Forum:Six Samurai's (Again) Doz Bate

WARNING: This is a long read! It is me with my Six Samurai deck, yet again. I keep losing my older threads for the deck, and then they become archived making it sort of necassary to make a new thread. Anyway, enough with the rambling. Now that the ruling's on Ignition Effect's are in line with the OCG I felt it was time to shake up the deck a little bit, to take advantage of the ruling, and also to add some more consistancy and hopefully still a little bit different from the normal Samurai build, the last part being difficult as it is fairly rare to find a card or concept to differentiate from others.

Now onto the deck!

The Deck
This deck is my real life deck, so some of the choices aren't in mind for the 'final' version, such as 4 of the Synchro's. They will be replaced by 4 XYZ (Number C39: Utopia Ray, Blade Armor Ninja, Wind-Up Zenmaines and Leviair the Sea Dragon)

Card Explanation's
Now onto explaining some of my card choices.


 * Great Shogun Shien - I decided to main deck the original Shien when I discovered how useful it is against the top deck's that really heavily on Spell and Trap support, the deck's in question being Dark World and HERO. By limiting them to one activation per turn, it give's me the oppurtunity to build my field and push for victory with less difficulty. Also it is a nice 2500 ATK, and is very easy to summon, making it unlikely to be dead in the hand. Ran at 1 is very effective, as it replaces the 2nd Grandmaster I used to run.


 * Spirit of the Six Samurai - I have explained this one before in a previous version of the thread. But I will do so again. Spirit is a nice blend of protection for my monster's while also boosting their ATK by 500. It is also gives +1's off of destroying monster's by battle with it's drawing effect, not to dissimilar from what made Horn of the Phantom Beast an effective card not long back. Another key reason for maining it, is that I can use Shien's Dojo to bring it out, after summoning Shi En, giving me a 3000 ATK monster with Spell/Trap negation, a way to avoid destruction and draw power. That example alone is enough to warrant it's inclusion


 * Legendary Six Samurai - Mizuho + Legendary Six Samurai - Shinai (Side Deck) - These 2 combined can cause an infinite loop for counter's while providing me with extra Destruction Effect's to clear back rows. Also Shinai can grab another Samurai from the grave when it is Tributed, which help's me keep a monster in hand, for if I'm ever on the back foot.


 * D.D. Crow (Side Deck) - Pretty much a staple Side Deck card, it can remove Inzektor Hornet, Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World and other troublesome card's from the opponent's grave, before they pose a threat. Is also Chainable to Monster Reborn, Call of the Haunted, or any other effect targeting the Grave.


 * Thunder King Rai-Oh (Side Deck) - 1900 beater, stops a Special Summon and searching the deck. Just a nice little card to give me an extra edge in close matches.


 * Prohibition (Side Deck) - This is in primarily as a way around things like Inzektor Hornet, Super Polymerization etc. that can potentially cripple the deck, and in Super Poly's case necassary as it can't be negated on activation, this stops the card being used Full Stop.


 * Dark Hole + Torrential Tribute (Side Deck) - Brilliant card's but in a deck like Six Samurai, you rarely find yourself with an empty field or one monster that you don't mind destroying. However these can be sided in against some of the faster deck's to stop them out swarming me.


 * Cunning of the Six Samurai (Side Deck) - This was previously a main deck card, despite calls to remove it by a few people. I used it primarily for Counter generation on my Continuous Spells aswell as potentially swapping a Spirit of the Six Samurai on my field for a Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En in my Grave. It has been relegated to the Side Deck due to space issue's, but remains Sided for the reason's I used it originally, and for Mirror Match's,  being able to revive an Opponent's Shi En at a key moment.

Comment's, Suggestion's, Opnion's etc.
Well, thanks for reading it all, I will welcome all comment's, and if any other card need's explaining let me know.

Doz Bate: Stay (sic)!! 22:44, April 29, 2012 (UTC)