Deck Review: Junkyard Assault MK 3

Right after a long delay, its time for update! This is a new and improved [Junkyard Assault] that I made last time. So below is the decklist for the new and improved deck =O. However this time, it uses one of Fudo Yusei's Tuner monster called [Quick Synchron]! So let it roll!

Deck Name: Junkyard Assault MK 3

Deck Size: 40

Monsters: 22

3x Junk Synchron
3x Quick Synchron
1x Debris Dragon
1x Zombie Carrier
1x Jutte Knight
1x Tuning Supporter
1x Level Stealer
1x Dandelion
3x Bolt Hedgehog
2x Tradgoedia
1x Envoy of Hades - Gorz
1x Lightlord Hunter - Raikou
1x Lightlord Summoner - Lumina
1x Lightlord Monk - Eileen
1x Lightlord Magician - Laila

Magic: 12

3x Charge of the Light Brigade
2x Solar Exchange
2x Pot Of Avarice
1x Reinforcement of the Army
1x Golden Sacrophagus
1x One For One
1x Giant Trunade
1x Cold Wave

Traps: 6

3x Raigeki Break
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Limit Reverse
1x Call Of The Haunted

This deck is quite simple to play with actually, if you have [Charge of the Light Brigade] on this first turn, use it to search for [Lightlord Hunter - Raikou] to either send it to the graveyard or do anything with it to send it to the grave. Why? Its because it is a good target for either [Junk Synchron] or [Debris Dragon].

Although this deck only has 2 level one targets to be special summoned by [One For One], there is usually [Pot of Avarice] to shuffle back monsters like [Tuning Supporter] or [Level Stealer](usually you would just want to shuffle back [Tuning Supporter]!) in order to use [One For One]!

Neuxcharge said that my [Jutte Knight] is really standing out in the whole deck! LOL! But the main reason for this tuner to be inside the deck is for it to be searched by

- Reinforcement of the Army
- or special summoned by [Road Warrior]

Simple as that!

And I learnt that [Tradgoedia] is skill! Having it to use its effect to change its level to 2 is simply amazing! Why? Its because of [Junk Warrior] that will increase its attack by all the level 2 monsters on the controller's side of the field. So how about having a high powered attack [Tradgoedia] (provided if you have the hand size) to power up your [Junk Warrior] for you!

Furthermore, this deck is highly grave-dependent in order to begin the process of self touching!(Baha's very phase and move). If your graveyard already has [Bolt Hedgehog] and [Tuning Supporter], and by luck you also did drew a [Pot Of Avarice] into your hand. Most of the time you would be self touching til you have at least 3 synchro monsters onto your side of the field!

But if you versus last boss decks such as [Dimension] decks. I think its pretty much a scooping game! However, if you could last long with all the [Raigeki Break] coming into your hand and allowing you to use them. You might just pull through!

In the previous tournament that got me 5th place in using this deck. I learnt one lesson!

ALWAYS HAVE [GIGANTECH FIGHTER] IN YOUR EXTRA DECK!

Ok thats it for today's update =D

Updates delayed due to... GENTING!

Right guys, I'll be heading to Genting for a 3 days vacation! Updates should be on by Friday =).

Tournament at Khatib on 6/12/09

Right guys, another update since like almost 7 days ago. Today's update will be on the Khatib's weekly tourney that I've manage to attend because I had off on the day =D. I didn't win any prizes but ok, at least I got into 5th place after not attending any weekly tournaments for such a long time! So below are my matchups.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Khatib Weekly Tournament on 6/12/09
Deck Used: Dimension Gladial Beasts
Format: 3 round Swiss and then Elimination

First Match Vs Bahamut84(Junk Blade Deck)
OO- = Win

I was pretty lucky when Baha didn't had the right cards to do a FTK when he started first, which allowed me to set up my field to try to prevent the FTK from working. So yes! It was plainly luck! Which resulted in extreme hatred from him for the whole day at Khatib T_T.

Second Match Vs Clarence (Secret Deck, Not sure whether he wans it to be revealed or not lol)
OO- = Win

Okay I'm quite luck in that sense too, Clarence told he that he made a wrong move or not I would have dieded pretty badly =O. It all thanks to him letting my field set up for one turn. So ya, I pretty much won the above 2 self touching decks by good luck! =X

Third Match Vs No One
- - -

Since I've already won 2 matches in a row, I do not need to play the third match lol!


Fourth Match Vs Bye
- - -

Luck was with me! Those with 2 wins would need to pick a random card, if the card picked is a magic, he or she will proceed to the next round immediately, so ya. I picked the magic card =D


Fifth Match VS Joseph (Zombie Synchro)
XX- = Lose

Looks like the luck had all been used up! Died cause when I needed monsters, no one came to my rescue, when I needed magic and traps, nothing came! So yes, luck fully used up! By the way my deck only had 10 monsters! Could be the reason due to them not coming to rescue me lol!


So total Results = 2 win 1 lose = 5th place but still... SCRUBBED! More practice!


Alright, will update again in a few days time =D Till then again! Hohoho!

By the way guys, don't forget about the team tournament held next week, information is up at the new section on the right hand side of the blog. For more information, click on the link there =)

Deck Review: The Shining Zero

Alright as promised on what I had written on my tagboard, today will be an update for the weekend! Today's content will be on a new deck that I've just tested it out today. It isn't as fast as a normal fusion Summoning deck that Bahamut84 from duelingdays built. So it would actually need more improvement to try to be more competitive next time( thats why it is called "MK I")
Without further a due, below is the decklist for [The Shining Zero]



Deck Name: The Shining Zero MK I

Deck size: 40

Monsters: 13

1x E-HERO Airman
1x E-HERO Prisma
1x E-HERO Ocean
3x E-HERO Another Neos
1x E-HERO Voltech
1x E-HERO Sparkman
2x Swamp King
3x Honest

Magic: 15

3x E - Emergency Call
2x O - Oversoul
1x Reinforcement Of The Army
1x Polymerization
3x Miracle Fusion
1x Heavy Storm
1x Future Fusion
3x Dual Spark

Traps: 12

1x Holy Barrier - Mirror Force
3x Hero Blast
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
2x Trap Stun
2x Dark Bribe
1x Solemn Judgement
1x Cry of the Living Dead

In conjunction to the decklist, here is a explanation of [E-HERO The Shining]'s effect for people that do not know.



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[Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯ Ｔｈｅ シャイニング]
[E-HERO The Shining]
Attribute: Light, Type: Warrior
Effect Monster, Fusion, Level 8
ATK 2600/Def 2100
1 [Elemental Hero] Monster + 1 Light Attribute Monster
This card cannot be Special Summoned except by a Fusion Summon. This card gains 300 attack points X the number of [Elemental Hero] monsters in your out of game pile. When this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, select up to 2 [Elemental Hero] monsters in your out of game pile and add it to your hand.


Right how this deck works is pretty simple!

Step 1: Summon [E-HERO Prisma] and throw either [E-HERO Sparkman] or [E-HERO Ocean]

Step 2: Activate [Miracle Fusion] and fusion summon either [E-HERO The Shining] or [E-HERO Absolute Zero] depending on which material did you send to the graveyard.

Step 3: Smack your opponent!

However the above doesn't really work against a [Eatos Beat] deck that uses cards like [Dimension Fissure] and [Macro Cosmos]. As those cards will kill your grave and make you be unable to use [Miracle Fusion] to fusion summon. [Royal Impregnable Fortress] also does the same thing too. So watch out for them!

Another card that is totally skill for this deck is [Super Fusion]! As it uses your opponent's monsters as well to fusion summon for your own fusion monster! Greatly competitive against decks like [Lightlords] that has a ton of Light Attribute monsters for you to steal to fusion summon out your [E-HERO The Shining]. Stealing any of your opponent's Earth or Water Attribute monsters will also result in a fusion summon of [E-HERO Gaia] or [E-HERO Absolute Zero]. Best of all is, after [Super Fusion] is activated, no other cards can be chained in response to this card. So nothing will be able to negate this card's activation(unless its an on-going effect and does not require activation) and [Royal Oppression] will not be able to negate this card either.

In any case, more improvement will be done once I have received my [E-HERO The Flash]!
More next time! Cya guys!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Championships 2010 Singapore Qualifiers on November 15 2009

Ok I scrubbed too with Bahamut84 from duelingdays on this day! I was playing a [Lightlord] deck by the way lol. Fought with 2 [Lightlord] decks, 1 [Twilight] deck and 1 [Graveyard Vayu] deck. Oh my god wtf bbq?

