New Deck: Rise of Destiny

[Super Shadow]

Holy crap! I made my own deck with my own ideas and I can actually WIN with it?!?!?!? Yep, seems like it. Not stolen from the interwebz like Lucco's Burn deck or my TeleDAD deck, this deck holds true to the statement on the UDE website and the manual of YGO. The cards you use define who you are. Rather than steal from the interwebz, I used cards that I actually like and I can win with them. Anyway, without further ado, allow me to introduce you to my latest deck with me favorite archetype (Heroes): Rise of Destiny.

1|Mrd|Mirror Force
1|Mrd|Heavy Storm
1|Sye|Mystical Space Typhoon
2|Mrd|Solemn Judgment
2|Fet|Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
1|Sjcs|Crush Card Virus
3|Lob|Polymerization
1|Jump|Elemental Hero Stratos
3|Ct04|Destiny Hero - Plasma
1|Sdj|Scapegoat
2|Lod|Reinforcement of the Army
2|Dp03|Burial from a Different Dimension
2|Ptdn|Allure of Darkness
2|Dp05|Destiny Draw
2|Potd|Destiny Hero - Blade Master
2|Potd|Destiny Hero - Defender
2|Potd|Destiny Hero - Dasher
2|Eoj|Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude
3|Potd|Destiny Hero - Dogma
2|Eoj|Destiny Hero - Doom Lord
2|Potd|Destiny Hero - Double Dude
1|Eoj|Destiny Hero - Dreadmaster
3|Eoj|Clock Tower Prison
2|Ptdn|Chain Material
2|Sdrl|Foolish Burial
1|Sdj|Monster Reborn
2|Dp05|Destiny Hero - Malicious

EXTRA DECK:
3|Lodt|Destiny End Dragoon

Total: 53 (50 Main Deck, 3 Extra Deck)


Spellcasters, Dragons, and the Hero cards are hands down my 3 favorite types. The hero cards are probably my most favorite because of their lack of use and cool lookingness. Spellcasters are second (They got this BS Field Spell that makes them op in my opinion.) And Dragons third. Anyway, the Heroes are an archetype used by Jaden Yuki and Aster Phoenix from the lovely TV show. The Destiny Heroes are a subsection of the type and have effects that rely on the passage of time, another cool part about them. They are generally weak, so my play style is defensive and I use effects to damage and cripple my opponent rather than face them head on.

The basic strategy is to get out Destiny End Dragoon. Technically the only non Destiny Hero monster in my deck, he is able to destroy an opponent's monster and inflict damage equal to the monster's ATK at the low cost of skipping the Battle Phase. With all of those Mirror Forces and Sakuretsus out there, who really wants to attack anyway? DED's special effect kicks in during your Standby Phase: If he is in your graveyard, all you have to do is remove one Destiny Hero from play from your graveyard to summon him again. That is where Burial from the Different Dimension comes in. In cases DED is removed from play, I can use that to bring him back to the Graveyard. Since it's a quick play, I can chain it during my opponent's turn rather than wait to activate it on my own, saving time on getting DED out. Burial from the DD also serves in getting my RFG Heroes back into the grave if I use them for DED's effect.

They also serve one last purpose: Chain Material. Chain Material is a trap card that allows me to use Polymerization to fuse monsters from my hand, field, Graveyard, AND Deck from play to summon the fusion monsters. The catch is that the fusion monster summoned by this effect can't attack and is destroyed during the End Phase. But because he can come back and I don't use his effect anyway, that doesn't really matter.

Foolish Burial serves to send Malicious and Dasher to the graveyard. Malicious can Special Summon itself from the deck by removing one from your grave from play, and Dasher's effect allows me, just one time, to special summon a Destiny Hero if I happen to draw one during my Draw Phase. Scapegoat serves as defense, as well as the other Destiny Heroes in my deck. Double Dude if destroyed, can summon two tokens to the field, for more stalling power. Why would I need to get all these monsters on the field though? Read next post to find out...

[Super Shadow]

The reason is that the two COOLEST MONSTERS EVER (also the fusion material monsters for Dragoon) are in my deck, and can only be summoned by Tributing 3 monsters- Yea, the same amount as an Egyptian God Card! But these guys are well worth it, hard to summon as they may be. Scapegoat, Dasher, Double Dude, and Malicious all make getting them out easier, and they have the most epic effects ever. I'll let you look at their glory before talking about them.

