A Starlit Road to the Colosseum

So with Starlight Road finnaly being in the TCG, I've decided to build a deck using it.
So the best deck to use it is ofcourse a control deck, in this meta that would be Gadgets and Gladiator Beast.
Before I show you my deck lets first look at Starlight Road for a bit.

Starlight Road

Activate only when an effect is activated that would destroy 2 or more cards you control. Negate the effect and destroy that card. Then, you can Special Summon 1 "Stardust Dragon" from your Extra Deck.

Pros:

• It is atleast a +1 (depending on the card it negates).
• Protects you from mass removal card like Heavy Storm or Judgement Dragon.
• Makes your opponent think twice before they use mass removal cards (playing around it makes them waste more resources).

Cons:

• It is a normal trap and not a counter trap (can be negated by cards like Royal Opression or My Body as a Shield)
• Can't do anything against single removal cards (like Smashing Ground or Mystical Space Typhoon).
• The summoned Stardust Dragon can't be revived once its sent to the graveyard (including by its effect).

With that out our way lets continue with the deck I made.

I decided to go with GBs because I'm more familiar with that deck type.

Monsters: 17
1x Cyber Dragon

1x Elemental Hero Prisma

1x Gladiator Beast Bestiari

1x Gladiator Beast Darius

2x Gladiator Beast Equeste

1x Gladiator Beast Hoplomus

2x Gladiator Beast Laquari

1x Gladiator Beast Murmillo

1x Gladiator Beast Retiari

2x Gladiator Beast Samnite

1x Rescue Cat

2x Test Tiger

1x X-Saber Airbellum

I only run 2 Test Tigers because I've found out (trought testing) that unless you run the full prisma engine (2 prisma, 1 stratos) they become a horrible top deck. 

X-Saber Airbellum is run in here because it increases the versatility of both rescue cat and the deck in general (Combos pretty nice with Cyber Dragon).

For those of you who want to run Secutor you can drop Retiari for him.

Spells: 7

2x Book of Moon

1x Cold Wave

2x Gladiator Proving Ground

1x Heavy Storm

1x Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps: 16

2x Bottomless Trap Hole

2x Dimensional Prison

2x Gladiator Beast War Chariot

2x Dust Tornado
2x Compulsory Evacuation Device

1x Solemn Judgment

2x Starlight Road

1x Torrential Tribute

2x Waboku

Due to the small number of Gladiator Beasts in the main deck I preffer to only run 2 of Gladiator Beast War Chariot, more of them would cause dead draws.

The number of Wabokus can be droped if you need the space for additional cards.

Extra Deck:

2x Chimeratech Fortress Dragon

2x Gladiator Beast Gyzarus

2x Gladiator Beast Heraklinos

1x Ally of Justice Catastor

1x Black Rose Dragon

1x Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

1x Colossal Fighter

1x Goyo Guardian

2x Stardust Dragon

1x Thought Ruler Archfiend

1x Mist Worm

Do take note that depending on your main deck choices and also on your meta the side deck must change accordingly.

These are some of the card I would advise to be used in the side deck:

• My Body as a Shield -> Against decks that use lots of single card removal like Gadgets.
• Nobleman of Crossout -> Against Flamvell Cat decks (and other flip centric decks)
• Light-Imprissioning Mirror -> Against LightSworn and their variants.
• Dust Tornado -> For game 2/3 to counter their sided cards or decks that also run starlight road.
• Mind Control -> Mirror match (also Brain Control if you don't main it).
• Consecrated Light -> Against BlackWings and other Dark centric decks.
• Pulling The Rug -> Against Monarch & Gadget decks.

Cat on a hot tin roof

Hi there,
I know that I am talking to myself you have been waiting for a new post.
The reason why I didn't post for shuch a long time is not because *inset random bullshit other bloggers tell you* but because I was to lazy.

A few random notes:
* I'm kind of late with this but welcome to the new format.
* I mostly like the new list except for JD still at 2 and mezuki at 1.
* Creative decks like Thunderpants Special make me happy.

Today the fetured deck is Flamvell Cat. For those that don't know it is a basic Rescue Cat deck combined with a Flamvell engine (usally 3 Flamvell Firedog, 3 Flamvell Magician and 2 Rekindling).

FlamCat

Monsters: 20

3x Flamvell Firedog

3x Flamvell Magician

1x Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

1x Gravekeeper's Guard

2x Gravekeeper's Spy

1x Neo-Spacian Dark Panther

1x Rescue Cat

2x Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter

1x Sangan
1x Super-Nimble Mega Hamster

1x Summoner Monk

3x X-Saber Airbellum

I chose to run Gravekeeper's over additional Hamsters because of the versatility they bring. This also allows me to synchro summon Arcanite Magician more frequently.

While Neo-Spacian Dark Panther gives me access to instant level 6 synchros and the ocasional effect copy.

Spells: 13

1x Allure of Darkness

2x Book of Moon

1x Brain Control

1x Cold Wave
1x Gold Sarcophagus

1x Heavy Storm

1x Mind Control

1x Mystical Space Typhoon

2x Pot of Avarice

2x Pureflame Eruption

To minimize hand clutter Pureflame Eruption is played at 2 instead of 3. One Allure of Darkness is also played due to the dark count of this deck (you can replace it for a second copy of Gold Sarcophagus).

Traps: 7

2x Bottomless Trap Hole

2x Dimensional Prison

1x Mirror Force

1x Solemn Judgment

1x Torrential Tribute

On top of the basic trap lineup I chose to run 2 Dimensional Prisons because of the decks large amount of weak monsters (Firedog being the only beatstick). For those who don't like Prison, they can take them out for card like Royal Oppression or Trap Dustshoot.

Extra Deck:

1x Ally of Justice Catastor

2x Arcanite Magician

1x *random lvl 7 synchro*

1x Black Rose Dragon

1x Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

2x Colossal Fighter

1x Goyo Guardian

1x Magical Android

1x Red Dragon Archfiend

2x Stardust Dragon

1x Thought Ruler Archfiend

1x Mist Wurm  (Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Boundary for OCG)