Stopping for a while...

As what the title implies, I will be stopping this blog for a while.  Mainly due to examination purpose.  I will continue with this once the exam is over and everything is sorted out.  Until then...Take care.

Thoughts on Dark World against Emperor

I watched a duel on youtube between Dark World and Dimensional Emperor and I have to say, that emperor deck sure runs well.  The fact that emperors are teching dimensional prison means that they have the ability to lock down all those Dark World plays and consequently, giving you a default win.  However, in the end, the Dark World player lost.  Why did he lose?  Because he made a very bad move, he did not side decked.  In the video, he just kept on pushing forward albeit it being a wasted effort.  I guess that's what you call going the extra mile to prove that your deck can function good even without side-decking...Hello, even if a deck is powerful, it isn't omnipotent.  Thus, comes to today's topic, how to make sure that your dark world stays alive.

Firstly, against emperors, there is only one particular emperor that you must watch out for and that is none other than the boss of the monarchs, caius!

The reason why I say this is because this card is absolutely devastating for Dark World monsters, especially grapha.  Once this card hits the field, it will automatically remove your Grapha from play and there is literary nothing you can do to prevent it unless you have the proper answers to this card.  The other thing is dimensional monarch engine allows no outs for Dark World effects and if they happen to run Vanity's Fiend, then brother, you can scoop.  Nowadays, with D.D. Crow and the likes running rampant, it is a wise choice to side in some cards that can effectively stop your opponents from harming your deck.  But in order to do so, you must sacrifice speed if you want to make sure that you can bag the game.

The first tech card, which is also the less run is Imperial Iron Wall.  This card stops ANY cards from being removed from play so yeah, basically, even you cannot activate the effect of your own DW monsters for gate's effect.

Another good tech would be kycoo since you can just side out your scar (OCG) or bronn for it.  When Kycoo is on the field, your opponent cannot touch your graveyard.  However, if you are running a skill drain build, I suggest you stick with the first tech since skill drain will destroy your kycoo and ultimately yourself.  If you are not running skill drain, then good for you, you can run kycoo and if you feel like it, you can run Chaos Hunter too which is a free +1 when it hits the field.  Why do I say that?  First, you can dump your grapha for her, then as long as she's on your field, your grapha can sit idly in the graveyard while waiting for a chance to prance at your opponent.

Do note that 1 Shadow Imprisoning Mirror will kill all these monsters' effects.  So, before you run these monsters, make sure that your opponent does not have Shadow Imprisoning Mirror and if he or she has it, take out your DWL and side in more MST and Dust Tornadoes to blast away that annoying mirror.  Generally, if you want to, you can just side in more spells/traps buster to destroy the traps and spells on the field but it does not offer a solution for the cards in hand such as D.D. Crow or monster's effect like Banisher of the Radiance.

In short, there are too many ways to kill Dark World but too little outs to these problems as you will definitely compensate speed for security.  At times like this, you can clearly see that Hyperion still stands at the summit of the boss monsters as he can just banish any agent from either his hand/field/grave which means unless you have rai-ohs or traps set up, you cannot touch this guy.  So, my verdict for today?

"I am only strong if nobody touches me."

"Give me your best shot"

Hyperion rules the meta!  And I don't think this will change unless Konami suddenly opens their eyes and discover that they are horrible at making good cards.  Learn from MTG please because as of this very moment, your game has slanted to the SUCKS side.  Until next time, take care~

Random YGO

"Am I cute?"

Sometimes when you look at these fanarts, you just don't feel like quitting YGO.  Oh, let me rephrase that, when you see fanarts like these, God!  How you wish you can take Yugi's place!

Skype Dueling

Alright guys, I am going to do my own personal game report.  Don't have any TCG cards so it's a big No No for me to participate in any regionals here (just a side note, I am running on OCG cards).  So, I am going to do some report on my Skype Dueling experience.  May try to upload some videos if I have the chance but chances are...Meh...Alright, so I played against 3 players with 2 different decks but I am going to report on the duel with my Dark World deck since that is my main deck which I am quite proud of (but lost nonetheless to 2 extremely good players).

