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please rate my deck from 1 to 10 and then fix it!

monsters:20
3 cyber dragon
3 troop dragon
2 exploder dragon
1 white horned dragon
3 masked dragon
2 horus 4
2 horus 6
1 horus 8
1 luster dragon
1 twin-headed behomoth
1 sangan

fusion:1
1 five-headed dragon

magic and spell:12
2 dragon's mirror
2 creature swap
1 nobleman of crossout
1 MST
1 scapegoat
1 premature burial
1 snatch steal
1 heavy storm
1 future fusion
1 confiscation

trap:9
2 sakuretsu armor
1 ring of destruction
1 call of the haunted
1 torrential tribute
1 magic cylinder
1 mirror force
2 barrel behind the door

Total:42


Answer
I fix decks; I DO NOT RATE THEM.  Ratings are stupid, and what one person rates your deck won't be what another rates it at.  People think differently, and the ratings end up being meaningless.


Traps...Why in the hell are you running Barrels?  Other than using with your own ring, and against random Ring, I don't see anything else it comboes with in your deck to warrant running it.  Get rid of those two and your Traps are fine.


Spells...no flaws whatosever.  Might add 1 random Smashing Ground.


FUSION MONSTERS:  You need THREE Five-Headed.  You'll usually Future Fusion one, Dragon's Mirror another.  It should be nothing for you to possibly throw out two in one game a few times throughout a tournament.


Monsters:

You probably should consider a 3rd Exploder Dragon; otherwise no major fixes there.

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