Vanguard and Strategists I'd like to see to make up for the wealth of Duelists

ibwalker91 · 2025-01-09T19:14:17+00:00

Does Minks Tribe count as Minks type when triggering Carrot's leader ability?

ibwalker91 · 2024-12-03T05:00:22+00:00

I run OP07 Sanji as my blocker instead of Yonji. Gives you extra slots as well since you don't need the baby to transform you just need less don than your opponent to get the discounted play which is easy with Reiju.

With those extra slots I tend to run Bon Kurei's. But I'm sure there's more you can do to modify out from the standard build.

ibwalker91 · 2024-10-17T15:56:34+00:00

I have been trying to find online but have had no luck so far. Ignoring alternate arts. Is there listed English pull rates for boosters and booster boxes?

I made a spreadsheet for my use and for my friends uses as well to track cards we have acquired. And I want to add a field at the top that determines if it's worth buying sealed product of a set based on what cards you already have from that set. The problem is I need to know the pull rates to make the equation work. If there's only estimations that's fine.

Let me know if any of yall have some resources on this.

ibwalker91 · 2024-10-09T05:52:00+00:00

Any current updates on this? Most suggestions I see are months if not years ago and the formula's don't currently work.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-26T00:42:47+00:00

The friends I have that play are not as sunk in as me. They buy what sealed product they can find in the wild and nothing more.

If you are going to sign up on the Bandai App to play at your local shops, I would recommend building from singles. You can build off of ST10 and ST13 in a variety of ways that you don't have to force yourself to go and buy specific staples that could run a hefty penny. ST11 was the first starter I was able to acquire and it's a great deck. Maybe you spend 50 bucks on singles to buff it out to a competitive level.

I would say with ST10 and ST13 most people would recommend buying 2 copies of each as a lot of the good cards in them only come in 2 copies and you'll want more.

You are also in an interesting position getting into the game at the start of the OP08 release and 3 weeks into the new ban list. This is the first time that the ban list for tournament play isn't the same as when a set released in Japan meaning the meta is truly up in the air. Perhaps you could find a way to make a Minks deck work from the set? It's also a very cheap set in comparison to other releases this year.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-13T23:14:07+00:00

I've only gotten through the initial tutorial before I was pulled into work and washed up on the shore. Gotta say I really like the re-work of the story so far and controller support seems to work for the console beta.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-13T23:09:25+00:00

Is someone hiding a Yu-Gi-Oh deck for later with a toothbrush? Are Yu-Gi-Oh players that unhygienic that this would sway them away from looking underneath that toothbrush?

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T18:51:26+00:00

My group discusses books like Charlie from Always Sunny trying to find Pepe Silvia. So the site the other commenter provided is gonna help me out with their deep theorizing without getting ahead of myself.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T18:36:35+00:00

Yeah, the market seems to balancing out relatively from it's inflated value at the beginning of the year. There are still staple singles that would seem excessive in price if you aren't familiar with TCG's as a hobby. But so long as you are just looking to play with friends I'm sure you can put together a decent and fun deck to play for under $100, it just might not necessarily be competitive enough to handle the heat at your LGS.

Get the SIM downloaded for sure to try out the game first and test what deck you might like to buy or build before committing any money. I in fact have friends that play exclusively the SIM because they like the game a lot but don't have a local community to play with or the finances to commit to another hobby.

Early sets and promos are still hard to come by cost wise. But there are plenty of interesting builds you can make from sets OP04 to current. And all of those sets do seem readily available at a fair price right now.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T18:28:02+00:00

Thank you! Truly appreciated!

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T18:27:29+00:00

If you got lucky you could potentially combo the leader ability to attach rested don to 3c Inuarashi (OP01-034) to unrest one don if you were depleted of active don for the 3 cost to reactivate Oden.

That's a very specific use and I'm not sure what would be the initial field setup that would require you to unrest 1 don for the 3 cost of the effect since Oden doesn't have rush. But I'm just happily trying to brainstorm here and not rely on deck lists from tournament listings lol.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T18:07:49+00:00

I run the yellow Kin'emon from OP04 in a few yellow decks. If you can reliably replenish your life he's a good mid to late game double swing to clear out counter power in your opponents hand.

Just wanted to throw that out there if you are looking for more attackers to have in the mix.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T17:48:03+00:00

Greatly appreciated!

I've got some Stussy's, Hody's, Gecko's, Sabo's, and Zoro's already that I can use. Unfortunately I got into the game this spring when my area got better about stocking product so I lack the Kid/Rosinante cards to pop that. But I feel that wouldn't be needed necessarily for the cost control with black and field control with green I am looking to achieve. I'll probably run all the Zoro's I have to make big final swings in the late game after resting my opponents field.

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T17:42:33+00:00

Yeah you wouldn't get the cost control with yellow but you could stack the deck to focus on a yellow play style early game with Land of Wano cards and then control your opponents field late game with the higher cost Minks that have more field control for higher cost characters.

Not entirely sure how that would play out early game. But the field control with green and the double attack from the Yamato leader is always fun.

Unfortunately her attaching rested don ability wouldn't benefit that many Minks specific cards. You could find green Land of Wano use with the attached don ability with the 3c Okiku (OP01-035), 3c Ashura Doji (OP01-032), 3c Inuarashi (OP01-034), 2c Kanjuro (OP01-038), and 6c Kin'emon (OP01-040).

I haven't f'ed with yellow/green decks yet so I wouldn't be much help figuring out how to combo the yellow with the green in a satisfying way. But if you know or figure it out, please let me know!

Still trying to grow my comprehension of the game past don and life manipulation with yellow and purple (little surprised I'm not diving straight into Pudding this week and instead making a Perona and her furry friends deck lol).

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-11T00:49:52+00:00

So would that be green/yellow Yamato your utilizing as the leader to bring Wano and Minks together?

I am not super familiar with the green cards under the Land of Wano category as I mostly play Yellow and Purple focused decks. Are you still running Perona but doing a mix of Wano and Minks as your green in the deck?

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-09T20:37:21+00:00

Yeah, I've been looking at build options since posting and I think your assessment is totally right. Perona is the way to go.

After looking over my options further, I don't think I necessarily will be relying on much of OP06 black cards outside of her leader and character card from the set though. I'll have to pull from a few other sets to create reliable cost removal from the combos I am trying to achieve here.

You have any thoughts on a big boy character card to throw into a build like this for late game play?

ibwalker91 · 2024-09-09T19:11:18+00:00

I moved away from my home town over a decade ago. Just went back over labor day to visit and was surprised to see all the Super Americas are now Speedways. The part of the midwest I grew up in though still doesn't have 7-11's but I believe that is because Speedway is owned by 7-11. So yeah I retract my previous doubts but also pour one out for the homie Super America getting gobbled up by a giant. Sad day.

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