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A lot of beginning players think that a good Deck Size is whatever size will allow them to include all the cards they want. Some even think that larger decks are better, on the grounds that they permit a wider variety of cards.

Simply put, this is wrong. Smaller decks are superior to larger decks.

The thing about larger decks is that, though there are more cards available, you have a significantly lower chance of drawing any given card. If you are unable to draw the cards you need with some degree of consistency, the deck will be unable to win with some degree of consistency. Furthermore, since you can only have three copies of each card in your deck, and many staples can be run only in one or two copies, your chances of playing your best cards are slim.

This is not just my opinion; this is a commonly accepted standard among better duelist. If you look at large tournaments, such as Shonen Jump Championships, all the best decks have low numbers of cards; most have 40, generally the best number, and none has more than 45.



Most good decks should have 40 cards; having more is permissible, but 40 is generally ideal. Of course, there are a few exceptions, depending on the decktype being used. Gadget decks, for example, often run more cards to reduce the player's chances of drawing redundant copies of the Gadget monsters; however, even these decks do not run more than 45 cards.



Each deck needs a theme of some sort. Some new players will simply throw together cards that they like; however, these decks, commonly described as "HOLY PILE OF RANDOM, BATMAN!", suffer from a severe lack of synergy. Synergy is the way in which the cards in a deck work together and complement one another; random decks generally do not have this support, leaving them at a huge disadvantage.

A deck's theme could be anything from a series of cards that were specifically designed to work together as a set, such as the Crystal Beast cards, to cards that all support a specific win condition.



Each deck needs a win condition, also called a deck goal, or a manner in which that deck is designed to win the duel. Keeping this win condition in mind when building a deck helps to make that deck more focused.

Something like "attack and make the opponent's Life Points zero" is not a specific enough win condition; something like "rapidly gain field advantage to defeat the opponent" for Six Samurai or "use the effect of Crystal Abundance to attack the opponent and win" for Crystal Beasts would be more appropriate. Even though both involve attacking the opponent to obliterate his or her Life Points, the manner of doing so is drastically different.

Of course, some decktypes do not involve reducing the opponent's Life Points. Decks focused on cards like Exodia, for example, win by fulfilling different conditions; in this case, fulfilling those conditions by a certain method is the deck's win condition.



When constructing a deck, it is important to have a good ratio of monsters, spells, and traps. In a standard 40-card deck whose win condition involves attacking the opponent and reducing his or her Life Points in a non-OTK method, a good balance usually involves 18-22 monsters (16-24 at the outside), with the remainder divided between spells and traps, usually with about 2 spells for every 1 trap.

Of course, there are many exceptions. For example, decks including Jinzo and/or Royal Decree should run low numbers of traps. A deck's win condition can also affect the ratio; DDT decks, for example, usually run about 11 monsters, a large number of Normal Spells, and almost no (if any) traps.



When constructing a deck, individual card choices can be almost as important as the overall deck structure. As an example, observe the Hero Barrier card above. Many beginner Elemental Hero decks use this card, but it is, in actuality, a very bad card. The following cards serve a purpose that is exactly like that of Hero Barrier, except better:

* Mirror Force
* Negate Attack
* Threatening Roar
* Waboku
* Sakuretsu Armor
* Dimensional Prison
* Magic Cylinder
* Draining Shield

Generally, there is no reason that Hero Barrier should be used, since any one of these cards can do the exact same thing except with an added bonus and no restriction.

Of course, even within the cards that are superior to Hero Barrier, some are better than others. Mirror Force and Dimensional Prison are both superior to Sakuretsu Armor, and Mirror Force is also superior to Negate Attack, Threatening Roar, and Waboku. Since Magic Cylinder and Draining Shield do not provide any advantage and can only negate one attack, they are often considered inferior to the other cards that serve similar purposes (outside of a Burn or Life Point Increase deck, respectively).

This is just one example of how card choices can weaken or strengthen a deck, depending on whether they are done properly.



Situational cards can only be used under specific circumstances. For example, Amplifier can only be used while Jinzo is on the field. Situational cards are generally considered weak, as unless specific conditions are fulfilled, they are completely useless dead draws.



Nomi monsters contain the text "This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except..." with a summoning condition described on the card.

A Nomi's usefulness depends on the balance between how easy its summoning condition is to fulfill and how powerful its effect is. For example, Dark Armed Dragon is easy to summon and has an extremely powerful effect, so it is considered a good Nomi, worth running in a compatible deck. Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, on the other hand, is extremely difficult to summon and is nothing more than a beatstick once it hits the field; it has no useful effect at all. This makes it not worth running in most cases.



Normal Monsters, sometimes called Vanilla due to their yellow background color and bland lack of effect, are sometimes added to decks due to their ATK points and possibly their names; however, these can often hurt the deck goal. For example, Gladiator Beast Andal has good ATK and has "Gladiator Beast" in its name, but it lacks a Special Summoning effect common to the other Gladiator Beasts, which means that it doesn't support the deck goal.

Of course, there are some situations in which Vanilla monsters make sense. Elemental Hero Fusion-based decks usually use Elemental Hero Sparkman and Elemental Hero Clayman, since they are needed as Fusion Material. Similarly, some Spellcaster decks have a focus on Dark Magician due to the large amount of support available, ease in summoning, and high ATK.

Vanilla monsters are fine, but only as long as they make the deck stronger.



