question on mermails & bad hands *solved*

[I Hate Snatch Steal]

So I was facing mermails today with a deck including some cards I created (but the fact that I created some of my cards is NOT the point nor is it what I'm trying to discuss here). I end my turn controlling number 102: Star Seraph sentry with 2 materials, and 2 other monsters on my field, 1 of which could negate a spell card activation once and the other that didn't have any disruptive effects at all. He had 5 cards in hand via flipping my morphing jar last turn. He doesn't even draw before surrendering due to having a bad hand and thus not having an out. The only card in his had that he told me he had was that monster whose name I forget that requires exactly 5 WATER monsters in the graveyard and there were more then that. He had at least 5000 life points left, as did I.

 

What I'd like to know is, is having a dead hand in that situation realistically possible for a deck like mermails? Since I almost never face them, I have no idea weather he really didn't have an out or was just wanting to stop the duel politely. I care because I can't count it as a true victory if statistically speaking he likely did have an out.

 

edit: now that I think about it, he'd need to get rid of at least 2 of my monster to have a chance at a comeback, so not being able to get over them before losing on my next turn is probable. Thanks for the help everyone!

[Althemia]

Since he's playing Moulinglacia, it's the outdated kind of Mermail. The deck that got more dead hands than the newer variant that doesn't actually play Genex Undine.

[Maeriberii Haan]

Mermails would usually have an out to anything via Marksman/the other guy, and stuffs like Abyssteus are there to fix bad hands. I'd say it's pretty unlikely; expection is that if he's playing 2 MoulinGlacia and got both stuck in his hand.

[I Hate Snatch Steal]

So even good decks like mermails get bad hands eh? Yeah, I guess I really did win then, cool ( :

[Maeriberii Haan]

Reaally unlikely to get bad hands(especially if he gets an all monsters hand, outside from using the outdated Genex Engine), but the possibility is there. And did he play with more than 40 card?

BTW, congrats on your 1000th post.

[Wildflame]

Glacia, Genex engine (eww), Gunde without means of discard, Squall, multiple hand traps, and in some occasions Leed can generate bad hands. It doesn't happen that often though.

[ihop]

Squall is one of the worst dead draw cards, I remember at YCS Bochum (this was back with 3 Diva and 3 Dragoons) my mate next to me opened a really appalling hand with Squall, an MST or something, a Gunde and some other stuff. Every deck can get a bad hand.

[玄魔の王]

Moulinglacia does dead draw a lot, so I don't know why he's running it. That said, any deck can have off days. Lke drawing all 3 Laval Volcano Handmaidens after pile-shuffling.