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Deck Building 101
Topic Started: Aug 17 2005, 12:21 PM (2,517 Views)
Towlie
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For any of you new players out there, this thread is going to teach you how to build a deck. Yay! xD


First of all, in yugioh, there are 2 different types of formats as most of you already know. Advanced and Traditional. Advanced format has bans on certain cards, while traditional has no bans.

Advanced Banned/Restricted list:

//As of April 1st, 2005
//Note: This is the official UDE list.


//Forbidden Cards - Zero Per Deck

Butterfly Dagger - Elma
Change of Heart
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
Confiscation
Dark Hole
Fiber Jar
Harpie's Feather Duster
Imperial Order
Magical Scientist
Makyura the Destructor
Mirage of Nightmare
Monster Reborn
Painful Choice
Raigeki
The Forceful Sentry
Witch of the Black Forest
Yata-Garasu


//Limited Cards - 1 Per deck

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Call of the Haunted
Card Destruction
Ceasefire
Cyber Jar
D.D. Warrior Lady
Dark Magician of Chaos
Deck Devastation Virus
Delinquent Duo
Exiled Force
Exodia the Forbidden One
Graceful Charity
Heavy Storm
Injection Fairy Lily
Jinzo
Left Arm of the Forbidden One
Left Leg of the Forbidden One
Lightning Vortex
Mage Power
Magic Cylinder
Mirror Force
Morphing Jar
Mystical Space Typhoon
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Protector of the Sanctuary
Reckless Greed
Reflect Bounder
Right Arm of the Forbidden One
Right Leg of the Forbidden One
Ring of Destruction
Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
Sangan
Sinister Serpent
Snatch Steal
Swords of Revealing Light
Torrential Tribute
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Twin-Headed Behemoth
United We Stand


//Semi-Limited Cards - 2 Per Deck

Abyss Soldier
Creature Swap
Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow
Emergency Provisions
Good Goblin Housekeeping
Gravity Bind
Last Turn
Level Limit - Area B
Manticore of Darkness
Marauding Captain
Night Assailant
Nobleman of Crossout
Reinforcement of the Army
Upstart Goblin
Vampire Lord


Now for the Traditional Banned/Restricted list:

//As of Apr 1, 2005
//Note: This is the official UDE list.
//Limited Cards - 1 Per Deck


Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Butterfly Dagger - Elma
Call of the Haunted
Card Destruction
Ceasefire
Change of Heart
Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End
Confiscation
Cyber Jar
D.D. Warrior Lady
Dark Hole
Dark Magician of Chaos
Deck Devastation Virus
Delinquent Duo
Exiled Force
Exodia the Forbidden One
Fiber Jar
Graceful Charity
Harpie's Feather Duster
Heavy Storm
Imperial Order
Injection Fairy Lily
Jinzo
Left Arm of the Forbidden One
Left Leg of the Forbidden One
Lightning Vortex
Mage Power
Magic Cylinder
Magical Scientist
Makyura the Destructor
Mirage of Nightmare
Mirror Force
Monster Reborn
Morphing Jar
Mystical Space Typhoon
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Premature Burial
Protector of the Sanctuary
Raigeki
Reckless Greed
Reflect Bounder
Right Arm of the Forbidden One
Right Leg of the Forbidden One
Ring of Destruction
Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
Sangan
Sinister Serpent
Snatch Steal
Swords of Revealing Light
The Forceful Sentry
Torrential Tribute
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Twin-Headed Behemoth
United We Stand
Witch of the Black Forest
Yata-Garasu


//Semi-Limited - 2 Per Deck

Abyss Soldier
Creature Swap
Dark Scorpion - Chick the Yellow
Emergency Provisions
Good Goblin Housekeeping
Gravity Bind
Last Turn
Level Limit - Area B
Manticore of Darkness
Marauding Captain
Night Assailant
Nobleman of Crossout
Reinforcement of the Army
Upstart Goblin
Vampire Lord


In each of the formats there are different staples. If you don't know what staples are, they are cards that fit into almost every deck. I'm only going to do the Advanced Format staples though. (If you need a Traditional list, ask)

Advanced format staples:

Monster staples:

Breaker the Magical Warrior: When summoned, it gets a counter, and you can remove it to destroy a spell or trap card. It's a great effect. Breaker can easily be used for a 2 for 1. Destroy a Face-down, and attack since 1600 attack is pretty good.


