User:Duelist33

Preface and Overview
The following is going to be a work in progress for some time, I will edit it as I see fit, and the like. I have taken a look at some of the other user pages on this forum, and have attempted to compose something to that format.

I have used a variety of decks in my time playing this game, and even if I sweep 6 matches in a row with one of these decks, I am always looking to improve them. The following five decks are the current decks that I am using. These are the decks that as soon as I learn how to duel on line, I will be using on line. My email address is jjtate33@yahoo.com, I am assuming one has to have an email account to duel on line. If you see any improvements that can be made, send me an email with your suggestions.

Links that will help my Dueling Abilities/and prices of cards

 * Duel Terminal


 * Deck Template:


 * Deckmaking Tutorial

[Troll n Toad prices]

[Super Games Inc.]

My Wikia Friends and Neighbors
ie: Friends whom have helped me, and those that I have talked to and respect:

Sandy Sagebrush, Darth Covah, Blue-Eyes White Kid, Tantara, ATEM, Bluedog


 * This list will constantly upgrade as I meet more people

My Deck Zone
I am going to keep a running total of Wins and Losses by total duels for fun for each individual deck. My tournament record will not be listed in this section. Side Deck is used for all my decks, it is listed below the deck lists

Wins: 9

Loss: 6

Status: Active

Wins: 32

Loss: 21

Status: Active

Wins: 2

Loss: 1

Status: Active

Wins: 4

Loss: 8

Status: Active

Wins: 12

Loss: 2

Status: Active

Wins: Loss: 4 Status: Active

Wins: 1

Loss: 2

Status: Active

Wins: 1

Loss: 4

Status: Active

Wins: 5

Loss: 3

Status: Active

All proxied cards are listed, and most of them on the way, via Ebay and other sources. Some of my decks, will have Side Decks others will not. If anyone has some ideas for side decks for the ones that aren't listed, those thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Please leave a message on my talk page if you can. Access will be granted through my link in my signature

Here: Duelist33(My Talk) 17:19, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

With all the problems I have had with various Side Decks for various decks that I have, I have decided to go with my original plan, of having one Side Deck for all my decks to use, sometimes it doesn't work out but I have gone through every card I possess and these 15 cards are the cards I feel that would make my decks more valuable against different strategies.

Any and all comments on the decks, are appreciated and advice would be welcome as well access my talk page, for comments.

My thoughts
As you can see, I like a variety of decks and strategies. And, I attempt to utilize my side deck to change the strategy of the deck, as needed.

As you can see, I do use proxy cards, though it took a bit of explaining for me to accept them. I am not sure how the rest of you feel about them, but as stated in the above section, I only use some and it is always only until I find a good deal on them on Ebay or other locations. I will continue to update the deck lists, accordingly.

My Girlfriend's Deck Zone and Information
I also got my girlfriend into this game, and helpled her make her deck. It follows in it's own zone. She really enjoys the game, and right now we are in the process of making her very own deck, all her thoughts with just a little bit of help for me. She wants to make another deck in addition to her Elemental Hero's but that one is going to be all her choices. As you can see it will be a work in progress for her.

Wins: 3

Loss: 2

Wins:30

Loss: 31

Wins: 28 Loss: 27

My Son's Deck Zone
The following Deck lists are my son's deck, he also uses my Blackwing Deck, and other decks in the house, his personal favorite is his Morphtronic Deck, that he calls Transforming Terror. He also posseses what used to be my Dino Swarm Deck, he calls that Reptile Lords, along with his newly created Dragon Deck, which he calls Fire-Breathing Creatures. That deck is still being fine tuned, thus the record very rarely advancing. His Transforming Terror, we are also in the process of side boarding a complete switch in which he can change it from a Power Tool Dragon deck into a straight up Morphtronic deck depending on the situation.

