Reasoning behind Merchant Pot Turbo

I know that Merchant Pot Turbo focuses in on Magical Merchant, but not everything deals with having a greater chance on getting that one card. For example, for a 40 card build, the probability of getting Magical Merchant is:

[1 - (27/40)(26/39)(25/38)(24/37)(23/36)(22/35)] => around 92.3%

In regards to a 60 card build, the probability of getting Magical Merchant is:

[1 - (47/60)(46/59)(45/58)(44/57)(43/56)(42/55)] => around 78.6%

From logic, obviously the 40 card build is better at getting Magical Merchant; however, whenever I get a problem of getting hand clogged by having 5 ways of getting Merchant, then I fail to get the fatal blow in that match, and the match drags on into my opponent's victory, since I would have nothing left (besides the Manticore of Darkness where I discard a Beast-type monster, but that's irrelevant if your opponent already blasted it by a Black Rose Dragon destruction effect.

Not to mention, Six Samurai being able to roam around freely, being able to utilize The True Six Samurai - Mizuho's effect to waste whatever defense you have, and when I mean defense, I mean the only move that you can make really with this deck. Without being able to use Magical Merchant, the deck becomes dead in the water.

There is a plus side though. By being able to decrease your chance of getting Magical Merchant slightly, you can add more cards to your deck that can defend you, just in case, the mill of Magical Merchant goes in your favor.

...Not to mention, having 57 monsters in your deck, chances are that you would mill about a quarter to a half of your deck at times. (Sometimes, you get Pot of Avarice early, which makes you wait a couple of turns to get a good mill.) 

Searching out Magical Merchant is no problem. You have Gokipon, Danipon, Rai-Mei, and Sangan ready to search him out. So, in total, if you add 3 of Gokipon, Danipon, and Rai-Mei to your deck, you'll have 10 searchers for Magical Merchant.

So, in short, it all depends on the mill.

Gravekeepers (1)

I guess with a deck list first, then go into a small discussion of what my main focus is. Here's the list:

2x Gravekeeper's Assailant

3x Gravekeeper's Commandant

2x Gravekeeper's Descendant

2x Gravekeeper's Guard

2x Gravekeeper's Recruiter

2x Gravekeeper's Spear Soldier

3x Gravekeeper's Spy

3x Gravekeeper's Visionary

Allure of Darkness

3x Gravekeeper's Stele

3x Hand Destruction

Monster Reborn

3x Necrovalley

2x Terraforming

Call of the Haunted

3x Magician's Circle

3x Rite of Spirit

Torrential Tribute

First off, you're probably wondering why I have Monster Reborn and Call of the Haunted in here. I put it in here, because of two reasons. First reason is if I draw it on the first draw, I can go defensive, wait until my opponent acts, then respond accordingly next turn. Second reason is if Necrovalley is no longer on the field, I won't be at a disadvantage with not having a back-up defense, and the deck becomes less reliant on Necrovalley.

Now, the reason behind this deck is Gravekeeper's Visionary. It's real easy to get it out early. Let me explain after pointing out this:

Gravekeeper's Visionary + Hand Destruction + Rite of Spirit/Call of the Haunted/Monster Reborn

At first, originally, this was my thought, but upon closer look, they are Spellcasters. Since, Gravekeeper Visionary has 2000 ATK and it's a Spellcaster type, you can use this card:

Magician's Circle

[Trap Card]

Activate only when a Spellcaster-Type monster declares an attack. Each player Special Summons 1 Spellcaster-Type monster with 2000 or less ATK from their Deck in face-up Attack Position.

Maybe, if you considering making a Gravekeeper deck, don't forget the basics, and utilize whatever you can.

Synchro Fusionist (4)

Throughout testing, I finally figured out something is wrong. I needed to improve my chances on getting Junk Synchron on my first draw.

