Happy Halloween (short post)

I think it's about time for a Halloween Challenge:

• For Cardfight!! Vanguard
• Make a deck that has the main clan being Grand Blue and 1 other clan. (Must be a Hybrid)
• For Yu-gi-oh!
• Make a Halloween Zombie deck.

Anyway, sorry for the post not being longer, but I have stuff to take care of in real life.

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion - Crystal Beasts III and Updates

Updated:

• http://dangerascend.blogspot.com/2011/10/cardfight-vanguard-strategies-ii-nova.html
• Cards have been linked to the cards themselves.
• http://dangerascend.blogspot.com/2011/10/cardfight-vanguard-strategies-ii-kagero.html
• Cards have been linked to the cards themselves.

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2x Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth

2x Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat

2x Crystal Beast Colbalt Eagle

2x Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise

2x Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle

3x Crystal Beast Sapphire Pegasus

2x Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger

2x Rainbow Dragon

2x Summoner Monk

3x Crystal Abundance

3x Crystal Beacon

3x Crystal Blessing

3x Crystal Release

Dark Hole

Monster Reborn

2x Mystical Space Typhoon

3x Crystal Pair

Torrential Tribute

Rainbow Path

Extra Deck:

3x Daigusto Emeral

Evigishki Merrowgeist

3x Lavalval Chain

Leviair the Sea Dragon

Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

Number 20: Giga Brilliant

Number 30: Acid Golem the Destruction

Number 39: Utopia

2x Steelswarm Roach

Wind-Up Zenmaines

Rate, fix, comment, thoughts, and discuss. Anyway, enjoy!

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Nova Grappler - Part 2

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
Pick Blaujunger. More will be explained in the basic strategy.

Basic Strategy:
This strategy involves around the Stern Blaukruger cards. If you have Blaukruger in your soul, you can have Stern Blaukruger at 11000 Power. This isn't what this strategy is about though, it's about timing your Vanguard attack right so that your opponent will be unable to guard, and you'll be able to inflict massive damage.


This typically involves having 4 damage in Damage Zone that is unflipped and 1 Nova Grappler in hand (when you Twin Drive and Drive Check again, that gives you the 4 cards that you need to discard.)

Also, it is similar to this strategy with the chain riding: Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Kagero - Part 2.


Alternative Strategy:
Repeatedly stand your units and get as many attacks as you can. Same as the strategy in Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Nova Grapplers - Part 1.

Guarding:

• 16 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 11 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 3 Twin Blader
• 8 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptors (5000)
• 3 NGM Prototype

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Shining Lady

4x Red Lightning

4x Battleraizer

4x Round Girl Clara

Blaujunger

Grade 1:

4x Blaupanzer

4x Death Army Guy

3x Claydoll Mechanic

3x Twin Blader

Grade 2:

4x Blaukruger

4x Death Army Lady

3x NGM Prototype

Grade 3:

4x Stern Blaukruger

4x Asura Kaizer

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I don't know when I'll be able to hyperlink the cards used in the strategies to the respectful card names, but I'll try to do that soon. Anyway, enjoy!

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Kagero - Part 2

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:

Pick Amber Dragon, Dawn for this strategy. More will be explained later in the Basic Strategy.

Basic Strategy:

There are four cards that you would be using as Vanguard immediately: Amber Dragon, Dawn, Amber Dragon, Daylight, Amber Dragon, Dusk, and Amber Dragon, Eclipse. If you ride Amber Dragon, Daylight on top of Amber Dragon, Dawn, you get Amber Dragon, Dusk in your Hand. The hardest part is riding to Amber Dragon Daylight and Amber Dragon, Eclipse. If you do not get those two, then this strategy becomes null and void, which means, you would need a Second Strategy for this deck.

Alternative Strategy:

The second strategy would be Superior Riding into Embodiment of Victory, Aleph. Since there’s no Lizard Soldier Conroe in this deck, the odds of getting the pieces in hand are slim, but with the help of Dragon Monk Gojo, the odds increased a bit. What you need to Superior Ride into Embodiment of Victory, Aleph is:

Embodiment of Spear, Tahr + Embodiment of Armor, Bahr + Dragon Knight Aleph = Embodiment of Victory, Aleph

Guarding:

• 16 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 11 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 3 Wyvern Guard Barri
• 8 Grade 2 Shield/Interceptors (5000)
• 3 Dragon Knight Berger

