Counter Burn Deck

As the Burn Deck is becoming increasingly popular, so is there a general incentive to build a deck that can counter it. The Counter Burn Deck negates, switches the damage,and/or increases your life points when your opponent makes a direct damage attack against you. It also (a technique used by most Burn Decks) stalls the other player whilst counter attacks are made. The Counter Burn has mainly been inspired by Prime Material Dragon, the only monster currently able to transfer any type of effect damage into life point gain.

By equipping Mist Body to Des Koala, you can setup a powerhouse of life point defence. This is particularly effective against Wave-Motion Cannon and other high damage burn cards. If you have Des Koala setup on the feild, then Chainsaw Insect's effect has more of a milling effect, as most of the cards your oppodent draws will have effect damage, proving useless. Chainsaw Insect can then be used to tribute summon a 4800 ATK Great Maju Garzett,causing large battle damage.

There are two main types of Counter Burn Decks, the Life Point Gain Deck and the Anti-Simochi (or Good Reaction To Simochi) Deck. The Anti-Simochi is simply the same as the Life Point Gain, but with all cards who's effects increase your lifepoints removed.

=Life Point Gain/Protection Deck= This deck concentates on transfering the majority of damage your oppodent throws at you into either lifepoint gain, your oppodents lifepoint loss or simply reducing the damage to 0 (ie: Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment and Des Koala). The offensive side to this deck is mostly in high powered monster cards, such as Slate Warrior, and Gene-Warped Warwolf (burn decks consist of mainly spell and trap cards) and monsters with card destroying effects on them, such as Dark Valkyria (for use against cards such as Marshmallon, a staple in most burn decks). There is also a obvious need for spell and trap countering cards, such as Dark Bribe and Trap of Board Eraser. Also, unless you are duelling someone with a Dark Snake Syndrome Deck, Dark Snake Syndrome would make a good offensive use of Enchanted Javelin or Des Koalas effect.

Monsters
Prime Material Dragon

Des Koala

Dice Jar

Great Maju Garzett

Gene-Warped Warwolf

Mask of Darkness

Dark Valkyria*

Slate Warrior

(* an common alternative is Man-Eater Bug)

Spells
Mist Body

Dark Snake Syndrome

Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell

Axe of Despair

Traps (22)
Tower of Babel

Shining Silver Force

Energy-Absorbing Monolith

Enchanted Javelin

Barrel Behind the Door

Trap of Board Eraser

Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment

Damage Polarizer

Dark Bribe

Dust Tornado

Spell of Pain

Trap Jammer

=Anti-Simochi Deck= This is a generally slower deck as there are several cards you cannot use against Bad Reaction to Simochi, either because the effect states "activate when your oppodent inflicts effect damage", which dosent specify Bad Reaction to Simochi or it increases your lifepoints, which would prove fatal!

Monsters
Dice Jar

Chainsaw Insect

Des Koala

Great Maju Garzett

Mask of Darkness

Gene-Warped Warwolf

Slate Warrior

Dark Valkyria*

Mobius the Frost Monarch

(* an common alternative is Man-Eater Bug)

Spells
Mist Body

Dark Snake Syndrome

Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell

Bait Doll

United We Stand

Traps
Barrel Behind the Door

Trap of Board Eraser

Spell of Pain

Tower of Babel

Dust Tornado

Pikeru's Circle of Enchantment

Dark Bribe

Trap Jammer

Twister