Polymerization is widely considered one of the worst of all cards that can perform a Fusion Summon, as it costs at least three cards to summon one monster, a net loss of at least two cards of advantage, and provides no extra effects.

Some Fusion cards, such as Vehicroid Connection Zone, come with an added benefit, while others, such as Miracle Fusion, can use Fusion Material Monsters that are already in the graveyard, and therefore do not result in a loss of advantage. When possible, these alternate Fusion cards are preferable to Polymerization; however, some Fusion Monsters, such as Dark Paladin, cannot benefit from any of them, and so Polymerization must be used.



If you are using Ritual Monsters, the regular Ritual Spells are not very good; Advanced Ritual Art is the best way to summon them, as this does not cost as much advantage as regular Ritual Spells.

Since Ritual Monsters and Ritual Spells are useless if one does not have the other, it is important that you be able to search them out to make them more usable. Therefore, most decks that run Ritual Monsters will include Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands for its search effect.

Obviously, to use Advanced Ritual Art, Vanilla monsters are also necessary; this is one of the cases where their use is acceptable.



Staples are highly splashable cards that will make most decks stronger when included. Heavy Storm, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Mirror Force are the most splashable of these; however, many others, though not quite as universal, can benefit decks just as much.

Many staples are Limtied and Semi-Limited cards on the banlist; however, not all Limited and Semi-Limited cards are so splashable. For example, Night Assailant was Limited because two copies of it could be used in an infinite loop.



In Traditional Format, all of these rules are even more important. Since decks are incredibly fast and powerful, a good balance with strong cards and many staples in a 40-card deck.


Summary: Decks should be 40 cards, have a win condition, and be focused on some sort of theme or strategy. Good cards and staples should be included, while Normal Monsters should very rarely be used. Situational cards that require specific circumstances or specific other cards to be used should be omitted. In Traditional format, all of these rules become even more important.

This probably needs updating but that will occur over time.]]>

A lot of beginning players think that a good Deck Size is whatever size will allow them to include all the cards they want. Some even think that larger decks are better, on the grounds that they permit a wider variety of cards.

Simply put, this is wrong. Smaller decks are superior to larger decks.

The thing about larger decks is that, though there are more cards available, you have a significantly lower chance of drawing any given card. If you are unable to draw the cards you need with some degree of consistency, the deck will be unable to win with some degree of consistency. Furthermore, since you can only have three copies of each card in your deck, and many staples can be run only in one or two copies, your chances of playing your best cards are slim.

This is not just my opinion; this is a commonly accepted standard among better duelist. If you look at large tournaments, such as Shonen Jump Championships, all the best decks have low numbers of cards; most have 40, generally the best number, and none has more than 45.



Most good decks should have 40 cards; having more is permissible, but 40 is generally ideal. Of course, there are a few exceptions, depending on the decktype being used. Gadget decks, for example, often run more cards to reduce the player's chances of drawing redundant copies of the Gadget monsters; however, even these decks do not run more than 45 cards.



Each deck needs a theme of some sort. Some new players will simply throw together cards that they like; however, these decks, commonly described as "HOLY PILE OF RANDOM, BATMAN!", suffer from a severe lack of synergy. Synergy is the way in which the cards in a deck work together and complement one another; random decks generally do not have this support, leaving them at a huge disadvantage.

A deck's theme could be anything from a series of cards that were specifically designed to work together as a set, such as the Crystal Beast cards, to cards that all support a specific win condition.



Each deck needs a win condition, also called a deck goal, or a manner in which that deck is designed to win the duel. Keeping this win condition in mind when building a deck helps to make that deck more focused.

Something like "attack and make the opponent's Life Points zero" is not a specific enough win condition; something like "rapidly gain field advantage to defeat the opponent" for Six Samurai or "use the effect of Crystal Abundance to attack the opponent and win" for Crystal Beasts would be more appropriate. Even though both involve attacking the opponent to obliterate his or her Life Points, the manner of doing so is drastically different.

Of course, some decktypes do not involve reducing the opponent's Life Points. Decks focused on cards like Exodia, for example, win by fulfilling different conditions; in this case, fulfilling those conditions by a certain method is the deck's win condition.



When constructing a deck, it is important to have a good ratio of monsters, spells, and traps. In a standard 40-card deck whose win condition involves attacking the opponent and reducing his or her Life Points in a non-OTK method, a good balance usually involves 18-22 monsters (16-24 at the outside), with the remainder divided between spells and traps, usually with about 2 spells for every 1 trap.

Of course, there are many exceptions. For example, decks including Jinzo and/or Royal Decree should run low numbers of traps. A deck's win condition can also affect the ratio; DDT decks, for example, usually run about 11 monsters, a large number of Normal Spells, and almost no (if any) traps.



When constructing a deck, individual card choices can be almost as important as the overall deck structure. As an example, observe the Hero Barrier card above. Many beginner Elemental Hero decks use this card, but it is, in actuality, a very bad card. The following cards serve a purpose that is exactly like that of Hero Barrier, except better:

* Mirror Force
* Negate Attack
* Threatening Roar
* Waboku
* Sakuretsu Armor
* Dimensional Prison
* Magic Cylinder
* Draining Shield

Generally, there is no reason that Hero Barrier should be used, since any one of these cards can do the exact same thing except with an added bonus and no restriction.

