LP's back with questions & a "new" deck

[Low_Profile]

im certain none of you remember me. and i wont remember any of you :P

 

anyway, i recently got back into the game again and i loaded my deck with some old limited and forbidden cards that i didnt have before and, as a result, ive been winning a good number of duels ive been having with my friends lately. these are just friendly matches so we dont care about the forbidden things so much

 

the problem is that my deck is HUGE now. alot of these cards have really been helping, but i seriously want to cut back not only because, as ive gathered, the new limit is officially 60 cards, but also because its simply a hassle to take out and use.

 

so im gonna list down what i currently have in my deck and ask you guys for some constructive criticism on what i should take out

 

 

MONSTER CARDS (Level 1-4)

 Blazing Inpachi x2

 Sonic Duck

 Neo the Magic Swordsman

 Gren Maju Da Eiza x2

 Archfiend Soldier x2

 Penguin Soldier x2

 Giant Soldier of Stone

 Tornado Bird

 4-Starred Ladybug of Doom

 Neo Bug

 Sangan

 Fox Fire x3

 Old Vindictive Magician

 Skilled White Magician

 Great Angus

 Marauding Captain

 Nin-Ken Dog

 Lady Assailant of Flames

 Kabazauls

 Wall of Illusion x2

 Psychic Snail

 Gagagigo

 Fiber Jar

 White Ninja

 Yomi Ship

 Inaba White Rabbit

 Dummy Golem

 Mask of Darkness

 Double Coston

 Dark Blade

 Spirit Reaper

 Raging Flame Sprite

 Harpie’s Brother

 Tsukuyomi

 Man-Eater Bug x3

 Trap Master

 Mysterious Puppeteer

 Magician of Faith

 Steel Scorpion

 

MONSTER CARDS (Level 5-6)

 Dark Driceratops

 Saber Beetle

 Jinzo

 Anteatereatingant

 Nobleman-Eater Bug

 Summoned Skull x2

 

 

 

MONSTER CARDS (Level 7-8]

 Guardian Angel Joan

 Sword Hunter

 Dark Magician x2

 Red-eyes B. Dragon x2

 Blue-Eyes White Dragon x2

 Buster Blader

 

 

MONSTER CARDS (Level 9 and higher)

 Slifer the Sky Dragon (i only use this occasionally and no one really minds)

 

 

FUSION DECK

 B. Skull Dragon

 Dark Paladin

 

 

SPELL CARDS

 Mystical Space Typhoon x3

 Ekibyo Drakmord

 Fissure

 De-Spell x3

 Nobleman of Crossout x3

 Axe of Despair

 Fusion Gate

 Monster Reborn

 Kishido Spirit

 Reload x2

 Swords of Revealing Light x2

 Malevolent Nuzzler

 Polymerization

 Level Limit – Area B

 Heavy Storm

 Scapegoat

 The Dark Door

 Giant Trunade

 Creature Swap x2

 Soul Release

 Cold Wave

 Card Destruction

 Snatch Steal

 Pot of Greed

 Change of Heart

 Premature Burial

 

TRAP CARDS

 Interdimensional Matter Transporter

 Shadow Spell x2

 Spellbinding Circle x2

 Compulsory Evacuation Device x2

 Trap Hole x3

 Draining Shield

 Call of the Haunted

 Raigeki Break x2

 Torrential Tribute

 Sakurestu Armor

 Disturbance Strategy

 Hallowed Life Barrier

 Judgment of Anubis

 Skull Lair

 

TOTAL # OF CARDS: approx. 120 (im not exactly sure about the number, but i want to cut back about 50 or 60 cards if at all possible, and this is not counting Slifer)

 

I still want to keep my deck at limitations, but nothing is forbidden. If im not up to snuff with limitations, just say so. Aside from that, what other cards do you think I should take out to cut back? Ultimately, I want to get rid of about 30 or 40 cards

 

Any questions on a card, just ask and ill gladly answer

 

Also, any idea what the hell the theme of my deck is? Because I honestly don’t know :P its something along the lines of removing cards from play and powering through with low level but high powered monsters and lower level weaker monsters with deadly effects

[LuffyLaxer]

okay.

You have several banned cards in here.

Monster Reborn

Magician of Faith

Premature Burial

Snatch Steal

Pot Of Greed

Change of Heart

 

These cards are limited to 1

Swords of Revealing Light

Mystical Space Typhoon

 

Your deck is too random. It has too many bad or outdated cards. It needs a theme. You want to run slifer correct?

 

Plus you can't post decks more than 50 cards.

[jabber2033]

Your deck is also way too large. 50 cards is the limit for this forum and 60 is the legal TCG limit. You have 120.

 

Cut to 40 and pick a theme. Then we can help.

