Prophecy Decklist

Here is what I used at the YCS, the build has gone under some changes and with the next pack it will change more.

So my YCS build was:

2 Apprentice Magician
3 Charioteer of Prophecy
1 Effect Veiler
2 High Priestess of Prophecy
3 Spellbook Magician of Prophecy
2 Strength of Prophecy

1 Dark Hole
1 Monster Reborn
1 Heavy storm
3 Spellbook Library of the Crescent
3 Spellbook Star hall
3 Spellbook of Eternity
3 Spellbook of Fate
1 Spellbook of Life
2 Spellbook of power
3 Spellbook of Secrets
2 Spellbook of Wisdom
3 The Grand Spellbook Tower

1 Treacherous Trap Hole

The extra deck wasn't too important really.

1 Daigusto Phoneix
1 Gachi Gachi
1 Shining Elf
1 Abyss Dweller
1 Maekstroke Djinn
1 Photon Pap
1 Arcanite Magician
1 Tempest Magician
1 Catastor
1 Gaia Knight
1 Scrap Dragon
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Hierophant of Prophecy
1 Shockmaster
1 Gagaga Cowboy


In the next post will cover post Cosmo blazer Prophecy!

YCS Barcelona: The Prophecy

Hello Guys and Girls!

I hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas.

In today's blog post I will be talking about the deck I used at YCS Barcelona. Which is none other than Prophecy.

In the end I went 5-2 on day 1. Losing only round 6 due to vying stalled in between game 1 and game 2. Then losing round 7 due to being a bit on tilt and a Rabbit player opening the nuts game one and three.

Despite that I was 63rd by the end of day one and I had an enjoyable weekend.

So what I will be posting is the deck list, what each card can be used for and a how to play segment.

So look forward to these posts!

YCS Barcelona - Day 0

After arriving at the airport for midnight of Thursday night I met up with a few friends.

Had several test play matches and won all of them. Played against Wind-Ups OXO, Dark Worlds OO, Vayu Turbo OO. Learnt some new tricks from these games which is very nice.


After waiting for 4:50am to roll round checked in and bumped into some more peeps I know. Now waiting to board the plane and get this weekend started!

Peace.

How To YuGiOh: Mermail Edition! Getting to know the Mermail Engine!

How To YuGiOh: Mermail Edition!
Next up we will get to know the Mermail engine.

The Mermails Engine

Mermail Abyssmegalo
The Boss monster of the deck.
Special summons itself from the hand by discarding 2 water monster. This cost triggers Atlanteans.
On summon it searches for an Abyss Spell/Trap and can attack twice by tributing a face up water monster you control.

Standard search target is Abyssphere, also the tribute for the double attack triggers Atlantean as well.

Abyssphere
Continuous trap card. When activated it summons any Mermail from the deck. During their opponents next end phase the target is destroyed. They cannot use spells the turn they use it. They normally activate it during their opponents end phase for an instant search, combos with Abysslinde.

Mermail Abysslinde
The recruiter of the deck. When it is destroyed, it summons any mermail from the deck. Normal target summon from her effect is Mermail Abyssmegalo.

Mermail Abysspike
The Stratos of the deck. Discards one card from hand, when it is summoned, then searches for any Lv 3 Water from the deck.

Standard targets:

• Marksman
• Undine

How To YuGiOh: Mermail Edition! Getting to know the Undine Engine!

How To YuGiOh: Mermail Edition!
Getting to know the cards!

This weekend will be posts covering how to deal with the Mermail decks that are appearing now since the release of Abyss Rising.

These guys pack a punch from the deep and not knowing how they work / how to counter them doesn't help you beat them!

The Deck
Mermail decks are made up from several engines
• Atlantean
• Deepsea Diva
• Genex Undine
• Of course, Mermail ( D'uh )

First lets see the cards in the Atlanteans / Undine Engine and get to know them first.

Atlanteans
Atlanteans Dragoon -
The searcher for the deck. Adds 1 Sea-Serpent from the Deck to the Hand when used for a cost of a Water Monster. ( All Atleanteans trigger like this )

The Main Search targets:
• Abyss Megalo
• Deep Sea Diva
• Moulinglace

Whilst its on the field it lets the other level 3 or Lower Atlanteans attack directly, usually combo'd with Atlantean Marksman.

Atlantean Marksman
Destroys 1 Face down card when used for the cost of a Water Monster.
Whilst on the field, it can Special summon another Atlantean from deck when it deals damage.

Atlantean Heavy Infantry
Destroys 1 Face up card when used for the cost of a Water Monster.
Whilst its on the field, it allows for an additional normal summon for Sea Serpent. Combos with Deep Sea Diva. It can be a easy out with Diva.

The Genex

Genex Undine
When Normal Summon, it sends a water monster from the deck to the Graveyard to add Genex Controller Dom the deck to the Hand.