• First draw: 1-(37/40)(36/39)(35/38)(34/37)(33/36)(32/35) => roughly 39.4%

I'll just elaborate it, by asking this: "Do you think the likelihood of getting a Junk Synchron in your hand is good or bad?" Now, let's add Reinforcements of the Army and Tuning

• First draw: 1-(33/40)(32/39)(31/38)(30/37)(29/36)(28/35) => roughly 71.1%

So, the likelihood of getting the deck function relies on the fact that you need to have some sort of plan when building this deck, otherwise, you won't have any chance of success. Just thought I might elaborate on that note on why I changed the deck greatly. Yes, this game does depend on some luck, but if you prepare yourself, you'll be able to get more consistent results.

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For other news, I've been trying to convince myself to make a new deck, so when I do, and it's as good as I can get it, I'll post it on here.

Also, I wasn't sure what to put up here, other than that, probability does matter, if your deck revolves around a card or 2 cards. If my math is wrong in any way, let me know so I can fix it accordingly. This is my first time doing it in a while, thinking in this aspect.

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EDIT: Thanks to D-Slayer and his work as well. Odds of getting a card is important if your strategy depends on that one card, or so. So, yeah, if you have the time, take the time to read his blog.

EDIT: Thanks to the person who commented on correcting my math. Also, if anyone asks, I'm currently trying out Google Reader. If you are wondering why my icon disappeared, that's the case. I'm just a faceless icon on your blog, for now.

Synchro Fusionist (3) and a Small Reminder

What I failed to realize when building this deck out, is the lack of getting it out on the first draw, so I had to rebuild it strictly to get Junk Synchron out faster. So, here's the new list:

3x Apprentice Magician
3x Breaker the Magical Warrior
2x Doppel Warrior
Glow-Up Bulb
3x Junk Synchron
3x Magical Merchant
2x Magicat
Morphing Jar
Plaguespreader Zombie
2x Synchro Fusionist

3x Hand Destruction
3x Miracle Synchro Fusion
Monster Reborn
2x Pot of Avarice
Reinforcement of the Army
3x The Warrior Returning Alive
3x Tuning

3x Royal Decree

Extra Deck

Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste
3x Supreme Arcanite Magician
Ally of Justice Catastor
2x Black Rose Dragon
Goyo Guardian
Iron Chain Dragon
Junk Warrior
Red Dragon Archfiend
Stardust Dragon
3x Tech Genus Hyper Librarian


Also, for Genex Hero (2), if anyone missed the updates on that deck, I made updates as I went along with the suggestions I got, and the discussion in the comments of that page. If you failed to miss it, here's a link to that post: http://dangerascend.blogspot.com/2011/01/genex-hero-2.html

Also, is it me, or did anyone else notice that you can reborn Elemental Hero Neos off Skyscraper 2 - Hero City's effect? Thanks to the Fishborg Blaster suggestion, Genex Undine was Level 3, so I got another easy access to a Level 8 Synchro Summoning.

Anyway, enjoy!

Genex Hero (2)

I had a bit of a delay, because I was unsure what to think with it. It's still needs work, obviously, but I'll work on it, until it gets better. Here's the deck list:

2x Elemental Hero Neos

3x Genex Controller

Dragon Ice

2x Elemental Hero Bubbleman

2x Elemental Hero Ocean

2x Elemental Hero Prisma
Fishborg Blaster

3x Genex Undine

3x Mobius the Frost Monarch

Treeborn Frog

Card Destruction
3x E - Emergency Call

Future Fusion

2x Gold Sarcophagus
3x Miracle Fusion

Monster Reborn

3x Moray of Greed

3x O - Oversoul

3x Skyscraper 2 - Hero City

Super Polymerization

Extra Deck

3x Elemental Hero Absolute Zero

Elemental Hero Dark Neos

Elemental Hero Mariner

2x Armory Arm

Black Rose Dragon

Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Goyo Guardian
Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Mist Wurm

Red Dragon Archfiend
Scrap Dragon

Stardust Dragon

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

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A small note, I'll be working on this deck a bit more, if I need to update it, I'll make a new post.

