tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4774863649307282632024-03-07T21:39:06.659-08:00Flames of eternityThis is a blog about my dueling life.........Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-41258172673697440092011-03-12T14:27:00.001-08:002011-03-12T14:28:24.629-08:00Asia Championship qualifiers 2011Getting ready to set off for the qualifiers held today! Hope that I dun get that many bad draws... And good luck to all who are participating!!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-25304165421152105522011-02-02T11:02:00.003-08:002011-02-02T11:02:59.184-08:00LUNAR NEW YEAR!!!Hey everyone!! Happy Lunar New Year to all chinese readers!! HUAT AR!!!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-27925177402273441502011-01-02T18:26:00.000-08:002011-01-03T06:53:54.212-08:00Deck Review: Fish SynchroHey everyone! Once again, happy new year!! With the new year, comes new sets that will help boost the metagame pretty significantly, such as GOLD SERIES 2011, where Trishula will become legal in major tournaments here in asia, as well as EXTREME VICTORY, where the new archetype, Tech Genus, will become available to us. Anyway, onto the main post today. I will be doing a deck review on the decktype which has become popular both in the OCG and TCG metagames. The deck is Fish Synchro. Basically, there are a few variants of this decktype which are used.<br /><br />-Hyper Librarian Mass Draw<br />-Mausoleum OTK<br />-Frog Fish Synchro<br /><br />Firstly, I will talk about the Hyper Librarian Mass Draw variant. Ever since the synchro TECH GENUS-HYPER LIBRARIAN was released in the OCG, many decks have found ways to abuse it one way or another. Fish synchro is no exception. People have been adding in cards that are not normally found in this deck, such as Metabo Shark and 7-Colored Fish, in order to synchro summon Hyper Librarian. The otk normally ends with a Scrap Dragon, a Holy Ancient Wyvern and a Scrap Archfiend. <br /><br />Next, there is the Mausoleum variant of the deck. This version utilizes the field card MAUSOLEUM OF THE EMPEROR to summon the big fish easily. This enables the combo to work without having 2 tributes on the field, and can catch your opponent off-guard, as they would expect you to stall till you get 2 tributes on the field before you start your combo. <br /><br />Finally, there is the variant that incoporates frogs into the deck. This variant uses cards typically found in frog monarchs, such as Treeborn Frog and Ronintoadin to generate multiple tributes to summon the big fish easily. Then, it can also do the same type of combo as the Hyper Librarian variant, and also be able to slowly stall with cards such as Dupe Frog and Snowman Eater.<br /><br />However, there are a few cards that this deck has to watch out for. One such card is Effect Veiler. After painstakingly summoning the big fish and activate its effect, a Effect Veiler can totally screw up the whole combo. However, there is a way to get around this con. You can special summon a Fishborg Blaster before activating the effect of the big fish, as doing so will be able to protect the big fish's effect from being negate by tributing the Fishborg Blaster.<br /><br />Anyway, be sure to expect this deck to rise in popularity in the coming months due to its OTK capabilities. <br /><br />I will be back with another deck review soon, as school has just resumed and I am busy with projects. For now, enjoy the new year and once again, a very happy new year to all readers!!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-24036717033265104802010-12-31T07:51:00.001-08:002010-12-31T07:51:38.811-08:00New Year 2011HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-9169206394285114692010-12-24T02:42:00.000-08:002010-12-24T02:52:28.162-08:00Report 23/12/10Hey everyone! Today, I went to a local tournament with my gladiator beasts, and got 6th place. Here is how it went:<br /><br />Round 1: VS Winson (Anti-Meta Gadgets) XX<br /><br />Game 1: Lost to too many 1 for 1 destruction cards and a constant swarm of gadgets.<br /><br />Game 2: Did a mistake and forgot to bottomless his Doomcaliber Knight. That mistake caused me the game as I failed to draw enough monsters.<br /><br />0-1<br /><br />He went on to win the tournament.<br /><br />Round 2: Random (Mixed and match beatdown) OO<br /><br />Game 1 and 2: Controlled him with gladiator beasts and traps. Heraklinos and Gyzarus also made appearances.<br /><br />1-1<br /><br />Round 3: Banana (Inferinty) OO<br /><br />Game 1: Trap Dustshoot on the 1st turn enabled me to remove his snowman eater and thus leaving him with no protection, while I had traps to keep his monsters at bay.<br /><br />Game 2: It was a back and forth battle, but I managed to gain control in the end, and clinched the win.<br /><br />2-1<br /><br />THe tournament organizer didn't want to play out the top 8, as he wanted to end it early, so we were given prizes according to our ranking going into top 8.<br /><br />Placing: 6th Place<br />Prize: 1 Starstrike Blast booster (Pulled Crap)<br /><br />That sums up my day at the localsFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-31682731791340714392010-12-17T05:34:00.000-08:002010-12-17T07:13:59.039-08:00Karakuri deck review + Card Review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101215144648/yugioh/images/thumb/a/a0/Tech_genus_hyper_librarian.jpg/300px-Tech_genus_hyper_librarian.