"I am powerful but not almighty"

Alright, so my first duel was with a guy who ran Disaster Dragon.  I won 1 round and lost the other 2.  Can't quite remember how it happened but the setup was like this.  1 REDMD and 1 Drago on the field.  That completely locked me down.  My second loss was due to insufficient LP.  I had Tragoedia with 6 cards in my hand and if only I had a little bit more life, that game would have been mine as he summoned Prime Material instead of Drago.  Oh yeah, gemini imps just stopped my plays.  It killed my DWD and my Card Destruction, hence I was stuck with all the DW monsters in my hand while he used his REDMD and Drago to kill me piece by painful piece.  Screw that Imp and Drago.  So, my Dark World deck got pawned!  Verdict: XOX
Drago is the MVP here, completely locked down my plays.

"Wanna run DW?  Screw that!"

My second duel was against a guy running Monster Mash Agent Angel (only 3 spells and no traps).  I got pawned hard and there was literary no way I could make a comeback after getting hit with Leviair and BLS.  For the first win, he SSed Chaos Sorcerer and banished my Grapha, I graphaed his sorcerer only to be obliterated by BLS + Honest combo.  I won the second round with Grapha love.  The third round was ridiculous.  I had no graphas in hand, no draw outlet and my hand consisted of one Fabled Raven and one Beiige, I had one grapha in my graveyard but he had one Krystia and one Hyperion on the field, not to mention he blew up my field spell.  Crap~  Krystia and Hyperion combo just proved to be too overwhelming and again, locked down completely.  So, verdict?

Have a great day and until next time, take care~

Best Anime of The Season

I am now currently watching an anime called Fate/Zero and I daresay it is by far the best anime of the season!  It has a superb plot development, nothing too exaggerated, no single party too overpowered and all of the characters are given a breathe of new life and equal screening time (here's to hoping that this will last).  The anime is absolutely wonderful and I have never felt so excited over an anime before.  23 minutes felt like 3 minutes only and my goodness, this insatiable craving for anime has returned once again to my body.  This feeling far supersedes the desire I have for YGO and movies.  Well, without any more delay, let me present to you Fate/Zero, in the flesh:

As you can see from the above picture (apologies for it being so puny), the artwork is simply fantastic and the details given to each character is just so intricate that you would hardly recognise the flaws in the story, which is none!  And the best part is....The characters ACTUALLY blink!!  You heard me, it is as though the characters are living humans themselves and blink their eyes every now and then.  You can't imagine how great this is for me.  Not to say that I am bragging but I have very high expectations for animes and every now and again, I was gravely disappointed by what they had to show but not this one; this one is just perfect!  Alright, enough of the self-appraisal.  Now, onto the story and why it is just that nice.

The story demystifies the Holy Grail war (the one that you read in the bible) and in order to acquire this Holy Grail, 7 Masters are pitch against each other and they have a battle royale to choose the rightful owner of the grail.  Now, these Masters are not fighting alone, the Holy Grail grants them each a Servant or in more common terms, a fighter that will fight the other Master's Servants in order to defeat the opponent until one last person is standing.  Now, the sad thing is, this was set before the Fate/Stay Night anime and if you haven't watched that, you should go and watch it albeit it has no connection or whatsoever with this one.  The eight Servants are divided into their own respective classes, which are Sabre, Lancer, Archer, Caster, Berserker, Rider and Assassin.  I doubt I will need to explain these classes one by one since I believe you can infer the abilities of each class just by reading them.

Now, the reason why I say this anime is wonderful is because it is not some gibberish that was thought up on the spot but story that has a real reference to the story it is telling.  For example, the Saber class, Arthuria Pendragon is actually based off the famour hero, Arthur Pendragon (5th/6th King of England) and the Archer class, Gilgamesh, is based off the legendary hero Gilgamesh from the Mesopotamian era.  The characters all possess certain characteristics that coincide with the heroes they are representing.  The plot is still in its developing stage but by golly, it has already completely taken over my soul and I can't wait to watch the next episode.

