Forum:DDZ - Diamond Dude Zombies

I just got a bunch of new cards, and I really like how Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude has such great synergy with Plaguespreader Zombie. Lame opening aside, here's what I'm currently working with:

Monsters: 16

 * 1 Elemental Hero Stratos
 * 3 Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude
 * 3 Mezuki
 * 3 Plaguespreader Zombie
 * 2 Zombie Master
 * 2 Goblin Zombie
 * 1 Sangan
 * 1 Snipe Hunter

Diamond Dude, the namesake of this deck. I'm using his effect to speed through my deck while my Zombie friends swarm the field with Synchros. His effect is also helpful to get around negation effects such as Solemn Judgment. The only thing Solemn can't negate is monster effects *points finger at Diamond Dude*. Once Diamond Dude's effect is activated, I can use the spell's effect next turn. That means I don't have to pay any costs or meet any requirements In addition, my opponent can't negate it since it's only the effect, and not a card. I was originally going to use this deck with cards like Short Circuit, Des Croaking, and Ojama Delta Hurricane!! to destroy every card my opponent controls for free then proceed to have my Zombies swarm the field for game. Unfortunately, that kind of strategy lacks an early game (also, I don't have the cards) so, I decided to stick with the cards in DDT and threw in Zombies.

Spells: 22

 * 3 Destiny Draw
 * 3 Allure of Darkness
 * 3 Book of Life
 * 2 Reinforcement of the Army
 * 2 Lightning Vortex
 * 2 Foolish Burial
 * 2 Terraforming
 * 1 Zombie World
 * 1 Monster Reborn
 * 1 Brain Control
 * 1 Heavy Storm
 * 1 Gold Sarcophagus

All but one of my spells are Normal Spell cards. This gets me about a 50% chance to succeed with Diamond Dude's effect. The first two cards draws out my deck faster, thus getting closer to an otk. Book of Life is a Monster Reborn and D.D. Crow in one. With Zombie World active, I can pull any monster, especially Synchros, out of my graveyard. If I pull out Doomkaiser Dragon, I get to pull out a monster from my opponent's grave too! Reinforcement of the Army and Stratos effectively doubles the amount of Diamond Dudes I have in my deck, allowing me to execute my core strategy. Foolish Burial can send a monster from my deck to the grave for later resurrection, or send a Mezuki to the grave for the resurrection of something else. It's like having another Book of Life in the deck.

More copies of Terraforming are used than Zombie World because Terraforming can be activated by Diamond Dude's effect while Zombie World cannot. Zombie World is usually used with Zombie cards that steal your opponent's monsters. I'm using Zombie World so I can reuse fallen Synchros and abuse Doomkaiser Dragon's effect. It also helps me against Monarchs, they get screwed by Zombie World since it acts as a Mask of Restrict for them. Gold Sarcophagus is a neat little toy for Diamond Dude. It lets me search out any card in the deck, usually Imperial Iron Wall. With the Wall active, I can't activate Gold Sarcophagus anyways, so it's purpose is pretty much fulfilled.

The main reason I need help is to determine how many, and what kind of spells I should use.

Traps: 2

 * 2 Imperial Iron Wall

I'm not running a lot of defensive traps here because in my experience, Zombies are very capable of recovering from a large field loss. Imperial Iron Wall serves three purposes. First, it allows me to reuse Plaguespreader Zombie. Second, it keeps my graveyard safe from my opponent's removal attempts. Third, it helps me get around Allure of Darkness' removal effect. The rulings state that when Imperial Iron Wall is in play and Allure of Darkness is activated, the card I would've removed from play is only revealed to my opponent.

However, when the wall is active, all the Mezukis in my graveyard are useless. I can get around this by simply activating Mezuki's effect before I activate the wall. The wall's primary purpose is to allow infinite resurrection of my Plaguespreader. Either way, I end up with a pretty hefty field.

Extra Deck: 15

 * 3 Stardust Dragon
 * 2 Red Dragon Archfiend
 * 2 Thought Ruler Archfiend
 * 2 Doomkaiser Dragon
 * 2 Goyo Guardian
 * 2 Colossal Fighter
 * 1 Revived King Ha Des
 * 1 Magical Android

Yeah, I only wish I had all of these... This is one of the reasons I made the deck. So I can resurrect the Synchros after they've been tuned instead of Synchro-ing new ones.

Side Deck: 15

 * 2 Royal Decree
 * 3 Pyramid Turtle
 * 2 Card of Safe Return
 * 2 Creature Swap
 * 2 Burial from a Different Dimension
 * 1 Zombie Master
 * 1 Goblin Zombie
 * 1 Ill Blud
 * 1 Spirit Reaper

My Side Deck is just some cards from my Zombie deck. I actually took apart that deck and threw in my new Diamond Dude stuff.

Total: 40 cards
So, what do you guys think? Compliment, comment, and all that other stuff you guys do.

0RLY 22:31, 23 December 2008 (UTC)