Have a happy new year!

Since it is December 31st, 2011, I was deciding on a routine for you all. For next month, I will be doing Yu-gi-oh! posts, so expect those to come back.

The schedule will be as follows:

• January 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• February 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• March 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• April 2012 - Cardfight!! Vanguard
• May 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• June 2012 - Cardfight!! Vanguard
• July 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• August 2012 - Cardfight!! Vanguard
• September 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• October 2012 - Cardfight!! Vanguard
• November 2012 - Yu-gi-oh!
• December 2012 - Cardfight!! Vanguard

This schedule will be subject to change over a longer period of time, but this is the rough draft I had in mind. The reason why I'm doing the first 3 months of 2012 as Yu-gi-oh!, because I'll be waiting for more cards to come in for Cardfight!! Vanguard. Not to mention, I've been getting ideas by watching duels on Dueling Network, that I can't sit by idly and watch the opprotunity past me by. With that being said, I would point out a card that I recently saw, but that has been out for a while:

(from Yu-gi-oh! Wikia)

Vanity's Emptiness

[Continuous Trap Card]

Neither player can Special Summon monsters. Destroy this card when a card is sent from the Deck or the field to your Graveyard.

Pro:

• Your opponent cannot Special Summon monsters.

Cons:

• You cannot Special Summon monsters.
• When a card gets sent from your Deck or the field to your Graveyard, Vanity's Emptiness is destroyed.

There's cards that can remedy one "Con" from this card, which is using Imperial Customs and Starlight Road. Now then, why am I suggesting this? Find out in 2012.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Imperial Defense - Part 2

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
I would recommend Lozenge Magus, because it's an extra booster for a Grade 1 or Grade 2 Vanguard, and for this deck, not much cards would be played besides Imperial Daughter and High-Speed Blackie.

Basic Strategy "None Shall Pass":

• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Imperial Defense - Part 1 - Oracle Think Tank as Vanguard Clan and Non-Oracle Think Tank Units

Since guarding and this strategy are one and the same, I will not be doing them in separate sections. Also, this also takes into account that your opponent successfully rides every single turn.

If you are facing an opponent's Grade 1 Vanguard:

A typical case when you face an opponent's Grade 1, the response becomes "No Guard", because there's not much you can do with the typical hand that you have; however, this deck takes into account that your opponent will attempt to damage you every single turn. This is why the strategy is called "None Shall Pass", because if it passes. Then once you get to Grade 3, you'll have less turns to be able utilize Imperial Daughter, which is the heart of the Deck. There is one card that you can use to guarantee a safe passage for a turn when you do call it as a Guardian from your Hand: Weather Forecaster Miss Mist. Once you call her, regardless if your opponent gets a Trigger or not, they won't be able to damage you that turn.

If you are facing an opponent's Grade 1 Rear Guard attackers:

If you are facing 1 Rear Guard attack, you'll might be able to block it, depending on if the card you use can make sure that it doesn't hit. If you are facing 2 or more Rear Guard attacks, you could block them, but it is not recommended to do so, since you'll lose too many cards in the process, because at the time, you do block, you'll have one of two options:

• If you go first, then you can only afford one card without losing the card advantage. (This discounts the card that you use to ride on your turn.)
• If you go second, then you can afford two cards without losing the card advantage. (This discounts the card that you use to ride on your turn.)

Depending on if you win or lose the dice roll, it will determine how many cards that you can use to block, during this turn. Also, you might have a chance to gain a card in your hand, so that is always an option.

If you are facing an opponent's Grade 2 Vanguard:

It's the same result as when you are facing an opponent's Grade 1 Vanguard.

If you are facing an opponent's Grade 2 Rear Guard attackers:

It is the same result as when you are facing an opponent's Grade 1 Rear Guard attackers, however it is most likely that your opponent will swarm with their Grade 2s, since all Grade 2s have the Intercept ability.

If you are facing an opponent's Grade 3 Vanguard with Rear Guard attackers assisting the opponent's Grade 3 Vanguard:

You must make sure that you don't go over 3 Guardians, because if you call out more than 3 Guards, then you may not be able to survive for much longer; hence you watch out for your opponent's power lanes:

• If the power lane is between 11k and 16k power, then you can use a 5000 Shield to block.
• If the power lane is between 16k and 21k power, then you can use a 10000 Shield to block.
• If the power lane is 21k power or higher, that is when you say "No Guard" and take the damage.

If the power of the Vanguard is within the range, listed above, then a typical idea is to use an extra 5000 Shield or Battle Sister Chocolat to block.

Win Condition:

Win by inflicting the sixth damage successfully or by decking out your opponent. 

