anyone here play Magic: the Gathering or Yugioh??

[tetsaru arigashi]

just curious if anyone played any type of trading card games such as these.  feel free to post any decklists or card game related stuff.  if this thread starts getting popular enough, i may share some of my own decklists.

and NO, this is NOT a thread to discuss the Yugioh ANIME, because it SUCKS, and the actual card game is MUCH DIFFERENT (just my personal opinion, so don't flame me if you DO like the series).  also, if there are any other anime-related card games you want to talk about, i'd appreciate it if no one bashes each other for playing a card game related to an anime series that a lot of people hate (for example, i think Inuyasha has a card game out now, and i know that most people either love or hate Inuyasha, so don't make fun of someone simply if someone enjoys playing the card game based off of Inuyasha).  just wanted to clear that up and avoid any unneccessary posting.

btw, this is the first thread i've started on this forum, so bear with my seemingly strict introductions... i just want to avoid some conflicts, that's all.  >_<;

ok... start posting, dammit!...if you're interested... >=P

[Cole Tyger]

fear Deck-Zilla

[tetsaru arigashi]

hmm, a TCG forum?  it's not letting me lurk, lol... guess i'll have to register sometime.  =/

in the meantime, feel free to type out your decklists if that's what you wanted to show me.

[JG]

I used to play Magic all the time about 10 years ago, back when Revised and 4th were the basic sets (and Ice Age if you count that as a basic set and not an expansion)
Then WotC started blowing up with all the expansions and ruined it for everyone.

My brother and I still whip out our decks every so often to play against each other. Our decks havent changed much in 7 or 8 years I imagine though sometimes we mix it up to try something new - like the all common deck or the no more than 1 of any non-land card deck.  Each of us has three decks we usually play, and we select them randomly before a match so we  don't know which ones we or our opponent will have until we square off.
The weakest of his is a green-red deck that mostly tries to build up a big fireball or disintegrate or lightning bolt you to death.  His middle strength deck is all black discard deck.  His strongest deck is mostly blue-white with emphasis on counterspelling and slight of minding things like circles of protection to make him or his creatures immune to whatever color I'm playing.
The weakest of mine is almost entirely artifacts, just to bust up his slight of mind deck.  Better is all green, built not for speed but for longevity (all hail Llurgoyf in long games).  My strongest is probably my white deck, with Serra Angels and Veteran Bodyguards backed by cards to increase stats like blessing, castle and angelic voices and yet other cards to force the opponent to swap defending or attacking creatures like General Jarkeld.  I get Jarkeld out with a pumped up Angel or two and its usually a win for me.

[Cole Tyger]

hmm, a TCG forum?  it's not letting me lurk, lol... guess i'll have to register sometime.  =/

in the meantime, feel free to type out your decklists if that's what you wanted to show me.

you'll have to join my board to see it i guess, since it took me three posts to get up




yes, it's that big

what else do you call a deck that size, that can atually win?


*note* the deck was built for group brawls, not one on one dueling

[importgamer13]

I play Magic,but it's been awhile since me and my friends played it,my buddys are busy right now,we're getting ready for a wedding(my best friend is getting hitched on the 20th),plus they've introduced me to the Inuyasha game,which is very fun.

I used to play Yugioh,and no offense to any Yugi players,but alot of us thought the game got too complicated with the rules,and various cards kept going on the banned list,off,then on again.Inuyasha's ruels are much easier to work with,and Magic's aren't too bad.

I've also got a bunch of the cards from Megaman NT Warrior.I never got to play the game with anyone,likewise TMNT,but i have all my NT Warrior and TMNT cards in a collector's binder.I also have alot of the Sailor Moon CCG cards in a collector's binder,also.It's a shame the game got cancelled before they could make cards of Professor Tomoe and the Death-Busters from Sailor Moon S.

[Ellendesu]

I play Magic the Gathering, I resell Yugi-Oh cards, and I play the original Star Wars CCG, of which I have about 700 something cards.

