Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG question...?

Question

I've been out of the Yu-Gi-Oh TCG loop for a while now (last set I collected was Soul of the Duelist). I would really like to get back into the game and start going to tourneys again. Any suggestions? What cards should I get? Should I buy one of the Structure decks and start with that? What's the meta game like nowadays? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Answer 1

First of all...take a look at the latest Forbidden/Limited list: http://www.upperdeckentertainment.com/yugioh/en/gameplay/forbidden/advanced_current.aspx

The biggest deck these days is the Chimeratech Overdragon OTK deck. Chimeratech Overdragon is a fusion monster that destroyed everything else on your side of the field when Fusion Summoned and it can attack for every Machine monster used in its fusion. This would be pretty dumb if not for the fact that you use a Cyber Dragon(which is a Machine) and any number of other Machine monsters to fuse it. But the monster itself is only one part of the puzzle. The Spell cards Future Fusion and Overload Fusion are really designed to help you get these guys in play. As for the rest of the deck...alot of people play 'Roids. Also, Cyber Stein is a very major player. Once the Machine structure deck is released all hell is going to break loose and Machine will likely dominate until the next Forbidden/Restricted list comes out. Though I suspect Dark World will be making a come back.

Of course you may want to make a completely original deck. *lol*
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Answer 2

Find structure decks 5 and 9. Then go for a deck that can't be beat. Go for Spell and Trap removal and monster descruction. It's the best there is(well also the Warrior Toolbox deck). I have it. Most go for this: set a face-down Quick Play Spell and pretend it's a Trap. Then your opponent goes to destroy but then too late. Crap, that was the weakness, at least no one I know has Yahoo answers. But since LON, every deck has a weakness. And do you mean tornaments? The best deck is a Cyber Dragon deck theme that has Mobius, Zaborg, Cyber Stien, Nobleman/Crossout all to bring out five monsters and deliver over 8000 damage. Watch out for this deck, it's won too many duels already or you can make it your self. Get Cyber Dragon, Don Zaloog, Book of Moon, Mobius and Zaborg monarchs, Smashing Ground, Breaker, Treeborn Frog are starters for cards.

Answer 3

If you have an inclination to one of the themes, buying two of a Structure Deck and combining the cards should let you extract about 80-90% of a reasonably competitive deck. Cards often seen in the current format that come to mind that aren't available in one Structure Deck or another are Cyber-Stein, Cyber Dragon, Treeborn Frog, Zaborg the Thunder Monarch, Chimeratech Overdragon and supporting cards from the recent set Power of the Duelist. In the last two formats, the Monarchs have come to the fore, but Top 8 decks at recent Shonen Jump Championships have seen versatility from the first success for Chimeratech OTK to Gearfried the Iron Knight to Prickle Fairy. Rush Recklessly and Asura Priest are much more popular than when you left, and recently Call of the Haunted is conspicuously absent from many top Main Decks.

A quick set-by-set review since you've been gone:

Reprint sets: Dark Beginning 2 set the gold standard with Morphing Jar(rare), Cyber-Stein(rare), Royal Decree(super) and new Toon commons

Rise of Destiny - largely Harpie support, some nice "discard 1 card" effects that have been hurt by Night Assailant being restricted to 1 and Sinister Serpent being forbidden. Main monster The Creator didn't catch on; not enough attack and it doesn't stay on the field long enough.

Flaming Eternity - Beast support, including a fun Rescue Cat OTK. Main monster Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys never dominated but has seen high-level play, though in decline now.

Lost Millenium - Beginning of the Elemental Hero juggernaut, the Charmer girls and the Ancient Gear Golem family; otherwise rocks, rocks and more rocks with some burn, some bounce, and the RFP-dependent Megarock Dragon.

Cybernetic Revolution - CYBER DRAGON and his sometimes-seen fusions (though not via Power Bond), some E-Hero support, the beginning of the Roids, some "empty hand" cards and a few more Unions and switch-position-after-attacking monsters.

Elemental Energy - more E-Hero fusions and support, Pot of Avarice for players who cycle monsters quickly, the Dark World family that was expected to ruin hand control and didn't quite, though there was a phase when top players would throw in a Goldd or Sillva and many SJCs see a Dark World deck almost make it. This set had a lot of cards from character decks (Yugi's King's/Queen's/Jack's Knight, and for the new GX series many or most of the cards played by Jaden, Chazz, Alexis and Bastion). The sleeper card from this set has been Hydrogeddon.

Shadow of Infinity - the Sacred Beasts that went nowhere and grace half of this year's tins, interesting graveyard "stacking" effects that didn't catch on, the widely popular TREEBORN FROG, and a range of support for E-Heroes, Ancient Gear machines, Cyber Dragon, BES machines, Rituals, Frogs and Princesses.

Enemy of Justice - More E-Hero support, and the beginning of the marginally preferable Destiny Heroes, with sprinklings of Alexis' Cyber cards, Batteryman, Wind, BES, other Machines. The bulk of monsters were fairies either offering reduced summoning costs in exchange for only lasting one turn or having effects triggered by Counter Traps, giving rise to one of the newer playable decks, Counter Fairy.

Power of the Duelist - Support for Destiny Heroes, Dinosaurs, and Roids. New themes around Aliens and Jaden's new Neo-Space monsters have not seen top-level results. Chimeratech Overdragon, and its support cards Future Fusion and Overload Fusion, have seen wide play and are beginning to see high-level success. Field Spell Mausoleum of the Emperor, permitting life point payments for high-level summons, has brought about a revival of play for, of all cards, Hino-Kagu-Tsuchi!

The about-to-be-released Cyberdark Impact has not impressed many people who don't get paid to write about it. There are some Relinquished-style monsters, two new LV types of doubtful utility, monsters that restirct special summoning, and new themes dealing with number of links in a chain and cards in physical columns on the field. Those who liked Embodiment of Apophis should be pleased with the Trap-Monster Cyber Shadow Gardna, and perhaps Justi-Break can give Normal Monster decks a big boost.

Answer 4

yes as a matter of fact yes, choose a structue deck, one that u will like and start buiilding ur deck arround 4 ex. I baught the 6th structure deck, Spellcaster's judgement and I built my deck arround ;) so thats most of it but if u think on making a deck around the new cards, aliens as they call them, I would not recommend it, if u like machines u might wanna wait until that structure deck comes out

Answer 5

well i think you should buy a warrior structure deck or
buy the starter deck 06 buy a tin 2 i guess the have the
secred beasts so that'll help you out they can be used in a tournament. ....