YGO Beatdown

[Pandamnation]

I've recently got back to yugioh after a yearlong break and trying to get back into it.

So i made this fairly simple and straightforward deck

I need you guys, my fellow players to help me with the deck

I'm not on a budget but please try recommend cards before the Synchros came out

Monsters: 28
D.D. Warrior lady
D.D. Assailant
Treeborn Frog
Archfiend Soldier
Luster Dragon x2
Insect Knight x2
Gladiator Beast Andal x2
Genewarped Warwolf
Goblin Elite Attack Force
Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei
Snipe Hunter
Bazoo the Soul Eater
Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive
Frostosaurus x2
Summoned Skull
Cybertech Alligator
The Tricky
Evil Hero Malicious Edge
Raiza the Storm Monarch
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch
Mobius the Frost Monarch
Caius the Shadow Monarch
Light and Darkness Dragon x2

Magic/Spells: 11
Double Summon
Bait Doll
Book of Moon
Mystical Space Typhoon
Lightning Vortex
Smashing Ground
Brain Control
Dust Barrier
Ancient Rules
Heavy Storm
Shield Crush

Traps: 11
Torrential Tribute
Solemn Judgment
Sakuretsu Armor x2
Bottomless Traphole x3
Magic Cylinder
Mirror Force
Eradicator Epidemic Virus

 

[Cirrus]

Frog Monarchs - By Levi Nissen (credit where it's due ^^)

Monsters - 30
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
3 Caius the Shadow Monarch
3 Raiza the Storm Monarch
3 Light and Darkness Dragon
3 Vanity's Fiend
3 Swap Frog
3 Battlefader
3 Substitoad
2 Treeborn Frog
2 D.D. Crow
2 Dark Dust Spirit
1 Dupe Frog
1 Ronintoadin

Spells - 8
3 Soul Exchange
2 Enemy Controller
1 Brain Controller
1 Heavy Storm
1 Cold Wave

Traps - 4
2 Spiritual Water Art - Aoi
2 Raigeki Break

This should suit your needs nicely. It's a Frog Monarch build that top16'd the recent SJC. I personally don't like the fact that you have no hand, but your opponent has no hand either so I guess it all works out.

A personal build would have no copies of Dark Dust, probably, and cut a copy or two of Vanity, in lieu of... other things.

This build is quite, quite solid though, and those cuts are just personal preference. =)

 

[Apple Juice]

Your original build looks like you clustered a ton of monsters and a few useful ones into one whole deck. I think, by the looks of it, you're trying to make a frognarchs build. I suggest the build Cirrus posted, and also- in frognarchs, only use traps that you know you will be able to play on your opponent's turn. Stuff like F/D Mirror Force and they don't attack = no more treeborn.

The Bait Doll scarcely reminds me of a Frognarch user that used Bait Doll as his personal tech on YouTube. Whatever. XD

 

[Pandamnation]

What's the main objective of this deck?

can i replace vanity's fiend with vanity's ruler?

 

[Cirrus]

Preferably not, since Vanity's Fiend requires only 1 tribute for a 2400 beater while Ruler requires 2 for a 2500 beater. It's not even as good as Archlord Kristya if you want to play Ruler. :s

The goal of this deck is to tribute/remove/destroy/RFG your opponent's stuff while keeping an endless supply of tribute fodder in your grave and hand (Treeborn Frog, Battlefader, Ronintoadin). It's very, very good.

 

[Apple Juice]

Quite. It's topped many regionals, won many, and recently two builds topped in YCS Chicago. It's a very strong T1 build.

Vanity's, in my opinion, are garbage. Also, since Battle Fader are really pricey, Gorz is always good. :3

 

[Cirrus]

Vanity's Fiend is not garbage, but Ruler is. ^^

Gorz and Battlefader are BOTH necessary, and the second especially to stop Infernity OTK. Sad, but true...

 

[Pandamnation]

So this is a control/swarm deck?

and 3 BATTLEFADERS thats freakin expensive

battlefader = better kuriboh?

 

[Cirrus]

...Pretty much. More emphasis on the control than the swarm since the swarm is basically cannon fodder for the control to come in with.

Battlefader =/= better Kuriboh. Battlefader =/= Kuriboh.

Battlefader lets you haze past a battle phase without taking any damage even off a clear field and leaves you a dude to tribute for with your tribute monsters/Dark Dust Spirit in your hand and screw your opponent up. It's deadly against any quick-swarming deck EXCEPT for X-Sabers who can discard it from your hand, and even then it's quite useful as X-Sabers only get out Faultroll loop into Gottoms 40% of the time.

 

[Pandamnation]

the amounts of frogs is confusing. Are they part of a combo or what?

 

[Cirrus]

Yes. Swap Frog is Foolish Burial on 'roids and Special Summons itself to provide a free tribute as well as a Treeborn dump, which is well worth it. Treeborn offers the same. Dupe Frog is there to search if need be, and wall, maybe. Ronintoadin special summons itself off the Swap Frogs and Dupe Frog, but usually not the Treeborn.

They're the tribute fodder for your Monarchs, DDS, and VF.

 

[Pandamnation]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

 

[Eternal Nightmare]

Well Cirrus has been a big help and I'm going to agree upon you constructing the FroggyMonarch build he posted above. Its a great deck and it has done well in tourneys and it seems you have some of the cards to accomidiate so you can actually start construction. However, remember that there are other decks that can be constructed if this deck isn't to your liking because your current deck is just a mush of cards that really has no certain theme running.

Oh and there are as great of cards that has come out in the 5ds era as the original and GX era so there's really no need to hold back on obtaining synchros and cards after the duelist genesis. Happy construction and even better dueling :)

 

[Pandamnation]

thx for the help guys, I started changing it but dont have enough raiza or caius so i added mobius and zaborg instead.

Is cyber dragon and evil hero infernal prodigy useful in this deck?

 

[Cirrus]

No.

Pandamnation, just pick up a couple Raiza or Caius. They're fairly cheap, weighing in at about $5 to $10 per copy. :s Zaborg can't deal with S/T or Stardust, Mobius can't deal with Starlight Road or Stardust or monsters. Raiza and Caius are the most versatile.