Forum:Gem-Knight Help!

Ok, for me this deck runs beautifully, but i have been told that it could use some help. Can someone Overlook this and tell me what i could add in and take out to make it more competitve.

SquirtleHero (talk • contribs) 02:31, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

Sign your posts, how many times do we need to tell you that? ---Dark Ace SP™ (Talk) 01:37, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

Release from Stone over DDR. Drop a Zirconia and a Ruby for Utopia (and Roach if you can afford it). 207.233.120.2 (talk) 02:19, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

Forgive me, I cannot believe i forgot to sign again. Anyway, could you explain how Release from the Stone would work better. Other than the 1-for-1 from D.D.R. which can easily be filled with Gem-Knight Fusion, i don't see much of a plus from Release. Most players are going to knock it off the field before i can activate it. Also with Release from the Stone i can only target a Rock-type monster where with D.D.R. i can target anything. The Utopia and Roach i will test though, More often than not though, when i make a Rank 4 Xyz im going to go grab Lavalval Chain or Daigusto Emeral.SquirtleHero (talk • contribs) 02:31, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

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Basically abuse Spark, Shell, Obsidian, & Fusion to gain advantage. --Resk "

The above is something Resk made, see the differences, and not using Dark Hole, Heavy, and MST is something he chose to do because he was using 3x Phoenix Wing Wind Blast and 3x Spark. Personally I would use 2 MST to support the spark and wind blasts and 3 PoD. And if you hadn't already figured it out, Resk and Lappy have slightly different opinions when it comes to Gemini Gems. ---Dark Ace SP™ (Talk) 22:37, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

Also its fine to use other wiki's as well, as long as you keep the links somewhere, like in a Word Doc. ---Dark Ace SP™ (Talk) 22:42, October 20, 2011 (UTC)

Ok i think I'm starting to understand where i went wrong. I will try to reconstruct the deck and repost it. Also DarkAce, i cannot see where PoD would fit in here. The deck special summones to much and already has a lot of search power. Whenever I tested with PoD it would slow the deck down, Not speed it up. Maybe im just playing it wrong or something but i just couldn't get it to work in this deck. SquirtleHero (talk • contribs) 01:34, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

You don't actually have to include PoD, (Resk didn't), but he made up for it by using 3x Sparks + 3x Armadillo, to efficiently search. In your previous build did you have to include Monk, Gem-Turtle and Rai-Oh? Don't get me wrong Turtle can work, but in here Monk and Rai-Oh do nothing to actually support the deck, Rai-Oh might even slow it down. Just ask yourself, "If I add this card, what will it potentially do for the deck, how effective will it be, and do I really need this many copies of card in the extra deck, would something else work better and be easier to summon in an emergency?" This is also a way to make decks: Deckmaking Tutorial, I know I used it in the past as a reference, but after a while in became 2nd nature. ---Dark Ace SP™ (Talk) 02:11, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

Also, you don't really need to bring back banished monsters, maybe that Different Dimension Reincarnation is a little unneeded? ---Dark Ace SP™ (Talk) 02:13, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

Ok think I get what your saying now. As for the DDR, it actually helps to set up plays that often lead to a win. If I did take it out, what should I tech in to replace it?SquirtleHero (talk • contribs) 09:39, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

Why not Bottomless Trap Hole? Or Effect Veiler? I also suggest you make a version 2, to edit your build. ---Dark Ace SP™ (Talk) 22:04, October 21, 2011 (UTC)

I'll post the edited version here in the next day or two. I see a couple things i could add and take out to make the deck better.