Gaiden of Utopia

Chaos Rabbit - A Possible New Frontier!?

2011-09-13T12:37:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Dueling Days For This

Tan Wan Xin
2nd Place
Ragia Rabbit

Monster

[1] Black Luster Soldier Envoy of Beginning

[3] Kabazauls
[3] Sabersaurus
[3] Thunder King Raioh
[3] Rescue Rabbit
[2] Tourguide from the Underworld
[1] Sangan

Spell

[1] Monster Reborn
[1] Dark Hole
[1] Heavy Storm
[1] Mind Control
[1] Pot of Avarice
[1] Book of Moon
[1] Smashing Ground
[2] MST
[3] Pot of Duality

Trap

[1] Trap Dustshoot
[1] Mirror Force
[1] Torrential Tribute
[1] Solemn Judgment
[1] Fiendish Chain
[2] Dimension Prison
[2] Bottomless Traphole
[2] Solemn Warning

Extra

[1] No 17. Leviathan Dragon
[2] Leviair the Sea Dragon
[1] Steelswarm Roach
[1] No 39. Utopia
[1] Gemknight Pearl
[1] No 16. Shock Ruler
[1] Vylon Disigma
[2] Evolkaiser Ragia
[1] AOJ Catastor
[1] Brionac
[1] Trishula
[1] Stardust Dragon
[1] AOJ Decisive Armor

Side

[2] DD Crow
[2] AOJ Quarantine
[2] Snowman Eater
[1] Gorz
[1] Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
[1] MST
[1] Enemy Controller
[1] Lightning Vortex
[1] Chain Disappearance
[1] Compulsary Evacuation Device
[2] Shadow Imprisoning Mirror

This deck has my interest. I was onto the fact that rescue rabbit had to be used as a stun deck. I had no idea that something like this would come out of it. This build is similar to the one I will be posting tomorrow. I have a lot of hope for rabbit since its becomining a pretty fun deck in my opinion. Well as fun as my Dark World!!!

Onword to the Stun theme of rabbit. Someone showed me the original frame to a stun rabbit deck. I played around with it for a bit and gave it my own twist. The results were pretty good but the lack of 2 avarice in this new format I thought the deck would be dead. Ive done a little more testing and the deck seems to not have been affected that much. These results seem to reinforce it.

As I said my build is coming up tomorrow! Till then Check the other decks here!

Meklords - Pre Sept 1 2011

2011-08-25T13:55:00.000-07:00

Meklords have been a fun deck because of all of the destruction in this format. Now that the format is coming to an end there is some things that are going to need to be changed

1) The 42 card count is going to have to be changed. Yes in the new format 42 cards is just to slow so well have to start by making it small for speed reasons.

2) Machina and meklords will still work together. Much like my machina engine this particular deck acts as a stun deck in its means.

3) Drop 1 drop them all. This theory means once you get the meklord army going everything will follow. Once this happens you will understand everything.

4) The next format!? What Will Happen!? This is still unsure but dark hole will still be everywhere same with heavy storm to make a clean push. Thats where the meklords come in to defend you.

This deck is still in the testing stages and was doing quite well during the pre XYZ format. I hope that if anyone can take this deck to the next stage that they would do so and tell me what you guys think!

Lightsworn Sept 2011

2011-08-22T06:52:00.001-07:00

Im sorry to tell everyone this but the deck just isnt what it use to be ;_;

TCG = OCG Ban List

2011-08-19T03:05:00.000-07:00

We got the same exact list as the OCG!

Let the sangan format begin!

Sept 1st 2011 Fun Time!!!

2011-08-16T05:40:00.000-07:00

http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/38747774/

Banned

Fishborg Blaster
Mental Master
Giant Trunade
Royal Oppression

Restrict to 1

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of Beginning
Debris Dragon
Lonefire Blossom
Legendary Six Samurai Shi En
TG Hyper Librarian
Formula Synchron
Heavy Storm
Primal Seed (wtf?)
Shien Smoke Signal
Pot of Avarice

Restricted to 2

Summoner Monk
Tragoedia
Necro Gardna
Dewloren
Destiny Draw
Swords of Revealing Light
Mind Crush
Call of Haunted

Unlimited

Judgment Dragoon
Spirit Reaper
Overload Fusion
MST
Megamorph
Gravity Bind
Icarus Attack

Next Stop

2011-08-11T20:51:00.001-07:00

The ban list is right around the corner and Rescue Rabbits coming to town!!!

