Not YGO related post

I just want to say that I don't know how to play DOTA anymore LoL :((( pawned 0-13 today :((((

Asia Plus and some things

Hi Guys Asia Plus is fast approaching and to those who do not know Asia Plus,it is a team tournament which should be made of three members.Each member share the same banlist so meaning cards are shared to every individuals and decks must be thought carefully which will show our deck building abilities.

So by the 27th of October, our country will be holding the qualifiers for Asia Plus and the winner will get a free trip to HK and will get a chance represent the country.So for our Philippine readers please find you teammates and build your decks now because we only have a month and a week to prepare.

Last year our group had a lots of fun time talking and playing with foreign players and we have learned much from them, hopefully we could return to Asia Plus and defend the title.Asia Plus taught me many things that you cannot rely on staples alone to win tournaments,you must know that there are other cards out there from the norm.Also I have enjoyed creating decks for my team,discussing tech cards after tech cards,having training camps in other's houses but in the end you guys are all tired just from the travel and you will no longer practice LoL.


So that's it for Asia Plus and my boring short story about my experience last year.Now we will tackle the Legalization of Promo cards in Southeast Asia.

I have been playing yugioh since it began and it became a part of me.After years of playing there are cards that were not allowed for tournaments and they are the Promo cards and DT cards.We all know how powerful those promo cards are from Elemental Hero Stratos to Shock Master,but who does not want to play cool monsters like them with so cool effects.Heroes will finally have their time to shine and anti-meta players like myself will finally be able to play our favorite anti-meta cards.Promo Cards will surely change the shape of the meta here,that every deck will have to adapt with the cooler and powerful cards.Even though DT cards are not allowed (with the exemption of DT1 and DT2) playing them is surely good than much limited card pool.

So far other SEA countries will apply this rule immediately,except our country.The reason is that we are still waiting for our TO to confirm if the recent news will applied to us.So if there is someone out there that could help our TO search or get info it will be much appreciated.

Oh I almost forgot you guys should read Edsel's post on what Promo cards did to some of our players featuring Raioh  LoL it is very funny really. Edsel's Blog

My 1st tournament of the new format!

Hi guys! Yesteday I went to Robinsons Galleria to join our weekly tournament. I was planning to join atleast 3 pods today but when I arrived only the final pod is available.When I was about to put my name on the list I saw that almost all the participants are from our team which made me think twice,whatever I still joined.

Deck used: Pure Hieratic
Format:Sanctioned - Single Elimination

Game 1 vs Drain Valley
Round 1: I started with Cardcar D then and a set card. He opened with Necrovalley then summoned Malefic  Cyber End Dragon and inflicted 4k damage to me.On my turn I OTK'd him.
Round 2: I opened with full monster hand and surely I can OTK him with that hand,but he used Royal Tribute on his 1st turn :(
Round 3 I stalled with Tragoedia for a while and keep using Mystical Space Typhoon on his Necrovalley to prevent him from summoning Malefic Monsters.

Game 2 vs Irwin Arogo (Genex Mermail)
Round 1:Game went slow during the 1st 2 turns and I OTK'd him when he left a monster on the field during his turn.
Round 2:I think he just ended his turn immediately then I summoned Photon Bounzer.On his turn he summoned a Mermail Abysspike which I negated with Bounzer just to prevent him from searching from deck.He discarded Atlantean Seahorse and searched for Megaloabyss he ended with Megaloabyss,Zenmaines and Gachi Gachi both exceeds are in defense position leaving me with no cards on the field.On my turn I OTK'D him destroying Megaloabyss with Volcasaurus then attacked Gachi Gachi with double Thunder Charger.

Game 3 vs Jomer Flores (Agent Inzektor)
Round 1:He just set a monster then I OTK'D him LoL
Round 2:He made a wall of 2 Zenmaines,Gachi Gachi and a Hyperion.I swarmed the field then destroyed Gachi Gachi and Hyperion.Next turn he died LoL.

Game 4 vs (Machina)
Round 1: I attempted to OTK his clear field but suddenly I made a mistake LoL I was aiming for double Thunder Charger and a Focus Force but I ended with 2 Thunder Charger,Nebthet, and a 0 attack Wattdragon LoL.Next turn he summoned Scrap Dragon and destroyed my 2 weak monsters :(
Round 2: I OTK'd him immediately LoL
Round 3: This game went to a grind game I have a Hieratic Atum,a Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon and a  Hieratic Su on the field. He had a defense positioned Maestroke then he summoned Gearframe and Summoned Machina Fortress.He equipped Gearframe to Fortress attacked my Hieratic Atum and I won because Red-Eyes stayed on the field for 2 more turns.Then Alvin Lim asked him why he didn't attacked Red-Eyes,he said that he was afraid of Mirror Force.


So This is my Tournament Report for the start of the Format and to those who say that Hieratics are dead Go and burn yourselves LoL.Thanks for your time :) See Ya!

Attention to all Duelists!

Quit complaining about every format and start playing!


Yugioh will never return to what it is used to,if you truly love the game, play and adapt! So stop whining about the game!.

Hope you heard the message.

My Top Decks of the format

Zup guys!As the title says I will make a quick post for the new format so here they are:

1.)Mermail - with the deck's ability to control and swarm the field faster than other decks expect this deck to be on your top tables every event.

2.)Wind-ups - as of now windups are not that popular in asia format but wait until Wind-up Shark and Wind-up Rabbit gets reprinted.For TCG I suggest you must be prepared facing this deck,even though Wind-up Zenamaity is limited the deck can still swarm like crazy.