Lastly, the music.  What is a good anime without its music?  There are some animes that have great artwork, great plot but the music destroys it.  However, this is highly subjective and what works for me may not work for you as the adage goes: "One man's meat is another man's poison."  In my opinion, the music used in this anime is simply superb!  The music could completely convey the atmosphere at that particular part of time to the viewer and before you know it, your heart rate has increased and you are eagerly anticipating the next course of event.  The denouement used is also wonderful.  It does not tell you what will happen next directly but rather, it lets you cogitate on what might unfold in the next episode.

Ever since Spice and Wolf, I have not been so riled up anymore.  I will be doing a full review of this anime once it finishes, which is sometime next year if everything goes well and I will make sure to include every last minor detail into the review.  So, until next time, take care~

The Gateway to the Underworld is Here!

Hi guys, just a quick update.  I went to youtube recently and found a lot of SDGU structure deck unboxing as well as a live duel with the new Dark World deck.  For those of you who are interested in the live deck testing, here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhvyZnM_4xY.

Also, a side note, I will not be posting YGO constantly, will be putting up some posts with my life-events and happenings around me which I find interesting and worth sharing.  Until next time, take care~

Quick Update and Announcement

I am sure most of you have heard the big update on the latest OCG structure deck (Dragonic Legion).  Yes, Konami has just unveiled one of the two Ultra Rare dragons and as far as I can tell, that card is quite good but not broken, at least not to the extent of Hyperion or Grapha.  It is on par with Snoww and Earth though being a good +1 fodder for their respective theme.  So, without further ado, let's analyze the card shall we?

So, basically the effect goes like this:
"You can remove 1 DARK and 1 LIGHT monster in your graveyard from play to special summon this card from your hand.  Also, you can send 1 DARK and 1 LIGHT monster from your hand to your graveyard to special summon this card from your graveyard.  If this card is sent from the field to the graveyard, you can select 1 LV5 or higher DARK dragon-type monster and special summon it onto your field."

The effect is quite good considering the best DARK dragon you can target from your grave is Red Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon and he is going to be reprinted in this deck, yahoo!  So, basically, you can pitch this guy and REDMD into your grave via future fusion and send one light and one dark monster into your graveyard to special summon this guy back.  Then, you can do either a kamikaze or dark hole to get REDMD and another dragon of your choice onto the field.  Quite neat if you ask me.  However, like I mentioned earlier, this is at best a Snoww or Earth.  This card acts as a facilitator and not more than that.  It does play a good role as a LV6 beatstick, taking into account most LV6 only have 2400ATK.  Now, all we can do is wait patiently for the DARK variant to be revealed, whether he will be more powerful or not is up to the judges to decide.  I do hope trade-in and white stone legend will get reprinted in this deck since this deck totally need those cards if they want to run well.  Other than that, this structure deck could be something good to look forward to.  If the cards are good, I am going to buy 3 boxes of this and finally replace my Machina deck.

Furthermore, next week I will be quite busy with assignments and test preparations, so I won't be blogging a lot.  Until next time, take care and good night.

世界的奇才

今天我刚读完一个伟大人物讲的题目。读完了以后真的是让我恍然大悟。就在那一瞬间，我从小至今的人生观完全变了。什么是老师，什么是教育，如何评论莫个人成功还是失败，今天大部分都揭晓了。我不得不在这里感谢南怀瑾老师，他所说的一切，凭经验真的是难得又丰富。

我读了蛮多哲学家的分析但没一个能和南怀瑾老师所讲的相合辩论。他所说的每一个子都有它存在的意义，实在是太神奇了。如果你有机会的话，不妨买一买他的书本来读读看。真的是世界数一数二的奇才！

Single Card Review - Pot of Duality

Good evening world, it's your one hell of a blogger, Bong here with today's single card review, pot of duality.  Now I know the TCG has been overjoyed recently because they just got their most anticipated card of the year reprinted, in the form of a super rare in a tin no less.  What was once a 160+ USD card can now be bought at a mere 8USD.  So, why was this card so expensive and why was it hyped to such a degree?  Let's have a look at the card itself shall we?

"I am dirt cheap now~ Yeah!"

