Weeds always grow back

So since Konami butchered plant synchro with the new ban list, I decided to cry like a little girl create a new type of plant deck (took me a little longer than expected to make the deck consistent enough). 

Ctrl+C Exceed:

This is a reactive control focused deck that waits for your opponents plays, steals their monsters (with MotR, Mind Control & Big Eye) and uses them for XYZing/Synchroing or as beatstiks. 

3x Fallen Angel of Roses
3x Cherry Inmato
3x Verz Mandrago
2x Copy Plant
1x Gigaplant
1x Lonefire Blossom
1x Sangan
1x Violet Witch
1x Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
2x Effect Veiler
2x Maxx "C"


Fallen Angel of Roses & Copy Plant are the power cards of the deck, they give you access to a wide variety extra deck cards. While Verz Mandrago and Cherry Inmato serve as combo enablers for the deck.

Notable play: 

Special Summon* Verz Mandrago & return to hand to SS* Fallen Angel of Roses, normal summon Copy Plant, use its effect and XYZ into a Rank 7 or SS a level 8 Synchro (withouth using Copy Plants effect). 

You can also preform this play with Lonefire Blossom instead of Copy Plant by tributing Verz Mandrago for Lonefires effect.

Mark of the Rose x3

Miracle Fertelizer  x2

Mystical Space Typhoon x2

Heavy Storm x1

Dark Hole x1

Allure of Darkness x1

Monster Reborn x1

Foolish Burial x1

Mind Control x1

Book of Moon x1

Mark of the Rose is prety much a legal version Snatch Steal which has become even stronger with the introduction of XYZs.

Because the way XYZ summons are ruled, Miracle Fertelizer stays on the field if the summoned monster is used as a XYZ material and with Verz Mandrago one can bypass the "no normal summon" drawback.

Notable play:

Steal your opponents  Number 39: Utopia with either Mind Control or Mark of the Rose and turn it into your Number C39: Utopia Ray.

2x Torrential Tribute
2x Solemn Warning
1x Solemn Judgment
1x Mirror Force

Because both Effect Veiler & Maxx "C" are already used and due to deck space, the trap line up is keept minimal with the only notable inclusion being the newly semi-limited Torrentail Tribute.

Notable play:

One can negate Macro Cosmos with Solemn Warning because its effect includes Special Summoning.

Ally of Justice Catastor x1

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier x1

Black Rose Dragon x1

Stardust Dragon x1

Scrap Dragon x1

Gachi Gachi Gantetsu x1

Wind-Up Zenmaines x1

Number 39: Utopia x2

Number C39: Utopia Ray x1

Photon Streak Bouncer x1

The Sacred Ptolemys M7 x1

Number 11: Big Eye x2

Ennead, the Holy Marked Divine Dragon x1

The Rank 6 XYZs are usaly summoned by using Gigaplant,  Ennead is summoned with your opponents monsters like 

Elemental Hero Absolute Zero. 

While Black Rose Dragon is the least summoned monster from the extra deck, its 2nd effect can in ocassion be as devastating as its 1st.


Notable cards not included in the deck:

• Dark Armed Dragon -> the deck runs quite a few darks but due to its speed this card is dead in your hand more often than not. A faster verzion of this deck could run it (either a turbo or a mill variant).
• Pot of Avarice -> same as Dark Armed Dragon.
• Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite -> combos with Miracle Fertelizer.
• Mist Wurm -> can replace one of the less used extra deck cards.
• Thunderclap Knight - Gaia Dragoon -> is quite devastating with Mark of the Rose if your opponents deck focuses on Rank 5 or 6 XYZs.

That time of the year

The reason why I haven't been writng stuff here was because I wasn't innovating at all and only atendet locals.

I played Plants until TGU came out and then TGs. 

Now this list rapes my TG deck so I have to get into a creative spirit again so expect more frequent posts from now on.

