Week 4 Oct 2021 Metagame Report - Toy Shogun

Hi everyone! Arcknight here. 

Sharing the metagame report for Week 4 of October 2021 at Toy Shogun - Philippines from Oct 30-31 including the first Official Sanctioned Tournament held on Sunday. 

New Product Release: 

Battle of Chaos ( Delayed in some Asian Regions )

Deck Breakdown ( Winning Bracket Exclusive )

Total: 16 Winners

The King has Arrived! - King of the Sky Prison (BODE) Card Review

Hey RespectYGOers, Arcknight here! It's time for another card review featuring one of the newest cards revealed in Burst of Destiny (BODE) called "King of the Sky Prison". Is this the newest Meta Defining card we've been waiting for?

Why Zoodiac Drident SHOULD stay Banned? - July OCG Banlist Review

Hey Guys, what's up? There is a commotion currently and I figured to make a review. 

Wait, you haven't seen the new OCG July Banlist? Welp, here you go:

3 Archetypes that should get support in the coming releases

As we all know, all archetypes are not created equal. Konami makes newer and better decks as time goes on, but that doesn't stop us from playing the decks we enjoy no matter bad they can be. As a long time Cloudian player, I can verify that garbage decks can be fun. However after a long time, we need new support cards to keep our long time favorites playable in todays bonkers format, and here are the deck that I believe deserve to get new cards in the next formats.

1. WORMS
Some of you may recognize this old flip summon based duel terminal archetype with an awesome boss monster. Duel terminal decks are slowly getting support and even Ice barrier received a structure deck. A deck that used to be playable but has long since been washed away by newer decks. They boast a nice and respectable 1 trap and 1 spell and 25 monsters. Themed after... the alphabet... they all represent a different letter, but the "quality" varies. From flip based tribute summoning to a level 8 that can summon any worm from the deck and yet its still bad, Worms are a mess.






Their best card, their trap card W Nebula Meteorite, being unsearchable outside of Trap trick and also not having a good target. Worm players are forced to play the mediocre Worm King as a target for the unsearchable trap card, which after a while... he begins to be in your opening hand more often than he should. The deck also has a fusion boss monster "Worm Zero" with no way to summon it. The 3 main thing the deck needs are
A. Consistent searching/drawing
B. A better main deck boss monster
and
C. A way to fusion summon their boss monster



2. Deskbots
A deck that requires 6 calculators to determine the attack of 2 monsters, Deskbots have been a big fan of the generic earth machine support that has come out in the past few years. This crew of office supplies with guns were known to go big or go home with a one punch style otk, but the format quickly left them in the dust.



Some of you may have also seen Deskbot 003 and Deskbot 001 being used in Halqifibrax Auroradon combos. We will being ignoring that, because hopefully they will be hit in the future. Deskbots have 2 main win conditions. PUNCHING REALLY HARD and (very very rarely) Hand looping with their field spell Deskbot Base. Their best card being Deskbot 003 and Deskbot 002. Deckbot 003 summons 002 from the deck which searches any Deskbot card, thus making it a plus 2 off of 1 normal summon while still having a major attack boosting effect at its disposal. New support for them could either search 003 or make it easier to resolve their field spell. The new support should lock your plays into machines or just deskbots, and a simple "add Deskbot 003 from deck to hand" is really all it needs to be.




3. Materiactor
Poof, a new rank 3 deck.



A deck that has only recently come out and has 2 cards. It SHOULD get support because if it doesn't then Konami wasted their resources developing a 2 card archetype. The main deck monster can summon HALLO HALLO from the deck so its automatically a good card. The archetype has potential to be okay, but I have my hopes that it'll get at least 2 cards within the next year. Nearly anything will make this archetype better as long as it makes rank 3 spam easier.



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Official OCG April 1st 2021 List: No changes?

