Improving Your Dueling Skills

How to Make a Good Use of Your Deck (1)

2008-09-15T21:22:00.000-07:00

Have you ever met this situation:
You need a card but after multiple times drawing, that card's still not in your hand?
Well, that's because you never think to make your Deck like a chain. I mean, cards you put in your deck can't call each others. Now, what's the solution? It's easy. Just put some cards that can add the card you need in the most time to your hand, or to make it fulfilled some conditions.

E.g.
1. My main tribute fodder is Treeborn Frog, so I will add a Sangan and 2 Foolish Burial in my Deck to make me easier to use Treeborn Frog effect. (Sangan will add the Treeborn Frog from my Deck to my hand, while Foolish Burial bury it so I can use it as a tribute fodder ASAP)

2. My main monster is Blue Eyes White Dragon, so I will add 2 or more Summoner's Art, 2 or more Ancient Rule, and other cards that can help my Blue Eyes dominating the field, like Birthright or Soul Resurrection. (Summoner's Art for add the Blue Eyes from my Deck to my hand; Ancient Rule is used so I can summon it anytime, though I have no tribute; and Birthright or Soul Resurrection to bring it back to my field)

3. I use monarchs, so I will add some Monster Reincarnation to get my monarch back from grave when I need them.

and all other example like that :)

Happy dueling...! XD

How to Take Care of Cards You Use in Your Deck

2008-09-12T22:37:00.000-07:00

Yup. Back again with me. Now we will talk about some ~~(un)~~important things...

Anyway, have you ever heard this:
"We must believe in the heart of the cards!"?
Yup,that's what (always) Yugi says. Well, sometimes that statement is true. Can you ever imagine what your card will do if they given a soul by God? What'll they say? Huehehehehe. Enough talk, let's go to our main topic.

To Do List
1. Using Card Sleeves (they protecting your mint cards from getting scratched).
2. Preventing your cards to be touched by other people, at least outside the duel.
3. Placing your Deck in a separated box from other things when not used.

Not To Do List
1. Being too enthusiast when dueling (put too much spirit into every part of your duel).
2. Placing your Deck in a wet and/or dirty place.
3. Letting everyone touch your Deck (or at least your favorite card. Believe me, you'll regret if you do that).

Well, that's all. Hope you enjoy your duel with your beloved Deck, huehehehehehehe :)

Lyric for My Song...!!! Feel Free to Comment^^

2008-09-11T02:54:00.001-07:00

Well, kali ini gw mau rada OOT lagi nih. Bingung soalnya mo posting apa lagi tentang Yu-Gi-Oh.. Oh iya, liburan ini, gw bikin lirik buat nanti kalo band gw mo bikin lagu. Nih liriknya:

Reform the World
By: Kazuya Akamaru

I look over the corrupted, broken world
where peoples deceiving each other.
Deceive to live, never think of others.

Why all these things exist?
Is it all the divine decree, letting the world with a broken chassis?

I wanna create my own world with U
without all that sorrowness
with peoples deceiving no more.

I look over the rotten world, once more
where peoples there live so greedy.
Greed and lust, nothing hampering.

Why all those things exist?
Is it all just our damned fate, screaming all that nobody wanna hear?

I wanna create my own world with U
without all that illusion
with prevarication no more.

So let us play the punishment games today
bringing all those bad things down
let the dazzling light to be gone

vanishing sinners, destroy the corrupted
and making a brand new world,
replacing our rotten and vile one...

Bagus ga? Kok kalo menurut gw rada aneh yah?
Just feel free to comment yah.
Thx 4 yer attention.

Forbidden and Limited Card List, Sept. 1, 2008

2008-09-11T02:40:00.000-07:00

New September Limited Card List

Advanced Format – September 1, 2008

I. Forbidden Cards

You cannot use these cards in your Deck, Extra Deck, or Side Deck.