EDIT: I lied. I'm working on something else on top of this and there's not really that much adjustment to it, so I'll modify this post. (Updated: January 23, 2011, 2:03 P.M.)

Genex Hero (1)

Instead of chatting about a Deck, I'm going to discuss on a strategy.

Genex Undine

***  Attribute: Water

[Aqua/Effect]

When this card is Normal Summoned, you can send 1 WATER monster from your Deck to your Graveyard to add 1 "Genex Controller" from your Deck to your hand.

ATK: 1200  DEF: 600

The reason behind my title is due to this card. This card can mill off a WATER monster to get a Level 3 Tuner monster. At first, you'd think to use it with such cards as Treeborn Frog, but at a closer glance, you'll begin to realize that you can dump such cards as Elemental Hero Ocean and Elemental Hero Bubbleman. Why'd you choose Elemental Hero Bubbleman? It's because if you are in a top decking situation and you were nuked by Black Rose Dragon, the 2 extra cards might do you some good, and with this deck's synergy needing to have field presence and most of them requiring a card to discard from your Hand, eventually, you will run out of cards.

Unfortunately, that won't due for an explanation because it's not consistent and people can't predict that far ahead, so they don't overextend as much. So, this card becomes forgotten.

In any case, Elemental Hero Absolute Zero is quite known to people, and some of those people run that card as their main Fusion in Genex Hero along with the Synchro Summons that it provides, but how can you get an instant 2500 easily without Future Fusion? How can you bring out such cards without going -1 or -2 right off the bat? So, let's go into this a bit further.

Elemental Hero Prisma

****  Attribute: Light

[Warrior/Effect]

Show a Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck to your opponent. Send a Fusion Material Monster listed on that Fusion Monster from your Deck to your Graveyard to treat this card's name as that of the monster sent by this effect until the End Phase of this turn. This effect can only be used once per turn.

ATK: 1700  DEF: 1100

But, why him? He can't do much except dump a card that you can use for an Elemental Hero monster, typically, and you can't use his effect on Elemental Hero Absolute Zero, so why bother? Ok, now, let me show you why I suggested Elemental Hero Bubbleman as a second purpose.

Elemental Hero Mariner

*****  Attribute: Water

[Warrior/Fusion/Effect]

"Elemental Hero Bubbleman" + "Elemental Hero Avian"

This monster cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. If you have any face-down cards in your Spell & Trap Card Zone, this card can attack your opponent's Life Points directly.

ATK: 1400  DEF: 1000

With Prisma's effect, you can dump Elemental Hero Bubbleman to your Graveyard to easily get access for an Elemental Hero monster or a WATER monster in your Graveyard when you use Miracle Fusion for your Elemental Hero Absolute Zero. But then, how can we search out such cards easily? Elemental Hero Stratos and E - Emergency Call are the answers.

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Thanks to LightGrunty for providing excellent Youtube duels that inspired me to consider making Genex Hero. Hopefully, I'll be able to provide a deck list soon, but other than that, enjoy!

Attempt 2 - Majestic Accel Buster

Here's the deck list:

2x Assault Beast

3x Flamvell Firedog

2x Flamvell Magician

3x Flamvell Poun

3x Kinka-Byo

2x Laval Blazing Volcano Lady

2x Laval Burning Verdant Temptress

3x Laval Lancelod

3x Magical Merchant

2x Majestic Dragon

Morphing Jar

Red Dragon Archfiend/Assault Mode

Sangan

Stardust Dragon/Assault Mode

Card Destruction

Monster Reborn

3x Pot of Avarice

3x Rekindling

3x Assault Mode Activate

Extra Deck

2x Formula Synchron

Majestic Red Dragon

Majestic Star Dragon

3x Red Dragon Archfiend

2x Red Nova Dragon

3x Shooting Star Dragon

3x Stardust Dragon

It seems pretty straight forward, but if you are wondering anything, feel free to comment. Thoughts, discuss, rate, fix, comment. Enjoy!