Working on my list for everyone to see soon!

Robert Boyajian wins YCS Indianapolis

2011-08-07T11:56:00.000-07:00

Robert Boyajian is the winner of the last YCS of the format! Congratulations!

Mkohl40 Feature Match @YCS Indy

2011-08-06T14:51:00.001-07:00

Jehanzab Siddiqui is 4-1 so far today, piloting the same Deck that we saw earlier in the hands of Austin Herrera: Anti-Monster Beasts. Robbie Kohl is playing Tech Genus Gadgets, packing Ultimate Offering to make the most of Number 39: Utopia. Both of these Decks are making their YCS debut here today, so this one should be fun to watch!

Siddiqui opened the Match with Pot of Duality, revealing Reborn Tengu, Dark Hole, and Skill Drain. He added Tengu to his hand and Summoned it. He Set all five of his remaining cards to his back row.

Kohl had a hand of Red Gadget, Yellow Gadget, Green Gadget, Solemn Warning, Book of Moon, and Solemn Judgment. He Summoned Green Gadget and got Red Gadget from his Deck, then Set Book, Warning, and Judgment.

Siddiqui attacked Green Gadget, and Kohl activated Book of Moon to target Tengu. Siddiqui Chained Forbidden Lance, making his Tengu immune to Book. It slammed into Green Gadget. When Siddiqui tried to use Tengu’s effect to Special Summon another, Kohl Chained Solemn Warning. Siddiqui Chained Dark Bribe, and Kohl Chained Solemn Judgment! Tengu went down and stayed down, but Kohl had just 3000 Life Points left!

Kohl drew another Yellow Gadget. He now had 2 Yellow and 2 Red in hand, with a Green on the field. He had nothing else. He Summoned Yellow Gadget to get another Green from his Deck, and attacked with Yellow and Green. Siddiqui dropped to 4900 Life Points, and in Main Phase 2 Kohl traded his Gadgets to Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia!

Siddiqui Summoned Pitch-Black Warwolf and Set a Spell or Trap.

Kohl drew Ultimate Offering! He Set it, and ended.

Siddiqui Set a fifth Spell or Trap.

Kohl drew another Yellow Gadget! Unbelievable. He Summoned Yellow to get another Green from his Deck, now holding a hand of 5 Gadgets. He Flipped Ultimate Offering and Siddiqui had no response. Kohl Summoned Green Gadget to search Red, and sent Utopia to attack over the Warwolf. Siddiqui flipped Dimensional Prison to try and banish Utopia, and Kohl detached an Xyz Material to negate his own attack and save Utopia. In Main Phase 2 he Xyz Summoned a second Utopia.

(ALERT! ALERT! Don’t try this at home! Utopia’s effect is a Trigger Effect, not a Quick Effect. You can tell because it does not say “during either player’s turn”, nor is it an effect you can freely use during the opponent’s turn. Trigger Effects are Spell Speed 1 and cannot be Chained to Spell Speed 2 cards like Traps. This was an illegal play.)

Siddiqui passed.

Kohl drew Mystical Space Typhoon and activated it, targeting Siddiqui’s Set Forbidden Lance. Siddiqui Chained it to target and reduce the ATK of the Utopia with a single Xyz Material. Kohl Normal Summoned Red Gadget (he had nothing left to search), and attacked with Utopia. Siddiqui passed into the Damage Step, and flipped not one, but two copies of Horn of the Phantom Beast! Utopia went down and Siddiqui drew 2 cards. In Main Phase 2 Kohl Summoned another Red Gadget, and Xyz Summoned his last Utopia.

Siddiqui Summoned Reborn Tengu and activated Torrential Tribute! The field was cleared, and Siddiqui Special Summoned his last Tengu from his Deck. He moved to his Battle Phase, and Kohl paid to Set a Red Gadget with Ultimate Offering. Tengu attacked it, and Siddiqui Set 2 cards to his back row.

Kohl drew and activated Dark Hole! Tengu was destroyed and Kohl Summoned Green Gadget, attacking into Dimensional Prison. Siddiqui Summoned another Pitch-Black Warwolf to attack for the win next turn!

Robbie Kohl just keeps drawing GADGETS, and even some slick tricks with Number 39: Utopia can’t save him. Jehanzab Siddiqui takes the first Duel!

The second Duel began moments later.

Kohl had 2 Yellow Gadgets, a Red Gadget, Mystical Space Typhoon, Solemn Judgment, and T.G. Striker. He Summoned Yellow Gadget to get Green Gadget from his Deck, and Set Typhoon and Judgment.

