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Being Original; Use skill to win with a creative deck
Topic Started: Jul 2 2005, 08:33 PM (389 Views)
Vampire Lord
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Being Original
Use skill to win a creative deck

Originality is preached by many as an important facet of Yugioh. However, the same people who push hardest for originality also run BLS-Envoy in their decks. In fact, many of the loudest Chaos protestors run CCCC. When asked about this incongruity, they whine and say they only depend on BLS-Envoy “a little bit.” That’s a huge bucket of BS.

I don’t run the Soldier in any of my decks, nor would I if I got my hands on one -- I’d trade him away for a Force or something. Thus, I feel I can talk about originality without being a total hypocrite. It’s not difficult for the skilled player to pioneer an underused, or even never-before-seen, decktype. Evan Vargas did it with Soul Control, and one of the Top 8 for the first Last Chance Qualifier for Nationals ran an Insect deck. Now there’s an incredibly bold player!

You don’t have to run the Soldier to win. The Soldier has become a crutch for many players, the sole win condition for these poor souls. Without him, these Chaos Bots, as I call them, would be lost and confused. They’d be forced to either come up with a creative deck or netdeck. Most likely, they’d netdeck one of the Top 8 decks at an SJC tournamjavascript:bbc_pop()
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Netdecking and Chaos -- the two biggest originality-destroyers in Yugioh. Players who care only about winning swarm to Metagame.com and copy one of the Top 8 decks at the most recent event. Disgusting behavior, IMO. So to be original, all you have to do is be confident enough in your skill to make a deck following one of the more under-rated themes -- be it Blue-Eyes, Harpie, or even Gate Guardian.

EDIT: Every single deck at Nationals ran BLS-Envoy. EVERY. SINGLE. DECK. That makes me so incredibly angry.

ANOTHER EDIT: Since writing this article, I have decided that it is not BLS-Envoy I hate. It is not Chaos that I hate. It is the fact that people WHINE so much about originality that annoys me -- indeed, this article is a bit whiny itself! So though originality is all well and good, it DOESN'T mean you have to take all the staples out of your deck and run something nobody's seen before. It just means you have to be willing to take some chances by running a decktype other than chaos, or by trying out a different Chaos-Hybrid than goat control. Because decktypes like Warriors and Zombies are top-tier just like chaos.

My point is that, though originality is nice, you don't need to sacrifice your competitive edge to be original.
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Raging Flame Sprite
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well, i will preach about this too. originality is gone in upper level tournaments. i guess i understand why u'd want to win, but honestly, chaos has no creativity whatsoever. sure, i've run warriors, they are fun and destructive, but it just gets old. interesting what these "high level players" will do when their crutch is gone. well, as u may know, i'm at least a little original. you don't see many light decks, although GK are a little more common....but not by a lot.
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Vampire Lord
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Your light deck is very original. :D
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Raging Flame Sprite
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yeah, and i've been running variations of it since i started playing 3 yrs ago. go thunder nyan nyan!
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Vampire Lord
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Thunder Nyan Nyan is very cool because, not only is she a beatstick, she'll die instantly in most cases if your opponent tries to take control of her. Plus lots of good monsters are Lights -- Magician of Faith is a prime example.
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Raging Flame Sprite
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exactly. yet for some odd reason, it just doesn't run well. then again, i'm missing some essentials like DDWL, even air knight...oh idk
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Deityplague
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I've seen originality even in cookie cutter decks. You know theres those cards that someone might say "What the hell is that doing there?" but then that card just totally blows everyones mind.

Although that wasn't too much the case at nationals but I sure don't blame them because at times like those you just can't spare room for error and you have to go with what works.
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The closest thing to original was Max Suffridge winning with a deck containing three Gravekeeper cards. Pretty creative, but not mind-blowing.
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Kyp Durron
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Chaos isn't always "unoriginal". mine, although it ultilizes RotA, and Don, and ofcourse BLS, still has alot of my own flair in it. how many other chaos decks do you see that run night a$$liant? or sasuke samurai?? besides, originality isn't all in the deck that you run, but how u run it...
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I agree with the article - originallity is a very good thing to have. Including a style and a deck type. Always fun to bust out new stuff and triumph with it. :)
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I agree with ya, Vampy. If I had a BLS, I wouldn't think twice and sell or trade it. I even saw a picture on the net of a guy who set fire to a BLS just cuz he was a Chaos hater! It was funny. I try to keep originality, dragons aren't very widely used. Burn is found in several places, but I don't think it's too unoriginal.
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Raging Flame Sprite
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burn can still have a bit of personal flair. that one card that no one else plays...

and why would anyone burn a BLS!? i don't care if u hate it, why not trade or sell it?
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I know, I'd sell it for like $40, not burn it. But if I could, I'd burn it then sell it for $40
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Seriously, atleast make a bit of profit from it.

And burn decks aren't too overused and each one does seem to have its own uniquness.
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yeah, burn decks are easier to touch up, add a little flair. but lately, almost everyone i play has one version or another of burn...it is becoming much more popular
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