The Ultimate D. Card- Destiny Hero Plasma


_{Relinquished with an added bonus lol}


The End D. Card - Destiny Hero Dogma



_{Look at that epic helmet! It's so awesome...}

As you can see (assuming the images are still up) Dogma and Plasma, the DED fusion material monsters, are both really powerful on their own. After getting one, or even better both of them out, my opponent has 3 choices.

1: Negate/Destroy them. In this case, they'd be playing into my hands. The fewer monsters I have in my deck the better, and more monsters for me to fuse into DED from the Graveyard.

2: Accept their arrival. This is probably the second smartest thing they can do. Dogma halves LP and Plasma makes your effects useless. Combined with Royal Decree and Spell blocking cards, my opponent would be in a lockdown position, in which case they should...

3: ...Forfeit. Yep, the smartest thing to do.

As for the rest of the cards, Allure of Darkness and Destiny draw allow me to RFG/Discard dark monsters to draw 2 cards. Draw power is very helpful in a 50 card deck. With 3 Dogmas and 3 Plasmas, getting the right one at the right time is necessary. Solemn Judgment, Heavy Storm, and all that stuff are staples and should be in any deck. And finally, my last resort attempts.

[Duke Nukem]

For the last time, I didn't steal my deck of the Yu-Gi-Oh website. I saw a deck that used the same concept, liked it, and modeled it after my own image. In fact, my deck is pretty damn different than the one I saw on the site. Quit saying I stole it.

[Super Shadow]

As with any duel, there is a chance that if your opponent is well prepared, that your plan doesn't go the way you wanted it too. If that's the case with this deck, my last resort involves the wonderful Spell Card - Clock Tower Prison.

Chances are that I've lost a good sum of Life Points by the middle of the duel because of Destiny Heroes low attack points and my abuse of Solemn Judgment. That is why I try to pull out Clock Tower Prison as early as possible with the help of Terraforming (Allows me to take a Field Spell from my deck and add it to my hand) and Diamond Dude (His effect let's me use the effect of a spell card my next turn if it's at the top of my deck by sending it to the graveyard.)

Clock Tower Prison


_{And all this time I thought jail was bad...}

As you can see, Prison stops me receiving Battle Damage after 4 turns. Though that may seem like a while, it's really helpful if it lasts that long. If, however, my opponent destroys it immediately, I would rather have them waste MST or Heavy Storm on it than on a card I do need, like Poly or Chain Material. If my opponent let's it get to the 4th toll of the clock (lol wut a noob) and then destroys it, then the prisoner within is released lollolol.

Dreadmaster - The Ugly Prisoner


_{DAAAAAAAAAAAYUUUM THAT IS ONE UGLY PERSON. No wonder he was sent to jail...}

Dreadmaster is a useful card for recycling my used up Heroes and his attack is always equal to their combined attack. With him I could get out 2 Dashers easily for a total of 4200 ATK, and attack with each Dasher (2100 ATK) after clearing the field with Lightning Vortex/Heavy Storm for game. But like I said, this is a defensive deck and Dreadmaster is a last resort, which is why I only have one in my deck.

Finally, if for some reason I completely fail, I use the "Special Talent of the Heroes." By talent I mean that all of them are DARK and half of them have attack less than 1000, with one having ATK exactly equal to 1000. CAN U SAY CRUSH CARD VIRUS??!??



_{I love spreading the disease around...}

Ah, CCV. You wouldn't believe how many times CCV has saved my life in duels. Many opponents have said that CCV wins games, and a few that I have dueled say angrily that I only won because of the Virus in my Zombie deck. They're probably right, but I don't give a potato. I won and they lost lol. Yea, CCV is my final final last resort, used only if I would lose otherwise or if I want my opponent to forfeit. (Many a time on YVD people "scoop" (forfeit) if they sense they are about to lose. DAD, CCV, and other cards cause this feeling)

Anyway, that is my Destiny Hero deck, using non plagiarized cards that I actually like. They are cheap to buy online (save DED, who's around 30 bucks) so if I can get my hands on them I'll be sure to bring them to school and duel you all. Thanks for reading, and be sure to comment on your way out.

[Super Shadow]

Dec 10, 2008 17:00:34 GMT -5 Duke Nukem said:

For the last time, I didn't steal my deck of the Yu-Gi-Oh website. I saw a deck that used the same concept, liked it, and modeled it after my own image. In fact, my deck is pretty damn different than the one I saw on the site. Quit saying I stole it.