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Oracle Guardian, Nike

4x Psychic Bird

4x Victory Maker

4x Lozenge Magus

4x Red Shoe Milly

Grade 1:
4x Battle Sister Chocolat
4x Battle Sister Cocoa
3x Weather Forecaster Miss Mist
3x Dark Cat

Grade 2:
4x Silent Tom
4x Security Guardian
4x High-Speed Blackie

Grade 3:
4x Imperial Daughter

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If you have any questions, leave a comment. Enjoy!

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Imperial Defense - Part 1 - Oracle Think Tank as Vanguard Clan and Non-Oracle Think Tank Units

Post that you should check out:

• http://soimba.blogspot.com/2011/12/imperial-daughter.html

Well, this idea is based off what I read on Rauzes "SO IMBA!" blog a while back. So, I'm going with the theory of "How would Imperial Daughter stand alone with those cards, and how well would it do?" Which leaves a question: "What would the other cards in the deck look like?" For the Non-Oracle Think Tank units, you can use the following:

• Red Shoe Milly
• Juggernaut Maximum
• High-Speed Blackie

Here's the test results I had with the deck:

• Having 4 Imperial Daughters and 4 Juggernaut Maximums were a bad idea, since I would get hit by oncoming attacks. Unfortunately, if I get Juggernaut Maximum first, and don't see Imperial Daughter throughout the match, there's not much you can do with Juggernaut Maximum being at 9000 throughout the entire match, so that became an instant "bad idea", and I threw Juggernaut Maximum out of the deck.
• At the time, I threw Juggernaut Maximum out, I considered adding in more defensive measures, so that I take less damage per turn, so Red Shoe Milly was put into the deck as an extra 10000 Shield, and it can add itself to the Soul, so it can fuel High-Speed Blackie and Juggernaut Maximum.
• While Imperial Daughter's Restraint is Counterblast 1, add 1 card to Soul, it can fuel such cards as High-Speed Blackie and Juggernaut Maximum, while using such effects as Battle Sister Cocoa to check the top card of your Deck.

More will be explained in Part 2.

Merry Christmas (short post)

First off, Merry Christmas to you all.

Here's a challenge for you all:

• On the Yu-gi-oh! side of things, try to build a Fire/Wind deck hybrid. Why you ask? Red is Fire, and Green is Wind.
• On the Cardfight!! Vanguard side of things, try to build a Megacolony and Kagero hybrid.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Blaster - Part 3

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
As said in "Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Blaster - Part 1 - Shadow Paladin as Vanguard Clan Unit", I would pick Fullbau.

Basic Strategy:

• "Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Blaster - Part 1 - Shadow Paladin as Vanguard Clan Unit"
• "Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Blaster - Part 2 - Non-Shadow Paladin Units"

For the units before, when is a good time to use the Non-Shadow Paladin Units?
When the Vanguard, in question, is not affected by the non-Shadow Paladin Units. If you have Phantom Blaster Overlord as your Vanguard, it is NOT ideal to have non-Shadow Paladin Units out.

What else would be ideal for this deck?
Having 3 units at hand without losing much of an advantage when using Phantom Blaster Dragon's skill, or having Phantom Blaster Overlord in hand when you want to use Phantom Blaster Overlord's skill.

Guarding:

• 16 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 4 Draw Triggers
• 8 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 3 Dark Shield, Mac Lir
• 10 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptors (5000)

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Grim Reaper

4x Darkside Trumpeter

4x Abyss Freezer

4x Abyss Healer

4x Wingal Brave
Fullbau

Grade 1:
4x Blaster Javelin
4x Nostrum Witch, Arianrhod
4x Dark Shield, Mac Lir

Grade 2:
4x Blaster Dark
4x Skull Witch, Nemain
3x Blaster Blade or Blaster Keroro (depends on preference)

Grade 3:
4x Phantom Blaster Dragon
4x Phantom Blaster Overlord

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If you have any questions, leave a comment.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Blaster - Part 2 - Non-Shadow Paladin Units

Alright, now I'll talk about the Non-Shadow Paladin Units in this Blaster deck.

Starting off, I will talk about Wingal Brave. Using Wingal Brave's effect in this build, not only lets you search out Blaster Blade and Blaster Keroro, it will help you search out Phantom Blaster units (as mentioned in Part 1, meaning this card comes out in Set 5), and make it easier for you to get the desired chain ride.

The other unit would be a coin flip between Blaster Blade and Blaster Keroro. If you can keep your hand greater than your opponents over a long period of time, use Blaster Keroro. If you want a stable power unit, use Blaster Blade. It all depends on the person running the deck. Personally, just in case I run into problems, I would prefer using Blaster Blade over Blaster Keroro. It'll all depend on the user.

Part 3 will talk about the remainder of the strategy and the sample deck list will be posted.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Blaster - Part 1 - Shadow Paladin as Vanguard Clan Unit

For the moment, I'm doing a three part post of Shadow Paladins and Royal Paladins, naming this the Blaster Hybrid.

