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Yugioh Blog’s Top 5 Posts of 2010

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Published on: December 31, 2010

2010 has come to an end! Before I start with the post, I wish everyone a happy new year and I hope you guys had a great holiday!

Statistically, 2010 was a gargantuan year for Yugiohblog. I had 212,000 visits this year, almost four times as much as the 68,000 I received throughout 2009. Just like I did in last year’s New Year’s Eve, I want to take everyone down memory lane and see what five posts were the most popular in 2010:

5. Yugioh Dark Armed Dragon VS. Judgement Dragon

This was the first and most popular ‘VS.’ post in Yugiohblog. I compared to monsters, Dark Armed Dragon and Judgement (based on power, deck compatibility, artwork, etc…) and selected which one was strongest of the two.

4. Top 15 Strong and Easy Monsters to Summon

The longest set of posts I’ve ever written, Top 15 Strong and Easy Monsters to summon looked 15 monsters that were not only helpful to many decks, but that could be brought out with ease as well. Tribe Infecting Virus was the number one on this list.

3. Top 5 Monster Archetypes

Overall, these three posts combined for a whopping 300 comments! Top 5 Monster Archetypes was about what the name suggests: the five most lethal and deadly monster archetypes in Yugioh. The X-Saber archetypes was number one on this list.

2. Strongest Yugioh Monster Card

This post may not have gotten as many comments compared to part 1 and 3 of the Top 5 Monster Archetypes but, it is at number two because it is ranked at #4 in the top content page in my stats tracker. Strongest Yugioh Monster Card looked at monsters who not only had great effects, but great stats as well. I concluded that while Yubel TUN was the strongest monster in Yugioh effect-wise, Five Headed Dragon was the strongest in terms of “overall package.”

1. Cards Everyone Should Have In a Deck

Not only was this post the most-commented post of 2010, it was the controversial as well (wink, wink). This post was about cards I thought would be a big help to any type of duelist, advanced or beginner. However, choices such as Rush Recklessly and Poison of the Old Man made this post infamous!

Top 10 Synchros in Yugioh Part 2

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Categories: Yugioh Cards

Tags: Brionac Dragon of the Ice Barrier, Goyo Guardian, Red Nova Dragon, yugioh

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Published on: December 16, 2010

5. Colossal Fighter

Colossal Fighter is a powerful monster and is arguably the best warrior synchro monster in Yugioh. With 2800 attack points and 1000 defense points, it is a good offensive monster as well. However, the reason Colossal Fighter is on this list is because 0f its effect. It gains 100 attack points for every warrior monster in both player’s graveyard and when its destroyed, Colossal Fighter can revive any warrior monster from either graveyard. The best part is, it can revive itself as well! Colossal Fighter is a great monster to have in a warrior deck. Due to its second effect, Colossal Fighter is a great OTK card as well. A good OTK with Colossal Fighter is to play Armory Arm and equip to a monster on your opponent’s side of the field that is stronger than Colossal Fighter. Then attack the monster with Colossal Fighter, revive Colossal Fighter, and repeat and because of Armory Arm’s effect, it is your opponent that loses 2800 life points each attack.

4. Black Rose Dragon

The monster form of Dark Hole, Black Rose Dragon is an easily playable, nuke monster. When it’s special summoned, Black Rose Dragon destroys the whole field. Plus, if you have another summon left, Black Rose Dragon allows you to have a direct attack opportunity. If you decide to keep Black Rose Dragon, that’s fine too because with 2400 attack points and another stellar, Black Rose Dragon can still prove to be vital. Once per turn, Black Rose Dragon can switch the battle position of a monster on your opponent’s side of the field and reduce its attack points to 0, giving you the chance to inflict at least 2400 points of damage upon your opponent! It is my favorite 5Ds dragon, and it is the most powerful as well.

3. Goyo Guardian

Being the strongest level six monster statistically wise (2800 attack points) and being a level six synchro monster (and thus being the easiest type of synchro monster to summon) earned Goyo Guardian the third spot on the list. However we can’t forget its awesome effect; when Goyo Guardian destroys a monster by battle, it can bring it on to your side of the field. Enough said.

2. Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

The ultimate counter to the greatest of defenses is Brionac, who isn’t much of a barrier as he is as a bomb! Thought its stats are decent with 2300 attack points and 1400 defense points, Brionac has a stellar effect that allows it to discard a certain amount of cards in order to return cards on the field back to the hands of the respective owners equal to the total of cards discarded. Brionac goes great with Infernity decks and other swarm decks as well. It’s also easy to play, as it is a level six monster. The only weakness Brionac has is its relatively weak stats.