Of course, even within the cards that are superior to Hero Barrier, some are better than others. Mirror Force and Dimensional Prison are both superior to Sakuretsu Armor, and Mirror Force is also superior to Negate Attack, Threatening Roar, and Waboku. Since Magic Cylinder and Draining Shield do not provide any advantage and can only negate one attack, they are often considered inferior to the other cards that serve similar purposes (outside of a Burn or Life Point Increase deck, respectively).

This is just one example of how card choices can weaken or strengthen a deck, depending on whether they are done properly.



Situational cards can only be used under specific circumstances. For example, Amplifier can only be used while Jinzo is on the field. Situational cards are generally considered weak, as unless specific conditions are fulfilled, they are completely useless dead draws.



Nomi monsters contain the text "This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except..." with a summoning condition described on the card.

A Nomi's usefulness depends on the balance between how easy its summoning condition is to fulfill and how powerful its effect is. For example, Dark Armed Dragon is easy to summon and has an extremely powerful effect, so it is considered a good Nomi, worth running in a compatible deck. Perfectly Ultimate Great Moth, on the other hand, is extremely difficult to summon and is nothing more than a beatstick once it hits the field; it has no useful effect at all. This makes it not worth running in most cases.



Normal Monsters, sometimes called Vanilla due to their yellow background color and bland lack of effect, are sometimes added to decks due to their ATK points and possibly their names; however, these can often hurt the deck goal. For example, Gladiator Beast Andal has good ATK and has "Gladiator Beast" in its name, but it lacks a Special Summoning effect common to the other Gladiator Beasts, which means that it doesn't support the deck goal.

Of course, there are some situations in which Vanilla monsters make sense. Elemental Hero Fusion-based decks usually use Elemental Hero Sparkman and Elemental Hero Clayman, since they are needed as Fusion Material. Similarly, some Spellcaster decks have a focus on Dark Magician due to the large amount of support available, ease in summoning, and high ATK.

Vanilla monsters are fine, but only as long as they make the deck stronger.



Polymerization is widely considered one of the worst of all cards that can perform a Fusion Summon, as it costs at least three cards to summon one monster, a net loss of at least two cards of advantage, and provides no extra effects.

Some Fusion cards, such as Vehicroid Connection Zone, come with an added benefit, while others, such as Miracle Fusion, can use Fusion Material Monsters that are already in the graveyard, and therefore do not result in a loss of advantage. When possible, these alternate Fusion cards are preferable to Polymerization; however, some Fusion Monsters, such as Dark Paladin, cannot benefit from any of them, and so Polymerization must be used.



If you are using Ritual Monsters, the regular Ritual Spells are not very good; Advanced Ritual Art is the best way to summon them, as this does not cost as much advantage as regular Ritual Spells.

Since Ritual Monsters and Ritual Spells are useless if one does not have the other, it is important that you be able to search them out to make them more usable. Therefore, most decks that run Ritual Monsters will include Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands for its search effect.

Obviously, to use Advanced Ritual Art, Vanilla monsters are also necessary; this is one of the cases where their use is acceptable.



Staples are highly splashable cards that will make most decks stronger when included. Heavy Storm, Mystical Space Typhoon, and Mirror Force are the most splashable of these; however, many others, though not quite as universal, can benefit decks just as much.

Many staples are Limtied and Semi-Limited cards on the banlist; however, not all Limited and Semi-Limited cards are so splashable. For example, Night Assailant was Limited because two copies of it could be used in an infinite loop.



In Traditional Format, all of these rules are even more important. Since decks are incredibly fast and powerful, a good balance with strong cards and many staples in a 40-card deck.


Summary: Decks should be 40 cards, have a win condition, and be focused on some sort of theme or strategy. Good cards and staples should be included, while Normal Monsters should very rarely be used. Situational cards that require specific circumstances or specific other cards to be used should be omitted. In Traditional format, all of these rules become even more important.

This probably needs updating but that will occur over time.]]> http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=6 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:48:48 +0100 http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=6
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That means no spamming especially in here >_>]]> http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=5 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:43:38 +0100 http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=5
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If you are serious about becoming a Moderator of this forum, PM me with answers to the following questions.

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2. Why do you think you should be appointed as a Moderator?

