March 2013 Ban List Speculation

Hey, guys! As usual, I will do ban list speculation as well. This time I feel that not much cards will be hit by the ban list but certain decks such as Wind-Up, Mermail Atlantean, HERO, Prophecy Spellbook and etc may be hit by this ban list. Below is my prediction list:

Ban List:
Monster Reborn

Limited/Restricted List:
Dark Magician of Chaos
Goyou Guardian
Deep Sea Diva
Wind-Up Magician
Divine Judgment of the Spellbook
Wind-Up Factory

Semi-limited/Semi-restricted List:
Formula Synchron
Mezuki
Fire Formation - Tenki
Dragged Down into the Grave
Miracle Fusion

Unlimited List:
Reborn Tengu

For the banhammer, I think only 1 card is deserve to be ban and that is Monster Reborn. This card is too strong and it can be say as the most important card to turn the table. Thus Konami may drop this card to the ban list again.

With the ban of Monster Reborn, I don't think Konami will reopen Premature Burial because the loop of Dewloren to recycle it is still valid. I do think that the another member of Chaos which is Dark Magician of Chaos will be released from the ban list and become limited again. Apart from that, I would like to see Goyou Guardian back to the stage of synchro again. Blackwing player certainly want Goyou Guardian in their extra deck again.

In order to hit Mermail Atlantean, I think Konami will not hit the Atlantean engine but they may limit the copies of Deep Sea Diva in the deck so that the speed of the deck will slowing down. Deep Sea Diva is act as one of the key for Xyz or synchro easily. If you are aware of it, most of the time Diva will SS Heavy Infantry so that they have extra normal summon and then fill-up the graveyard so that Moulinglacia can be SS from hand. It is a card that enable Mermail Atlantean to have variety of play style and combo.

Wind-Up is still tier 1 especially in TCG environment(OCG Wind-Up players is dropping due to Constellar and Evilswarm can overcome them easily), it is necessary to limit Wind-Up Magician and Wind-Up Factory so that their speed will slow down. With Wind-Up Factory, they can gain a lot of hand and proceed with OTK when necessary. Combo of Shark with Magician is too strong and they only need 2 hand to generate the combo. Their OTK combo is far more easy compare with the other deck such as Inzektor, Mermail Atlantean, Hieratic and etc. As a result, they should be limit.

This time I do include a not yet released card in the speculation list. Divine Judgment of the Spellbook is a spell card that enable Prophecy player too have up to 6 hands every turn and it does not limit on adding itself to hand during the End phase. The most important part of it is as long as EITHER player successfully activate any spell card during this turn then they can add Spellbook from deck up to the number of spell card activated within the turn.

By playing Spellbook of the Master and mimic the effect of Divine Judgment of the Spellbook, Prophecy player can SS up to 3 monsters on the field during the End Phase(NS Fool of Prophecy then release Fool to SS Reaper of Prophecy, Reaper of Prophecy SS random lv5 or above Dark Spellcaster from deck, resolve Divine Judgment effect and SS Justice of Prophecy and banish to add High Priestess of Prophecy and any Spellbook. Then resolve Spellbook of Master effect and in the end you can have 3 monsters on the field). I bet Konami won't limit this card as if they do it then they have create new record for limiting a card before it was officially released.

Besides that, I wish to see Formula Synchron goes to 2 as synchro deck is hardly to be seen nowadays. Without the appearance of ultimate monster, Trishula on the stage, Formula Synchron may not effective enough compare with synchro era. Mezuki may be back to 2 as well as it can helps to gain back the speed of Undead deck. Undead deck is a nice deck that capable to do Xyz and synchro easily. However, they most afraid of DD deck and the biggest problem is Mezuki at 1 while Plaguaspreader Zombie at 1. As a result, we hardly to seen it on the stage.

Fire Fist is started gaining popular in OCG and it has rise till tier 1.5 as its build is simple and consider cheap(without playing expensive promo cards). Fire Fist gained advantage by having Fire Formation on the field and not easily to out of monster due to they have 3 copies of pseudo-ROTA. Fire Formation - Tenki is a pseudo-ROTA for beast-warrior and boost the ATK of beast-warrior. Although we can only activate it ONCE per turn, but it is a re-usable ROTA by combo-ing it with Mist Valley Falcon or Blackwing -Zephyros the Elite. You can found this build in YGO OCG News.

I think most of us have seen the powerful combo of Dragged Down into the Grave with Mind Crush. Although Dark World still in tier 1.5 but I believe Konami will create an environment whereby their army can be rise to tier 1. I can see the days where they are coming and most probably will be after this March. Although HERO players is dropping down due to incoming of Evilswarm, I still can see that it is powerful enough as Miracle Fusion will always do the job. With 3 Miracle Fusion straight in a row and have enough of monster, they can almost guarantee a win and it almost costless compare with Super Polymerisation.

Reborn Tengu is less appearing in major deck due to Xyz are more flexible and Tengu cannot trigger its effect if it was used as Xyz material. Compare with Tour Guide of Underworld, it is a bit difficult to play as you may hold 3 Tengu at a time while TGU allow you to SS another copies of itself even you have 2 copies of it in your hand. Thus I personally feel that Tengu may be back to 3 after this.