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 429px;" src="http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101215144648/yugioh/images/thumb/a/a0/Tech_genus_hyper_librarian.jpg/300px-Tech_genus_hyper_librarian.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Hi everyone! It's been quite a long while since I last posted. Anyway, since my holidays has just started, so I have more spare time to write blog posts. Today, I will be talking about the deck which has recieved more support from Storm of Ragnarok, and was made famous by DSummon of DuelingDays. Here is a sample decklist, credit to DSummon.<br /><br />Karakuri Machiner:<br />Monster [20]<br />[2] Cyber Dragon<br />[3] Machina Gearframe<br />[3] Machina Fortress<br />[3] Kuikku, Karakuri Ninja<br />[2] Saisan, Karakuri Doorkeeper<br />[2] Nishipachi, Karakuri Staff Officer<br />[2] Nisamu, Karakuri Soldier<br />[2] Ally Genex Birdman<br />[1] Card Gunner<br /><br />Magic [11]<br />[1] Monster Reborn<br />[1] Black Hole<br />[2] Cyclone<br />[1] Mind Control-<br />[1] Limit Break<br />[1] Enemy Controller<br />[3] Book of Moon<br />[1] Pot of Duality<br /><br />Trap [9]<br />[1] Call of Haunted<br />[1] Trap Dust Shoot<br />[3] Urgent Tuning<br />[2] Bottomless Traphole<br />[2] Dust Tornado<br /><br /><br />Okay, this is a hybrid build between Karakuri and Machiner. DS has chosen to only include the main core of the Machiner engine, namely 3 Gearframes and 3 Fortress. Peacekeeper and Force are not needed as this deck focuses on Karakuri monsters instead of Machiner. One of the common plays that one could make with this deck is to discard either Saisan, Karakuri Doorkeeper or Nishipachi, Karakuri Staff Officer with Machiner Fortress to special summon it to the field, and then summon Kuikku, Karakuri Ninja to whack a monster, special summon back the monster which you discarded for Fortress, and synchro summon for either Burei, Karakuri Shogun or Bureido, Karakuri Great Shogun, depending on which monster you discarded. And then you can special summon a Level 4 or lower Karakuri monster, preferably Ninja, then you can do the synchro summoning again next turn. Another alternative is to use Urgent Tuning during your battle phase when Ninja special summons back a tuner, so as to gain another 2 more attacks. <br /><br />Now, on to the card review! Here is the card which got many of us OCG player hyped up recently: Tech Genus Hyper Librarian.<br /><br /><br />THis card is quickly becoming a generic synchro that most of us will be putting into our extra decks. He is a level 5 dark attribute, which means that it will be easy to bring out with cards like BF-Blizzard of the North Pole and Deep Sea Diva, and being dark it can fuel the graveyard for cards like Dark Armed Dragon. Spellcaster-type makes synchro summoning Arcanite Magician and Tempest Magician much easier than before. And 2400 attack and 1800 defense is a pretty strong stat. However, the most broken thing about this card is its effect. Drawing a card everytime either player synchro summons is an effect that is a first in the game, and to a certain extent could be game breaking. Synchro summoning is something that most decks will do, and in particular Infernities, Dandy Plant and Fish Synchro. Synchro summoning Hyper Librarian before you perform other synchro summons will enable you to gain back advantage while summoning larger synchro monsters to gain control of the field and the game. <br /><br />On a side note, the Weekly Jump Magazines were quickly sold out on the day the were released in Singapore, proving how hot Hyper Librarian is now.<br /><br />I will be reviewing another decktype - Fish Synchro soon, and also the combos that the deck can perform.<br /><br />So for now, see ya!!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-2071895941777568892010-11-11T04:57:00.000-08:002010-11-11T05:03:15.948-08:00STORM OF RAGNAROKHeys everyone!! HAve not been posting in a long time due to other commitments. Anyway, STOR was released in sg today, and here's my spoils for the boxes. (Shared 2 boxes with Sazabi)<br /><br />Ultimate Rare: -Polar God Loki<br /> -Polar God Thor<br /><br />Ultra Rare: -Polar God Thor<br /> -Polar Sacred Emperor Odin<br /> -Atomic Scrap Dragon<br /> -Karakuri Grand Shogun Bureido<br /><br />Super Rare: -True Six Samurai Enishi<br /> -2x Polar Star Angel Valkyrie<br /> -2x Eleckirimu<br /> -Forbidden Holy LanceFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-49226311488112504472010-10-02T21:08:00.001-07:002010-10-02T21:36:16.416-07:00Tournament Report 02/10/10Hi everyone!! Im very very sorry for the lack of blog posts as previously I had examinations, as well as not much motivation to blog. Anyway, I went to a local tournament yesterday, and only mamnaged to get 7th place out of 19 people... -.- <br />Pardon my foggy memory.<br /><br />Deck Played: X-Sabers<br /><br />Round 1: VS Kee(Black Feather) XOO<br />Game 1: I lost due to not drawing much monsters, and him gaining massive advantag from Black Whirlwind.<br /><br />Game 2: I somehow manage to pull of the Cold Wave/Hyunlei combo on him, and gained advantage from multiple Darksouls.<br /><br />Game 3: We were both topdecking, and he drew a Gale to kill my monster, however, I drew Starlight Road to stop his Icarus Attack and Holy Light to end him.<br /><br />Went around trading and such while waiting for the next round's pairings to be released.