Grade 0's
Starter - Morgenrot
4x Cat Butler
16x Nova Grappler Critical Triggers
Grade 1's
4x Tough Boy
4x Flower Lei Leprechaun
4x Blau Dunkelheir
4x Blaupanzer
Grade 2's
4x Blaukluger
4x Grosse Baer
3x Mars Blaukluger
2x Jupiter Blaukluger
The objective of this deck is to use Morgenrot to function as a selective "Twin-Drive!!" check early game so that we don't lose out on cards while using Blaukluger, Mars, and Flower Lei to pressure the opponent greatly on the first few turns swinging. When the opponent reaches 4-5 damage, you should be able to field one or more Cat Butlers. Every time you swing in with Blaukluger, they will have to guard the attack or risk getting crit. Grosse Baer is very important, as it's the only unit capable of making a 16k+ row with Morgenrot and Cat Butler. Otherwise, it's more preferable to make 16k rows in all three rows as early as possible. Don't be afraid to call triggers if you've been over saturated with them or to call a grade 1 over Morgenrot to force more shield out when the opponent is at 4 or more damage. Jupiter Blaukluger is the preferred back-up ride.
Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
This Shall Be an Overwhelming Victory!! Tyrant Tempest!
Starter
Flag of Raijin, Corposant
Triggers
4x Malevolent Djinn
4x Eradicator Criticals
4x Eradicator Draws
4x Eradicator Heals
Grade 1's
4x Eradicator Guld
4x Eradicator, Demolition Dragon
4x Red River Dragoon
2x Eradicator Kougaji
Grade 2's
4x Eradicator Cho-ou
4x Eradicator Zuitan
3x Hex Cannon Wyvern/Eradicator Thunderboom Dragon
Grade 3's
4x Eradicator Rai-Oh
4x Martial Arts General, Daimu
The purpose of this deck is to toss excess triggers/draws/grade 1's/Rai-Oh in the soul with Cho-Ou or Rai-Oh to force retirement. This also gives you a +1 to soul. Zuitan gives you a soul when it hits. This gives you access to plenty of soul charging capabilities to trigger Daimu's effect, on top of forcing your opponent to continuously field front row units. When you've established yourself, your megablast will retire as many of your opponent's units as you have units fielded. Yup. That's about it.
Flag of Raijin, Corposant
Triggers
4x Malevolent Djinn
4x Eradicator Criticals
4x Eradicator Draws
4x Eradicator Heals
Grade 1's
4x Eradicator Guld
4x Eradicator, Demolition Dragon
4x Red River Dragoon
2x Eradicator Kougaji
Grade 2's
4x Eradicator Cho-ou
4x Eradicator Zuitan
3x Hex Cannon Wyvern/Eradicator Thunderboom Dragon
Grade 3's
4x Eradicator Rai-Oh
4x Martial Arts General, Daimu
The purpose of this deck is to toss excess triggers/draws/grade 1's/Rai-Oh in the soul with Cho-Ou or Rai-Oh to force retirement. This also gives you a +1 to soul. Zuitan gives you a soul when it hits. This gives you access to plenty of soul charging capabilities to trigger Daimu's effect, on top of forcing your opponent to continuously field front row units. When you've established yourself, your megablast will retire as many of your opponent's units as you have units fielded. Yup. That's about it.
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
No Hand, No Stand!
No Hand, No Stand is a combination budget-mixed deck that focuses on making your opponents hate the two least supported (real) clans in the game, Nubatama and Megacolony. This deck is significantly more focused on the Nubatama aspect over the Megacolony aspect.
Here's the list:
Grade 0's
Starter - Larva Mutant, Giraffa
4x Stealth Beast, Hagakure
4x Sharp Nail Scorpio (Critical)
4x Shelter Beetle (Critical)
4x Stealth Dragon, Kurogane (Critical)
4x Stealth Fiend, Zashikihime (Heal)
Grade 1's
4x Stealth Beast, Mijingakure (Perfect Guard)
4x Stealth Dragon, Dreadmaster
4x Pupa Mutant, Giraffa
2x Megacolony Battler B
Grade 2's
4x Stealth Rogue of a Thousand Knives, Oborozakura
2x Elite Mutant, Giraffa
1x Bloody Hercules
Grade 3's
4x Stealth Fiend, Daidarahoushi
4x Stealth Dragon, Voidmaster
Now, let's answer a few questions.
1. Why run this over a monoclan Nubatama deck?
2. Is Voidmaster really worth it?
3. Why Megacolony?
4. Why Giraffa?
1. To answer the first question, there are many reasons. A monoclan Nubatama deck can't run 4 Hagakure without hurting their own riding ratios. They often lose their ability to reliably force discards, or are only able to secure on-hit pressure in one row. There's also the unreliability of having to run rainbow triggers.
