Expert: Andy - 9/27/2009

Question
QUESTION: I have not been having much luck with my spellcaster deck can you give me any help/tips.

Here is my deck:

Monsters (28 in total)
Sorcerer of Dark Magic x1
Dark Paladin          x1
Dark Magician          x2
Exodius The Ultimate Forbidden Lord x1
Chaos Sorcerer        x2
Magical Marionette    x1
Sanwitch          x1
Skilled Dark Magician  x2
Copycat          x3
Royal Magical Library  x1
Gemini Elf          x1
Defender The Magical Knight x1
Breaker The Magical Warrior x2
Maha Vailo          x1
Mystical Elf          x1
Old Vindictive Magician x1
Gravekeeper's Spy      x2
Gravekeeper's Curse    x2
Sangan          x1
The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion x1

Spells (15 in total)
Magical Dimension      x3
Lightning Vortex      x1
Dark Magic Attack      x1
Arcane Barrier        x1
Magical Blast          x2
Mystical Space Typhoon x1
Polymerization        x1
Different Dimension Capsule x1
Magical Citadel of Endymion x1
Fighting Spirit        x1
Mage Power          x1
Megamorph          x1

Traps (10 in total)
Sakuretsu Armor        x1
Magician's Circle      x1
Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell x1
Curse of Anubis        x1
DNA Surgery          x1
Call of the Haunted    x1
Seven Tools of the Bandit x1
Magic Cylinder        x1
Bottomless Trap Hole  x1
Rite of Spirt          x1

ANSWER: Hi Jared

This deck needs ALOT of inmprovements :D
Let me start out with monster section
*sorcerer of dark magic -1
*dark paladin -1
*dark magician -1
*exodius -1
*chaos sorcerer -1
*magical marionette -1
*sanwitch -1
*copycat -2
*royal library -1
*gemini -1
*maha vailo -1
*mystic elf -1
*Gravekeeper's Spy -2
*Gravekeeper's Curse -2
*Sangan -1
*The Light - Hex-Sealed Fusion -1
*magicians valkyria +3
*apprentice magician +2
*cybernetic magician +1

Spells
*magical dimension -1
*dark magic attack -1
*arcane barrier -1
*magical blast -2
*polymerization -1
*dd capsule -1
*magical citadel -1
*fighting spirit -1
*megamorph -1
*secret village of spellcasters +3
*heavy storm +1
*fissure +1
*brain control +1

traps
*cursed seal of the firbidden spell -1
*curse of anubis -1
*dna surgery -1
*seven tools -1
*rite of spirit -1
*mirror force +1
*torrential tribute +1


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QUESTION: Just one more thing you have taken out so meny cards that my deck is to small to play the game so any other cards that will not help me in the leased you want to add??

ANSWER: Do you mind if you list the newly listed deck?
Send me a list of the deck I just structured, and I will see what I am missing.

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QUESTION: Listen I know my deck needs work but I can not be bothered to talk to someone who cant help me and doesn't know how to play the game. Do you have any advise that will help MY deck rather than me starting a new one.

PS: A spellcaster expert knows that there are more than one spellcaster strategies.

Answer
Your impoliteness bothers me...
Listen, your deck is not playable in anyway.
There so many cards that you just put because they are spellcasters.
Sorcerer of Dark Magic is NOT a good spellcaster.
Dark Paladin deserves in own deck.
1 Magical Citadel is useless; you need 3 and 2 terraforming and should be using Spellcounter deck if you have it in.
Secret Village of Spellcasters locks your opponent's spells down and having magicians valkyria completely locks down your opponent.
DNA SURGERY???? i have no idea why u put that in.
seven tools? you know that more traps you have slower your deck is gona be, and you SHOULDNT have cards that are soley for negation (magic jammer, seven tools) with an exception of solem judgement.
Curse of Anubis??? Your opponent only uses 2 s/t destroyers: heavy storm and mst.
Magical Blast? what are you gona do with 200 or 400 dmg? it works with spellcaster lock-down deck (secret vill, royal decree, magicians valk).
MYSTIC ELF... XD
DONT ASSUME THAT I DONT KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT, AND BE THANKFUL OF THE ADVICES EXPERTS GIVE YOU. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT. IF YOU STILL THINK I AM WRONG, ASK ANOTHER EXPERT. THE LIST YOU GAVE ME IS UNPLAYABLE (ESPELLCIALY HAVING OVER 45 CARDS), AND I HAVE TO SPEND MY TIME TAKING OUT ALOT OF THE BAD ONES AND REPLACING WITH THE GOOD ONES.
THANK YOU.

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I HAVE listend to what you said about fixing the ENTIRE DECK instead of park of it.
However, you must realize by now that half of the cards in your deck HAD to be removed.
Also, going with a themed deck is already narrowing down versatality.
In addition, theres are only limited number of spellcaster strategies; at least the strategies that ACTUALLY WORK. They are spellcaster lock-down, spellcaster counter, spellcaster beatdown, and spellcaster control. You can decide not to depend entirely on spellcasters and add other archtypes to make your deck more flexible. I understand what you mean by having a "flexible" deck, but ALL decks must have a strategy or two that it runs; you can't possibly make a 40 card deck that has MULTIPLE strategies, due to the limited number of cards you can have. I truly hope you understand what I mean by this. If you don't mind losing the duels frequently, you can add whatever cards you want, if you like those "situational" cards. Commenting your response to the Sorcerer of Dark Magic, you mentioned that it is good if you "play it right". Well, there is only 1 way to summon him, which is by sacrificing 2 lv6 or above spellcaster, a summoning condition that is WAY TOO COSTLY. If he was able to be summoned by magical dimension, I would definitly have him in my deck, but having to sacrifice 2 lv6??? Its better to have those two powerful spellcasters on the field rather than sacrificing them for sorcerer of dark magic, as he can be EASILY destroyed by fissure, lightning vortex, braincontrol (sac for opp), and much more. If you need trap control, you can use either jinzo or royal decree. If you still have further question, I am glad to answer  you, as long as you write with some politentess.