<br /><br />Round 2: VS Alex(Black Feather) XX<br />Game 1 & 2: Died to multiple monsters... End of story<br /><br />Round 3: VS TingJun(Gigavise) OO<br />Game 1: Controlled him with monsters:<br /><br />Game 2: Almost got killed by him, but topdecking skills are too strong. Topdecked something which I can't remember to win the game :P<br /><br />Advanced to top 8<br /><br />Top 8 match 1: VS Aim(Sabers Mirror) OXX<br /><br />Game 1 & 2: Don't really remember how I won and lost.<br /><br />Game 3: I lost to his topdecking skills. I had a face up faultroll and another monster on the field. He topdecked monster reborn, and used his in-hand mind control to take my faultroll and used it against me.... And I just died like that O.o<br /><br />Bottom 4: Vs Alex again XX<br />Game 1 & 2: Pro player is pro.. Need I say more??<br /><br />7th and 8th: VS Yong Xiang(Quickdraw Dandy)--<br />We just shared the prize.<br /><br />Game 1&2: Never happened.Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-25755218327448245182010-06-19T15:08:00.000-07:002010-06-19T15:10:57.834-07:00Morning of Worlds QualifierHey everyone!! The day we have all been waiting for has finally arrived. It's about 6am here in Singapore and I'm getting ready to leave for the tournament venue. Hope today I don't encounter too many bad hands and make too many misplays. A tourney report will be coming in after the event. Till then, ciaozFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-12787753318137544322010-06-03T00:54:00.000-07:002010-06-03T00:55:47.113-07:00Worlds QualifierOMG OMG OMG!!! Worlds Qualifier is coming in less than 17 days!! Are u guys ready?? I'm having a major headache with what deck I should join with. Should I go with Quickdraw Plants? Or stick with my trusty Gladiator Beasts?? Or even use Machiner Gadgets??Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-69680833386086824752010-04-28T00:51:00.000-07:002010-04-28T01:07:41.286-07:00Quick Plants: Asian Version!!!Hi people! Sorry for the long hiatus these few weeks, due to me starting poly. Today, I will be discussing about the new deck that has gained massive popularity due to it winning the final shonen jump championship for Jeff Jones. That's right, the deck that I will be talking about is Quick Plants, aka Quickdraw Dandywarrior (Whoever came up with this name likes long names alot.....). <br /><br />This decklist is a spinoff of the original deck which is customized with OCG cards, as well as making it able to be played in the world qualifiers.<br /><br />Decktype: Quick Plants Asian Style!!<br />Deck Count: 40<br /><br />Monsters:<br />2x Quick Synchron<br />2x Wicked Emperor Gaius<br />1x Cyber Vary<br />2x Battle Fader<br />2x Lonefire Blossom<br />1x Spore<br />1x Camellia, Princess of Tytannials<br />1x Sangan<br />1x Bf- Shippu no Gale<br />1x Mystic Tomato <br />2x Debris Dragon<br />2x Dandylion<br /><br />Spells:<br />1x One for one<br />1x Heavy Storm<br />1x Mystical Space Typhoon<br />1x Foolish Burial<br />1x Enemy Controller<br />2x Book of Moon<br />1x Brain Control<br />1x D.D.R<br /><br />Traps:<br />2x Bottomless Traphole<br />1x Call of the Haunted<br />1x Torrential Tribute<br />1x Limit Rebirth<br />1x Solemn Judgment<br />1x Divine Warning<br />1x Pollinosis<br />1x Mirror Force<br />2x D-Prison<br /><br /><br />This deck is quite consistent as it is able to provide a good offense as well as a strong defence. The main loop in this deck is the well-known dandylion-drill warrior loop that produces a large amount of tokens to protect you. Battle Fader and Cyber Vary protects your lifepoints in place of Gorz. D.D.R enables you to reuse cards like Cyber Vary.Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-77299836602786624162010-03-27T06:54:00.000-07:002010-03-27T06:56:43.433-07:00Return of RAUZES!!!Hey everyone!!! One of the most amazing bloggers in the world of Yu-Gi-Oh is back!! And he is non other than the famous Rauzes!! Here is his so-called new blog, where he will be blogging regularly.<br /><br />http://onlytheduel.blogspot.com/2010/03/reverse-card-open.html<br /><br />I will let the post tell u more about his return, but most of all I am happy that he is back to blogging!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-71542980769017077502010-03-20T09:15:00.000-07:002010-03-20T09:30:25.789-07:00Tournament Report 20/03/2010Hi everyone!! It has been quite a while since I entered a blog post. Have been busy with work so I apologize about it. Anyway, I managed to get 1st place today at my local tournament. Although there were pretty few competitors(10), most of them were strong players. Deck used today was anti-meta glads.<br /><br />Round 1: Me (Anti-Meta Gladiators) VS Sazabi (Gadgets) OO<br />Game 1: I manage to gain advantage after he misplayed and left his Cyber Dragon and a gadget on the field. On my turn after drawing I immediately fused for Chimeratech Fortress Dragon, and began beating him down with Raioh and otehr creatures.<br /><br />Game 2: Manage to outplay him with bigger monsters on the field. Close game.<br /><br />Round 2: Me (Anti-Meta Gladiators) VS Takoyaki (Infernities) OO<br />Game 1: I was not really confident of this match-up as I did not test much against Infernities. However, he had a bad hand and I managed to squeeze a win out of that by using Raioh beat again.<br /><br />Game 2:I manage to deal him some damage with Raioh yet again, before he Mind Controlled my Raioh. However, he scooped when he realized that he sided out his Zombie Carrier, thus leaving him with no other options.