Before I ended up my post, I predict that the new tier 1 will be Spellbooks Prophecy, Fire Fist, Evilswarm, Constellar, Harpie Lady and Phantom Beast Plane. For those whose still thinking of what is the reason of reprint Naturia Beast as common, Konami hope us use it to against Spellbook Prophecy, Dark World, Harpie Lady and FTK deck. After effective of March 2013 ban list, I believe the whole environment will change back to backrow-oriented environment.

FYI, the real March 2013 ban list will be revealed within the period of next month 15th to 20th. Thus if there is any leaking ban list before these date then most probably it is a fake list. Okay, that's all I wanna share with you guys. Thanks for your time and wish you guys have a nice day. Please stay tuned for my next post.

4 important aspect that you should not miss out for each game

Hey, guys! At 1st I would like to wish you guys happy new year. I pretty sure lot of us have experienced the difficulty in choosing to play which card during the critical period. Hereby, I share with you guys regarding how do I make my decision to play what card during critical period.

Before you drop your play to the field, you must always consider important aspects no matter when and where. I categories them into 4 important aspects which is field with banish zone, graveyard, hand and deck. The field that I mentioned here included monster zone, field spell zone and spell/trap zone.

1st, frequently check field with banish zone as well. Card on the field is essential to everyone as it will determine the final answer of the game. If you unable to overcome the field card advantage, then most likely you will lose the game. Banish zone is also essential as they can be your final weapon to turn the table. Thus please be aware of the importance of banish zone too.

Currently, we hardly to found powerful banish zone-oriented cards as most of them have been banned or restricted. For example, Dark Magician of Chaos, Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier, Dimension Fusion, Return from Different Dimension, Envoy of the Beginning - Black Luster Soldier and etc. I believe soon Konami will release more card effect that can activate at banish zone.

When we refer to the field card advantage, we not just count it based on the number of card on the field but also count on the capability of the card on the field. Example, you have 4 monsters on the field(none of them can negate nor unaffected by monster effect) but opponent only have a set monster. You definitely think that you will win if all your monster able to attack directly after clear the set monster. However, if the set monster is Morphing Jar 2 then I bet you will be trolled by it.

Let me explain in another situation. You have 3 monster on field(all monster ATK more than 1500) and opponent have a set spell/trap and he left with 3000LP. He have a hand left while you have 2 monsters on the hand. At this moment, you summon a monster and opponent chain it with a Torrential Tribute. This scenario frequently happen and still happening most of the time. The correct decision is you should end the game by declaring attack with 3 of the monsters on the field. If anything bad happen to those monsters then you still have other monster to back you up.

2nd, frequently check out card(s) in the graveyard. Graveyard is an important aspect that we must not forget as they will provide sufficient of information regarding deck type, hand trap, key card, field trap and countermeasure. By checking graveyard, we can foresee what may happen during this turn, upcoming turn(s) or next game. With graveyard information, we can conclude or assume that what card did we had or hadn't play through the game.

I knew most of you guys already realize the important of graveyard as nowadays meta decks are graveyard-oriented. Thus without wasting too much of time, I will skip the part of how to use the graveyard information that you gathered. However, please bear in mind that the more cards is in the graveyard, the more card information will be exposed, thus more countermeasure can be make based on those information.

3rd, always check hand size. Most of the time, hand size helps in determine to play defensively or aggressively. If both players having equal number of hand, you may go for defensive play. If you have larger hand size then you may go for aggressive play. If you have lesser hand size then you must play your cards with the smartest way. However, this strategy may varies based on your deck type and personal play style.

Example, your opponent have 3 set spell/trap and no monster while you have a Gemini Spark and Elemental Hero - Another Neos on hand. Some of the players would just normal summon Another Neos and directly activate Gemini Spark once Another Neos successfully landed on field. The correct move should be normal summon Another Neos and enter Battle Phase. If there is card chain to your Another Neos's attack then only chain with Gemini Spark and target other opponent's set card. With such move, you can +1 while your opponent -2.

2nd example, you have 3 hands(Debris Dragon, One for One and Foolish Burial) while your opponent have 3 hands(assume that no hand trap). His field have 1 set monster on the field while you have 1 Reborn Tengu on field (another Tengu is in the deck). Your graveyard have 1 Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite, 1 Spore and 1 Effect Veiler. Your extra deck have 1 Scrap Dragon, 1 Formula Synchron, 1 Shooting Star Dragon, 1 Shooting Quasar Dragon, 1 T.G. Librarian, 1 AOJ Catastor, 1 Black Rose Dragon, 1 Gaia the Fierce Knight, 1 Mist Wurm and 1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn.