Hey RespectYGOers, Arcknight here and guess what, the official April 2021 OCG Forbidden & Limited list is finally here, just a few days after the TCG one. For those of you who haven't seen it, here it is:

Newly Forbidden:

Tempest Magician

Newly Limited:

True King of all Calamities 

Semi-limited:

Performapal Skullcrobat Joker

Firewall Dragon

Union Hangar

No longer on the list:

Altergeist Meluseek

Junk Speeder

Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier

Symbol of Heritage

Sky Striker Mecha Modules - Multirole

Allure of Darkness

Source: Vジャンプレイβ, Ｖジャンプチャンネル

Tournament Report 2.21.2021 | 2-Time 1st Place Gizmek Artifact Control OCG

 Hey RespectYGOers! It's me Arcknight once again and I'm so glad I can finally share a tournament report after some time. I know that it's been a tough time for everyone especially when choosing a deck and you don't know how the meta works because of a very long hiatus because of the pandemic. Luckily I was able to cope with several testing and I have decided what deck to use in this tournament. Here's what happened below:

How to choose the right "Side Deck" cards?

Hey RespectYGOers! Happy new year to ya'll! It's me, Arcknight , and I'm back with a new article. This time, we will talk about a strategy that some may overlook: Side Deck. A lot of meta decks right now either focus on 1-card combos, spam a lot of negation or have floodgate to control the game. Your side deck does a lot of job in countering these strategies especially if it will affect your gameplay. Now, what are the things that you need to consider in choosing the right side deck? 

LOOK: OCG JULY 2020 Forbidden & Limited Changes are here!!

Hey RespectYGOers! It's my Arcknight and I'm back to discuss the newest OCG banlist. Despite of the pandemic, the show must go on so without further ado, below are the changes!

What can you say about the list?

Share your thoughts in the comments section and stay safe RespectYGOers!


Arcknight

source: yugioh.jp

Against the Meta: Meta Beat OCG 2020

Hey RespectYGOers, Arcknight is back! A lot of you has requested for a deck profile of my recent top in OCG and today is the day to uncover my deck's strategy! Find out what are my tech choices, ratios and strategies to counter the meta as you continue to scroll and read below. Plus, the report and the deck list itself just right here in this article.

Why Meta Beat?

(ETCO) Unchained Twins - Salama : Too OP?

Hi there RespectYGOers! It's me Arcknight once again reviewing one of the newest cards in Eternity Code! As expected, looks like we'll get a new "Hakai/Unchained" monster in next years' main Booster pack! Will this make the deck top tier? 

Want to know more about the card, here's the effect:

破械童子サラマ 

(ETCO) New WIND Ghost Girl Revealed: Upgraded Veiler?

Wazzup RespectYGOers! It's me Arcknight of RespectYGO blog and we're here to review the newest hand trap soon to be released in January's Main booster pack "Eternity Code"! Will this card impact the meta? Without further ado, here's the revealed effect:

ETCO-JP036

Evening Crescent & Autumn Shower

Level 3 WIND Zombie Effect Monster

0 ATK / 1800 DEF

-You can only use this card name's effect once per turn

(1) If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) face-up: You can discard this card, then target 1 of those face-up monsters; negate its effects until the end of this turn, also if that face-up monster leaves the field this turn, its controller takes damage equal to its original ATK.

Source:

https://twitter.com/YuGiOh_OCG_INFO/status/1210168382735163392?s=19

Initial Thoughts:

⚫ Cute Artwork indeed. High value card on first day guaranteed.

⚫ It's like an effect veiler but can only work on special summoned monsters. The good news is that it can work either player's turn which makes it versatile. 

⚫ It also plays a good mind-game tactic like the recent Null Nun especially on turns where life point is tight or players are on last three turns. If the monster negated by Evening Crescent & Autumn Shower leaves the field (used as link material, synchro material, tribute material, fusion material etc.). You can have your opponent decide whether to continue with the combo or just end with the negated monster.

⚫ It doesn't need to land in the Graveyard unlike Effect Veiler.

❎ Only works on special summoned monsters and will only trigger if the opponent special summon monsters.

❎ Technically a minus one and doesn't provide much threat and control like Maxx "C" , Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit etc.