<br /><br />Round 3: Me(Anti-Meta Gladiators) VS Shinn (Whirlwind BF) XOO<br />Game 1: I lost after he managed to top deck a Sirocco with me having no monsters that can get rid of it.<br /><br />Game 2: Manage to apply beatdown with Raioh and Cyber Dragon, as well as some Gladiator Beasts. <br /><br />Game 3: Won pretty easily due to him drawing no monsters.<br /><br />Round 4 Me (Anti-Meta Gladiators) VS Yew Loong (Vahalla Angels) XOX<br />Game 1: Lost to Christia<br /><br />Game 2: Won due to him not drawing Christia<br /><br />Gam2 3: Lost to Christia yet again.<br /><br />Got into top 4 with 9 points<br /><br />Top 4: Me (Anti-Meta Gladiators) VS Axehead (Whirlwind BF)OXO<br />Game 1: Won due to beatdown again......<br /><br />Game 2: Lost due to no monster hand and him Delta Crowing my spells and traps.<br /><br />Game 3: Won in a topdeck war<br /><br />Top 2: Me (Anti-Meta Gladiators) VS Redempt (Sporelords)OXO<br />Game 1 and 3: Won due to me top-decking Heavy Storm to clear his backrow before using Gyzarus to finish the job.<br /><br />Got a Ghost Rare Power Tool DragonFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-50356746374639060892010-02-25T07:03:00.000-08:002010-02-25T07:29:39.272-08:00Budget Deck #1 - Quick InfernityHi everyone! It's me, fireowners again and I will be writing about some decks that I have been testing with. The pros of these decks are that they are mostly cheap decks which do not need a large amount of cash to make, and is immensely fun to play with. NOTE: Not really suitable for competitive play!!<br /><br />SO HERE WE GO!!! <br /><br />Quick Infernity: Total 40 cards<br /><br />Monsters(21)<br />3x Infernity Beetle<br />2x Infernity Mirage<br />1x Infernity Reloader<br />1x Infernity Revenger<br />2x Infernity Necromancer<br />3x Quick Synchron<br />2x Level Eater<br />2x Bolt Hedgehog<br />1x Sangan<br />1x Armageddon Knight<br />1x Dark Grepher<br />1x Necro Gardna<br />1x Zombie Carrier<br /><br />Spells(12)<br />1x Allure of Darkness<br />1x Heavy Storm<br />1x Mystical Space Typhoon<br />1x Brain Control<br />2x Instant Fusion<br />2x Book of Moon<br />2x Nihilistic Purgatory <br />2x Infernity Gun<br /><br />Traps(8)<br />2x Raigeki Break<br />2x Phoenix Wind Wing Blast<br />1x Mirror Force<br />1x Call of the Haunted<br />1x Torrential Tribute<br />1x Infernity Break<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The main combo of this deck is to use the Infernity engine to enable quick synchro summons with monsters such as Bolt Hedgehog and Level Eater. Another combo that this deck is able to pull off is to synchro summon Drill Warrior, using its effect to empty your hand, as well as keep reusing monsters such as Infernity Necromancer and Infernity Mirage.... <br /><br />Another version of this deck involves using the zombie engine instead of the Synchrons to pull of massive synchro stuns. The zombie varient is also able to pull off the triple Trishula stun, due to Zombie Master, Mezuki and Book of Life..<br /><br /><br />Anyway, this deck is a fun deck to play around with if you want to try out using Infernity but you do not have Infernity Archfiend, which is the core of the usual Infernity deck. <br /><br />This concludes my post on the new Infernity budget decktype. I hope you had enjoyed it and try it out!! :):)<br /><br />Stay tuned for the next blog post, coming this weekend!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-39866131249301274332010-02-18T04:13:00.000-08:002010-02-18T04:21:54.059-08:00Shining Darkness PullsYesterday, I opened my box of The Shining Darkness, but sadly, I did not manage to pull a Breeze. Below are the pulls that I got:<br /><br />1x Blackfeather Dragon Ultimate Rare<br />1x Infernity Death Dragon Ultra Rare<br />1x Splendid Rose Ultra Rare<br />1x Elecgiraffe Super Rare<br />1x Trust Guardian Super Rare<br />1x Perfect Declarer Super RareFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-2435067354956604412010-02-07T06:12:00.000-08:002010-02-07T06:38:38.609-08:00King of Fighters Tournament at Khatib CC 07/02/2010Today, I attended the KOF tournament at Rick's shop. And sad to say, me and my teammates scrubbed, ending the day with a score of 2-2....<br /><br />My teammates were Sazabi and Starsky. The order of players was me, Sazabi then Starsky.<br /><br />Me(Gladial Eatos)<br />Sazabi(Toothless Gladiators)<br />Starsky(Lightlords)<br /><br />1st Round: We had a bye due to an odd number of teams attending.<br />(1-0)<br /><br />2nd Round: VS Jacky, Xiao Mei and Bao Chun<br />Game 1: Me(Gladial Eatos) VS Jacky(Lightlords)<br /> I managed to start the game with a Guardian Eatos on the field, along with a Dimension Fissure, locking him down.. Soon after, I managed to gain control.<br /><br />Game 2: Me(Gladial Eatos) VS Xiao Mei(Gladial Beasts)<br /> After using Starlight Road on her Gladial Beast Gyzarus, I managed to maintain control and won soon after.<br /><br />Game 3: Me(Gladial Eatos) VS Bao Chun(Vayu Turbo)<br /> This was the longest game of the match. After exchanging blows for a couple of turns, he managed to get me down to 1300 LP. But I managed to mount a comeback with Dimension Fissure and Guardian Eatos.<br />(2-0)<br /><br />3rd Round: VS Colin(Flamevell Buster), Kenneth(Magoneko) and Mango(Whirlwind BF)<br />Game 1: Me(Gladial Eatos) VS Colin(Flamvell Eatos)<br /> He had me in a tight spot when he managed to bring out Ancient God Flamvell, and start to beat me down with it. However, I managed to turn the tables around after he used up all of his Rekindlings, thus leaving me with an opening to finish him off.