Yorukin Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Now if only they could stand up to some of the common OP cards... Anyway, I've run a Harpie deck for the past few years, and this is the most recent incarnation. [u]Monsters[/u] 2x Alector, Sovereign of Birds 1x Dragunity Darkspear 2x Flying Kamakiri #1 3x Harpie Lady 1 3x Harpie Queen 2x Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon 3x Hunter Owl 1x Mist Valley Falcon 1x Sangan 2x Sonic Shooter [u]Spells[/u] 1x Dark Hole 2x Elegant Egotist 2x Harpie's Hunting Ground 1x Monster Reborn 1x Mystical Space Typhoon 1x Phalanx Pike 2x United We Stand [u]Traps[/u] 2x Bottomless Trap Hole 1x Call of the Haunted 1x Hysteric Party 2x Icarus Attack 1x Mirror Force 1x Solemn Judgement 1x Torrential Tribute 1x Uniform Nomenclature's Treaty of Alliance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time Psyduck Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Birdface isn't worth it as a searcher. Kamikiris let you summon the monster, so you don't need to Normal Summon it next turn, and can get you Hunter Owl and the dragon (and Sonic Shooter) as well. I'd put Pet Baby Dragon down to two - unless you already have harpies out it's no more than a poor meatshield. To get them to your hand, Sangan still works better, because it has more targets and activates more often. Simorgh is hard to summon and with Hunter Owl + Lady 1 redundant. Birdman Joe is nice, but Harpies wreak spells and traps, so they don't really need him. Sonic Shooter is OK, but there are other options which better support the Harpies, such as: Summoner Monk: Pitch a dead spell, summon a Harpie. Mist Valley Falcon: Return a Harpie to your hand to use the effect of Hunting Ground again, a used Hysteric Party, or Hunting Ground itself if you plan to summon a Harpie when your opponent has no Spells or Traps. Dragunity Darkspear: Revives a Harpie Lady, and with Hunting Ground that's also a Mystical Space Typhoon. Sangan: Searches most things you're using Reborn Tengu is fun, but costly IRL. Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite does what Falcon does as a one-off, but summons itself in the process. Spells don't look too bad. Drop Rising Air Currents - what makes Harpies decent is the +1s Hunting Ground gives them. You need Monster Reborn, ideally Dark Hole and if you can find room Book of Moon - all three are good general-purpose spells. You should have Call of the Haunted over Hysteric Party - the Multiple Revival is nice, but topdecking it will kill you. Drop Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, and try either Torrential Tribute or Seven Tools of the Bandit, unless you want Call and 2 Hysteric Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ＴＨＥ ＧＯＤ ＯＦ ＯＢＥＬＩＳＫ Posted July 31, 2011 Report Share Posted July 31, 2011 Why are you running Pet Dragon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDDRodrigo Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Or Simorgh, for that matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorukin Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='Time Psyduck' timestamp='1312151598' post='5402763'] Birdface isn't worth it as a searcher. Kamikiris let you summon the monster, so you don't need to Normal Summon it next turn, and can get you Hunter Owl and the dragon (and Sonic Shooter) as well. I'd put Pet Baby Dragon down to two - unless you already have harpies out it's no more than a poor meatshield. To get them to your hand, Sangan still works better, because it has more targets and activates more often. [b]Eh, Birdface is a low-quality searcher that doubles as a basic shield/beatstick. Kamakiris are great, but they don't work well on the defense. Sangan would work pretty well, though...[/b] Simorgh is hard to summon and with Hunter Owl + Lady 1 redundant. [b]Thanks for the reminder. Removing.[/b] Birdman Joe is nice, but Harpies wreak spells and traps, so they don't really need him. [b]Yeah... Really, I don't often get the chance to summon him anyway. Despite that, though, I draw him almost every game.[/b] Sonic Shooter is OK, but there are other options which better support the Harpies, such as: Summoner Monk: Pitch a dead spell, summon a Harpie. [b]Spells are most often used right away for me, so no thanks.[/b] Mist Valley Falcon: Return a Harpie to your hand to use the effect of Hunting Ground again, a used Hysteric Party, or Hunting Ground itself if you plan to summon a Harpie when your opponent has no Spells or Traps. [b]Wow... I have to wonder why I didn't consider that.