First off, congrats to Tyler Tabman for getting first at the North American Nationals (or WCQ) with Wind-Ups. He’s been winning a lot lately so also congratulations on essentially proving yourself to the world. But, away from that on to something totally different: Blackwings. Blackwings are kind of under-appreciated, especially in America, since they’ve taken a lot of hits on the banlist and they never perform at any events. (while they obviously aren’t the best it’s also due to sheer lack of play) I’ve taken a look back at them as another archetype that can essentially just spawn level 6 monsters from nowhere, which to me was a perfect indicator of a deck that can make rank 6 XYZ.
Gishkis Part 4 – Gishki Support – HEROs
In my last article, I talked about the Ritual Djinn monsters and how their accessibility provides Gishkis lock-down and field control effects. This article will focus on HEROS, specifically the extra force they can bring to Gishkis.
Destiny HEROs and Rank 6
With some experimentation I’ve been trying to create a deck that could easily summon Photon Strike Bounzer using a deck that nobody had thought of yet because I found Strike Bounzer to be an extremely powerful and also under-used card in the game, and since all the standard Rank 6 summoning decks are pretty boring and Konami generated (aka Hieratics) I was looking for old archetype specifically. Also, after testing a couple of older decks I’d found that a field of both Stardust Dragon and Strike Bounzer creates a very powerful lockdown so I narrowed my goals towards this. Through all of this I’ve slowly gravitated towards one archetype and that is Destiny HEROs.
Gishkis Part 3 – Gishki Support – The Ritual Djinns
The Djinn of Rituals monsters are an archetype whose main goal is to be used as material for ritual summons. They can all be utilized from the hand, the field, and even banished from the graveyard when used as ritual material. This allows them to be tributed at least twice, once from the hand or field, and once from the graveyard.
In this article, we’ll discuss the different ways in which Gishkis can use them. However, I will not be discussing the Level 1 Djinn Disserere of Rituals because it has extremely low playability with Evigishki Mind Augus and Evigishki Soul Ogre. Gishki Vanity would provide adequate protection, is searchable, recoverable, and can be used to summon Mind Augus effectively. So, without further ado…
Gishkis Part 2 – Gishki Rituals – GenForce through HA5
The following highlighted cards will be discussed in detail in this article.
Effect Monsters: Gishki Diviner, Gishki Beast, Gishki Abyss, Gishki Vanity, Gishki Marker, [highlight]Gishki Chain[/highlight], [highlight]Gishki Ariel[/highlight], Gishki Shadow.
Ritual Monsters: [highlight]Evigishki Mind Augus[/highlight], [highlight]Evigishki Soul Ogre[/highlight]
Ritual Spells: [highlight]Gishki Aquamirror[/highlight]
The current Gishki ritual monsters, and their current ritual spell, give you a taste of things to come. In this article, we’ll talk about some of the strategy behind the Gishki ritual monsters and their great ritual spell, Gishki Aquamirror.
Episode 071 – Samurais
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Samurais are an archetype that have impacted the game since their arrival. In this episode, Matt, Kyle, and Justen discuss how they have proved their staying power.
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Card Review: Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
Recently, I’ve been starting to put this card in just about every deck I make. Pretty much because I feel like it’s just a straight up amazing card. Most people think this card is a little iffy, the way it goes neg-one makes it a turn off. So, because of this I felt I should give this card a little bit of a spotlight so others might give at least an thought when building there competitive decks.
Gishki’s Part 1 – Gishki Core – GenForce through HA5
The highlighted will be discussed at length in the current article. You should at least be familiar with the ritual monsters and the ritual spell listed.
Effect Monsters: Gishki Diviner, [highlight]Gishki Beast[/highlight], [highlight]Gishki Abyss[/highlight], Gishki Vanity, [highlight]Gishki Marker[/highlight], Gishki Chain, Gishki Ariel, [highlight] Gishki Shadow[/highlight].
Ritual Monsters: Evigishki Mind Augus, Evigishki Soul Ogre
Ritual Spells: Gishki Aquamirror
Gaining Advantage
Each Gishki monster, with the exception of Vanity, attempts to fetch cards to your hand in some way. You can easily rate the ones that will be most useful to you based on how quickly and accurately they can perform their effect.
Part 0 – Why Gishkis
This article is part of an ongoing series about the Gishki Archetype and the interesting directions they can be taken. This first article is a short explanation of what makes Gishkis superior to other ritual monsters, and a little about why I think they’re cool. You’ll see them every Wednesday and Friday.
Why Gishkis?
As you know, if you have listened to our Gishki podcast, this archetype is Water-themed and focused on providing quick access to Ritual Summoning.
It’s an interesting concept right? Ritual monsters are generally not popular, unless they have effects that severely limit the interactions between players like:
Random “Plant” Deck
Today is just a quick deck profile of a really fun deck I’ve been working on. Hope you enjoy, and sorry for the lack of a more hefty article!