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Embodiment of Spear, Tahr

4x Blue-Ray Dracokid

4x Flame Seed Salamander

4x Dragon Monk Genjo

Amber Dragon, Dawn

Grade 1:

4x Amber Dragon, Daylight

4x Embodiment of Armor, Bahr

3x Wyvern Guard Barri

3x Dragon Monk Gojo

Grade 2:

4x Amber Dragon, Dusk

4x Dragon Knight Aleph

3x Dragon Knight Berger

Grade 3:

4x Amber Dragon, Eclipse

2x Embodiment of Victory, Aleph

2x Dragonic Overlord

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As a side note, I found out that the Cardfight Vanguard Wikidot moved to a different site altogether, so the hyperlinks in all the old posts before this one have the old link to it. As a result, I'll be fixing up those posts, as much as I can, as quickly as I can. The new site is linked here: http://vanguardtcg.wiki.fc2.com/.

Anyway, enjoy!

Small Update

In accordance to the holiday season coming up (in December), the majority of the posts will be pushed towards Cardfight!! Vanguard, but I'll try to splash in some Yu-gi-oh! posts.

I do not know in what order it'll be or how many posts I'll make of each clan, but here's the clans I'm going to cover over that time span:

• Royal Paladin
• Kagero
• Oracle Think Tank
• Nova Grappler
• Grand Blue
• Spike Brothers
• Pale Moon
• Tachikaze
• Dark Irregulars
• Shadow Paladins (when they are completed in Pack Set 4)
• Dimensional Police (when they are completed in Pack Set 4)

I'm not sure if Megacolony is a part of the group that is getting a full clan set in Pack Set 4, but if it is, it'll get a post or posts.

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On the Yu-gi-oh! side of things, there's a few things that I'm going to be taking care of:

• Crystal Beasts
• I'm still going to be testing through them, and seeing if there's any more better outs. Right now, I'm doubting the use of Rare Value in the deck itself. If there is a complete revision (again), I'll post it.
• Ninjas
• Started using this deck recently. I'll make a post about it at a later date.

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion - Crystal Beast II and Yu-gi-oh! Deck Explanation - Gishki and Crystal Beasts

To fix my mistake (in Crystal Beast I), I already came up with a new build for Crystal Beasts that gets rid of that mistake. Anyway, enjoy!

2x Crystal Beast Amber Mammoth

2x Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat

2x Crystal Beast Colbalt Eagle

2x Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise

2x Crystal Beast Ruby Carbuncle

2x Crystal Beast Sapphire Peggasus

2x Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger

2x Rainbow Dragon

2x Summoner Monk

Dark Hole

Monster Reborn

2x Mystical Space Typhoon

3x Crystal Abundance

3x Crystal Blessing

3x Crystal Release

3x Crystal Beacon

2x Crystal Pair

3x Starlight Road

Extra Deck:

3x Stardust Dragon

Daigusto Emeral

Evigishki Merrowgeist

3x Lavalval Chain

Leviair the Sea Dragon

Number 39: Utopia

Steelswarm Roach

Wind-Up Zenmaines

Number 30: Acid Golem the Destruction

Number 17: Levaithan Dragon

Number 20: Gig-Anto Brill-Ant

The main problem I had before was that I was stuck with barely any Crystal Beasts as Continuous Spell Cards, so I tried to avoid the cards that has the requirements of Crystal Beasts required in the Spell/Trap Zones. It's why I was going for searches, but I didn't notice that error on my part, and I apologize for that. So, I began to look for easy ways to search, and came across such cards as Key Mouse (which is no longer in this deck, because I stopped worrying about easy searches and focused more on protecting my cards).

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Yu-gi-oh! Deck Explanation - Gishki:

• Main Concept: Ritual Spam.
• Why is Deep Sea Diva in here?: Because it can search out Vision Gishki for either a Level 4 Synchro Summon, Rank 2 Xyz Summoning, or sacrificing Vision Gishki for a Ritual Summon. Also, the more I get into the Graveyard, the more targets I may have with Salvage.
• Main Problem: The only problem I have encountered with the Gishki deck is not being able to get the Ritual Spell Card I need in the hand for the Ritual Summoning. I'll be finding out ways to fix that part, but other than that, there's not much I can do about it.

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Anyway, rate, comment, fix, thoughts, and discuss. Enjoy!