3. How much time do you spend on the forums regularly?

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Cards
Allure - Allure of Darkness
ARA - Advanced Ritual Art
BEUD - Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
BEWD - Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Bolt - Quillbolt Hedgehog
BOOTE - By Order of the Emperor
Breaker - Breaker the Magical Warrior
Brain - Brain Control
Bribe - Dark Bribe
CCV - Crush Card Virus
CED - Compulsory Evacuation Device or Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, depending on the context.
CoSR - Card of Safe Return
CTD - Cyber Twin Dragon
Cydra - Cyber Dragon
D Fissure- Dimensional Fissure
DAD- Dark Armed Dragon
DDR- Different Dimension Reincarnation
D-Draw - Destiny Draw
Deko - Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive
D-Fusion - Dimension Fusion
Disk - Destiny Hero - Disk Commander
DMG - Dark Magician Girl
DMK - Dragon Master Knight
DMoC- Dark Magician of Chaos
D Prison - Dimensional Prison
Dup - Machine Duplication
DDV - Deck Devastation Virus
DWD - Dark World Dealings
E-Con - Enemy Controller
EEV - Eradicator Epidemic Virus
EoA - Embodiment of Apophis
EotA - Emissary of the Afterlife
FHD - Five-Headed Dragon
GoO - Guardian of Order
Goyo - Goyo Guardian
IRS - Inferno Reckless Summon
JD - Judgment Dragon
LIM - Light Imprisoning Mirror
LJM - Legendary Jujitsu Master
LV - Lightning Vortex
Macro - Macro Cosmos
MalCat/MC - Malevolent Catastrophe
Mallon/Marsh/Marshy - Marshmallon
Mark/MotR - Mark of the Rose
MoD/Manticore/Manti/Manty - Manticore of Darkness
MoF - Magician of Faith
MR/Reborn - Monster Reborn
MST- Mystical Space Typhoon
Pachy- Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
PMD- Prime Material Dragon
PoA - Pot of Avarice
PoC - Phantom of Chaos
Poly - Polymerization
PSZ - Plaguespreader Zombie
PWWB - Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
Prem/Premy - Premature Burial
RDA - Red Dragon Archfiend
Reaper- Spirit Reaper
REDD - Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
REDRUM - Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
REZD - Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon
RftDD - Return from the Different Dimension
RoD - Ring of Destruction
RotA - Reinforcement of the Army
Sak/Saku - Sakuretsu Armor
SIM - Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
Solemn - Solemn Judgment
SoRL - Swords of Revealing Light
Storm/Heavy- Heavy Storm
Thesty - Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
Trooper - Card Trooper
TT/Torrential - Torrential Tribute
Valley - Cyber Valley
WMC - Wave-Motion Cannon

Playing Terms

Mill - Send Cards from top of deck to graveyard

Spin - Send a card from field to top of deck

Bounce - Send a card back to the hand

Break - Used when to declare the effect of Breaker the Magical Warrior

Scoop - Surrender

Hit - Attack

Sac - Sacrifice; to Tribute a monster.

Remove - Remove from play a card.

Drop - Play a card or in tournament speak used when a player wants to stop playing.

Theme - A theme is what the deck revolves around which allows all the cards to work in synergy. All decks need this.

GG - Means Good Game when the you have won, this term is only used online.

Game - When a player has the cards to win the game. They can declare "Game?" and if the opponent cannot counter that is the end of the duel.

Stack - When an opponent cheat shuffles by making certain cards he wants end up on the top of his deck. This can be easily avoided by cutting the opponents deck
Suggestions welcomed

Topdeck - Topdecking is playing with no cards in hand, relying only on the card drawn that turn. 'A topdeck' is the card drawn on that turn.

Macro - A deck which uses D.D. Survivor and Scout Plane to provide tributes. Commonly used with Monarchs

Thump - Commonly used with the effect of HyperHammer Head

Trample/ Pierce- When a card does damage when it attacks a defense position monster

PC - Perfect Circle deck which uses the graveyard and destiny heros to provide tributes and control

PCM - Perfect Circle Monarchs: a Monarch deck using 3 RAIZA THE STORM MONARCH and 3 PWWB alongside a D-Hero draw engine. with the limit of RAIZA to 1, PCM no longer exists.

FTK - Wiping out 8000 life point using a combo that can be used on your first turn i.e. not attacking or using any traps

OTK - When you can wipe out 8000 life points using attacking, can also involve burn if it includes a trap in the combo

r2/r3 - Used mainly online to specify which round the players are moving onto

Tech - Tech often refers to a card placed in a Main Deck or Side Deck for no other purpose than to examine how well it plays in a Deck or to combat a specific threat in the current Metagame.

LS - Lightsworns

GB - Gladiator Beasts

SS - Six Samurai

DD - used most of the time with 'Turbo', Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude]]>
Cards
Allure - Allure of Darkness
ARA - Advanced Ritual Art
BEUD - Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon
BEWD - Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Bolt - Quillbolt Hedgehog
BOOTE - By Order of the Emperor
Breaker - Breaker the Magical Warrior
Brain - Brain Control
Bribe - Dark Bribe
CCV - Crush Card Virus
CED - Compulsory Evacuation Device or Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End, depending on the context.
CoSR - Card of Safe Return
CTD - Cyber Twin Dragon
Cydra - Cyber Dragon
D Fissure- Dimensional Fissure
DAD- Dark Armed Dragon
DDR- Different Dimension Reincarnation
D-Draw - Destiny Draw
Deko - Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive
D-Fusion - Dimension Fusion
Disk - Destiny Hero - Disk Commander
DMG - Dark Magician Girl
DMK - Dragon Master Knight
DMoC- Dark Magician of Chaos
D Prison - Dimensional Prison
Dup - Machine Duplication
DDV - Deck Devastation Virus
DWD - Dark World Dealings
E-Con - Enemy Controller
EEV - Eradicator Epidemic Virus
EoA - Embodiment of Apophis
EotA - Emissary of the Afterlife
FHD - Five-Headed Dragon
GoO - Guardian of Order
Goyo - Goyo Guardian
IRS - Inferno Reckless Summon
JD - Judgment Dragon
LIM - Light Imprisoning Mirror
LJM - Legendary Jujitsu Master
LV - Lightning Vortex
Macro - Macro Cosmos
MalCat/MC - Malevolent Catastrophe
Mallon/Marsh/Marshy - Marshmallon
Mark/MotR - Mark of the Rose
MoD/Manticore/Manti/Manty - Manticore of Darkness
MoF - Magician of Faith
MR/Reborn - Monster Reborn
MST- Mystical Space Typhoon
Pachy- Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
PMD- Prime Material Dragon
PoA - Pot of Avarice
PoC - Phantom of Chaos
Poly - Polymerization
PSZ - Plaguespreader Zombie
PWWB - Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
Prem/Premy - Premature Burial
RDA - Red Dragon Archfiend
Reaper- Spirit Reaper
REDD - Red-Eyes Darkness Dragon
REDRUM - Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
REZD - Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon
RftDD - Return from the Different Dimension
RoD - Ring of Destruction
RotA - Reinforcement of the Army
Sak/Saku - Sakuretsu Armor
SIM - Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
Solemn - Solemn Judgment
SoRL - Swords of Revealing Light
Storm/Heavy- Heavy Storm
Thesty - Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
Trooper - Card Trooper
TT/Torrential - Torrential Tribute
Valley - Cyber Valley
WMC - Wave-Motion Cannon

