AboutMichael Lucas (Yu-Gi-Oh Category Guru) Expertise On vacation until August 16th. Will fix decks at that time, and discuss options regarding the Forbidden/Limited lists when they are officially posted.
I can answer any question based on the English Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game.
Rulings questions are my specialty. Ask me about ANY ruling for ANY card or combination of cards. If there's a valid ruling or a way to deduce a valid ruling, I'll be able to help you.
I'll also be willing to do deck fixes, but ONLY on decks that actually show some promise of possibly becoming good. Decks that are just random cards that aren't very good will be rejected, and I'll link you to a page where you can look at some better decks for ideas. Decks that are not in Advanced Format, or not competitive, will be sent to the Question Pool.
IF YOUR DECK INCLUDES DARK MAGICIAN, BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON OR RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON, I WILL IMMEDIATELY REJECT IT. These are CASUAL decks, not tournament-competitive ones. Please take decks including those cards to our casual deck experts. Also, I may or may not do fixes on other themes that would be consider non-tournament worthy. (Basically, if your deck is not a Blackwing, Gladiator Beast, Vayu Turbo, Dark Synchro, or Lightsworn deck, AND I don't think it has the promise of being able to compete with any of the above five decks, I'll be hesitant to offer a fix.)
I should also be able to give you general values of cards if you`re looking to buy or sell, or answer whether a certain trade was fair or not. Please limit value questions to 15 cards or less. I'm not going to appraise your entire collection. Additionally, please only list Super/Ultra/Secret/Ultimate rares, and make sure they do not come from structure/starter decks.
Experience Player/trader/collector for 7.5 years
Publications Writer for Beckett Yu-Gi-Oh Collector, Beckett Anime Collector, Beckett Pokemon Collector, and various books produced by Pojo.com
Education/Credentials Player of the American TCG since January 2002, tournament player since March 2002
Awards and Honors Duelist King Tournament Season 3 Champion -- Jahinie Productions, West Mifflin, PA...which has since, sadly, closed its doors.
148th/482 players at 2005 Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals
Top 4 at April 2005 Butler Regionals (Chaos/Trinity format)
Top 4 at August 2005 Butler Regionals (Chaos/Trinity format)
Top 8 at July 2008 Monroeville Regionals (Oppression Monarch)
Top 4 at October 2008 at Coraopolis Regionals (Tele-DAD)
Top 4 at June 14, 2009 Coraopolis, PA Regionals (Blackwings)
Qualified for 2005, 2006, 2009 Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals
Non-gameplay Yu-Gi-Oh Credentials:
Have made over $120,000 in the past 6 years from dealing in bulk quantities of Yu-Gi-Oh collectibles
Created "the point system", a method for fairly trading large quantities of low-valued cards in exchange for high-valued items, commonly accepted throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh community
Question i dont quite understand future fusion. I dont understand the part where it says special summon a fusion monster from your fusion deck with the same name as the selected fusion monster during your 2nd standby phase after this card's activation. Does that mean that if i wanted to summon chimeratech overdragon i would need to have 2 copies of it?
P.S. i read one of your answers to a question about future fusion/overload combo answer but i dont really understand your answer. I hope you can clarify it for me. Thanks
Answer Okay....you only need one copy, apparently. But if you're actually going to let Future Fusion resolve, you need two.
Let me explain, step by step, in both situations where you'd use Future Fusion with Overload Fusion -- where you have Overload already, and one where you don't.
*Scenario One -- you have Future Fusion, but not Overload Fusion.
You play Future Fusion, targeting pretty much all the Machines in your deck, as long as at least one of them is Cyber Dragon. They all go to the Graveyard.
Two of your turns pass, and your second Standby Phase rolls around.
Future Fusion resolves. Chimeratech Overdragon comes to the field; his effect destroys everything but himself, and since he killed Future Fusion, Future Fusion kills him. Your field is now empty, but you're set up extremely well should you draw into Overload Fusion. However, keep in mind that your first Chimeratech Overdragon is now in the Graveyard, so you'll need to have a second copy in your Fusion Deck.
*Scenario two: You have Future Fusion and Overload Fusion.
You play Future Fusion, and send all the Machines in your deck to the Graveyard (again, assuming at least one of them is Cyber Dragon.)
You play Overload Fusion, removing every Machine on your field and in your Graveyard. Chimeratech Overdragon is summoned. He destroys everything on the field except for himself. He's not affected by Future Fusion being destroyed as he was summoned through Overload Fusion and doesn't have anything to do with Future Fusion's effect. Future Fusion just helped in getting all the fodder for Overload into the Graveyard.
