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[YGO] Most used staples...

Eon-Rider said:
That's true but meta deck =/= ALL decks.
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haha you are correct sir.

I'm a pretty competitive player myself, so I tend not to think in terms of anything other than Sabers/Infernities/Frogs/etc, haha. That's not good; but yeah you're right about Cold Wave not being splashable into any and every deck.
 
Cold Wave fails when you're topdecking.

Also, tell me. Would Happy Herald or Machinas benefit from Cold Wave? Disaster Dragon? Lightsworn hybrids?

Meta decks =/= just Frogs, Sabers, and Infernities. :| That's the current TIER 1 makeup right now (and tier 0 I suppose), but the meta has a broader range than that.

Oh, and Cold Wave has been mentioned already. Read Gymnotide's list.
 
Cirrus said:
Cold Wave fails when you're topdecking.

Also, tell me. Would Happy Herald or Machinas benefit from Cold Wave? Disaster Dragon? Lightsworn hybrids?

Meta decks =/= just Frogs, Sabers, and Infernities. :| That's the current TIER 1 makeup right now (and tier 0 I suppose), but the meta has a broader range than that.

Oh, and Cold Wave has been mentioned already. Read Gymnotide's list.
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Not necessarily; you can top Cold Wave and stall for another turn. Admittedly it's not the best card to draw, but you still have outs.

And Herald doesn't necessarily benefit from Cold Wave because it doesn't NEED it. You have Herald to negate everything, so it doesn't matter. And why wouldn't the ohter decks benefit? Lightsworn decks only run 2 or 3 traps anyways, and they're mostly reliant on dropping JD, not Brain Control.
 
Cyber Dragon has been mentioned yet, and I think it's a staple for any deck that doesn't rely on stuff like Solidarity and Naturia Pineapple.

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since the new banlist

MONSTER REBORN!! as of the 1st, its a must have staple for ALL DECKS...and possibly dark hole too
 
I'll update the list then.

Monster
Battle Fader
Consecrated Light
Cyber Dragon
D.D. Crow
Dark Armed Dragon
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
Honest
Marshmallon
Morphing Jar
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
Plaguespreader Zombie
Sangan
Snipe Hunter
Spirit Reaper
Summoner Monk
Tragoedia

Other
Ally of Justice -- Catastor
Black Rose Dragon
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
Colossal Fighter
Goyo Guardian
Mist Wurm
Red Dragon Archfiend
Stardust Dragon
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Spell
Book of Moon
Cold Wave
Dark Hole
Double Cyclone
Fissure
Foolish Burial
Future Fusion
Giant Trunade
Hammer Shot
Lightning Vortex
Mind Control
Monster Reborn
Mystical Space Typhoon
Smashing Ground

Trap
Bottomless Trap Hole
Call of the Haunted
Compulsory Evacuation Device
Dark Bribe
Dimensional Prison
Dust Tornado
Light-Imprisoning Mirror
Mirror Force
Royal Decree
Royal Oppression
Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
Solemn Judgment
Torrential Tribute
Trap Dustshoot

Removed from the list:
Rescue Cat
Heavy Storm
Brain Control
 
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I thought Hammer Shot was fairly splashable in most decks which is why I added it. Sure, it's not the most useful, but most decks don't run Spirit Reaper or Marshmallon either. Same reasoning for Lightning Vortex and Cold Wave. Dare I say, I might even put Reasoning on this list.

THOUGH, I'm considering splitting the list into staples and semi-staples anyway. I'm just too lazy to do it right now.

Future Fusion is basically a staple in any deck that somehow incorporates Fusion material monsters. In a Dragon deck, it's equivalent to five Foolish Burials. In Machines and Worms, you get upwards to twenty at times. With Cyber Dragons, you'll net three. In Geminis, you'll net two. Just the sheer possibilities of it dumping anything you need from the Deck into the Grave for you to readily have access to warrants it a spot on the list in my book.
 
Shadow-Imprisoning, not Dark-Imprisoning.

