Random Update

I open terrible with Jinzo, BLS, 2 Morph, Duo and Night Assailant so it was really satisfying to win :)

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You can see my Volcanic Counter in action vs Evols in the video below in which I lose. Probably could have won if I have an Extra Deck so that was me being dumb but still a neat game nonetheless . As always, it is advisable for you to mute the sound  :3

Volcanic Counter

Just a rough draft but you get the idea - counter everything + replenish hand

3 Bountiful Artemis

3 Volcanic Rocket

3 Volcanic Shell

3 Thunder King Rai-Oh

1 Sangan

1 Mask of Darkness

1 Blaze Accelerator

1 Heavy Storm

1 Dark Hole

1 Book of Moon

3 Pot of Duality

3 Divine Wrath

2 Dark Bribe

2 Solemn Warning

1 Solemn Judgment 

1 Magic Drain

1 Black Horn of Heaven

1 Torrential Tribute

1 Mirror Force

2 Dimensional Prison

2 Bottomless Trap Hole

3 Reckless Greed

LOOOL

Dodger beats Warning yo

Solemn Warning would have been a much more balanced card if it's restricted to negating Special Summon. A mass-used card that can negate a Normal Summon is unhealthy ; combo-based strategy will not thrived in such environment and as such restricts creativity. Despite the fact that it negates Special Summon, Warning actually promotes more Special Summon as duelist try to avoid losing the tempo to Warning. With -2000 cost, faster card exchange, and more Special Summon, everything ends up fast and results in the current horrible scene of meta. 

Warning is just another example of Konami printing more broken card to take care of broken card.

Galore of Pictures

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That one time I played formatless DN

Dark Magician :)

Some crazy advantage with Parshath - just like the old times

Highest rating I ever got on DN , was during last format

The highest damage I ever inflicted with Black Vise

ThunderGate

Still in testing process but doing okay-ish . Feel like taking out Alius + Spark .

3 Elemental Hero Stratos
3 Elemental Hero Voltic
3 Elemental Hero Neos Alius
3 Thunder Seahorse
1 Tragoedia

3 E Call
3 Fusion Gate
3 Gemini Spark
2 Parallel World Fusion
2 Terraforming
1 Reinforcement of the Army
1 Dark Hole
1 Monster Reborn
1 Book of Moon
1 Mystical Space Typhoon

3 Macro Cosmos
2 Torrential Tribute
2 Solemn Warning
1 Solemn Judgment
1 Magic Drain
1 Des Counterblow

p/s - Top of my hate list is those new to the game and you dont even know the basics and play Top Tiers  #DNrage

Concept Deck : Cross 'em Out

2 Giant Rat
2 Super-Nimble Mega Hamster
2 XX-Saber Darksoul
1 X-Saber Fulhelmknight
1 X-Saber Airbellum
2 Desertapir
1 Mystic Swordsman LV2
1 Exiled Force
1 Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
1 Wind-Up Rabbit
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
1 Gransoil the Spiritual Rock-Residing Lord

3 Nobleman of Crossout
1 Swords of Concealing Light!
1 Reinforcement of the Army
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
1 Monster Reborn
1 Heavy Storm

2 Torrential Tribute
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Dimensional Prison
1 Fiendish Chain
1 Compulsory Evacuation Device
1 Starlight Road
1 Horn of the Phantom Beast
1 Super Rush Recklessly
1 Solemn Judgment
1 Mirror Force

Decklist :

Creature
4 Hypnotic Specter
4 Black Knight
4 Erg Raiders
2 Royal Assassin
1 Carrion Ant
Artifact
4 Mox Emerald
4 Mox Jet
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Black Lotus
Instant
4 Counterspell
2 Terror
2 Unsummon
1 Ancestral Recall
Sorcery/Enchantment
4 Demonic Tutor
2 Mind Twist
3 Oubliette
1 Pestilence
Land
8 Island
4 Swamp
4 Underground Sea

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First off, the video is a mirror match of this deck, vs AI. When I decided to learn Magic about 2 weeks ago, I downloaded this game and essentially learn Magic just by playing it overnight. The game was released in 1997 I think and contain the first four expansion, iirc. There's no limit on cards you can play - you can in fact, use 100+ of the same card in a deck though I never do that - and it's nice for beginner like me to experience how broken the Power Nine really is.

TrollMAX

It's like 3 am still and Im stuffed with pizza and stuff and I want to do something crazy soooo......