So here are my results summary for the day.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Championships 2010 Singapore Qualifiers 15/11/09
Deck Used : Lightlord
Format: 5? 4? round Swiss

First Match VS unknown ("Pure" Lightlord)
OO- = Win

Won in the first round due to rushing him with [Lightlord Beast - Wulf] and the usual method of having [Judgement Dragon] blasting the field and winning it for me. Second round was due to me having a [Judgement Dragon] in the first turn hitting him for 3k lifepoints! He [Brain Control]ed it and hit me back in the face! Before releasing it for his own [Lightlord Angel - Cherubim]. I then [Monster Reincarnation] my [Judgement Dragon] and did the same winning trick lol!

Second Match VS "Sorry I forgot your name! >.<" (Lightlord)
XOX = Lose

Lost in the first round due to decking out! Second round I Won due to rushing him dead on. And in the 3rd round... Overwhelmed by [Judgement Dragon]!

Third Match VS Sebastian (Twilight)
OXO = Win

Won in the first round due to the same old [Lightlord] tactics, however that took alot of brain cells from me! Sebastian is really a very very very strong player that will take away your braincells! And the most funny thing was, we were always checking both players' graveyard lol!
When the first round ended, we only had around 15 mins if I am not wrong. Sebastian got his win at the his 4th turn due to his [Lightlord Magician - Laila] ramming onto my [Lightlord Beast - Wulf] and spamming 2 copies of [Honest] for the win! On the last round where it was sudden death. We only had 4 turns, and at the end of the 4th turn. Whose life was the highest would win. So here goes. I started out first and had 3 copies of [Lightlord Summoner - Lumina] and 1 [Lightlord Warrior - Garoth] on my field. I started to keep overturning my deck till I'm left with 13 cards in my deck and resulting in one [Lightlord Beast - Wulf] special Summoning to my field with 3 [Necro Gardna] in my grave. When it was Sebas' turn, he summoned his [Lightlord Summoner - Lumina] and overturned one copy of [Necro Gardna] to the graveyard. Then it was back to my turn, I released my [Lightlord Warrior - Garoth] and summoned out [Lightlord Angel - Cherubim] to destroy his [Lightlord Summoner - Lumina] to aim for a direct attack to his lifepoints! He blocked my [Lightlord Angel - Cherubim]'s attack and took the attack from my [Lightlord Summoner - Lumina]! Which results in a difference of 1000 in our lifepoints and for him to summon out his [Envoy of Hades - Gorz] By the end of my turn, I had just nice 0 cards in my deck and it was his turn. Sebas couldn't find a way to bash into my lifepoints with the 3 copies of [Necro Gardna] in my grave so ya, I won him by sudden death for the last round. It was the greatest match of the year Sebas! Nice One!

"Last" Match VS Sam (Graveyard Vayu)
OXX = Lose

Got owned totally by Gay Sam!!!!! Enough said =/



So total results = 2 win 2 lose = Scrubbed!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes I hope I can do better next time! And wow! Finally an update after 2 months! LOL!