Sending the Water Monster is a cost. So Undine will trigger the Atlanteans it sends.

Genex Controller
Vanilla level 3 Tuner.
Does nothing in the deck other than being there for Undine's effect. Players also use it as an Allure of Darkness Target.

A copy of this must be in the deck for Undine's effect to work. No copies: then Undine can't work.

Next up with be getting to know the Mermails! Stay Tuned.

Spectral Joker.

YCS Seattle - Madolche Progress

So far from Seattle we have seen one feature match showcase Madolche. The guy running Madolche is Alexander Thomas, who went 9-0 at his regionals with Madolche (post-ABYR!)

The guy played a Madolche stun build with a heavy amount of tech cards. The build hasn't sit well with many Madolche players but seems like It worked for Alex.

Alex is currently 77th in Swiss after say one and makes his way to day two, but there's been a bit of turmoil about him.

Seems in the feature match he misplayed or "cheated" according to some people. He used Queen Madolche eff without any target in grave. Which is believe to be illegal.

So not sure what's going on but we will get some clarification at some point!

Best of luck to Alex never the less. Just read your cards in further mate. ;)

Madolche Card Review - Madolche Queen Tiaramisu

Well we are finally here. We have cover all the support and all the members of the Madolche family. Now we only have the Queen of the Madolche monsters left. The wait is worth it, this Queen put the Boss in Boss Monster. Please bow for the Queen - Madolche Queen Tiaramisu


Madolche Queen Tiaramisu
Types Fairy/Xyz/Effect
Rank ****
ATK/DEF 2200/2100
Materials 2 Level 4 "Madolche" Monsters

Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target up to 2 "Madolche" cards in your Graveyard; shuffle those cards into the Deck, then shuffle cards your opponent controls into the Deck, up to the number of cards returned.

Right stats first!

She needs two Madolche level 4 monster to be summoned. Sadly in a pure build this can take 2 turns to bring her out, but I will be looking at ways to bring her out in one turn in later posts.

Standing at 2200 ATK, she isn't the biggest rank 4 monster out there. When she's at home in the Chateau she does become 2700ATK. Impressive now isn't she? Her ATK rivals that of Gorz and Grapha (Without Gates of the Dark World up), she also over looks Gear Gigant X, Light Pulsar, Abyssmegalo and even Machina Fortress.

She also a Fairy-Type. Meaning you special summon anything added by Madolche Ticket, plus her effect can trigger ticket as well.

Now lets talk about her effect. Just by detaching one Material from her and targeting two Madolche card(s) (she can target Madolche Spell and Traps as well as Madolche Monster(s)) you return those targets to your deck and then you can return, up to the same amount of cards you return, cards your opponent controls to their deck! Meaning she nets a nice +2 with her effect. With putting stuff back in their deck; your opponent cannot easily use those cards again.

Now shall we increase the plus she can give you? Yes I said increase.

If you have Chateau activate and you select 1 or 2 monster in the graveyard those monsters will be added to your hand instead of the deck! So by selecting two monsters in your grave she can net you a maximum of a +4. She is amazing.

Now a ruling tip, even if you return the monster to your hand you still can shuffle cards back on your opponents field because she doesn't care if your targets go back to the deck as she is worded "up to the number of cards returned." We'll putting them back in your hand is still returning!

Now a second ruling. Her effect doesn't target cards on your opponents field. The only targeting she does is selecting stuff in your graveyard to shuffle back. Meaning you target the cards you want to shuffle back and now your opponent must chain their Veilers, Fiendish Chains etc Otherwise if they ask targets or let you pick what to shuffle back it's too late. Meaning you can hit whatever they leave on the field without having the worry of them chaining.

Also fun fact she won't trigger Machina Fortress effect (Her effect doesnt target; apart from what she selects in your graveyard) and you don't even have to select anything. If you want Monsters back your hand then you can just use her effect still!

Now for a negative ruling. You must have at least one target in graveyard to use her effect. You cannot detach a material if no Madolche card(s) exist in your graveyard, but if you have one target already in your graveyard you can target the material you detached as one of the targets for her effect!

If she is sent to the graveyard you can use a second copy of herself to shuffle the first one, in your graveyard, back to the extra deck! Also Chateau will put her back into the extra when you activate it!

But if she is the only card returned by either of those effects it will not activate ticket. Ticket needs the monster to end up in either your hand or main deck. So remember that!

And with that I will bring this post to a close. Thank you very much for reading and especially if you read all of the Madolche Card reviews.

Cosmic Blazer doesn't look to have any new Madolche Cards, but we have yet to see TCG exclusives. So there is still hope yet.

What will I do now? I shall post my deck list for my current build. I will also post other deck lists for different ways to play Madolche and will cover any other ruling / tricks I have missed.

Till then, Spectral Joker
Signing off.