Forum:Back from the Keys with a "new" deck.

If you'd asked, you'd know that my mysterious absence for the past week was due to me being in the Florida Keys! It was awesome, especially Key West, where the men are men... and women. I had a blast - I went jet-skiing, kayaking among the mangroves, glass-bottom boating, and had some great food. I had so much fun that I forgot to make a deck for you, so when I got home and realized how behind I was, I was a little panicky - until I remembered my archives.

See, for every two decks I make that I show you, one of them I don't. The deck gets stored in my fairly massive archive. So, at a loss for ideas, I figured I'd just coast for a bit on my older decks. And here's my first one; RFG Rocks! No, not in the sense that I especially like the RFG game mechanic (though I do) - it's the type Rocks.

Okay, the breakdown. I've got 8 monsters that require removal of graveyard monsters to summon them - Gigantes, Gigastone, Megarock, and Gaia Plate. They are all great cards; Gigantes and Gigastone are effective removal, while Megarock and Gaia Plate are great beatsticks. Then, of course, I've got a variety of Rock monsters, and Koa'ki Meiru Guardian is first. It's a hell of a beatstick, will be easy to maintain in this deck, and has a kick@$$ effect. Castle Gate can be a huge wall, won't be a big liability, and is a wall and can burn my opponent with a quick special summon. Grand Mole is one of the very few rock monsters that sees use outside Rock decks, so it stands to reason that it would be even better in a Rock deck. The Barrier Statue is a great addition - there's not so many EARTH-using decks these days, and even GB will be hindered by this statue. Yes, it can do the Rescue Cat-to-Samnite combo, but not much else; and most importantly, it can't bring out Bestiari and Gyzarus, or Laquari and Heraklinos. Of course, against Lightsworns and Blackwings, it obliterates if properly protected. Moving on... speaking of Rock monsters that are used in non-Rock decks, have you been introduced to the Jujitsu Master? With a pretty good effect and decent DEF, it can seriously harm many decks by spinning an attacker - GBs are worst affected here. I've also got Giant Rat, to search out Castle Gate and other low-ATK rocks at a whim; and Ryko, to load the graveyard for all those removals.

For spells, I've got one copy of DDR - there's other ways in this deck to bring back fallen rocks, but it's worth having. Magical Mallet serves as draw power - of course, Monster Reborn is in. Burial from a Different Dimension reuses the removed monsters as needed. Finally, Book of Moon does even more in this deck than it would in other decks. It allows Jujitsu Master to bounce monsters, especially if it was summoned by Giant Rat. It gives protection to Barrier Statue - I can use BoM to halt an attacking Bora or Shura in Blackwings, and if that's their only monster, that means one more swarmless turn - or I can use it in Lightsworns for the same task, possibly blocking an attacking Jain or Lyla. It could bait my opponent into an ATK-position Castle Gate. And it can re-use Ryko - in addition to all of its other uses. An amazing card, in short.

For traps, Rock Bombardment is almost the king. It's Foolish Burial with burn attached, and unlimited - all that for a slight delay. But the true king of the traps here is Release from Stone! It's the rock counterpart of Escape from the Dark Dimension, and a hell of a card. Dark Bribe is negation, and Return is a way to bring back monsters en masse. I've also included Mirror Force, and Bottomless Trap Hole as a good card.

Tell me what you think of this concept deck. Runer5h 02:36, 4 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h