Something people have forgotten

[chaoserver]

Having a good combo, or good cards in your deck is fine and good, but sometimes you may find yourself with a dead hand.

 

The secret to making a successfull deck is to be able to work with every single possible hand.

 

This is why low level toolboxes are successful, every card you draw can be played. Decks loaded with miscellanious tributes(there is never a situation I can think of where a double tributes worth it anyhoo)lead to dead hands. Decks with situation cards, even if they are for fusions ect. can result in a dead hand and a loss.

 

That is all, just a reminder.

[blue-eyes]

I win all of the time.

[chaoserver]

Thanks for the insightful contribution.

[Shaco]

Thanks for the insightful contribution.

 

You're level of sarcasm was much lower than mine would have been.

 

 

But yeah, thanks for the reminder.

Maybe it's just my luck, but I always find myself with dead hands with my CB deck.

[chaoserver]

Weird, with shift that really shouldnt be happening....

[Shaco]

Like I said; maybe it's just my luck.

 

Also, the Baboon works pretty well, but I always draw it Mid to Late game, even after 2 helpings of Rare Value.

[darkguy00000]

Hehe. I love it when people run combo-oriented decks, and then they just draw bad hands, while my Big City deck just claws through them. Big City rocks so much it's scary... six search cards in the deck = win. Cards like Wildheart are nearly never a bad topdeck.

[chaoserver]

There ya go. Wildheart=love.

[JerryFreelance]

Thanks chaoserver. You're right, it HAS been forgotten. Hand control is probably one of the most important things in the game right now. I think I'ma write a guide about that. Thanks!

[darkguy00000]

... I think you missed the point. It's not about hand control. It's about putting easily accessible monsters (and for that matter, spell/traps) in the deck. Cards like... um... well... say, Gate Guardian. That card's situational. It's a dead draw 99 times out of 10. (No typo there. It's that damn bad). You'll either draw it when you don't need it, or on the WAAAYYY outside chance you get the three of them on the field, you'll never draw this. chaoserver means that sometimes it's good to sacrifice raw power in exchange for being able to use you smaller monsters more efficiently, more effectively, and quicker.

 

Example.

 

Pot of Greed is NEVER a bad draw.

D-Hero Malicious can SOMETIMES be a bad draw.

Valkyrion, the Magna Warrior is a bad draw MOST of the time.

Anti-Raigeki is ALWAYS a bad draw.

 

So therefore, xe (gender-neutral pronoun referring to chaoserver) means that the easier your cards can be put into play and used, the better.

[JerryFreelance]

You're right thanks for that lol... When I first read it, I totally got it... Then I remembered his "I don't want you to have a hand at all" deck, and I remembered hand control. And I posted that on axident. But thanks darkguy, for clarifying that for me, and everyone else.

[chaoserver]

Very, very nicely put. For example, on these forums few acknowledge cards such as wildheart and hydroggedon as good, however no matter what you draw it, you can play it. With cards like shrink with those you can slap it down and go, rather than needing to wait for your opponent to make a move or draw a certain card yourself.

Granted some good cards require minimal setup. Gigantes/Fenrir are great, but require a certain type in the graveyard, which if you draw it and magics on first turn isn't so great. Same with POA early, but sometimes the benefits of these cards outweigh the negative aspects.

All up to the player, but regardless the truckloads of tributes I've seen of late are never good.

[JerryFreelance]

You're right, unfortunately, people don't realize the immense power that Hydrogeddon weilds. The simply overlook tis 1600 ATK and run away

[HORUS]

when i play my Necrofear Return deck, every hand i can get is playable, except for one time when my first hand was 3 Dark Necrofear, Great Maju Garzett, Premature Burial, and Call of the Haunted. Luckily on my next turn i drew Magical Mallet. :D

[TotalObelisk]

I've only got one tribute monster in my deck, so I always get good draws. Although I do sometimes get a dead hand, but it's very rare for me...

[HORUS]

TO have you ever posted your deck? i'd like to see it to get ideas.

[TotalObelisk]

I posted it eons ago, when I first joined.

 

However the difference being that's what it'll eventually be, right now it's slightly less good than that one but still powerful...

[MikeGallo]

thanks for the reminder/advice i gotta make a few changes to my deck.