Yu-Gi-Oh! Tournament on 13th Sept @ Khatib

Ok guys, I'm mugging badly for my exams so there won't be any updates for this week until my exams are all over! (its only 2 more days LOL). So meanwhile, a friend of mine named "Plant" is hosting a tournament this coming Sunday, 13th September 2009 at Khatib's Nee Soon South CC. So please do support him if you guys have the time =D. The details are as below.

~~~Yugioh Tournament @ Khatib~~~

Date: 13 Sep 09 (Sunday)
Register time: 1.00
Start time: 2.30
Venue: Nee Soon South Community Center
Registration fee: $5
Format: Swiss and Single elimination to decide for 1st, 2nd and 3rd


~~Rules~~
Main deck: 40-60 cards
Side deck: up to 15 cards
Extra deck: up to 15 cards
Prize will be chosen by 1st, 2nd and 3rd from the prize pool
So the 1st will get to chose, then the 2nd and the 3rd later
Prize may increase depending on the number of people
A lucky draw prize will be given at the end of the tournament

~~PRIZE POOL~~
BF-Vayu x1
Arms aid x1
BF-Armswing x1
Lightlord Lyla x1
BF-Armorwing x1
Arcanite magician x1
BF-Lone silverwind x1
Goyou guardian 3D x1
Stardust dragon ultra x1

~~Additional Info~~-

September 2009 banlist format
-No TCG exclusive
-Card of all language are allowed
-No changing of decklist until tornament is over
-No fake cards allowed
-Judges decision is final

For any enquires, you can send me an SMS @ 91175106(Do not CALL) or post a reply here at the chatbox of Duel Society.

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The details are just right there, so if you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask here =) See you all there this coming Sunday!

Full List Of The Banlist (September 2009 - March 2010)

Right today is the 1st of September! So for those that still do not know what are the changes to the banlist, here below is to help you figure it out again! Just that as always, the full version! So take a few minutes to figure out what are the changes being made for the coming 6 months.

Legend - * is newly added cards

Forbidden/Banned Cards 「禁止カード」:
The following cards cannot be placed into a deck:

Victory Dragon 「ヴィクトリー・ドラゴン」
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End 「混沌帝龍　－終焉の使者－」
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning 「カオス・ソルジャー　－開闢の使者－」
Sinister Serpent 「キラー・スネーク」
Witch of the Black Forest 「黒き森のウィッチ」
Dark Magician of Chaos 「混沌の黒魔術師」
Thousand-Eyes Restrict 「サウザンド・アイズ・サクリファイス」
Cyber Jar 「サイバーポッド」
Makyura the Destructor 「処刑人－マキュラ」
Tsukuyomi 「月読命」
Destiny Hero - Disk Commander 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯディスクガイ」
Cyber-Stein 「デビルフランケン」
Tribe-Infecting Virus 「同族感染ウィルス」
Fiber Jar 「ファイバーポッド」
Magical Scientist 「魔導サイエンティスト」
Yata-Garasu 「八汰烏」
Magician of Faith 「聖なる魔術師」
Dark Dive Bomber 「ダーク・ダイブ・ボンバー」*
Mirage of Nightmare 「悪夢の蜃気楼」
Delinquent Duo 「いたずら好きな双子悪魔」
Temple of the Kings 「王家の神殿」
Painful Choice 「苦渋の選択」
The Forceful Sentry 「強引な番兵」
Pot of Greed 「強欲な壺」
Change of Heart 「心変わり」
Raigeki 「サンダー・ボルト」
Monster Reborn 「死者蘇生」*
Dimension Fusion 「次元融合」
Butterfly Dagger - Elma 「蝶の短剣－エルマ」
Graceful Charity 「天使の施し」
Harpie's Feather Duster 「ハーピィの羽根帚」
Premature Burial 「早すぎた埋葬」
Dark Hole 「ブラック・ホール」
Last Will 「遺言状」
Confiscation 「押収」
Snatch Steal 「強奪」
Metamorphosis 「突然変異」
Card of Safe Return 「生還の宝札」*
Imperial Order 「王宮の勅命」
Exchange of the Spirit 「現世と冥界の逆転」
Sixth Sense 「第六感」
Time Seal 「刻の封印」
Last Turn 「ラストバトル！」
Ring of Destruction 「破壊輪」
Crush Card Virus 「死のデッキ破壊ウイルス」*

Restricted Cards 「制限カード」:
Only 1 copy of the following cards can be placed into a deck:

Demise, King of Armageddon 「終焉の王デミス」*
Elemental Hero Stratos 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯエアーマン」
Black Feather - Gale of the Hurricane 「BF-疾風のゲイル」*
Mental Master 「メンタルマスター」*
Card Gunner 「カードガンナー」
Gladial Beast Bestarori 「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」
Sangan 「クリッター」
Goyou Guardian 「ゴヨウ・ガーディアン」
Black Rose Dragon 「ブラック・ローズ・ドラゴン」*
Cyber Dragon 「サイバー・ドラゴン」
Snipe Hunter 「スナイプ・ストーカー」
Zombie Carrier 「ゾンビキャリア」
Dark Armed Dragon 「ダーク・アームド・ドラゴン」
Spirit Reaper 「魂を削る死霊」
Dandelion 「ダンディライオン」
Night Assailant 「深淵の暗殺者」
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole 「Ｎ･グランモール」
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の龍 ブリューナク」
Exodia the Forbidden One 「封印されしエクゾディア」
Right Leg of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の右足」
Right Arm of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の右腕」
Left Leg of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の左足」
Left Arm of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の左腕」
Marshmallon 「マシュマロン」
Envoy of Hades - Gors 「冥府の使者ゴーズ」
Morphing Jar 「メタモルポット」
Treeborn Frog 「黄泉ガエル」
Summon Priest 「召喚僧サモンプリースト」*
Rescue Cat 「レスキューキャット」*
Heavy Storm 「大嵐」
Overload Fusion 「オーバーロード・フュージョン」
Megamorph 「巨大化」
Urgent Teleport 「緊急テレポート」
Advanced Ritual Art 「高等儀式術」
Mystical Space Typhoon 「サイクロン」
Smashing Ground 「地砕き」
Cold Wave 「大寒波」*
Scapegoat 「スケープ・ゴート」
Brain Control 「洗脳－ブレイン・コントロール－」
Mind Control 「精神操作」*
Reinforcement of the Army 「増援」
United We Stand 「団結の力」
Card Destruction 「手札抹殺」
Giant Trunade 「ハリケーン」
Swords of Revealing Light 「光の護封剣」
Future Fusion 「未来融合－フューチャー・フュージョン」
Reasoning 「名推理」
Monster Gate 「モンスターゲート」
One for One 「ワン・フォー・ワン」*
Limiter Removal 「リミッター解除」
Level Limit - Area B 「レベル制限Ｂ地区」
Call of the Haunted 「リビングデッドの呼び声」*
Return from the Different Dimension 「異次元からの帰還」
Solemn Judgment 「神の宣告」*
Ojama Trio 「おジャマトリオ」
Gravity Bind 「グラヴィティ・バインド－超重力の網－」
Torrential Tribute 「激流葬」
Mirror Force 「聖なるバリア －ミラーフォース－」
Ultimate Offering 「血の代償」
Ceasefire 「停戦協定」
Trap Dustshoot 「ダスト・シュート」
The Transmigration Prophecy 「転生の予言」
Wall of Revealing Light 「光の護封壁」
Magic Cylinder 「魔法の筒」

Semi-Restricted Cards 「準制限カード」:
Only 2 copies of the following cards can be placed into a deck:

Chaos Sorcerer 「カオス・ソーサラー」*
Goblin Zombie 「ゴブリンゾンビ」
Mezuki 「馬頭鬼」*
Judgement Dragoon 「裁きの龍」
D-HERO Diabolicguy 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ ディアボリックガイ」
Dulauren, Tiger King of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の虎王ドゥローレン」*
Necroface 「ネクロフェイス」
Lonefire Blossom 「ローンファイア・ブロッサム」*
Mask of Darkness 「闇の仮面」
Foolish Burial 「おろかな埋葬」
Chain Strike 「連鎖爆撃」
Gold Sarcophagus 「封印の黄金櫃」
Magical Stone Excavation 「魔法石の採掘」
Allure of Darkness 「闇の誘惑」
Ultimate Offering 「血の代償」
Mind Crush 「マインドクラッシュ」
Bottomless Trap Hole 「奈落の落とし穴」*

Released from the Banlist/No longer restricted 「準制限」:
3 copies per deck allowed:

D. D. Warrior Lady 「異次元の女戦士」*
Breaker the Magical Warrior 「魔導戦士　ブレイカー」*
Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest 「森の番人グリーン・バブーン」*
Raiza the Storm Monarch 「風帝ライザー」*
Destiny Draw 「デステニー・ドロー」*
Fissure 「地割れ」*

Rulings: E-HERO Prisma

Its a miracle! I've posted again in such a short time! Well had been playing for the past 2 days trying to refresh my skills on the game. So at that same time, the rulings for [E-HERO Prisma] was questioned. Since I've been playing on the rulings that it was not a cost, which is actually following TCG rulings. I found out that the OCG rulings was that [E-HERO Prisma] effect is a cost. This is going to be so fun! =X Anyway below are some rulings belonging to [E-HERO Prisma]

1st Question

Question: 「E・HERO プリズマー」は、融合モンスターを相手プレイヤーに見せて、そのカードに記載されている融合素材モンスターを墓地に送る行動が、効果を発動するためのコストになりますが.

Translation: Is the effect of [E-HERO Prisma] a cost to reveal a Fusion Monster and select a Fusion Material Monster stated on the card to be sent from the deck to the grave?

Answer: 「E・HERO プリズマー」の効果を発動するためのコストとして、デッキから墓地へ送る事ができるモンスターカードは、融合モンスターカードに融合素材モンスターとしてカード名が記載されているモンスターカードのみになります。

Translation: It is a cost to send a Fusion Material Monster card from your deck to the graveyard. stated on the Fusion Monster card in order to activate [E-HERO Prisma]'s effect.

2nd Question

Question: 「E・HERO プリズマー」の発動コストとして、「F・G・D」等のような、記載されている融合素材モンスターとしてカード名が記載されていない融合モンスターを相手に見せて、「F・G・D」に記載されているドラゴン族モンスターをデッキから墓地へ送る事はできますか？

Translation: To activate [E-HERO Prisma]'s effect, if [Five God Dragon]'s Fusion Material Monsters with no specific name is being selected. Can I send a Dragon Type monster from my deck to the graveyard?

Answer: 「E・HERO プリズマー」の発動コストとして、融合素材モンスターとしてカード名が記載されていない「F・G・D」を選ぶ事ができず、ドラゴン族モンスターを墓地に送る事もできません。

Translation: To activate [E-HERO Prisma]'s effect, a monster such as [Five God Dragon] cannot be selected because it does not have a Fusion Material Monster with a specific name, thus you are unable to send a Dragon Type monster from your deck to the graveyard.

3rd Question

Question: 「禁止令」の発動時に、「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」と宣言されている場合、フィールド上に存在する「E・HERO プリズマー」や「ファントム・オブ・カオス」の効果によって、「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」のカード名を得る事はできますか？

Translation: When [Prohibition] is declared on [Gladiator Beast Bestiari], can [E-HERO Prisma] and [Phantom Of Chaos] activate their effect and gain [Gladiator Beast Bestiari]'s name?

Answer: 「禁止令」を発動する前から、「E・HERO プリズマー」等が、既にフィールド上に存在する場合、「禁止令」の発動時に「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」が宣言されている場合でも、そのカード名を得る事ができます。また、「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」のカード名を得た場合でも、「E・HERO プリズマー」にて攻撃宣言を行ったり、表示形式を変更する事ができます。

Translation: Before [Prohibition] was activated and [E-HERO Prisma] was on the field already. When [Prohibition] is activated and declared on [Gladiator Beast Bestiari]. [E-HERO Prisma] name can be changed to [Gladiator Beast Bestiari]. If [E-HERO Prisma] did not change its name to [Gladiator Beast Bestiari] , it can declare an attack and change its battle position.