Ya'll want any Yugi Oh cards? I probably have them.

[tetsaru arigashi]

i'm always interested in buying cards, of course some specifics would be nice.  thing is, i just started my new job and i don't have any money yet, not to mention a credit or debit card... =/

[Hyperguy]

I used to play Magic: The Gathering all of the time in high school.

Nowadays I just want to get rid of my collection.

[Ellendesu]

i'm always interested in buying cards, of course some specifics would be nice.  thing is, i just started my new job and i don't have any money yet, not to mention a credit or debit card... =/

Well specifics aside, PM me with a list of cards you are interested in, and I'll cut you a good deal.
I have quite a few that people appear to be after.

right now I'm selling off

-The Creator : Limited Edition
- Panther Warrior: Limited Edition
and
Elemental Hero Wildedge: 1st Edition

Among hundreds of other things I get through various wholesale sources which I'm not telling you.

Hit me up with a PM and I'll see if I have your cards.

[King Zarkon]

hey tetsaru, i'm glad you dig the sig i did for ya. i happen to play mtg i have several decks, two of which are tournament wining.

[tetsaru arigashi]

yeah, thanks again, heirophant.  i kinda have an idea for my own nanako sig (as well as a tifa avatar), but i doubt my computer could handle the stuff i'd need to do it.  =/  btw, cute avatar there, what's it from??

all right, i'm gonna post my decks as they are now.  i haven't played in a while, so they're probably a little un-updated.  lemme know what you guys think:

YUGIOH TRADITIONAL FORMAT CHAOS DECK

• black luster soldier - envoy of the beginning
• chaos emperor dragon - envoy of the end
• chaos sorceror
• guardian angel joan
• jinzo
• dark ruler ha des
• d.d. warrior lady
• d.d. assailant
• d.d. survivor
• d.d. guide
• d.d. scout plane
• banisher of the light x 2
• kycoo the ghost destroyer
• breaker the magical warrior
• gren maju da eiza
• witch of the black forest
• sangan
• magical merchant x 2
• greenkappa
• night assailant
• magician of faith
• cyber jar
• soul absorption x 3
• soul release x 3
• dimension fusion
• painful choice
• graceful charity
• pot of greed
• monster reborn
• change of heart
• mystical space typhoon
• harpie's feather duster
• raigeki
• skull lair x 2
• return from the different dimension x 2
• interdimensional matter transporter
• fiend comedian
• bottomless trap hole
• dust tornado
• sakuretsu armor
• mirror force
• ring of destruction

the main focus with this deck is to remove as many cards from play as possible with soul release, skull lair, banisher of the light, etc. while soul absorption is on the field.  if i have all three of them out, i can gain 7500 life points from using just one soul release!  i've got some karma cuts from the new shadow of infinity set recently that i'll probably add, and if i ever get a bazoo the soul eater, i'll probably throw him in too.

YUGIOH ADVANCED FORMAT WATER DECK

• ocean dragon lord - neo-daedalus
• levia dragon - daedalus x 2
• mobius the frost monarch
• giga gagagigo
• b.e.s. crystal core
• catapult turtle
• amphibious bugroth mk-3 x 3
• nightmare penguin x 3
• mother grizzly x 3
• penguin soldier x 2
• familiar-possessed - eria x 2
• mermaid knight
• maiden of the aqua
• abyss soldier
• aqua spirit
• a legendary ocean x 3
• terraforming
• salvage x 2
• swords of revealing light
• premature burial
• brain control
• snatch steal
• creature swap
• lightning vortex
• dark hole
• mystical space typhoon
• giant trunade x 2
• gravity bind x 2
• tornado wall x 2
• spiritual water art - aoi
• solemn wishes
• call of the haunted
• torrential tribute
• dust tornado x 2

this is a basic yugioh "legendary ocean" deck, personally tweaked to my preferences.  lots of card-bouncing and control, and using gravity bind with a legendary ocean is always mean - try summoning a 2650 attacker with no tributes!  what's ALSO mean is using swords of revealing light, waiting until the 2nd turn of its effect, use a giant trunade, and then play swords again.  then do it again if you have another giant trunade!  opponent = OMFGPISSEDLOL  >XD