Banned

Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Glow-Up Bulb

Spore

Trap Dustshoot

Limited

T . G . Striker

Agent of Mystery, Earth

Semi-Limited

Lumina, Lightlord Summoner

Marshmallon

Reborn Tengu

Level Limit Area B

Emergency Teleport

Shien's Smoke Signal

Torrential Tribute

Ultimate Offering

No Longer Limited

Call of the Haunted

Sagenhafte Kontrolle

Hey guys all 5 of you, its been a while since I last posted. I took a little break from YuGiOh because of University but now I'm back.

Back on topic. With the impending release of HA04 on the 14th of April, we will finnaly be getting "The Fabled" and that means it's clobbering time to build a new deck.

U RAGIN EUROPE?

Because in Europe (and Oceania) we won't be alowed to use T.G. Hyper Librarian in our extra decks. And that is why this build will be more of a control version, than for example Bahamut84's version, using more defensive cards like Phoenix Wing Wind Blast.

Monsters: 21

Dandylion x1
Doppelwarrior x1
Fabled Grimro x3
Fabled Krus x3
Fabled Kushano x1
Morphing Jar x1
The Fabled Catsith x1
The Fabled Cerburrel x3
The Fabled Chawa x2
The Fabled Ganashia x3
The Tricky x2

Spells: 12

1x Book of Moon
1x Card Destruction
1x Dark Hole
2x Dark World Dealings
1x Foolish Burial
1x Giant Trunade
1x Mind Control
1x Monster Reborn
2x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Pot of Avarice

Traps: 7

Mirror Force x1

Phoenix Wing Wind Blast x2

Solemn Judgment x1

Solemn Warning x2

Torrential Tribute x1

Extra Deck: 15

1x Ally of Justice Catastor
1x Ancient Sacred Wyvern

1x Arcanite Magician
1x Armory Arm
1x Black Rose Dragon
1x Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1x Colossal Fighter
1x Fabled Leviathan
2x Fabled Ragin
1x Formula Synchron
1x Scrap Dragon
1x Stardust Dragon
1x The Fabled Unicore
1x Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Closing comment: 

The deck can easly be bumped up to 42 cards so one can add cards like a 2nd Pot of Avarice or any other tech choice.

Until next time and remember kids "DON'T BE RAGIN" when you play against this deck.

Run like ClockWork

Hai yall, It's ya boi pro... naw just kidding, it's just me Gred.
So the new banlist is official and its time to Ddddddduel innovate.

For this deck I got inspired by Team Hunger Forces (I hope I got that right) clockwork deck which you can find on Prowinstons youtube channel (link).

So without further ado, here is the decklist:

Monsters: 19

Cyber Dragon x3

Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive x3

Machina Gearframe x3 

Machina Fortress x3 

Jinzo x2

Jinzo Returner x2

Black Salvo x1

Machina Force x1

Plaguespreader Zombie x1

Spells: 13

3x Book of Moon
2x Mystical Space Typhoon
2x Pot of Duality
1x Dark Hole
1x Future Fusion
1x Giant Trunade
1x Limiter removal
1x Monster Reborn
1x Overload Fusion

Traps: 8

Bottomless Trap Hole x2

Solemn Warning x2

Mirror Force x1

Royal Oppression x1 

Solemn Judgment x1

Torrential Tribute x1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extra: 15

2x Chimeratech Overdragon

3x Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
1x Ally of Justice Catastor
1x Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1x Goyo Guardian
1x Scrap Archfiend
1x Scrap Dragon
2x Black Rose Dragon
1x Colossal Fighter
1x Mist Wurm
1x Stardust Dragon

Pineapple Express

Hi there again, it's been a while since I posted.
This time I'll do things a bit differently,  instead of posting a deck I will be posting more of a guide on how to build it yourself.

The deck in question is Pineapple Express which I got from the forum Duelistgroundz.
It is basically a plant cat deck with the new Naturia cards from DREV, Pineapple & Bamboo Shoot.