Playing Terms

Mill - Send Cards from top of deck to graveyard

Spin - Send a card from field to top of deck

Bounce - Send a card back to the hand

Break - Used when to declare the effect of Breaker the Magical Warrior

Scoop - Surrender

Hit - Attack

Sac - Sacrifice; to Tribute a monster.

Remove - Remove from play a card.

Drop - Play a card or in tournament speak used when a player wants to stop playing.

Theme - A theme is what the deck revolves around which allows all the cards to work in synergy. All decks need this.

GG - Means Good Game when the you have won, this term is only used online.

Game - When a player has the cards to win the game. They can declare "Game?" and if the opponent cannot counter that is the end of the duel.

Stack - When an opponent cheat shuffles by making certain cards he wants end up on the top of his deck. This can be easily avoided by cutting the opponents deck
Suggestions welcomed

Topdeck - Topdecking is playing with no cards in hand, relying only on the card drawn that turn. 'A topdeck' is the card drawn on that turn.

Macro - A deck which uses D.D. Survivor and Scout Plane to provide tributes. Commonly used with Monarchs

Thump - Commonly used with the effect of HyperHammer Head

Trample/ Pierce- When a card does damage when it attacks a defense position monster

PC - Perfect Circle deck which uses the graveyard and destiny heros to provide tributes and control

PCM - Perfect Circle Monarchs: a Monarch deck using 3 RAIZA THE STORM MONARCH and 3 PWWB alongside a D-Hero draw engine. with the limit of RAIZA to 1, PCM no longer exists.

FTK - Wiping out 8000 life point using a combo that can be used on your first turn i.e. not attacking or using any traps

OTK - When you can wipe out 8000 life points using attacking, can also involve burn if it includes a trap in the combo

r2/r3 - Used mainly online to specify which round the players are moving onto

Tech - Tech often refers to a card placed in a Main Deck or Side Deck for no other purpose than to examine how well it plays in a Deck or to combat a specific threat in the current Metagame.

LS - Lightsworns

GB - Gladiator Beasts

SS - Six Samurai

DD - used most of the time with 'Turbo', Destiny Hero - Diamond Dude]]> http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=3 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:14:23 +0100 http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=3 NOTE: DISCUSS THE CARDS THAT ARE BANNED/LIMITED/SEMI-LIMITED/UNLIMITED BY THE MOST RECENT LIST HERE AND HERE ONLY.

I. Forbidden Cards

BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER - ENVOY OF THE BEGINNING
BUTTERFLY DAGGER - ELMA
CARD OF SAFE RETURN
CHANGE OF HEART
CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON - ENVOY OF THE END
CONFISCATION
CRUSH CARD VIRUS
CYBER JAR
CYBER-STEIN
DARK HOLE
DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
DARK STRIKE FIGHTER
DELINQUENT DUO
DESTINY HERO - DISK COMMANDER
DIMENSION FUSION
EXCHANGE OF THE SPIRIT
FIBER JAR
GRACEFUL CHARITY
HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER
IMPERIAL ORDER
LAST TURN
LAST WILL
MAGICAL SCIENTIST
MAGICIAN OF FAITH
MAKYURA THE DESTRUCTOR
METAMORPHOSIS
MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE
MONSTER REBORN
PAINFUL CHOICE
POT OF GREED
PREMATURE BURIAL
RAIGEKI
RING OF DESTRUCTION
SINISTER SERPENT
SNATCH STEAL
THE FORCEFUL SENTRY
THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT
TIME SEAL
TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS
TSUKUYOMI
VICTORY DRAGON
WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST
YATA-GARASU

NEW! - Card of Safe Return, Crush Card Virus, Dark Strike Fighter, Monster Reborn

II. Limited Cards

ADVANCED RITUAL ART
BLACK ROSE DRAGON
BLACKWING - GALE THE WHIRLWIND
BRAIN CONTROL
BRIONAC, DRAGON OF THE ICE BOUNDARY
COLD WAVE
CALL OF THE HAUNTED
CARD DESTRUCTION
CARD TROOPER
CEASEFIRE
CYBER DRAGON
DANDYLION
DARK ARMED DRAGON
DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON
ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS
EMERGENCY TELEPORT
EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE
FUTURE FUSION
GIANT TRUNADE
GLADIATOR BEAST BESTIARI
GORZ THE EMISSARY OF DARKNESS
GOYO GUARDIAN
GRAVITY BIND
HEAVY STORM
LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEVEL LIMIT - AREA B
MAGIC CYLINDER
MARSHMALLON
MEGAMORPH
MEZUKI
MIND CONTROL
MIND MASTER
MIRROR FORCE
MORPHING JAR
MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON
NEO-SPACIAN GRAND MOLE
NIGHT ASSAILANT
ONE FOR ONE
OJAMA TRIO
OVERLOAD FUSION
PLAGUESPREADER ZOMBIE
REASONING
REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY
RESCUE CAT
RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION
RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
SANGAN
SCAPEGOAT
SMASHING GROUND
SOLEMN JUDGMENT
SNIPE HUNTER
SPIRIT REAPER
SUMMONER MONK
SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT
THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY
TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE
TRAP DUSTSHOOT
TREEBORN FROG
UNITED WE STAND
WALL OF REVEALING LIGHT