MAGIC: THE GATHERING STANDARD(?) FORMAT BLUE-BLACK DECK

• island x 11
• swamp x 8
• dimir aqueduct x 3
• duskmantle, house of shadow
• waterveil cavern
• oboro, palace in the clouds
• phantom warrior x 2
• thieving magpie x 3
• surveilling sprite
• daring apprentice
• graceful adept
• puppeteer
• archivist
• spawnbroker
• hisoka's guard
• ghost-lit warder
• drift of phantasms
• shape stealer
• kami of the crescent moon
• thought courier
• index
• telepathy
• freed from the real
• confiscate
• boomerang x 3
• remove soul x 3
• muddle the mixture
• mana leak x 3
• hinder x 2
• thoughtbind
• rewind x 2
• royal assassin
• dimir house guard
• wicked akuba
• stinkweed imp
• nezumi ronin
• seizan, perverter of truth
• vigor mortis
• strands of undeath
• dimir guildmage
• dimir doppelganger
• circu, dimir lobotomist
• szadek, lord of secrets
• perplex
• dimir signet x 3
• kraken's eye x 2
• sensei's diving top

um, yeah.  this is my magic deck.  yes, it is very big (80 cards, to be exact...50 for my yugioh decks) and only decently playable.  there isn't really a theme to this deck, other than the fact that it is blue-black.  i used to run mono-blue, and then ravnica came out, so i started running some of the dimir cards.  anyway, i'll probably end up deconstructing this deck and making a REAL dimir deck, plus an izzet deck, a simic deck, and an azorius deck.  hell, i may even go for a multi-guild deck if i'm crazy enough.  also, i have some of the older cards that one of my friends gave me, so i may just ditch the whole standard format build and make whatever my messed-up mind comes up with, provided i have the right cards - my yugioh collection is significantly larger than my magic collection, since i only started magic just a couple of years back, probably around the time mirrodin came out.

well, there you have it.  let's cuss and discuss.

[~Shinta]

I'm sorry tetsu, your decks are weak. Your gonna need to run a maximum of 40 cards for almost any deck. Also, your only half playable deck is the chaos deck, which is banned from Advanced format aka the only true format. Water decks don't fly well at tournaments after maybe hte first game or two, and with no draw power like Graceful Charity in the water deck you might not get your hands on some cards you need. But what do I know, I can't really insult fun decks when I play Gearfried the Swordmaster/Blast with Chain, lol.

[tetsaru arigashi]

hmm, my decks are weak, are they??  well, i admit i haven't played a lot recently (mostly casual play anyway), and i haven't had a lot of time to really sit down and tweak them.  as far as the size of my decks, i personally like having slightly larger decks, as i believe they give me more resources and versatility.  if i DID add in some more draw power, as you say (as well as some "tutor" cards, which i already have 3 mother grizzlies and a sangan in my water deck, btw), then the size shouldn't be too much of a problem.  also, as far as my chaos deck goes, more cards in my deck = more cards i can remove from play and gain life from.  also, i wouldn't wanna "deck out" with my 2 magical merchants, even though that DOES kinda seem unlikely.  i AM gonna gonna shrink my magic deck(s) that i plan on making in the future - i already dismantled the one i posted earlier, and i'm trying to get all my stuff sorted.  i doubt i can make exactly what i have in mind, but i'll try to come up with something.

in the meantime, why dontcha post YOUR decklists, ~Shinta?  gotta back yourself up if you're gonna talk smack, lol.  >=D  you said you run gearfried the swordmaster, so you're probably running a "warrior toolbox" deck.  those are pretty good - i had a friend who ran one.