Siddiqui tried to Summon Reborn Tengu, and Kohl negated the Summon with Solemn Judgment. Siddiqui Set 3 cards to his back row.

Kohl drew Mirror Force. He Summoned Green Gadget, got Red Gadget, and attacked with both of his monsters to drop Siddiqui to 5400 Life Points. In Main Phase 2 he stacked his Gadgets to try and Xyz Summon Number 39: Utopia, but Siddiqui negated the Summon with Black Horn of Heaven. Kohl Set Mirror Force.

Siddiqui Summoned King Tiger Wanghu and attacked. Kohl activated Mystical Space Typhoon in response, and then Chained Mirror Force. Siddiqui Chained the Typhoon target, Dark Bribe, to stop Mirror Force! Kohl drew Book of Moon, and King Tiger attacked directly.

Kohl drew Ultimate Offering. He activated the Book to turn Tiger face-down, then Special Summoned T.G. Striker. Kohl Normal Summoned Red Gadget to get Yellow Gadget, then Tuned his monsters together to Synchro Summon Naturia Barkion. Barkion attacked to destroy Wanghu, and Kohl Set Offering.

Siddiqui Set a monster and another back row card.

Kohl drew another Gadget, and Summoned Yellow Gadget to get another Green from his Deck. “It’s really good that you can make Barkion,” remarked Siddiqui, as Kohl searched. Kohl activated Ultimate Offering, and Siddiqui Chained Mystical Space Typhoon to dstroy it. Kohl Set another Spell or Trap, then sent Barkion to attack Siddiqui’s Set Reborn Tengu. That Tengu was destroyed, and Siddiqui Summoned another in Attack Position to block Yellow Gadget. Kohl had 1800 Life Points left.

Siddiqui had 5400 Life Points, and drew to 2 cards in hand with 1 Set Spell or Trap on the field, and Reborn Tengu face-up in Attack Position. He Summoned Beast King Barbaros to attack over Yellow Gadget, then Set another Spell or Trap. He ended with an empty hand.

Kohl drew another Ultimate Offering and attacked Barbaros, destroying it. He Set his second Offering, then Set a Gadget.

Siddiqui attacked that Gadget next turn with Tengu, and Set a monster himself.

Kohl drew Monster Reborn! He took brief stock of his opponent’s Life Points (4800), and activated Reborn to target Barbaros. Siddiqui paid 2000 Life Points to negate Reborn with Solemn Warning. Barkion attacked over Reborn Tengu, and Siddiqui couldn’t Summon another. Kohl Set a monster. Siddiqui Normal Summoned King Tiger Wanghu and attacked over Kohl’s Set Green Gadget. Kohl attacked over Wanghu with Barkion, and Set another Spell or Trap. Siddiqui conceded moments later.

Robbie Kohl makes an early commitment with a big Solemn Judgment, then capitalizes in the mid-game with a huge Naturia Barkion! Barkion and some tight defense quickens the pace and leads Kohl to even the Match score to 1-all.

Siddiqui Summoned Reborn Tengu and Set 5 cards to his back row!

Kohl had Smashing Ground, Pot of Duality, T.G. Rush Rhino, Mirror Force, Solemn Warning, and Solemn Judgment. Duality revealed Green Gadget, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Red Gadget from the top of Kohl’s Deck, and he took Red Gadget. He Summoned it, and Siddiqui Chained Skill Drain to negate Red Gadget’s ability. Kohl Set Mirror Force, Warning, and Judgment.

Siddiqui attacked with Reborn Tengu, and Kohl flipped Mirror Force. Tengu was destroyed, and Kohl activated Solemn Warning to negate its effect. Siddiqui Chained Solemn Judgment, and Kohl Chained HIS Solemn Judgment! “Oh my god,” groaned Siddiqui, smiling. “That’s ridiculous! Again!?” He Set another Spell or Trap to finish out.

Kohl drew Yellow Gadget, and Summoned Rush Rhino. Siddiqui responded with Torrential Tribute. In the End Phase, Kohl used Rush Rhino’s effect to search his Deck for T.G. Striker.

Siddiqui drew and Summoned Thunder King Rai-Oh, attacking to lower Kohl to 1100 Life Points!

Kohl drew another Red Gadget! He activated Smashing Ground to destroy Thunder King, then Summoned Red Gadget, attacking for 1300 Battle Damage. Siddiqui had 2200 Life Points to Kohl’s 1100.