3 Cherry Inmato
3 Gurrac Juaiba
3 Tour Guide
2 Lava Golem
2 Marshymallon
1 Hyper Hammerhead
1 Jurrac Velo

3 Wave-Motion Cannon
2 Level Limit - Area B
3 Black Garden
2 Terraforming
2 Messenger of Peace
1 Fossil Dig
1 Rewborn
1 Ze Hole

3 Card of Sacrifice
3 Huge Revolution is Over
2 Mystical Refpanel
1 Solemn Judgment

p/s - ignore this post

Neos

3 Elemental Hero Neos

2 Neo-Spacian Glow Moss

2 Neo-Spacian Dark Phanter

1 Neo-Spacian Grand Mole

3 Ryko, Lightsowrn Hunter

2 Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress

1 Jain, Lightsworn Paladin

3 Cross Porter

2 Chaos Sorcerer

1 Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning

1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

1 Elemental Hero Prisma

3 Miracle Contact

2 Convert Contact

2 Solar Recharge

1 Allure of Darkness

1 Reinforcement of the Army

1 Charge of the Light Brigade

1 Pot of Avarice

1 Heavy Storm

1 Monster Reborn

1 Dark Hole

3 Raigeki Break

1 Royal Decree

Others:
Elemental HERO Grand, Glow, Dark, and Chaos Neos

Hmmm, so basically you dump stuff to grave and drop Chaos boss or Miracle Contact. MC gives option to bounce stuff with Grand, destroy with Glow, or goes for the cool Chaos Neos. Meanwhile, Dark Neos is pretty much useless....while in fairness, I'd managed to copy BLS with Dark Phanter YES I REALLY DID THAT once.

You'll draw some unplayable hand every now and then of course. You can actually take out all Neos + MC, and replace them with triple Junk Synchron, put in some The Warrior Returning Alive, and now you can return your milled BLS like a champ. The deck already have Junk n Debris setup anyway except you cant really call it that way because 1) you don't even play Debris Dragon which mean, 2) no Black Rose nuke as a reset button.

Drafting the Idea : RabbitGate

3 Rescue Rabbit
3 Tour Guide from the Underworld
3 Elemental Hero Sparkman
2 Elemental Hero Burstinatrix
2 Elemental Hero Clayman
1 Elemental Hero Avian
1 Elemental Hero Stratos
1 Sangan
1 D.D. Survivor
2 Maxx "C" / Cardcard D

3 Fusion Gate
3 Parallel World Fusion
2 Terraforming
2 Dimensional Fissure
1 R-Righteous Justice
1 Reinforcement of the Army
1 Monster Reborn
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole 
1 Faustian Bargain

2 Torrential Tribute
2 Solemn Warning
2 Fiendish Chain
1 Solemn Judgment


Extra Deck :
2 Elemental HERO The Shining
2 Elemental HERO Escuridao
1 Elemental HERO Nova Master
1 Elemental HERO Gaia
1 Elemental HERO Great Tornado
1 Elemental HERO Thunder Giant
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Heroic Champion Excalibur
1 Number 39 : Utopia
1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
1 M-X-Saber Invoker
1 Wind-Up Zenmaines
1 Leviair the Sea Dragon

U/W Gideon

This thing called Downpour off M13 looks amazing.  I'm hooked so let's build something


Artifact
2 Tumble Magnet

Creature
4 Geist of Saint Traft

4 Gideon's Avenger

4 Wingcrafter

2 Mirran Crusader
3 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
3 Accorder Paladin

Instant/Sorcery
3 Feeling of Dread
3 Downpour
2 Vapor Snag
2 Mana Leak
2 Ponder

Lands
4 Seachrome Coast
3 Cavern of Souls
3 Glacial Fortress
6 Island
8 Plains

Planeswalker
2 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage


edit note: looking back, this is one of my first mtg deck and its hilarious. i just thought i want to play blue and white and picked what i thought was some really good cards in each color. Crusader and Thalia are good but they are hilariously out of sync here. the 2-2-2 split of the instants is so random :)

Those Who Serve in Close Attendance to the Nobility

2 Grandmaster of the Six Samurai
3 Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan
3 Kagemusha of the Six Samurai
2 Legendary Six Samurai - Kageki
1 Legendary Six Samurai - Enishi
1 The Six Samurai - Zanji
1 Spirit of the Six Samurai
1 Shien's Squire
2 Cardcar D

3 Six Samurai United
3 Shien's Dojo
2 Shien's Smoke Signal
1 Gateway of the Six
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
1 Reinforcement of the Army
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Dimensional Fissure

2 Macro Cosmos
2 Fiendish Chain
2 Solemn Warning
1 Solemn Judgment
1 Double-Edged Sword Technique

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Side Deck
3 Effect Veiler - for Rabbit, especially
2 Fossil Dyna Pachychephalo - everyone Special Summon yes !?
2 Bottomless Trap Hole -  for anything not named Inzektor
2 Musakani Magatama - see above
2 Chain Dissappearance - everyone play Tour Guide, no?
2 Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror - sup Grapha, you gotta party with those Insects?
1 The Six Samurai - Irou - ah, classic. GKs hate this
1 Hand of the Six Samurai


