Welche the crab Posted January 7, 2012 Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 [left][url="http://imgur.com/Uqxub"]http://imgur.com/Uqxub[/url][/left] [left]Monsters [21][/left] [left]3 Armoured Rat[/left] [left]3 Prevent Rat[/left] [left]3 Volcanic Rat[/left] [left]3 Rescue Rabbit[/left] [left]3 Tour Guide[/left] [left]1 Sangan[/left] [left]2 Maxx "C"[/left] [left]2 Tragoedia[/left] [left]1 Effect Veiler[/left] [left]Spells [13][/left] [left]2 Gold Sarc[/left] [left]2 Tri-Wight Zone[/left] [left]3 Duality[/left] [left]2 Mystical Space Typhoon[/left] [left]1 Dark Hole[/left] [left]1 Pot of Avarice[/left] [left]1 Heavy Storm[/left] [left]1 Monster Reborn[/left] [left]Traps [6][/left] [left]2 Solemn Warning[/left] [left]1 Torrential Tribute[/left] [left]1 Trap Dustshoot[/left] [left]1 Mirror Force[/left] [left]1 Solemn Judgment[/left] [left]Extra [15][/left] [left]2 Number 56 Gold Rat[/left] [left]1 Shooting Star Mira[/left] [left]2 Leviair[/left] [left]1 Leviaith[/left] [left]1 Brilliant[/left] [left]1 Acid Golem[/left] [left]1 Zenmaines[/left] [left]1 Utopia[/left] [left]1 Verz Ouroboros[/left] [left]1 Lavalval Chain[/left] [left]1 Daigusto Emeral[/left] [left]1 Vylon Disigma[/left] [left][quote] Now many people overlook Gold Rat at first making comments about how 3 level 1s is hard to do or that the effect is weak but Gold Rat, and the entire Rat archetype have suddenly become a viable option to use today, maybe not at a YCS tournament but for a nice local tournament. What makes this possible? The two cards that are defining this format. Rescue Rabbit and Tour Guide from the Underworld. A combination of these two monsters makes normal monsters easy to pull out of the deck and believe it or not, Rats have amazing synergy with these cards as you will soon find out. Before we can go on I must mention in passing Tri-Wight Zone which as made Gold Rat possible as you will soon find out. Now, onto the main monsters of the archtype. Rats have first their very own recruiter, the well known [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Giant_Rat"]Giant Rat[/url]. This card is way too slow for the deck. Your goal for this deck should be to spam monsters with Rabbit and TGU so really wasting deckspace on a monster Rabbit can't search that will never be useful is silly. Another bad Rat is [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Wind-Up_Rat"]Wind-Up Rat[/url] which has 0 synergy so I wont even talk about it. Next is a card any Gold Rat build should max out on. [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Volcanic_Rat"]Volcanic Rat[/url]. This is a vanilla and so it is searchable via Rescue Rabbit but you will rarely being doing anything with VR right when you summon it unless you pull off some interesting combo using a Leviair from the previous turn to get the Rabbit then normal summon the third Rat to make your Gold Rat. This is possible but normally you will be using the Rabbit this turn to thin your deck sending double V-Rat to the Graveyard setting up a Tri-Wight play. Moving upwards in terms of levels you now have the [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Armored_Rat"]Armored Rat[/url] which is the level three of the deck. This card effectively turns your Rescue Rabbit into a level 3 exceed monster. This can be immensely useful for making a Leviair which next turn will revive the Rabbit or simply into something like Zenmaines which can be great for defensive or offensive plays. Another amazing card to max out. The final rat I suggest you play is [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Prevent_Rat"]Prevent Rat[/url]. At 2000 defence, this is a good card to choose to play first turn because something like TKRO cannot run over it. It also has synergy with Rabbit because of course you can use Rabbit to grab 2 of them opening a number of exceed options for you. The first is the Daigusto Emeral which will allow you to revive a normal Rat from your graveyard, or restock your deck for more Rabbit plays. It also opens the door to a Lavalval chain play which would let you stack your deck with a TGU or Rabbit on top or it would let you dump a Volcanic Rat to the graveyard setting up a Tri-Wight Zone play. Then there is your boss in a way, [url="http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Number_56:_Goldrat"]Number 56: Gold Rat[/url]. Now this is a very interesting creature. The first thing to observe here is that Gold Rat can easily be summoned in this deck. That means I don't want to hear any of that discussion here. Now look at this effect. He basically let's you take a dead card in hand and replace it. Think of the options this allows. You can take a dead normal monster and place it back in your deck meaning you can use Rabbit on it. Gold Rat can recycle basically any other card you don't want at the time making it so useful. [/quote][/left] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2012 bump new title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 /ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Silver Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 there are better options for the vanillas.. ones that arn't billy and are good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKPLANT RISING Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 [quote name='Ctrl+Alt+Win' timestamp='1326043779' post='5754619'] there are better options for the vanillas.. ones that arn't billy and are good [/quote] That's like telling Dark Worlds that Agents are better. I think you should run Common Charity just 'cause the Rats in your hand suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I would probably rather White Elephants Gift just because I can't afford to banish something like Volcanic Rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARKPLANT RISING Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 In that case you should max out Dualities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Making those changes (-2 BTH, +1 Elephant Gift, +1 Duality) but before that: [url="http://imgur.com/pTm6R"]http://imgur.com/pTm6R[/url] GOT A RAGE QUIT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Silver Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 [quote name='Darkplant - VENOM' timestamp='1326043872' post='5754623'] That's like telling Dark Worlds that Agents are better. I think you should run Common Charity just 'cause the Rats in your hand suck. [/quote] Thats nothing like it :I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Billy deck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solemn Silver Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 oh okIn that case run burglar, level 3 earth rat-man for extra halarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 8, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I could side that for the Macro match up allowing my more access to my banished zone but I think maining it might be a stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 updated with awesomeness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieyasu Tokugawa Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Only got that ragequit because the guy saw Rabbit. How would Trag go here? Variable level makes it a good Xyz target so that's a suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Hmmm. Well Trag does actually seem really nice here. Run over Veiler and something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ieyasu Tokugawa Posted January 9, 2012 Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Veiler would be a good target for Trag's level change though :/ How well has Gorz done? It's a beatstick but it seems like you'd normally have some kind of field presence so I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 9, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2012 Gorz is always good but it's not fantastic here. Dropped BTH and Gorz and added 1 Duality and 2 Tragoedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welche the crab Posted January 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2012 Shut up and comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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