Siddiqui activated Smashing Ground, drawing and playing it.

Kohl drew Dimensional Prison. He Summoned Yellow Gadget and attacked into Siddiqui’s Prison, then Set his own.

Siddiqui drew and Summoned Pitch-Black Warwolf! He attacked, and Kohl removed Warwolf with Dimensional Prison! The Warwolf’s effect was negated by Skill Drain, so it was vulnerable.

Kohl Summoned Striker to attack for 800 Battle Damage, and Set a Spell or Trap.

Siddiqui Set a Spell or Trap.

Kohl drew Creature Swap and attacked with Striker again to drop Siddiqui to 600 Life Points. He Set Swap.

Siddiqui flipped Mystical Space Typhoon to destroy Kohl’s Dimensional Prison and Set a card to his back row.

Kohl attacked with Striker, and Siddiqui kept himself alive with Forbidden Lance, briefly lowering Striker’s ATK to 0! Kohl Set a second Spell or Trap.

Siddiqui Summoned Beast King Barbaros! “I’m going for it!” He attacked, and Kohl revealed his 2 Set cards: Creature Swap and Ultimate Offering. Neither were any help, so Barbaros hammered damage through Striker and won the Match!

Both Duelists congratulated eachother on what they called a “terrifying” Match, and Jehanzab Siddiqui moves on with a 5-1 record! Three Rounds remained in Day 1, with nothing but the Playoffs tomorrow!

And the new YCS promo is...

2011-08-06T08:18:00.000-07:00

Blood Mefist

Picture was uploaded on Facebook by Cordero Vexacus Spencer. Robbie also posted on his Facebook that 450 people playing and that this was the promo, so it is confirmed.

GenCon 2011

2011-08-03T12:33:00.001-07:00

Well guys I am off to GenCon Indianapolis 2011! I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Trading Season

2011-08-02T20:04:00.001-07:00

Today I thought I'd cover what I like to call Trading Season. Trading Season comes around twice each year and only when the Limited and Forbidden List is around the corner. Any of you expert traders out there are probably aware of this by now, but prices tend to fluctuate due to the hype of things coming on and off of the list. For example, Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning was in this years Gold Series 4: Pyramids Edition and as a result a lot of hype and rumors have started to spread regarding whether or not Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning was coming off the list. As a result its value has been all over the place, ranging between $8 and $15. This is only it's pre-Ban List value. Should it come off the list it's value is likely to double, at least.

There is another thing that hints to a few other cards possibly coming off the Ban List. Specifically Rescue Cat. The Yu-Gi-Oh! World Championships are right around the corner, just as the Ban List is. As we are all aware the priority ruling is still in effect, however Japan doesn't have priority anymore. This means one of two things; one being that Japan temporarily will have priority for the World Championships and two being that the TCG loses the priority ruling. I mentioned Rescue Cat because without priority, Rescue Cat becomes easier to stop. Cards like Chain Disappearance and King Tiger Wanghu become able to stop Rescue Cat. This is also part of the reason why Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning might be coming off the list, because like Chaos Sorcerer it won't be able to prioritize it's effect that banishes a face-up monster on the field. This means if the TCG loses priority, there is a chance some monsters that are banned could come off the Ban List.

Are you lacking a Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier? Well the Ban List acts as a coin, and with every coin there is two sides. Just as cards can come off or down on the list, they can also go on or up on the list. Japan's Ban List has Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier limited, and since the TCG Ban List usually reflects off of Japan's Ban List, Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier has a 99.9% chance of being limited in the TCG. What this means is that if it does get limited, it's value is surely going to drop. That means that when Trading Season comes around, trading off cards that may be hit to get cards that will likely go down on the list could in the long run prove useful. Trading off a Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier for around $50-60 or so would be very wise, especially with it's high chance of being limited come September. Another example of a card that is likely to go on the list or up on the list is Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier. The reason for this is because in Japan they have Elemental HERO Escuridão. Thanks to Elemental HERO Escuridão they can loop Future Fusion over and over by activating it, sending an Elemental HERO and a DARK monster from the deck to the Graveyard. Usually the DARK monster that they send is Blackwing - Zephyrus the Elite, which allows them to return a face-up card on the field to special summon itself back to the field. Meaning they can readd Future Fusion to their hand and proceed to start abusing the power to loop Future Fusion. Future Fusion is looped later on in their turn, assuming they have done everything correctly, with Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier and various other cards that set up plays with cards like T.G. Hyper Librarian and Level Eater. There's even an OTK with it using Tempest Magician. Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier is another card that is likely to go on the list this September, that or Future Fusion will likely wind up banned. Either way with the rumors being spread around and all the hype, it's value is sure to decrease, moving cards like these now is highly suggested if you wish to profit off of a card that is likely to drop in value.

