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do you think you can help my deck out because i going to run it in the next tournament and i dont know if it is running that well as i think it could. can you help me fix this deck and i saw that your favorite deck is a monarch deck here it is:
monster:23
1 caius
1 zaborg
1 raiza
2 mobius
2 thestalos
2 cyber dragons
2 gravekeepers chief
3 gravekeepers spy
3 mystic tomato
2 gravekeepers assailant
1 gravekeepers spear soldier
1 grand mole
1 gravekeepers commandant
1 treeborn frog
spells:12
2 necrovalley
2 pot of avarice
2 enemy controller
2 lightning vortex
2 soul exchange
1 premature
1 monster reborn
traps:5
2 bottomless trap hole
2 rite of spirit
1 torrential
thanks
Answer For future reference, PLEASE don't put three or four spaces in between each card. It makes it really hard to scroll up and down to give you a proper fix.
Monsters:
First off, there need to be 3 Caius. Zaborg is officially obsolete given Caius can remove ANY card, monster, spell, or trap, and possibly do burn damage as well. It also gets around the effect of Prime Material Dragon, which is getting more popular in Monarch decks.
I'd say your Monarch lineup should be 3 Caius, 2 Thestalos, 1 Raiza, and 1 Mobius.
I'd include Sangan over one of the Chiefs most likely.
Spells:
The deck should be running two copies of Allure of Darkness. With so many Dark monsters, it will be easy to have a removal target, and you can get rid of something you don't need in exchange for drawing something you will.
You should only be having games lasting long enough for ONE Pot of Avarice, not two.
I'm not sure about two Vortex AND two Controller maindecked. I don't know exactly what to do here, but I know it just doesn't seem right.
Where are Heavy Storm and Mystical Space Typhoon?
Traps:
Where's Mirror Force?
I also think you need a couple more defensive Spell/Trap cards like Dimensional Prison, or Sakuretsu Armor if you can't afford the D-Prisons.
Not bad, but still needs some decent work done on it.