1. Red Nova Dragon

This might come as a surprise to many, however I believe Red Nova Dragon deserves to number one. For one, it’s not that hard to summon as it needs one monster and two tuners to summon. That’s not really hard to accomplish. However its effect is so good, no matter how hard Red Nova Dragon’s summoning conditions seem to be, it’s totally worth it. RND has a whopping 3500 gains 500 attack points for every tuner monster in your graveyard, so it will actually have 4500 attack points (at the least). Plus it cannot be destroyed by card effects. The best part about RND’s effect is that it can sacrifice itself to negate an attack, and then revive itself at the end phase! Red Nova Dragon is definitely the strongest synchro monster, and might even be the strongest monster in Yugioh as well.

Honorable mentions: Power Tool Dragon, Light End Dragon, and Arcanite Magician.

Top 10 Synchros in Yugioh Part 1

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Categories: Yugioh Cards, Yugioh Contests

Tags: Dark Strike Fighter, stardust dragon, Thought Ruler Archfiend, yugioh

Comments: 15 Comments

Published on: December 11, 2010

I’ve done a bunch of top Yugioh monster lists, but not a top Yugioh synchro monster list, which is funny because they are possibly the most popular group of cards to ever be released in the whole Yugioh franchise!

Yugioh Obelisk the Tormentor VS. The Winged Dragon of Ra

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Categories: Yugioh Cards, Yugioh Characters

Tags: Obelisk the Tormentor, The Winged Dragon of Ra, yugioh

Comments: 54 Comments

Published on: December 4, 2010

The ultimate battle of the celestial realm; Obelisk the Tormentor VS. The Winged Dragon of Ra! The two cards became so popular (despite being unusable) that they were turned into legal, deadly monsters. They won’t be a part of high-tiered decks, but they can still be mighty powerful if played. Which one is the mightiest however? Which God provides the easiest victory? Let us commence the War of Heaven! (Note: Slifer the Sky Dragon has not been released as a legal card, otherwise we would be comparing it as well!).

Yugioh Sakuretsu Armor and Magical Cylinder: Powerful Traps

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Categories: Buying Yugioh Cards, Yugioh Cards

Tags: Magical Cylinder, Sakuretsu Armor, yugioh

Comments: 13 Comments

Published on: November 21, 2010

This whole week, there’s been a huge discussion on which trap card is superior: the monster destroying, Sakuretsu Armor, or the damage-inflicting, Magical Cylinder. Here’s my opinion: there both very powerful cards and each one works great when used in different scenarios, however I still believe Magical Cylinder is better. [...]

Yugioh The Wicked Avatar VS. The Wicked Eraser

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Categories: Yugioh Cards, Yugioh Contests

Tags: The Wicked Avatar, The Wicked Eraser, yugioh

Comments: 8 Comments

Published on: November 14, 2010

The Wicked Monsters (The Wicked Avatar, The Wicked Eraser, and the Wicked Dreadroot) are three of the strongest monsters in all of Yugioh. They are promotional Yugioh cards and might take some time to acquire, as you will to have to find and order a specific Shonen Jump magazine from the internet. However, taking the time to obtaining these monsters are worth it; having these monsters in your deck will substantially increase your chances of winning. The Wicked Dreadroot isn’t as popular as the other two, so for today’s card comparison, we’re going to compare The Wicked Avatar and The Wicked Eraser and find out which deserves the title of “The Ultimate Wicked.”

1. The Wicked Avatar

The Wicked Avatar is a monster I would never want to face, and for good reason: it’s always going to have the highest attack on the field! The Wicked Avatar’s effect allows it have 100 more attack and defense points than the monster(s) that had the most attack and defense before The Wicked Avatar’s entrance in the duel. The Wicked Avatar has a great defensive effect too: your foe cannot use spell and trap cards until the end of their second after The Wicked Avatar is played. That means your opponent will virtually have little to none defense for two turns! The Wicked Avatar is force be reckoned with indeed.

Artwork: 1/10, Effect: 10/10, Power: 10/10, Deck Adaptation: 9/10, Game Changer: 9/10, Playability: 7/10. Overall, The Wicked Avatar gets an score of 7.7/10 – C+.