What should you use as the Vanguard for Shadow Paladins in the Blaster Hybrid?
Remember the Phantom Blaster cards from the Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Shadow Paladins - Part 1. Same units can apply here, but this time the chain will be the following:

Fullbau => Blaster Javelin => Blaster Dark => Phantom Blaster Dragon => Phantom Blaster Overlord

With that chain, if you do ride Blaster Javelin, not only with Fullbau's skill, you'll get Blaster Dark, but also, with another way, with a Royal Paladin card from Set 5, and other Blaster units (Blaster Blade and Blaster Keroro). More will be explained in Part 2.

What should be the amount of cards that you can put in for a sub-clan in a Hybrid build?
The rule of thumb with hybrids is that you need to have a good, reliable, Vanguard without losing triggers from Drive Checks. For example, in this deck, the main clan is Shadow Paladin, so I put in all triggers for Shadow Paladin; however, you can place other clan units in this deck. The general idea for a balance for a sub-clan within one of these Hybrids is having 4 Grade 0s, 4 Grade 1s, 4 Grade 2s, and 4 Grade 3s (maybe); however, this balance for a sub-clan is not correct the majority of the time; however 16 units from the sub-clan should be the ideal maximum. It can be more for your ideal maximum. It can be less. It depends on the Cardfight!! Vanguard player.

Part 2 will mention the cards that I can put into this Blaster deck, that are not Shadow Paladins.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - General Idea

This will be a short post; however, there's a few things that you need to know.

• If you decide to hybrid a strategy, you should try to make sure that there's a base VG clan for your deck, so that you can run cards that can support it. For example, if you do run Oracle Think Tank Vanguard, you should run Triggers related to that clan, and clan-specific cards related to that clan. If you have two or more base VG clans, then running those clan specific cards becomes pointless.
• If you do decide on running two or more base VG clans, then you should focus in on how much you can guard. If you run a lot of 5000 Shields, then, your resources will dwindle fast.
• If you do decide on running a VG base clan where there is not that many clan-specific cards, you need to make sure that you can guard well with cards, and if it has a Soul Blast requirement, you should run 10000 Guards that add themselves from the Guardian Circle to the Soul, instead of being sent to the Drop Zone.

Anyway, if there's anything you guys want to add, leave a comment. Anyway, enjoy!

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

This strategy was done by request, so here it is:

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
I would choose Machining Worker Ant, because the Larva Phantom Giraffa is not usable when you combine both of them. Machining Worker Ant can be useful while in the Soul, giving your deck a much better advantage than Larva Phantom Giraffa.

Basic Strategy:

How are we suppose to be using Pupa Phantom Giraffa, Elite Phantom Giraffa, and Wicked Shell Phantom Giraffa?

For Elite Phantom Giraffa, to give the boost to Wicked Shell Phantom Giraffa, Elite Phantom Giraffa is needed to be in Soul, so Death Warden, Antlion is needed for Soul Charging it or ride it normally. For Pupa Phantom Giraffa's effect, you can discard Machining Stag Beetle or Death Warden, Antlion to get Wicked Shell Phantom Giraffa into your Hand. As for using Wicked Shell Phantom Giraffa's Counterblast, you can ride Machining Stag Beetle to get to Megacolony units from Soul to Rear Guard Zone to reduce the cost of Wicked Shell Phantom Giraffa, when you ride him.

Why is Death Warden, Antlion in here?

The reason is to have it Soul Charge the necessary pieces into your Soul.

Remainder of Strategy: Swarming with Machining cards, and making sure Elite Phantom Giraffa and one Machining card is in Soul.

Guarding:

• 12 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 4 Draw Triggers
• 10 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 4 Paralyze Madonna
• 11 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptor (5000)

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Shelter Beetle

4x Sharpnel Scorpio

4x Raider Mantis

4x Medical Combatant, Lamprey

Machining Worker Ant

Grade 1:
4x Machining Hornet
4x Paralyze Madonna
3x Gloom Flyman
3x Pupa Phantom Giraffa

Grade 2:
4x Elite Phantom Giraffa
4x Machining Mantis
3x Tail Jaw

Grade 3:
3x Machining Stag Beetle
3x Death Warden, Antlion
2x Wicked Shell Phantom Giraffa

Yu-gi-oh! Deck - Steelswarm/Verz I

Right now, I decided to post a rough draft of a Steelswarm/Verz Deck that I have been meaning to test out on Dueling Network.