[Low_Profile]

among my friends, we only play with limitations, no forbidden cards except in a few cases, like none of that chaos emperor dragon sheet. as for outdated cards; i was content not playing with them until i started playing again recently, and my new opponents all use those cards, so i just put myself on equal footing is all. i havent collected in AGES, and i dont really plan to start again, so i dont plan to/cant really do anything about outdated cards.

 

any ideas for other cards that i can/should take out?

[LuffyLaxer]

Pick a theme first. what type of deck do you want to run?

[Low_Profile]

i dont really want to have a specific theme. what i mainly go for is removing cards from play and using that to my advantage with Gren Maju Da Eiza(who becomes stronger for each removed card) and fighting with mostly low-leveled but high-powered monsters and otherwise using effect monsters to my advantage

[LuffyLaxer]

You'll probably want a Removal deck.

[jabber2033]

what i mainly go for is removing cards from play

 

Macro Monarchs is pretty good for this. It's a fairly effective but cheap deck. I can whip up a basic decklist if you want me to.

[burnpsy]

If you adhere to limits, put Mystical Space Typhoon and Swords of Revealing Light back at 1, where they currently are on the list.

 

Further, it is impossible to fix a deck when one is not willing to get new cards if necessary, nor if they are willing to select a theme.

 

Regardless, using Banned cards means you're playing Traditional Format, so this should probably have been posted there.

[Low_Profile]

thanks for your replies so far. the other main reason i dont want to go out an get new cards is because, to be perfectly honest, i just dont want to spend my money on it anymore. im content with what i have.

 

and ive taken those extra Swords and Typhoons out now, so thats all good

 

and my bad on placing it in the wrong place; i dont come around here much :P

[Dark_Armed_Zombie]

You should put in the title that this is in Traditional and it will probably be moved to the Traditional Format sub-forum. Aside from that, people have already said what is needed.

[Low_Profile]

i found more of my old cards and managed to remove some from my current deck. here's the current status of my deck:

 

MONSTERS (58]

--Fiber Jar

--Inaba White Rabbit

--Fox Fire x3

--Buster Blader

--Blazing Inpachi x2

--Dummy Golem

--White Ninja

--Nin-Ken Dog

--Red-Eyes B. Dragon

--Skilled White Magician

--Old Vindictive Magician

--4-Starred Ladybug of Doom

--Magician of Faith

--Man-Eater Bug x3

--Yomi Ship

--Giant Soldier of Stone

--Gren Maju Da Eiza x2

--Sword Hunter

--Tsukuyomi

--Summoned Skull x2

--Gagagigo

--Double Coston

--Raging Flame Sprite

--Nobleman-Eater Bug

--Mask of Darkness

--Wall of Illusion x2

--Kabazauls

--Dark Magician x2

--Blue-Eyes White Dragon x2

--Steel Scorpion

--Mysterious Puppeteer

--Lady Assailant of Flames

--Neo Bug

--Psychic Snail

--Dark Driceratops

--Jinzo

--Anteatereatingant

--Archfiend Soldier x2

--Harpie's Brother

--Great Angus

--Guardian Angel Joan

--Saber Beetle

--Trap Master

--Sangan

--Tornado Bird

--Spirit Reaper

--Marauding Captain

SPELLS (25)

--Scapegoat

--Malevolent Nuzzler

--Fissure

--Nobleman of Crossout x2

--Pot of Greed

--Heavy Storm

--Card Destruction

--Dark Hole

--Mystical Space Typhoon

--Monster Reborn

--Soul Release

--Snatch Steal

--Creature Swap

--Swords of Revealing Light

--Reload

--Polymerization

--Giant Trunade

--Ekibyo Drakmord

--Axe of Despair

--Kishido Spirit

--Change of Heart

--Level Limit - Area B

--The Dark Door

--Premature Burial

TRAPS (18]

--Skull Lair

--Raigeki Break x2

--Compulsory Evacuation Device x2

--Shadow Spell x2

--Trap Hole x3

--Hallowed Life Barrier

--Draining Shield

--Torrential Tribute

--Sakuretsu Armor

--Judgment of Anubis

--Spellbinding Circle x2

--Call of the Haunted

EXTRA CARDS/FUSIONS

--Dark Paladin

--B. Skull Dragon

--Slifer the Sky Dragon (again, i dont use it that often but keep it around in case i WANT to)

 

TOTAL # OF CARDS: 101 (102 if Slifer is included)

 

i know, i still have WAAY too many for casual OR official play; still trying to figure out what else to cut back

 

aside from these though, theres actually more cards that i want to ADD after recently finding them in my old pile to go with the removal idea, as well as replacing some others in the deck(i only have one red-eyes in there right now because i took out a beat-up one and havent replaced it yet) as well as other ones to counter some of teh cards my regular opponents are using:

 

Red-Eyes B. Dragon (fusion material for B. Skull Dragon)

Kaibaman (to get Blue-eyes out faster)

Return from teh Different Dimension x2 (since im gonna be removing lots of cards from play with my own strategies, this would be QUITE beneficial)

Magic Jammer (if i can find two more, ill have them replace Mystical Space Typhoon altogether)

Soul Absorption (again, removing cards alot will make this a good addition)

A Hero Emerges x2 (i often end up with a good number of monsters in my hand, so this would be good for me)

Card of Sanctity (removes cards from play. what else is there to say?)

