Expert: Skye Hayes - 6/22/2007

Question
QUESTION: Which decktype is better to use in a regional tournament? Machines or Spellcasters? If you would not recommend either of them, then which decktype would you recommend? Could you also give a sample deck list so I know what I am going to have to get?

Thanks

ANSWER: Well Jason,
At this point in time I beleive, destiny hero beatdown, oerfect circle monarch, and gadget are the best decks.
However i beleive the destiny hero deck play the best but they are expensive to make. I highly reccomend running a gadget decklist. Because they retain a modest card advantage and are great at disrupting an enemies strategey because of their abundance for 1 for 1 cards. FOr example
this is the decklis tthat won the canadian national chamionship recently:
Dexter Dalit

Monsters

3 Cyber Dragon

3 Banisher of the Radiance

3 Snipe Hunter

2 Drillroid

3 Green Gadget

3 Yellow Gadget

3 Red Gadget



Spells

3 Smashing Ground

3 Fissure

3 Shrink

3 Enemy Controller

1 Mystical Space Typhoon

1 Snatch Steal

1 Heavy Storm

1 Pot of Avarice

1 Nobleman of Crossout

1 Future Fusion

1 Limiter Removal

1 Overload Fusion

1 Premature Burial

Traps
3 Royal Decree

The strategy is replace gadgets faster than your opponent can kill them but at the same time offensively take down your opponents monsters. send me a decklist before you go to regionals. btw which regional u goign to

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QUESTION: I kind of prefer monarchs over gadgets. Is it okay for you to give me a monarch decklist that I could use for the regional tournament? The regional tournament I am going to is going to be in Arlington, TX.
ANSWER: Interesting Jason,
Ive been considering whether or not to go to that regional.
Alright i would reccoment running perfect circle monarch. But add defenses against the other top tier decks.
SO heres an example.
Monsters
3 Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
3 Raiza the Storm Monarch
3 Destiny Hero Malicious
2 Destiny Hero — Fearmonger
1 Mystic Tomato
1 Treeborn Frog
1 Morphing Jar
1 Elemental Heo Stratos
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Sangan
1 Snipe Hunter
1 Jinzo
1 Destiny Hero — Disk Commander
Spells
3 Destiny Draw
3 Brain Control
1 Enemy Controller
1 Snatch Steal
1 Premature Burial
1 Heavy Storm
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Nobleman of Crossout
1 Reinforcement of the Army
1 Pot of Avarice
Traps
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Mirror Force
1 Ring of Destruction
1 Call of the Haunted
2 pulling the rug


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QUESTION: Please ignore the previous follow-up I sent you. The cards in this deck will be a bit too difficult to get, and I was wondering about the monarch control deck list. Can you show that to me? thanks
ANSWER: sure thing. ya that decklist is pretty expensive.
well here ya go.
Monsters:
2 Legendary Jujitsu Master
1 Treeborn Frog
3 Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch
2 Mobius the rost Monarch
3 Raiza the Storm Monarch
3 Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive or Dark Mimic
3 Cyber Dragon
1 Sangan
3 Gravekeeper’s Spy
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Morphing Jar
Spells:
1 Book of Moon
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Confiscation
1 Snatch Steal
1 Premature Burial
1 Heavy Storm
3 Brain Control
1 Soul Exchange
1 Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps:
1 Ring of Destruction
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Mirror Force
3 Sakuretsu Armor
1 Bottomless Trap Hole


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QUESTION: what are some strategies for this deck?

Answer
Well slow don your opponents play. Use mosnters crtitical to his own strategy. Bascially ready the individual monarchs and youll see. With this deck there will rarely be a turn where you dont do something with a monarch. Its very disrupting to an opponent fighting a deck that is negating their strategy while also putting a 2400 beatstick onto the field.