Forum:Rate my Dark World deck?

Ok, this deck has gone through several versions as is. So far, it works quite well against most decks (including most meta decks), and I've a considerably higher win count than loss count with it. The main problem is with getting poor draws. For example, several Dark World monsters with no way to discard or vice versa. I've gone through literally half of my deck without drawing more than one DW card before. (I contribute this to horrible luck, but still.) The primary point in this deck is swarming and field advantage, with considerable draw power from two Broww, Allure of Darkness, three Dark World Dealings, and Gate of the Dark World. I do not use Gren, Tactician of Dark World or Kahkki, Guerilla of Dark World because their effects do not justify themselves - in other words, cards like Snow and Broww help me much more. Reign-Beaux, Overlord of Dark World was in an original version of the deck, but typically only served as dead draws given that it's a two tribute summon that has no effects unless discarded by the opponent.

Dark World Lightning is a fairly ignored card in Dark World decks, but I find it's fairly useful for keeping up my field advantage. Typically, I use it as a watered down Mystical Space Typhoon that helps with discarding Dark World cards as well. Only one copy of Gate of the Dark World is in the deck because anything else serves too much chance of being a dead draw - furthermore, I can search it out easily enough with Snow. Deck Devastation Virus and Eradicator Epidemic Virus are simply great when used with Grapha, and they help a lot in field advantage. I'm considering removing one of them, however, as they are both reliant on Grapha and therefore serve as dead draws if I don't have a Grapha available. Grave Squirmer may seem like an odd addition to this deck, but it's proven to be very useful to me on multiple occasions, so I have no intentions of removing it.

The main cards I'm not sure about are Raviel, Plaguespreader Zombie, and Strategy of the Dark. Raviel is great in theory, but so far I've only had use for him once (and I've used this deck in over a dozen duels). To put it simply, it takes a considerable amount of luck just to get a good enough hand that allows me to swarm enough to summon him. Then it takes even more luck to actually have him in my hand at the time. Finally, I have to ask myself if it's worth the tributes to summon him. (Though, if Grapha is used as one of the sacrifices, it effectively only takes me two tributes given how easy Grapha is to summon from the Graveyard.) Plaguespreader is a great Tuner in most decks, but this deck does not concentrate much on Synchro summoning anyway - and even when I do want to, Fabled Raven is almost always a better option. Strategy of the Dark sounds great, but from my experience the opponent usually negates it if he knows I'm using a Dark World deck anyway. At that point, the card only makes the opponent discard one card and that's it. Not really that helpful.

The extra deck is mostly for having options. The deck obviously does not focus on either Synchro or Xyz summoning. I have several rank 5 and 3 Xyz monsters so that I can pick the Xyz I need depending on the situation - likewise, multiple LV 7 and 8 Synchros help for emergency situations. I'd actually like to add Red Dragon Archfiend for his high ATK and destructive power, but I can't find a monster in the extra deck I feel wouldn't be as useful (or give me better options).

I'm considering adding a second Grapha, and possibly another Goldd or Sillva. A second Grapha could potentially help massively in field control. I could return a DW monster back to my hand to Special Summon Grapha from the Graveyard, then use one of my multiple discard methods to discard my second Grapha. Then return the first Grapha to my hand to Special Summon the second Grapha. Repeat until I run out of discard methods or the opponent's field is empty. Another Goldd or Sillva could help a lot in Xyz summoning, as well as swarming. The main reason I'm unsure about adding any of these is having too many high level monsters may put me at a disadvantage. While it's always a bad idea to Normal Summon any Dark World monster (aside from Brron), a monster like Snow or Broww CAN be Normal Summoned / Set without tribute for extra defense in a pinch. I'm also considering Celri, Monk of Dark World. If he is added, Reign-Beaux becomes a better option. However, adding both of these (especially considering I'd likely want more than one copy of Celri) may detract from the focus of the deck.

So, I would appreciate any tips to help power my deck, and also if you'd rate it as is. Thanks. :)