Card of the Day: Messenger of Peace

As everyone at my local card shop likes to say: "This card is just too good." Messenger of Peace stops many plays in the current meta. Unless your opponent has Heavy Storm or MST, their pretty much stuck since Messenger of Peace doesn't allow monsters with 1500 or more attack to attack.  Also, paying the cost is optional, so when you finally are able to go for the OTK, you can destroy the card and go off.

I usually protect the Messenger of Peace by setting Starlight Road or The Huge Revolution is Over with it as well as playing another more detrimental card with it (such as Vanity's Emptiness or Shadow Imprisoning Mirror).

At locals, this card single handedly saved my from a Six Samurai deck as I was able to stall for five turns before finally not paying the cost, blowing up the whole field and attacking for game.  The card is great against anti-meta decks which usually focus on monsters with 1800+ ATK.  Things like Thunder King, Doomcaliber, and those damn Malefics simply cannot attack.  Hero decks have such a hard time with Messenger of Peace, it's almost unfair.  The typical meta Hero Deck only runs monsters with 1800+ ATK (save for Bubbleman); but be wary of Gemini Spark.

You can use this card with Injection Fairy Lily since it gets around Messenger of Peace since it gains attack during the Damage Step.  Another great combo is to use Lava Golem or Creature Swap Acid Golemn and play this card, forcing your opponent to pay life points without being able to attack.

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Rules for... Ah Screw It

I was going to make a post that gave a brief overview of the rules, but then I realized, that would take for fucking ever. So instead, here's Kuriboh through the ages for you.

Editors Note: Fuck yeah Kuriboh!

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Hieratic Dragons, Part 3

Thinking of building a Hieratic deck? Here are some tips.  Check out our Amazon store for a one stop shopping experience for buying all the cards you need:

For starters, you probably want to get your hands on the cards themselves. The following is a list of the cards included in the Hieratic archtype including their support cards. 

Monsters

•  Hieratic Dragon of Gebeb
•  Hieratic Dragon of Nuit
•  Hieratic Dragon of Eset
•  Hieratic Dragon of Nebthet
•  Hieratic Seal of the Dragon King
•  Hieratic Dragon of Tefnuit
•  Hieratic Dragon of Su
•  Hieratic Dragon of Asar
•  Hieratic Dragon of Sutekh
•  Hieratic Seal of the Sun Dragon Overlord

Spells:

• Hieratic Seal of Convocation
• Hieratic Seal of Supremacy

Traps:

• Hieratic Seal of Banishment 
• Hieratic Seal of Reflection
• Hieratic Seal From the Ashes

Xyz's:

• Hieratic Dragon King of Atum
• Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis

Outside of your staple cards (Mirror Force, Honest, Monster Reborn), there's a number of other cards that could go well with this deck. The first being a card that's pretty much standard for any dragon deck.

Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon is never a bad idea for a deck that is just dragons. Plus he's just a big 'fuck you' to everyone everywhere. 

Other fun ideas for this deck are as follows:

Your opponent declares a monster Level. Reveal cards from the top of your Deck until you reveal a monster that can be Normal Summoned. If that monster is the same Level as the one declared by your opponent, send all revealed cards to the Graveyard. If not,Special Summon the revealed monster, also send the remaining cards to the Graveyard.

During the End Phase of the turn this card is activated, draw 1 card from your Deck for each Dragon-Type monster discarded from your hand and/or Tributed during this turn.

Discard 1 Level 8 monster to draw 2 cards.

These choices are pretty self explanatory. Reasoning is always fun, requiring a tad bit of luck, however it's well worth it if you'r opponent guesses wrong. Since this deck is pretty good on tributing, Super Rejuvenation isn't a bad idea. And lastly, this deck has it's fair share of level 8 monsters, just in case the little fuckers don't feel like co-operating, you can always go with Trade-In to back you up and get rid of those pesky eggs.

Hope it helps!

