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Casual Deck Strategy: Tierra’s Angels

Casual Deck Strategy: Tierra’s Angels

Quincymccoy
Welcome back to a new CDS article, and this time we will be discussing a deck that has broken through into the competitive scene in the past through reliance on chance. Today, that all changes as I’m going to introduce you to low-chance Infernoids, relying on controlled milling and speedy drawpower!

Casual Deck Strategy: Advent Ritual

Casual Deck Strategy: Advent Ritual

Quincymccoy
Welcome to the next installment of the CDS articles, this time focused on combining Pendulum monsters with Ritual Summoning! Ritual monsters have always been the odd man out, requiring a large commitment in order to bring them to the field, so what better way to compensate for this hefty investment than to use Pendulum monsters

Casual Deck Strategy: Pendulum Enhancements

Casual Deck Strategy: Pendulum Enhancements

Quincymccoy
We’ve all watched as Pendulum Monsters have come to sweep across the competitive metagame, as Pendulum archetypes have risen to define formats and dictate the most powerful tech cards. Instead, let’s discover what can happen when themes and archetypes use Pendulum engines to augment and enhance their strengths!

Casual Deck Strategy: Token Back the Spotlight!

Casual Deck Strategy: Token Back the Spotlight!

Quincymccoy
Welcome to a new CDS article and this time we will be discussing a mechanic-centric deck, rather than just one archetype. Tokens have existed from the beginning of time for Yu-Gi-Oh, although they have not seen too much competitive play outside of the rogue Scapegoat or Dandylion. Could that all change with the impending arrival of three new

Demystifying Probability

Demystifying Probability

bilaterus
Probability is undeniably important to deck-building as well as playing. This article aims to provide the tools needed to start making key calculations.

[Card News] Galaxy-Eyes Special Feature

[Card News] Galaxy-Eyes Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Galaxy-Eyes” Special Feature: New “Galaxy” & “Cipher” Monsters Appear! “COLLECTORS PACK Duelist of Flash” (on sale May 14th, 2016) contains many cards used by “Kaito (Kite)”! Of course it includes shocking new cards of his that appear in the “Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V” anime, but it also reprints strong cards he used in the “Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL” anime!

[Duelist News] Metalphosis Special Feature

[Duelist News] Metalphosis Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Metalphosis” Special Feature: Fusion Summoning After Pendulum Summoning Is Strong! The new Series “Metalphosis” ride through the field with their FIRE Psychic-Type Pendulum Monsters, and follow it up with the trump card Fusion Monsters! This is a Series that Pendulum Summon to deploy the Fusion Materials to the field, and keep Fusion Summoning again and

[Duelist News] Dark Magician Special Feature

[Duelist News] Dark Magician Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Dark Magician” Special Feature: The Magician Rises To Greater Heights With The Appearance Of New Cards! The servant that Yugi trusts the most, his friend “Dark Magician”… … New cards that support it are included in “The Dark Illusion” (on sale April 9th, 2016)! Of course a ton of new support cards appear, but a

[TDIL-JP][Earl-y Opinions] How many copies of Emergency Teleport do you want to use?

[TDIL-JP][Earl-y Opinions] How many copies of Emergency Teleport do you want to use?

Pharaoh Atem
The Dark Illusion has something that might interest you, if you’ve been using E.Tele outside of Kozmo. DISCLAIMER: This article is based upon a sample image and text provided by one of KONAMI’s official news outlets for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Official Card Game, and said sample image/text are not guaranteed to be final.

[Duelist News] SD30 Special Feature

[Duelist News] SD30 Special Feature

NeoArkadia
Structure Deck “Pendulum Domination” Special Feature What Lies Beyond Pendulum Summon! The New “D/D/D” Kings, Cross Dimensions And Descend Here! “STRUCTURE DECK Pendulum Domination” (Which goes on sale December 12th, 2015) is a preconstructed Deck of the “D/D/D” Series wielded by Protagonist Yuya’s Rival: Akaba Reiji! Of course you can Pendulum Summon, this “D/D/D” Deck

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Shiranui Deck Recipe

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Shiranui Deck Recipe

NeoArkadia
“Shiranui” Deck: Attack using the Synchro Monster “Ikusagami – Shiranui” which can raise its ATK to unprecidented levels! This is a Deck Recipe centering around the “Shiranui” series which first appeared in “Breakers of Shadow” (BOSH), which is currently on sale (It first went on sale October 17th, 2015), as well as Zombie-Type monsters they

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Shiranui Special Feature

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Shiranui Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Shiranui” Special Feature: Synchro from the Graveyard!? Atack with Synchro Monsters by manipulating your Zombie-Type monsters that are banished or are in the Graveyard! “Shiranui”, who first appear in “Breakers of Shadows” (which is currently on sale, and was released October 17th, 2015), are a new series of Zombie-Type monsters that fight using Synchro monsters,

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Dinomist & Dracoslayer Deck Recipe

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Dinomist & Dracoslayer Deck Recipe

NeoArkadia
“Dinomist” & Dracoslayer: A Powerful Tag Team Formation That Overwhelms the Opponent’s Field! We’re introducing a Deck Recipe that combines the “Dinomist” series that first appeared in “Breakers of Shadow” (BOSH) which is currently being sold (First released on October 17th, 2015) along with the “Dracoslayers”, a series that goes well with any series that

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Dracoslayer Special Feature

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Dracoslayer Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Dracoslayer” Special Feature: Manipulate your Pendulum Monsters! Perform Fusion, Synchro and Xyz After Pendulum Summoning! We’re introducing the “Dracoslayer” series that first appeared in “Clash of Rebellion“, and gained more cards in “Dimension of Chaos” and “Breakers of Shadow“! It’s a powerful theme that works together as a team using Fusion Monsters, Synchro Monsters, Xyz

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] “Dinomist” Special Feature

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] “Dinomist” Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Dinomist” Special Feature: Devour! A Dynamic Duel using Pendulum Summons and Combinations of Battle and Effects!! We’re introducing the “Dinomist” series that has first appeared in “Breakers of Shadow” which is currently on sale (and was first released on October 17th, 2015)! A series that centers around Level 4 and 5 WATER Machine-Type Pendulum monsters,

Casual Deck Strategy: The Burgesstoma Principle

Casual Deck Strategy: The Burgesstoma Principle

Quincymccoy
Welcome back to another CDS article, and this time we are going to be discussing a very special archetype, one that actually carves out its unique niche as an engine rather than an actual deck at this current point in time. Introducing the Burgesstoma, the archetype of prehistoric ocean fossils reanimated as Trap Cards that actually can

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Post-SPWR Raidraptor Special Feature

[Yu-Gi-Oh! News] Post-SPWR Raidraptor Special Feature

NeoArkadia
“Raidraptor” Special Feature: Attack by Rapidly Xyz Summoning One Card After Another! Decide The Duel By Counter-attacking With Rank-Up!! Booster Special: Wing Raiders (which goes on sale November 14th, 2015), includes new “Raidraptor” Monsters and Spells and new “Rank-Up-Magic” cards, that makes the “Raidraptor” series even more incredibly powerful! In particular, the new Xyz Monster