Shooting Quasar Dragon

Some of the player will go for Foolish Burial and send Dandylion to graveyard. Normal summon Debris Dragon and SS Effect Veiler with Debris effect then go for synchro summon Formula Synchron using Veiler plus token. After that, return Tengu to hand with Zephyros effect and SS 2nd copies of Tengu(if you are lucky as you don't draw 2nd copies Tengu when activate Formula Synchron's effect). Xyz summon Maestroke using Tengu and Debris Dragon. Activate One for One with Tengu as the cost and SS Spore from deck. Then synchro summon Librarian using Zephyros with Spore and SS Spore from graveyard by banishing Dandylion. Synchro summon Catastor using Spore and token and synchro summon for Shooting Quasar Dragon. In the end, you have 2 hands, 1 Shooting Quasar Dragon and 1 Maestroke on the field.

The correct sequences should be SS Zephyros from graveyard and return a Tengu to hand. SS 2nd copies Tengu from the deck and activate One for One with Tengu as the cost. SS Spore from deck and synchro summon Librarian by using Zephyros and Spore. After that, activate Foolish Burial and send Dandylion to graveyard. SS Spore from graveyard by banishing Dandylion and synchro summon Catastor using Spore and token. Then normal summon Debris and SS Spore with Debris effect. Synchro summon Formula Synchron with Spore plus token. At this time, you have 3 hands and still can Xyz summon Maestroke and synchro summon Shooting Quasar Dragon.

OR activate Foolish Burial and send Dandylion to graveyard. Normal summon Debris Dragon and SS Effect Veiler with Debris effect then go for synchro summon Librarian using Veiler with Tengu and 2nd copies Tengu will be SS from deck. After that, activate Zephyros effect and return Tengu to hand. Xyz summon Meastroke using Debris and Zephyros and activate One for One by using Tengu as the cost. SS Spore from the deck and synchro summon Formula Synchron then SS Spore by banishing Dandylion. Synchro summon for Catastor using Spore with token and lastly synchro summon Shooting Quasar Dragon. In the end, you have 3 hands, 1 Maestroke with 1 Shooting Quasar Dragon on the field.

4th, always ask yourself what card left that you have in your deck and what is the possible cards that may included in your opponent's deck. Besides that, you can ask opponent for the number of cards left in a deck and its total. The number of cards in a deck and its total must be reveal whenever a player ask about it. Apart from that, almost every deck will play same copies of staple in their deck thus we can guess what card that they most likely to have now/soon.

Example, your opponent is playing Lightsworn and he left with 2 cards to draw. At this time, you knew he already mill 2 of his Judgment Dragon and all his Monster Reincarnation. You have a set COTH and hand remains 4(1 Effect Veiler, 1 Gorz, 1 Debris Dragon and 1 MST) while opponent have 3 hands, 3 Lightsworn monster, 2 set card(Solemn Warning, Torrential Tribute). Your graveyard have 1 Dandylion, 1 Spore, 1 Lonefire Blossom and other random while opponent already have all the material for summoning Judgment Dragon and he have 2 Necro Gardna in graveyard as well. Your LP left with 4000 while opponent have 6000.

What is the best method you can avoid yourself from being killed next turn while letting opponent lose due to unable to draw card anymore? 1st, MST any of the target. If you have destroy Warning then just proceed to SS Dandylion via COTH and SS Spore from graveyard by banished Lonefire Blossom. Then go for synchro summon of BRD if nothing chain to the SS of both monster and activate the effect of BRD  to destroy the whole field. After that, you may consider to normal summon Debris Dragon and further proceed or just simply end the turn.

Let say your MST hit on Torrential Tribute then you should activate COTH to SS Dandylion and SS Spore from graveyard. Then synchro summon BRD as well and activate BRD effect to destroy all card. If he Warning your BRD then you can choose to normal summon Debris Dragon or just end the turn because you have Gorz on hand. By next turn, if he want to kill you by SS Judgment Dragon then you just defend with your Gorz and during his end phase, his JD need to mill 4 cards to graveyard. If he unable to mill cards anymore, then he will lose the game.

Last but not least, always combine 4 aspects information that I have covered here and make the best analysis based on time. Other than that, frequently review your strategy for each game and make a conclusion for your game so that you can understand what mistakes that you had did and avoid from repeating the same mistake again. Based on those analysis, you may have backup plan whenever you failed to create a big/successful play and know how to side your deck in a better way.

Okay, sorry for posting such a lengthy article. That's all I want to share with you guys. Thanks for your precious time and wish you guys have a nice day. Please stay tuned for my next post.

Great News for most OCG players

Hey, guys! The upcoming Gold Series(GS2013) definitely is one of the most valuable set that must list into to buy list. It is packed with almost all kind of useful cards such as Effect Veiler, Naturia Beast, Black Rose Dragon, Lavalval Chain, Forbidden Chalice, Macro Cosmo, Mind Control and etc. As a result, I have decide to buy 3 boxes of GS2013 so that the chances to hit a NR may be a bit higher.

As I have mentioned in my previous posts, Heraldic Beast deck is one of my major target to be build and currently I still seeking for a stable build. So far the build is still unstable because I found it hard to against most of the big ATK monster. If I play pure Heraldic Beast build then it will be more slow. Anyway, I will modify it till I feel it is pretty solid then only share the deck build with you guys.