<br /><br />Game 2: Me(Gladial Eatos) VS Kenneth(Magoneko)<br /> I was killed by Magoshinju Unicor..... Its is freaking strong. True story.<br /><br />Game 3: Sazabi(Toothless GB) VS Kenneth(Magoneko)<br /> Sazabi managed to bring Kenneth down after a long battle..... Didn't really remeber the details.<br /><br />Game 4: Sazabi(Toothless GB) VS Mango(Whirlwind BF)<br /> Somehow or another, he got pwned......<br /><br />Game 5: Starsky(Lightlords) VS Mango (Whirlwind BF)<br /> Bad draws, bad mills and double Necro Guardna opening hand caused Starsky to end up in defeat..<br />(2-1)<br /><br />Round 4: VS Sam,Max and Akira (Whirlwind BF)<br />Game 1: Me(Gladial Eatos) VS Sam(Whirlwind BF)<br /> Died.... Just died due to him having too many monsters<br /><br />Game 2: Sazabi(Toothless GB) VS Sam(Whirlwind BF)<br /> Again, just died............<br /><br />Game 3: Starsky(Lightlords) VS Sam(Whirlwind BF)<br /> Somehow, Starsky managed to defeat Sam..<br /><br />Game 4: Starsky(Lightlords) VS Akira(Whirlwind BF)<br /> Lost to the powerful Akira....<br />(2-2)<br /><br />After checking the standings, our team did not manage to get into the top 8.<br /><br />After all, Yugimonz is a game which depends on both luck and skill.<br /><br />Stay tuned for the next blog entry, a deck report about Ally Genex!!!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-35748106301583448042010-01-21T05:19:00.000-08:002010-01-21T05:27:11.464-08:00GOLD SERIES 2010 PULLS!!!I got my box of Gold Series 2010 and I am quite happy with my pulls..<br /><br />Things to note about GS02:<br />1. CATASTOR IS A COMMON!!!<br />2. FREAKING HELL LOT OF STAPLES<br />3. I HATE EXILED FORCE AND MAGIC CYLINDER!!!<br /><br />On to my pulls. After buying 1 box and 2 packs, here are the cards which I got:<br /><br />1 Gold Foil Lightning Vortex<br />1 Gold Cry of the Living Dead<br />1 Gold Dark Armed Dragon<br />2 GOLD FREAKING JUDGMENT DRAGON!! (go and die la! just sold 2 ultimate ones)<br />1 Gold Sakuretsu Armor<br />2 Gold Exiled Force (NOOOOOO!!!!!)<br />2 Gold Giant Trunade<br />2 Gold Solemn Judgment<br />2 Gold Spirit Reaper<br />1 Gold Morphing Jar<br />1 Gold Breaker<br />1 Gold Mobius<br />1 Gold Magic Cylinder (I PREFER OLD PRINT ANYDAY!!!)<br />1 Gold A.O.J Catastor<br />1 Gold Fissure<br />1 Gold Brain Control<br />2 Gold Book of Moon<br />1 GOLD GOD BEASTKING BABAROS (OH YEAHHHH!!!!)<br /><br />Now I am officially embarking on a journey to collect as many COMMON A.O.J Catastors as possible!! (Currently have 6)Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-42934881103858581512010-01-11T07:41:00.000-08:002010-01-11T08:55:26.444-08:00Deck Review: Creature from the ages long gone......Hi everyone, today I got back my O level results and am quite satisfied with myself about it. (For those who don't know, O levels examinations are a series of exams that we Singaporeans have to take when we complete our secondary education.)<br /><br />Anyway, back to topic. Today's post is about a archetype which is not widely played, but is extremely potent when played correctly. The archetype which I am talking is Juracs, which were first seen in the Japanese Duel Terminal sets. All of the Juracs are dinosaurs, and each of them have unique effects that are pretty devastating when pulled off against your opponents. Shown below is a example of a Jurac decklist.<br /><br />Monsters: <br />3 Jurac Guivre<br />3 Jurac Deino<br />3 Jurac Vello<br />2 Jurac Galim<br />2 Jurac Herrera<br />1 Jurac Monolov<br />1 Jurac Auro <br />3 Hydrogeddon<br /><br />Spells:<br />3 Fossil Dig<br />1 Heavy Storm<br />1 Mystical Space Typhoon<br />2 Book of Moon<br />3 Solidarity<br />1 My Body as a Shield<br />1 Lightning Vortex<br /><br />Traps:<br />2 Fossil Excavation<br />2 Bottomless Trap Hole<br />1 Mirror Force<br />1 Torrential Tribute<br />2 Kunai With Chain<br />1 Call of the Haunted<br />1 Solemn Judgment<br /><br />Extra:<br />3 Jurac Giganot<br />2 Jurac Meteor<br />1 Stardust Dragon<br />1 Red Dragon Archfiend<br />1 Black Rose Dragon<br />1 Ancient Fairy Dragon<br />1 Lightning Warrior<br />1 Goyo Guardian<br />1 Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Boundary<br />1 Gaia Knight, The Force of the Earth<br />1 Magical Andriod<br />1 Ally of Justice Catastor<br /><br /><br />Ok, the main focus of this deck is to continuosly summon out Jurac monsters using Jurac Guivre, as well as to synchro summon out a huge Jurac Giganot. Jurac Auro is there to aid in the summoning of Jurac Meteor, which gives this deck the power to clear the field at any given time, and futhermore, Meteor also provide field presence after clearing the field, something that Black Rose Dragon is unable to achieve. This deck also uses Solidarity to boost up the attack power of the monsters, thus giving this deck the ability to constantly spawn out massive monsters, which would spell trouble for the opponent. Hydrogeddon is added in because it is both a searcher as well as a Dinosaur, which enables it to be supported by all the Dino support cards added in this deck. <br /><br />On to the spells. Dinos have their own RoTA on steroids in the form of Fossil <br />Dig, as it is not only able to add a Dino into your hand, but it is able to search out Dino monsters which is level 6 and below!! YES, U READ CORRECTLY, LEVEL 6 AND BELOW!! This means that you are able to search for Jurac Herrera and add it into your hand, for it to activate its special ability later on. The rest of the spells are self-explanatory, and most of them are staples in this format.