Let's evaluate this card.  Okay, this card allows you to choose one of the three cards chosen and add it into your hand.  After activation, you can neither conduct your special summon nor activate a second pot.  Balanced?  More than that.  However, it is also broken in some sense too but thanks to its drawback, the effect is not as grand.  The effect that lets you choose one of the three cards revealed is groundbreaking enough.  Think about it, you are on the verge of losing and you revealed Dark Hole.  You activate it and turn the whole table around.  It's completely possible and totally practical.

Let's just look at the current meta decks.  Although almost all the decks focus on special summoning, they still run 2 to three pot of dualities in their decks because it just boosts the consistency too much.  Think about the days when we had graceful charity, it's exactly the same principle just that the remaining two are shuffled back into the deck instead of being discarded into the graveyard.  So what if you cannot conduct your special summon this turn, it doesn't mean that you can't conduct it during your opponent's turn.

In short, this card is very good even in this format, so you should definitely try running it to improve your deck's consistency.  That's all for today, take care.

Random Post

Yo guys, how are you?  Just came back from a buffet dinner with my friends.  Had a lot of laughs and ate until my stomach felt like it was about to explode.  So, basically I will not be doing any post today but will do a card review on a single spell card - Pot of Duality and its efficiency in this format.  There are some interesting reads which you can go and read up yourself.  In my opinion, these blogs are awesome and if you have the time, you should definitely drop by there and learn about the stuff they have to say.  A few include:
1. http://duelistcodex.wordpress.com/
2. http://duelinglegacy.blogspot.com/
3. http://duelsociety.blogspot.com/
4. http://lfnandygo.blogspot.com/

These 3 blogs give very good insights on the current meta and should definitely be added by every single duelist out there, you won't regret it.

Dark World Build

So, I decided to do a little deck profile while I feel like it, so without further ado, I present you my contemporary dark world deck. Comments and fixes are always welcomed. Enjoy. ^^

Single Card Review - XX-Saber Darksoul

Okay, so today I will be doing a post on XX-Saber Darksoul.  Darksoul is probably an old card that everyone knows but I just feel like doing it because OCG has finally gotten it, yippee!  Back to the topic, in my opinion, dark soul is one awesome card that all Saber Build should main at 3.  Well, before I go further into this card, let's look at its effect shall we?

"Hey yo, Darksoul's in the house."

So, it is basically the Snoww of X-Sabers and the best thing is, its effect triggers at the end phase.  This means that even if your opponent has a rai-oh, you can just kill it during the main phase and at the end phase, you still get to search your monster!  Plus, this card is weak enough to get killed by any monster, so the effect is bound to trigger.  Heck, even ryko can kill it~

"Did someone just mention me?"

Furthermore, darksoul can be searched out literary by any relevant searchers out there.  Sangan, mystic tomato etc.  You name it.  He can also be brought back by Boggart Knight and Faultroll meaning that you can sync him off for another "X-Saber" monster during the end phase.  This card can practically generate tonnes of advantage as long as you can survive.  And before your opponent knows it, you have assembled all the cards required to turn the game to your favour.  His effect is good but it is not broken, that's what makes this card so nice and balanced.

There are numerous ways to shut this guy off and the most prominent one being the different dimension.  Note his effect "sent to the Graveyard".  This means that as long as he doesn't hit the graveyard, he is as good as dead.  Killing this card will cripple a lot of plays and ultimately result in your defeat.  So, making sure you have the appropriate counter is imperative to pulling off a good game.  MST, saber slash and other spell destruction cards can be useful in countering this strategy.  Making sure opponent's monsters that can skewer this card do not hit the field too.  Having some grandpas by your side is always a good idea.

"Fear not my child, we are here"

Seeing that X-Saber is not a budget deck in the TCG (thanks to the wave 2 tins), it won't be a bad idea for beginners to invest in this deck and try it out.  The effects of X-Sabers are pretty straightforward and if played correctly, you can create an explosive play of your own and your opponent will be left baffled by the plays you have done.  So that's it for my post today.  Take care and have a nice day.

Photon Shockwave TCG is screwed...

