Forum:Celebrating 50 great decks with a not-so-great deck.

At last, after all these months, I've done it! 50 decks! I've done strange decks based around Fushioh Richie, Greed Quasar, and Minoan Centaur; burn decks utilizing Greed and Phoenixian Cluster Amaryllis; Boss Rush, Phantom Beasts, Senet decks, Hopeless Dino, and Diamond Dude Beastdown; and this is one-fifth of what I've done. Now, time for a fun deck, in homage to the king of games.

Yes, this deck is about abusing the power of Judgment of the Pharaoh! It's effect allows for a powerful ban on either summoning and monster effects, or spell and trap cards. And then, I take advantage of its stunning effect with swarming and beatdown.

For monsters, I've got Shura and Gale. Shura is a beatstick with swarm power, while Gale can take down any number of huge monsters. Mask of Darkness re-uses Judgment of the Pharaoh. Hydrogeddon allows for some neat swarming. Ryko is omnipotent destruction and loads the graveyard for the effect of Judgment of the Pharaoh. Breaker can be a beatstick or spell and trap destruction. Finally, Powerhand is a great beatstick that can get through some powerful walls.

For spells, I have Unity and Yu-Jo Friendship. While Unity's effect is useless in this deck, Yu-Jo Friendship can recoup some life points lost through the cost of Judgment of the Pharaoh. Allure of Darkness is draw power, and Hand/Card Destruction cycle through the deck and load the graveyard with Unities and Friendships. Finally, there's the all-important staple of Monster Reborn.

For traps, Life-Absorbing Machine also gives me back life points. Judgment of the Pharaoh has been explained already. Dark Bribe is negation without paying life points (I already have enough of that). Dust Tornado destroys cards and allows the use of Judgment on my turn. Finally, Mirror Force and Dimensional Prison are the other staples of the deck; they also can be used with Powerhand.

Tell me what you think of this concept deck. Runer5h 19:27, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

hmm...

Not a very Billy-esque Billy-deck.Too competitive. I know Billy decks, 7 of my 9 decks are billy. the 2 that are not are on my page.(I no longer consider Vic-Viper Billy) But this deck would probably beat someone. I'm lazy, what is powerhand's rarity?(can't tell)--Helix-king 20:10, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

Only a secret rare. Runer5h 23:48, 20 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

(Pst.. Super Rare) Messengerofthedark 23:57, 20 July 2009 (UTC)

cool. If I was making a yugi homage, I would include card that work in only a few situations, like Dice Try! or Trojan Blast. To emulate his B.S. luck. --Helix-king 00:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Actually, no. That's not what I want to do at all. Runer5h 00:54, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Fair enough.--Helix-king 01:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Well, what else should be in the deck? Runer5h 01:17, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

1 dark Magician.--Helix-king 01:27, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

I'm not actually trying to make Yugi's deck; I'm trying to make the most of Judgment of the Pharaoh's effect! Runer5h 15:29, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

I know...I was poking fun with ya. Maybe Shield and Sword to help Unity turn a monster into a ridiculous Beat-stick and also because I barely ever see it as of late.--Helix-king 16:55, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Nah, I've got enough beatsticks already. It just seems too situational. Runer5h 19:05, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

True, this deck is good enough on attack power.--Helix-king 19:17, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

Maybe Thought ruler for life point gain?--Helix-king 19:19, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

To be completely frank, this deck cannot bring out a level 8 synchro on its own. With Gale as the only tuner, I can't unless I use Monster Reborn on my opponent's monster. Runer5h 19:21, 21 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

You could synchro Castor and Gale, but with Castor out you wouldn't need Thought ruler,would you?--Helix-king 19:42, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

No indeed... but I'd be just fine with Stardust. In any case, I've only got the one level 8 because of the unlikeliness of this scenario. Runer5h 01:59, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Heh....

Not much to say, heh, except to congratulate you on your amazing achievement, and to hope to spell the word "congratulate" right someday. --Akiza'sRose66 23:53, 21 July 2009 (UTC)

You just did spell it correctly. Runer5h 02:58, 22 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Or did you use the automatic spell-checker?cheater, lol--Helix-king 14:06, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Oh, and by the way, the second I saw "50'th deck", I thought "Yeah that's Runer." Congrats again, by the way.

Thanks! Any ideas on how to improve the deck? Runer5h 01:58, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Maybe throw in more life point paying stuff to make more use out of Life absorbing Machine? --Akiza'sRose66 03:19, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

No; Life Absorbing Machine doesn't get rid of cost, it just reduces it in the long run. I'd rather not spend that much more. Runer5h 03:27, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h

Magical Mallet then? It can cycle Hydrogeddon back to the deck, and get rid of the extra Unity and Yu-Jo Friendships.

(Also, how many decks have you made that didn't include Allure? Just wondering.)--Akiza'sRose66 03:40, 23 July 2009 (UTC)

The ones that don't have enough DARK monsters don't have Allure. Runer5h 03:59, 23 July 2009 (UTC)Runer5h