4th Question

Question: 「禁止令」の効果が適用されている時に、「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」のカード名を得た「E・HERO プリズマー」等は、攻撃宣言や表示形式の変更等のカードのプレイを行う事ができますか？

Translation: After [Prohibition] is activated. Can [E-HERO Prisma], whose name has been changed to [Gladiator Beast Bestiari]. Declare an attack and change its battle position?

Answer: 「禁止令」の効果が適用された後に、召喚・反転召喚・特殊召喚された「E・HERO プリズマー」の効果によって、「禁止令」の発動時に宣言された「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」のカード名を得る事ができます。しかしながら、カード名を得る事によって、「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」と同名扱いの「E・HERO プリズマー」をプレイする事ができなくなる為、攻撃宣言や表示形式の変更を行う事ができなくなります。

Translation: After [Prohibition] is activated and [E-HERO Prisma] is being summoned. If [E-HERO Prisma] has its name changed to the declared [Gladiator Beast Bestiari], it is unable to declare an attack or change its battle position.

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Right! The above are the rulings for [E-HERO Prisma]. Sorry I've just only learnt my Japanese for 2 weeks! So my translations may be wrong! Do correct me if it is wrong. Thanks alot! Well heading back to school tomorrow. May I have the time to update again then! Ja Na!

Thoughts on Banlist (09/2009)

Ok we are abit late in posting reviews about the new banlist! But here is the update that I promised after all my projects are done! =D. If you still haven't seen the latest changes to the September banlist, then I will suggest that you readers visit shriek's website or even duelingdays for more information! Right, lets get the review going on!


Newly Banned

Card of Safe Return [生還の宝札]
- Well with the combination of [Level Stealer] and this card that is going on, though not that popular yet. Konami will see this as one of the top combos to be commonly used in the future? No doubt that they will ban this card with crazy draw power! Not to mention with the return of [Mezuki]! Seems that decks that are based on revival effects are going to slow down =(

Crush Card Virus [死のデッキ破壊ウイルス]
- With this card gone, how are we going to stop high attack powered decks like the famous [Emperors] or even the [Black Feathers](I don't know if this card actually stops them LOL!)? But ya, it actually reduces support cards for dark decks even further.

Dark Dive Bomber [ダーク・ダイブ・ボンバー]
- No more FTK/OTK decks circling around this card again! However they banned this card when it ain't even one year old yet! Konami totally gives no chances! =X

Monster Reborn [死者蘇生]
- What comes out has to go in again! (this excludes the business from your ever daily life!) But ya with such a imbalanced revival card. It will have to be banned again sooner or later. It was fun while this card lasted =) (./hate people to revive my neos to their field!)


Newly Restricted to 1

King of the End Demise [終焉の王デミス]
- Yes, I agree with DS. Why do they even want to restrict this card to a single copy? Perhaps there is a sort of hidden OTK deck that features demise in it?

Mental Master [メンタルマスター]
- Same as the above, I have no idea why would they want to restrict this card to a single copy. Perhaps I haven't been seeing the world much!

Rescue Cat [レスキューキャット]
- With this card in the restricted to 1 section, it would seem that alot of decks that features this would lose out in speed again. Such as [Gladial Beasts], [Cat Synchro] etc. But I don't think there will be anymore [Cat Syncro] around anymore?

Mind Control [精神操作]
- Stealing your opponent's monsters is bad! Konami wishes to reduce theft! Well not that actually, by restricting this, you are actually slowing down Synchro summons.

BF Gale of the Hurricane [BF-疾風のゲイル]
- Lets see how well [Black Feathers] will go on while this card is being restricted to 1. [Vayu] based [Black Feathers] deck will still go on well I guess?

One for One [ワン・フォー・ワン]
- Oh shiat! My [Kuriboh] deck! Perhaps this card was collaborating with [Mental Master]?

Solemn Judgement [神の宣告]
- Uh.... Control decks sort of lost their "control" ? Well its really the first time (for me) that this card has been touched on. Well it is godly considering the cost of activating this card while your life is really at its lowest peak.

Summon Priest [召喚僧サモンプリースト]
- Same comments with [Rescue Cat]

Cold Wave [大寒波]
- Once at 3, very spammable! Now at 1, not so spammable! Think about when to use this card to grasp the control for that turn!

Black Rose Dragon [ブラック・ローズ・ドラゴン]
- A level 7 synchro monster, very easy to summon!(or not sometimes) With a powerful field clearing effect. Restricting this card to 1 makes this emergency button have only a one time usage!

Call of the Haunted [リビングデットの呼び声]
- With [Monster Reborn] gone, I supposed they will have to allow this trap revival to return. Not as fast as [Premature Burial] or [Monster Reborn], but still as powerful with the ability to chain! Visit duelingdays for more information!


Newly Restricted to 2

Bottomless Traphole [奈落の落とし穴]
- Though I always play 3 copies of it in any control decks that I possessed. Still playing at 2 makes me able to put in some other cards! (2 is really quite enough =X)

King Tiger of the Ice Boundary Dulauren [氷結界の虎王ドゥローレン]
- Right! Thats it for frog OTK! No more [Seal of Heritage] nonsense!

LoneFire Blossom [ローンファイア・ブロッサム ]
- Lesser speed for plant control decks. With like the above, lesser [Seal of Heritage] nonsense!

Chaos Sorceror [カオス・ソーサラー]
- My [Kuriboh] deck is very happy! Really! Making this card at 2 can cause some kind of chaos by removing monsters that you do not want to see on the field! Examples like [Black Feather - Armored Wing], [Gigantech Fighter] and more!

Mezuki [馬頭鬼]
- Woot! Zombie meta beat anyone? Oh craps [Solemn Judgement] is at a single copy! Ok then! Zombie Synchro anyone? (Is it possible?!)


Newly Unrestricted/Released from Banlist

Wind Monarch Raiza [風帝ライザー]
- With this card at 3 copies, I think we might be seeing more of [Level Stealer] based decks? Back to the days when this card is totally irritating!

Destiny Draw [デステニー・ドロー]
- With [D-HERO Diabolicguy] at 2 copies, it is still good at 3 copies! [D-HERO Diamondguy] anyone?

Fissure [地割れ]
- [Scapegoat] is the way to allow all your goat tokens to die under the earth!

Magical Warrior Breaker [魔導戦士ブレイカー]
- 3 is very strong and very favourable! Combo with [Apprentice Magician] for better effects! [Endymion] decks also anyone?

Forest Guardian Green Baboon [森の番人グリーン・バブーン]'
- After the errata....? Uh... I don't think anyone would want to play it anymore lol

D.D Warrior Lady [異次元の女戦士]
- Yes you go girl! This card will be able to get rid of irritating monsters with irritating effects like... same as [Chaos Sorcerer].


Well my overall thoughts for this banlist is that its disappointing to see [Judgement Dragon] not being touched here. So it will seem that [Lightlords] will be the most unaffected decks in this new format that we will be facing this coming september. Well lets see what kind of fresh ideas does everyone here have when its time! Thats all for my updates for today! See ya all!

HAPPY NATIONAL DAY SINGAPORE!

Yes yes this is from Duel Society! Singapore is another day older! And lets hope that Singapore's champion Benjamin wins the world championship for Singapore!

http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/events/championships/World_2009/satellite.html

For those that wants to know more about the status of the World Championships, above is a link to it =)

Edit: GRATS BENJAMIN FOR BEING THIS YEAR'S YU-GI-OH! CARD GAME WORLD CHAMPION!

Deck Review: Wrath Of Neos MK VI

Yes! After a freaking long wait of almost exactly one month! Duel Society has an update! Lets cheers!!!!! Or not? Anyway readers, we are very sorry for not updating much on this blog until it made it look like its... almost.. dead! But of course its not! So today I, myself am going to update about a new version for my [Wrath Of Neos] deck! This deck got me into the 4th place of the recent Jurong tournament held 2 weeks ago at Thousand Taste Trading. Or so from what I have remembered =X. Anyways this deck consists of the new cards from the latest [Warrior's Strike] structure deck. So check out the decklist right below!

Deck Name: Wrath Of Neos MK VI

Deck Size: 40

Monsters: 15

3x E-HERO Neos
2x E-HERO Another Neos
1x E-HERO Airman
3x E-HERO Prismer
1x E-HERO Voltech
1x Evoltector Chevalier
1x Freed The Brave Wanderer
3x Honest

Magic: 18

3x Wrath Of Neos
3x O - Oversoul
3x E - Emergency Call
1x Reinforcement of the Army
1x Monster Reborn
1x Golden Sacrophagus
1x Pot Of Avarice
1x Heavy Storm
1x D.D.R
3x Supervis

Trap: 7

3x Hero Blast
1x Hero Counterattack
2x Commoner's Charity
1x Holy Barrier - Mirror Force

Side Deck: 15

Monsters: 5

1x E-HERO Necro Darkman
1x E-HERO Ice Edge
1x Cyber Dragon
1x Envoy Of Hades - Gors
1x Tragoedia

Magic: 5

1x Arms Hole
1x Brain Control
1x Mind Control
2x Book of Moon

Trap: 5

3x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Dimension Prison
1x Torrential Tribute

Extra Deck: 5

1x Rainbow Neos
1x E-HERO Absolute Zero
1x E-HERO Dark Brightman
1x E-HERO Aqua Neos
1x Gladial Beast Gyazarus

Alright! Lets get down to business! The difference in this version with the other versions of the [Wrath Of Neos] decks is that this deck is able to pull off the [Wrath Of Neos] trick in a even faster pace. Besides the usual...

Step 1: Activate [E-HERO Prisma]'s effect.

Step 2: Activate [Wrath Of Neos] and blow the whole field!

