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.