2x Armageddon Knight

2x Dark Grepher

3x Level Eater

2x Steelswarm Girastag

2x Steelswarm Mantis

2x Steelswarm Moth

3x Steelswarm Scout

3x Verz Mandrago

Allure of Darkness

3x Creature Swap

2x Creeping Darkness

Dark Hole

3x Fires of Doomsday

Foolish Burial

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

3x Recurring Nightmare

Reinforcement of the Army

2x Call of the Haunted

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

2x Daigusto Emeral

3x Lavalval Chain

2x Verz Bahamut

2x Verz Nightmare

2x Verz Ophion

2x Verz Ouroboros

2x Verz Thanatos

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

Updates

Alright, there's some things that I have been working on, so here's the general update for you all:

• Cardfight!! Vanguard updates:
• Giraffa + Machining
• This seems to be going well, so this'll probably be the first thing posted on my blog. Swarm tactics plus destruction of opponent's boosters next turn is too good to pass up.
• Nubatama + Murakumo + Oracle Think Tank
• For the Oracle Think Tank portion, I'm only using them for their triggers so far.
• For the Murakumo portion, I'm using Twin Swordsman MUSASHI and Left/Right Arrestor for power gain.
• For the Nubatama portion, I'm using them to discard my opponent's hand fast and quickly to make sure that my opponent can't bounce back.
• Yu-gi-oh! updates
• Steelswarm
• Something that I've been curious about for a while. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Tutorial Maintenance

I'll be looking through each post, and see if I need to change anything, and the following changes will be listed below, so this post will be modified after each post that I modified. If there's any requests I missed in the comments of those posts, I will list them on this post, and get to them shortly.

Also, this post will be updated constantly, and when it gets to be too long to bear, you can use CTRL+F to find what you are looking for: Hybrid Strategies, Non-Full Clan Discussion, List of Fixes, and List of Requests.

Hybrid Strategies:

• Shadow Paladins + Royal Paladins
• This is one strategy I want to see run perfectly. Why you ask? The new Royal Paladin starter in Set 5 has an effect of which if a "Blaster" unit's attack hit when this card boosts the "Blaster" unit, you can add this card to your Soul, and search out 1 "Blaster" card from your Deck, and add it to your Hand.
• Nubatama/Murakumo/??? Hybrid
• Prevention, Discarding, and ??? all in one.
• Bermuda Triangle/??? Hybrid
• Soul Blasting into ???.
• Great Nature/??? Hybrid
• Continuously making sure the attacking zones are 20k+ or 21k+.
• Shadow Paladin/??? Hybrid
• Shadow Paladins + ??? makes for an interesting wonder.
• Amon/BFD Hybrid
• Retiring by adding cards to Soul boosts Doreen the Thruster and BFD (and any other Kagero's effects that allows a power boost by retiring an opponent's Rear Guard.)

Non-Full Clan Discussion:

•  Nubatama/Murakumo/??? Hybrid
• Nubatama
• Preview: This archetype is basically one of two things:
• If your opponent has more cards than you, you can use Counterblast 1 ability to make them discard from their hand.
• If you have more cards than your opponent, your units gain additional power.
• Murakumo
• Preview: This archetype has been all over the place, so I'll separate them into seperate cards to explain what's actually going on:
• Dueling Dragon ZANBAKU: This card prevents your opponent from riding more than one Grade 3.
• Twin Swordsman MUSASHI: This card gains 2000 power if you have more Rear Guards than your opponent.
• Left and Right Arrestor: These card gains 3000 power if the other card is on the Field in the correct Rear Guard Zone. I.E. Left Arrestor in Left Rear Guard Zone and Right Arrestor in Right Rear Guard Zone.
• Archer FUSHIMI: If you ride him on top of a Murakumo Unit, you get to attack one unit in the back row.
• Bermuda Triangles/??? Hybrid
• Bermuda Triangles
• Basically, they use Soul Blast effects to return one Bermuda Triangle unit to their hand. You do not need a Bermuda Triangle Vanguard to do this.
• Great Nature/??? Hybrid
• Great Nature
• With either resting or Counterblast 2, they can gain power to get over a certain amount of Shields. For example:
• +4000 will not get over a Shield.
• +8000 will get over a 5000 Shield.
• +12000 will get over a 10000 Shield.

List of Fixes:

Names and hyperlinks needed to be changed to the following cards: 

• Barcgal
• Change was made in the following posts:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 3 
• Future Knight, Llew
• Change was made in the following posts:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 3 
• High Dog Breeder, Akane
• Change was made in the following posts:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladin - Part 3 
• Flash Shield, Iseult
• Change was made in the following posts:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 3
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladin - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladin - Part 3 
• Transporter of Good Luck, Epona
• Change was made in the following posts:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Swordsman of the Explosive Flames, Palamedes
• Change was made in the following post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladin - Part 2
• Grime
• Change was made in the following post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Royal Paladin - Part 3
• Lick the Ghostie
• Change was made in the following post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies I and II - Granblue - Part 1
• Gust Jin
• Change was made in the following post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies I and II - Granblue - Part 1
• General Seifried
• Change was made in the following post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies I and II - Spike Brothers - Part 1
• Spike Brothers Assault Squad
• Change was made in the following post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies I and II - Spike Brothers - Part 1
• Luck Bird
• Change was made in the following posts:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Oracle Think Tank - Part 1
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Oracle Think Tank - Part 2

Title of Blog Post needed to be changed to the following post:

•  Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies I and II - Granblue - Part 1
• Reason: Clan name changed from Grand Blue to Granblue.