Since this is the only way in the deck in the past... Now we are in the future! Or I can say the present, we have a new equipment card appearing in the new [Warrior's Strike] deck. Which is the [Supervis] equipment card! I'm sure by now since this is a slow update, everyone should know about the [Supervis] equipment. As this equipment powers up [Dual] monsters quite considerably. A new way to play around in this deck will be...

Step 1: Activate [Supervis] and equip onto [E-HERO Another Neos], his name will be [E-HERO Neos]

Step 2: Activate [Wrath of Neos] and KARATE CHOP THE WHOLE FIELD!

Step 3: [Supervis] is being sent to the graveyard! Its time for the revival effect! Bring [E-HERO Neos] into the playground!

Step 4: Slap your opponent upside down with [E-HERO Neos] and ... (copies Baha's phrase) "FUCK OFF!" Sorry about the vulgarity! Got influenced!

Well as simple as that! Another method to use [Supervis] in this deck will be..

Step 1: Equip [Supervis] onto [Evoltector Chevalier]

Step 2: Activate [Evoltector Chevalier]'s effect to destroy one card on the field, by sending [Supervis] to the graveyard.

Step 3: Using [Supervis], bring [E-HERO Neos] to the playground again!

So actually this version is mainly focused on reviving [E-HERO Neos] to beat on as fast as possible and try to end the game quickly. If the game drag on too long, this deck will not have enough resources to hang on!

And if you guys are wondering about what [Hero Counterattack] is doing there. Its effect is to be activated when a [E-HERO] monster on your field is destroyed as a result of battle and sent to the graveyard. Giving your opponent to randomly choose a card in your hand, if the selected card is a [E-HERO] monster card. Destroy one monster on your opponent's side of the field and special summon the selected [E-HERO] monster onto your side of the field.

Usually [Hero Counterattack] is used to try to at least do something with all the [E-HERO Neos] that are stuck dead within your hand cards. No doubt [Commoner's Charity] will be able to do the same. However I find that [Hero Counterattack] has quite a good effect to boast. But in terms of really using it, the chances are actually pretty low as it is quite situational. And plus, monsters these days don't die by battle! They die by some disgusting effect! *cough cough*

For those that do not know how [Hero Counterattack] looks like, below is a picture of it.



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[ヒーロー逆襲]
[Hero Counterattack]
Normal Trap
This card can only be activated when a [E-HERO] monster on your side of the field is destroyed as a result of battle and sent to the graveyard. Your opponent randomly selects a card in your hand. If the selected card is a [E-HERO] monster, destroy one monster on your opponent's side of the field, then special summon the selected [E-HERO] monster from your hand to your side of the field.

Some people may even ask this question,

Some random kid: "Oniichan! Why don't you put [Arms Hole] into your main deck?"

Me: "Well these days, not having a monster on your field for a turn even with alot of protective cards around ain't going to help much. So risking a turn's normal summon to search for an equipment card isn't really worth it. The metagame these days ends a game too quickly I say! Plus since I have so many filter cards that are able to search for various cards in my deck, drawing upon the 3 copies of [Supervis] and the one copy of [D.D.R] shouldn't be too much of a problem! I think? =X"

Well its true though, I always draw the [Supervis] equipment card into my hand, just that the [Dual] monsters didn't come into my hand! Or either all the [E-HERO Neos] are in my hand.... *cough cough*

Overall this deck is quite balanced, but it hasn't been fully tested against this metagame's dominating decks such as [Black Feather], [AKB] and so on so forth. So hopefully I will be able to test against some of these decks.. soon!

Well thats it for today's update! Short but hey! I've lost some touch in writing reviews after not updating for a month! Or more than that =X.. Well its just 2 more weeks till my projects will all be over!!!! This blog master needs some air to breathe! *poof!*

Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships Singapore Qualifiers

Venue: SMU, Settlers cafe

Date: 21 June 2009

Registration: 8.30 am

1st - Gold Medal with Certificate of acknowledgement, Return air-ticket to Japan with Accommodation, attractive prizes

2nd – Sliver Medal with Certificate of acknowledgement, attractive prizes

3rd – Brown Medal with Certificate of acknowledgement, attractive prizes

4th – TBC* (To Be Considered)

There will also be a Yu-Gi-Oh Trading card game Tutorial session for all beginners and also for people who are unsure of the game. Attractive prize will be given away to lucky draw winner on the event.

There will also be a Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading card game Challenge Session for anyone to challenge the players at the booth. If a win is secured, you are then able to win yourself one pack of booster. Depending on the sponsor, the booster given out will be decided earlier before the actual tournament or on the tournament day itself.

The Challenge session has been cancelled on that day. =(

For more information about the tournament, click here!

If there is any other questions, you can ask in the Chat box or even send us a email at duelsociety@gmail.com

Card Review: Fortune Slip

Right after a long wait, finally a card review! Lets not slow this down and get on with it! Today's card review will be on a card from the latest booster pack "Ancient Prophecy"! The card we are reviewing today is [Fortune Slip]!



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[フォーチュン・スリップ]
[Fortune Slip]
Normal Trap
Activate only when your opponent declares an attack with a monster, negate that attack and remove the attack target of that monster away from the game till the standby phase of your next turn.

Right reading from the text, although this card protects your monster from your opponent's attacks, it doesn't destroy the attacking monster and removes your own monster away from the game too! So how does this actually help you turn the tables around if you are up against a high powered and irritating monster that your opponent is controlling?

So here goes, how about letting [Fortune Slip] remove some kind of monsters that has an effect while being removed away from the game? Or when leaving the field too! Monster cards like [Fortune Lady Lighty] and [E-HERO Absolute Zero] has a effect that is to be activated when they leave the field. [Fortune Lady Lighty] has an effect to special summon another [Fortune Lady] when it leaves the field and as for [E-HERO Absolute Zero], an absolute destruction to your opponent's monsters can be assured when it leaves the field.

Or how about powering up monsters that has been powered down by their effects? Using this card to remove away from the game a 1900 attack strength [God Beast King Babaros] will return it back to the field during the end phase to its normal 3000 attack strength! Or... How about using [Fortune Slip] on a 800 attack strength [Light And Darkness Dragon]? You will be able to use its negating effect again once it has returned to your side of the field with a full 2800 attack strength!

There can also be a very very lame or funny combo to be done with [Fortune Slip]! Here goes nothing!

Step 1: Your opponent has 2 monsters, one of them focus its attack on your [Necro Gardna]

Step 2: Activate [Fortune Slip] and remove your [Necro Gardna] away from the game!

Step 3: Your opponent's second monster declares an attack!

Step 4: Activate [Burial From A Different Dimension] and return [Necro Gardna] to the graveyard!

Step 5: Remove [Necro Gardna] away from the graveyard and block that attack =/...

Now from the above, you can also see that [Burial From A Different Dimension] can also be a threat against your monster that has been removed away from the game by [Fortune Slip]. Returning your [God Beast King Babaros] or even [Light And Darkness Dragon] and not allowing it to return to the field can be a very big loss. So do watch out for it!

Well thats all for today's card review! Will be doing another one on time next week! Gotacha! Goulian Signing off~!

Deck Review: Revived! Kuriboh Emperors!

Right yes I know I know, it has been 10 days! Since I last said that I would want to update this blog =X, and I haven't had much time these days so.... Oh well! Lets forget about that and concentrate on this newly formed deck of mine! Today's deck review will be on the return of one of my best decks during the era where there was [Graceful Charity] and [Magician of Faith]... Oh how I missed them! But hey! This deck has been improved because of the latest cards also! Here goes nothing! Presenting the [Kuriboh Emperors] deck!



Deck Name: Kuriboh Emperors

Decksize: 40

Monsters: 22

2x Hane Kuriboh
3x Kuriboh
1x Treeborn Frog
1x Mental Master
2x Clevonce
1x Psychic Commander
1x Cyber Dragon
3x Wicked Emperor Gaius
2x Wind Emperor Raiza
2x Ice Emperor Mobius
1x Chaos Sorcerer
1x Dark Armed Dragon
1x Envoy Of Hades - Gorz
1x Tragoedia

Magic: 13

2x Pot Of Avarice
1x One For One
2x Allure Of Darkness
1x Heavy Storm
1x Brain Control
1x Monster Reborn
3x Kuriboh Calling Flute