Evilswarm started began popular in Malaysia now due to this deck can beat down most of the Meta deck in Game 1 and it is quite a cheap deck. Therefore, a lot of player choose to play it during the Yu-Gi-Oh! Malaysia Open Tournament 2012. Apart from that, quite a number of players playing Fire Fist during the tournament and 3 Fire Fist succeed to enter the final of the tournament.

This proves that not many of the players aware of Fire Fist and the 1st runner-up is playing the Fire Fist build without any side and promos. Therefore, we can see that Fire Fist is quite a stable as they can counter most of the Meta easily. I can see that Fire King and Fire Fist raise to tier 1 after March 2013 ban list. Thus please don't feel surprise with their result.

By the way, lately I have seen several Spellbook Prophecy deck appearing in some of the major tournament. However, they haven't topping in those event yet else the deck may become hot deck. Spellbook Prophecy is not a bad deck but they easily lack of monster. In other words, they still requires some low level beat stick spellcaster.

Anyway, I do have a OCG Spellbook Prophecy build in my DN account. I haven't test the deck yet but you guys may test the deck build. Below is my deck build:

You may ignore the Extra deck as I simply put any synchro/Xyz monster into it. Hopefully you guys can make use of their combo wisely. The combo basically is starting from Secret search for Master then search for Tower. From there, the loop will keep on going on if the Tower can stand at the field. Treacherous Trap Hole is the lonely trap in the deck and it will act as your defensive trap.

Spellbook Prophecy is deck where you will gain hand card advantage in a slow tempo. However, if you able to survive through the huge wave of attack, then 80% of the time, you will win the game afterward due to too much hand card advantage. The side deck of Spellbook Prophecy might be a bit difficult to build due to the whole deck not much slot to swap side cards.

For the side deck, you may put Dimensional Fissure, MST, Royal Decree, Oracle of the Sun and etc. The most difficult part of siding for Spellbook Prophecy is what monster that you requires to side due to not much power spellcaster monster to be put in the side. For the side deck that I have put in this picture, you may ignore it because some of the cards may not work on you guys.

Okay, that's all I want to share with you guys. Thanks for your time and wish you guys have a nice day. Please stay tuned for my next post.

Change of Card Quality in OCG!

Hey, guys! SD24 has arrived at OCG and many OCG players found out that its card quality dropping. The most important point is it is MADE IN USA. Konami has switched its card factory from China to USA due to money issue.

I'm not sure what have happen to KDE(Konami Digital Entertainment) and seems like they are owing the China factory for several months of payment(received the unofficial news from China website). This has caused the factory to unemployed some of the foreign workers. Due to factory lack of money to operate, as a result, they also stop producing cards for Konami.

Therefore Konami find other vendors to solve this issue. Hopefully Konami will solve this issue soon and restore our OCG card quality again because I so like with the old card quality. Apart from that, I also a bit late to update a few new rulings regarding Swap Frog.

Swap Frog
Q1: When I have activate its 3rd effect to return itself to the hand as a cost of activation, then I SS it from hand again. Can I activate its 3rd effect to return itself to the hand again?
A1: Its effect can only be activate once per turn. If the situation is as stated above, then you are not allowed to activate its 3rd effect again.

Q2: If my field have 2 Swap Frog, can I activate Swap Frog's 3rd effect?
A2: NO, CANNOT activate its effect UNLESS ONLY 1 Swap Frog on the field.

Q3: After Evilswarm Castor was successfully summoned, if I have activate Swap Frog's 3rd effect, can I normal summon any Ilswarm or Frog monster?
A3: In such case, NEITHER Ilswarm or Frog monster can be normal summon.

Q4: After Karakuri Komachi mdl 224 "Ninishi" was successfully summoned, if I have activate Swap Frog's 3rd effect, can I normal summon any Karakuri or Frog monster?
A4: In such case, NEITHER Karakuri or Frog monster can be normal summon.
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Besides that, I also share the latest ruling for cards reprint in SD24: Assault of the Flame King so that you guys can play the deck more confidently. If you have any doubt of the answer, kindly leave your message and I will reply it as soon as possible.

Fire King High Avatar Garunix
Q1: What is the category of its effect?
A1: All 3 effect is trigger effect. Its 1st effect which activate when it was destroyed WILL OPEN a chain link while its effect that activate during Standby Phase will NOT OPEN a chain link.

Q2: When its SS effect that activate in the graveyard was negated by LADD or etc, can I activate its SS effect again within the same turn's Standby Phase?
A2: No, you CANNOT activate it.

Q3: If it was destroyed while it was treated as EQUIP CARD, can I activate its SS effect?
A3: Yes, you CAN do so.

Q4: During Standby Phase, effect of Fire King High Avatar Garunix and Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys activate at the same time, how do I resolve it?
A4: 1st, Fire King High Avatar Garunix will SS itself from your graveyard via its effect, then all monster on the field except itself will be destroy. After that, Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys will SS itself from your graveyard via its effect, all spell/trap will be destroy. If their effect are activate simultaneously, you can arrange them to resolve according to your choice.