BLACK LUSTER SOLDIER – ENVOY OF THE BEGINNING
BUTTERFLY DAGGER – ELMA
CALL OF THE HAUNTED
CHANGE OF HEART
CHAOS EMPEROR DRAGON – ENVOY OF THE END
CHAOS SORCERER
CONFISCATION
CYBER JAR
CYBER-STEIN
DARK HOLE
DARK MAGICIAN OF CHAOS
DELINQUENT DUO
DESTINY HERO – DISK COMMANDER
DIMENSION FUSION
EXCHANGE OF THE SPIRIT
FIBER JAR
GRACEFUL CHARITY
HARPIE’S FEATHER DUSTER
IMPERIAL ORDER
LAST TURN
LAST WILL
MAGICAL SCIENTIST
MAGICIAN OF FAITH
MAKYURA THE DESTRUCTOR
METAMORPHOSIS
MIRAGE OF NIGHTMARE
PAINFUL CHOICE
POT OF GREED
PREMATURE BURIAL
RAIGEKI
RING OF DESTRUCTION
SINISTER SERPENT
SNATCH STEAL
THE FORCEFUL SENTRY
THOUSAND-EYES RESTRICT
TIME SEAL
TRIBE-INFECTING VIRUS
TSUKUYOMI
VICTORY DRAGON
WITCH OF THE BLACK FOREST
YATA-GARASU

NEW! – Dark Magician of Chaos, Destiny Hero – Disk Commander, Premature Burial

II. Limited Cards

You can ONLY use one copy of the following cards in the Deck, Extra Deck & Side Deck combined.

D.D. WARRIOR LADY
ADVANCED RITUAL ART
BRAIN CONTROL
BREAKER THE MAGICAL WARRIOR
CARD DESTRUCTION
CARD TROOPER
CEASEFIRE
CRUSH CARD VIRUS
CYBER DRAGON
ELEMENTAL HERO STRATOS
EXODIA THE FORBIDDEN ONE
FISSURE
FUTURE FUSION
GIANT TRUNADE
GOLD SARCOPHAGUS
GRAVITY BIND
GREEN BABOON, DEFENDER OF THE FOREST
HEAVY STORM
LEFT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEFT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
LEVEL LIMIT – AREA B
LIMITER REMOVAL
MAGIC CYLINDER
MARSHMALLON
MEGAMORPH
MIND CRUSH
MIRROR FORCE
MONSTER REBORN
MONSTER GATE
MORPHING JAR
MYSTICAL SPACE TYPHOON
NEO-SPACIAN GRAND MOLE
NIGHT ASSAILANT
OJAMA TRIO
OVERLOAD FUSION
RAIZA THE STORM MONARCH
REASONING
RETURN FROM THE DIFFERENT DIMENSION
RIGHT ARM OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
RIGHT LEG OF THE FORBIDDEN ONE
SANGAN
SCAPEGOAT
SMASHING GROUND
SNIPE HUNTER
SPIRIT REAPER
SWORDS OF REVEALING LIGHT
THE TRANSMIGRATION PROPHECY
TORRENTIAL TRIBUTE
TRAP DUSTSHOOT
TREEBORN FROG
TWIN-HEADED BEHEMOTH
ULTIMATE OFFERING
UNITED WE STAND
WALL OF REVEALING LIGHT

NEW! – Breaker the Magical Warrior, Cyber Dragon, Monster Gate, Reasoning

III. Semi-Limited Cards

You can ONLY use two copies of the following cards in the Deck, Extra Deck & Side Deck combined.

BOOK OF MOON
CARD OF SAFE RETURN
CHAIN STRIKE
DARK ARMED DRAGON
FOOLISH BURIAL
JUDGMENT DRAGON
MAGICAL STONE EXCAVATION
MANTICORE OF DARKNESS
MASK OF DARKNESS
NECROFACE
NOBLEMAN OF CROSSOUT
PHANTOM OF CHAOS
RESCUE CAT

NEW! – Card of Safe Return, Chain Strike, Dark Armed Dragon, Judgment Dragon, Nobleman of Crossout, Phantom of Chaos, Rescue Cat

NO LONGER LIMITED – Allure of Darkness, Destiny Hero – Malicious, Light and Darkness Dragon, Mage Power, Reinforcement of the Army, Royal Decree

Yeah. It seems that many deck will directly affluented by the changes...