Wins: 16

Loss: 10

Wins: 5

Loss: 10

Wins: 1

Loss: 4

A little about myself
First off, I am 33 years old, and I have been playing this game since it was created. In fact my first deck ever was Yughi's deck from the original anime, you know Dark Magician and so forth. My brother of whom is my twin and I were getting ready to go Golfing, but our tee time wasn't until later in the afternoon, we got up rather early for a Saturday Morning, and happened to turn on the television, the cartoon was on and we decided we'd have some breakfast and watch it. It was really interesting to us, so we watched all of the show, ended up having to change our tee time and went out and bought some cards at the local Wal-Mart. He grabbed Joey's starter deck and I grabbed Yughi's starter deck, we have been playing ever since.

Now there are some time's in our life where we had stopped and I have just recently come off one of those times here this past summer. My son came to visit me for a month this summer and he was really into the game. So, I dusted off the old cards bought some new ones, and then began playing with him. He is 10 years old. Well, one day after he had gone back to California to be with his mother, our power went out due to a wind storm, and we were without electricity for 3 days. With nothing else to do as my girlfriend and I were on vacation from work, I asked if she wanted to learn how to play and she said yes. We have been dueling ever since. At this time the Synchro Monsters were rather new and I didn't understand them so we played with older cards. But she wanted a deck of her own rather then a quick one I threw together for her, and we purchased the 5D's starter deck for her. We had just been introduced to the newest craze Synchro Monsters thus a new love of the game was formed, and we have been playing that way ever since.

Passing the game on
Having taught my girlfriend how to play, I figured that it would be good to have some other opponents. I asked around and found out that my girlfriend's soon to be brother in law, and one of my best friends had played the card game Magic the Gathering. Knowing this, I figured that he might be on board to learn how to play this game. It is rather hard to explain to a lot of people here in the states that a 33 year old man enjoys a kid's game. He said he would be interested, and I taught him, he in turn taught his fiance. Now, we have taught my girlfriend's soon to be son in law. So we run regular tournaments here at the house.

My Tournament Expierence

 * Well, I entered my first tournament on Saturday, and didn't fare as well as I thought, only winning one out of four matches. I used my Underworld Minions deck, thinking that was the best deck that I have.  I beat another Zombie Deck, but didn't fare to well against a plant deck, a gadget deck, even though the Gadget Deck was the only one to sweep me.  I did enjoy myself at the tournament, and will attempt to go back again.  It was a learning expierence for me.


 * Well, this past Saturday 6/20/09 my son and I went to a tournament. This time it was for a Gold Series Box tournament, for the prize.  I ran my CB deck, and didn't fare that well, though I didn't get swept at all, and at time had people puzzled.  Big thanks to Darth Covah, for helping me out with that deck build.  The best part of the tournament was that all the guys that were there really helped my son out with his Morphtronic Deck and helped us put together a semi-competitive Blackwing deck.  We are missing some key cards but still looking for them.


 * I participated in my first Sneak Peek tournament at my local shop, for Ancient Prophecy didn't do as well as I had hoped to but was still a great expierence for me. Not a fan of people who buy into a Sneak Peek more than once, very unfair if you ask me.  But, then again I don't get to make the rules.


 * Well, this past week it was a tournament for a box of Ancient Prophecy booster packs. I played my Blackwings, and didn't fare as well as I thought I would.  I did beat a Macro Deck.  I only got swept in 2 of my losses to a Lightsworn, and a Blackwing Deck.  My third loss came against a Stardust Assault Mode Deck, and I did take one of three duels. Following the tournament I reconstructed my Zombie Deck, and Blackwing Deck with the help of the guys in the tournament.


 * This past Saturday, October 24, 2009 I participated in yet another tournament, this time I brought my brother with me, that was his first tournament. He didn't fare to well, though I did.  I maintained a winning record, winning 3 of my five matches.  I didn't win the tourney, though once more I used my Blackwings.  I swept a reptile deck.  Took 1 of 3 vs a Destiny Hero Diva deck. Swept a Stardust Assault Mode Deck, took 2 of 3 vs a Six Samurai deck and took 1 of 3 vs Vayu Turbo deck.  My Blackwings are still in need of some Vayu's before it's ready for regional or above tourneys.