Consecrated is only for dedicated SIDE DECKS... Suppose it's still staple though.
 
@Gymnotide

True, but I don't think Future Fusion deserves to be a staple on this list. It isn't splashable into any deck. I think a staple is a good cardthat should be usuable in any deck - and yet in my plant deck its a complete waste of space. And honestly, I've never really seen a single competitive player use Hammer Shot. Although I do see a lot of Soul Takers. I think Soul Taker is more useful as you can actually pick your target, and it cant blow up in your face like Hammer Shot occasionally can - it can take out your monsters to.
 
I've never seen Hammer Shot played either, but I still think it's as much a staple as Fissure or Smashing Ground... Which I don't feel belong in this list at all. The same goes for Soul Taker and Shield Crush.

Well, Future Fusion wouldn't be so bad if you teched in Blazewing Butterfly and Supervise. That being said, a lot of "staples" aren't very good in other decks. I'll remove it if it gives you peace of mind, though. But, I'd like to hear everyone else's stand too.

As fer the rest of the lot, someone make a case for the following cards so I can decide if I can get rid of them:

Snipe Hunter
Tragoedia
Cold Wave
Dark Armed Dragon
Future Fusion

Cards I am debating adding:

Hand Destruction
Upstart Goblin
Jar of Greed
Terraforming

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Monster
Battle Fader
Consecrated Light
Cyber Dragon
D.D. Crow
Dark Armed Dragon
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
Honest
Marshmallon
Morphing Jar
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
Plaguespreader Zombie
Sangan
Snipe Hunter
Spirit Reaper
Summoner Monk
Tragoedia

Other
Ally of Justice -- Catastor
Black Rose Dragon
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
Colossal Fighter
Goyo Guardian
Mist Wurm
Red Dragon Archfiend
Stardust Dragon
Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Spell
Book of Moon
Card Destruction
Cold Wave
Dark Hole
Double Cyclone
Fissure
Foolish Burial
Future Fusion
Giant Trunade
Hammer Shot
Lightning Vortex
Mind Control
Monster Reborn
Mystical Space Typhoon
Shield Crush
Smashing Ground
Soul Taker

Trap
Bottomless Trap Hole
Call of the Haunted
Compulsory Evacuation Device
Dark Bribe
Dimensional Prison
Dust Tornado
Light-Imprisoning Mirror
Mirror Force
Royal Decree
Royal Oppression
Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
Solemn Judgment
Torrential Tribute
Trap Dustshoot
 
Well, Gymnotide, the reason why Hammer Shot shouldn't be a staple on the list is because it is not always a definite 1-for-1. It might hit one of your own monsters (example: Machina Fortress) when you want to hit your opponent's field (example, LIGHT-type monster with Honest in hand), while Fissure and Smashing don't have this problem. Shield Crush is just random, because hardly anybody leaves anything in Defense Position in half of the top decks, and Nobleman is better than that anyways, and Soul Taker is a 1-for-1 but leaves your opponent 1000 LP up later in the duel which might make a difference.
 
I don't really think the 1000 LP makes a huge difference in the duel. One attack can usually rectify that.

I still disagree with Hammer Shot's positon on the list, mostly because of the same reasons as Cirrus. I think Fissure and Smashing are both way more useful.

I think Tragoedia should indeed stay there. It's very splashable and works fine in pretty much any deck. Same for Snipe Hunter. As for DaD, it works well in a lot of different decks, but it doesn't work in every single deck, and I don't think it should be considered a staple that can be placed in any deck.
 
Those draw cards, like Jar of Greed, Upstart Goblin...
I've never seen anyone use them except for one guy with an Exodia deck. Definitely not staples that can go into any deck.
 
Diablerie said:
Those draw cards, like Jar of Greed, Upstart Goblin...
I've never seen anyone use them except for one guy with an Exodia deck. Definitely not staples that can go into any deck.
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If you've got less than 40 cards in your deck, you might as well, though... Since those two are the only non-themed cards that can efficiently deck-thin themselves besides Toon Table of Contents.
 
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