NEW! - Black Rose Dragon, Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind, Cold Wave, Call of the Haunted, Demise, King of Armageddon, Mind Control, Mind Master, One for One, Rescue Cat, Solemn Judgment, Summoner Monk

III. Semi-Limited Cards
You can ONLY use two of the following cards in the Deck, Extra Deck & Side Deck combined.

ALLURE OF DARKNESS
BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE
CHAIN STRIKE
CHAOS SORCERER
DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS
DULAUREN, TIGER KING OF THE ICE BOUNDARY
GOBLIN ZOMBIE
GOLD SARCOPHAGUS
FOOLISH BURIAL
JUDGMENT DRAGON
LONEFIRE BLOSSOM
MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION
MASK OF DARKNESS
MEZUKI
MIND CRUSH
NECROFACE
ULTIMATE OFFERING

NEW! - Bottomless Trap Hole, Chaos Sorcerer, DuLauren, Tiger King of the Ice Boundary, Lonefire Blossom, Mezuki

NEW! - The following cards are no longer Limited: Breaker the Magical Warrior, D.D Warrior Lady, Destiny Draw, Fissure, Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, Raiza the Storm Monarch]]> NOTE: DISCUSS THE CARDS THAT ARE BANNED/LIMITED/SEMI-LIMITED/UNLIMITED BY THE MOST RECENT LIST HERE AND HERE ONLY.

I. Forbidden Cards

BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER - ENVOY OF THE BEGINNING
BUTTERFLY DAGGER - ELMA
CARD OF SAFE RETURN
CHANGE OF HEART
CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON - ENVOY OF THE END
CONFISCATION
CRUSH CARD VIRUS
CYBER JAR
CYBER-STEIN
DARK HOLE
DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
DARK STRIKE FIGHTER
DELINQUENT DUO
DESTINY HERO - DISK COMMANDER
DIMENSION FUSION
EXCHANGE OF THE SPIRIT
FIBER JAR
GRACEFUL CHARITY
HARPIE'S FEATHER DUSTER
IMPERIAL ORDER
LAST TURN
LAST WILL
MAGICAL SCIENTIST
MAGICIAN OF FAITH
MAKYURA THE DESTRUCTOR
METAMORPHOSIS
MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE
MONSTER REBORN
PAINFUL CHOICE
POT OF GREED
PREMATURE BURIAL
RAIGEKI
RING OF DESTRUCTION
SINISTER SERPENT
SNATCH STEAL
THE FORCEFUL SENTRY
THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT
TIME SEAL
TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS
TSUKUYOMI
VICTORY DRAGON
WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST
YATA-GARASU

NEW! - Card of Safe Return, Crush Card Virus, Dark Strike Fighter, Monster Reborn

II. Limited Cards

ADVANCED RITUAL ART
BLACK ROSE DRAGON
BLACKWING - GALE THE WHIRLWIND
BRAIN CONTROL
BRIONAC, DRAGON OF THE ICE BOUNDARY
COLD WAVE
CALL OF THE HAUNTED
CARD DESTRUCTION
CARD TROOPER
CEASEFIRE
CYBER DRAGON
DANDYLION
DARK ARMED DRAGON
DEMISE, KING OF ARMAGEDDON
ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS
EMERGENCY TELEPORT
EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE
FUTURE FUSION
GIANT TRUNADE
GLADIATOR BEAST BESTIARI
GORZ THE EMISSARY OF DARKNESS
GOYO GUARDIAN
GRAVITY BIND
HEAVY STORM
LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEVEL LIMIT - AREA B
MAGIC CYLINDER
MARSHMALLON
MEGAMORPH
MEZUKI
MIND CONTROL
MIND MASTER
MIRROR FORCE
MORPHING JAR
MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON
NEO-SPACIAN GRAND MOLE
NIGHT ASSAILANT
ONE FOR ONE
OJAMA TRIO
OVERLOAD FUSION
PLAGUESPREADER ZOMBIE
REASONING
REINFORCEMENT OF THE ARMY
RESCUE CAT
RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION
RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
SANGAN
SCAPEGOAT
SMASHING GROUND
SOLEMN JUDGMENT
SNIPE HUNTER
SPIRIT REAPER
SUMMONER MONK
SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT
THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY
TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE
TRAP DUSTSHOOT
TREEBORN FROG
UNITED WE STAND
WALL OF REVEALING LIGHT

NEW! - Black Rose Dragon, Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind, Cold Wave, Call of the Haunted, Demise, King of Armageddon, Mind Control, Mind Master, One for One, Rescue Cat, Solemn Judgment, Summoner Monk