 * I entered a tournament in my local Hobby Leauge, on the 7th of November. Regional Tournaments are in the area on the 8th so I played alot of decks that were going to regionals.  I used my Crystal Aggression deck that has been remade.  I won 2 matches and lost 2 matches, I did not get swept, and swept one of my opponents.  The opponent I swept played a deck that utilized alot of the new Gemini Support from the new Structure Deck.  I lost to two of my friends, one of which played a Blackwing Deck, and another who played a Lightwing deck, as he likes to call it.  Though it was a typical Blacksworn.  The combos that I pulled off with that CB deck were amazing the changes that I made from the last time I used it in a tournament were that, I went away from the Rainbow Dragon variant, and added in Hamon, Lord of Striking Thunder variant.  The other deck that I beat was a Diva DAD turbo, a deck that the person used to qualify for the Nationals in the last Regionals.  Overall a very good day for me in my tournament mode.


 * I got my rear end handed to me on the 21 of November, in a tournament I played my plant deck and and didn't win a duel, I think that I just had some real bad draws that I couldn't get away from. Thought I did make some changes to my plants, so it should be better next time around.


 * Official Record in Hobby Leauge Tournaments per match by deck:

Crystal Aggresion:      4 W      5 L

De-Vined Destruction:   0 W     5 L

Masters of the Mind:

Swarm of Darkness: 4 W        5  L

Regional and Above Tournaments
I haven't participated in any as of yet, but am attempting to go to one in October, here in Pa. Below will be my comments, and remarks in regards to it. Along with the records of my two decks that will be geared towards it. I didn't get to the regionals here in Pa, as I had to work that weekend, but have worked on my decks further. And am in the process of finalizing my decks for those tournaments.

Win/Loss Record for Regional and higher tournaments:

Swarm of Darkness:

Various Thoughts on General Things
I have come up with a very good way to proxy cards, and think that it is not a bad temporary fix. I have discussed it with various people, and some of them agree with me. Some such as my brother not so much, I am hoping to get him to change his mind, as he can't really compete at the moment, though he does play a Lightsworns Deck and apparently rather well. He is also thinking about playing a Gladiator Beast Deck as well. It is a very interesting method, to do proxy cards. I do as one normally would, until I get the actual cards. Two of my opponents utilize full proxy decks, as they can't afford to keep up with the newer packs. One is about to get married, the other is a full time college student.

Tag Dueling
I utilized this forum to print up the Tag Dueling Rules. As I had stated previously we run regular tournaments here at the house, with all of the people that I have taught to play this game, it is difficult to get everyone involved into duels. We have now moved the game onto my brother's daughters and his step daughter as well. I have made all three of them decks, since my nieces are only here for the summer. And we ran some tag duels, I almost enjoy tag dueling as much as regular dueling. I have only done two Tag Dueling matches one of which I will finish tonight when I go visit my brother again. The other of which I teamed with my niece Audrey and swept my son's Power Tool Deck and my brother's plant/insect burn deck. I used my Zombie Deck. My brother and I teamed up with my plant deck and his plant Burn/Token deck to play my girlfriend's Elemental Hero Deck teamed with my other niece Brittany's Rock/Warrior Control Deck. We have both won a duel, and are going to play the rubber duel tonight. The final duel was played, and they had control of the field from the get go. My Heavy Storm and my Lightning Vortex were at the bottom of the deck. We lost but oh well, it was still fun.

I really enjoy Tag Dueling and am going to look for some tournaments for that as well. I will keep a total of Wins and Losses for each deck in a Tag Duel as well.

Underworld Minions: 2W 0L

De-Vined Destruction: 1W 2L