oh yeah - and PLEASE, spell my name correctly next time...  "tetsu" just sounds... weird...  >_<;

[Cole Tyger]

well since there seems to be a problem with linking directly to my board, i guess i'll just do it the hard way

Deck # 1
Deck Name - Deck-zilla
Colors Used - Rainbow (all colors)
Win/Loss - Vs. - never kept track
Win/Loss - Group - never kept track
Win/Loss - Tournament -0/0

Cards Used In Deck

Mana:

mountains x 40
plains x 40
islands x 40
swamps x 40
forests x 103

Mercadian Bazaar x 2
Saprazzan Cove x 3
Rushwood Grove
Subterranean Hanger x 4
Fountain of Cho x 3
Strip Mine
Treva's Ruins
Windswept Hearth
Irrigation Ditch
Flooded Strand
Lonely Sandbar
Secluded Steppe
Vec Townships
Cinder Marsh
Daru Encampment
Mogg Hollows
Brushland
Blasted Landscape
Salt Marsh
Coastal Tower
Sulfurous Springs
Thalakos Lowlands
Abandoned Outpost x 2
Terminal Moraine x 2
Archaeological Dig x 3
Urbog Volcano x 2
Tranquil Thicket x 2
Barren Moor x 3
Timberland Ruins x 3
Temple of the False Gods x 3
Shivan Oasis x 4
Elfhame Palace x 4
Forgotten Cave x 4
Crosois's Catacombs x 2
Rith's Grove x 4
Darigaaz's Caldera
Dromar's Cavern x 2
Forsaken City
Thran Quarry
Seafloor Debris
Ebon Stronghold
Ruins of Trokair
An-havva Township
Aysen Abbey
Koskun Keep
Castle Sengir
Wizards' School
Crystal Vein
Urza's Tower
Geothermal Crevice
Starlit Sanctum
Winding Canyons
Grand Coliseum
Forbidding Watchtower
Shivan Gorge
Volrath's Stronghold
Gaea's Cradle
Tower of the Magistrate
Phyrexian Tower
Pendelhaven

Red

Mob Justice x 3
Keldon Mantle x 2
Thunderscape Battlemage x 2
Rupture x 2
Shivan Dragon x 2
Collapsing Borders x 2
Obliterate x 2
Dragonspeaker Shaman
Fanning the Flames
Flashfires
Slice and Dice
Volcanic Dragon
Gratuitous Violence
Shiv's Embrace
Lavaborn Muse
Mana Echoes
Pyrostatic Pillar
Dragonstorm
Kaboom!
Desolation Giant
Erratic Explosion
Dragon Roost
Lightning Dragon
Scattershot
Relentless Assult
Lavamancer's Skill

White

Congregate x 4
Serra's Embrace x 3
Warship x 3
Sheild of Duty and Reason x 3
Wall off Hope x 2
Spirit Link x 2
Karmic Justice x 2
Demystify x 2
Improvised Armor x 2
Wipe Clean x 2
Divine Light x 2
Angelic Chorus x 2
Avenging Angel x 2
Sunscape Battlemage x 2
Sacred Mesa x 2
Grassland Crusader x 2
Angelic Renewal
Disenchant
March of Souls
Testament of Faith
Serra Angel
Serra Aviary
Spirit of resistance
Astral Steel
Aegis of Honor
Dimensional Breach
Jareth, Leonine Titan
Circle of Protection: Shadow
Rune of Protection: Artifacts
Celestial Dawn
Reprisal
Animal Boneyard
Indestructible Aura
Force Bubble
Dragon Scales
Glorious Anthem
Words of Worship
Magenta the Lion
Eternal Dragon
Samite Elder
Dragonstalker
Aura Extraction
Divine Sacrament
Divine Transformation
Dominaria's Judgment
Reverse Polarity
Global Ruin
Relic Ward
Alabaster Potion
Wall of Swords
Rain of Blades
Akroma's Vengance
Noble Purpose
Doubtless One