Lucco, from watching Jimmy duel you and dueling you myself, it's obvious that the deck is stolen one way or another. If you steal a puppy from Wagner and put a mask on it, it's still a stolen puppy. But I'll drop the subject and acknowledge that you didn't completely steal the deck. Although original ideas are always welcome...

[Duke Nukem]

I don't know Yu-Gi-Oh that well, I never really got into it. It's still fun, though, and I decided that I would print out a deck because buying cards online is dumb. I looked at countless decks on the website, found a few ideas and cards I liked, and made them into an invicible super-deck that defeated YOUR printed deck. Just because I'm a good strategist doesn't mean I'm a plaigarist. Hail to the king, baby.

[Anthony G]

Yeah, Lucco, too bad Jinzo screws you over

Nice deck, Austin. This is pretty much a TeleDAD and a TeleDED deck combined, isn't it?

[Duke Nukem]

Jinzo only screws with traps. I use a lot of magic cards, too. If I have a Nurse Reficule and a Soul Snatch I can rape Jinzo lickity split. Jinzo wouldn't be able to attack, anyways, because of my low level strategy.

[Anthony G]

You mean Snatch Steal? Yeah I would get raped if you used that on me.

[Super Shadow]

If I were to change my deck up a little, I could beat you easily. I could easily play Scapegoat, sac then for Plasma, and summon a Horus Lv 4. In two turns I could level Horus to 8, activate royal decree, and I win pretty much. Here is what those cards do.

Horus: Negate all Spell Cards your opponent activates (Monster)
Royal Decree: Negate all Trap Cards except for this one (Continuous)
Plasma: Negate the effects of all monsters on your opponents side of the field.

And don't bother with that Marshmallon crap, cuz Plasma > Marshmallon.

[Justice Bringer]

no im pretty sure Marshmellows > Plasma

i have never tasted plasma but i hear its really hot so i dont think it would be good

[Anthony G]

Austin, how would you plan to get through Marshmallon? It doesn't get destroyed by battle.

[Duke Nukem]

What goes for Marshmallon goes for Soul Reaper minus the LP damage.

Snatch Steal isn't the only magic card to destroy Jinzo. Soul Taker destroys it and "heals" 1000 of your LP. How nice for me. MY DECK IS UNDEFEATABLE.

[Super Shadow]

Dec 11, 2008 11:25:50 GMT -5 Anthony G said:

Austin, how would you plan to get through Marshmallon? It doesn't get destroyed by battle.

Destiny Hero - Plasma negates the effect of all of my opponent's monsters, including those such as Spirit Reaper and Marshmallon. With 1900 ATK, the ability to absorb monsters, and negating all of my opponents effects, crushing those two monsters shouldn't be hard at all. Not to mention I have Lightning Vortex, which destroys all of my opponent's face up monsters.

[Duke Nukem]

It doesn't negate trap or magic cards, and even if your other cards do, how lucky do you have to be to have all of them on the field at once?

[BBQ]

GEEZ, AUSTIN YOU'RE SO CHEAP. PART OF THE FUN IN YUGIOH IS THE CHALLENGE.

[Super Shadow]

Dec 11, 2008 16:45:01 GMT -5 Duke Nukem said:

It doesn't negate trap or magic cards, and even if your other cards do, how lucky do you have to be to have all of them on the field at once?

Solemn Judgment and Dark Bribe nullify your silly traps and spells. And my deck relies on searching and thinning so I'm more likely to get the cards I need. 9/10 times online I get Plasma, Dogma, Polymerization, and Solemn Judgment within the first 3 turns. And Diamond Dude, Stratos, Destiny Draw, Dasher, and Allure all serve to get cards out so I can get the better ones in my hand. I've already thought about and addressed every concern I've had, which is why this deck has only lost about 1 in every 6 duels.

[Duke Nukem]

MY DECK NEVER LOSES

[BBQ]

MY DECK ALWAYS LOSES.

[BBQ]

MY DECK ALWAYS LOSES.

[Duke Nukem]

I KNOW YOU SUCK. ROBBY, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS THE KING OF GAMES.

[Anthony G]

IT'S NOT FAIR THAT ROBBY HAS HIS MILLENIUM PUZZLE THAT LETS HIM HAVE PUBERTY.

[Mizagium]

I think its fair. At least, he'll never experience puberty in real life, so a magically induce one fueled by an ancient pharaoh is fair, no?

[Anthony G]

True.

And I thought he was fueled by an ancient goat boy?