There are many good reasons to run monoclan Nubatama, like the amazing break ride, but everything is a tradeoff. This deck does the original mission of what Nubatama was trying to do far better than the monoclan versions of the deck.
2. Voidmaster lets you essentially double-up on the on-hit pressure total while also not having any weaknesses in a mixed deck and being a Nubatama Vanguard for Hagakure. Remember, Hagakure is the best Nubatama card, and there's a reason he's at 4 in here.
3. Megacolony gives me access to the 12 crit trigger line-up I want. Stands do nothing for the on-hit pressure that Nubatama is aiming for. This is because your opponent is likely to guard your Vanguard, and you need to twin-drive to check a stand. This makes Voidmaster completely lack synergy with stands since if he gets restood, you almost always have more cards in hand than your opponent.
4. Giraffa's ride chain lets me effectively count drawing the grade 1 Giraffa as drawing the grade 2 Giraffa. This is why I can run 7 grade 2's and still ride up like a traditional 14/11/8 deck. Additionally, generation 2 (set 4) ride chains have no downsides for you riding a non-clan unit over the starter over riding a same-clan unit over the starter. This is the engine that allows us to run 4 Hagakure with few downsides barring a match-up against Seal Dragons.
The deck functions like Nubatama was meant to function. Hagakure are suicide bombers. You store them up in your hand, then when your opponent is doing their last attack for a turn, you drop them all to destroy your opponent's hand. Even if you lose all of your cards doing this, it's still a worthwhile tactic because your opponent loses several cards right before the start of your turn. After that, you swing in and end the game with your 12 criticals against your otherwise defenseless foe.
For early game, having a Dreadmaster row with a Nubatama attacker swinging into a RG row will force them to lose two cards if they don't guard. Don't be afraid to call a Nubatama trigger in front of a Dreadmaster. No matter what they choose to do, they will lose a card from hand. That's one of the things that makes this deck so incredibly devastating. If you have a severe card advantage lead, you can swing into their rear guards and cripple their offensive ability for the remainder of the game while using the 12 crits to force their damage up higher. The combination of raw beat, Nubatama discarding, and a potential Battler B -> Hercules row for stunning units makes the deck a devastating combination of offense and defense.
This deck may just be on par with Tom and Jerry for being one of the most lethal mixed decks in existence. I just hope too many people don't play it, because it's not just devastating. It's also annoying as fuck.
Here's the list:
Grade 0's
Starter - Larva Mutant, Giraffa
4x Stealth Beast, Hagakure
4x Sharp Nail Scorpio (Critical)
4x Shelter Beetle (Critical)
4x Stealth Dragon, Kurogane (Critical)
4x Stealth Fiend, Zashikihime (Heal)
Grade 1's
4x Stealth Beast, Mijingakure (Perfect Guard)
4x Stealth Dragon, Dreadmaster
4x Pupa Mutant, Giraffa
2x Megacolony Battler B
Grade 2's
4x Stealth Rogue of a Thousand Knives, Oborozakura
2x Elite Mutant, Giraffa
1x Bloody Hercules
Grade 3's
4x Stealth Fiend, Daidarahoushi
4x Stealth Dragon, Voidmaster
Now, let's answer a few questions.
1. Why run this over a monoclan Nubatama deck?
2. Is Voidmaster really worth it?
3. Why Megacolony?
4. Why Giraffa?
1. To answer the first question, there are many reasons. A monoclan Nubatama deck can't run 4 Hagakure without hurting their own riding ratios. They often lose their ability to reliably force discards, or are only able to secure on-hit pressure in one row. There's also the unreliability of having to run rainbow triggers.
There are many good reasons to run monoclan Nubatama, like the amazing break ride, but everything is a tradeoff. This deck does the original mission of what Nubatama was trying to do far better than the monoclan versions of the deck.
2. Voidmaster lets you essentially double-up on the on-hit pressure total while also not having any weaknesses in a mixed deck and being a Nubatama Vanguard for Hagakure. Remember, Hagakure is the best Nubatama card, and there's a reason he's at 4 in here.
3. Megacolony gives me access to the 12 crit trigger line-up I want. Stands do nothing for the on-hit pressure that Nubatama is aiming for. This is because your opponent is likely to guard your Vanguard, and you need to twin-drive to check a stand. This makes Voidmaster completely lack synergy with stands since if he gets restood, you almost always have more cards in hand than your opponent.