Ice Barriers (1)

Right now, I'm just going to post the deck list of what I have for Ice Barriers. So yeah, here's the list:

3x Blizzed, Defender of the Ice Barrier
3x Dai-Sojo of the Ice Barrier
3x Defender of the Ice Barrier
2x General Gantala of the Ice Barrier
2x General Grunard of the Ice Barrier
2x General Raiho of the Ice Barrier
3x Medium of the Ice Barrier
3x Secret Guards of the Ice Barrier
3x Strategist of the Ice Barrier

3x Hand Destruction
3x Magic Triangle of the Ice Barrier
3x Medallion of the Ice Barrier
Monster Reborn
3x Moray of Greed

3x Royal Decree

Extra Deck

Ally of Justice Catastor
2x Black Rose Dragon
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Dewloren, Tiger King of the Ice Barrier
Goyo Guardian
Gungnir, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Magical Android
Mist Wurm
Red Dragon Archfiend
Scrap Dragon
Stardust Dragon
Tech Genus Hyper Librarian
Thought Ruler Archfiend
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier


I'll explain how this deck works in detail, later. So, comments, fix, rate, thoughts, and discuss. Enjoy!

Synchro Fusionist (2)

Just an extension of the strategy as well. Obviously Tech Genus Wonder Librarian has a big word in for the Spellcaster Synchro needed for Supreme Arcanite Magician, but the focus surrounds 3 cards:

Junk Synchron

***  Attribute: Dark

[Warrior/Tuner/Effect]

When this card is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 2 or lower monster from your Graveyard in face-up Defense Position. That monster's effect(s) is negated.

ATK: 1300  DEF: 500

This is the main Tuner of the deck. It brings out Synchro Fusionist or Magicat for more Spell Card usage, or Just fuel for Synchro Summoning more than once per turn.

Synchro Fusionist

**  Attribute: Dark

[Spellcaster/Effect]

If this card is sent to the Graveyard as a Synchro Material Monster, you can add 1 Spell Card from your Deck to your hand with "Polymerization" or "Fusion" in the card name, except "Diffusion Wave-Motion".

ATK: 800  DEF: 600

In this deck, this card is pretty much the searcher for Miracle Synchro Fusion. If I have none in my Hand or Set on my Field, then I can use this effect to bring out one of them easily.

Magicat

**  Attribute: Light

[Spellcaster/Effect]

If this card is sent to the Graveyard for the Synchro Summon of a Spellcaster-Type Synchro Monster, you can return 1 Spell Card from your Graveyard to the top of your Deck.

ATK: 600  DEF: 500

In this deck, this card is used more than Synchro Fusionist, if there's a Miracle Synchro Fusion I could use if I get enough materials in the Graveyard. When that occurs, if I need to recycle Miracle Synchro Fusion, I could, but I would rather recycle cards such as The Warrior Returning Alive or Monster Reborn, for instance, to get more out onto the Field when nothing else seems to work.

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For the Extra Deck, I consider spreading it out further, however, I'm keeping Tech Genus Hyper Librarian at 3, since it's a helpful draw engine for this deck. So here's what I'm going to test out for the Extra Deck (It's only on paper thus far, but I should be able to in the next few days.):

Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste

3x Supreme Arcanite Magician

Ally of Justice Catastor

2x Black Rose Dragon

Goyo Guardian

Iron Chain Dragon

Junk Warrior

Red Dragon Archfiend

Stardust Dragon

3x Tech Genus Hyper Librarian

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Thoughts, comments, or discuss. Enjoy!

Assassin of the Night Sky - Lurlene

Time to post a card.

Disclaimer: Yu-gi-oh! is created by Kazuki Takahashi in 1996. All Yu-gi-oh! Cards listed in here are not made for profit, and they are for the viewing enjoyment of the reader or viewer. All art shown on these cards goes to the various artists on their respectful websites. Any cards made were made from a program called Magic Set Editor 2 and www.yugiohcardmaker.net. All content viewed here is open to the public, and as so, everyone has access to it. however, any creative insight that is shown here, please give credit where credit is due, and notify me if you are interested in using some of the creations posted on here.