3.)Hieratic - you guys may laugh at this but seriously even with just 1 REDMD the deck can still OTK and swarm the field with large amount of XYZ monsters.

4.)Agents - the deck is back and Kristiya is still one of the best monster in the game especially that Inzektors are dead there is nothing to stop the anti special summon fairy.


So that's it for my quick post I did not include DW in the list because of so many weakness of the deck especially the mirror if the deck became popular.

A very special day for one of Philippine's top player!

                   Hi guys what's up?? Today is Alvin Lim's Wedding and Team Asiong/Team Top deck are attending.I would like to congratulate him for this special day! For those who do not know Alvin Lim AKA "Blue Minotaur" he is the two-time National Champion and the most respected player in the country.So best of wishes to Alvin Lim and his wife to be.Anyway for YGO related stuff the banlist is out and it's official you can find it at
http://shriek.twoday.net/stories/129655023/ I will tell you guys that next format is going to be interesting,don't count out my beloved Chaos Dragons because they are not dead yet that is for sure.So see you guys later and I must get dressed now because if I will be late Irwin will scold me LoL :)) later guys!

My take on Mermails!

Hi Guys it's been a few days since I posted my mermail deck and I am here to share with you the updated version of that deck.I am not as good as Baha from dueling days, but I hope you would like this deck.

Monsters:
2 Atlantean Armsman
2 Atlantean Seahorsemen
1 Atlantean Marksman
3 Mermail Abysslinde
2 Mermail Abyssgunde
2 Mermail Abyssturge
3 Mermail - Megaloabyss
2 Mermail Abysspike

Spells:
3 A forgotten continent
2 Depthscale Kraken
2 Salvage
2 Terraforming
2 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Dark Hole
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn

Traps:
3 Depthsphere
1 Depthsquall
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
2 Solemn Warning
1 Solemn Judgment

What are Mermails? I have no idea but all I know is they are mermaids and what makes them awesome, aside from their beautiful faces? their ability to work together as a group.This deck is similar to Dark World, where you need to have cards that could get rid of your Mermails or Atlanteans in hand.Without them your cards will just sit in hand while waiting for the right cards.


As I have said earlier Mermails could work well together as a group,where they help each other to gain effects or help other sea creatures like the Atlanteans to gain their effects.We have Mermail Abysslinde which is when destroyed and sent to the graveyard has an ability to summon a Mermail from deck except herself.Cards like Mermail Abysspike and Mermail Abyssturge allows you to discard a water monster from hand to gain their effects.Mermail Abysspike is a Reinforcement of the Army for level 3 or lower Water monsters, while Mermail Abyssturge is a Monster Reincarnation for level 3 or lower Water monsters.Also they have their own boss monster in the form of Mermail - Megaloabyss,which allow you to discard two water monsters in your hand to special summon itself and when summoned by it's effect you can search for your deck a card with depth in it's name except: fish dept charge and depth amulet.


Now we have the cards that benefit from being sent to the graveyard to activate their effects which are Atlantean Seahorsemen,Atlantean Marksman,Atlantean Armsman and Mermail Abyss Gunde.Basically if you used them to activate an effect of a Water Monster they gain different effects.Atlantean Seahorsemen allows you to add a sea serpent monster from your deck (regardless of it's level).Atlantean Marksman allows you to destroy a facedow card on opponent while Atlantean Armsman destroys a faceup card.The cute mermaid in the form of Mermail Abyss Grunde could special summon a mermail in your graveyard (regardless of level). So with this guys, summoning Megaloabyss you earned a big monster also you can gain card advantage.

All archetype have support cards and I selected and added the three best support cards IMO for the deck and they are Depthsphere which allows you to summon a Mermail from deck and when it is destroyed the monster is also destroyed,also during your opponent's next end phase Depthsphere will be destroyed.How good is this card? This is the MVP card for me because you could use it on your opponent's turn and summon Mermail Abysslinde,during his end phase boom Depthsphere is destroyed bringing Mermail Abysslinde down and you get to special summon a Mermail from deck.Also you can use it if your opponent is foolish enough to blind MST you,they target Depthsphere? very well chain it then summon Mermail Abysslinde then your opponent will be in a tight spot already.Next is Depthsquall which allows you to summon 3 Mermails in your graveyard and summon them,the drawback is they cannot attack and destroyed during the end phase.Usually I use this card as a last line of defense or offense where I can create massive XYZ with those mermails.Last but not least is Depthscale Kraken an equipment card for Mermails that boosts their attack by 400 points.Also acts like an Effect Veiler.

So basically this deck is created to gain advantage of the Mermail and Atlantean's effects and gain massive card advantage over your opponent.Also you can do some XYZ stunts with the field card A Forgotten Temple,which allows you to increase the level of your water monsters equal to the number of your water monsters on the field.Basically imagine yourself as a shark waiting for the right time to strike, you must play passively and NEVER EVER waste your resources too early.and let your opponent do their move and play with the flow.It may sound hard but the longer you use the deck the more patient you will become.So there you have it my Mermail deck.I am still waiting to see Baha's self touching deck which for sure will be fun. :))

I would like to thank K'yde Ren of Digital Mortal for interviewing me for his blog.! I suggest that you should read his blog because it is very informative and hopefully one day I can blog like him. LOL anyway thanks for the time if you have any suggestions please leave a comment.