4. Giraffa's ride chain lets me effectively count drawing the grade 1 Giraffa as drawing the grade 2 Giraffa. This is why I can run 7 grade 2's and still ride up like a traditional 14/11/8 deck. Additionally, generation 2 (set 4) ride chains have no downsides for you riding a non-clan unit over the starter over riding a same-clan unit over the starter. This is the engine that allows us to run 4 Hagakure with few downsides barring a match-up against Seal Dragons.
The deck functions like Nubatama was meant to function. Hagakure are suicide bombers. You store them up in your hand, then when your opponent is doing their last attack for a turn, you drop them all to destroy your opponent's hand. Even if you lose all of your cards doing this, it's still a worthwhile tactic because your opponent loses several cards right before the start of your turn. After that, you swing in and end the game with your 12 criticals against your otherwise defenseless foe.
For early game, having a Dreadmaster row with a Nubatama attacker swinging into a RG row will force them to lose two cards if they don't guard. Don't be afraid to call a Nubatama trigger in front of a Dreadmaster. No matter what they choose to do, they will lose a card from hand. That's one of the things that makes this deck so incredibly devastating. If you have a severe card advantage lead, you can swing into their rear guards and cripple their offensive ability for the remainder of the game while using the 12 crits to force their damage up higher. The combination of raw beat, Nubatama discarding, and a potential Battler B -> Hercules row for stunning units makes the deck a devastating combination of offense and defense.
This deck may just be on par with Tom and Jerry for being one of the most lethal mixed decks in existence. I just hope too many people don't play it, because it's not just devastating. It's also annoying as fuck.
Monday, November 25, 2013
Just How Likely is it to Die at 3 Damage to a Double Crit?
Odds of checking double criticals with X amount of criticals in your deck.
16 Crits: 10.2%
15 Crits: 8.9%
14 Crits: 7.74%
13 Crits: 6.63%
12 Crits: 5.6%
11 Crits: 4.68%
10 Crits: 3.82%
9 Crits: 3.06%
8 Crits: 2.38%
7 Crits: 1.79%
6 Crits: 1.28%
5 Crits: 0.85%
4 Crits: 0.51%
3 Crits: 0.26%
2 Crits: 0.085%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
Odds of damage checking heals with 4 in your deck.
Checking a heal: 8.16%
Double checking heals: .5%
Triple checking heals: .02%
Quadruple checking heals: .00047%
Checking one heal in two damage checks: 15.8%
Checking one heal in three damage checks: 22.98%
The odds of dying to an opponent if you have the same or more damage (your opponent is at 3 or less damage) when you take the 3 critical attack at 3 damage would be:
16 Crits: 7.856%
15 Crits: 6.855%
14 Crits: 5.961%
13 Crits: 5.106%
12 Crits: 4.313%
11 Crits: 3.605%
10 Crits: 2.942%
9 Crits: 2.357%
8 Crits: 1.833%
7 Crits: 1.379%
6 Crits: 0.986%
5 Crits: 0.655%
4 Crits: 0.393%
3 Crits: 0.2%
2 Crits: 0.065%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
The odds of dying to an opponent if you have one less damage (your opponent is at 4 damage) when you take the 3 critical attack at 3 damage would be:
16 Crits: 8.59%
15 Crits: 7.49%
14 Crits: 6.52%
13 Crits: 5.58%
12 Crits: 4.73%
11 Crits: 3.94%
10 Crits: 3.22%
9 Crits: 2.58%
8 Crits: 2%
7 Crits: 1.51%
6 Crits: 1.08%
5 Crits: 0.72%
4 Crits: 0.43%
3 Crits: 0.22%
2 Crits: 0.072%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
The odds of dying to an opponent if you have two less damage (your opponent is at 5 damage) when you take the 3 critical attack at 3 damage would be:
16 Crits: 9.37%
15 Crits: 8.17%
14 Crits: 7.11%
13 Crits: 6.09%
12 Crits: 5.14%
11 Crits: 4.3%
10 Crits: 3.51%
9 Crits: 2.81%
8 Crits: 2.19%
7 Crits: 1.64%
6 Crits: 1.18%
5 Crits: 0.78%
4 Crits: 0.47%
3 Crits: 0.24%
2 Crits: 0.078%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
16 Crits: 10.2%
15 Crits: 8.9%
14 Crits: 7.74%
13 Crits: 6.63%
12 Crits: 5.6%
11 Crits: 4.68%
10 Crits: 3.82%
9 Crits: 3.06%
8 Crits: 2.38%
7 Crits: 1.79%
6 Crits: 1.28%
5 Crits: 0.85%
4 Crits: 0.51%
3 Crits: 0.26%
2 Crits: 0.085%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
Odds of damage checking heals with 4 in your deck.