1x Emergency Teleport
1x Cyclone

Traps: 5

1x Mirror Force
1x Deck Destruction Virus Of Death
1x Torrential Tribute
2x Waboku

Well above is the decklist for the [Kuriboh Emperors]! Its been awhile since I last had a new deck idea in my mind. Till then which I thought that there were extremely no draw power for this deck until... The card [Allure of Darkness] came to my mind! The combo of activating [Kuriboh Calling Flute] to add a [Kuriboh] to your hand and then using it as a bait for [Allure Of Darkness] seems tempting! So I decided to try it out! Who knows it does work well! However inconsistency does happens in this deck, because there is no level 4 monsters! Its either your monsters are way to big to summon, or way to small to fight against your opponent's monsters.

The common combo for this deck would be first to activate [Kuriboh Calling Flute] to summon out either [Hane Kuriboh] or [Kuriboh] and release them for a advance summon of a [Emperor] monster! However which ever [Hane Kuriboh] or [Kuriboh] you choose is important, because they can also be bait for 2 of the more powerful cards such as [Chaos Sorcerer] and [Dark Armed Dragon].

Since the appearance of the Psychic-Type monsters and also [Emergency Teleport]. Advance summoning and Synchro summoning has became a sinch until [Emergency Teleport] was restricted to a copy per deck! Well it still helps in these 2 ways in this deck. For quick Advance Summoning wise and as for Synchro Summoning wise, we have quite alot of level 6 monsters, which combines with [Clevonce] for level 8 Synchro monsters. Or if all fails, you can always Synchro a level 1 [Kuriboh]/[Hane Kuriboh] with [Psycho Commander] for [Arms Aid]! [Mental Master] helps in tuning with the level 6 [Emperors] for [Dark Dive Bomber] and [Black Rose Dragon]! [Cyber Dragon] is also in the deck for either a versatile level 5 or for the advance summoning of higher level monsters.

Anyways, I've tried this deck against [Lightlords] and [Black Feathers], hadn't had a chance to test it against the famous [AKB] deck because Baha was too lazy to form it back for me to try against! Anyways it was not a very good result against [Black Feathers]. Seems like this deck doesn't have the extra speed to face off again them yet. More tuning will be required!

However when faced off against [Lightlords], speed for this deck ain't really a problem. The defenses of this deck suppresses the [Judgement Dragon]'s ability to keep blowing the field up! Try blowing a set card which is actually a chain-able [Kuriboh Calling Flute] and see what happens! It actually gives us a chance to shield ourselves with [Hane Kuriboh]! Trap cards such as [Waboku] is also quite a card to safeguard against [Lightlords] as well. Works as well as a [Kuriboh Calling Flute] =X... What Baha said about this deck facing [Lightlords] was... "Colin, I think before you even can win them properly, they would have already decked out!" LOL! True might be a slow victory, but if it secures you a win. Why not? =D

I will continue to test against other kinds of deck to see how well will this deck fare against them. And I will continue to tune this deck to its highest limits too! So in the meantime, any ideas from you readers out there will be greatly appreciated! Oh my, its 1.30am in the morning! Time to go! Cya people!

Yawn, New update on its way!

New update soon I swear! Just can't wait to test my current deck against AKB and Rescue Syncro! Once tested, I will post up my decklist for it =D.

Full List Of The Banlist (March 2009 - September 2009)

Alright I know this is a very late post, but for those that still DO NOT KNOW the banlist. Here is the list to help you with it =)...

Legend - * is newly added cards

Forbidden/Banned Cards 「禁止カード」:
The following cards cannot be put into a deck:

Victory Dragon 「ヴィクトリー・ドラゴン」
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End 「混沌帝龍　－終焉の使者－」
Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning 「カオス・ソルジャー　－開闢の使者－」
Sinister Serpent 「キラー・スネーク」
Witch of the Black Forest 「黒き森のウィッチ」
Dark Magician of Chaos 「混沌の黒魔術師」
Thousand-Eyes Restrict 「サウザンド・アイズ・サクリファイス」
Cyber Jar 「サイバーポッド」
Makyura the Destructor 「処刑人－マキュラ」
Tsukuyomi 「月読命」
Destiny Hero - Disk Commander 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯディスクガイ」
Cyber-Stein 「デビルフランケン」
Tribe-Infecting Virus 「同族感染ウィルス」
Fiber Jar 「ファイバーポッド」
Magical Scientist 「魔導サイエンティスト」
Yata-Garasu 「八汰烏」
Magician of Faith 「聖なる魔術師」
Mirage of Nightmare 「悪夢の蜃気楼」
Delinquent Duo 「いたずら好きな双子悪魔」
Temple of the Kings 「王家の神殿」
Painful Choice 「苦渋の選択」
The Forceful Sentry 「強引な番兵」
Pot of Greed 「強欲な壺」
Change of Heart 「心変わり」
Raigeki 「サンダー・ボルト」
Dimension Fusion 「次元融合」
Butterfly Dagger - Elma 「蝶の短剣－エルマ」
Graceful Charity 「天使の施し」
Harpie's Feather Duster 「ハーピィの羽根帚」
Premature Burial 「早すぎた埋葬」
Dark Hole 「ブラック・ホール」
Last Will 「遺言状」
Confiscation 「押収」
Snatch Steal 「強奪」
Metamorphosis 「突然変異」 Imperial Order 「王宮の勅命」
Exchange of the Spirit 「現世と冥界の逆転」
Sixth Sense 「第六感」
Call of the Haunted 「リビングデッドの呼び声」
Time Seal 「刻の封印」
Last Turn 「ラストバトル！」
Ring of Destruction 「破壊輪」

Restricted Cards 「制限カード」:
Only 1 copy of the following cards can be put into a deck:

D. D. Warrior Lady 「異次元の女戦士」
Elemental Hero Stratos 「Ｅ・ＨＥＲＯエアーマン」
Card Gunner 「カードガンナー」
Chaos Sorcerer 「カオス・ソーサラー」*
Gladial Beast Bestarori 「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」
Sangan 「クリッター」
Goyou Guardian 「ゴヨウ・ガーディアン」
Cyber Dragon 「サイバー・ドラゴン」
Snipe Hunter 「スナイプ・ストーカー」
Zombie Carrier 「ゾンビキャリア」*
Dark Armed Dragon 「ダーク・アームド・ドラゴン」*
Spirit Reaper 「魂を削る死霊」
Dandelion 「ダンディライオン」
Night Assailant 「深淵の暗殺者」
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole 「Ｎ･グランモール」
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の龍 ブリューナク」*
Exodia the Forbidden One 「封印されしエクゾディア」
Right Leg of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の右足」
Right Arm of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の右腕」
Left Leg of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の左足」
Left Arm of the Forbidden One 「封印されし者の左腕」
Marshmallon 「マシュマロン」
Breaker the Magical Warrior 「魔導戦士　ブレイカー」
Envoy of Hades - Gors 「冥府の使者ゴーズ」
Mezuki 「馬頭鬼」
Morphing Jar 「メタモルポット」
Treeborn Frog 「黄泉ガエル」
Heavy Storm 「大嵐」
Overload Fusion 「オーバーロード・フュージョン」
Megamorph 「巨大化」
Urgent Teleport 「緊急テレポート」
Advanced Ritual Art 「高等儀式術」
Mystical Space Typhoon 「サイクロン」
Smashing Ground 「地砕き」
Monster Reborn 「死者蘇生」
Fissure 「地割れ」
Scapegoat 「スケープ・ゴート」
Card of Safe Return 「生還の宝札」*
Brain Control 「洗脳－ブレイン・コントロール－」
Reinforcement of the Army 「増援」*
United We Stand 「団結の力」
Card Destruction 「手札抹殺」
Giant Trunade 「ハリケーン」
Swords of Revealing Light 「光の護封剣」
Future Fusion 「未来融合－フューチャー・フュージョン」
Reasoning 「名推理」
Monster Gate 「モンスターゲート」
Limiter Removal 「リミッター解除」
Level Limit - Area B 「レベル制限Ｂ地区」
Return from the Different Dimension 「異次元からの帰還」
Ojama Trio 「おジャマトリオ」
Gravity Bind 「グラヴィティ・バインド－超重力の網－」
Torrential Tribute 「激流葬」
Crush Card Virus 「死のデッキ破壊ウイルス」
Mirror Force 「聖なるバリア －ミラーフォース－」
Ultimate Offering 「血の代償」
Ceasefire 「停戦協定」
Trap Dustshoot 「ダスト・シュート」
The Transmigration Prophecy 「転生の予言」
Wall of Revealing Light 「光の護封壁」
Magic Cylinder 「魔法の筒」

Semi-Restricted Cards 「準制限カード」:
Only 2 copies of the following cards can be put into a deck:

Goblin Zombie 「ゴブリンゾンビ」
Judgement Dragoon 「裁きの龍」
Summon Priest 「召喚僧サモンプリースト」
D-HERO Diabolicguy 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ ディアボリックガイ」*
Necroface 「ネクロフェイス」
Raiza the Storm Monarch 「風帝ライザー」*
Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest 「森の番人グリーン・バブーン」*
Mask of Darkness 「闇の仮面」
Rescue Cat 「レスキューキャット」
Foolish Burial 「おろかな埋葬」
Chain Strike 「連鎖爆撃」
Destiny Draw 「デステニー・ドロー」*
Gold Sarcophagus 「封印の黄金櫃」*
Magical Stone Excavation 「魔法石の採掘」
Allure of Darkness 「闇の誘惑」
Ultimate Offering 「血の代償」*
Mind Crush 「マインドクラッシュ」*

Released from the Banlist/No longer restricted 「準制限」:
3 copies per deck allowed:

Manticore of Darkness 「暗黒のマンティコア」 *
Twin-Headed Behemoth 「ドル・ドラ」*
Phantom of Chaos 「ファントム・オブ・カオス」*
Book of Moon 「月の書」*
Nobleman of Crossout 「抹殺の使徒」*

Edited : Asian Championship 2009 (Singapore Qualifiers)

Well today was a battle of 5 rounds of swiss! And the deck that I was using for the day was the [Light Undead Meta Beat] lol, it should be quite familiar to all you readers out there, since it was one of the few top japanese decks before the march banlist =X. Well since this tournament did not allow [Mezuki], guess quite alot of changes had to be made. But no excuse though, I still did badly for this tournament LOL! Well below is my quite embarassing score board =(

Round 1 VS Tuning Supporter Deck OO-

Won with a 2-o in that round because it seems that the deck was doing all fine, having my [Royal Oppressions] coming to me whenever I feel like it! Though it took quite awhile for the 2 of us to finish the match because I just didn't have my monsters and my opponent didn't want to attack me so.... yea it took quite awhile lol.

Round 2 VS Gadget Emperor XX-

Quite the normal [Gadget] decks until a sudden appearance of a [Dark Emperor Gaius] totally shocked me lol. The deck started to lose the feel because the monsters wasn't appearing! So were the [Skill Drain]! I had 3 copies of it and none came out =(

Round 3 VS Lightlords OXX

Won the first round because my hand was good, controlling the field with [Royal Oppression] and [Skill Drain] with just a [Honest] in my hand to suppor the light undeads on my side of the field. The second round turned out that I didn't draw any monsters, so as with the third round, the card [Trap Eater] is very very strong!