Good evening world!  Just a small update before the big post about my latest DW deck sometime next week.  I just took a quick glance at the new PHSW spoiler list at Konami's official site and was perplexed by what I saw.  For those of you who haven't seen it, here's the link: http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/products/bp-phsw.html and for those of you who want to check out the respective card's effect, here's the link: http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page.  Check and read it up yourself. xD

So, to the main topic, why do I say that this set is screwed?  Firstly, this set has way too many powerful cards and I just reviewed one not long ago, you can probably see it somewhere down there, don't feel like giving the link here when you can just scroll down and find it.  Exercise your finger a bit boy.  Alright, an example of a powerful card, our cute and fluffy rabbit with a pair of goggles:

I give you the cute and flabby white angel, rescue rabbit!  This is technically a rescue cat but with more restrictions.  However, its effect is darn good and you can effectively fetch out a mean guy to spank your opponent's ass for you.  If you are running a dino, then say hello to:

"You mess with me, you mess with GOD"

Basically, I am talking from the OCG point of view where powerful cards more often appear as common or rare, seldom we get powerful cards in the form of super and ultra.  But for the TCG people, boy, do I pity them.  The cute rabbit you saw up there?  It's a freaking secret in the TCG which means, let me calculate....1 in a few boxes perhaps?  In OCG, you can open the packs blindly and you are bound to get 1 rabbit but in the TCG, well, you guys know the deal.  Every last good card in the PHSW set is a secret and that means...

"You ain't gonna get me unless I want you to"

Other "secret agents" you have in this set include Agent Dark Smog, Agent Wind-up Rabbit (God knows his effect) and a few other guys whom I can't remember their names, must either be too ugly or too whacked to be remembered.  As stated in another guy's blog, he said that PHSW is going to be the next DREV set where you get all the good cards but your wallet is gonna bleed like mad, you might consider blood transfusion later. And the general trend now in the TCG is if you have no money to buy these sets:

That's all, good night and pleasant dreams.

重燃的火焰

听了这首歌后，我那沉睡了许久的感情又再次浮现了。http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAaxh8OuzHk&feature=related  

看了那火辣又可爱的脸蛋后，我pedophile的基因现在在呼唤我，命令我去把那可恨的第三季下载。有时不得不承认，那些女生的声音真的是死不好听呀。可恶，要是我的声音也能像这样的话，我早就在我自己的胖哥楼翘脚饮茶咯。可恶的明星呀！给回我的血汗呀！你们这些靠粉丝资助的ham ga chai!!

是不是想要她呢？我的女儿来的，不要乱乱来噢。。。xD

Single Card Review - Dark Smog

Howdy there duelists, how was your week?  So, today, I will be reviewing a card and that card is *drum rolls*...DARK SMOG!!  It is the upcoming TCG exclusive and by golly, it has one hell of a whackass effect.  So, let's get down to business shall we?

(No picture as the current picture looks like crap!)

Dark Smog
Continuous Trap
Once per turn, you can target 1 monster in your opponent graveyard.  Discard 1 Fiend-Type monster and banish the target.

Okay, let's analyse this card from several perspectives shall we?

1) It's a continuous trap.  I read on pojo saying that this card is bad and stuff as it's a continuous trap card and will most likely be prone destruction.  Hey, look at Gate of Dark Worlds, it is a FIELD spell and yet people run it at 3.  Why?  Cause it's just so good.  Being a continuous trap card means that you are not limited to a one off discard.  You can use it as long as this card is on the field and you have big stuff in your hand.  This card, combined with Dark World Dealings and Gate of Dark World can actually make Goldd and Silva worth running.  In the OCG, Goldd and Silva just clog up your hand as most of the time you would want to discard either your grapha or your snoww but with this card, you can discard Grapha with Gate and discard a summoning folder with this.  Works like a charm.

2) Grave control.  The fact that it banishes an opponent monster from the graveyard is good news in itself!  This means that you can effectively lock down Agents, Frognarchs and even other Dark World decks!  When you have full control over the graveyard, then there's literary no way your opponent can stop you unless he has a Godlike hand.