Other Miscellaneous Changes:

• Blazing Flare Dragon
• Added hyperlink to this post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Kagero - Part 2 
• Demonic Dragon Mage, Raksha
• Added hyperlink to this post:
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies - Kagero - Part 2 

List of Requests:

• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Megacolony - Part 2
• Request: Giraffa + Machining
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Kagero - Part 3
• Request: Taking a deeper look into the Amber Series, with Heat Nail Salamander and Bellicosity Dragon.

If you guys have a request for a Cardfight!! Vanguard deck, leave a comment. Anyway, enjoy!

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Spike Brothers and Granblues Strategy Post Update (very short post)

Their strategies won't change between Strategy I and Strategy II, so I'm keeping them exactly the same between both clans; however, I'll update the Tutorial thread accordingly and update both posts, so that there's not mixed confusion.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Megacolony - Part 1

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
Pick Larva Phantom Giraffa. More will be explained in the Strategy section.

Strategy:


How to avoid getting a bad hand?
Well, this is the reason why I did add Larva Phantom Giraffa into this deck. If you draw Pupa Phantom Giraffa in your opening hand, then you already have your Grade 1 and your Grade 2 already in your hand by just one card. There is still a chance to get a bad hand, but it's reduced due to this concept.

What's the Grade 3 strategy?
So far, I'm using Death Warden, Antlion for Soul Charging, and I'm using Master Fraud for Soul Blast(3) for an extra card in my hand.

Avoiding taking damage off using a Grade 1 card. With using Gloom Flyman's effect, you can force your opponent's backrow Grade 0 card to rest, when it hasn't boosted a RG attacker or the VG attacker if need be. This would cause less power to be distributed by your opponent while you waste fewer cards to block for that turn.

Using Counterblast(2) cards to force your opponent to not stand, what does that force?
It forces them to either waste a card, or potentially makes your opponent waste an attack/boost for that turn.

Guarding:

• 12 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 4 Draw Triggers
• 11 Grade 1 Shields
• 3 Paralyze Madonna
• 11 Grade 2 Shield/Interceptors

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Shrapnel Scorpio

4x Sonic Cicada

4x Raider Mantis

4x Medical Combatant, Lamprey

Larva Phantom Giraffa

Grade 1:

4x Pupa Phantom Giraffa

4x Gloom Flyman

3x Karma Queen

3x Paralyze Madonna

Grade 2:

4x Elite Phantom Giraffa

4x Tail Jaw

3x Lady Bomb

Grade 3:

4x Death Warden, Antlion

4x Master Fraud

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If you have any questions, leave a comment. Anyway, enjoy!

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Hybrid Strategies - Why didn't I do any Hybrids yet?

So far, I have 3 clans that do not have a Strategy II post, which are: Grand Blue, Spike Brothers, and Megacolony, so the order of those posts will be as follows:

• Megacolony would be first, since I haven't done a Strategy post at all.
• Spike Brothers would be second.
• Granblue would be third.

And for strategies that I've already done, I'll do some more of them in due time; however, a topic I wasn't able to do was Hybrid Strategies.

Originally, with Hybrid Strategies, in the early run of the game, I wasn't able to get any hybrids to work without them being in a deep disadvantage with "Clan-specific" cards. So, for example, if you want to block an attack without fail, you wouldn't be able to use the 0 Shield cards; however, since now, we have expanded a bit, I think I'll give them a try again.

I'll explain the deep disadvantage in a different post, after I do the Megacolony, Spike Brothers, and Grand Blue posts.

I'm also thinking about what combinations should I try. If you have any suggestions of a Hybrid Strategy that you want to see done, leave a comment.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Pale Moon - Part 1

Picking a Grade 0 Vanguard:
Pick Underworld Manager. More will be explained in the Strategy section.

Strategy (Assassin Loop):
Just as I talked about in this post, linked here, there's an assassin loop, that revolves around Counterblast cards, but how would we set that up though? If we utilize Soul Charging to it's fullest, you'll be able to finish the Soul Charging Process well before you go for the Assassination. So, here's a list of some Soul Charging Cards you can use:

• Underworld Manager (which means, once you ride over this card, you get a Soul Charge immediately on the first turn)
• Skull Juggler
• Darkness Magician, Robert
• Elephant Juggler
• Hungry Pierrot
• Rainbow Magician

With these Soul Charging cards, and with the Assassin Loop, explained here, you can come up with a quick end for your opponent.