2. The Wicked Eraser

The Wicked Eraser is also another monster to be worried about because its stats are going to really powerful. The Wicked Eraser gains 1000 attack and defense for every card, yes card, on your opponent’s side of the field. The Wicked Eraser, at the least, is going to have 3000 attack points. Now if your opponent’s deck revolves around swarming, like a Blackwing deck, The Wicked Eraser will have at least 4-5 thousand attack points and will be a huge threat. The Wicked Eraser can be used as a last resort monster as well. If your opponent plays numerous ace monsters in one turn and are about to start a life point assault, you can use The Wicked Eraser’s second effect to protect yourself: In your main phase, you can remove The Wicked Eraser from the field an destroy all cards on the field. This effect could be a huge momentum shifter.

Artwork: 6/10, Effect: 9/10, Power: 10/10, Deck Adaptation: 9/10, Game Changer: 9/10, Playability: 7/10. Overall, The Wicked Eraser gets a score of 8.3/10 – B.

Okay, because The Wicked Avatar has the most boring and uncool image, The Wicked Eraser beats The Wicked Avatar in an overall viewpoint. However, excluding artwork, The Wicked Avatar beats the Wicked Eraser by .2 points (9/10 in comparison to 8.8/10)! They are both extremely good monsters but if they were used against each other in a duel, The Wicked Avatar would have a higher attack and defense than The Wicked Eraser! That was the deciding factor.

Yugioh Road Warrior VS. Junk Destroyer

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Categories: Yugioh Cards, Yugioh Characters

Tags: Junk Destroyer, Road Warrior, yugioh

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Published on: October 31, 2010

Road Warrior

With 3000 attack points, it might only seem like a stat powerhouse at first, but Road Warrior actually as a really good ability. You see, once per turn it allows the user to special summon one level two or lower machine/warrior monster on to the field. That’s a great effect because it allows you to swarm tuners! Road Warrior gives you a lot of opportunities to create more synchro monsters. It is a really powerful monster, and though it shouldn’t be your ace, its one heck of a good sidekick.

Artwork: 7/10, Effect: 8/10, Deck Adaptation: 5/10, Power: 9/10, Game Changer: 8/10, Playability: 7/10. Overall, Road Warrior receives a score of 7.3/10 – C.

Junk Destroyer

Junk Destroyer is a cool card. Not only is its design cool but it is another one of Junk Synchron’s synchro transformations! Junk Destroyer was the card that helped Yusei Breo in the World Grand Prix as well. Junk Destroyer is a powerful 2600 attack point and 2500 defense point monster that can destroy cards in the field equivalent to the amount of non-tuners used to summon him. A pretty good effect if you have a deck with a high ratio of low-leveled monsters.

Artwork: 6/10, Effect: 7/10, Power: 8/10, Deck Adaptation: 5/10, Game Changer: 10/10, Playability: 7/10. Overall, Junk Destroyer gets a score off 7/10 – C-.

Alas, we have our winner for the day, Road Warrior! Their both great monsters but Road Warrior outs Junk Destroyer in terms of effect and power. Junk Destroyer’s effect can be a huge game changer however it is a bit difficult to tune numerous monsters and that’s why it got a deduction in the effect category.

Yugioh Starstrike Blast: The Arrival of the Cosmic Dragons!

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Categories: Yugioh Booster Packs, Yugioh Cards

Tags: Red Nova Dragon, Shooting Star Dragon, Yugioh Starstrike Blast

Comments: 6 Comments

Published on: October 22, 2010

The most striking thing about the upcoming booster Starstrike Blast (get it?) is not that the fact that it introduces more support for the new archetypes or more sycnhro-fusions. You see, with Starstrike Blast also comes the Cosmic Synchros, synchros who are summoned by tuning a lesser synchro with another monster. And guess what are the first two Cosmic Synchros duelists will be introduced to: Red Nova Dragon and Shooting Star Dragon, the ultimate forms of Red Dragon Archfiend and Stardust Dragon (respectively). This is why I believe Starstrike Blast will beat out Duelist Genesis and become the highest grossing booster pack in the third generation era.

Shooting Star Dragon is definitely the strongest form of Stardust Dragon, although the same cannot be said for Red Nova Dragon. Shooting Star Dragon has 3300 attack points, 2500 defense points, and three strong effects that can (each) be used once per turn.