3) Discard fodder.  I don't think I need to mention this but whatever cards that allow Dark Worlds to discard themselves and is not regarded as a cost is darn good enough!  So people, pack your deck with the monsters you need and show em who's boss.

4) Trap Card.  The last factor is it being a trap card.  In essence, this means that it will not provide you with the burst you need like from Gate of Dark Worlds since you need to set it down a turn.  But this also means that you can use it as a bluff and work your way around your opponent's spell destruction cards.  You can set this, let your opponent MST it and later play Gate for convenience.  And if this card survives, you can use it as an alternate source of discard and fill your grave with Fiends for Gate.

In short, this card is not that good and I would recommend running 0 to 1 copy and not more than that.  Why?  Reason is simple.  It is at best a tech card.  Moreover, if your opponent has no monsters in their grave, this card is literary dead and you don't want that to happen right?  I am not entirely sure about the efficacy of this card but would probably do some test decking to see how it goes.  So, until next time, see ya~

有时呢。。。

有时我不得不想下，为何上天会如此的玩弄人类。给一个例子：

乍看之下，任何人都想将她成为他的女朋友但。。。现实可是好残酷的呀。这位美少女实际上是个美少男！！瓜才好！想来想去，你们女生到底在做什么？？打扮和装可爱是你们的强项，为何连一个男生都打不倒？！

终而言之，世界已经开始进入另一个阶段了。。。

Day 30 - Final Offering to Death Aspect

This topic was meant to be a free topic so while I have the chance, I would like to say my final farewell for a great guy in my YGO life.  This man has been the man I look up to ever since he started his blog.  He is the one who gave YGO a breathe of new life, offering a wide range of innovative and novel ideas to the community.  His insights into YGO had always been very fastidious and as long as one followed his advice, chances are one would win the game.  Having him around the community was truly exhilarating and those moments will be dearly missed by all.  My only concern would be the newbies entering this game will have a slight disadvantage compared to the veterans.  Nevertheless, I hope that no matter where he goes, prosperity follows.

Death Aspect, may you find a better life out there and God bless you!

All the Posts in 1 Post

Hi there, sorry for not updating my blog for such a LOOOOONNNNNGGGGGGG time~  Generally, there had been numerous attempts to update my blog but laziness was just too overwhelming so now that I feel the drive to do so, I will finish with all the 30days blog challenge.  Here goes:

Day 21 - Most Memorable Event
Although this should have been a long post, I will keep it short to make room for my other posts.  Okay, so the most memorable event was hanging out with my friends back in Kuching and in New Zealand.  Well, before who I am today, I was an introvert and hardly mixed with anyone.  If you ask my secondary school peers, they would tell you everything.  Hence, spending time with my friends and laughing together is a very pivotal thing in my life and I cannot imagine how I would have been had I not met up with all these wonderful people.

Day 22 - Most Deceitful Event
Well, I had a lot of bad happenings in my life but the worst would be my relative beating her kids like nobody's business and that she thought that she was the best.  Sigh, maniac~

Day 23- Happiest Moment in my life
Everyday I'd guesses.

Day 24 - Saddest Day in my life
The day I lost my grandmother.  She was the spiritual support and the one who gave me the most encouragement throughout my life.  I took her for granted when she was still with me and didn't give her the full respect she deserved.  Reminiscing, I was really a fool and a good-for-nothing grandson.

Day 25 - How you would be in 10 years
God knows.

Day 26 - Your future girlfriend/wife
Perfect of course!

Day 27 - Your Future Children
As long as they do not give me a headache frequently and stay true to my parents' teaching, no complaints here.

Day 28 - What are your ideals
1 - Be honest and never hide behind a mask
2 - Be jocund as life is too short
3 - Be a MAN, do the right thing!

Day 29 - What do you wish to achieve
I want to become the best damn teacher the world has ever seen.  I don't want to just teach students about all those technical knowledge but provide them something better, something more meaningful, a goal!  I want them to live up to themselves and set a goal that they are able to achieve.  When they succeed, I don't want them to feel conceited and complacent, I want them to be able to share the fruition of their work to the world and make this planet a better place to live in.