❎ Monsters used as XYZ material is not considered leaving the field so it will bypass the burn effect.

Summary:

Some players may feel disappointed because a lot of players though that it will include an effect that will negate something activated from hand although little is yet to be known on how useful this card will be once Eternity Code releases its full content. I'm still eyeing to get a copy of this for collection once Rarity Collection: Premium Gold Edition releases the Alternate artwork. 

If you like this card or you guys have content suggestions, feel free to comment down below. 

See ya!

Dragun of Red-Eyes: Top 10 cards to Counter it

Hey RespectYGOers! Merry Christmas to all of you. It's been a huge while since I made my post and this blog is now 5 years old! Out of the blue, I decided to come-up with a comeback article featuring one of the most sought after cards in OCG: Dragun of Red-Eyes! 

For those of you who are not yet familiar with the card, here's how it works (ctto):

Chou Madou Ryukishi Dragoon of Red-Eyes (OCG: Supreme Magical Dragon Knight – Dragoon of Red-Eyes / TCG: Dragun of Red-Eyes)
DARK Spellcaster Fusion Effect Monster
LV8 3000/2500
Materials: “Dark Magician” + “Red-Eyes Black Dragon” or 1 Dragon Effect Monster
(1) Cannot be destroyed by card effects, also neither player can target this card with card effects.
(2) During your Main Phase, up to a number of times equal to the number of Normal Monsters that used as Fusion Material for this card: You can destroy 1 monster your opponent controls, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.
(3) Once per turn, when a card or effect is activated (Quick Effect): You can discard 1 card; negate the activation, and if you do, destroy that card, and if you do that, this card gains 1000 ATK.

Basically it's:

◼️ Masterpiece of True Draco esque boss that can negate and buff itself by just discarding a card. 

◼️ a monster that can't be mind controlled, lightning stormed (using it as verb lol) , Dark Holed (still doing it) etc.

◼️ A monster with cool artwork

While the card looks strong on paper, there are minor things that need to be considered like it requires specific Materials that doesn't do anything major on their own other than feeling like Yugi and Joey when you draw them. (Believe in the heart of cards). The good news is with the release of Link Vrains Pack: 3, we got an awesome link monster that can summon this card with ease! Check this out! 

LVP3-JP071
Predator Plants’ Verte Anaconda / Predaplant Verte Anaconda
Link 2 DARK Plant Link Effect Monster
ATK 500
Link Arrows: Bottom-Left, Bottom-Right
Link Materials: 2 Effect Monsters
You can use each effect among the (1)st and (2)nd effects with this card’s name only once per turn.
(1) You can target 1 face-up monster on the field; it becomes DARK for the rest of this turn.
(2) You can pay 2000 LP, then send 1 “Polymerization” Normal or Quick-Play Spell, OR 1 “Fusion” Normal or Quick-Play Spell, from your Deck to the GY; this effect becomes the same effect as when that Spell is activated, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of the turn.

This card is: 

◼️ Too generic (only two effect monster amd it doesn't have to be different names!)

◼️ It can turn any monster into DARK attribute (super polymerization anyone?)

◼️ It can copy and dump any "Fusion" or Polymerization" Normal or Quick Play Spell Card straight from Deck which also helps in evading lots of Fusion spells' draw back. 

So what does it do for your almighty Dragun? 

Yes! You can copy "Red-Eyes Fusion" from the deck and then send both "Red-Eyes B. Dragon" and "Dark Magician" from Hand, Field or Deck! (Imagine thinning your Deck with Three cards!). 

Now, how can I counter this deck? Here we've came up with the top 10 cards that you may consider to counter "Dragun of Red-Eyes"!

1. Super Polymerization

✔️ Non-targeting removal that brings out your "Starving Venom Fusion Dragon" , "Predaplant Dragostapelia" etc. It prevents your opponent from responding their "Dragun of Red-Eyes" and usually, once you remove it from the field, it would be harder for them to utilize another "Predaplant Verte Anaconda" unless they have the "Magicalized Fusion" banishing materials from the Grave. 