<br /><br />Finally, there are the traps. Dinos even have their own version of Call of the Haunted, at the mere cost of 1 hand card. Kunai with Chain is to provide extra power to my Juracs, as well as to protect the player from direct attacks from the opponent.<br /><br />Here are the effects of the Jurac monsters if you don't know them.<br /><br />Jurak Auro (DT07-JP027)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 1 *<br />Dinosaur/Tuner<br />200/200<br /><br />Tribute this card and select 1 Level 4 or lower "Jurak" monster other than "Jurak Auro" in your Graveyard. Special Summon the selected monster to your side of field.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Vello (DT04-JP016)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 4 ****<br />Dinosaur/Effect<br />1700/1000<br /><br />When this face-up Attack Position card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon 1 "Jurak" monster with 1700 or less ATK from your Deck.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Guivre (DT06-JP018)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 4 ****<br />Dinosaur/Effect<br />1700/400<br /><br />If this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle, you can Special Summon 1 "Jurak" monster with 1700 ATK or less from your deck. The monster Special Summoned by this effect cannot declare an attack during this turn.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Deino (DT07-JP025)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 3 ***<br />Dinosaur/Tuner<br />1700/800<br /><br />Once per turn, during the End Phase of a turn when this card destroyed a monster your opponent controls by battle, you can Tribute 1 "Jurak" monster you control and draw 2 cards.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Garim (DT07-JP026)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 2 **<br />Dinosaur/Tuner<br />1200/0<br /><br />Activate when this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard. Destroy the monster that destroyed this card. Your opponent can negate this card's effect by discarding 1 card from their hand.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Herrera (DT07-JP028)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 6 ******<br />Dinosaur/Effect<br />2300/1500<br /><br />When a "Jurak" monster other than "Jurak Herrera" you control in Defense Position is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon this card from your hand or your Graveyard to your side of field.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Monolov (DT04-JP017)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 3 ***<br />Dinosaur/Tuner<br />1500/1200<br /><br />This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls once each.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Giganot (DT04-JP037)<br />Fire<br />Lvl 7 *******<br />Dinosaur/Effect/Synchro<br />2100/1800<br /><br />1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Dinosaur-Type monsters<br />All face-up "Jurak" monsters you control gain 200 ATK for each "Jurak" monster in your Graveyard.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br />Jurak Meteor<br />Fire<br />Lvl 10 **********<br />Dinosaur/Effect/Synchro<br />2800/2000<br /><br />1 "Jurak" Tuner + 2 or more non-Tuner Dinosaur monsters.<br />When this card is Synchro Summoned, destroy all cards on the field. Then you can Special Summon 1 Tuner Monster from your Graveyard.<br /><br />_____________________________________________________________________________________<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That's all for now people..... Hope you guys liked this deck review and stay tuned for the next one!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-72913511048137807012010-01-09T06:00:00.000-08:002010-01-09T06:09:11.640-08:00SAYONARA GAIJIN DUELIST!!!We are sad to see that Rauzes is no longer going to blog about his creative ideas,his amazing decklists which has rocked the Yu-Gi-Oh world (Junk and Debris), as well as his brain-wrecking Duel Puzzles....<br /><br />Over the years(Well, just maybe over ONE year), he has provided us with a blog where we can refer to when we need inspirations, as well as when we need new interesting decks to play around with... <br /><br />We will really miss you Rauzes, and I hope that you will be able to come back to blogging soon! <br /><br />Goodbye for now, my friendFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-68808655091825379792010-01-01T22:33:00.000-08:002010-01-01T22:34:19.655-08:00New Year's Post!!!Happy New Year to everyone out there!! I hope that this year will be better than the last for all of us!Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-44021579222150462212009-12-12T06:57:00.000-08:002009-12-12T07:10:10.673-08:00Tournament Report 12/12/2009Again, I attended my weekly tournament held at my local card shop. I was using Gladiator Beasts again, however I did not perform up to standard. I did not manage to get a prize..... :(<br /><br />I arrived at around 1pm, and registered for the tournament. After about 30 mins, round 1 started..<br /><br />Deck Used: Gladiator Beasts (Only one there today)<br /><br />Round 1: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Jin Hao (Tragedylords)XX<br />Game 1 + Game 2: A few misplays and a bout of bad draws enabled him to win 2-0<br /><br />Round 2: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Spiky (Dark Count)OO<br />Game 1: After he summoned Zero Gardna, I immediately Book of Mooned it during his end phrase, thus stopping him from using its effect on the next turn. After he managed to use Final Countdown, I brought out Heraklinos on the 7th turn and proceeded to beat him down with it.