) he did not deliver the information properly as he may or not have known.
3) i was not paying attention.
Any other unclear information is a result of the above too.
And lastly , thanks to Baha and co. for buying off my AE cards !
Gonna be back to Yugioh soon.
Friday, September 14, 2012
Promos worth investing in for Asia format :)
While Dt 3 onwards isn't legal here in Asia, we must not forget there is still dt1 and 2 legal.
For example: mist worm !
While its not incredibly broke, it has decent usage as many decks find that they can make level 9 but trishula has been banned for ages. Mist worm could fill that space.
At the same time other notable cards like fabled raven is legal so dark world can use it. Other interesting techs people could have forgotten Include machine emperor grannel infinity in karakuris or wisel for random decks :D
Other cards worth investing in now include medallion coat of Arms, devil fran ken, big eye, shock ruler etc.
There are also doom caliber knight and fossil dyna which are good meta beat cards so people can get creative :D
Been testing mermail. Holy it's a good deck. InZektor number 2 as the atlanteans remind me of hornets.
For example: mist worm !
While its not incredibly broke, it has decent usage as many decks find that they can make level 9 but trishula has been banned for ages. Mist worm could fill that space.
At the same time other notable cards like fabled raven is legal so dark world can use it. Other interesting techs people could have forgotten Include machine emperor grannel infinity in karakuris or wisel for random decks :D
Other cards worth investing in now include medallion coat of Arms, devil fran ken, big eye, shock ruler etc.
There are also doom caliber knight and fossil dyna which are good meta beat cards so people can get creative :D
Been testing mermail. Holy it's a good deck. InZektor number 2 as the atlanteans remind me of hornets.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
New meta shift
Yes i havent touched yugioh since the announcement of the last banlist but then the news is too big to ignore !!! Time to analyze meta
Tier 1:
Gadgets
Mermails
HEROES <3 p="p">AHL
Dino rabbit with Gold Sarc (after TGU)
Wind Ups (best deck of the format. Once Extra pack is out)
Hieratic
Tier 1.5 to 2:
Six Sam
Chaos Dragon
plants
much
NO laval still thank God.
My lovely Gorz is finally legal <3 p="p">
more to come after exams done with
Tier 1:
Gadgets
Mermails
HEROES <3 p="p">AHL
Dino rabbit with Gold Sarc (after TGU)
Wind Ups (best deck of the format. Once Extra pack is out)
Hieratic
Tier 1.5 to 2:
Six Sam
Chaos Dragon
plants
much
NO laval still thank God.
My lovely Gorz is finally legal <3 p="p">
more to come after exams done with
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