Guarding:

• 8 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 8 Draw Triggers
• 11 Grade 1 Shields
• 3 Underworld Hypnotist
• 11 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptors

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Dynamite Juggler

4x Rainbow Magician

4x Spiral Master

4x Funny Pierrot

Underworld Manager

Grade 1:

4x Purple Trapezist

4x Skull Juggler

3x Underworld Hypnotist

3x Midnight Bunny

Grade 2:

4x Elephant Juggler

4x Mirror Demon

3x Hungry Pierrot

Grade 3:

4x Darkness Magician, Robert

4x Nightmare Doll, Alice

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If there's any links that I should add to the Cardfight!! Vanguard - Tutorial Section, let me know. If you have any questions, leave a comment. Anyway, enjoy!

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Pale Moon - Assassin Loop

I think it's about time I do something slightly different with some strategies, so, I'll do this in two parts: one with an idea on what to expect, then go into detail with the Basic Strategy in the next post.

Now, let's get started:

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Pale Moon - Assassin Loop:

First let me introduce the cards in question for this loop:

• Midnight Bunny
• Mirror Demon
• Nightmare Doll, Alice
• Purple Trapezist

First off you'll ask: "Why is there a loop?" Good question, but you'll realize what I'm saying when you read the effects. First three deal with this effect: "When this card's attack hits, you may pay this cost (which is Counterblast 1 and moving the unit to Soul). If so, choose a Pale Moon besides [Name of Card] and place it in a Rear Guard Circle." If that's the case, when your attack hits, you can call out another Pale Moon, and attack again. That's the typical loop for the first three, but a new card came out that can make the repeating attacker have a booster

Anyway, I'll explain more in "Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Pale Moon - Part 1". Enjoy!

Took today off

I decided to take a break and try to finish up a few other things on my end that needed to take care of. So far, I want to know these few things:

• I'll still keep on posting on Twitter, but I'm wondering if having Twitter updates helpful for you guys. That poll will be open for a few weeks, not sure when I'll close it.
• I've thought about making a Yu-gi-oh! custom set, which include all 3 text changes. Which text do you like?
• I'm thinking about what to post next for the Cardfight!! Vanguard section, so stay tuned.

In other news, here's the English link to the Cardfight!! Vanguard site: http://cf-vanguard.com/en/.

EDIT: Both polls are posted on the sidebar.

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Dark Irregulars - Part 1

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
Pick Vermillion Gatekeeper. The deck focuses in on Soul Charging, so when you ride onto this card, you get to Soul Charge one for later use.

Strategy:
The main Vanguard being used is Demon World Marquis, Amon, since his ability can be over-powered when you use the correct cards. For example, if you use it with Doreen the Thruster, and use that ability once or twice per turn, you would have a good chance of getting some serious damage to your opponent. When some people don't realize is that when your opponent has to retire a unit, they have a hard choice to make: "Do I need to keep my boosters, or do I need my interceptors to guard for this turn? If so, do I have enough of a push for game?" That decision made by your opponent may end up being their downfall. At least, that happens most of the time, so an alternate strategy is needed.

Alternative Strategy (Stil Vampir's fear factor):
Another fear factor is having Stil Vampir in your Deck. Once your opponent realizes it, they would have to play conservatively, since once you use Stil Vampir's Soul Blast/Counterblast and put a Grade 0 or Grade 1 Rear Guard in the Vanguard slot, it forces them to not be able to use higher Grade Guards, which causes them to take damage. Hence why there's a "Stil Vampir's fear factor"...

Guarding:

• 19 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 8 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 3 March Rabbit of Nightmareland
• 10 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptors (5000)

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Blitz Ritter

4x Dark Queen of Nightmareland

4x Underworld Puppet Master

4x Cursed Doctor

3x Rock the Wall

Vermilion Gatekeeper

Grade 1:

4x Alluring Succubus

4x Doreen the Thruster

3x March Rabbit of Nightmareland

Grade 2:

4x Decadent Succubus

4x Gwynn the Ripper

2x Werwolf Sieger

Grade 3:

4x Demon World Marquis, Amon

3x Stil Vampir

2x Edel Rose

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If you have any questions, leave a comment.