2. Al-Lumi'raj

✔️ This card is receiving lots of noise lately for being a 1 card no-sweat solution to beat "Dragun of Red-Eyes"! This card brings down the ATK and DEF of any monster by 300 multiplied by their level/rank! Since "Dragun of Red-Eyes" is level 8, it can bring it down to 600 ATK!!!! 

❎ The downside of this card is it is not easily splashable to most of the decks and you have to draw it. 

3. Night Dragolich

✔️ Yes! Another Wyrm-type monster that changes all non-Wyrm summoned from Main or Extra Deck to defense position! Not only that, it changes their defense to 0 making it a good stun card post Master Rule April 2020 Adjustment for both OCG and TCG. It is a continous effect like "Al-Lumi'raj" which makes it good vs. negation cards.

❎ Downside is the same as the card in no.2

4. Dark Ruler no More

✔️ The card speaks for itself. Once you activate this card,  their boss monsters will be dethroned. They cannot respond their negation(monsters only though). 

❎ It doesn't directly remove the threat but only removes their threatening effects and protections. If you don't have a combo piece in hand that could remove the threats, they can easily make a comeback next turn. 

❎ This card, aside from being hard to search, is also prone to Spell/Trap Negations. 

5. Kaiju monsters

✔️ Who doesn't forget the sudden heat in your heart when your opponent tributes your best monsters? That annoying feeling cannot be escaped by "Dragun of Red-Eyes" as well. Boss monster you say? Just tribute it away! Too much negation? Tribute it away! Electric Bills? Tribute it away! Annoying friends? Tribute them away! Lol

This card is also a good tech in "Salamangreat" since they can always bounce this card with "Salamangreat Mirage Stallio" which gives another threat to the next boss monster of the opponent.

❎ You have to draw it like the other cards. You also have to be ready to remove the Kaiju as it could backfire as a beatdown monster. I would want to include "Volcanic Queen" and "Santa Claws" but "Kaiju" is much better.

6. Dimensional Barrier

✔️ A go-first card that prevents summon especially Fusion Summon! It also negates existing effects of the type you declared! Huge out to "Thunder Dragon" , "Zefra",  " Shadoll", "Dragun of Red-Eyes" and the like. In this meta, a turn lost is like a game lost so better to take advantage while the cat is away. 

❎ You have to draw it and go-first. It is hard to use if opponent went first already with a field full of negations. 

7. Chimeratech Megafleet Dragon

✔️If they leave it in Extra Monster Zone for some reason and it's not yet the new Master Rule, you can use "Cyber Dragon" and just use the "Dragun of Red-Eyes" as material. 

❎ Downside is it has to capture monster from Extra Monster Zone and will take a slot in your precious Extra or Side Deck.

8.Lava Golem

✔️ Perfect answer to both "Predaplant Verte Anaconda" and "Dragun of Red-Eyes" since if you use Kaiju on the Dragun, they can just use Anaconda next turn and dump "Magicalized Fusion". 

❎ Downside is you have to draw it and it prevent's you from normal summoning.

9. Artifact Engine

✔️ A go-first engine that prevents Extra Deck summoning. See Dimensional Barrier.

❎ Downside is it may lead to bad draw when you draw it works best if you go-first.

10. Kamion, the Timelord

✔️I just came across with this card and looks like it's a good candidate! It doesn't say that it targets and it shuffles any card! Plus, it prevents player's from responding which means "Dragun of Red-Eyes" cannot respond! 

❎ Not searchable aside from a dedicated "Timelord" deck and you have to hard draw it.

Hope you guys like the article and I look forward on making this blog more active. If you have more content suggestions , feel free to comment down below. This has been Arcknight of RespectYGO, signing out! 

Tournament Report 7.8.2018 Featuring Stun Deck + Decklist

Hey Guys! I'm back and now, I'm blogging using my mobile phone which means I now gave a chance to update you with a new post at least once a week hopefully. Today, I'm gonna share a brief report on what happened on our last local OCG tournament in Philippines (PH). 