Q5: If it was destroyed during this turn's Draw Phase, does its SS effect activate within this turn's Standby Phase? If it was destroyed during this turn's Standby Phase, does its SS effect activate during next Standby Phase?
A5: Yes, you are CORRECT.
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Fire King Avatar Barong
Q1: What is the category of its effect?
A1: Both effect also trigger effect. Besides that, its 1st effect can be activate if Fire King monster was destroyed by card's effect in chain link 2.

Q2: If it is destroyed by card effect and sent to graveyard, during next standby phase, it is no longer in the graveyard, can I activate its effect?
A2: No, you CANNOT activate its effect.
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Fire King Avatar Qilin
Q1: What is the category of its effect?
A1: Both effect also trigger effect. Besides that, its 1st effect can be activate if Fire King monster was destroyed by card's effect in chain link 2.

Q2: Can I activate its SS effect and send a Fire attribute monster from deck during Damage Step?
A2: You CANNOT activate its SS effect but you CAN activate its send a Fire attribute monster from deck during Damage Step.
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Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
Q: If it was destroyed while it was treated as EQUIP CARD, can I activate its SS effect?
A: Yes, you can do so.
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Assault of the Fire King
Q1: Does the destruction effect during End Phase would trigger a chain link?
A1: No, it DOES NOT trigger a chain link.

Q2: Does monster effect that activate in the graveyard would be negated?
A2: Monster effect that activate in the graveyard will NOT be negate.

Q3: Does its destruction effect treated as "card's effect destruction"?
A3: Yes, it IS a card's effect destruction.

Q4: Can Forbidden Lance avoid the applied of its destruction effect?
A4: During the timing where the monster is SS via this card effect, Forbidden Lance effect is not applied yet(due to the monster haven't SS from the deck and no target to activate it), therefore, even Forbidden Lance's effect has applied afterward, the destruction effect(Assault of the Fire King) still cannot be avoided.

Q5: If the monster SS via this card effect is equipped with Buster Blaster and Bluster Blaster substituted it from destroyed during this turn's End Phase, during the next End Phase would the monster SS via this card effect destroy(due to this card effect)?
A5: Yes, the monster WILL BE destroy.

Q6: If Assault of the Fire King was negated by Solemn Judgment, can I activate 2nd copies of Assault of the Fire King within this turn?
A6: Yes, you CAN do so.

Q7: There is monster on your field when this card effect is resolving, does the SS effect still resolve?
A7: Yes, it WILL resolve normally. If the monster zone is fully occupied when this card effect is resolving, then its result still under regulation/unconfirmed.
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Fire King Fire Cycle
Q1: Can I select face-down Fire attribute monster?
A1: No, you can't.

Q2: Does the destruction and SS resolve simultaneously?
A2: Yes, they resolve simultaneously.

Q3: If the selected monster in my graveyard no longer at there(graveyard) when this card effect is resolving, does the selected monster on my field would be destroy?
A3: Yes, the selected monster WILL still be destroy.

Q4: If the selected monster on my field no longer there(field) when this card effect is resolving, does the selected monster in my graveyard would be SS?
A4: No, the selected monster WILL NOT be SS.

Q5:  If the selected monster on my field was face-down when this card effect is resolving, does the destruction and SS still resolve normally?
A5: Under regulation/Unconfirmed.

Q6:  If the selected monster on my field was change control to opponent when this card effect is resolving, does the destruction and SS still resolve normally?
A6: No, NEITHER destroy NOR SS will be resolve.

Q7: If Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6 or Metaion, the Timelord on my field was selected, does the SS effect still resolve normally?
A7: You may choose Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6, however, NO destruction of the selected monster thus NO SS effect will be resolve.

Q8: If this card was negated by Magic Jammer, can I activate 2nd copies of Fire King Fire Circle?
A8: Yes, you CAN do so.

Q9: Can I select the non-Fire attribute monster that is changed to Fire attribute due to DNA Transplant as destruction target?
A9: Yes, you CAN do so.

Q10: If the selected monster on my field is change to non-Fire attribute when this card effect is resolving, does the destruction and SS still resolve normally?
A10: Under regulation/Unconfirmed.

Seems like Konami will reprint a lot of goodies in OCG Gold Series 2013. If the news came true then this gold series will be the 1st ever gold series that reprint a lot of good and worthy stuff. Other than this, the upcoming booster Lord of the Tachyongalaxy might be another hot booster. Hopefully Konami will not let us down for this booster.

Okay, that's all I wanna share with you guys. Thanks for your visit and wish you guys have a nice day. Please stay tuned for my next post.

Awaiting for new META to reform

Hey, guys! Today I will discuss some of the impact of the release of Cosmo Blazer(CBLZ) in OCG. Since the release of this booster, Fire Fist started become one of the main attraction for OCG players and this booster do released a lot of Fire attribute monsters or support cards.

