ABC-Dragon Buster debuted at YCS Liverpool, and surprisingly it didn’t win the Championship. The ABC strategy was expected to become the be-all end-all, but it fell short as players focused on finding tech to beat it. Thomas Rose piloted a Burning Abyss variant specifically targeted to beat the Union Machine […]
Metalfoes have had quite a dominating performance thus far. Taking down a UDS Invitational and two YCS tournaments since their release, the strategy has a lot of inherent traits that synergize with Pendulums. Destroying your own cards to search more cards is solid, but as we saw with Performapal Pendulum […]
I genuinely loved to play Frogs; it has to rank in my top five favorite decks of all time. Obviously Frog FTK being broken had a bit to do with that, but the diversity of play coupled with the fact that I was dueling with ridiculous looking Frog cards was […]
When Ghost Reaper & Winter Cherries was first revealed, I thought Yu-Gi-Oh! would change forever. So many strategies rely on specific Extra Deck cards to function, and usually the most powerful competitive decks do that the most. It makes sense that the best decks are the ones trying to do […]
Ties of the Brethren arrived last week in Legendary Decks II, and it didn’t just debut as the number-one bestselling card in the set – it also had an immediate tournament impact. While you can play Brethren in a wide variety of decks, both mainstream and niche, it was an […]
Well, Kaiba’s done it again. The new ABC theme is real, and it meets every expectation I had and more. The deck’s goals are very simple, but its sheer power level is way beyond those of the current top strategies. It’s definitely going to be the best deck once the […]
Generic cards that can be used in any strategy are always worth looking at. Recent sets have been more focused towards themes with the most powerful cards typically belonging to specific archetypes, but sometimes we get cards that every deck can use to really up their game. Look at Pot […]
While we’re only heading into the third weekend of Regional Qualifiers so far this format, we’ve seen some really cool decks and some equally impressive innovations to previous strategies. While Blue-Eyes White Dragon and Burning Phantom Knight variants are just as popular as many expected, the changes to the format […]
The hype for Different Dimension Demons has slowly grown as we get closer to the release of Structure Deck: Pendulum Domination on January 20th, but we still have quite the wait until it arrives. The Structure Deck should give D/D/D the final pieces it needs to really perform at its […]
I really like Metalfoes and I definitely think it’s the best deck right now. It can accomplish so much with so little, and the Pendulum mechanic pushes it way over the top. Combo-based Pendulum strategies are leagues above everything else because you can combo off and make a huge field […]
YCS Rio de Janeiro: Top 4 Pairings November 13th, 2016 Here are the pairings for the Top 4: Table 1 De Araujo Freitas, Carlos Henrique from Brazil (ABC) vs De Obaldia Soza, Galileo Mauricio from Panama (ABC) Table 2 Courrege, Andre Adam from Brazil (Metalfoes) vs Rinaldi Petroni, Joaquin from […]
So, have you ever gone to a Magic pre-release or to draft a new set for the first time, anticipating the fun new mechanics and keywords of the set, only to be let down by the cards in actual play? That’s a familiar experience. Wizards of the Coast’s design team […]