When the Ban List rears its head, it becomes time to start some serious trading. Because if you don't there's a likely chance you'll lose out on the chance to possibly profit and be left with cards that are now harder to move. When the Ban List comes around you need to look into what rumors are being spread, consider what may go on and off of the list, it may help you get ahead in the long run.

Ritua - Conversion - Heros

2011-08-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

This deck has one very simple idea. Flip the deck upside down and spam heros to win!

Monster: 11

3x Deep Sea Diva
2x Ritua Diviner
1x Ritua Shellfish
1x Elemental Hero Stratos
3x Elemental Hero Neos Alius
1x Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite

Spells: 19

1x Future Fusion
2x Convulsion of Nature
1x Reinforcement of the Army
1x Monster Reborn
3x Pot of Duality
1x Miracle Fusion
1x Giant Trunade
3x Gemini Spark
3x Archfiend's Oath
2x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Foolish Burial

Traps: 10

3x Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
1x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Solemn Warning
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Mind Crush
2x Hero Blast
1x Trap Dustshoot

Heavy Storm Replacement 2!?

2011-08-01T09:27:00.000-07:00

So after full house we try this:

Storm Bottle
GENF-EN088
Continuous Spell
Each time you set a Spell or Trap Card, place 1 Storm Counter on this card. If this card has 4 or more Storm Counters on it, you can send it to the graveyard; destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls.
Secret Rare

Dont worry Konami someday you'll give up.

Pieces of the Pot

2011-07-31T22:27:00.000-07:00

Pot of Greed
Pot of Avarice
Pot of Duality
and now....
Fragment of greed?

A new "draw card" was recently unveiled in the OCG, setting a new standard for speed in the game; with already a plethora of options for quickness and swift play, what will this card bring to the TCG, and will it follow the steps of Duality, and become a secret rare?

Jurracs and Rescue Rabbit

2011-07-31T04:32:00.001-07:00

Evadentally this deck tore up a japanese tourney. The basic function is to use the fragments and duality to draw into rescue rabbit. Then from there exceed with the Raiga evo and just hold the solemn effect untiol you win the game. Seems simple enough!

Koa'Ki Meiru and XYZ

2011-07-29T23:40:00.000-07:00

Koa'Ki Meiru Crusader and Urknight

+ T.g. Striker, warwolf, and rush rhino

+Tengu

+ Horn of the Phantom Beast

= Win!?

Heavenly Wolf King Blue Seirios

2011-07-28T02:23:00.000-07:00

1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
When this card is destroyed and sent from the field to the Graveyard, you can select 1 face-up monster your opponent controls. That monster loses 2400 ATK.

This card has no release date as of yet. I feel like this card could see a place in many extra decks next to orient dragon and brionac (as long as brionac is not banned). I look forward to seeing if this card takes off in this game!

Reborn Tengu VS XYZ Rules

2011-07-26T02:03:00.000-07:00

Guess what guys tengu is messing with everything!!!

Dueling Network Vs Dark World

2011-07-25T02:48:00.000-07:00

So I took testing of the Dark World deck to dueling network and only lost to two very sacky decks. I lost to samurai opening triple united and to nordics dropping gorz on me. The only real issue that i see currently is just the amount of trouble the deck gets into when the hand dwindles down. Other then this the deck can open pretty strong and just maintain steam with the dark world dragon. Ill continue to test and post more results as the days go on!

Dark World

2011-07-23T23:32:00.001-07:00

After 2 straight nights of testing the deck I must say that its pretty damn good!

Its always been Right Here SKEITH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-07-22T10:24:00.000-07:00

I think this turned out super well!

OCG Dark World and Project End Game

2011-07-21T22:26:00.001-07:00

Both decks are finally built and ready to be play tested outside of dueling network.

The Dark world deck is a copy of the japanese east nats list and project end game is a standard hero list.

Lets hope we get some decent results soon!

NAWCQ 2011 Slifer and Quasar!

2011-07-21T09:42:00.000-07:00

Yes were getting them guys. They were at the event this year and were part of an alternate script.

Shooting quasar is Jump-en055 and slifer is much higher. Just expect these to come out soon enough!