Checking a heal: 8.16%
Double checking heals: .5%
Triple checking heals: .02%
Quadruple checking heals: .00047%
Checking one heal in two damage checks: 15.8%
Checking one heal in three damage checks: 22.98%
The odds of dying to an opponent if you have the same or more damage (your opponent is at 3 or less damage) when you take the 3 critical attack at 3 damage would be:
16 Crits: 7.856%
15 Crits: 6.855%
14 Crits: 5.961%
13 Crits: 5.106%
12 Crits: 4.313%
11 Crits: 3.605%
10 Crits: 2.942%
9 Crits: 2.357%
8 Crits: 1.833%
7 Crits: 1.379%
6 Crits: 0.986%
5 Crits: 0.655%
4 Crits: 0.393%
3 Crits: 0.2%
2 Crits: 0.065%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
The odds of dying to an opponent if you have one less damage (your opponent is at 4 damage) when you take the 3 critical attack at 3 damage would be:
16 Crits: 8.59%
15 Crits: 7.49%
14 Crits: 6.52%
13 Crits: 5.58%
12 Crits: 4.73%
11 Crits: 3.94%
10 Crits: 3.22%
9 Crits: 2.58%
8 Crits: 2%
7 Crits: 1.51%
6 Crits: 1.08%
5 Crits: 0.72%
4 Crits: 0.43%
3 Crits: 0.22%
2 Crits: 0.072%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
The odds of dying to an opponent if you have two less damage (your opponent is at 5 damage) when you take the 3 critical attack at 3 damage would be:
16 Crits: 9.37%
15 Crits: 8.17%
14 Crits: 7.11%
13 Crits: 6.09%
12 Crits: 5.14%
11 Crits: 4.3%
10 Crits: 3.51%
9 Crits: 2.81%
8 Crits: 2.19%
7 Crits: 1.64%
6 Crits: 1.18%
5 Crits: 0.78%
4 Crits: 0.47%
3 Crits: 0.24%
2 Crits: 0.078%
1 Crit: 0%
0 Crits: 0%
Sunday, November 24, 2013
Megacolony Decks
So, it surprises me that budget decks have overtaken both mixed and rush
decks for the lists that you guys want to see. Since the economy sucks
and money is tight, I'm going to be releasing a quick series of budget
decks. Let's go with the cheapest, and most unreasonably underestimated clan of all, MEGACOLON. For these budget decks, any card that costs
more than a buck will be labelled with a rough pricing, so you can get a
good idea of how much the deck will cost you.
Machining Deck:
The Machining build focuses around its soul. It uses Machining units that are in soul by either giving a rear guard Mantis or Hornet +3000 power if one exists in there, or riding a Stag Beetle and choosing two of the Machining units from soul and bringing them to rear guard circles and giving Stag Beetle their power. Since they come out at rest, Worker Ant is typically one of the units that is brought out, since it stands a Machining when it gets called. If used in conjunction with Machining Armor Beetle, you can put Worker Ant back in the soul to stun (prevent standing) an opponent's unit while getting to call Armor Beetle and letting it stay standing, all while making your Vanguard +14000 power. It's pretty strong. You can also make 21k on the RG by calling a Hornet (which will be a 10k boost for that turn) behind a Tail Joe or a Mantis that was also called that turn. Hell Spider is a strong back-up ride. Vesper lets you get a cheap plus to compensate for using Armor Beetle (or just to be a free plus).
Starter - Machining Worker Ant
Triggers - 8 crit, 4 draw, 4 heal
Grade 1's
4x Paralyze Maddonna ($6)
4x Machining Hornet
4x Machining Mosquito
2x Megacolony Battler, B <- Best grade 1 MEGACOLON
Grade 2's
4x Machining Armor Beetle ($3, in the current promo packs) <- Best grade 2 MEGACOLON
4x Machining Mantis
3x Tail Joe
Grade 3's
4x Machining Stag Beetle ($2)
2x Hell Spider
2x Violent Vesper
COST - $44 + R's and C's
Giraffa Deck:
This deck is really strong at tanking early game. Generation 2 (set 4) ride chains are over 50% likely to hit their grade 1 and secure you an 8k and 10k Vanguard for your first two turns. If you miss the grade 1, 3/10 of your back-up rides are 8k, which can give you reasonable tanking early regardless. If you go first with this deck, it's very easy to shut down any deck that doesn't have the ability to rush you by dropping a 10000 power shield to negate the first attacks they do. This is because (especially with archetypes) most people will have a 7000 power Vanguard boosted by a 5000 power forerunner, which, even with a trigger, isn't strong enough to break through 8000 + 10000. Late game, you're all sad that you managed to miss the grade 2, even though the odds of that happening are terrible. NO WORRIES! Toss the grade 2 into soul later in the game with Armor Beetle, problem solved. :D Okay, now that early guarding and stuff is out of the way, let's talk about the deck.