Kaiser Sea Horse (to more easily summon my two-tribute LIGHT monsters like joan or blue-eyes)

Contract with teh Abyss (to more easily get out a powerful DARK monster, specifically dark magician)

Soul of Purity and Light (ill have to check again if i have alot of LIGHT monsters, but i always like the effects of this one)

Hane-Hane x2 (the effect returns cards to the hand, so this would be VERY good against my enemies' powerful monsters)

 

know that the ones immediately above arent in there yet, and the inclusion of any of them is still up in the air. my primary objective now is to get my regular limit down to around 60. any ideas on what i could take out now?

 

and yeah, i now know that this is in the wrong section, so could a mod move this to the appropriate part of teh forum?

[Cavv10]

This is the good section, but decks with moe than 50 cards ar not allowed here. Cut it to 40-43 and pick a theme. Then we can help.

 

inb4lock

[Aximil]

And ask to get this moved to the traditional section since you insist on running banned cards.

[Low_Profile]

This is the good section' date=' but decks with moe than 50 cards ar not allowed here. Cut it to 40-43 and pick a theme. Then we can help.

 

inb4lock

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okay, i guess the theme would be removal. what do you think coould/should be removed to that end?

[Guest Delinquent Girl NiAtSoFi]

...pffffff...101 cards?!?

[Cavv10]

removal isn't a theme...

 

read this :http://forum.yugiohcardmaker.net/thread-187984.html

[Low_Profile]

i have been thoroughly pwn'd :P

 

tbph, im really just not all that comfortable with picking one specific theme. not having a specific theme, i think, is one of my deck's main strengths since that means its not especially vulnerable. it works for me in teh duels that i play against friends: i win some, i lose some. really, the reason i came on here again was to ask what you all think are some of teh cards that i could cut out of my deck to reduce its size, thats the main problem that im having at the moment. on the other hand, another deck i made based on mythology is pretty heavy on warriors, so THATS one that has more of a theme to it. but ill bring up that another time.

[Rose]

The main problems with your deck is that you run too many cards, the deck is slow as hell, there seems to be no sigh of a theme, there isn't any GOOD strageys here that will work here and not limiting yourself to a theme actally makes your deck worse, because your not baseing yourself on a type of stragey which the cards are good at (Lightsworns milling, Blackwings swarming, Ect), so all then cards can then interact with each other very well and very effectively. You then make a side deck to get past different kinds of opponents easy.

[Cavv10]

We're trying to help, but if you don't pick a real theme, we can't help.

[Low_Profile]

i CANT pick a theme. i simply cant make up my mind about it. all that i want help on is figuring out which cards to take out. ive said time and again that thats the main problem im having with it right now, that its simply too large. tbph, for me its not so much that i dont get the cards i need (though that is a contributing factor) but that the deck is simply a hassle to really use: i dont WANT it to be thick, i want to basically halve the size of it

[Cavv10]

But now I have no idea what the point of the deck is, and I don't know how to fix this.

[e.x.l.t.]

-everything that has to have another card for it to work

 

e.g. DM and Buster Blader. And Paladin, of course.

 

Also useless cards... Fox Fire, Level Limit, Swap, Poly, Kishido Spirit, Dark Door, Skull Lair, Hallowed Life Barrier, Spellbinding Circle x2.

 

The first painful step to reducing obesity :|

[Low_Profile]

well, i thank you for your input. maybe three fox fires IS bit much. some of those im keeping, though, because they go with defense and an effect strategy i have with white ninja & tsukuyomi: level limit helps protect my guys from the more powerful monsters while white ninja & tsukuyomi work togetehr to destroy stronger monsters. and even IF white ninja and tsukuyomi are seperated, his effect alone is pretty good. dark door goes well with fox fire, and even alone (or paired) fox fire is a good defense. i HAVE cut out some of teh fat now

[e.x.l.t.]

if you want defense go reaper and/or marshmallon, cos fox fire only takes 1 hit and comes back as an annoyance IMO. even tho dark door might work with it. but what's the point of doing that anyway.

 

i say, toss them aside and keep the lone fighters e.g. Jinzo, 1800 4* attackers etc.

 

Until you pick a theme, it's be better that way.