Testing Results with Monarchs using an Extra Deck part 2

Last time we talked about my thoughts and results using Monarchs as a Rank 5 and  Rank 8 toolbox.  My belief is that it increases the ceiling for an otherwise Linear deck enabling more plays and ending duels much faster than normal.

Testing Results with Monarchs featuring an Extra Deck

I went to a local card shop known for high caliber players to test my theory using an Extra Deck in Monarchs.  I played 8 Matches against 4 players using Draco and Pals, Kozmo, Monarchs, and Mermail.  I had very interesting results.

This Week of Twitch.tv/dubkdad1 (2/11 & 2/12)

I'm changing my broadcast times to better reflect my hectic schedule.  Starting this week, I will be broadcasting from 10pm EST/7pm PST on Thursday and Fridays.  This change allows me to broadcast continually without the 2 hour intermission to fix dinner and deal with other "dad" type stuff in the evenings.

What is Fair?

My stance on the emergency limitations and restrictions is a s follows:

This Week of Twitch.tv/dubkdad1 (2/4 & 2/5)

I want to thank all of the awesome coming out every Thursday and Friday 2pm MST. I've reached 100 followers on Twitch! If you didnt know I play Yugioh on DN as Dubkdadone, play awesome music, and chat with the viewers on the stream.  I invite everyone to request their favorite music, talk about their favorite topics whether it be politics, sports, anime, or whatever.  Also, when time permits, I have viewer duels that are password protected.  The passwords are selected by the viewers in the chat and only viewers from the stream get to challenge me.

New Monarchs, New Engine?

Much like the Destiny Hero engine being splashed in everything back in 2008 and beyond, we now have a new draw engine in the form Pantheism of the Monarch.  In case you aren't familiar, here is the card:

This Week on Twitch.tv/dubkdad1! (1/28 & 1/29)

In case you haven't heard, I've been streaming on Twitch every Thursday and Friday 2pm MST.   I play Yugioh on DN as Dubkdadone, play awesome music, and chat with the viewers on the stream.  I invite everyone to request their favorite music, talk about their favorite topics whether it be politics, sports, anime, or whatever.  Also, when time permits, I have viewer duels that are password protected.  The passwords are selected by the viewers in the chat and only viewers from the stream get to challenge me.

Decklist Compendium 2016

These are decks that I've created this year:

Sylvan Learning Center - part 1: Card Choices

From Debris Hime to Quickdraw Dandy Warrior to Synchrocentric, whenever plants have had strong cards available, they have always been a powerful engine.  Konami has finally released a Plant Archetype consisting of cards that have characteristics of Monsters of other themes.  They have also granted the deck an array of combos that produces some of the most dominating fields the game has seen.  The only things keeping this deck from being the number one played deck in the Meta are the facts that the deck can serve up some of the WORST unplayable hands and that the learning curve for the deck is extremely high.  Unlike some of the other decks in the format, this deck is unforgiving and has no "I win" cards that can just be played from the hand or activated on the field such as Geargiagear with no prior setup.

In this series of articles, I would like to discuss how to improve the deck and its faults.  I would like to offer outside of the box ideas for card choices, combos, and useful interactions between the cards in this deck and other strategies in the current Meta.

Deck Compendium 2014

Decklists Created for 2014

Do you really need to run 3 MST? Part 1

I want to explore a concept that I have been messing around with.  In the last few years, there have been many decks that have chosen to forgo Spell based Spell/Trap removal, namely Mystical Space Typhoon.  Consider this:  The decks that you actually want spell and trap removal against, run in excess of 10 traps and they happen to set multples on their first turn.  In your opening hand staring down a Fire Fist Bear with 4 set cards, how many of those 6 cards do you actually want to be Mystical Space Typhoon?