Tribe-Infecting Virus: People sometimes say this card can mess up your field in a themed type deck. (IE: Spellcasters, warriors.) There is around 20 different types of monsters in the game. Chances that you'll have a field full of warriors when your opponent has one warrior, are slim to none. This card will not mess you up and provides excellent removal. Plus 1600 attack is great.


Sinister Serpent: This card has bad stats. It's effect makes up for it's stats completly though. This card gives you a lot of hand advantage, lightens the blow from Duo, discard fodder, morphable into a Thousand Eyes Retrict, and much, much more.


D.D. Warrior Lady: This card isn't exactly a staple, but it is good. It's stats are 1500/1600, which will let it hold off for a while. It's effect is the best part though, the ability to remove a Sangan or Sinister Serpent from the game, will definitly give you an advantage.


Sangan: This monster is a searcher. Once it gets sent to the graveyard, you can get a monster with an attack of 1500 or less. He gives you options of Night Assailant, Magician of Faith, Sinister Serpent, D.D. Warrior Lady, and plenty more. Also, this card is almost Mirror Force, Torrential Tribute, Ring of Destruction proof. Your opponent isn't going to want to waste any of those cards just to let you get a monster from your deck.


Spell Staples:


Pot of Greed: This provides a 2 for 1 advantage, and thins your deck. One of the best cards.

Graceful Charity: Draws extra cards, although it only provides no actual advantage though.

Delinquent Duo: A mere 1000 life points for -2 hand advantage for your opponent. Very annoying IMO. xD

Snatch Steal: This card gains control of a face-up monster permanently, but gives your opponent 1000 life points each turn. Who cares if you Snatch something good, like Airknight. Or you can even use this with Tsukuyomi, to gain control of a monster permanently.

Premature Burial: This card costs 800 life points to activate. But you get a monster special summoned to your side of the field. Definite staple, since you can get something like Tribe

Mystical Space Typhoon: Every deck needs S/t removal. This is a quick-play spell, which makes it great.

Heavy Storm: Clear the entire field of S/t. Sounds good to me.


Trap Staples:

Mirror Force: This card provides mass removal. Clear field = direct hits. Fun

Ring of Destruction: Provides Burn and removal. It's also chainable. Always a good thing.

Torrential Tribute: Mass removal again. Clear the field for a big hit.

Call of the Haunted: Gets back a monster from your grave with no costs. Awesome. ^^



Deck Themes:

It is very important that you have a theme when building your deck. Decks will usually turn out very bad if you don't have a theme to stick to. Some deck themes:

Cookie Cutter Chaos (CCC): In this, you'd obviously want to have Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning and stuff like Magician of Faith, Metamorphosis, Scapegoat, stuff like that. This kinda of deck isnt just about getting out BLS though.

Featured Cards:

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
Magician of Faith
Tsukuyomi
Scapegoat
Metamorphosis
Staples (Of course)
Morphing Jar (Sometimes)
Nobleman of Crossout

Zombie: This kind of deck your going to focus around Zombie monsters. (Go figure xD) The Main card in a Zombie deck is Pyramid Turtle. He gets out other essential zombies, IE: Vampire Lord, Spirit Reaper, etc.

Featured Cards:

Pyramid Turtle
Vampire Lord
Spirit Reaper
Book of Life
Ryu Kokki (Sometimes)
Staples
Nobleman of Crossout

Aggro: In here, the key idea is to trample with Enraged Battle Oxes, Berserk Gorillas, King Tiger Wanghus, and sometimes Airknight Parshath. Aggro and Chaos/Chaos Variations fit along side in the tier 1 category.

Featured Cards:

Enraged Battle Ox
Berserk Gorilla
King Tiger Wanghu
Airknight Parshath (Sometimes)
Staples
Book of Moon
Wave Motion Cannon
Nobleman of Crossout

Water: This deck has a few different styles to be played. Water Control, Water Morph, or just Water. The cards vary from different type.