Arrrrrrgggggghhhh...!!!! It's so hard to believe this....

2008-02-14T06:17:00.001-08:00

"I want you to love me, but I dont think you will.
"I wander around as I repeat this to myself
It's the only answer I have, even if I'm scared of getting hurt.
I'll say "I love you" to the one I love

Do you love me or not?
I don't care what the answer is, I just need to know!
No matter how badly I desire to be with you
There are many unchangeable things in this world
and my love for youcan't be stopped by anyone

As 1000 nights pass, I long to tell you
I have to let you know"
I want you to love me, but I don't think you will."
I wander around as I repeat this to myself
It's the only answer I have, even if I'm scared of getting hurt.
I'll say "I love you" to the one I love
Putting these feelings into words is so scary
but I'll say "I love you" to the one I love

The happiness we chance upon in our lives can't be expressed in words
That's why we can only smile
Why we sing "do re mi" among the vivid autumn colors
With winter at our backs, and the spring sunbeams peeking through the leaves
as to protect someone who's just been reborn

As I looked at the road I'd traveled and the path ahead,my eyes were filled with cowardice
I wanted to look into your eyes, but was afraid I wouldn't be honest
I didn't want to know that you didn't love me
and live the rest of my days alone
That day, I kept on loving you without getting hurt

As 1000 nights pass, I long to tell you
I have to let you know"I want you to love me, but I don't think you will."
I wander around as I repeat this to myself
It's the only answer I have, even if I'm scared of getting hurt.
I'll say "I love you" to the one I love
Even if my feelings aren't returned, I can say "I love you" to the one I love
And that's the most beautiful thing in the world

Do you know? That's an english translation for Bleach OST. "Sen no Yoru wo Koete". And d ya know what make me so sad?

Yup.
The lyrics. They all talk about my love journey... Hiks..
(Buat yang mau tau, tanya aja temen2 gw di aksel 1 smansasi...)

2007-11-03T02:48:00.000-07:00

“How To Get Holos-cards” Tricks

Alright, I'm going to compile on this thread methods to follow to increase your odds of pulling holos from yu-gi-oh packs. Many of these methods can be applied to other trading card sets that have "foil" premium card in their sets (such as many sports card sets as well as many games like pokemon and DBZ)

This first post will contain many of the "tricks" that you can use on a booster pack either before or after you buy it to determine if it has a foil in it prior to opening it.

The second post will contain information on how to accurately use a pocket scale to weigh packs. This is the single best tool for getting your money's worth (and then some) out of opening card packs.

Holo Pulling Tricks

Eye Tricks:
When UDE prints the cards they use 2 different machines, 1 for holos and 1 for normal rares. The holo printer prints the booster pic on the holo packs and the normal rare printer prints the booster pic on the non-holo packs. The holo printer often prints the booster packs pic a shade lighter or darker or sometimes with random dots on some complicated part of the pic. it you look at 10 booster packs closely and find 1 or 2 that appear a different shade or have some dots in the pic then you may have a holo. Here are some "eye tricks" for the various sets:

• ALL Packs
Darker packs (Works 20% of the time)

• LOB [Legend of Blue-Eyes White Dragon]
Scar below Yugi's face

• LOD [Legacy of Darkness]
Dot above Yugi's left eyebrow

• DCR [Dark Crisis]
Dot on Yugi's face and arms

• MFC [Magician Force]
In 1st Edition Magician's Force all 6 boxes I got (3 - 24 count and 3 - 36 count) the holo's had a grey triangle on Yugi's left eye at about the 4 or 5 o'clock position. The secret rares and regular rares I pulled did NOT have the marking on them.
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• SOD [Soul of The Duelist]
Hair behind the foil on the back of the pack
Dot above his eyes

• RDS [Rise of Destiny]
Dot/scar on Creator's chest

• DB2 [Dark Beginning 2nd Series]
Blue dot on celtic guardian's right leg (unconfirmed)

Air in The Packs:
Sometimes packs with holos appear to have more "air" in the packs bacause the foils were not laying perfectly flat when packaged.

