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As many of you know...the meta has got to the point where the rich survive....It takes alot of money to bulid decks like Tele-Dad. However...If DAD's rarity wasn't changed(it was a Normal Rare in OCG) and if Emeregency Teleport's rarity wasn't changed(Common in OCG)...Imagine how much cheaper Tele-DAD would be? Yugioh is supposed to be for everyone but now....they're making it a rich man's game

 

 

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It's always been the case really' date=' the ones with more money rule the game ><...To be honest I think some decks should be banned rather than cards, as too many people play them and they're too powerful. I think that would help balance the game out some more rather than just banning single cards...

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How do you define a "deck" when you do these bans? Is it a specific card list, wherein you can change one card to make your deck legal? Is it a certain combination of cards? How different does a deck need to be from a banned deck to be legal? How do you plan to regulate this?

 

At any rate, with the exception of cases where two innocuous cards interract unacceptably (Butterfly Dagger - Elma + Gearfried the Iron Knight, for example), it is better to simply ban the overpowered card than it is to ban a deck that uses it. And even then it becomes difficult to regulate properly.

 

Also, why DON'T you want Konami to ban cards like DAD, but to ban one of DAD's applications instead? Do you WANT DAD to stay around?

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It's always been the case really' date=' the ones with more money rule the game ><...To be honest I think some decks should be banned rather than cards, as too many people play them and they're too powerful. I think that would help balance the game out some more rather than just banning single cards...

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How do you define a "deck" when you do these bans? Is it a specific card list, wherein you can change one card to make your deck legal? Is it a certain combination of cards? How different does a deck need to be from a banned deck to be legal? How do you plan to regulate this?

 

At any rate, with the exception of cases where two innocuous cards interract unacceptably (Butterfly Dagger - Elma + Gearfried the Iron Knight, for example), it is better to simply ban the overpowered card than it is to ban a deck that uses it. And even then it becomes difficult to regulate properly.

 

Also, why DON'T you want Konami to ban cards like DAD, but to ban one of DAD's applications instead? Do you WANT DAD to stay around?

 

You make a good point, but allow me to elaborate...

 

Banning DAD would just mean people switch to the next best deck, such as GB or LS and just banning cards from those will start the chain again. In other words meta duelists will always use the best strategy they can get their hand on and not bother about originality. But if you ban certain decks that use strategies like Tele-DAD then it will mean players will have to think of new deck combinations whilst still having access to the same cards. Although your first point does make this idea kinda redundant ><...

 

And I never said konami shouldn't ban DAD, I was merely using it as an example.

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It's always been the case really' date=' the ones with more money rule the game ><...To be honest I think some decks should be banned rather than cards, as too many people play them and they're too powerful. I think that would help balance the game out some more rather than just banning single cards...

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How do you define a "deck" when you do these bans? Is it a specific card list, wherein you can change one card to make your deck legal? Is it a certain combination of cards? How different does a deck need to be from a banned deck to be legal? How do you plan to regulate this?

 

At any rate, with the exception of cases where two innocuous cards interract unacceptably (Butterfly Dagger - Elma + Gearfried the Iron Knight, for example), it is better to simply ban the overpowered card than it is to ban a deck that uses it. And even then it becomes difficult to regulate properly.

 

Also, why DON'T you want Konami to ban cards like DAD, but to ban one of DAD's applications instead? Do you WANT DAD to stay around?

 

You make a good point, but allow me to elaborate...

 

Banning DAD would just mean people switch to the next best deck, such as GB or LS and just banning cards from those will start the chain again. In other words meta duelists will always use the best strategy they can get their hand on and not bother about originality. But if you ban certain decks that use strategies like Tele-DAD then it will mean players will have to think of new deck combinations whilst still having access to the same cards. Although your first point does make this idea kinda redundant ><...

 

And I never said konami shouldn't ban DAD, I was merely using it as an example.

 

You're thinking purely in terms of the formats we've had since March 2008. Think back to before the game got ridiculously turbocharged and dominated by the current broken god boss that Konami released.