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion - Crystal Beasts I

After a little bit, it made more sense to go back to this template, since it was beginning to be too much of a hassle trying to make it a bit more darker. Anyway, feel free to discuss about it.

Reason why I changed it:
During the process of making it darker, I came across a problem which caused the text to blend a bit much, and with the shade going from white to black, it wasn't helping the situation much either. So I reverted back to the old template, but I kept the outer background from that template to this one.

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EDIT: This deck has been scrapped, but the Deck Explanation is still valid. A new version of this deck will be shown after I do the Deck Explanation.

3x Crystal Beast Amethyst Cat

3x Crystal Beast Emerald Tortoise

3x Crystal Beast Sapphire Peggasus

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3x Key Mouse

3x Super Mega Nimble Hamster

Sangan

2x Summoner Monk

3x Crystal Release

Dark Hole

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

2x Mystical Space Typhoon

3x Pot of Duality

3x Rare Value

2x Call of the Haunted

3x Horn of the Phantom Beast

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

Ally of Justice Catastor

2x Armory Arm

Scrap Dragon

Stardust Dragon

Tech Genus Hyper Librarian

Daigusto Emeral

Evigishki Merrowgeist

Lavalval Chain

Leviair the Sea Dragon

Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

Number 39: Utopia

Steelswarm Roach

Wind-Up Zenmaines

Wind-Up Zenmaister

Sorry for changing up the template. Anyway, rate, fix, comment, discuss, and thoughts. Enjoy!

Next post: Yu-gi-oh! Deck Explanation - Gishki and Crystal Beasts.

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion - Gishki I

3x Deep Sea Diva

3x Gishki Beast

3x Gishki Shadow

3x Vision Gishki

2x Evigishki Gustkrake

Evigishki Levianima

Evigishki Mind Argus

2x Evigishki Tetrogre

Dark Hole

Forbidden Art of the Gishki

3x Gishki Ceremonial Mirror

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

Pot of Avarice

3x Pot of Duality

3x Preparation of Rites

2x Salvage

2x Call of the Haunted

2x Mind Crush

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

2x Armory Arm

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Red Dragon Archfiend

Scrap Dragon

Sirius the Blue Dog Star

Stardust Dragon

2x Daigusto Emerald

Evigishki Merrowgeist

Gachi Gachi Gantetsu

2x Lavalval Chain

Number 39: Utopia

Steelswarm Roach

Rate, comment, fix, thoughts, or discuss. Enjoy!

EDIT: Changed the template again. Let me know if you like it or not.

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion - Lavals I

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3x Laval Cannoneer

3x Laval Forest Sprite

3x Laval Lady of the Burning Lake

3x Laval Lancelord

3x Laval Magma Cannoneer

3x Tender of the Laval Volcano

Dark Hole

Foolish Burial

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

Reinforcement of the Army

3x Rekindling

3x Sweltering Heat Transmission Field

3x Blazing Dust Explosion

2x Call of the Haunted

3x Flamvell Counter

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

The Extra Deck has not been finalized. Rate, fix, comment, thoughts, and discuss. Anyway, enjoy!

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Explanation - Space-Time Police

There are two main strategies to this deck: Getting out a Rank 5 Xyz or Rank 3 Xyz; however, there are some problems with this deck. First off, the strategies are simple:

• Teleport: Use in combination with a monster card to get a Rank 3 or Rank 5 Xyz monster onto your Field
• Main Problem: It becomes a necessity for this card to be in this deck, which means, at times, it can be a dead card at times, not to mention “Paying 800 Life Points” is not favorable in this format.
• Overdrive Teleporter: Use to quickly get a Rank 3 Xyz monster onto your Field
• Main Problem: Paying Life Points this format is terrible, and this format more depends on keeping every single Life Point and making sure your "backrow" comes from your Hand.
• Brain Hazard: Use in combination with Psi-Beast to get a Rank 3 or Rank 5 Xyz monster onto your Field
• Main Problem: Too many cards used in this combination, leaving you at a disadvantage. The advantage is that majority of the Rank 5 Xyzs try to balance it out by destroying stuff on your opponent’s Field.

The main problem I came across while testing is when my opponent decides to wreck my field, I have no back-up plan…at all. I may work on this a bit more to fix the main problem(s) in this deck. Thoughts, comments, discuss, and suggestions. Anyway, enjoy!

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Looks like I'll keep this one. Anyway, thank you for voting. (No comments were submitted, so there's not much to talk about there.)

