Forum:Phantom Beasts

Hmm... what's the most esoteric archetype to make a deck around? I know! Phantom Beasts!

The idea of this deck is to get out the big beasts quickly, and power them up. Rock-Lizard is king here, with a great effect to deter destruction by card effects. So, you'll have to beat him by battle - and therein lies the problem. One of my main priorities is to get all 3 copies of Cross-Wing to the graveyard, STAT. This gives any of my Phantom Beasts a 900 ATK boost. That gives Rock-Lizard 3100 ATK, which is awesome for a monster you can bring out with one tribute.

To do this, I included 3 copies each of Chain Destruction and Shining Angel. But not just for Cross-Wing: both of these cards support the other weak Phantom Beast, Thunder-Pegasus. It acts as the Necro Gardna of Phantom Beasts (see its effect). It also makes a pretty good set monster on turn 1. Also, to reload Thunder-Pegasi, I included 1 Burial from a Different Dimension.

The other Phantom Beast is Wild-Horn, a 1700 ATK piercer. Speaking of which, I included 3 copies of Enraged Battle Ox to complement the whole beat-opponent-into-bloody-pulp theme. Finally, I put in 2 copies of Manticore of Darkness, as renewable offense.

For spells and traps, I added 3 Forest and 1 Terraforming to search it - Forest beat out Sogen because I figure the former is less likely to help out my opponent. To get my cards, I put in 2 Hand Destruction. This will send Cross-Wings, Thunder-Pegasi and Manticores to the grave, where they get useful. Monster Reborn comes in for when I need something out of the graveyard (as usual). I also included 2 Banner of Courage, 2 Wild Nature's Release, 1 Riryoku and 1 Rush Recklessly. This deck can power up its monsters pretty well.

However, 5 of these power-ups are continuous/field spells, so they can become targets. For that, I put in 1 Judgment of Anubis, which is awesome. I also put in 3 copies of Solemn Judgment, by virtue of being a very, very good card.

Tell me what you think of this concept deck. Runer5h 01:23, 3 April 2009 (UTC)Runer5h