[Cole Tyger]

Deck-zilla, part 2

Blue

Diplomatic Immunity x 4
Counterspell x 4
Dragon Wings x 3
Shifting Sky x 3
Zaphid's Embrace x 2
Mystic Veil x 2
Rush of Knowladge x 2
Ixidor's Will x 2
Dispersal Sheild x 2
Mana Maze
Lilting Refrain
Unnatural Selection
Denizen of the Deep
Avatar of Will
Standstill
Quicksilver Dragon
Soothsaying
Insight
Frozen Solid
Discombobulate
Power Sink
Sway of Illusion
Unifying Theory
Blind Seer
Flight
Rayne, Academy Chancellor
Deflection
Brain Freeze
Long-Term Plans
Mana Short
Empress Galina

bBlack

Twisted Abomination x 3
Dragon Shadow x 2
Vengeful Dead x 2
Sheperd of Rot x 2
Aphetto Dredging x 2
Severed Legion x 2
Visara the Dreadful x 2
Exotic Disease x 2
Caustic Tar
Haunted Crossroads
Unspeakable Symbol
Words of Waste
Bone Knitter
Forced March
Twilights Call
Eradicate
Gluttonous Zombie
Disterbed Burial
Call to the Grave
Reaping the Graves
Final Punishment
Sadistic Glee
Subversion
Grave Pact
Pretenders Claim
Soul Collector
Deathgrip
Decree of Pain
Liability

Gold (multi-color)

Armadillo Cloak x 4
Gaea's Skyfolk x 4
Squee's embrace x 3
Llanowar Dead x 3
Sterling Grove x 2
Aether Mutation x 2
Gerrard's Command x 2
Soul Link x 2
Llanowar Knight
Vitalizing Cascade
Death Grasp
Hero's Reunion
Frenzied Tilling
Chromium
Treva, the Renewer
Tsabo Tavoc
Darigaaz, the Igniter
Aura Shards
Yavimaya's Embrace
Undermine
Captains's Manuver
Edgewalker
Rith, the Awakener
Rith's Charm
Yavimaya Barbarian
Sliver Overlord
Eladamri's Call
Cromat
Hymm of Rebirth
Hull Breach

Colorless

Urza's Armor x 4
Braidwood Cup x 4
Liberary of Leng x 3
Crystal Chimes x 3
Drake-Skull Cameo x 2
Tigereye Cameo x 2
Seashell Cameo x 2
Bloodstone Cameo x 2
Feldon's Cane x 2
Dragon Blood x 2
Worn Powerstone x 2
Pit Trap x 2
Magma Mine x 2
Belbe's Portal x 2
Nevinyrral's Disk
Howling Mine
Thran Forge
Karn, Silver Golem
Soul Net
Shadowblood Egg
Phyrexian Processor
Charcoal Diamond
Marble Diamond
Urza's Incubator
Phyrexian Splicer
Amber Prison
Dream Chisel
Thran Dynamo
Chimeric Staff
Lifeline
Sisay's Ring
Thran Weaponry
Tsabo's Web
Mystic Compass
Moss Diamond
Skull of Ramos
Mana Prism
Ersatz Gnomes
Magistrate's Scepter
Temporal Aperture
Troll-Horn Cameo

[Cole Tyger]