If you notice anything,...(very short post)

...I'm going to be experimenting on a few templates and see what I like from them. So, expect something random.

Next post will be Yu-gi-oh! Deck Explanation - Space-Time Police. That is when I'll reveal some flaws I experienced, as well as, how well it did on how it drew.

EDIT: So, how's the new design? Comment, thoughts, discuss, or vote.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladins - Part 3

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
For this strategy, any Vanilla Grade 0 would do, but in the Sample Deck List, I picked Grime.

Strategy:
For this strategy, the main focus is to get off Soul Saver Dragon's Soul Blast. Since Royal Paladin's typical starter is banned during tourneys, getting cards to Soul shouldn't be difficult regardless. Some cards you can use are as follows:

• Giro
• Margal
• Pongal

Some cares that you can use to call out some Rear Guards to assist you in this would be:

• King of Knights, Alfred
• Hi-Dog Breeder, Akane

Guarding:

• 15 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 4 Draw Triggers
• 7 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 4 Flash Shield, Iseult
• 7 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptors (5000)
• 4 Knight of Truth, Gordon

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Transporter of Good Luck, Epona

4x Future Knight, Llew

4x Margal

4x Yggdrasil Maiden, Elaine

3x Giro

Grime

Grade 1:

4x Flash Shield, Iseult

4x Pongal

3x Lake Maiden, Lien

Grade 2:

4x High Dog Breeder, Akane

4x Knight of Truth, Gordon

3x Blaster Blade

Grade 3:

4x Soul Saver Dragon

4x King of Knights, Alfred

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If you have any questions, leave a comment. Also:

Anyway, enjoy!

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion - Space-Time Police

3x Battle Fader

2x Effect Veiler

3x Doctor Cranium

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3x Hushed Psychic Cleric

2x Overdrive Teleporter

3x Psi-Beast

Sangan

3x Serene Psychic Witch

2x Silent Psychic Wizard

3x Space-Time Police

Dark Hole

Emergency Teleport

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

3x Teleport

3x Brain Hazard

2x Call of the Haunted

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

2x Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon

2x Number 61: Volcasaurus

2x Tiras, Keeper of Genesis

3x Leviair the Sea Dragon

3x Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

3x Number 20: Gig-Anto Brilli-Ant

Rate, comment, fix, thoughts, and discuss. Anyway, enjoy!

Yu-gi-oh! Deck - Karakuris

3x Cyber Dragon
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3x Karakuri Komachi mdl 224 "Ninishi"

3x Karakuri Merchant mdl 177 "Inashichi"

3x Karakuri Ninja mdl 919 "Kuick"

3x Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 "Nishipachi"

2x Karakuri Watchdog mdl 313 "Saizan"

Sangan

Dark Hole

Future Fusion

Heavy Storm

3x Karakuri Anatomy

3x Karakuri Cash Cache

3x Machine Duplication

Monster Reborn

2x Mystical Space Typhoon

2x Overload Fusion

2x Call of the Haunted

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck

2x Chimeratech Overdragon

Ally of Justice Catastor

Black Rose Dragon

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

3x Karakuri Shogun mdl 00 "Burei"

3x Karakuri Steel Shogun mdl 00X "Bureido"

Magical Android

Sirius the Blue Dog Star

Stardust Dragon

T.G. Hyper Librarian

Anyway, just something I came up with while watching someone duel with Karakuris. Anyway, rate, fix, comment, thoughts, and discuss. Enjoy!

Yu-gi-oh! Card Discussion - Space-Time Police

(uploaded from Yu-gi-oh! Wikia)

Space-Time Police

*****   Attribute: Wind

[Psychic/Effect]

When this card is Special Summoned: Target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; banish that target. When this card leaves the field: Set the card that was banished by this effect to your opponent's side of the Field.

ATK: 2300  DEF: 1500

There's two ways to Special Summon this card easily without the use of Monster Reborn and Call of the Haunted and those are: Teleport and Brain Hazard. Teleport lets you Special Summon it from your Hand just like Valhalla for Fairies, except you have to pay 800 Life Points. Brain Hazard is the "Special Summon from the Banished pile" Continuous Trap Card. To abuse his effect, you use the Exceed Summoning method which avoids "When this card leaves the field" effect.

So the main idea is:

Space-Time Police + Psi-Beast = Level 5 Xyz

Comments, thoughts, or discuss. Enjoy!