Round 4 VS Black Feather XOX

Finally get to versus a [Black Feather] themed deck, well I thought that I was quite well prepared for it however, in the first round. I went second so I set down my [Solemn Judgement] and [Bottomless Traphole], I end my turn and you know, I got the [Delta Crow Reverse] impacted on me! Then it was back to his turn and he did the normal Black Feather Dark Dive kill combo. In the second round, I'm suspecting that he had quite a bad hand has he didn't have any cards to protect his lifepoints. So having 2 [Darkness Gear - Gokuen] and 1 [Dark Dragon Knight] pounding on his lifepoints earned me my victory for that round. In the third round, my monsters came but neither of my important magic or trap cards arrived.. So expected,
I lost it to my opponent. But it was a great and very very fast match. The only slow part was when I was side - decking my deck lol. Took awhile for me to decide on what might be the best to side into my deck for that match lol.

Round 5 VS ????

There wasn't a round 5, my opponent didn't turn up lol. So yea. I will consider this match as a lost instead of a victory gained because of a walk over lol.

Results: GOT OWNED VERY VERY BADLY!


Thoughts: So overall, I should be smarter next time! If you can't beat the [Black Feathers]... JOIN THEM! Plus there are quite alot of interesting decks that came out during the tournament. Losing this time helped me gained even more ideas on what to play in the next tournament. But as what Baha mentioned, perhaps [Arcanite Beat] will be the trendy deck thats running around till next June? Well we won't know till then! In anycase....

GRATS ANGRYBOY92 AKA ALEX!

Edited: PICTURES ADDED!


So many duelists!


Lets skip to the top 4 players!


A better view =D


Sebas and Sam fighting for 3rd and 4th place, while Alex and Sheng Kai are fighting for 1st and 2nd!


Results out! Sebas in 4th place and Sam in 3rd place!


Sheng Kai in 2nd place!


Angryboy92 AKA Alex in 1st place! DO US PROUD IN HONG KONG BOY!


A together photo *cough*

Alright photos added, and I know my photography skills ain't good. So do bear with the poor pictures lol! =X

Thoughts on Banlist (03/2009)

Alright people! Sorry for the late update, well I supposed that many of you have seen the latest banlist changes at shriek or duelingdays! If not below here is the list and the thoughts about the latest banlist changes =)

Newly Banned

None
- Now this is quite a nice one, never have all my 5 years of YGO life have I seen a banlist with no banned cards! Thou I would wish for a few cards to be banned, like [Monster Reborn] =X

Newly Restricted to 1

Chaos Sorcerer 「カオス・ソーサラー」
- Mwahahahahahahahahaha! Just when I said that I missed my old deck that was using this card only last friday, it got unbanned this week! lol! Time for that legendary deck to return!

Gladial Beast Bestarori 「剣闘獣ベストロウリィ」　
- Okay, [Gladial Beasts] decks might be sort of harder to play now? But I wonder, why don't they restricted [Gladial Beast - Gyzarus] instead? Hmmm... Okay, I can also dis-assemble my [Gladial Beasts] deck already!

Goyou Guardian 「ゴヨウ・ガーディアン」　
- This Macdonald Uncle is just too strong! Enabling you to take control of [Stardust Dragon] or even stronger monsters makes this card abit too godly for a level 6, with such a high attack power too!

Zombie Carrier 「ゾンビキャリア」　
- Expected! This card boosts up the [Dark Syncro] and [Zombie Syncro] decks way too fast! Oh my god? My [Destiny Diamond Carrier] deck is also affected! Ah!!!

Dark Armed Dragon 「ダーク・アームド・ドラゴン」　
- Hmmmmm.... Too gay.... With the return of [Chaos Sorcerer]... Restricted this card to 1 reduces the chances of a one turn kill for Dark Decks?

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Boundary 「氷結界の龍 ブリューナク」　
- Lucky I only had 1 copy of it always! Expected that this card would be restricted because of its ability to create several loops in several decks, etc [Zombie Syncro] deck.

Mezuki 「馬頭鬼」
- Same as the above! When combined with [Burial From A Different Dimension]....

Urgent Teleport 「緊急テレポート」　
- Enables very very fast syncro summoning~! And also the advance summoning of high level monsters such as the [Emperors] and occasionally a [Obelisk The Tormentor]?

Cards of Safe Return 「生還の宝札」
- Zombie decks now have a lower draw rate! Wait! So is my [Junkyard Assault] deck!

Reinforcement of the Army 「増援」
- Noooooooooo~! Spoils my [E-HERO] decks... T_T... But there is still always 3 copies of [E-Emergency call]~! =D

Newly Restricted to 2

Goblin Zombie 「ゴブリンゾンビ」
- Lots of [Zombie Syncro] hate seen here!

D-HERO Diabolicguy 「Ｄ－ＨＥＲＯ ディアボリックガイ」
- Back to 2 I guess! 3 is just too gay! a level 6 combined with a level 2 tuner = instant level 8 syncro monster!

Wind Emperor Raiza 「風帝ライザー」
- o.O I guess this card being at 2 might be a threat again? Jams draw for 2 turns!

Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest 「森の番人グリーン・バブーン」
- Thou being back at 2 copies, you still can't summon both copies at one go! Why? Check here for rulings!

Destiny Draw 「デステニー・ドロー」
- Lesser draw power for [Dark Syncro] decks , or [D-HERO] decks. With [D-HERO Diabolicguy] restricted to 2 too, this card has lesser uses, unless you have more [D-HERO] monsters to discard!

Gold Sarcophagus 「封印の黄金櫃」
- Power of searching! But can you survive for 2 turns in the currrent meta? Sounds challenging! Don't you think?
　
Allure of Darkness 「闇の誘惑」
- Expected, since upperdeck entertainment has also restricted this card to 2 copies a deck, with [Destiny Draw] and this card coming together, the draw power of [Dark Syncro] is just too much, making it too fast!
　
Ultimate Offering 「血の代償」
- o.O, [Black Feather]/[Gadget] rush anyone?

Mind Crush 「マインドクラッシュ」
- Please don't name my [Stargazing Beast Garriz] please! Name more of [Honest]!

Newly Unrestricted/Released from Banlist

Manticore of Darkness 「暗黒のマンティコア」
- [Exodia] one turn kill! True, there is only one copy of [Cards of Safe Return], it is still possible but slow! (collects the pile from below DS's window =X)
　
Twin-Headed Behemoth 「ドル・ドラ」
- Even at 3 copies.... You can only use this effect one per duel.... (Ignores this pile below DS's window)

Phantom of Chaos 「ファントム・オブ・カオス」
- Lots of monsters to copy! [Chaos Sorcerer], [Dark Armed Dragon], [Judgement Dragon] and etc! (collects this pile too)
　
Book of Moon 「月の書」
- Not bad for a defensive deck! Combo with the below card! (collects one more copy as I only have 2! mwahahahahaha! =X)
　
Nobleman of Crossout 「抹殺の使徒」
- Combo with [Book of Moon] for effective results! Killing [Lightlord Hunter -Raikou] ain't a bad idea! (ignores the pile below DS's window as I have too many!]



Alright! The above are my thoughts for the latest banlist! Truthfully though, this isn't the banlist that I like the most, true that it is quite refreshing and some would be happy at the return of [Chaos Sorcerer], but still, in this current meta, special summoning monsters doesn't seem to be that easy anymore. So oh well~ Time to run away from below DS's house with all these cards! Mwahahahahahahaha! See you again desu!

Card Review: Stargazing Beast Garriz

Alright guys~! Its has really been awhile since my last review! Well projects are still strangling my neck tightly so I don't really have much time these days to update! Well enough excuses! Lets get the review going! Today's review will be on a card given by the [Yu-Gi-Oh! Tagforce 3] game! The card is [Stargazing Beast Garriz]!



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[星見獣ガリス]
[Stargazing Beast Garriz]
Attribute: Earth, Type: Beast
Effect Monster, 3 Stars, Atk 800/Def 800
Activate by revealing this card in your hand to your opponent. Send the top card of your deck to the graveyard. If it is a monster, inflict damage equal to 200 X the level of the monster to your opponent's lifepoints and then special summon this card from your hand. If it is not a monster, destroy this card.

Here is the star for today! Whats good and not good about this card? Lets get on with it!

Well "Garriz" here doesn't have a high attack strength nor a high defense strength too. However its effects are quite versatile in alot of decks these days. But it also depends alot on the controller's luck!

Decks such as the [Destiny Diamond Carrier] can surely carry a great ally such as [Stargazing Beast Garriz]. It makes the deck not a must to use [Zombie Carrier]'s effect to place a magic at the top of deck always. You can always put a monster such as [D-HERO Diabolicguy] on the top of your deck when you do not have [Destiny Draw] or [Dark Grepher] to discard him. And then activate [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect to send your [D-HERO Diabolicguy] that is located at the top of your deck to the graveyard! Not to mention dealing a total amount of 1200 damage to your opponent at the same time! (Sounds alot like [Dark Dive Bomber] huh? Obviously it is much better =X)

However there a few ways to counter this card's effect! For example, when a player activates [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect to reveal itself as a cost. You can always chain a [Mind Crush] to get rid of "Garriz"! Or like the always famous [Royal Oppression] will do the job indefinitely. [Macro Cosmos] will also render [Stargazing Beast Garriz] useless because you have to send the top card of your deck to the GRAVEYARD to be able to special summon "Garriz" onto the field. If [Macro Cosmos] was already on the field, you would not be able to activate [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s effect. Oh yeah! Not to mention that [Dimension Fissure] will also do the same thing, rendering [Stargazing Beast Garriz] useless. So... Look out for these cards!