The grade 1 Giraffa allows you to discard a grade 3 to search your deck for the grade 3 Giraffa. You have the ability to make 20000 rows with your rear guards by using Iron Cutter, or 18k with Iron Cutter and a Battler B/Giraffa boost. Both the grade 2 and the grade 3 Giraffa have good on-hit effects. But there's plenty of tactics with the deck, too. If your opponent is low in damage, you can disrupt their field heavily if Giraffa hits (retire 2 of your units, retire two of their grade 1's). If it's boosted by a Battler B, you can also stun one of their front row units. Priority of stuns should typically be: Grade 3's > Grade 1's > Grade 2's. Unless you're against Musketeers. Then you just don't stun. Fuck those guys.
Starter - Larva Mutant, Giraffa
Triggers - 8 crit, 4 draw, 4 heal
Grade 1's
4x Pupa Mutant, Giraffa
4x Paralyze Maddonna ($6)
2x Stealth Millipede (NOW we can make 21k, so this is stronk)
2x Phantom Black
2x Megacolony Battler, B <- Best grade 1 MEGACOLON
Grade 2's
4x Elite Mutant, Giraffa ($6 for all 4)
4x Iron Cutter Beetle
3x Machining Armor Beetle ($3, in the current promo packs) <- Best grade 2 MEGACOLON
Grade 3's
4x Evil Armor General, Giraffa ($6 for all 4)
4x Violent Vesper
COST - $39 + R's and C's
MegaDRAWlony Deck:
This deck focuses on building soul and attacking rear guards with Fraude, typically supported by Battler C initially. For those unfamiliar with the grade 3's in this list, Ant Lion is their megablast unit. We use him to feed our soul for rear guard Fraudes. Fraude's effect is, if he hits anything, you can soul blast 3 and draw. If you swing with him and a 5k boost into a rear guard, they'll be annoyed. They have to drop 10000 to guard their rear guard, or lose that rear guard, give me an extra card, and I can choose to stun a unit. Sadly, even though Battler B is the best grade 1 MEGACOLON, his effect only works if the attack hits the Vanguard. So place him behind the Vanguard, and if you have extras, behind your other row. This deck is all about on-hit pressure, so remember, if your opponent doesn't hate their life after playing against this deck, you aren't trolling them hard enough.
The combination of draw power, stalling, and annoying-bugginess is enough to make this deck legitimately close to as likely to lose by decking out as it is by hitting 6 damage.
Starter - Megacolony Battler C
Triggers - WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT SINCE THEY'RE ALL GREAT FOR THIS DECK
Grade 1's
4x Paralyze Maddonna ($6)
4x Machining Mosquito
3x Megacolony Battler, B <- Best grade 1 MEGACOLON
3x Phantom Black
Grade 2's
4x Machining Armor Beetle ($3, in the current promo packs) <- Best grade 2 MEGACOLON
4x Tail Joe
2x Bloody Hercules
1x Water Gang
Grade 3's
4x Death Warden Ant Lion
4x Master Fraude
COST - $36 + R's and C's
Machining Deck:
The Machining build focuses around its soul. It uses Machining units that are in soul by either giving a rear guard Mantis or Hornet +3000 power if one exists in there, or riding a Stag Beetle and choosing two of the Machining units from soul and bringing them to rear guard circles and giving Stag Beetle their power. Since they come out at rest, Worker Ant is typically one of the units that is brought out, since it stands a Machining when it gets called. If used in conjunction with Machining Armor Beetle, you can put Worker Ant back in the soul to stun (prevent standing) an opponent's unit while getting to call Armor Beetle and letting it stay standing, all while making your Vanguard +14000 power. It's pretty strong. You can also make 21k on the RG by calling a Hornet (which will be a 10k boost for that turn) behind a Tail Joe or a Mantis that was also called that turn. Hell Spider is a strong back-up ride. Vesper lets you get a cheap plus to compensate for using Armor Beetle (or just to be a free plus).
