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Deck
Type Analysis
In
Duel Monsters, there are decks that
have already been proven to be
powerful, and are viable for
tournament play. This section looks at
those deck types and analyses each of
them in detail.
Decks
that are available to both Japanese
and English version:
- One
Hit Kill
- Overwhelms
the opponent with immense
force.
- Key
card: Monster Reborn, and
other "revival"
cards.
- Direct
Damage (Burn Deck)
- Using
as much direct damage as
possible to deal the fatal
blow to the opponent, may also
utilize cannon soldiers to
sacrifice creatures to deal
direct damage to the opponent.
If you draw a handful of
direct damage cards (or some
drawing engine to draw some
more burn cards) you might be
able to finish the opponent
off in one turn.
- Key
card: Cannon Soldier, burn
cards.
- All
Rounder
- Composes
of a wide variety of cards,
and is not limited to just one
strategy. Usually utilizes
many powerful restricted cards
to take control of the field.
- Special
Victory
- It
is possible to achieve victory
without having to deplete neither the opponent's life
points nor the deck. The
Exodia set from Legend of Blue
Eyes White Dragon
grants victory when all 5
Exodia parts are in hand. For
the Japanese version, an
alternative is offered - the Ouija Board set from
Labyrinth of Nightmare
searches out one component
each turn with the activation
of the "D" trap, and
grants victory when all 5
parts have been played.
- English
Version - Exodia set.
- Key
cards: Ouija Board: DEATH, or
Exodia set.
- Weenie
Rush
- This
deck uses little monsters that
are levels 4 or below, which
can be summoned out in 1 turn,
jacks them up with monster
enhancements. It also
locks the opponent down with
cards such as Gravity Bind.
- English
Version - Key
cards: Mechanical Chaser, La
Jinn, Goblin Attack
Force, Axe of Despair,
Sword of Deep-Seated, Gravity Bind.
- Japanese
Version - Key
cards: Gemini Elf, Blood
Volrus, sometimes Mechanical
Chaser, Strength of Unity,
Magician's Strangth, Demon
Axe, Gravity Bind.
- Race
Specific
- English
- Pharaoh's Servant release
makes Machine decks prevalent
- Limiter Removal, makes it
all possible. Put in some
mechanical chaser, Jinzo, and
you're unstoppable.
- Japanese
- With
the release of Struggle of
Chaos, decks centered around
especially warriors have
become viable. They have been
further powered up with the
release of powerful warrior
cards, namely Warrior of Sun,
and Command Knight in
Jounouchi Structure Deck. Machine decks
are common because of the
power of the restricted card,
"Remove Limit" from
Thousand Eye Bible, Cannon
Soldier, Revolver Dragon (ME),
and Android Psycho Shocker.
- Monster
specific
- English
- Blue Eyes White Dragon decks
using Lord of D. and Flute of
Dragon Summon used to be very
common, but now more cards
have been released they aren't
as powerful as they used to
be.
- Japanese
- Decks
focused on specific monsters,
with other cards supporting
it/them. Black Magician decks
are possible with Premium Pack
4, while Red Eyes Black Dragon
decks with Premium Pack 5.
Blue Eyes White Dragon decks
are often associated with One
Hit Kill decks.
- Counter
Decks
- Seeks
to counter all of the
opponent's strategies. It is
important to understand the
metagame since you want to be
able to predict what your
opponent is going to play and
add in counter cards before
the game.
- Hand
Destruction
- Constantly
pounding the opponent with
discard spells, leaving him or
her with little choices while
you erode away at his or her
life points at the same time.
- Key
Cards - Delinquent Duo,
Confiscation, Forceful Sentry,
Robbin' Goblin.
Decks
that are Japanese-Specific:
- Hand
Destruction - Japanese Version
- Achieve
a lock down on the opponent
with discard spells, and
anti-drawing spells. It is
possible to achieve a complete
lock down of the opponent with
Yatagarasu.
- Key
card: Yatagarasu.
- Deck
Destruction
- Destroys
the opponent's deck with
drawing spells, or grinds the
top of the opponent's deck
off. The main goal of this
deck type, is, to deck the
opponent out.
- Key
card: Needle Worm, Hand
Wipeout, Vampire Lord.
- Attribute
specific
- One
of the most common attributes
seen around would be the water
attribute deck (a.k.a. Sea
Decks). Recent expansions have
made this deck really
powerful, and versatile. It is
also possible for a light
attribute deck with the recent
release of Kaiser Seahorse,
and Gilford the Lightning
(G6).
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