Extra Deck
1 Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En
1 Naturia Beast
1 Ally of Justice - Catastor
1 Naturia Barkion
1 Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1 Black Rose Dragon
1 Scrap Dragon
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Leviair the Sea Dragon
1 Wind-Up Zenmaines
1 Number 30 : Acid Golem of Destruction
1 Number 61 : Volcasaurus
1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
1 Shadow of the Six Samurai - Shien

Gateway

I can never understand people who insist Black Whirlwind is a better card than Gateway of the Six. Konami might as well take off its +2 and +6 effects and it made no difference really. Yesterday, I was facing 2 set s/ts , both turning out to be Bottomless and Torrential. I have a Zanji on the field, a Gateway with 2 Counter and a Kizan and Smoke Signal in hand. I ended up winning that turn with 10200 attack points on board - a 3500 Kageki, Shadow of the Six Samurai, Grandmaster and Kizan.

Gateway is a sacky card , but when Kizan wasn't available, it's a more balance card even with the Hand loop. The reason being it can be a liability ; you are dedicating triple slots for a card that requires 2 Samurai summon to 'replacs itself' - this is not a recipe for consistency when you only have Grandmaster as a mean of Special Summon back then, but is made absurd now with Kizan and Smoke-able Kageki.

Magic Deck Update

So....I just lose vs. multiple Wurmcoil Engine spam :(

1st Wurmcoil - Got DoJ'ed. Tokens poke a little but somehow I manage to destroy both

2nd Wurmcoil - He get back his 1st one with Buried Ruin and cast it again :(. I have Fiend Hunter though :)

3rd Wurmcoil - Then, he use Black Sun's Zenith on Fiend Hunter.... but I have another Hunter !

4th Wurmcoil -  Turns out he has another one. Cast it out and I ran out of answer

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So, here's the current update of my G/W

Creature
4 Ambush Viper
3 Strangleroot Geist
4 Blade Splicer
3 Emancipation Angel
2 Restoration Angel
2 Grand Abolisher

Enchantment
4 Abundant Growth
2 Oblivion Ring

Lands
4 Razorverge Thicket
9 Plains
5 Forest
4 Sunpetal Grove

Instant
4 Beast Within
2 Sheltering Word

Planeswalker
1 Elspeth Tirel

Sorcery
4 Day of Judgment
3 Gitaxian Probe


My creatures count keep getting lower and lower . Might still try some creatures over O-Ring. I was using those 1-drop Instant like Cloudshift and Righteous Blow and the low cost is tempting - things like Blow-ing Delver - but when they are useless, they really are :/

Random II

Haven't I posted this yet? One of the two random decks that I have been playing with this format, the other one from previous two post

3 Thunder King Rai-Oh
3 D.D. Warrior Lady
2 Raiza the Storm Monarch
2 Effect Veiler
2 Cyber Dragon
2 Cardcard D
1 Sangan
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Honest
1 Neo-Spacian Grand Mole

3 Pot of Duality
2 Smashing Ground
2 Soul Taker
1 Monster Reborn
1 Heavy Storm
1 Dark Hole
1 Book of Moon
1 Mystical Space Typhoon

2 Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
2 Mind Crush
2 Solemn Warning
2 Torrential Tribute
1 Solemn Judgment

First Try at Magic's Standard : G/W Control

Creature
4 Birds of Paradise
4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
4 Strangleroot Geist
4 Blade Splicer
3 Fiend Hunter
2 Restoration Angel
2 Grand Abolisher

Lands
4 Razorverge Thicket
8 Plains
5 Forest
2 Gavony Township
4 Sunpetal Grove

Instant
3 Cloudshift
3 Righteous Blow
3 Beast Within

Planeswalker
1 Gideon Jura

Sorcery
4 Day of Judgment

Why G/W ? Because I like Wrath of God / DoJ , it simplify things. Also not fond on Oblivion Ring, for 1 more mana I can wipes everything instead of just one threat, and O-Ring does target. For a similar cost, i also have Beast Within, and Fiend Hunter. In fact, Fiend Hunter is better with the synergy alongside Cloudshift. Vapor Snag can be a threat of course but i think Cloudshift will minimize that.

Still need more test and I might take out Avacyn's Pilgrim.

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Made some more changes, played Delver once on Cockatrice losing 2-1 :/

FIEND HUNTER KEEP GETTING VAP-SNAGGED FOR LIKE BAZILLION TIMES WHEN I HAVE NO CLOUDSHIFT

I also learnt that Mana Leak is only a soft counter

Also, Magic's 60 cards has an obvious difference to Yugioh's 40. It just feels different...