A few nicely done combos with this deck can also be... Using "Garriz's" effect to send a [Lightlord Beast -Wulf] from the top of your deck to the graveyard, inflicting 800 damage and then special summoning both "Wulf" and "Garriz" onto your field. Quite a nice trick for you to release those two for a advance summon of a extremely strong monster such as [Obelisk The Tormentor], [Light And Darkness Dragon] , [Angel Christia] ("Vahalla" is just enough!) and so much more!

Well thats all for the review of this card! Not much but there are more installed in a newly made deck that I've created some time ago! It of course includes [Stargazing Beast Garriz]! And I will be updating the deck next week then! Till then... Tune in to us! See you again desu!

Edited: Thanks to DS for pointing out the mistake! [Stargazing Beast Garriz]'s special summoning cannot be negated by [Royal Oppression], reason being that it is a un-confirmed special summon.

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Happy Lunar New Year~!

Will be updating next week! I'm going to be suffocated by ongoing projects!

Card Review : Assault Armor

Alright readers! This is the weekly update that I've promised! Today's card review will be on a pretty old card I presume? Today's review will be on a card from the Academy Duel Disk! The [Assault Armor]!



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[アサルト・アーマー]
[Assault Armor]
Equipment Magic
While the only monster card is a Warrior-Type monster on your field, equip it to that monster.
The equipped monster gains 300 attack points. During your Main phase, you can send this card to the graveyard and the equipped monster is able to attack twice in this turn's Battle Phase.


Okay then, lets see what is this equipment's pros and cons! Firstly, it has quite a big drawback of only able to be equipped to a Warrior-Type monster and only if the Warrior-Type monster is the ONLY monster existing on your side of the field! But I guess that such problems wouldn't be existing to a pure Warrior-Type monster deck right? (Hint: My [Wrath Of Neos MK IV] deck!!!!)

As for the second part, this equipment only increases the equipped monster's attack points by 300? Well that isn't much, but it increases [E-HERO Neos] attack strength to 2800!!!!(I still think it isn't enough! They should make [E-HERO Neos] have 3000 attack strength!) But most importantly is the last effect for this equipment! The ability of losing the plus 300 attack strength effect in exchange for the effect for the equipped monster to be able to attack twice in that turn's battle phase is quite powerful!

Surely people would just say this. "Lets just forget about this equipment magic and use [Mataza The Zapper]!".

But I would say this, "But [Assault Armor] can be equipped to any Warrior-Type monster man!"

There is such a very painful combo for such a equipment card! And I'm sure you readers are pretty familiar with it!

Step 1: Equip [Assault Armor] to a Light Attribute Warrior-Type monster.

Step 2: Activate [Assault Armor]'s "attacking twice" effect.

Step 3: Declare attack!

Step 4: Damage calculation! Throw a couple of [Honest] from your hand!

Step 5: The damage ain't enough? ATTACK AGAIN!

Step 6: I think your opponent is almost dead?

Step 7: If not? I think you may need more luck!

So this card is pretty powerful don't you think? But there are tons of ways to counter it! [Cyclone] destroys it before you are able to use the "Attacking twice" effect. [Magic Shield Type 8] or cards that jams magic also counters it totally. So like what I will always say, watch out for them!

Another best combo for this card would be, its searchable by [Arms Hole]!(thats why it came together with it?)

Well thats the end of today's review, not as good as the other posts but do tune in for next week's update! Goulian Signing off~!

Card Review : Obelisk The Tormentor

Well guys! Its been quite awhile since the last update! Today's post will be on the first ever god card that is able to really be played in a normal duel! [Obelisk The Tormentor]! Though broken cards should not really be reviewed, lets see the pros and cons of this "God" card!



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[オベリスクの巨神兵]
[Obelisk The Tormentor]
Attribute: God, Type: Divine Beast
Effect Monster, 10 stars, Atk 4000/ Def 4000
This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set except by Releasing 3 monsters. This card's Summon cannot be negated. When this card is Normal Summoned, the effects of Magic, Trap and Effect Monsters cannot be activated. This card cannot be targeted by the effects of Magic, Traps, or Effect Monsters. If this card is Special Summoned, it is sent to the Graveyard during the End Phase. You can Release 2 monsters to destroy all monsters your opponent controls. This card cannot declare an attack during the turn you activate this effect.

Well this "God" card sure has a huge Normal Summoning restriction to it, being only able to be normal summoned by releasing 3 monsters! Now even though you may activate the effects of [Cost Down] or cards that reduces this "God's" level, it still needs 3 sacrifices to be normal summoned! So its unlike cards such as [D-HERO Bloo-D], [D-HERO Dogmaguy] and so on so forth that uses 3 monsters as sacrifices for their SPECIAL SUMMONING =(.... But now, what makes the normal summon worth it is the aftermath of after it has been summoned! When [Obelisk The Tormentor] is being normal summoned successfully, the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters cannot be activated! So there will not be any [Torrential Tribute], [Bottomless Trap Hole] and [Trap Hole] nonsense!

But even so, usually such monsters with big attack strength, are usually used to "kill" the opponent in the turn that they were summoned!(Though not really true most of the time! I blame [Necro Gardna]!) Its rather a relief that [Obelisk The Tormentor] can be SPECIAL SUMMONED! But the drawback of it is that [Obelisk The Tormentor] will be sent to the graveyard during the turn it was special summoned. But I say, special summoning is actually one of the best thing about this "God". In these days, special summoning seems to be just ticking ur finger! If you readers out there did buy the Vjump that gave this "God" card, there are certain combos inside it for [Obelisk The Tormentor]. Special summoning wise, zombie decks are rather good in it! [Book Of Life], [Il Bud], [Mezuki] and so on so forth! Of course best Combo-ed with [Undead World]! And if the plans fail with your opponent using [D.D Crow] on your "God" card, revive it back from the out of game pile by using [D.D.R]! Now these are usually not applicable to cards like [D-HERO Bloo-D] and friends. So I guess special summoning this card with no releases is actually quite powerful lol.

But guys, the text did read that, only when this card is NORMAL SUMMONED, will the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters cannot be activated. But when the god is... SPECIAL SUMMONED, the effects of magic, trap and effect monsters can still be activated! Which is quite a headache too!

Now lets go on to the effect of, this card cannot be single targetted by the effects of magic, trap and monster effects. Which means [Obelisk The Tormentor] is quite safe from the effects of cards like [Sakuretsu Armor], [Dimension Prison], [Shrink], [Enemy Controller], [Dark End Dragon], [Brionac - Dragon OF The Ice Boundary] but not from cards that blasts this god away from the field like [Mirror Force], [Torrential Tribute], [Lightning Vortex] and more. So do watch out for cards like these if you would want your [Obelisk The Tormentor] to survive longer on the field!

As for the last effect of this "God" card, you can release 2 monsters on your side of the field to destroy all monster on the opponent's side of the field, however if you activate this effect, this monster will be unable to announce an attack in this turn! Quite a nice effect yet a huge drawback for it, but just to make it balanced though!(I wonder where is the extra effect of dealing 4000 damage that is from the anime! T_T) However, for such an effect, I wouldn't recommend on using it on a SPECIAL SUMMONED [Obelisk The Tormentor]. As it only survives for that turn and then it will be sent to the graveyard, unless you are really very desperate, such moves shouldn't really be taken? A life saver and a dilenma to use this effect at times, yet powerful!

Well I guess thats all for the review on this "God" card! But I wonder why didn't the creator Kazuki Takahashi-san create [Slifer The Sky Dragon] first!(Its just my most favourite god =X) Well I guess Konami has their reasons too I guess? Well readers here, I will be doing a weekly tuesday update from next week onwards! Since its a WOW-downtime =X.... Well! Till my next update! Signing Off!

Happy New Year! Its The Year Of 2009!

Alright all Duelists! Duel Society wishes everyone a Happy 2009! I'll be back full time into YGO soon! Real Soon! I hope? =X... Well again! Happy New Year!