[/b] Dragunity Darkspear: Revives a Harpie Lady, and with Hunting Ground that's also a Mystical Space Typhoon. [b]Fun idea, but we'll see if I have the room first.[/b] Sangan: Searches most things you're using [b]See above.[/b] Reborn Tengu is fun, but costly IRL. [b]Yeah... That ain't gonna work well with me. [/b]Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite does what Falcon does as a one-off, but summons itself in the process. [b]Honestly, I don't really like Zephyrus that much. Not without the right Tuner out, anyway, and this deck has no Tuners.[/b] Spells don't look too bad. Drop Rising Air Currents - what makes Harpies decent is the +1s Hunting Ground gives them. You need Monster Reborn, ideally Dark Hole and if you can find room Book of Moon - all three are good general-purpose spells. [b]You're right, they are. Unfortunately, Dark Hole runs a heavy risk--I'm a slightly lousy deckbuilder (yes, I admit it), and I don't like the concept of losing all of my monsters. Even if it can provide fuel for Phalanx Pike and Hysteric Party. It's great on defense, though.[/b] You should have Call of the Haunted over Hysteric Party - the Multiple Revival is nice, but topdecking it will kill you. Drop Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, and try either Torrential Tribute or Seven Tools of the Bandit, unless you want Call and 2 Hysteric Party. [b]Given this deck's already-huge anti-trap stuff, Torrential sounds like a better option.[/b] [/quote] All nice ideas. I'll try to implement what I can, though I personally prefer to keep the deck mono-WIND. Call me single-minded, but I like the universal WIND boosts. [quote name='ＴＨＥ ＧＯＤ ＯＦ ＯＢＥＬＩＳＫ' timestamp='1312153241' post='5402805'] Why are you running Pet Dragon? [/quote] Because Pet Baby Dragon is amazingly powerful with 2 or 3 Harpies out. A level 4 with 2400 ATK that can blow up one card a turn for free [i]and[/i] protects the Harpies? Gods yes! Regular old Pet Dragon, however, sucks. [quote name='Konoe A. Mercury' timestamp='1312163498' post='5403159'] Or Simorgh, for that matter [/quote] Alternate beatstick that supports that anti-S&T strategy that Harpies grant. Frankly, he's only really in there because this deck is loosely based off of the old Lord of the Storm Structure Deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ＴＨＥ ＧＯＤ ＯＦ ＯＢＥＬＩＳＫ Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Since when do you ever have 3+ Harpies out? |: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vough Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 lolscrubs. Anway, you make harpies underrated. This is not the right way to run them. Staples > support floaters are 9/10 better than specifc searchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorukin Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Deck has been updated. First post edited, and the list is right here if you don't really feel like scrolling up. [spoiler="New Decklist"] [u]Monsters[/u] 2x Alector, Sovereign of Birds 1x Dragunity Darkspear 2x Flying Kamakiri #1 3x Harpie Lady 1 3x Harpie Queen 2x Harpie's Pet Baby Dragon 3x Hunter Owl 1x Mist Valley Falcon 1x Sangan 2x Sonic Shooter [u]Spells[/u] 1x Dark Hole 2x Elegant Egotist 2x Harpie's Hunting Ground 1x Monster Reborn 1x Mystical Space Typhoon 1x Phalanx Pike 2x United We Stand [u]Traps[/u] 2x Bottomless Trap Hole 1x Call of the Haunted 1x Hysteric Party 2x Icarus Attack 1x Mirror Force 1x Solemn Judgement 1x Torrential Tribute 1x Uniform Nomenclature's Treaty of Alliance[/spoiler] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vough Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 better, but still bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDDRodrigo Posted August 1, 2011 Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 Phalanx Pike Seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorukin Posted August 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 1, 2011 [quote name='Vough' timestamp='1312238147' post='5405848'] better, but still bad. [/quote] Yeah... But what do you want? Harpies haven't received any real support since way back in Force of the Breaker. [quote name='Konoe A. Mercury' timestamp='1312239290' post='5405883'] Phalanx Pike Seriously [/quote] Yes. And? It's a good buff card, and this deck often finds at least one Harpie stuck in the Graveyard. Especially when my opponent suddenly pops out Dark Hole or Scrap Dragon... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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