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion and Deck Explanation - Multiple Deck Lists - Part 3 and Card Discussion - Electric Snake

Frognarchs:


Where this idea came from: Thanks goes to Eh_Chavo with his interesting idea on using D.D. Designator with Frogs and Monarchs. If you want to view his posts, go here:

• http://yugiohoi.blogspot.com/2011/11/frog-monarch-designator.html
• http://yugiohoi.blogspot.com/2011/11/fmd-duels.html
• http://yugiohoi.blogspot.com/2011/11/fmd-duels-part-2.html
• http://yugiohoi.blogspot.com/2011/11/frog-monarch-designator-final.html

Deck:

3x Caius the Shadow Monarch

3x Dupe Frog

3x Mobius the Frost Monarch

3x Raiza the Storm Monarch

2x Ronintoad

3x Swap Frog

2x Treeborn Frog

3x D.D. Designator

Dark Hole

Foolish Burial

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

3x Pot of Duality

2x Salvage

2x Call of the Haunted

2x Mind Crush

3x Spiritual Water Art Aoi

Torrential Tribute

Mind Crush

Extra Deck:

3x Gachi Gachi Gantetsu

3x Inzecter Exabeetle

(The remainder of the Extra Deck, I'm not so sure what to put in as of yet.)

Frognarchs - Deck Explanation:

Long story short, make sure that they have nothing to stop your advance, and push for game with Monarchs. If you have any questions, leave a comment.

Watts:

3x Thunder King Rai-oh

3x Wattcobra

3x Wattdragonfly

2x Wattfox

3x Wattgiraffe

3x Wattlemur

2x Wattpheasant

Dark Hole

Heavy Storm

3x Messenger of Peace

Monster Reborn

Pot of Avarice

2x Recycling Batteries

3x Solidarity

2x Terraforming

3x Wattcastle

2x Call of the Haunted

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

2x Wattchimera

2x Watthydra

3x Gachi Gachi Gantetsu

2x Steelswarm Roach

2x Lavalval Chain

2x Number 39: Utopia

2x Daigusto Emeral

Watts - Deck Explanation:

It's pretty much a "Direct Attack for game" deck. If you have any questions, leave a comment.

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While I was testing out Watts, I came across this:

Electric Snake

Level 3     Attribute: Light

[Thunder/Effect]

When this card is discarded from your hand to the Graveyard by an effect of a card controlled by your opponent, draw 2 cards from your Deck.

ATK: 800    DEF: 900

Well, I thought about this in two instances against Dark World:

• If your opponent is running Dragged Down to the Grave: Control your hand and set whatever you can, then once they do Dragged Down to the Graveyard, the only target that they can pick (hopefully) would be Electric Snake.
• If your opponent is running Dark World Dealings: Draw 1, dump Electric Snake, and draw 2 more off Electric Snakes effect.

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

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion and Deck Explanation - Multiple Deck Lists - Part 2

Avian Ninjas:

3x Dark Simorgh

3x Gold Ninja

2x Masked Ninja Ebisu

2x Mist Valley Apex Avian

3x Mist Valley Falcon

3x Mist Valley Thunderbird

3x Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo

Dark Hole

3x Divine Winds of Mist Valley

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

Pot of Avarice

Reinforcement of the Army

2x Terraforming

2x The Warrior Returning Alive

2x Anti-Spell Fragrance

2x Call of the Haunted

3x Ninjitsu Art of Transformation

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

3x Armored Ninja Blade Heart

2x Daigusto Emeral

2x Gemknight Pearl

Inzecter Exabeetle

2x Lavalval Chain

Number 11 Big Eye

2x Number 39 Utopia

2x Steelswarm Roach

Avian Ninjas - Deck Explanation:

There's two strategies with this deck: Dark Simorgh Lock and Apex Avian Lock. If both of them is applied, it's pretty much good game. Anyway, if you have any questions, leave a comment.

Greed:

3x Battle Fader

3x Chainsaw Insect

3x Destiny HERO Defender

3x Hiro's Shadow Scout

3x Kuraz the Light Monarch

Morphing Jar

Sangan

2x Tragoedia

3x Book of Eclipse

Book of Moon

Card Destruction

3x Cup of Ace

Monster Reborn

Pot of Avarice

3x Disturbance Strategy

3x Greed

2x Heavy Slump

3x Starlight Road

Extra Deck:

3x Stardust Dragon

2x Daigusto Emeral

2x Gachi Gachi Gantetsu

2x Inzecter Exabeetle

2x Lavalval Chain

Leviair the Sea Dragon

Number 39: Utopia

2x Steelswarm Roach

Greed - Deck Explanation:

Pretty much use Greed's effect to bring my opponent's Life Points to 0. If you have any questions, leave a comment.