Fire Fist is quite similar with Mermail Atlanteans and basically this deck is a promo deck oriented deck. The reason I say so is due to the deck requires a lot of promo cards and without those promo cards, this deck tempo will be slow and not easy to gain hand advantage. As a result, promo cards are essential in this deck. Therefore, more promo = Deck Price Expensive/Imba.

Anyway, players will still play the deck although it is pricey. Current tier 1 decks consists of Mermail variant, Wind-Up, HERO, TGU Rabbit, Gadget/Karakuri variant and Fire Fist had just join the Meta call not long ago. I didn't grouped former top decks(Hieratic, Inzektor and Chaos Dragon) under the category of tier 1 due to the significant number of play less than the current tier 1.

Therefore, I more prefer to group them under tier 1.5. For tier 2 decks, it is consists of Angel variant, Dark World, Six Samurai, Junk Doppel/its variant and etc. Soon Heraldic Beast will join tier 2 and will rise up from there after March 2013. Apart from that, SD24 - Assault of the Flame King is a nice deck and I think it will join tier 1 after 2 months of its official released.

As usual, I will go with my ruling post again. This time I will share the latest ruling of cards that have released in Cosmo Blazer(CBLZ). For those whose don't know the effect of the card, you can search it at Yugioh Wikia(http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page).

Dododo Bot
Q1: What is the category of its effect?
A1: It is Continuous effect.

Q2: It was destroyed by battle and Dimensional Fissure is on the field, in such case, does it banished? Since it is unaffected by card effect, does it sent to the graveyard?
A2: In this case, it would be banished.
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Gogogo Ghost
Q1: If this card was SS via Gogogo Giant's effect, do I miss my timing to activate its effect to SS Gogogo Golem?
A1: No, you won't miss your timing and you can SS Gogogo Golem via its effect.

Q2: If this card was SS in defense position, can I activate its effect to SS Gogogo Golem?
A2: Yes, you can do so.

Q3: If this card was SS in Damage Step, can I activate its effect to SS Gogogo Golem?
A3: Yes, you can do so.

Q4: If this card was SS as chain link 2 while Final Attack Orders is face-up on the field, can I activate its effect?
A4: Yes, you can do so.
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Tasukeleton
Q1: Does this effect targeting the monster being attacked or monster that has attacked?
A1: No, its effect is non-targeting effect.

Q2: If its effect was negated by Divine Wrath, can I activate its effect again in this duel?
A2: No, you are not allow to do so.
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Amarylease
Q1: The term of normal summon in this card, does it means I cannot reduce the number of monster that I need to tribute to SET my high level monster?
A1: Yes, its effect will only applied on normal summon in face-up position.

Q2: If Zaborg the Thunder Monarch was normal summon by using this card's effect, can I activate its effect to destroy a monster card on the field?
A2: Since Zaborg was normal summon without tribute a monster thus it is not consider as advanced/tribute summon. As a result, its effect can't be activate.

Q3: If Beast King Barbaros was advanced/tribute summon by using this card's effect and tribute 2 more monsters, can I activate the trigger effect "when I release 3 monsters to advanced summon this card"?
A3: No, you cannot activate the trigger effect of Beast King Barbaros "release 3 monster to advanced summon this card".

Q4: Can I use this card's effect to reduce the number of monster to summon The Wicked Avatar?
A4: No, you are not allow to do so.

Q5: When my opponent do not control any monster on the field, can I activate this card's effect to normal summon Evil HERO Malicious Edge without release/tribute a monster.
A5: No, you are not allow to do so. In such case, you must release/tribute a monster and using this card's effect to advanced/tribute summon Evil HERO Malicious Edge.

Q6: If I activate this card's effect and Majestic Mech - Goryu's effect, can I normal summon Majestic Mech - Goryu without release/tribute monster? If such case is valid, would my Goryu self-destruct during the end phase?
A6: You are not allow to activate both of their effect(you can only activate either 1 of the effect).

Q7: If this card's effect was negated by the effect of Divine Wrath or etc, can I activate the effect of another copies of this card within the same turn?
A7: Yes, you can do so.
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 Mermail Abyssdine
Q1: If I activate both of its effect within the same turn?
A1: No, you are not allow to do so.

Q2: Can I activate its effect during the Damage Step?
A2: Yes, you can activate its effect during the Damage Step.

Q3: If my Mermail Abyssdine 1st effect were negated by Divine Wrath, can I activate 2nd copies Mermail Abyssdine 2nd effect within the same turn?
A3: No, you are not allow to do so.
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Charging Fire Fist King - Soko
Q1: What is the categories of its effect?
A1: Its 1st effect is Trigger effect, 2nd effect is Ignition effect and 3rd effect is Trigger effect.

Q2: Does the effect of non-Beast-Warrior-Type effect monster that summoned after the applied of its negation effect would be negated as well?
A2: No, its effect will only affect the monster(s) that is face-up on the field when its effect is resolving.
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Haze Beast Basilicock
Q: If this card have 6 or above Xyz materials, would the effect of unable destroyed by cards being applied?
A: No, it would only gains the effects of having 3 and 4 Xyz materials.
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Mermail Abysstrite
Q: If this card destroyed by the effect of Chain Destruction in Extra deck, can I activate its reborn's effect?
A: Yes, you can activate it.
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Terror Fang Wolf, Dire Wolf
Q1: If either 1 of the targeted card leave the field before this card's effect resolves, would the remain targeted card destroyed?
A1: Yes, it still would be destroyed.