Assassin of the Night Sky - Lurlene

*******  Attribute: Dark

[Warrior/Ritual]

This card can only be Ritual Summoned by the effect of "Contract with the Abyss". Once per turn, during your Main Phase, by sending 1 card from your Hand to your Graveyard, you can look at your opponent's Hand. If there's a monster in your opponent's Hand with the same Attribute as a monster on your Field, discard that monster.

ATK: 2600  DEF: 1500

Regardless, enjoy!

Synchro Fusionist (1)

Thanks to Iceman Hotty for this innovated post on his blog. So, I made a deck:

Monsters (18)

3x Apprentice Magician

2x Doppel Warrior

Glow-Up Bulb

3x Junk Synchron

3x Magical Merchant

2x Magicat

Morphing Jar

Plaguespreader Zombie

2x Synchro Fusionist

Magics (13)

3x Hand Destruction

3x Miracle Synchro Fusion

Monster Reborn

2x Pot of Avarice

Reinforcement of the Army

3x The Warrior Returning Alive

Traps (9)

3x Apple of Frigg

Call of the Haunted

3x Limit Reverse

Mirror Force

Torrential Tribute

Extra Deck

2x Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste

3x Supreme Arcanite Magician

2x Black Rose Dragon

2x Iron Chain Dragon

3x Stardust Dragon

3x Tech Genus Hyper Librarian

The common sense of this deck is...what to do with the gained cards? Obviously, Junk Synchron is the basis of the deck.

1. Junk Synchron + Synchro Fusionist = Tech Genus Hyper Librarian (with Miracle Synchro Fusion off Synchro Fusionist) or Junk Synchron + Magicat = Tech Genus Hyper Librarian (adding a Spell to the top of the Deck off Magicat's effect)
2. Use The Warrior Returning Alive.
3. Junk Synchron + Magicat = another Tech Genus Hyper Librarian (adding The Warrior Returning Alive to the top of the Deck off Magicat's effect and if another Tech Genus Hyper Librarian is on the Field, options widen quite a bit)
4. Lather, rinse, and repeat.

It's what I need to consider before expanding the Extra Deck further. Any suggestions? Comment, fixes, discuss, rate, thoughts. Enjoy!

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My next ideas for posting involve the following:

• Working on Majestic Accel Buster. I notice a rise in interest for Attempt 1, so I think I can do better.
• Working on Synchro Fusionist (this post). After I get a feel for it, I may expand it further to cover more. For example, my Extra Deck is specific, but while I work on it, I hope to loosen it.
• More Yu-gi-oh! customs.

Just thought I tell you my plans for the next few days.

Hecate of the Rituals - Rivka and Maiden of Fragrance - Jayna

Time to post a couple of customs.

Disclaimer: Yu-gi-oh! is created by Kazuki Takahashi in 1996. All Yu-gi-oh! Cards listed in here are not made for profit, and they are for the viewing enjoyment of the reader or viewer. All art shown on these cards goes to the various artists on their respectful websites. Any cards made were made from a program called Magic Set Editor 2 and www.yugiohcardmaker.net. All content viewed here is open to the public, and as so, everyone has access to it. however, any creative insight that is shown here, please give credit where credit is due, and notify me if you are interested in using some of the creations posted on here.

Hecate of the Rituals - Rivka

******  Attribute: Light

[Spellcaster/Effect]

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card can only be Special Summoned by sending 1 Ritual Spell Card from your Hand to your Graveyard. When this card is destroyed, select 1 Level 6 or below Ritual Monster in your Deck. Special Summon it to your side of the Field. (This Special Summon is treated as a Ritual Summon.)

ATK: 1600   DEF: 1600

Maiden of Fragrance - Jayna

******  Attribute: Wind

[Spellcaster/Effect]

You can discard this card from your Hand to add 1 "Black Garden" from your Deck to your Hand. When this card is destroyed by battle, select 1 Plant-type monster in your Graveyard. Add the selected card to your Hand.

