The new March 1st Metagame
27 Feb 2010 | Will Chan
As almost all of you are aware, the next ban list is upon us, and with it, a nice change to the previous format which seemed to be very fast. As with any ban list, there are certainly going to be limitations to the many of the top tier decks. For reference, here is the new ban list: Limited Blackwing – Gale The Whirlwind Card Trooper Chaos Sorcerer Dark Armed Dragon Elemental Hero Stratos Exodia The Forbidden One Gladiator Beast Bestiari Gorz The Emissary Of Darkness Lumina, Lightsworn... more
The World Championships Experience
16 Jan 2010 | Alex Antonios
The World Championships Experience How much motivation do I seriously need to take a free $2000 trip to the most prestige gaming event in Yu-Gi-Oh…? To start this article off I want to get you all into my frame of mind before leaving for Japan. Firstly, I hadn’t picked up a deck after nationals, which was over 8 weeks prior to worlds… in fact I had played in 2 events this entire year. Secondly, I had no interest in travelling 10 hours to get to Japan for the purpose of playing in a 24... more
Basic Card Presence and Advantage
21 Dec 2009 | Nick Butcher
Card presence refers to the total number of cards a player has in his hand, and on the field combined. At the beginning of a Duel when you draw your sixth card, your total card presence is six. You have six cards that you can make plays with. If you then summon a monster and set a spell or trap card, you still have a total card presence of six: the fact that you’ve moved two of those cards from your hand to the field does not diminish the usefulness of those cards, so the math... more
Get to know the 'pro' - Dale Bellido
19 Dec 2009 | Bodan Temnyk
Bodan: Hello, Dale. First off can you tell us a bit about yourself and what your accomplishments in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh! Are? Dale: I’m 23 years old currently a student. My accomplishments are 2nd place 2004 Nationals, 5th place 2007 Nationals, 2006 Shonen Jump Chicago Champion, 13 Shonen Jump Day Two’s. Bodan: Wow, that’s a long list of accomplishments. What is your opinion on the current state of the game? Dale: Slowly balancing out with the release of Hidden Arsenal and Elemental... more
Why you shouldn’t play Anti Meta
17 Dec 2009 | Nick Butcher
This article will be covering why Anti Meta is a bad choice for a deck. Things such as why you draw dead with many of the hands. Going in-depth with the most popular builds of Anti Meta this format. Why Anti Meta is unable to control games due to “Solemn Judgment” being restricted. One way of knowing if Anti Meta is a bad choice for a deck, is that there is no draw power included into the deck. Another reason is that they have to play 3 copies of cards like “Royal Oppression” the... more
Inside Look at the Structure of Zombies
08 Dec 2009 | Nick Butcher
This article will discuss the structure of Zombies, including the variants of zombie decks being played on the competitive circuit and why they are in many people’s minds the best deck in the September 2009 – March 2010 format. There are many types of Zombie decks that are being played at the moment, including the most popular build “Destiny Hero Zombie”. At Shonen Jump Columbus, Kevin Slapnik came in 2nd place with his innovative Destiny Hero Zombie Deck. Here is the build: 1 Dark... more
Stardust Overdrive Review
27 Nov 2009 | Jason Yu
Stardust Overdrive Review Author: Jason Yu Introduction: (and thoughts about the current meta) This article will discuss about some of the new cards from the new set – Stardust Overdrive, which are interesting to me. In addition, I will also talk about some of the potential cards from the set, which they should be looked out for in the near future. But before I start this review, I would like to address a problem in the current meta, which is copying decks, or what we so called... more
Good Games $5000 Yugioh! Championships
24 Nov 2009 | Paul Van Der Werk
Good Games Organised Play 2010 Information In 2010 Good Games will be running an Organised Play program for Magic the Gathering and Yugioh! There will be a $5000 prize pool for each game and will be a State based tournament with the winners of each fighting it out for the title of Good Games Champion! How do I qualify for the Championships? Both Magic the Gathering and Yugioh! will have a series of qualifying events throughout 2010 at all of our stores. Each store will be running one... more
Shonen Jump Trends
18 Sep 2008 | Daniel Backwards
Off Shonen jump Baltimore, there are many lessons that can be leant. Some are obvious, some not so much. There are many trends that can be found by looking at the top 16 lists. I will be examining these trends. 1. D.D. Crow The crow has practically jumped from a necessary card in many decks to staple. In Baltimore a whole 12 Decks mained 2, with another maining one! This large number shows that the card has come from a good card to necessary tech. It has always been needed but what made it... more
The Syncro Stopper
24 Sep 2008 | David Bisho
Hello everyone, well we’re now a few weeks into the new format and already we have seen a good mixture of different decks been played by various duelists. However Glads still seem to be at the top, Tele DAD is not far behind and in my opinion will eventually take the crown from Glads. In recent weeks we have also seen the arrival of some of the most devastating monsters our game has seen since the Chaos days. By these I mean the arrival of the Syncros!! In particular there are 2 or 3 syncros... more