User:Darth Covah/Darth Covah's DeckZone

Goal
The goal of this subpage is to list all my decks, while giving advice about deck construction and more. Later, possibly, I will include other's decks, to add much-needed variety.

Basics
Well, you are all familiar with the concept of the Deck, right? Right? RIGHT? Oh well, then I'll have to write a thing or two.


 * Your deck may consist of 40 to 60 cards. At least 40 cards must be included. Fusion Monster and Synchro Monster cards do not count against this limit, as they are placed in a seperate deck (Extra Deck - formerly Fusion Deck).
 * Cards in your deck can be any combination of Monster, Spell and Trap cards.
 * Only 3 copies of most cards are permitted per deck.
 * Certain cards are even more limited in number (see Semi-Limited, Limited and Forbidden cards).

With these in mind, all that remains is making your own deck. Although I could include a deck constructing strategy, I'm too lazy to do so now.

Later I probably will include strategies to consider while making your deck. Alternatively, you can go here, where I learned tons of stuff. T-up to Dmaster!

News

 * I have removed some decklists that are no longer current or in use to save space. I have also added new decklists (Morphtronics, Stardust Assault). --Darth Covah (Talk | Contribs) 12:23, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

Deck Lists

 * All decks in this page abide by the March 2009 Lists.
 * Decks listed as active are subject to constant changes.

Crystal Fist
This is an Abundance OTK deck, in my opinion the best kind of Crystal Beast Deck around:


 * Status: Active.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: ~1:1
 * Win/loss ratio: 2:1

An overall good deck, without many weaknesses. What it lacks in beatsticks it makes up for with awesome effects and a Rainbow Dragon with OTK potential. Fun to play with, but difficult to master. Beware of the occasional Harpie or Macro Cosmos Decks, as they are able to to bring this kind of deck to a disadvantage. Tends to produce many dead draws, a fact to beware of. Side decking has so far proven useless.
 * Comments:


 * Side Deck: None.

Smoking Gun
This is a burn deck, revolving around cards that deal massive damage without attacking:


 * Status: Dismantled.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: ~1:2
 * Win/loss ratio: 3:1

Very good deck, capable of defeating most nowadays decks (I said most, not all...). A quick deck, capable of dealing an average of 2000 damage per turn. Has considerable drawing power thanks to Reckless Greed, Morphing Jar and Des Lacooda, and it rarely produces dead draws, in the form of monster hands (a hand full of monsters only). Has no notable weaknesses, as it manages to overpower even Prime Material Dragon. Beware, though, since it is weak against trap negating cards, such as Jinzo and Royal Decree. Side decking essential.
 * Comments:


 * Side Deck (Includes some of the 15 cards - the rest are subject to change and, therefore, are not included):
 * 3x Double Snare
 * 3x Bad Reaction to Simochi
 * 2x Poison of the Old Man
 * 1x Wave-Motion Cannon

Home Run
Here is my latest deck, a Fire deck revolving around Ultimate Baseball Kid:


 * Status: Dismantled.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: 1:1
 * Win/loss ratio: 5:2

A deck I made for fun, and because I think Ultimate Baseball Kid is a cool card that is being underestimated. This deck, albeit weird, can take on head-to-head any nowadays deck (perhaps except Crystal Beasts). Capable of summoning monsters with up to 9500 ATK, while taking advantage of the presence of your opponent's monsters with DNA Transplant, this deck is a fearsome one. The support of every other Fire monster is valued too, with Solar Flare Dragons and others wreaking havoc.
 * Comments:

Occasionally, it is useful. Used according to the difficulty of the competition, and the participants' decks.
 * Side Deck:

8-Star Hotel
This is my favorite WC08 deck, built out of real cards! Of course, not all these cards are in the game, but...