 

Here's the Top 16 of an SJC from December 2007:

 

6 Twilight Circle

3 Macro

1 Perfect Circle

1 CO Burn

1 Zombies

1 Volcanic Apprentice Monarchs

1 Soul Control

1 Baboon Burn

1 Demise OTK

 

Less than half of the Top 16 used the most popular deck, and that was despite the fact that it had the benefit of broken cards like Treeborn Frog and Disk Commander.

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It's always been the case really' date=' the ones with more money rule the game ><...To be honest I think some decks should be banned rather than cards, as too many people play them and they're too powerful. I think that would help balance the game out some more rather than just banning single cards...

[/quote']

 

How do you define a "deck" when you do these bans? Is it a specific card list, wherein you can change one card to make your deck legal? Is it a certain combination of cards? How different does a deck need to be from a banned deck to be legal? How do you plan to regulate this?

 

At any rate, with the exception of cases where two innocuous cards interract unacceptably (Butterfly Dagger - Elma + Gearfried the Iron Knight, for example), it is better to simply ban the overpowered card than it is to ban a deck that uses it. And even then it becomes difficult to regulate properly.

 

Also, why DON'T you want Konami to ban cards like DAD, but to ban one of DAD's applications instead? Do you WANT DAD to stay around?

 

You make a good point, but allow me to elaborate...

 

Banning DAD would just mean people switch to the next best deck, such as GB or LS and just banning cards from those will start the chain again. In other words meta duelists will always use the best strategy they can get their hand on and not bother about originality. But if you ban certain decks that use strategies like Tele-DAD then it will mean players will have to think of new deck combinations whilst still having access to the same cards. Although your first point does make this idea kinda redundant ><...

 

And I never said konami shouldn't ban DAD, I was merely using it as an example.

 

You're thinking purely in terms of the formats we've had since March 2008. Think back to before the game got ridiculously turbocharged and dominated by the current broken god boss that Konami released.

 

Here's the Top 16 of an SJC from December 2007:

 

6 Twilight Circle

3 Macro

1 Perfect Circle

1 CO Burn

1 Zombies

1 Volcanic Apprentice Monarchs

1 Soul Control

1 Baboon Burn

1 Demise OTK

 

Less than half of the Top 16 used the most popular deck, and that was despite the fact that it had the benefit of broken cards like Treeborn Frog and Disk Commander.

 

now that's the meta i want, many decks in Top 16 instead of 3

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It's always been the case really' date=' the ones with more money rule the game ><...To be honest I think some decks should be banned rather than cards, as too many people play them and they're too powerful. I think that would help balance the game out some more rather than just banning single cards...

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At any rate, with the exception of cases where two innocuous cards interract unacceptably (Butterfly Dagger - Elma + Gearfried the Iron Knight, for example), it is better to simply ban the overpowered card than it is to ban a deck that uses it. And even then it becomes difficult to regulate properly.

 

Maybe what they SHOULD do is ban combinations of cards, like "You cannot have Elma and Gearfried in the same deck" or "You cannot have Rescue Cat and Airbellum in the same deck."

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It's always been the case really' date=' the ones with more money rule the game ><...To be honest I think some decks should be banned rather than cards, as too many people play them and they're too powerful. I think that would help balance the game out some more rather than just banning single cards...

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At any rate, with the exception of cases where two innocuous cards interract unacceptably (Butterfly Dagger - Elma + Gearfried the Iron Knight, for example), it is better to simply ban the overpowered card than it is to ban a deck that uses it. And even then it becomes difficult to regulate properly.

 

Maybe what they SHOULD do is ban combinations of cards, like "You cannot have Elma and Gearfried in the same deck" or "You cannot have Rescue Cat and Airbellum in the same deck."

 

That would be nice, but the extensions of it eventually make it difficult to manage efficiently.

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DaD should be banned. The idea of banning card combinations though creates a slippery slope for what is banned and what isn't, I don't like the idea of that. I do think though that JD and DaD should bet banned, severely hurting LS and killing Tele-DaD. That way other decks like Zombies and Plants can have some of the limelight. It would also cause duelists to have to re-think their decks, and would allow those with less money to challenge the rich kids. Seriously, what happened to Konami's attempts at helping the poorer kids. It's like they stopped caring. And, is it just me, or has Structure Deck output slowed severely?

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