Water Control:

Yomi Ship
Mobius the Frost Monarch
Revival Jam
Mother Grizzly
Metamorphosis
Scapegoat
Staples
Some fusions
Nobleman of Crossout

Water Morph:

Mother Grizzly
Abyss Soldier
Koitsu
Scapegoat
Metamorphosis
Staples
Cyber End Dragon
Thousand Eyes Retrict
Other Fusions
Nobleman of Crossout

Water:

Levia Dragon - Daedaleus
Abyss Soldier
Staples
A Legendary Ocean
Nightmare Penguin (Sometimes)
Nobleman of Crossout
Gagagigo


Spellcaster Control (SCC): This point to a spellcaster control deck is to use Apprentice Magicians to get out Hand of Nepyths/Magician of Faith out to get out the Phoenix/Spells. What used to see a lot of play, slowly seen less and less play.


Featured Cards:

Sacred Phoenix of the Nepyths
Hand of Nepyths
Scapegoat
Magician of Faith
Apprentice Magician
Staples
Metamorphosis
Morphing Jar
Tsukuyomi


Skill Drain: This deck is based upon getting big monsters that have bad effects on the field to beat your opponent with that. Fusilier, Goblin Elite Attack Force, and more are good choices in a Skill Drain deck.

Featured Cards:

Goblin Elite Attack Force
Fusilier Dragon - The Dual Mode Beast
Goblin Attack Force
Toon Goblin Attack Force
Berserk Gorilla
Skill Drain
Final Attack Orders
Staples

*Note* Those are just some choices for a Skill Drain deck, a lot of card effects work under Skill Drain as well, such as Newdoria, Dark Necrofear, Exilied Force, etc. Since they activate in the graveyard.

Bad Choices for a Skill Drain deck:

Armor Exe - Skill Drain does not effect this at all. Do NOT use him.
Ultimate Obedient Fiend - He just sucks. Not to be used.


Hand Control: This deck bases on controlling your opponent's hand with Don Zaloog, Airknight, Mefist etc. When used properly they can be pretty Devastating.

Featured Cards:

Airknight Parshath
Mefist the Infernal General
Don Zaloog
Mystic Tomato
Spirit Reaper
Mirror Wall
Staples
Solemn Judgement (Sometimes)


Burn: One of the most known decks of today. Stall and wipe away your opponent's life points with Wave Motion Cannons, Stealth Birds, Lava Golems, etc.

Featured Cards:

Lava Golem
Solar Flare Dragon (Sometimes)
Stealth Bird
Staples
Scapegoat (Sometimes)
Metamorphosis (Sometimes)
Wave-Motion Cannon



Side Decks: Side decks are every bit important as the main deck. Side decks can provide a lot of help. When making a side deck, you can use counters to a certain deck type, cards that will help out your deck in any situation, etc.

Side Deck Example:

2 - Mobius the Frost Monarch - Anti-burn, extra s/t removal.
2 - Des Wombat - Anti-Burn
1 - Mystic Swordsman Lv2 - Stops Magician of Faith, Apprentice Magician, etc.
2 - Night Assailant - Combos with other side decked cards well
2 - Wave-Motion Cannon - Anti-Burn, nice to suprise any deck with this. *Great tech in a lot of decks*
1 - Card Destruction - Stops Exodia, Combos with Night Assailant
1 - Lightning Vortex - Stops Swarm decks, Combos with Night Assailant
2 - Dust Tornado - Anti-Burn, extra s/t removal
2 - Royal Decree - People who run a lot of traps.

That's just a small sample of a side deck. Side decks usually vary depending on what kind of deck the person is running.



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Thats a Really good low-down Structure there

Wow Thats alot..

Well done..
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Thanks, there's going to be a lot more coming though. That took like an hour to finish xD Mainly because I was dueling and stuff though. Rofl.
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Thanks

New stuff: Added more deck themes, section about side decks.

If anyone wants another deck theme listed like the ones I have, just let me know.
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YAY . Now I can build a decent deck ^_^.
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Uhhmmm....I know there aren't really a vast selection compared to some other categories, but what about a Dragon themed deck?
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i already know Red Eyes B. Chick + Red Eyes B. Dragon + Red Eyes Darkness Dragon and Inferno Fire Blast has to go in there, you can do around 6ooolp damage with one move. :rolleyes: plus the darkness dragon gets powered up by any dragon in your graveyard and since you sacrifice the dhick to get the red eyes b. dragon and sacrifice that to special summon the darkness dragon, there you go two in there already ^_^
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:cussing: hey you forgot Necrofear


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