Analyzing Hieratic Dragon Rulers from ARGCS Nashville

Whether it be over representation or the fact that the deck is that good.  Hieratic Rulers made a good showing at the event.  My only regret was that the pilots of the deck had just recently picked up Hieratics in general and had no background with the former versions of the deck.  In this article, I'm going to analyze my favorite list from the event, Chris Leblanc's Hieratic Ruler decklist.

Super Secret Secrets

I used to be like many of you and get upset when the high profile players come up with super secret strategies and refused to share them with the masses.  It used to annoy me that "I" was kept out of the loop.  What makes them so special that they feel that only the select few should be privy to such information?  The answer to the question is quite simple and depending on your reaction is the VERY reason why "YOU" are also kept out of the loop.

Mediocrity...

Usually, the beginning of a format means that there will be a plethora of really decks floating around in the competitive scene.  However, coming out of consecutive explosive formats, everything just seems so meh.

Ninja Rulers

So Hieratic Rulers was a no go.  My next project is Ninja Rulers.  Before I show my deck, I'd like to know why "variants" of the deck are more acceptable to people who insist on playing decks that stand no chance in today's metagame.  I'd really like to know why people purposefully handicap themselves and hide behind empty catch phrases such as "auto pilot", "no skill", "OP", etc.  I am a competitive player.  I never run "standard" decks, but I always try to run decks that at least emulate what the best decks can do.  In this format and the previous few, the power levels of the decks released just do not allow "fun" decks to anything more than waste $7 at your local tournament, $20 at your regional, and $20 + travel/expenses at a YCS.  Just playing for fun is fine when you are with your buddies, but when it comes to competition, most people would actually like to COMPETE!

Undefeated Regional Report: 9 - 0 with Dubk-Dragons!

Hey guys, I'm pretty terrible at writing reports, so please bear with me.  Also, my memory is kinda fuzzy as I worked 10+ hours Friday, 6 Hours Sunday, and 13 hours today.

Friday Night:
On my way home from work, I'm agonizing about what to play.  I have every deck available between my own and teammates collections, but I've never been one to play straight up Meta Decks.  Once I get home, I'm dead set on playing Bujins and sleeve up my deck in Green Sleeves (favorite color btw).  I shower, get dressed, and head over Johnny's house at about 8pm to playtest and discuss theory-oh about the expected meta at Lenexa.  Generally, Lenexa, KS regionals are comprised of Kansas players, KC, MO players, STL players, some OKC and Denver players.  As you can see, trying to predict what to side for will be a nightmare.

Once I get settled in at my teammates house, I begin furiously playtesting Badjins and get roflstomped by Colossal fighter and MST repeatedly....FUCK THIS DECK (until LVAL..maybe).  Now once again, I'm super stressed about what to play.  One of my teammates say I should just run my Hieratic Dragon Ruler deck because of how easily the deck OTKs out of nowhere.  I remind him that the deck has ZERO natural outs to Ophion and loses completely to Emptiness and Crimson Blader.  Finally, I suck it up and rebuild my deck I posted on YouTube dubbed, "Summon Debris Dragon!"  As I'm sleeving it up in the Green Sleeves formally used by the Badjins, Johnny is organising his "Good" commons and comes across cards from the BEWD structure deck and flings Castle of Dragon Souls at me and says use this card and win all of the Yugiohs!  I read it, look at the 2 DDRs in my deck and immediately take 1 out for a copy of Castle.  Then I have an epiphany, IF I'm going to run bad cards, I might as well run several bad cards that I think are cool and see if I can sack some people.  I pull out a fresh pack of  White Sleeves because Badjins have ruined the color Green for me for awhile.  This is the list I sleeve up:

Hieratic Dragon Ruler - Version 2

Pot of Avarice replacements

I've been thinking about cards that are in the current card pool that emulates Pot of Avarice to some degree.  Here is a short list of what I've come up with:

Hieratic Dragon Rulers vers 1

Dueling Network (DN)

Lately it seems that there are only 4 decks playable in the TCG/OCG format on DN:
- 3 axis FF
- Judgment Prophecy
- Incarnate Dragons
- Dark World