Reveal the top 5 cards of your Deck. Shuffle them back in, and this card’s maximum number of attacks this turn is equal to the number of Tuner monsters revealed in Deck.
Negate the activation of an effect that would destroy a card(s) on the field, and destroy that card.
When your opponent’s monster declares an attack, you can select it, then remove this card from play and negate the attack. During the End Phase, Special Summon this card that was removed from play by this effect.
As you can see, Shooting Star Dragon is a destructive monster and quite possibly the strongest cover monster ever. In the anime, Majestic Star Dragon and Shooting Star Dragon share the role of ‘Yusei’s signature monster’ (although SSD is far better than MSD in real life).

Red Nova Dragon is extremely powerful monster as well. It has 3500 attack points, 3000 defense points, and some wicked effects. RND gains 500 attack points for every tuner in the graveyard (so really, it has 4500 attack points). It can’t destroyed by card effects and when your foe declares an attack, you discard RND from the field to negate the attack. However, you can summon it back on to the field at the end phase of that turn! Red Nova Dragon is a fantastic card, but it’s not really hands down better than Majestic Red Dragon.

I can’t wait to see Starstrike Blast in my nearby Walmart! I haven’t a booster pack for quite sometime but this one I definitely have to buy! The chance of being able to acquire a Cosmic Dragon is quite irresistible.

Yugioh Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste VS Arcanite Magician, the Supreme Wizard

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Categories: Yugioh Cards, Yugioh Contests

Tags: Arcanite Magician the Supreme Wizard, Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste, yugioh

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Published on: October 8, 2010

1. Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste

The fusion of a dragon synchro monster and a warrior monster, DKDE is one of Yussei’s most dangerous and deadly monsters. Not only does it have a whopping 3200 attack points, but its effect can pose as a major threat to your opponent as well. Once per turn DKDE can takes effect of a synchro dragon monster in your graveyard. If you use a good dragon deck with powerful dragon synchros, then this effect is very handy! Suppose you have a Trident Dragon in your graveyard, then DKDE gains Trident Dragon’s ability to attack in succession (with the sacrifice of two monsters). A possible OTK! If DKDE is used in a powerful dragon deck, it can become one of the trickiest monsters to defeat.

Artwork: 10/10, Effect: 8/10, Deck Adaptation: 2/10, Power: 10/10, Game Changer: 10/10, Playability: 4/10. DKDE gets an overall rating of a 4.4/5, or a B+ (note that fusion will get get lower scores then other monsters as they are more difficult to bring out and they cannot mesh as easily in random decks as normal, ritual, effect, or synchro monsters can. Thus, I always half the denominator when calculating a monster’s overall factor).
2. Arcanite Magician, the Supreme Wizard

Though the Supreme Wizard isn’t released until Starstrike Blast, I thought it would be fun to compare it with DKDE (as they are both immensely strong fusion monsters). The Supreme Wizard has a decent attack (1400) and great defense (2800). However, through its effect Supreme Wizard can gain two thousand more attack points. When the Supreme Wizard is summoned, it receives two spell counters and gains 1000 attack points were each counter. In addition to that effect, once per turn the Supreme Wizard can remove one counter from play and destroy a card on the field/ or draw a card! It would be the trump monster in any spell counter deck!

Artwork: 8/10, Effect: 9/10, Deck Adaptation: 2/10, Power: 10/10, Game Changer: 9/10, Playability: 4/10. Overall, Arcane Magician, the Supreme Wizard gets a rating of 4.2/5 – B. Which means are winner for the day is DKDE!

Yugioh Online Dueling

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Categories: Yugioh Cards

Tags: Cool, Online, yugioh

Comments: 38 Comments

Published on: September 25, 2010

Are you sick and tired have not having anybody to duel with? Do you hate spending lots of dollars in order to buy rare Yugioh cards? Then Yugioh Network (yugiohnetwork.com) is for you! Yugioh network is a really cool site that lets you duel people around the world for free! After you sign up, you can create your own deck, name it, and then activate it. Once you activate your deck, you’ll be able to select cards to put in. Yugioh network has basically every TCG Yugioh cards, and even some OCG Yugioh cards as well. Currently, I am in the midst of creating a mighty spell counter deck known as Magical Mayhem. I’m a newcomer to this, however if you have any questions you can ask morfowt who told me about this fantastic site! I’ve always complained about not having people to duel with. Now, I finally have my chance!

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