<br /><br />Game 2: Heraklinos came out early, which means that he could not use many traps and spells, which ended in his defeat.<br /><br />Round 3: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Bryan (Burn) OO<br />Round 1 + 2: Heraklinos really pwns burn deck's asses........<br /><br />Round 4: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Wei Xiang (Twilight) OO<br />Game 1: Managed to keep his monsters off the field, while applying beatdown with my beasts.<br /><br />Game 2: He drew super bad and lost shortly after I summoned Kycoo....<br /><br />TOP 8: Me (Gladiator Beasts) VS Hong Rui (Zombie Synchro)<br />Game 1: Lost after bout of super bad draws...<br /><br />Game 2: We traded blows, until we ended up in top-decking mode. However, he managed to get monsters after monsters while I drew nothing to counter him...<br /><br /><br />Sad that I couldn't get a prize, but was a super fun day....Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-18087535277599766792009-12-05T06:16:00.000-08:002009-12-05T06:55:15.017-08:00Tournament Report 5/12/2009I went for my local cardshop's weekly tournament today, and returned home with a 4th placing. Basically, I met up with my friends at Thousand taste at around 1pm, and proceeded to register and trade. I managed to acquire 3x forced requisition and 1x tragodeia for my new deck.... And after and hour of waiting, the tournament finally began!<br /><br />Round 1: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Darren (Zombie Synchro) OXO<br />Game 1: I managed to maintain control with Kycoo and Gyzarus, and finally brought out a Heraklinos to finish him off.<br /><br />Game 2: I was starting quite well until he managed to pull off many synchros in 1 turn. After seeing my next draw, I proceeded into scoop phrase.<br /><br />Game 3: 1st turn I activated Dimension Fissure and kept his zombies at bay with my Kycoos and GB shenanigans.<br /><br />After-game thoughts: ZOMBIE SYNCHRO IS A HEADACHE TO FIGHT AGAINST.....<br /><br />Round 2: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Hongrui (Blackfeathers) XX<br />Game 1: I keep drawing nothing except monsters, and got beaten down by his BFs.<br /><br />Game 2: Again, I kept drawing monsters. and when I managed to draw something useful (Summon Priest), he had Icarus attack to counter it. And I died to Vayu and Sirocco.<br /><br />After-game Thoughts: Should I go back to the dark side?? Hmmmm....<br /><br />Round 3: Me(Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Wei Xiang (Lightlords) OO<br />Game 1: He scooped after I applied pressure on him with dimension fissure and kycoo. After the duel, he revealed that he had drew all 3 Wulfs in his opening hand... How godly is that.<br /><br />Game 2: I won after managing to deck him out. Somehow, he managed to pull out Judgment Dragon and attack, and after that, he had 9 cards left in his deck. During his end phase, he milled 4 cards and special summoned a Wulf. During my turn, I drew a Waboku, and set it with my in hand X-Saber Airbellum. During his turn, he drew and attacked with both his monsters, and I activated waboku, and then he had to end, thus milling his final 4 cards and decked out.<br /><br />After-game thoughts: It was a really nerve-wrecking duel, as I had no confidence of winning Lightlords.<br /><br />Round 4: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Jun Yong (Burn) OO<br />Game 1: I managed to win through pure beatdown. BUt our lifepoints were very low as he managed to burn me using cards like secret barrel, Des Koala and Just Deserts.<br /><br />Game 2: I won this duel after bringing out Heraklinos and negated most of his spells and traps, and when he tried to activate Royal Oppression to negate my Gladiator's effects, I chained fairy winds.<br /><br />After-game thoughts: Burn is ........<br /><br />I got into top 8!!! Finally I topped after a loooooong time.<br /><br />Top 8: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Darren (Zombie Snchro) OO<br />Game 1: I won by using my Gladiators to beat him down. I also used Retiati to remove all of his zombies from his grave, maing him unable to use his Book of Life and Zombie Masters.<br /><br />Game 2: I almost lost this game, as he managed to top-deck Book of Life after Book of Life to revive his Revived King Ha Des to apply beatdown on my creatures. But I managed to draw a god card..... SUMMON PRIEST!!!! I used it to bring out a Rescue Cat and used it to bring out a Samnite and a Test Tiger, in turn bringing out a Darius with Test Tiger's effect, to pull back Bestiari and contact fuse for Gyzarus, which won me the game, after he failed to draw anything.<br /><br />Top 4: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Melvin (Unknown.Dek) XX<br />Game 1: Lost to Prime Material Dragon. Nuff said.<br /><br />Game 2: Lost to Prime Material Dragon again. -_-<br /><br />3rd and 4th Playoff: Me (Dimension Cat Gladiators) VS Jinhao (Lightlord)<br />Game 1 & 2: Lightlords are strong. Nuff said.