Starter - Machining Worker Ant
Triggers - 8 crit, 4 draw, 4 heal
Grade 1's
4x Paralyze Maddonna ($6)
4x Machining Hornet
4x Machining Mosquito
2x Megacolony Battler, B <- Best grade 1 MEGACOLON
Grade 2's
4x Machining Armor Beetle ($3, in the current promo packs) <- Best grade 2 MEGACOLON
4x Machining Mantis
3x Tail Joe
Grade 3's
4x Machining Stag Beetle ($2)
2x Hell Spider
2x Violent Vesper
COST - $44 + R's and C's
Giraffa Deck:
This deck is really strong at tanking early game. Generation 2 (set 4) ride chains are over 50% likely to hit their grade 1 and secure you an 8k and 10k Vanguard for your first two turns. If you miss the grade 1, 3/10 of your back-up rides are 8k, which can give you reasonable tanking early regardless. If you go first with this deck, it's very easy to shut down any deck that doesn't have the ability to rush you by dropping a 10000 power shield to negate the first attacks they do. This is because (especially with archetypes) most people will have a 7000 power Vanguard boosted by a 5000 power forerunner, which, even with a trigger, isn't strong enough to break through 8000 + 10000. Late game, you're all sad that you managed to miss the grade 2, even though the odds of that happening are terrible. NO WORRIES! Toss the grade 2 into soul later in the game with Armor Beetle, problem solved. :D Okay, now that early guarding and stuff is out of the way, let's talk about the deck.
The grade 1 Giraffa allows you to discard a grade 3 to search your deck for the grade 3 Giraffa. You have the ability to make 20000 rows with your rear guards by using Iron Cutter, or 18k with Iron Cutter and a Battler B/Giraffa boost. Both the grade 2 and the grade 3 Giraffa have good on-hit effects. But there's plenty of tactics with the deck, too. If your opponent is low in damage, you can disrupt their field heavily if Giraffa hits (retire 2 of your units, retire two of their grade 1's). If it's boosted by a Battler B, you can also stun one of their front row units. Priority of stuns should typically be: Grade 3's > Grade 1's > Grade 2's. Unless you're against Musketeers. Then you just don't stun. Fuck those guys.
Starter - Larva Mutant, Giraffa
Triggers - 8 crit, 4 draw, 4 heal
Grade 1's
4x Pupa Mutant, Giraffa
4x Paralyze Maddonna ($6)
2x Stealth Millipede (NOW we can make 21k, so this is stronk)
2x Phantom Black
2x Megacolony Battler, B <- Best grade 1 MEGACOLON
Grade 2's
4x Elite Mutant, Giraffa ($6 for all 4)
4x Iron Cutter Beetle
3x Machining Armor Beetle ($3, in the current promo packs) <- Best grade 2 MEGACOLON
Grade 3's
4x Evil Armor General, Giraffa ($6 for all 4)
4x Violent Vesper
COST - $39 + R's and C's
MegaDRAWlony Deck:
This deck focuses on building soul and attacking rear guards with Fraude, typically supported by Battler C initially. For those unfamiliar with the grade 3's in this list, Ant Lion is their megablast unit. We use him to feed our soul for rear guard Fraudes. Fraude's effect is, if he hits anything, you can soul blast 3 and draw. If you swing with him and a 5k boost into a rear guard, they'll be annoyed. They have to drop 10000 to guard their rear guard, or lose that rear guard, give me an extra card, and I can choose to stun a unit. Sadly, even though Battler B is the best grade 1 MEGACOLON, his effect only works if the attack hits the Vanguard. So place him behind the Vanguard, and if you have extras, behind your other row. This deck is all about on-hit pressure, so remember, if your opponent doesn't hate their life after playing against this deck, you aren't trolling them hard enough.
The combination of draw power, stalling, and annoying-bugginess is enough to make this deck legitimately close to as likely to lose by decking out as it is by hitting 6 damage.
Starter - Megacolony Battler C
Triggers - WHATEVER THE FUCK YOU WANT SINCE THEY'RE ALL GREAT FOR THIS DECK
Grade 1's
4x Paralyze Maddonna ($6)
4x Machining Mosquito
3x Megacolony Battler, B <- Best grade 1 MEGACOLON
3x Phantom Black
Grade 2's
4x Machining Armor Beetle ($3, in the current promo packs) <- Best grade 2 MEGACOLON
4x Tail Joe
2x Bloody Hercules
1x Water Gang
Grade 3's
4x Death Warden Ant Lion
4x Master Fraude
COST - $36 + R's and C's
Monday, November 11, 2013
Breakride Dungaree
So, it surprises me that budget decks have overtaken both mixed and rush
decks for the lists that you guys want to see. Since the economy sucks
and money is tight, I'm going to be releasing a quick series of budget
decks. For these budget decks, any card that costs
more than a buck will be labelled with a rough pricing, so you can get a
good idea of how much the deck will cost you.