III. Semi-Limited Cards
You can ONLY use two of the following cards in the Deck, Extra Deck & Side Deck combined.

ALLURE OF DARKNESS
BOTTOMLESS TRAP HOLE
CHAIN STRIKE
CHAOS SORCERER
DESTINY HERO - MALICIOUS
DULAUREN, TIGER KING OF THE ICE BOUNDARY
GOBLIN ZOMBIE
GOLD SARCOPHAGUS
FOOLISH BURIAL
JUDGMENT DRAGON
LONEFIRE BLOSSOM
MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION
MASK OF DARKNESS
MEZUKI
MIND CRUSH
NECROFACE
ULTIMATE OFFERING

NEW! - Bottomless Trap Hole, Chaos Sorcerer, DuLauren, Tiger King of the Ice Boundary, Lonefire Blossom, Mezuki

NEW! - The following cards are no longer Limited: Breaker the Magical Warrior, D.D Warrior Lady, Destiny Draw, Fissure, Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest, Raiza the Storm Monarch]]> http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=2 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:11:48 +0100 http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=2
Throughout this topic, I'll be using the following imaginary deck list as a sample deck list:

Bubble Crash, 3 Larvae Moth, 2 Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, Swords of Revealing Light, 3 Magical Hats

Obviously, this deck is far too small to be legal; it is just an example.


1. Line Breaks

When posting your deck, don't post everything in one line; put each card on a different line. For example:

1 Bubble Crash
3 Larvae Moth
2 Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
1 Swords of Revealing Light
3 Magical Hats

This makes the deck much easier to read. However, don't put blank lines between each card; they should be together, but on separate lines.

2. Organization

When posting your deck list, divide it up into Monsters, Spell, and Traps.

Example:

Monsters

2 Thestalos the Firsestorm Monarch
3 Larvae Moth

Spells

1 Bubble Crash
1 Swords of Revealing Light

Traps

3 Magical Hats

Doing this makes your deck much, much easier to read. If you wish, you may also divide your monsters into Tribute Monsters and Non-Tribute Monsters, but this is optional. You don't need to use underlines for the section titles; I personally prefer bold, for example.

3. Topic Titles

It is best for your topic title and deck title to be descriptive of the deck's function. For example, an Immortal Bushi deck could be called "Bushi Deck" or "Gadget Warrior" or something. Decks titled "My Deck" are generally looked down on, especially after a recent series of Generic Beatdown decks of that title.

4. Legality

Decks posted here must be legal under the current Advanced Format banlist, which can be found in the other sticky on this board. If your deck contains any banned cards, such as Yata-Garasu, or too many copies of Limited or Semi-Limited cards, such as 3 Overload Fusion, it cannot be posted here.

If the only thing that prevents your deck from being legal is that it contains a single copy of a banned card, or one copy each of multiple banned cards, then it is legal in Traditional Format and may be posted in the appropriate sub-forum.

If your deck contains 2 or 3 copies of a banned or limited card, or if it contains 3 copies of semi-limited card, then it is illegal in all formats and cannot be posted anywhere.

The only main exception to this rule is that you may post a deck that follows the September 2007 format instead of the March 2008 format for the purposes of use on Game King Online, which has not been updated with the new banlist yet. If this is the case, you must say so within the topic.

A few player-created banlists exist, most notably the Atem Penultimate Banlist. You may post decks that use these, but if you do so, you must state that you are using such a banlist, and should post the banlist within spoiler tags for the benefit of those who are not familiar with it.

5. Flaming

Yes, this is one of the general site rules, but because of recent disputes over what constitutes flaming, I feel that it should be defined here in more detail.

"Flaming" is a direct insult to a person. Example: "You are an idiot".

Speaking ill of a person's deck is not considered flaming. For example, "this deck sucks" is perfectly acceptable.

Speaking ill of a person's recommendations is also not considered flaming. For example, "your suggestions suck" is perfectly acceptable.

Speaking ill of a person's playing ability is generally not considered flaming. For example, "you suck at this game" or "learn to play" are perfectly acceptable. However, this can become flaming if done improperly; for example, "only an idiot could be this bad at this game" would be considered flaming. People must be more specific when posting that a deck is bad. However it is the person's who is upset with the comments responsibility to report the offending post and not the moderators to find the post by randomly searching through posts.

6. Deckbuilding

Before you post your deck, read the Basic Deck Building Guide FAQ - Illustrated Edition.

7. The Xander Clause

If your deck contains obscure or unreleased OCG-only cards, your post should also contain either a link to a description of those cards or a copy-paste of the effects of those cards.

8. The Jack Witt Clause

All deck topics are treated as rate and fix topics. This means that when you post your deck, you will receive comments and evaluations of the deck's quality from other members and suggestions as to how to improve it. If you cannot deal with this, then do not post your deck. If you post your deck and then show that you cannot or will not accept constructive criticism, you will not only appear childish but also run the risk of having your topics closed.


9. Deck Size

Under new rules all decks must be under 50 cards in size. This is to help with people fixing your deck. Any decks over 50 cards will be locked with no warning. People cannot be expected to fix decks which are 80 cards in size.]]>
Throughout this topic, I'll be using the following imaginary deck list as a sample deck list:

Bubble Crash, 3 Larvae Moth, 2 Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch, Swords of Revealing Light, 3 Magical Hats

Obviously, this deck is far too small to be legal; it is just an example.