ATK: 2400  DEF: 1500

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The ??? under the set name abbreviation...I'm not sure what to do with them, to be honest. Regardless, enjoy!

Merchant Pot Turbo (60 Card Build)

Thanks to a 1-year-old Youtube video, I was able to consider making Merchant Pot Turbo again. I'll leave the deck list and let you guys think of the possibilities:

Monsters (57)

3x Skull Servant

3x Chaos Necromancer

3x Danipon

3x Gokipon

Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

Grow-Up Bulb

3x Jinzo

3x Jinzo - Returner

3x King of the Skull Servants

3x Magical Merchant

2x Manticore of Darkness

Morphing Jar

Necro Gardna

3x Outstanding Dog Marron

Plaguespreader Zombie

3x Rai-Mei

Sangan

3x The Lady in Wight

Tragoedia

3x Volcanic Counter

3x Volcanic Scattershot

3x Wightmare

3x Wulf, Lightsworn Beast

3x Zombie Master

Spells (3)

3x Pot of Avarice

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If you want the Youtube video, feel free to ask. Comment, rate, fix, thoughts, discuss. Enjoy!

Arcana Force XXI - The World

Wikipedia Link:  http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Arcana_Force_XXI_-_The_World

Arcana Force XXI - The World

******** Attribute: Light

[Fairy/Effect]

When this card is Summoned, toss a coin:

• Heads: During your End Phase, you can send 2 monsters you control to the Graveyard to skip your opponent's next turn.
• Tails: During your opponent's Draw Phase, add the top card of their Graveyard to their hand.

ATK/3100 DEF/3100

Cons:

• Arcana Force XXI – The World requires two tributes for a Normal Summon.
• Arcana Force XXI – The World’s effect requires a coin to be flipped, where the tails effect could lead your opponent into a distinct advantage.

Pros:

• Level 8
• Trade – In becomes usable where discarding Arcana Force XXI – The World for 2 extra cards.
• LIGHT Fairy-type Monster
• Usable with Treasure of Heaven by removing Arcana Force XXI – The World for 2 cards. 
• Also, if Arcana Force XXI – The World is removed from play, you can use Miraculous Descent to Special Summon it to your side of the Field
• Arcana Force XXI - The World's effect
• For the head's effect:
• You can use 2 Level Eaters to lower the level of Arcana Force XXI - The World and use the head's effect to make your opponent skip their next turn.
• Or utilize such cards as Archlord Kristya with a Level Eater for tributes to use for Arcana Force XXI - The World's heads effect, as long as you retrieve Hecatrice or Zeradias, Herald of Heaven off Archlord Kristya's effect.
• For the tail's effect:
• It can be stopped by using Necrovalley or The End of Anubis, since nothing can be handy having your opponent get extra cards for no trouble at all.
• You can use Reversal of Fate to have Arcana Force XXI - The World's tails effect change to be the heads effect.

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If there's anything I missed, or if there's something that you want to discuss/comment, feel free to comment.

Dark Desertapir

Wikipedia Link: http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Desertapir

You guys are probably wondering why am I discussing this? Well, for starters, I think it's an interesting tech card inside a Beast Deck. Now, let's talk about the Pros and Cons.

Pros:

• His effect can be triggered from wherever you want, as long as you are able to remove him.
• May be able to combine remove cards like Macro Cosmos or Dimensional Fissure into a Beast build.
• Can tribute this card for the effect of Spiritual Earth Art - Kurogane to Special Summon cards like Gyaku-Gire Panda or Bazoo the Soul-Eater.
• Searchable by the effects of Sangan or Giant Rat.

Cons:

• Not really a good card on it's own, so it can't really stay on the field for more than a turn or so.

It makes you consider making a Beast Deck yourself since some players depend on the Graveyard for support. For competitive use, I suggest to side it, however, if you figure out a way to use the effect, then by all means, go with it. Personally, I think it's times like these, where Soul Release is viable.

Anyway, enjoy! Feel free to comment if I made a mistake or if you want to discuss something further.