Forum:Deck Contest 1: Eatos vs Shunoros

A while ago, I proposed a contest with Messengerofthedark. We would each make a concept deck based around a card from Limited Edition Pack 15, which contains some of the most incredible anime cards that us poor blokes back in reality never dreamed we'd get to use. Well, here they are! Well, with some modifications. In any case, I picked Orichalcos Shunoros and he picked Guardian Eatos. Here's our decks; your job is to decide which one is better. I'm first; MotD will post his as soon as I'm done.

Shunoros Anti-Meta
The main point of this deck is to lock down everything your opponent can do, while using Shunoros' protection effect to create an army of undefeatable-except-by-battle normal monsters. Here's how it works.

Okay. Orichalcos Shunoros is the main card of the deck, but it's not there to put pressure on your opponent itself. That is accomplished with the aid of a group of normal monsters. They are Vorse Raider, Mad Dog of Darkness, Gene-Warped Warwolf, and Alien Shocktrooper. Giant Orc also makes an appearance just in case I need to take out something bigger. Finally, there's the fabulous lockdown card The End of Anubis. It has an effect to stop Darius, DAD, Grandmaster, Lumina, Zombies, searchers; it can stop even more things than Necrovalley, and that's saying something. Oh, and its relatively high ATK for its level allows it to beat down on Jinzo, Monarchs, and most level 6 monsters.

For spells, there's the amazing draw spell Allure of Darkness, and my personal favorite, Magical Mallet. Then there's Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy whatever I need it to. Also, I've got a copy of my own little piece of tech, Double Snare. It can destroy Prime Material Dragon (let's face it - Prime Material Dragon has the ability to negate traps), Royal Decree, Stardust Dragon (this won't really work, because Stardust will tribute itself, but it can get the Dragon out of the way long enough perhaps to summon The End of Anubis, which will prevent the revival of the Dragon), and importantly Jinzo. I've got Smashing Ground as a way to take out something my opponent controls, and Shrink to take things down by battle. Finally, there's Magic Planter, which can de-clog my spell and trap zones to put more stuff in my hand.

You've probably realized by now that the traps are an important part of the deck. They are. I've got Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror, Grave of the Super Ancient Organism, and Royal Oppression to stop my opponent. And no, they won't hurt me, even though Shunoros is a level 10, DARK special-summon only monster. None of its effects can be said to activate, except the special summon effect which occurs in the hand. I'm not trying to attack with Shunoros - I'm leaving that to my normal monsters. And Shunoros summons itself during the damage step, so Royal Oppression doesn't affect it. (PS: Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror has the useful effect of keeping my Giant Orc in attack mode!) As for the other traps, there's Imperial Custom to protect my other traps. Dark Illusion prevents my opponent from destroying Shunoros with an effect (or targeting some of my other monsters, for that matter). Forced Back is easy Monarch tech that works in a variety of other situations.

And that's it - the Shunoros Anti-Meta deck! Tell me what you think of this concept deck, and tell me how you think it stacks up to his concept deck. DO NOT POST ANYTHING UNTIL HIS DECK IS UP HERE TOO! I want a fair competition.Runer5h 02:09, 11 June 2009 (UTC)Runer5h