Starter
Set 11: Spark Kid Dragoon
Set 12: Exorcist Mage, DanDan
Triggers
4-8x Eradicator Critical Triggers (8 post set 10)
0-4x Non-Eradicator Critical Triggers
4x Eradicator Draw Triggers
4x Eradicator Heal Triggers
Grade 1's
4x Red River Dragoon
4x Wyvern Guard, Guld (5)
2x Eradicator, Demolition Dragon
2x Eradicator of Fire, Kohkaiji
2x Rising Phoenix
Grade 2's
4x Hex Cannon Wyvern
4x Fiendish Sword Eradicator, Cho-Ou (8 currently, hopefully this card will drop some more)
3x Dragonic Deathscythe (4)
Grade 3's
4x Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (10)
4x Sealed Demon Dragon, Dungaree (2)
This deck functions like Vermillion, only it does it for a single counterblast and a break ride instead of 3 counterblasts. This opens up more versatility for Deathscythe's ability. Cho-Ou can be used to toss excess draw triggers to soul to do more retirement. Dungaree swings for 21k with Kougaji, and 16k on the RG with any 7k booster. Rising Phoenix hits magic numbers with many, many units, and can even make the VG row swing for 16k if necessary. All around a solid amount of control that makes Vermillion insanely jealous while still having the option to snipe the backrow with Deathscythe, an option too expensive for Vemillion at the moment.
Deck cost - 100 dollars + Commons and Rares. This will drop over time as Deathscythe sees less play and Cho-ou drops after its initial price hike (started at 14 bucks for a RR!), No real way to curb the cost of Vowing Sword. Fortunately, 16 of the commons come in a single trial deck, which you would need to purchase to get a single Vowing Sword in the first place. All-in-all, an extremely solid control build that's cost effective both in-game and out of game.
Starter
Set 11: Spark Kid Dragoon
Set 12: Exorcist Mage, DanDan
Triggers
4-8x Eradicator Critical Triggers (8 post set 10)
0-4x Non-Eradicator Critical Triggers
4x Eradicator Draw Triggers
4x Eradicator Heal Triggers
Grade 1's
4x Red River Dragoon
4x Wyvern Guard, Guld (5)
2x Eradicator, Demolition Dragon
2x Eradicator of Fire, Kohkaiji
2x Rising Phoenix
Grade 2's
4x Hex Cannon Wyvern
4x Fiendish Sword Eradicator, Cho-Ou (8 currently, hopefully this card will drop some more)
3x Dragonic Deathscythe (4)
Grade 3's
4x Eradicator, Vowing Sword Dragon (10)
4x Sealed Demon Dragon, Dungaree (2)
This deck functions like Vermillion, only it does it for a single counterblast and a break ride instead of 3 counterblasts. This opens up more versatility for Deathscythe's ability. Cho-Ou can be used to toss excess draw triggers to soul to do more retirement. Dungaree swings for 21k with Kougaji, and 16k on the RG with any 7k booster. Rising Phoenix hits magic numbers with many, many units, and can even make the VG row swing for 16k if necessary. All around a solid amount of control that makes Vermillion insanely jealous while still having the option to snipe the backrow with Deathscythe, an option too expensive for Vemillion at the moment.
Deck cost - 100 dollars + Commons and Rares. This will drop over time as Deathscythe sees less play and Cho-ou drops after its initial price hike (started at 14 bucks for a RR!), No real way to curb the cost of Vowing Sword. Fortunately, 16 of the commons come in a single trial deck, which you would need to purchase to get a single Vowing Sword in the first place. All-in-all, an extremely solid control build that's cost effective both in-game and out of game.
Jankride Tachikaze
So, it surprises me that budget decks have overtaken both mixed and rush decks for the lists that you guys want to see. Since the economy sucks and money is tight, I'm going to be releasing a quick series of budget decks. We'll start with the one that just won locals for me this last week, Jankride Tachikaze. For these budget decks, any card that costs more than a buck will be labelled with a rough pricing, so you can get a good idea of how much the deck will cost you.