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Hieratic Dragons, Part 2

Still think the Hieratic dragons suck? Well you're wrong. Take a closer look at this set of cards and their potential should be clear. Each card that's over level 4 has some way to special summon itself or another card from your deck, take Tefnuit for example.

He's essentially a Cyber Dragon that fits neatly with this deck. And he's not the only one that can be special summoned. Many of the cards can be special summoned by tributing a Hieratic monster on the field. Which is cool you know that's ok... except, wham, this deck takes it a step further. 

Every single monster in this deck (outside of the eggs) can special summon a monster when it's tribute summoned. And since the wording on the cards say you can tribute a monster to special summon this card,  you only need 3 monsters in your hand to get enough monsters on the field and Exeed for not some Rank 4, but for a Rank 6 or even 8. And that's not even counting the spells that go with them.

With the Seal of Convocation and the seal of Supremacy, you can add whatever Hieratic monster from your deck to your hand and then special summon it with no cost.

To summarize, this deck fucking rocks.

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Yu-Gi-Oh: CardCar D

With the release of the new Galactic Overlord pack, there are plenty of new cards to collect and screw your opponents over with. Namely this little fucker.

CardCar D. Shit, look at that… car. This is the card people want out of the Galactic Overlord pack.

This little guy is essentially a flying Pot of Greed that's yet to see the banned list. With the simple cost of being unable to do anything else after you use it, it's a chill card that works well in many decks, letting you thin out your deck quickly and get cards you need faster. 

Not convinced it's a good card? That's fine. If you find you have this card and you don't want it, someone else will. Being as rare as it is, and as sought after as it is. This little guy is easily worth over 100 dollars. Each. So if you get one, well, you sir are one lucky bastard. 

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Royal Decree and Trap Stun

Negate the effects of all other Trap Cards on the field.

Negate the effects of all other Trap Cards on the field during this turn.

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Hieratic Dragons, Part 1

The Hieratic archtype is a relatively new set that was just introduced in the Galactic Overlord pack. This set of cards has some serious potential and is already highly sought after. IE, be prepared to see these fuckers at a tournament near you.

To sum up the whole deck, the idea is to get the 2 egg... things on the field using the abilities of the other dragons, and then Exeed summon for one of two amazing Hieratic Xyz. 

On top of just being gorgeous and stupidly strong, these two Xyz can be used to special summon your dragons (Hieratic Dragon King of Atum) or be used to destroy your opponents monsters (Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis). 

But let's say you're not in the mood for completely fucking your opponent over with just dragons, the way this deck is set up, you could Exceed for just about any level 6 or level 8 Xyz monster. Including Neo's. 

Now you might be sitting there thinking, man this is so stupid, there's only like.. 2 level 4 cards. Everything else needs a tribute. So how the fuck is this any good?

Well stick around for part two and find out.

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Cloning

Activate only when your opponent Normal Summons or Flip  Summons a monster.  Special Summon 1 "Clone Token" with the same original Level, Type, Attribute, ATK and DEF as the Summoned monster.  When that monster is destroyed and sent to the Graveyard, destroy this Token.

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Yu-Gi-Oh: Galactic Overlord

This weekend marked the release of another fine pack from Konami. This time being Galactic Overload. 

Fuck look at that, look at this pack. Look at that monster. Oh man this pack is so awesome. It's packed with over 100 new cards, many of which being the awesome Hieratic dragons, and it even sports one card worth over $100. Not to mention that dragon on the cover has to be the coolest looking thing ever.

The cover card this time around is Neo Galaxy-Eyes Photon Dragon. Look at him, he's not just any dragon, he's the freaking overlord. 3 level 8 monsters. 4500 attack, negate monster effects, and be a complete dick to all Xyz monsters, just like every other card related to Galaxy Eyes. 

And then your opponent pulls a cheap move and here comes a Fissure with your name on it. So both your plan and your Neo's go down the drain... Even still, this card is sexy, and it's a card no one wants to see on their opponents side of the field. 

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Yu-gi-oh: Burden of the Mighty, Part 1

Each face-up monster your opponent controls loses 100 ATK x its own Level.

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