Posted on July 29th, 2009 |
This article is a follow-up to the original article on Cat Synchro strategy.
Matt Peddle in his post of the week and Dale Bellido in his interview both disagree with the general idea that Cat Synchro wins through methodical generation and conversion of card advantage.
Dale, Matt, and many other top duelists feel Cat Synchro requires spell/trap removal followed by strong OTK pushes to win consistently. This is due to Cat Synchro’s inability to deal with developed boards and general lack of firepower outside of the Airbellum/Monk exchange.
On the other hand there are players just as strong who feel Cat Synchro wins through an incredible card-advantage engine. Teammates Chris Bowling and Jerry Wang (of Empire Arcadia) both used unique variants of Cat Synchro control that packed similar spell and trap line-ups featuring three Solemn Judgment, one My Body as a Shield, and a Giant Trunade. (Chris Bowling, Ryan Spicer, and Kyle Bowling’s build was featured at Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals 2009.)
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Posted on July 23rd, 2009 |
Pojo.com has just put up an article written by your humble author discussing the current Yu-Gi-Oh! Metagame and its implications for original strategies. Unfortunately due to the nature of the Pojo beast, you’ll have to wait for part two later in the week if the link interests you.
The concept of the big five (or slices of [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2009 |
With the exception of one card, the card pool at Gencon Indy will be exactly the same at Nationals. So unless this new card is amazing and theme-stamped, the same dispersion of Blackwing, Lightsworn, Synchro Cat, and a handful of Gladiator Beast builds should dominate the metagame.
The new card is Tragoedia. It is expected to be [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2009 |
These next few columns will look at the mechanics of the top tier decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! and why they win. This may provide some insight into side-decking against them and also some of the best strategies to use when running your particular version of the archetype.
We start this column off with the deck that has [...]
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