Starter - Dragon Egg
Triggers - 12 crit, 4 Heal
Grade 1's
4x Sonic Noah
4x Null Guard (5-8 dollars)
4x Winged Dragon, Skyptero
2x Winged Dragon, Beamptero
Grade 2's
4x Vanilla 10k
3x Winged Dragon, Slashptero
2x Dragon Cannon Fire, Cannon Gear
2x Savage Archer
Grade 3's
4x Ravenous Dragon, Battlerex (1-4 dollars)
2x Ancient Dragon, Spinodriver (7-10 dollars)
2x Ancient Dragon, Stegobuster
The idea for the deck is to have a very tricky Vanguard row. Even if you miss the break ride, Battlerex's power can shoot up like crazy late game by drive checking a grade 3 and offing a Beamptero or Slashptero for a massive 13k power boost. Additionally, you can compensate for minusing with even more plus-power on your third row if you miss the 21k set-up with Stego and Noah or by bringing units like Dragon Egg and Skyptero back to your hand. If you hit the break ride, awesome. Your backrow (which are tough to target with retirement shifting to mostly front row lately) is where all of your recycling units are, so they can't even really stop your plussing from the break ride by swinging into your units. Even if they do hit your backrow, you can just counterblast 1 and add them back to your hand regardless. All-in-all, I've found it to be very consistent in making good rows, and very deadly/trolly lategame with the ability to break a full 15k guard by checking a single grade 3. ~_~ And it's really fun.
Odds of breaking a two-to-pass late game:
Situation A: 8/49 times, you break a two-to-pass on your first check.
Situation B: 16/49 times you hit a trigger which you can stack on your Vanguard because the odds of breaking a two-to-pass are ENORMOUS.
Situation C: 25/49 times you hit nothing.
Situation D: 8/49 times, you break the two-to-pass on your second check.
Situation E: 16/49 times you hit a trigger on the second drive check. If situation B occurred, you just broke the two-to-pass.
Situation F: 25/49 times you hit nothing.
8/49 times you break it with Situation A and any other situation. = 16.32%
16/49 times * 24/49 times you break the two-to-pass by hitting either a double trigger or a trigger into a grade 3. = 16%
Situation C you only hit it if you hit Situation D = 25/49 * 8/49 = 8.33%
Add them together for a total of 40.65%. With standard grade 3 ratios.
Total cost: (Assuming 6 dollar nulls, 3 dollar Battlerexes, and 8 dollar Spinodrivers) 52 bucks + commons and rares. Roughly 60-65 total. This makes it about 30% cheaper than a standard Ancient Dragon deck, which is already known as one of the more budget builds.
Starter - Dragon Egg
Triggers - 12 crit, 4 Heal
Grade 1's
4x Sonic Noah
4x Null Guard (5-8 dollars)
4x Winged Dragon, Skyptero
2x Winged Dragon, Beamptero
Grade 2's
4x Vanilla 10k
3x Winged Dragon, Slashptero
2x Dragon Cannon Fire, Cannon Gear
2x Savage Archer
Grade 3's
4x Ravenous Dragon, Battlerex (1-4 dollars)
2x Ancient Dragon, Spinodriver (7-10 dollars)
2x Ancient Dragon, Stegobuster
The idea for the deck is to have a very tricky Vanguard row. Even if you miss the break ride, Battlerex's power can shoot up like crazy late game by drive checking a grade 3 and offing a Beamptero or Slashptero for a massive 13k power boost. Additionally, you can compensate for minusing with even more plus-power on your third row if you miss the 21k set-up with Stego and Noah or by bringing units like Dragon Egg and Skyptero back to your hand. If you hit the break ride, awesome. Your backrow (which are tough to target with retirement shifting to mostly front row lately) is where all of your recycling units are, so they can't even really stop your plussing from the break ride by swinging into your units. Even if they do hit your backrow, you can just counterblast 1 and add them back to your hand regardless. All-in-all, I've found it to be very consistent in making good rows, and very deadly/trolly lategame with the ability to break a full 15k guard by checking a single grade 3. ~_~ And it's really fun.
Odds of breaking a two-to-pass late game:
Situation A: 8/49 times, you break a two-to-pass on your first check.
Situation B: 16/49 times you hit a trigger which you can stack on your Vanguard because the odds of breaking a two-to-pass are ENORMOUS.
Situation C: 25/49 times you hit nothing.
Situation D: 8/49 times, you break the two-to-pass on your second check.
Situation E: 16/49 times you hit a trigger on the second drive check. If situation B occurred, you just broke the two-to-pass.
Situation F: 25/49 times you hit nothing.
8/49 times you break it with Situation A and any other situation. = 16.32%
16/49 times * 24/49 times you break the two-to-pass by hitting either a double trigger or a trigger into a grade 3. = 16%
Situation C you only hit it if you hit Situation D = 25/49 * 8/49 = 8.33%
Add them together for a total of 40.65%. With standard grade 3 ratios.
Total cost: (Assuming 6 dollar nulls, 3 dollar Battlerexes, and 8 dollar Spinodrivers) 52 bucks + commons and rares. Roughly 60-65 total. This makes it about 30% cheaper than a standard Ancient Dragon deck, which is already known as one of the more budget builds.
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