As promised, I used a Stun deck but in contrast with my last post, I used a pure Stun Deck instead of "Light Meta Beat" for a sole reason of how diverse our meta is. Here's what happened: 

Awakened: Light x Meta Beat

Hey Guys! I'm so back! It's been a while ( I mean it's 2018 now lol) and this'll be my very first post for this year due to busy schedule at work. Anyway, I'm here to share my newest deck after "Phantasm Spirals". (Yeah, I used that deck but I was not able to post its success here). Presenting "Light Anti-Meta"!

Here's how it works:

Inspector Boarder, Banisher of Radiance, Thunderking Rai-Oh"

[SR05] Structured Deck Rawwrrr!! : The Review

                Hey, Guys! Arcknight here and man, it's been 3 months since I wrote my last article (I'll check later as it's probably two xD) but I'm back and will share some of my thoughts regarding the new cards that caught my interests and for sure yours as well. 

Been busy with work recently (top performer lol) but I still managed to keep up with the meta by reading card game news and weekly decklists. One way I do to stay in the loop is playing the famous mobile game called "Duel Links". I've been playing this game since it started during my free time and I must say I'm pretty hooked right now and I know that most of you who plays this game know the feeling especially when you pull up a shiny card by using the gems you gain with all your sweat (Yeah, I know the feeling F2P. It's worth it!)

Going back to the cards that interests me, what do you think of the new 6 cards that will release in the upcoming September Structured Deck R: Surge of Divine Light [SR05] ?

Well for those who are left by the last trip of train, here they are:

The Ancient and the Ascended

(Arcknight) What's up RespectYGOers! I'm back and this time, we are going to tackle about a ritual monster that can be considered as a good handtrap this format.

Have you heard about "Sauravis, the Ancient and the Ascended"? Not yet ? Just now?
It is a beautiful dragon ritual monster debuted in INOV (Invasion: Vengeance). Here's the whole effect:

OCG Tournament Report 5/27/2017 featuring "True King Dinosaur Yang Zing"

(Arcknight) Hey guys! Arcknight here! (Well, does that intro sound familiar lol). As promised, I'm going to share a tournament report featuring my newest deck "True King Dinosaur Yang Zing". Before, I have managed to bring a pure Dinosaur deck into the competitive scene though sadly, I was able to get my copies of "Dragonic Diagram" so I decided to try the "True King" build. I have to admit that using a pure version of any deck is more fun but I'm excited to witness how the "True King" version will deal real damage. I chose the build that incorporates a small "Yang Zing" engine because I love the control aspect it gives to the deck.

Without further ado, let's proceed to the game proper.

The Wind Alternative: True King Dinosaur Yang Zing

(Arcknight) It's been a while since my last post and as promised, I'll be bringing some interesting article featuring cards that you may use on your game. Well, I just want to share that yes, I finally shifted from "Ancient Gears" to "True King Dinosaur" and I am currently testing this deck in our official tournaments.

1.21.2017 OCG Tournament Report featuring "Ancient Gears" and "The Beast"!

(Arcknight) Hello there RespectYGOers! I apologize for the short delay, as promised here is a short tournament report featuring my "Ancient Gear" deck and my new tech card (Which I will discuss at the end of this article so please be advised lol).

This is an official sanctioned/ranking tournament held in the Philippines with a meta which can be compared with the likes of other Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, Malaysia etc. (Ehem Zodiacs, ehem true draco, ehem wallet lol). As usual, we used the OCG January list and every round is timed.

Here's what happened:

(SR04) Boss card? Did you just say Ultimate Conductor Tyranno?

(Arknight) Once again, hello RespectYGOers! It's me Arcknight and I'm now back to discuss with you my thoughts about the new "Boss" card of the upcoming Structured Deck R: Tyranno's Rage! 

Oh, you didn't know it as of yet? No problem, I got you covered, here is the leaked effect of the "Ultimate Conductor Tyranno"and the poster!

Source: The Organization