<br /><br />In the end, I got 4th place and got a Junk Archer as a prize. Overall, I feel tha tour team did quite well in this tournament, as 3 out of the 4 seats in the top 4 were occupied by Team Mythos members. Hope that I can continue this streak in the coming weeksFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-3316117544789668782009-11-27T18:45:00.000-08:002009-11-27T19:16:55.898-08:00Deck 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, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rescue Gladiators</span> and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Standard Gladiators</span>.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Rescue Gladiators</span><br /><br />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. <br /><br />Here is a sample decklist for this deck-type in the current format:<br /><br />Monster:<br />2x Gladiator Beast Laquari<br />2x Gladiator Beast Darius<br />2x Gladiator Beast Samnite<br />2x Gladiator Beast Equeste<br />1x Gladiator Beast Secutor<br />1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo<br />1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus<br />1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii<br />3x Test Tiger<br />1x Summon Priest<br />1x Rescue Cat<br />1x Sangan<br />1x Cyber Dragon<br /> <br /><br />Spells:<br />3x Gladiator Proving Ground<br />1x Heavy Storm<br />1x Mystical Space Typhoon<br />2x Fissure<br />1x Smashing Ground<br />1x Giant Trunade<br />2x Shrink<br />2x Book of Moon<br /><br />Traps:<br />2x Waboku<br />2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot<br />2x Bottomless Trap Hole<br />1x Mirror Force<br />1x Torrential Tribute<br />1x Solemn Judgment<br /><br /><br /> Total: 40<br /><br /><br />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.<br /><br />Monsters:<br />3x Gladiator Beast Laquari<br />2x Gladiator Beast Equeste<br />1x Gladiator Beast Darius<br />1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo<br />1x Gladiator Beast Secutor<br />1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus<br />1x Gladiator Beast Samnite<br />1x Gladiator Beast Dimacarii<br />1x Gladiator Beast Bestiarii<br />3x Test Tiger<br />1x Test Ape<br />1x Sangan<br />1x Elemental Hero Prisma<br /><br />Spells:<br />3x Book of Moon<br />3x Shrink<br />2x Enemy Controller<br />1x Heavy Storm<br />1x Mystical Space Typhoon<br />3x Gladiator Proving Ground<br /><br />Traps:<br />2x Bottomless Trap Hole<br />2x Waboku<br />2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot<br />1x Mirror Force<br />1x Torrential Tribute<br />1x Solemn Judgment<br /><br /><br />That's all for now people.... Be sure to look out for my next installment of deck reviews. See youFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-21847906041969054522009-11-20T05:01:00.000-08:002009-11-20T06:43:29.079-08:00Deck 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!!!<br /><br />There are basically 3 styles of playing gladiator beasts, DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS, RESCUE GLADIATORS and STANDARD GLADIATORS. Dimension gladiators involve the use of <span style="font-weight:bold;">Dimension Fissure</span> to remove all monsters from your opponents graveyards. Rescue Gladiators utilize <span style="font-weight:bold;">Rescue Cat</span> 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 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Shrink</span>, <span style="font-weight:bold;">Book of Moon</span>, and <span style="font-weight:bold;">Enemy Controller</span> to maintain control over his/her opponent.<br /><br />1. DIFFERENT DIMENSION GLADIATORS<br />The usual monster set-up for this type of play style is as follows:<br />2x Gladiator Beast Laquari<br />2x Gladiator Beast Equest<br />1x Gladiator Beast Darius<br />1x Gladiator Beast Retiari<br />1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus<br />1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo<br />2x Thunder King Raiou<br />1x Cyber Dragon<br /><br />They usually use about 13+ monsters as the low monster count enable them to use more spells and traps to protect their monsters.<br /><br />The spell lineup would include:<br />3x Dimension Fissure<br />2x Shrink<br />2x Book of Moon<br />2x Gladiator Proving Ground<br />1x My Body as a Shield<br /><br />Shrinks and book of moons are in to protect the monsters, as well as to disrupt the momentum of the opponent.<br /><br />Finally most people would use around 13-16 or even more traps. The lineup is as follows:<br />3x Gladiator Beast War Chariot<br />1x Solemn Judgment<br />2x Dark Bribe<br />1x Mirror Force<br />1x Torrential Tribute<br />1x Dimensional Imprisonment<br />2x Bottomless Traphole<br /><br />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.<br /><br />For the next 2 decktypes, plz stay tuned for the next parts... Cause I'm too tired from today...Fireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-477486364930728263.post-58133469849524190142009-11-19T04:33:00.000-08:002009-11-19T04:40:14.292-08:00Pulls from ABPFI opened a box of absolute powerforce boosters during the asia tournament, and my pulls were considerably poor. Here is what I got:<br /><br />Ultimate Rare - Moon Dragon Quila<br />Ultra Rare - XX-Saber Hyunlay<br /> Saviour Demon Dragon<br />Super Rare - Priest of the Sun<br /> Demon's Chain<br /> Reptilliane Vasuki<br />Normal Rare - Claymore Dud (Lucky not Pot of Selflessness)<br /><br />AND...... I PULLED 5 BATTLE FADERS!!!! WTFBBQ!!!<br /><br /><br />Anyway, I can't wait for info on Shining Darkness to be releasedFireownershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17093169846038146893noreply@blogger.com0