Q2: Would my card and opponent's card destroy at the same time?
A2: Yes, they will be destroy at the same.

Q3: Can I activate Wolf's effect to select card that cannot be destroyed by card effect? If Wolf's effect can be activate, the rest of cards are destroyed or not?
A3: Yes, you can activate Wolf's effect to select card that cannot be destroyed by card effect. The rest of cards will be destroyed by this effect.
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Lightning Plover
Q: Is this card's effect targeting effect?
A: Yes, it is targeting effect.

Okay, that's all I wanna share with you guys! Let us wait for the new meta to form by end of this year and thanks for your time to pay a visit. Hereby I wish you guys good luck and stay smart during the tourney. Please stay tuned for my next post.

Card Rulings of EP12(Extra Pack 2012)

Hey, guys! This coming Saturday(10 November 2012) gonna be the day of Malaysia Final Team Tourney 2012. I know most of you guys are busy adjusting yourself to your best mode. However, frequent update for your Yugioh Database is essential because this may lead you to a win either through sharking or legally.

Today I gonna share some new updates regarding cards from EP12. Many of the OCG players haven't realize of the update. Therefore, I hope you guys can spread the rulings around your team and even your team mates.

Dark Smog
Q1: The resolve of discarding a Fiend type monster and banished the selected monster in your opponent's graveyard is resolve at the same time?
A1: Yes, it is resolve at the same time.

Q2: If the targeted monster has leave the graveyard when this card's effect is resolving, do I still need to discard a Fiend type monster?
A2: Yes, you still need to discard a Fiend type monster from your hand.

Q3: When this card's effect is resolving and I no longer have any Fiend type monster on my hand, then how does this card's effect resolved?
A3: In this case, the targeted monster in the graveyard will not be banished due to you have not discarded a Fiend type monster.

Q4: Can I activate this card's effect right after I flipped this card from face-down?(Just like Ultimate Offering)
A4: Yes, you can do so.

Wind-Up Rabbit
Q1: The effect of banished a face-up Wind-Up monster on the field can be activate during Damage Step?
A1: No, you can't.

Q2: When this card's effect is resolving and your opponent chain to play Enemy Controller or etc to gain control of the targeted monster, does the monster still banished?
A2: Yes, the targeted monster will be banished. During your next Standby Phase, the targeted monster will return to opponent's monster field 1st then only switch back to yours monster field.

Q3: I activate the banish effect during my Draw Phase, does the targeted monster return to my field during this turn's Standby Phase? Furthermore, I activate the banish effect during my Standby Phase, does the targeted monster return to my field during my next turn's Standby Phase?
A3: Yes, you are correct for both case.

Interplanetarypurplythorny Dragon
Q1: Its effect is belongs to which categories?
A1: Its effect is categories below trigger effect.

Q2: If my monster on the field was destroyed by card's effect and sent to the graveyard during Damage Step, can I activate its effect to SS it?
A2: Yes, you can activate its effect.

Q3: If my monster on the field was destroyed and sent to graveyard, can I SS multiple copies of Interplanetarypurplythorny Dragon?
A3: No, you can only SS a copies of Interplanetarypurplythorny Dragon.

Q4: If there is other card's effect to be resolve right after your monster was destroyed, would this cause miss timing to activate its effect?
A4: No, miss timing will not occur and you can activate its effect right after the chain link(s) have been resolved.

Apart from card rulings from EP12, I share with you guys regarding an old card ruling.

Lava Golem
Q1: When the effect of inflict 1000 damage to the controller is resolving and my opponent chain to its effect with Enemy Controller or etc to gain control of it, which player that will inflict the damage?
A1: Since you control it when its inflict damage's effect is resolving, you will be the player that received the damage.

Q2: If Light and Darkness Dragon is face-up on the field, how does the inflict damage's effect resolve?
A2: The inflict damage's effect that activate during Standby Phase will only activate once per turn. Since its effect has been negated by LADD then its effect will no longer re-activate within the same turn's Standby Phase.

Okay. that's all I wanna share with you guys. Thanks for your precious time and wish you guys have a nice day. Please stay tuned for my next post.

Card Ruling of DP13

Hey, guys! Sorry for less updating my blog and today I will share some of my thought regrading the shift of meta deck. Just few days ago, Konami revealed some of the great cards to be release in the upcoming booster, Cosmo Blazer(CBLZ).

Similar with previous year, this booster gonna introduce new theme and most of the cards release in this booster will affect the trend of meta decks. One of the most obvious part is the release of Flaming Star/Firestar and Heraldic support cards. With these cards, a lot of old theme deck may alive due to their presence.