 * Status: Active.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: 1:2
 * Win/loss ratio: 1:1

A deck focusing on discarding level 8 normal monsters to draw cards, destroy opponent's cards or simply to revive them from the graveyard with multiple revival cards. Milling through the deck is easy, facilitated by multiple draw engines. Only weaknesses of this deck are Stall decks, possibly Macro Cosmos decks and its own dead draws and occasional useless opening draws.
 * Comments:


 * Side Deck (includes some cards - the rest are subject to change and, therefore, are not included):
 * 3x Magical Mallet
 * 3x Spear Cretin

Flash Fire
Another recent build, the fastest burn deck I could construct, based on the Rule of 3:


 * Status: Active.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: 1:3
 * Win/loss ratio: 5:1

An extremely aggressive (and risky) burn deck, focusing heavily on the Rule of 3 (which states that if you deal an average of 1000 damage per card, you should have won by your third turn - i.e. after you have drawn 8 cards). The deck focuses on making enemy attacks (mostly direct ones) backfire, via Dimension Wall, Zoma the Spirit, Magic Cylinder, Marshmallon and Giant Germ. Then, it uses the heavy field presence and hand advantage that all current decks posess to deal enormous damage, while stacking a nice long Chain, in the end of which a Chain Strike depletes the opponent's Life Points. The deck is notably weak against Jinzo and Royal Decree, which is why 3x Double Snare is Sided in. Other than that, it can dominate pretty much anything you throw at it.
 * Comments:


 * Side Deck: Includes some of the 15 cards, as the others are subject to constant change:
 * 3x Double Snare
 * 3x Nimble Musasabi
 * 1x Ojama Trio
 * 1x Lava Golem
 * 2x Misfortune

Purging Light
My newest deck, Lightsworns! Note that the deck is still in an experimental stage, and that it needs tweaking and 5 more ScR cards. But I like it still :-).


 * Status: Main Deck.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: ~1:1
 * Win/loss ratio: Still playtesting it, approx. 3:1.

No need for me to tell you what a Lightsworn deck is. Since I have only 45% of the ScR cards of this deck, I have added some personal touches. You'll notice the Gragonith, Lightsworn Dragon. That's the powerhouse of the deck, hitting the field with more than 4000 ATK for just one tribute! Also I have added Reinforcement of the Army as a temporary substitute for Charge of the Light Brigade. The rest is just like your average LS deck. It fares pretty well, considering it lacks 60% of its strength. Comments on it are welcome!
 * Comments:


 * Side Deck: Since this is my Main Deck, the Side Deck changes constantly and I'm not going to update it every time, so I don't list it :-).

Appliance Bonanza
What can I say? I like dealing 10,000 damage with mobile phones and radios.


 * Status: Active.
 * Statistics:
 * Monster Card to Spell and Trap Card ratio: 1:1
 * Win/loss ratio: 3:1.

This is my version of the Morphtronic Deck. It relies heavily on the Field Spell Morphtronic Map to boost all my monsters, then summon Boarden to attack directly and win. The deck uses a lot of attack prevention cards, so the deck is especially effective against Gladiator Beasts.
 * Comments:


 * Side Deck: None.

Decks Under Construction

 * Lightsworns Deck (meta deck) - Got all UR and lower cards (except for another Celestia). Got my playset of Honests - 1 ScR 1st, 1 GR 1st, 1 GR unlimited. Feel free to comment on the deck!
 * Morphtronic Deck - Got all...commons lol. Looking for 2x Boomboxen, 2x Radion and 3x Accelerator. Then I'm done xD. Deck will be posted soon (playtesting it with proxies). Posted.
 * Stardust Assault Zombies: Posted.
 * Real build of my 8-Star Hotel deck: Posted.

Comments/Suggestions
Please do comment if you will, but do so in a proper fashion (i.e. no insults, racism, spamming etc). Failure to comply will result in me FIRIN' MAH LAZOR! At you.

Constructive criticism is always welcome. Be sure to sign your posts! I say so 'cause I keep forgetting to sign mine...whoops.

More Coming Soon!!
Heading says it all - check often for new decks and more...

Deck construction strategies are to be included soon also, followed by " "How to play Yu-Gi-Oh! using Darth Covah's decks" for Dummies. " :-P.