1. Line Breaks

When posting your deck, don't post everything in one line; put each card on a different line. For example:

1 Bubble Crash
3 Larvae Moth
2 Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
1 Swords of Revealing Light
3 Magical Hats

This makes the deck much easier to read. However, don't put blank lines between each card; they should be together, but on separate lines.

2. Organization

When posting your deck list, divide it up into Monsters, Spell, and Traps.

Example:

Monsters

2 Thestalos the Firsestorm Monarch
3 Larvae Moth

Spells

1 Bubble Crash
1 Swords of Revealing Light

Traps

3 Magical Hats

Doing this makes your deck much, much easier to read. If you wish, you may also divide your monsters into Tribute Monsters and Non-Tribute Monsters, but this is optional. You don't need to use underlines for the section titles; I personally prefer bold, for example.

3. Topic Titles

It is best for your topic title and deck title to be descriptive of the deck's function. For example, an Immortal Bushi deck could be called "Bushi Deck" or "Gadget Warrior" or something. Decks titled "My Deck" are generally looked down on, especially after a recent series of Generic Beatdown decks of that title.

4. Legality

Decks posted here must be legal under the current Advanced Format banlist, which can be found in the other sticky on this board. If your deck contains any banned cards, such as Yata-Garasu, or too many copies of Limited or Semi-Limited cards, such as 3 Overload Fusion, it cannot be posted here.

If the only thing that prevents your deck from being legal is that it contains a single copy of a banned card, or one copy each of multiple banned cards, then it is legal in Traditional Format and may be posted in the appropriate sub-forum.

If your deck contains 2 or 3 copies of a banned or limited card, or if it contains 3 copies of semi-limited card, then it is illegal in all formats and cannot be posted anywhere.

The only main exception to this rule is that you may post a deck that follows the September 2007 format instead of the March 2008 format for the purposes of use on Game King Online, which has not been updated with the new banlist yet. If this is the case, you must say so within the topic.

A few player-created banlists exist, most notably the Atem Penultimate Banlist. You may post decks that use these, but if you do so, you must state that you are using such a banlist, and should post the banlist within spoiler tags for the benefit of those who are not familiar with it.

5. Flaming

Yes, this is one of the general site rules, but because of recent disputes over what constitutes flaming, I feel that it should be defined here in more detail.

"Flaming" is a direct insult to a person. Example: "You are an idiot".

Speaking ill of a person's deck is not considered flaming. For example, "this deck sucks" is perfectly acceptable.

Speaking ill of a person's recommendations is also not considered flaming. For example, "your suggestions suck" is perfectly acceptable.

Speaking ill of a person's playing ability is generally not considered flaming. For example, "you suck at this game" or "learn to play" are perfectly acceptable. However, this can become flaming if done improperly; for example, "only an idiot could be this bad at this game" would be considered flaming. People must be more specific when posting that a deck is bad. However it is the person's who is upset with the comments responsibility to report the offending post and not the moderators to find the post by randomly searching through posts.

6. Deckbuilding

Before you post your deck, read the Basic Deck Building Guide FAQ - Illustrated Edition.

7. The Xander Clause

If your deck contains obscure or unreleased OCG-only cards, your post should also contain either a link to a description of those cards or a copy-paste of the effects of those cards.

8. The Jack Witt Clause

All deck topics are treated as rate and fix topics. This means that when you post your deck, you will receive comments and evaluations of the deck's quality from other members and suggestions as to how to improve it. If you cannot deal with this, then do not post your deck. If you post your deck and then show that you cannot or will not accept constructive criticism, you will not only appear childish but also run the risk of having your topics closed.


9. Deck Size

Under new rules all decks must be under 50 cards in size. This is to help with people fixing your deck. Any decks over 50 cards will be locked with no warning. People cannot be expected to fix decks which are 80 cards in size.]]> http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=1 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:32:53 +0100 http://www.dogmaxpress.mybbnew.com/showthread.php?tid=1 I. Thou shalt not swear excessively in thy posts.

II. Thou shalt not post porn.

III. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. Thou shalt not suggest thyself for Modship. As your god administrator I will see to it that each section will be appointed a divine Moderator.(Job requirements do not include: dying for other user's sins, walking on water, or turning water into cold Coor's Light.)

IV. Thou shalt not flame excessively.

V. Thou shalt not spam.

VI. Thou shalt not Rep Spam.

VII. Thou shalt not diverge another user's private information.

VIII. Thou shalt not advertise.

IX. Thou shalt not post attention whoring threads.

X. Thou shalt not create alternate accounts.

Whilst thou follow thine divine commandments and stop talking like this?

Sure. Go ahead.

These are just general rules for the whole forum.

Specific rules will be posted elsewhere as announcements and such.]]> I. Thou shalt not swear excessively in thy posts.

II. Thou shalt not post porn.

III. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife. Thou shalt not suggest thyself for Modship. As your god administrator I will see to it that each section will be appointed a divine Moderator.(Job requirements do not include: dying for other user's sins, walking on water, or turning water into cold Coor's Light.)

IV. Thou shalt not flame excessively.

V. Thou shalt not spam.

VI. Thou shalt not Rep Spam.

VII. Thou shalt not diverge another user's private information.

VIII. Thou shalt not advertise.

IX. Thou shalt not post attention whoring threads.

X. Thou shalt not create alternate accounts.

Whilst thou follow thine divine commandments and stop talking like this?

Sure. Go ahead.

These are just general rules for the whole forum.

Specific rules will be posted elsewhere as announcements and such.]]>