Saturday 22 October 2011

Evols; Side Deck Options; Going Away.

So, after quite a few hours of studying whats been announced, as well as the OCG's version of Photon Shockwave, I have come to the conclusion that Evols are good. They remind me a little of Sabers/Samurais. They can toolbox quite nicely, and are pretty solid in every aspect. Plus I find that the have much easier access to Laggia/Dolkka then Rabbit.dek does. My only complaint thus far is lack of tuners. This deck is much more XYZ based anyways, so its not a huge complaint, but I feel they could have made one of the Evotiles into a tuner. I find it to be a decently competitive deck, however, I have yet to face DWs with it. The fact that the archetype has its own GK Spy, makes me scared of DW Lightning a little.

Either way, here is the decklist - Critique away.


Monsters:

3 Evolsaur Cerato
2 Evolsaur Diplodocus
3 Evolsaur Ulcanadon
2 Evoltile Odochelys
3 Evoltile Westlo
1 Gorz
1 Blackwing - Gale
1 Sangan
2 Thunder King Rai-oh
2 Tragodia
1 BLS
2 Effect Veiler

Spells:

2 Fossil Dig
3 Pot of Duality
2 Forbidden Lance
1 Monster Reborn
1 Dark Hole
1 Heavy Storm
1 MST

Traps:

1 Solemn Warning
1 Solemn Judgment
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Call of the Haunted
1 Offering to the Snake Deity




Okay, So with Gates of the Underworld officially legal, I have been pondering on what to do with my side deck. The vast majority of my locals play all of the same deck on a weekly basis. Very little variety. And TBH, only a few of them are good. The other scrubs show up to essentially GIVE us a bigger prize pool.

5 Agents, 2 Big Gay Dragons, 1 Frognarch, 1 Tengu.dek. Thats usually the just of it. Now that DW are out, and only 2 people at my locals have access to Tour Guides, I expect only 1 or 2 COMPETITIVE DW decks.  So for my local scene, I need to side accordingly. I'm considering running 2 Gemini Imps, and a dark imprisoning mirror for DW hate, and the usual Leechings and Crows for Agents. I'm having trouble finding a common ground between the two. I don't want to devote my entire side deck to these decks, because like I said, the other players that are piloting dragons/frogs/tengu.dek, do it extremely well. I need to find something that I can use to combat all of these decks, OTHER then DD Crow ( I plan on siding 2, MAYBE 3 this format). I'm open to any suggestions anybody has. Keep in mind that I run Agents as well.







Friday 14 October 2011

Week Update- Dark World Structure Deck, Light Pulsar Dragon

So small update today, cause I have been out of the YGO loop for the past week or so, as I was unable to attend my locals on Monday (Thanksgiving out of town - at least the food was good.), but I will however be going this Monday, which is the Last one I'll be able to attend for 2 weeks, as I leave for Florida in 7 Days from now.

Any-who, the spoiler list for the Dark World structure deck was revealed this past week, and I gotta say, WOW. I did not expect them to keep Trag in there. I'm happy they did however, as it gives our team access to a wide variety to options on decks to run, considering we have 1(ONE) Tragodia on the team. And we only got that recently. My locals is full of scrubs, and only 4 other people there are deep in the competitive scene. Making certain cards hard as shit to get - unless we pack them ourselves.

Also related to the DW structure deck - what was Konami thinking? I thought the Problem-Solving-Word-Text was supposed to solve problems? I ACTUALLY needed to re-read most of the Dark World cards to fully understand them. Seems like it causes more problems then anything, if a well-rounded player such as myself has trouble understanding. I feel bad for the rich-scrubs-who-don't-actually-know-how-to-play-but-think-that-they-do. I understand them now myself, however, NO card should take that much effort to fully understand.

ALSO(!1!111!!), Latinum was revealed this week, and gotta say, hes bad. Which is good.
Well, hes not terribad, but he isnt great. Lvl 6 with a Goldd/Silvva SS ability. Could be useful in Fabled Variants that run Fabled Raven.

The last thing the TCG needs is another broken ass Dark World.

And  despite what some people I have talked to, including my teammates, I refuse to change my mind about Dark Smog. It is a DW-Staple. It gives you a discard outlet when you dont have one, and keeps the flow of the deck running.


Also in this weeks news, Light Pulsar Dragon was announced as one of the Ultras in Dragonic Legion in the OCG. I wouldn't say that this card is EXTREMELY overpowered, but it gives Big Gay Dragons (Hopeless Dragon - locals insider.), a new toy to play with.


You can banish 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon this card from your hand. You can send 1 LIGHT and 1 DARK monster from your hand to your Graveyard; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can target 1 Level 5 or higher DARK Dragon-Type monster from your Graveyard; Special Summon that target.


This card alone is really good. It can SS REDMD when it leaves the field (Can't miss timing either), which in turn, can SS this guy right back. Another loop I see with this guy is with LADD. Always have field presence because they can SS each other when they leave the field. Seems pretty busted, but definitely not as much so as Grapha. I would put this guy on par with Hyperion. Keep in mind, this guys IS NOT the cover card/boss monster for the deck.. so.. here's hoping for something on par with this.

EDIT:: POJO broke this thing. New OTK formula: Cannon Soldier, REDMD in grave, and this.

Friday 7 October 2011

Collecter's Tins Wave 2; WTF Konami

                                                                               Gimme dat Pachy.


So they announced the final 2 tin cards, XX-Saber Darksoul, which Jeff Jones told us about well in advance, so kudos to that, and Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo, which is making Jeff eat his words (he thought it was Glow-up Bulb). Either way, we get Pachy, which DESPERATELY needed a reprint. Much-more so then Bulb. Overall, I think the wave 2 tins are just as good as the wave 1 tins, which were ridiculously awesome. I think after all the announcements, I myself will get just 2 GEPD tins. There isn't really anything I really need in the Number 10 tin, although Ehren is a nice promo. I will most likely rely on my team for those particular tins.




Once per turn: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's Graveyard;
                                                                    discard 1 Fiend-Type monster and banish that target. Effect Unconfirmed.















Wednesday 5 October 2011

The Death of Death Aspect

As you may or may not know, Micheal









Sunday 2 October 2011

Diva Plants

As promised, our first actual post, my Diva-Plant build I have going on at the moment. I have been switching back and forth between this and agents.



The deck certainly hurts by having no tour guides (lolbudgetplayers), however, I see diva as just as much of a toolbox.

-Wry9

Saturday 1 October 2011

YGOFactor has arrived.

Hi, my name is Wry9.
Essentially, our team of 4 decided that we have grown enough as a group, and as competitive YGO players, that we're going to start making YouTube videos, and a blog to share our thoughts on whats going on in the YGO world. While I will (most likely) be the person heading this blog, you may see appearances by the other 3.

Some of the things you will find on my blog are : Card previews, Locals reports, and any YouTube videos we decide to put up.

I have been following many of the well known blogs on here for quite some time, like