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

Yu-gi-oh! Deck Discussion and Deck Explanation - Multiple Deck Lists - Part 1

Agents:

3x Mystical Shine Ball

2x Archlord Krystia

3x Dimensional Alchemist

2x Ally Genex Birdman

2x Hecatrice

Honest

Marshmallon

3x Master Hyperion

3x The Agent of Creation - Venus

3x The Agent of Mystery - Earth

3x Cards from the Sky

Dark Hole

Foolish Burial

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

Pot of Avarice

3x Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen

2x Call of the Haunted

2x Mind Crush

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

Ally of Justice Catastor

Ancient Sacred Wyvern

Black Rose Dragon

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Magical Android

Red Dragon Archfiend

Scrap Dragon

Sirius the Blue Wolf Star

Stardust Dragon

T.G. Hyper Librarian

Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

2x Gachi Gachi Gantetsu

2x Leviair the Sea Dragon

Agent - Deck Explanation:

Seems pretty straight-forward. If you have any questions, leave a comment.

Dragons:

Dark Armed Dragon

3x Dark Flare Dragon

3x Decoy Dragon

3x Genesis Dragon

3x Light Pulsar Dragon

3x Masked Dragon

3x Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon

3x Red-Eyes Wyvern

2x Totem Dragon

Allure of Darkness

Burial from a Different Dimension

Dark Hole

3x Dragon Ravine

Foolish Burial

Future Fusion

Heavy Storm

Monster Reborn

2x Terraforming

2x Call of the Haunted

Torrential Tribute

Trap Dustshoot

Extra Deck:

3x Five Headed Dragon

Adreus, Keeper of Armageddon

Daigusto Emeral

Gachi Gachi Gantetsu

3x Inzecters Exabeetle

Lavalval Chain

Leviair the Sea Dragon

Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

Number 61: Volcasaurus

Tiras, Keeper of Genesis

Wind-Up Zenmaines

Dragons - Deck Explanation:

This deck's focus revolves around Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon. Other than that, it's pretty self-explanatory. Anyway, if you have any questions, leave a comment.

HERO

Elemental HERO Stratos

3x Elemental HERO Voltic

3x Elemental HERO Prisma

Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning

2x Destiny Hero - Malicious

3x Destiny Hero Dogma

3x Destiny Hero Plasma

3x Chaos Sorcerer

Monster Reborn

Dark Hole

Heavy Storm

Allure of Darkness

2x Super Polymerization

2x Destiny Draw

3x Miracle Fusion

3x Fusion Gate

Torrential Tribute

Mirror Force

2x Call of the Haunted

3x Chain Material

Extra Deck:

2x Elemental HERO The Shining

2x Elemental HERO Escuridao

2x Elemntal HERO Gaia

2x Elemental HERO Great Tornado

2x Elemental HERO Nova Master

2x Destiny End Dragoon

3x Elemental HERO Absolute Zero

HERO - Deck Explanation:

It's pretty much fusing by all means possible. If you have any questions, leave a comment. 

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

Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Dimensional Police - Part 1

Picking out a Grade 0 Vanguard:
Pick Enigman Flow. More will be explained in the Strategy.

Strategy:
This time, the chain riding is below:

Enigman Flow + Enigman Ripple + Enigman Wave = Enigman Storm

It's similar to the Amber Dragon Cards, the Stern Blaukruger cards, and Phantom Blaster Dragon cards. If you want to review what I have gone over in both those strategies, here's the three links:

• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Kagero - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Nova Grappler - Part 2
• Cardfight!! Vanguard - Strategies II - Shadow Paladin - Part 1

Elaborating the Strategy of Enigma Storm:

For powering up Enigma Storm to gain the power to get the Critical +1 ability, you have to power up your Vanguard by 4000 power. Such cards that can grant you +2000 Power are listed below:

• Cosmo Roar
• Masked Police Grander

And another card that can grant +4000 Power by Counterblast 2 is Cosmo Beak.

Another note that is needed to be said:

While boosting, you need to pay attention to the Power level of your Vanguard is that you need to make sure what is the power level of the opponent's Vanguard or Rear Guard that you are attacking. Majority of the time, it would be 10k or 11k, so if you want to waste your opponent's Shields, make sure that you increase the increment of your power by 5000 times the number of increments plus the target's power level.

Guarding:

• 12 Grade 0 Shields (10000)
• 4 Draw Triggers (5000)
• 11 Grade 1 Shields (5000)
• 3 Diamond Ace
• 11 Grade 2 Shields/Interceptors (5000)

Sample Deck List:

Grade 0:

4x Justice Colbalt

4x Cosmo Fang

4x Army Penguin

4x Justice Rose

Enigman Rain

Grade 1:

4x Cosmo Roar

4x Enigman Ripple

3x Diamond Ace

3x Glory Maker

Grade 2:

4x Enigman Wave

4x Masked Police Grander
3x Cosmo Beak

Grade 3:

4x Enigman Storm

2x Super Dimensional Robo, Daiyusha

2x Enigman Rain

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If you have any questions, leave a comment. Also, feel free to discuss. Anyway, enjoy!