Deck Review #1 (Part 2)

Hi everyone! Sorry for not posting this part up earlier as I was busy with work and other stuff. Anyway, this review is going to be about the other 2 deck-types of gladiator beast, Rescue Gladiators and Standard Gladiators.

Rescue Gladiators

This decktype was very powerful during the 2 cat and 2 priest era... This deck utilizes Rescue Cat to bring out either 2 Gladiator Beast Samnites for attacking, a Test Tiger and a Gladiator Beast Samnite to get rid of either traps or monsters, as the Test Tiger is able to tag out the Gladiator Beast Samnite into either a Gladiator Beast Bestiari to get rid of backrow, a Gladiator Beast Murmillo to get rid of opposing monsters, and even a Gladiator Beast Darius to revive a fallen Gladiator Beast to push for more damage,and lastly, for a quick synchro summon using a X-Saber Airbellum and Gladiator Beast Samnite or Test Tiger. However, this deck was weakened due to the restriction of both Summon Priest and Rescue Cat.

Here is a sample decklist for this deck-type in the current format:

Monster:
2x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Darius
2x Gladiator Beast Samnite
2x Gladiator Beast Equeste
1x Gladiator Beast Secutor
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii
3x Test Tiger
1x Summon Priest
1x Rescue Cat
1x Sangan
1x Cyber Dragon


Spells:
3x Gladiator Proving Ground
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Fissure
1x Smashing Ground
1x Giant Trunade
2x Shrink
2x Book of Moon

Traps:
2x Waboku
2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Solemn Judgment


Total: 40


Another deck-type I will talking about is the standard Gladiator Beast deck, AKA the Prisma Gladiator Beast. It was the reigning decktype during the mid 2008 format, as well as during the World Championship 2008. The main aim of this deck was to maintain control over the field by using the effects of the various Gladiator Beasts, as well as use Elemental Hero Prisma to be able to contact easily. However, when Gladiator Beast Bestiarii was limited to 1, this decktype became much slower than before, and if you send Gladiator Beast Bestiarii to the graveyard, it will become vulnerable to D.D Crow and other types of graveyard removal cards. Now, this decktype focuses on using control cards to keep the player's monsters on the field, and remove the opponents monsters from the field. Shrink, Enemy Controller and Book of Moon are cards that are ran in triplicate, and it help to make sure that your monsters are able to run down your opponents monsters. A sample decklist can be seen below.

Monsters:
3x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Equeste
1x Gladiator Beast Darius
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1x Gladiator Beast Secutor
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Samnite
1x Gladiator Beast Dimacarii
1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii
3x Test Tiger
1x Test Ape
1x Sangan
1x Elemental Hero Prisma

Spells:
3x Book of Moon
3x Shrink
2x Enemy Controller
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
3x Gladiator Proving Ground

Traps:
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
2x Waboku
2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Solemn Judgment


That's all for now people.... Be sure to look out for my next installment of deck reviews. See you

Deck Review #1 (Part 1)

Hi people!! Here is my first ever deck review. This review is going to be about one of the decks which I have been playing for a long time, GLADIATOR BEASTS!!!

There are basically 3 styles of playing gladiator beasts, DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS, RESCUE GLADIATORS and STANDARD GLADIATORS. Dimension gladiators involve the use of Dimension Fissure to remove all monsters from your opponents graveyards. Rescue Gladiators utilize Rescue Cat to bring out either 2 GLADIATOR BEAST SAMNITE to deal some serious damage or to set up big synchros, such as the synchro summoning of NATURAL BEAST and NATURAL PALKION, a few of the most powerful negators in the game, as well as GOYOU GUARDIAN, which is able to take down a lot of the big monsters that most people play. Finally, there is the Standard Gladiators, which uses cards such as Shrink, Book of Moon, and Enemy Controller to maintain control over his/her opponent.

1. DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS
The usual monster set-up for this type of play style is as follows:
2x Gladiator Beast Laquari
2x Gladiator Beast Equest
1x Gladiator Beast Darius
1x Gladiator Beast Retiari
1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo
2x Thunder King Raiou
1x Cyber Dragon

They usually use about 13+ monsters as the low monster count enable them to use more spells and traps to protect their monsters.

The spell lineup would include:
3x Dimension Fissure
2x Shrink
2x Book of Moon
2x Gladiator Proving Ground
1x My Body as a Shield

Shrinks and book of moons are in to protect the monsters, as well as to disrupt the momentum of the opponent.

Finally most people would use around 13-16 or even more traps. The lineup is as follows:
3x Gladiator Beast War Chariot
1x Solemn Judgment
2x Dark Bribe
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Dimensional Imprisonment
2x Bottomless Traphole

These are the base of most of the Dimension Gladiator Beasts decks most people are playing. However there might be some variatons according to personal prefernece.

For the next 2 decktypes, plz stay tuned for the next parts... Cause I'm too tired from today...

Pulls from ABPF

I opened a box of absolute powerforce boosters during the asia tournament, and my pulls were considerably poor. Here is what I got:

Ultimate Rare - Moon Dragon Quila
Ultra Rare - XX-Saber Hyunlay
Saviour Demon Dragon
Super Rare - Priest of the Sun
Demon's Chain
Reptilliane Vasuki
Normal Rare - Claymore Dud (Lucky not Pot of Selflessness)

AND...... I PULLED 5 BATTLE FADERS!!!! WTFBBQ!!!


Anyway, I can't wait for info on Shining Darkness to be released

1st post....

Hi everyone!!! I'm wee min, aka fireowners, and this blog will be about my dueling life...... Expect to see more post on tournaments, decklist and other issues relating to Yu-Gi-Oh.