- 4 Avacyn's Pilgrim
- 4 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Gideon Jura

+ 3 Ambush Viper
+ 3 Gitaxian Probe
+ 2 Timely Reinorcements
+ 1 Elspeth Tirel

My favourite card so far is Beast Within. its like Compulsory Evacuation Device ! You can use it to trade with opponent's removal or get rid of stuff . For a 3 drop, that seems outstanding. I can even follow up with DoJ to mitigate the drawback

Edit note: Beast Within is indeed one of my early favourite Magic card and later learnt that in fact, its rather good. Just not in this build. I just love the versatility of that card. In all of honesty, I had some interesting plan here. BW and Cloudshift is an interesting answer to spot removals and BW can even trigger Strangleroot. Fun times

Concept Deck : Magic

3 D.D. Survivor
3 D.D. Warrior Lady
3 Spirit Reaper
2 Lava Golem
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3 Pot of Duality
3 Mystical Space Typhoon
3 Smashing Ground
3 Fissure/Soul Taker
2 Upstart Goblin
2 Nobleman of Crossout
1 Reinforcement of the Army
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
1 Monster Reborn

3 Macro Cosmos
3 Jar of Greed
2 Compulsory Evacuation Device

Tribute to the Star

Figured I have spare time so reworked on some stuff


3 Light and Darkness Dragon
3 Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude
2 Archlord Kristya
1 Ancient Gear Gadjiltron Dragon
1 Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning
1 Destiny Hero - Plasma
1 Elemental Hero Stratos

3 Star Blast
3 Pot of Duality
3 Geartown
2 Terraforming
2 Lightning Vortex
2 Destiny Draw
2 Trade-In
1 Allure of Darkness
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
1 Dark Hole
1 That Wacky Magic!
1 Mausoleum of the Dead Emperor

2 Hope for Escape
2 Threatening Roar

Extra : Rank 4s and 8s.

Original version :
http://forum.tcgplayer.com/showthread.php?169620

U/b (Shandalar mtg)

Basically Hypnotic Specter kills hand and Royal Assassin control the field (sort of like Monarch lol). Icy Manipulator locks even more

Creature
4 Hypnotic Specter
4 Royal Assassin
2 Frozen Shade
2 Sindbad

Artifact
4 Mox Jet
4 Mox Sapphire
2 Icy Manipulator
2 Jalum Tome
1 Black Lotus

Enchantment
4 Paralyze

Instant/Interrupt
4 Terror
4 Counterspell
2 Power Sink
2 Unsummon
1 Ancestral Recall

Lands
6 Swamp
4 Island
4 Underground Sea

Sorcery
4 Demonic Tutor  <----- best tutor ever

Stasis Prison for Shandalar Mtg

4 Black Lotus
4 Black Vise
4 Howling Mine
4 Mox Sapphire

3 Copy Artifact
2 Stasis

4 Ancestral Recall
2 Unsummon
2 Boomerang
2 Mana Short
2 Psionic Blast

8 Island
1 Library of Alexandria

4 Timetwister
4 Time Walk

Play four-of of all the broken stuff :)

Reptilianne

Seeing lots of senior member leaving tcgplayer forum is kinda sad.

Im going to be out of the game for a while too since I have some things to prioritise over the next few weeks.

Here's a quick post for the time being,

3 Tour Guide From the Underworld
3 Reptilianne Gardna
2 Reptilianne Vaskii
2 Phantom Skyblaster
2 Battle Fader
1 Reptilianne Naga
1 Sangan
1 Genex Ally Birdman
1 Unknown Synchron
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3 Token Sundae
2 Pot of Duality
2 Creature Swap
2 Fires of Doomsday
2 Reptilianne Spawn
1 Scapegoat
1 Allure of Darkness
1 Heavy Storm
1 Book of Moon
1 Monster Reborn
1 Dark Hole
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Enemy Controller

2 Offerings to the Snake Deity
2 Torrential Tribute

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Birdman + Skyblaster/TGU

Skyblaster  + Fader

Fader also a Vaskii fodder

Skyblaster + Unknown Synchron

Swap + TGU = fast Sangan tutor

Note : 1) Gardna doesnt search when Swapped. 2) Skyblaster tokens has 500 atk

This is a combo/control deck and you want to drag the game long enough to gather combo pieces. Some of the time, you won't draw any cards that allow you to make small push/ take advantage of your game control but that's fine. Between Token Sundae and Offerings, you have a lot of answer to your opponent's threat, so try to play a resource game if possible

That's all I guess.