I personally feel that Heraldic is the descendant of Scrap and they might inherent the destruction power of Inzektor soon. So far, Heraldic can easily Xyz summon any rank 4 monster and they do have their own monster reborn. Thus most of the time Xyz summon for them is not longer -1 issue and Xyz monster will become their major boss.

I feel that Heraldic may rise to Tier 1 before or during March 2013. Apart from that, SD24 is a major boost for old cards such as Manticore of Darkness, Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys and etc. They also have the support of boss monster and it can act as a finisher at certain moment. Similar with SD22, SD24 might become Tier 1 after this.

With the rise of these decks, graveyard is still the most important component in the game play. Therefore, any card that can get rid of graveyard will remain in one of the side deck choice. As a result, Compulsory Evacuation Device is still one of the best card to get rid of annoying boss or defense wall.

Besides that, let me share some new rulings of cards from Duelist Pack 13: Kite(DP13). Below are the details of each card.

Kuriphoton

Kuriphoton
Q1: What are the categories of its effect?
A1: Upper part effect is Quick effect while the remainder effect is Ignition effect.

Q2: Can I activate its effect for turning my damage become 0 during Damage Step?
A2: No, you cannot activate it during Damage Step.

Q3: Is it the effect of my damage become 0 included the battle damage of my monster become 0 as well?
A3: No, only player's damage will becomes 0 while monster's damage will not becomes 0.

Galaxy Knight

Galaxy Knight
Q1: When I control Photon token monster on the field, can I normal summon this card without tribute monster?
A1: Yes, you can do so.

Q2: When I don't have Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in the graveyard and I control "Photon" or "Galaxy" monster on the field, can I normal summon it without tribute monster?
A2: Yes, you can do so.

Q3: I don't have Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in the graveyard and I normal summon this card with its effect, since I got no Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon to be SS, would Galaxy Knight's ATK reduce 1000 until the End Phase?
A3: Yes, its ATK will still reduce 1000.

Q4: During the resolution of its effect, Galaxy Knight is no longer face-up on the field and cannot reduce 1000 ATK, can I still SS Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from the graveyard?
A4: No, you cannot SS Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from the graveyard if its ATK cannot reduce 1000.

Q5: When this card's effect is resolving and any card's effect that caused this card ATK below 1000, can I SS Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from the graveyard?
A5: Yes, you still can SS Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon from the graveyard.

Q6: The effect of selecting Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon in the graveyard is targeting effect?
A6: Yes, it is targeting effect.

Radiant Photon Paradios

Radiant Photon Paradios
Q1: What is the categories of its 1st effect?
A1: Its effect is Ignition effect.

Q2: For its 1st effect, can I target non-effect monster?
A2: Yes, you can.

Q3: For its 1st effect, can I target the monster with ATK 0?
A3: No, you cannot do so.

Q4: If its 1st effect is resolving and the targeted monster's ATK change to 0 due to other card's effect, would the negation effect still applied?
A4: No, it won't be applied.

Q5: If this card is battle destroyed by opponent's monster, can I activate its 2nd effect?
A5: Yes, you can.

Q6: When Shining Angel was targeted by this card effect, can my opponent resolve its effect?
A6: The effect that activate at graveyard cannot be negated, as a result, your opponent can activate its effect to SS monster as normally.

Q7: Can I target the monster that have been targeted by Forbidden Chalice? If so, how do I calculate its ATK?
A7: Yes, you can target it and its ATK becomes 0.

Q8: If the monster's ATK is 0 due to the applied of this card's 1st effect(original ATK is 1400) and it is targeted by effect of Shrink, how do I calculate its ATK?
A8: Its ATK becomes half of its original ATK which is 700. After the End Phase, its ATK will return to 1400.

Galaxy Expedition

Galaxy Expedition
Q: When this card's effect is resolving and the level 5 or above of "Photon" or "Galaxy" monster no longer on the field, would the SS effect still resolve?
A: Yes, it would resolve normally.

Galaxy Zero

Galaxy Zero
Q1: Would the prevent monster from destroy effect start a chain link?
A1: No.

Q2: Would the effect of the equipped monster's ATK becomes 0 start a chain link?
A2: Yes, it would.

Q3: If this card targeted by Raiza the Storm Monarch and return to the top deck, would the effect of equipped monster's ATK becomes 0 activate?
A3: Under Regulation/Unconfirmed yet.

Q4: When this card is equip and Forbidden Lance targeted the equipped monster, can I activate equipped monster's effect and declare attack?
A4: Yes, you can.

Q5: If Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon's ATK becomes 0 due to this card's effect and Shrink targeted on Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon, how do I calculate its ATK?
A5: Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon's ATK will becomes 1500. If the effect of Shrink is no longer applied after the end of end Phase, its ATK will returns to its Original ATK which is 3000.

Q6: During the Battle Phase, if this card and the equipped monster is destroyed by card effect that simultaneously destroy cards on the field such as Icarus Attack and etc, would the equipped monster left on the field?
A6: No, in such case, the effect that prevent the equipped monster from destroy cannot be applied thus equipped monster will be destroyed as well.

Okay, that's all I wanna share with you guys! Thanks for your time and wish you guys have a nice day. Please stay tuned for my next post.