Hello everyone! Been a couple days since the Washington Regionals and I figured rather than give the whole spiel on the podcast I could give a quick report here as well as some other interesting things I learned at the event. By the way, this article’s pretty long, so prepare!
Episode 053 – Feb 4th Regional-Prep
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Episode 053 – Feb 4th Regional-Prep
Matt, Kyle, and Justen discuss what they anticipate to be a very tough regional event. They lead off with news of the latest set, and possibly the creation of a new format in Battle Pack: Epic Dawn.
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ORCS Post Review: Photons

Here we are, Order of Chaos is now officially released, and I figured it be a nice time to talk about some of the really surprising and over looked cards from the pack. One archetype that I honestly thought was just plain garbage for a long time I’m starting to realize is actually quite strong and that’s Photons. Right before the pre-release I looked at them more extensively and found them to be better than I expected, but after testing them out they’re actually really cool.
Structure Deck Duel – Dragon’s Roar vs Blaze of Destruction
Matt wields the fury of the dragons with the first Yu-Gi-Oh! structure deck ever created, Dragon’s Roar. In opposition, Kyle seeks to set the world aflame with his structure deck Blaze of Destruction.
To check out a decklist of:
Dragon’s Roar:
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Blaze of Destruction:
http://bit.ly/zNiohW
Episode 052 – Talking Traps
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Episode 052 – General Discussion
Trap Hole, Royal Decree, Skill Drain and more on this week’s episode. Matt, Kyle and Justen also discuss a few interesting subjects in the show’s pre-topic discussion.
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Card Review: Elemental HERO Bubbleman and Blade Armor Ninja

I’ll start off by saying today’s article will be a short one, there’s not a whole lot to say about Elemental Hero Bubbleman, but what there is to say I find very interesting. For a very long time the Hero Beat decklist has been for the most part untouchable, aside form some minor tech choices. (Hero Beat refers to the stun build of Elemental HEROs revolving mostly around Elemental Hero Neos Alius, Gemini Spark and some other thrown in cards to help utilize Miracle Fusion )The deck really had been brought to its maximum with the current cards we had, and there wasn’t really any thought of there being Elemental HERO support in the future. But, from obscurity came a new decklist involving Elemental Hero Bubbleman having him replace, the seemingly better in every way, Elemental Hero Ocean. Possibly the worst of the original Elemental HEROs, Bubbleman finally gets his debut in the spotlight due to and interesting XYZ monster that only he could bring out so efficiently and effectively.
Episode 051 – General Discussion
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Episode 051 – General Discussion
This week, Matt, Kyle, and Justen return to discuss how they feel about Magic the Gathering in comparison to Yugioh, some of their more favored archetypes, the current dueling climate and more. Many of the show’s topics were suggested by listeners.
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Deck Review: Volcanics
One thing I always find funny in Yugioh is when cards go out of style that are good. The top tier in Yugioh is not only what’s good, but also what is still cool. (and thus overplayed most of the time, pushing the odds in its favor of winning large scale events) And then on the opposite end of the coin “uncool” decks get underplayed. (and thus are less likely to win large events because so few if any are used at events) Decks like Six Samurai, that are honestly just amazing decks get no play and people rarely try to re-engineer them to work in newer metas because they are no longer cool. Another good archetype or engine I should say, is Volcanics. Volcanics are an archetype that are supremely underplayed. They’re all ugly and they don’t do anything flashy. Recently I’ve been experimenting a lot with them and have found a lot of success using them as a small engine. Volcanics boast consistency as well as strong monster destruction that I think is very viable for use in a competitive deck. So today, in this article, my goal is to inform you, the reader, of possibly a archetype you’ve never considered and I hope that you would, and that is Volcanics.
Episode 050 – Order of Chaos
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Matt, Kyle, and Justen return to bring order to chaos. They talk about this pack’s upcoming archetypes in Evols, Ninjas, Wind-Ups, Photons, and Inzektors. They also share their feelings on what this pack brings and means to each of them.
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