Naturia Bamboo Shoot
*****
Earth/Plant/Effect
2000/2000
If this card is Tribute Summoned by tributing a "Naturia" monster, while this card remains face-up on the field, your opponent cannot activate Spell or Trap Cards.

Naturia Pineapple
**
Earth/Plant/Effect
100/100
All face-up monsters you control are treated as Plant-Type. If this card is in your Graveyard during your Standby Phase, and you control no Spell or Trap Cards, you can Special Summon this card. This effect cannot be activated if you control a face-up "Naturia Pineapple" or if there are any monsters in your Graveyard that are not Plant or Beast-Type.

With that out of the way, now for cards & numbers.

First we have the beasts:
1x Rescue Cat
Well it's a synchro cat deck at its core.

2-3x Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter
It's a beast, mills your Pineapples and is a all-around good card.

1x Snyffus
It's a plant & beast deck, we can't go without this fellow.

2-3x X-Saber Airbellum 
Level 3 beast tuner for zee cat, solid effect.

1-3x Super-Nimble Mega Hamster 
Creates field advantage, searches for Ryko or a tuner for synchro summoning the next turn. 

Then we have the plants:
2-3x Naturia Pineapple 
The name giver of the deck. Pretty much works like a Treeborn Frog.

2-3x Naturia Bamboo Shoot 
With enough protection this card can be a game winner but don't focus to much on it.

2x Lonefire Blossom
Since we want to get to our Pineapples to be live as soon as possible, this is a natural inclusion.

1-2x Dandylion
With all the milling, discarding, synching, ect. the deck does, this card and its tokens can come quite in handy.

1x Spore
The best plant tuner available in the tcg.

1x Tytannial, Princess of Camellias
With Pineapple, Lonefire and Dandylion this card is a auto-inclusion. Even tribute summoning this gal shouldn't be a problem.


Thats it for the monster lineup, now for the spells and traps:
2-3x Enemy Controller
With Pineapples/Dandylions effect and 5 tuners in the maindeck this is pretty much a staple.

2-3x Pot of Avarice
With all the milling and cat abuse this card can be live quite soon in the game. Personally I would run 2.

1x Foolish Burial
We want our Pineapples & Dandylions in the grave.

0-1x Cold Wave
Helps with big pushes.

1x Brain & Mind Control each
5 tuners + pot of avarice.

2x PWWB /or Raigeki Break
Same as Foolish Burial and protects Bamboo Shoot.

The rest should be filled with staples and personal tech choices.

Tech examples:
Behemoth the King of All Animals
Tribute Pineapple and/or Fluff token(s) and get back Rescue Cat from the grave.

XX-Saber Darksoul

Enables you to run XX-Saber Hyunlei in your extra deck.

Treeborn Frog
You just summon it before the Pineapple. Makes tribute summoning Tytannial easier. 

Cactus Bouncer
Good for locking down your opponent even further after you've set up Bamboo Shoot or Naturia Beast.

Pollinosis
With Pineapples and Dandylions effect this pretty much becomes a free solemn. Also great for protecting Bamboo Shoot.

Divine Warning
More protection.

Royal Oppression
Same as Cactus Bouncer.

Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane
Tribute Pineapple, summon zee cat!!!

As far as the extra deck goes only Naturia Beast is mandatory the rest should be filled up with staples and plant/beast type synchros like Voltic Bicorn or Splendid Rose.

Naturia Beast
*****
Earth/Beast/Synchro/Effect
2200/1700
1 EARTH Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner EARTH monsters 
While this card is face-up on the field, you can send the top 2 cards of your Deck to the Graveyard to negate the activation of a Spell Card and destroy it.

Ways to summon Naturia Beast in this deck:

• Naturia Pineapple + X-Saber Airbellum

• Super-Nimble Mega Hamster+Synffus

 This is all for today, I hope it was as interesting to read as it was to write.

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)