Forum:Rate/Fix my Insect deck.

Please rate this insect deck out of 10 on a Tournament level.

Deck (45 cards):

Normal Monsters (6 cards):

Gene-Warped Warwolf (x2) Insect Knight Gemini Elf Sabersaurus Vorse Raider

Effect Monsters (18 cards):

Swarm of Locusts (x2) Pinch Hopper (x2) Prickle Fairy (x2) Man-Eater Bug (x2) Swarm Of Scarabs Howling Insect Arsenal Bug Chainsaw Insect Des Feral Imp Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior Great Maju Garzett Saber Beetle Gigaplant Obelisk the Tormentor (This is the tournament legit effect Obelisk by the way)

Spells (9 cards):

Axe of Despair (x3) Dark Core Heavy Storm Monster Reborn Swords of Revealing Light Gaia Power Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps (12 cards):

Divine Wrath (x2) Metalmorph Bottomless Trap Hole Scrap-Iron Scarecrow Torrential Tribute Magical Arm Shield Covering Fire Dust Tornado Karma Cut Draining Shield Dust Tornado

Cards I am certainly willing to take out or replace if you think it will improve that way: -One of my 1900 4-starred monsters. (Or as many as I need to) -Howling Insect. -Prickle Fairy. -Des Feral Imp. -Arsenal Bug. -Pinch Hopper.

Cards I'm not too sure on whether to keep or not: -Covering Fire. -Magical Arm Shield. -Metalmorph. -Gaia Power.

And finally, I'm not sure whether to replace: Draining Shield with Magic Cylinder?

Now for strategies...

-I use my 4-starred high ATK monsters for their ATK of course, while equipping them with spells to increase their attack power.

-I use Swarm of Scarabs/Locusts to wipe out the opponents field (Especially while I have Swords of Revealing Light/Scarp-Iron Scarecrow/Draining Shield/Magical Arm Shield in play)

-Pinch Hoppers/Gigaplant to get extra monsters on my field. (Works well when trying to summon Obelisk.)

-Aztekipede to eat away at the opponents deck, (I can easily get insects in the graveyard like Pinch Hoppers/Man-Eater Bugs/Howling Insect in order to summon it) and Chainsaw Insect can also help, by making them draw cards.

-Prickle Fairy to protect my insects. (With the help of Swords of Revealing Light/Scrap-Iron Scarecrow, it will help drastically when trying to summon Obelisk)

-Saber Beetle to deal damage to defense monsters. Saber Beetle/Chainsaw Insect/Gene-Warped Warwolf make a great sacrifices for Maju Garzett.

-Plenty of Traps and Spells such as Dark Core/Bottomless Trap Hole/Dust Tornado/Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy the opponents field. (Divine Wrath is good for negating effects and destroying the monster)

-And finally: Obelisk the Tormentor, my main goal isn't to summon him, but if I do draw this card while having three monsters on the field, I'll most likely use it to wipe out the opponent in a turn or two. If I am getting thrashed and want to summon it, I have plenty of cards to stop the opponent from destroying necessary sacrifices for this card.

When I'm playing against a friend or family member, I win the majority of the time, but I was just wandering about a tournament level rating, and if any changes are necessary because I'm not sure if my deck is tournament material. I will appreciate your feedback, whether its positive or negative! I'm thinking of entering a tournament, so you tell me if my deck is ready. Thanks in advance, and wish me luck if I do end up entering!

--123.2.63.154 (talk) 11:24, November 10, 2010 (UTC)

-Lobstrosity