| 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. One Hit Kill Overwhelms the opponent with immense force. Key card: Revive Dead. 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 Hand Destruction 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 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 neigher the opponent's life points nor the deck. The Exodia set from Phantom God grants victory when all 5 Exodia parts are in hand, while 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. 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, such as Demon Axe, Magician's Strength, Strength of Unity. It also locks the opponent down with cards such as Gravity Bind. Key cards: Gemini Elf, Blood Volrus, sometimes Mecha Hunter, Strength of Unity, Magician's Strangth, Demon Axe, Gravity Bind. Race Specific 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. 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). Monster specific 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. |
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