and finally, the
Green

Wirewood Channeler x 4
Wirewood Herald x 4
Defiant Elf x 4
Everglove Courier x 4
Elvish Lyrist x 4
Kurgadon x 4
Ancestral Mask x 4
Sprouting Vines x 4
Gempalm Strider x 4
Rancor x 4
Wirewood Elf x 4
Quirion Explorer x 4
Exoskeletal Armor x 4
Elvish Pioneer x 4
Preist of Titania x 4
Stonewood Invoker x 4
Elvish Pathcutter x 4
Wirewood Hivemaster x 4
Wellwisher x 4
Krosan Drover x 4
Patron of the Wild x 4
quirion Elves x 4
Urbog Elf x 4
Fierce Empath x 4
Stream of Life x 4
Elven Riders x 4
Tranquil Path x 3
Skyshroud Troopers x 3
Elvish Aberration x 3
Dragon Fangs x 3
Natural Affinity x 3
Fyndhorn Elder x 3
Titanic Bulvox x 3
Tribal Forcemage x 3
Taunting Elf x 3
Lure x 3
Regeneration x 3
Timberwatch Elf x 3
Break Asunder x 3
Accelerated Mutation x 3
Bloodline Shaman x 3
Wirewood Guardian x 3
Skyshroud Elf x 2
Tangle x 2
Alpha Status x 2
Wirewood Pride x 2
Wirewood Savage x 2
Elvish Soultiller x 2
Birchlore Rangers x 2
Argothian Elder x 2
Pulse of Lanowar x 2
Fog x 2
Venom x 2
Revive x 2
Treetop Scout x 2
Tiger Claws x 2
Jolrael's Favor x 2
Primal Growth x 2
Savaen Elves x 2
Desert Twister x 2
Elvish Warrior x 2
Hunting Pack x 2
Symbiotic Beast x 2
Elvish Champion x 2
Totem Speaker x 2
Seaker of Skybreak x 2
Elvish Scrapper x 2
Hurricane x 2
Thornscape Battlemage x 2
Elvish Herder x 2
Leery Fogbeast x 2
Heedless One x 2
Symbiotic Elf x 2
Exploration x 2
Untamed Wilds
Multani's Decree
Defence of the Heart
Verdeloth the Ancient
Elven Fortress
Midsummer Revel
An-havva Inn
Vitalizing Wind
Overrun
Pack Hunt
Root Elemental
Tranquility
Early Harvest
Kamahl's Summons
Venomspout Brackus
Squirrel Nest
Pipers Melody
Lifeforce
Claws of Wirewood
Centaur Glade
Tempting Licid
Mythic Proportions
Thrive
Scyshroud Ranger
Gaea's Herald
Snag
Blanchwood Armor
Elven Cache
Brontotherium
Seton's Desire
Llanowar Druid
Thorn Elemental
Krosan Groundshaker
Calming Verse
Woodcloaker
Skyshroud Poacher
Nature's Resurgence
Silklash Spider
Glowering Rogon
Root Cage
Skyshroud Elite
Gaea's Embrace
Llanowar Sentinel
Weaherseed Elf
Timberwatch Elf
Caller of the Hunt
Sporogenesis
Titania's Chosen
Divergent Growth
Multani's Presence
Nemata, Grove Guardian
Multani, Maro-Sorcerer
Multani's Acolyte
Ancient Ooze
Naturalize
 

[Cole Tyger]

and yes, that is all a single deck

like i said before, what else can you call it, but Deck-zilla?

[tetsaru arigashi]

WOW, that IS huge.  i think magic: the gathering online has a format called "prismatic" which uses huge decks with all 5 colors - you might check into it.  of course, you'd probably have to spend a shitload of money to buy digital versions of all your cards, though...  >_<;

[JG]

I can quite garuantee the win-loss ratio on such a monstrosity will never be in favor of the Ws.  Goodness gracious, even when we used to play all color decks, we'd build them around our Gold strengths (Legends or Dark Heart of the Wood)  We wouldnt just throw in every peice of garbage that looked good.
I've seen someone whip some tail with a 4 color deck though - everything but black I beleive.  But it had rare and exotic cards up the wazoo.  Dual lands and birds of paradise for mana wealth, circles of protection and slights of mind for protection, counterspells and control magics, and lightning bolts and disintegrates for direct damage.  It had surpsingly few summons other than those that could serve more than one purpose (such as mana creation).  As long as it wasn't beaten down before it got rolling or Tranquility never made it to the table before being countered it usually won.