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


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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.

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And as for a personal update, like I said a couple post ago, I'm heading to Florida - I leave Sunday at 5AM! This is my first time leaving the Maritimes, so I'm very excited. And as such, I'm taking a partial leave of absence. And I mean a COMPLETE 2 week leave of absence. Its very likely that I wont be hearing much of the YGO world over the next few weeks, so I'm hoping Grapha doesnt break the game while I'm gone. He seems intent on doing so, and  he seems pretty hardcore. If you have read Konami's Strategy Site this past week, you'll know what I'm talking about. He sounds like he is DONE fucking around. 

Anywho, when I come back, the sneak is the same day, so I'm HOPING I can make it. If not, I'm not worried, cause my team is buying a box or 2. 

So for what its worth, when I come back, Im going full force YGO mode. gotta get my fix somehow. lol.