Forum:Virus Valley Drain

Well, I like Skill Drain. It's a fun card, and useful. So, I decided to build a deck around it. However, I realized before I was halfway through that Skill Drain decks are hardly an original theme – with that in mind, I combined it with two other themes. Those were Necrovalley and the Viruses (Crush Card, Deck Devastation, Eradicator Epidemic). Hence the name; Virus Valley Drain. Now that's original.

Well, this is quite the killing combo, is it not? I know some of the cards (coughcoughBeastgodMachinekingBarbarosUrcoughcough) aren't yet released in English, and may never be, but whatever. Necrovalley, Virus Control, and Skill Drain seem like quite disparate themes, but I found there's a lot of cards that are useful in two or all of the themes. Let's see how it all works.

Skill Drain: This is the primary focus of the deck. It can be searched out with A Cat of Ill Omen, and is primarily useful for Barbaros, Fusilier Dragon, Barbaros Ur, and Giant Kozaky. It allows me to beat the everloving snot out of opponents. Also, the two biggest monsters, Barbaros and Barbaros Ur, can be discarded for Trade-In. That's a good thing.

Virus Cards: I put these in after realizing what a great deal of compatibility it had with the theme of huge monsters. I can tribute Fusilier Dragon and Giant Kozaky for Deck Devastation and Eradicator Epidemic Virus. Meanwhile, A Cat of Ill Omen and Sangan go with Crush Card, which is good for the Cat as it's useless after Skill Drain is on the field. Being able to limit/eliminate my opponent's ability to deal with my threats is a good thing as well.

Necrovalley: This was my last idea. It came as the result of putting in the Cat – I thought it would be nice to get Skill Drain to my hand instead of the top of my deck, and then how nice it would be to lock down the graveyard – get rid of even more options. So, I put in 3 Necrovalley, and 3 Gravekeeper's Commandant to search it out. I also put in 3 Gravekeeper's Assailant. She (the Assailant is female, as revealed in Yugioh GX) can take out Dark Armed Dragon in battle if Skill Drain isn't on the field, and can be searched out by Sangan. Also, with Necrovalley, she becomes a valid tribute for Deck Devastation Virus! This is the third good thing. (PS: Necrovalley doesn't conflict with any of the cards in this deck except for, sometimes, Barbaros Ur. It won't be a problem if the Beast-Warrior and Machine are removed from play while on the field or in my hand.)

In conclusion, Viruses + Skill Drain + Necrovalley = Win. Tell me what you think of this concept deck. Runer5h 18:46, 13 April 2009 (UTC)Runer5h