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Spellcaster

Monsters

Monsters

1x Dark Eradicator Warlock
1x Blade Knight
1x Dark Magician of Chaos
x2magna slash dragon
x2 skilled dark magican
x2 apprentice magician
x2 dark magician
x2 Chaos Command Magician
x2 Magican of faith
x1 Dark Magician Girl
x1 royal magical library
x1 mirage dragon
x1 elemental magician
x1 barrel dragon
x1 queen's knight
x1 king's knight
x1 jacks knight
x1 ebon magician curran
x2 breaker the magical warrior
x1 gravi crush dragon
x2 chaos sorcerer
x1 mythical beast cerberus
x1 protector of the sanctuary
x1 buster blader
x1 sorcerer of dark magic
x1 goblin elite attack force
x1 white magician pikeru
x1 blast magician
x1 royal magical library
x1 tsukuyomi
x1 gemini elf
x1 rapid fire magican
x1 time wizard
x1 dark sage
x1 magican of black chaos
x1 black luster soilder

Extra Deck

Fusion Monsters

x1 dark Paladin

Spells & Traps

Spells

x1 premature burial
x1 black magic ritual
x2 emblem of the dragon destroyer
x1 hinotama
x1 revoke fusion
x1 monster reborn
x2 polymerization
x1 magical blast
x1 mystic box
x1 branch!
x1 heavy storm
x2 pot of generosity
x1 amulet of ambition
x1 scapegoat
x1 graceful dice
x1 swords of revealing light
x1 lighting vortex
x1 spell absorption
x1 refusion
x1 mage power
x1 black luster ritual
x1 rod of the mind's eye
x1 dedication through light and darkness
x1 mystical space typhoon
x1 nobleman of crossout
x1 nightmare's steel cage
x1 dark magic attack
x1 card shuffle
x2 magical dimension
x1 sage's stone
x1 reload
x1 sheild and sword
x1 change of heart
x1 diffusion wave motion

Traps

x2 scrap-iron scarecrow
x1 magical hats
x1 counter counter
x1 chain healing
x1 Spell Sheild type 8
x1 coffin seller
x1 enchanted Javellin
x1 magic jammer
x1 hidden book of spell
x1 pitch black power stone
x1 call of the haunted
x1 barrel behind the door
x1 trap jammer
x1 anti fusion device
x1 ritual sealing
x1 curse of darkness
x1 royal command
x1 waboku
x1 magic cylinder
x1 skull dice
x1 divine wrath

I know its a bit dated but am curious how well it works. Its a spellcaster deck.(90% sure it still is I stopped playing about the the time of the 5D's era) My little brother has been using it at school lately against syncho's and other decks and keeps winning so not sure how good it is.

thanks for the help Mythghost (talk • contribs) 15:21, April 3, 2014 (UTC)

- First off, take out Dark Magician of Chaos, Monster Reborn, Heavy Storm, and Change of Heart since those are banned, as well as Dedication through Light and Darkness since you can't use it without DMoC. Also, take out one Magician of Faith since you can only have one as of the latest TCG banlist. Other than that, I have no idea what to do to improve it. --Perfect Sige (talk • contribs) 15:46, April 3, 2014 (UTC)

thanks

ok I don't take it to tournaments so didn't know about the banned cards other than monster reborn. It usually just faces off against my other nostalgic friends and the kids at my brothers school. but thanks good to know if it ever enters a tournament not many changes would have to be made. Mythghost (talk • contribs) 15:51, April 3, 2014 (UTC)

I don't need to count up the cards to tell that it's a horribly oversized Deck. Too many cards appear as single copies, and the general focus of the Deck is too scattered to function properly about half the time. The first step I would advise, ignoring removing the banned cards, is to give this a read, then think about what kind of general strategy you'd want to build around. --Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 15:56, April 3, 2014 (UTC)

thanks that helps a lot. I'm going to work on a focus and strategy next. Mythghost (talk • contribs) 16:18, April 3, 2014 (UTC)

Ver. 2

thanks for rating the deck(or pile of cards as it was)

I did some streamlining and came up with this.

Total of 61 cards right now

Deck

Monsters

Monsters

Extra Deck

Fusion Monsters

1x Dark Paladin

Spells & Traps

Spells

Traps

Mythghost (talk • contribs) 15:01, April 9, 2014 (UTC)

Moved this from my talk page to the right position.

It appears that you're shifting towards a retro Spellcasters Deck. One thing to note: If something usually takes more than 2 specific cards to Summon without prior setup, the effort required is so steep you'd might as well turn it into a focus for your Deck. So, for example, you have 4 cards that take excessive effort to Summon - Magician of Black Chaos, Black Luster Soldier, Dark Paladin, and Sorcerer of Dark Magic. It would be far more efficient to devote the Deck to Summoning one of them, rather than running all of them at once and risk getting useless draws.

Also, try to get cards that either further your strategy or help you in a general situation. Type-specific removal or negation like Anti-Fusion Device or Ritual Sealing would do you no good if you have no prior knowledge to what the opponent's Deck contains. --Gadjiltron (talk • contribs) 15:15, April 9, 2014 (UTC)

thx

Thanks a retro spellcaster deck is more how I tend to play. and your right about some cards being too hard to summon. I try to plan for everything and where I'm from people mostly rely on fusion/sychro and ritual so I decided to design it based on the people it seems to face the most. Mythghost (talk • contribs) 18:15, April 18, 2014 (UTC)