• DB1 [Dark Beginning 1st Series]
Put the pack on your left hand. Hold it on its side. Then use your right hand and push down. Packs that are harder to push have holos.

• FET [Flaming Eternity]
Feel for the denser pack. The pack with less air, the higher chance you get a good card.

Freezer Trick:
A variation of the above trick, holos will "curl" a bit if left in the freezer for about 10 min. if you have several packs and want to know of any have foils, put them all in the freezer side-by-side and wait 10 mins. when done, the holo packs will be more "poofed up" than the non-holos (great way to find ultimates)

Gap Tricks:
Take a packs and hold it without squeezing the top to the bottom. run your finger nail along the side of the pacck from top to bottom. if your fingernail "catches" on something halfway down the pack then you may have a foil (regular rares are uniform ot the commons, holos are sometimes slightly offset in placement and sometimes create a "gap" between the cards.

Foil Tricks:
Take a pack and use your nail to move the first 4 cards downward inside the pack, then take a pice of aluminum foil and rub carefully back and forth where the name is. If nothing appears (any you did the trick right) then the card is a super rare. Otherwise you can tell if it is an holo or a normal rare.

Bar Code Tricks:
Look at the bar codes on the back of packs, the last 4 digits are the crucial ones. If you find 1 pack with a differnet bar-code than the rest then that pack is the secret rare. If you find 2-3 packs with the same different bar-code then odds are great that those packs are holos. (works mainly on older sets)

Bending Test:
Just bend the packs, the packs that are harder to bend are usually the ones with the holographic cards since holographic cards are slightly thicker. When doing this trick, remember you only need to bend it slightly. (many people swear by this trick but like many of the tricks this one cannot be used for packs in carboard "blister" packs at stores like wallmart)

Flap Trick:
First, click this link to see the picture
http://members.aol.com/MewtwoStruckBack/FlapTrick.jpg
Then look at the picture, see how the "flap" is not attached normal. Good sign of a holo pack.
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New Trick

TLM Special Edition Trick (this works for all special edition boxes)
The TLM special editon boxes that contain 3 TLM packs and 1 promo card there is a trick for pulling a Chaos Emperor Dragon every time. If you squeeze the box from the sides a little and push the top flap down a little you can look into the box without bending the cardboard or tearing the stickers holding it closed. The promo is facing the back of the box, away from the packs, hold the box in a well lit area and you can see which promo it has in it. You can get the promo you want, scale the packs, and make quite a deal

Holo Pack Placement: (The 3/6/7/11 trick)
Often the holos are not randomly "tossed" into an unopened box. there are somewhat confirmed holo placement patterns in many sets, and an overall patter from almost any set. In almost every box you will find a spot where there is a holo with another holo directly accross form it and another holo directly abobve or below it. here are some placement patterns and some box layouts. knowing how many holos are in a box and where in the box they might be is helpful for pulling the one you are looking for.
This won't be true for every box. But for a fair number of boxes (including from older sets), this is the best poor man trick we have.
For sets without Ultimate Rares (everything Ancient Sanctuary and before), many boxes have their holos in the 3rd, 7th, and 11th packs from the top on each side.
For sets WITH Ultimate Rares (Soul of the Duelist and after), many boxes have their regular holos in the 3rd, 7th, and 11th packs from the top on each side as well. IF THIS IS THE CASE, the Ultimate Rares will be in the 6th pack from the top on each side.