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Kenn’s Cards of the Week 5
E·HERO - Malicious Edge, E·HERO – Hell Gainer, Doom Shaman
Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit’s that time again! I’m coming at you this week with a new archetype that’s been getting more than a fair bit of hype, Evil Heroes. Now, what’s up with my notation? It’s for an easier explanation of just how this deck will work, and now, here’s a lesson in the Japanese language. First, the main font is called Kanji, which is ideographs to represent the word and is learned by advanced students, as every word is different (Sayonara = ???????????????). Secondly, there is Katakana, which, like the Latin/Roman inspired languages use to “spell out” words phonetically, and is learned by young students (Sayonara = SAYONARA). Finally, there is “Romanji”, which uses the Roman alphabet to “spell out” Japanese words phonetically (i.e. Sayonara). These can actually all be seen at once on a Hero card. You will have the Romanji for what kind of Hero it is (E-HERO, D-HERO, E·HERO, or Elemental Hero, Destiny Hero, and Evil Hero, respectively), Kanji for its name, and Katakana for those who have yet have learned Kanji or English. And now, why I opted to use the Romanji for the Heroes’ names, in the OCG, Elemental Hero - Stratos’ effect translated to “E or D-HERO”, which lead the single E to not only apply to Elemental Heroes, but also Evil Heroes, which changed just about everything, now all E-HERO cards now also applied to E·HEROes (note how I switch between English and Romanji). This now made E·HEROes that much more versatile, especially due to the support given to them from the previously successful E-HERO build, Big City. Now that we’ve gotten through the explanation, let’s get to the card reviews.
First, here’s the “new face” of aggression, Evil Hero – Malicious Edge! Now, when we got Elemental Hero – Bladedge, everyone immediately though of how great he was, 2600 ATK with a pierce, and good players found that combo'ing him with an Elemental Hero – Necroshade in the graveyard (thanks to Dark World Lightning, and for a short while, Dark World Dealings) was an amazing move. But now, we have a 2600 piercer that can be brought out with, wait for it, 2, 1, or no Tributes! Clear your opponent’s field? Bummer, he’s a two Tribute. Let your opponent get something out? One Tribute. Used a Foolish Burial to send an Elemental Hero – Necroshade to the graveyard? Free 2600 piercer. Now, how can you say no to that? He must have the shortest explanation of all time, a simple “Pwn4g3” could’ve sufficed, but I love him so much, you got all of this. Yay!
Combo attacker please! Evil Hero – Infernal Gainer, he deserves the same explanation as Elemental Hero – Malicious Edge, but eh. Pwn4g3. Remove him for two turns, Malicious Edge can attack twice, “Yayness”, right? Getting two of these babies out and Evil Hero – Malicious Edge can pretty much shut down a duel, by telling your opponent that you’re not going to let them get any tribute fodder out for their Raiza the Storm Monarch, and that if they even TRY to set a Marshmallon, that’s still 4200 in their face right off, and if they think that Raiza the Storm Monarch will help, I’m sure you’ll have an unused Elemental Hero – Necroshade you can easily get to just about anywhere.
DOOM SHAMAN! Need I say more? I think so, Call of the Haunted, Premature Burial, Second Summon, Special Malicious Edge, I think that can get you to game in no time at all. Okay, okay, I wasted a lot of my bandwidth on the explanations, and the internet is going to run out of space in two years, so now I’ll get to the deck.
Bad Neighborhood in the Big City: 40
Monsters: 20
Evil Hero – Malicious Edge x3
Evil Hero – Infernal Gainer x3
Elemental Hero – Stratos x1
Elemental Hero – Necroshade x3
Doom Shaman x3
Cyber Dragon x2
Sangan x1
Marshmallon x1
Spirit Reaper x1
Spell Striker x3
Spells: 14
Reinforcement of the Army x2
E-Emergency Call x2
Dark World Dealings x2
Foolish Burial x2
Premature Burial x1
Ancient Rules x2
Heavy Storm x1
Brain Control x1
Smashing Ground x1
Traps: 6
Call of the Haunted x1
Mirror Force x1
Torrential Tribute x1
Hero Counterattack x3
Now THAT’s a sexy build!
And because of almost everyone whose decks I’ve been working on via Yahoo! Answers, and a couple on TCGPlayer (less on the latter) can’t make a Sideboard, here’s a simple basic defense Sideboard that, well, I guess it defends against just about everything, I even use it due to its effectiveness.
Jinzo x2
Mei-Kou, Master of Barriers x2U?
Banisher of the Radiance x2
D.D. Crow x2
Burial from a Different Dimension x2
Twister x2U?
Dust Tornado x2U?
Pulling the Rug x3
Solemn Judgment x2
Okay, I know it’s nineteen cards, but if you notice, Mei-Kou, Master of Barriers, Twister, and Dust Tornado are Transmutation Circled, which means that they’re interchangeable, depending on your deck and your Metagame, if you have a very specific spell lineup, Mei-Kou, Master of Barriers or Dust Tornado would be a better choice, follow this depending on what you wouldn’t mind losing out of your Monsters, Spells, or Traps, also, if your Metagame is blasted with burn decks, or your mainboard already costs a lot of Life Points to use, try not to use Twister, it is the fastest, most economic, and the most versatile of the three choices, but if your Life dwindles from big swings with Injection Fairy Lily and Dark Elf, it’ll hurt more than help. But, if you can’t seem to decide, let me nudge you on over to Mei-Kou, Master of Barriers. Sure, he won’t destroy anything and let you set, or kill face-ups on the turn you draw it, but Continuous Spells will be your biggest threat in the forms of Call of the Mummy, Card of Safe Return, Call of the Haunted, Light-Imprisoning Mirror, and Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror, and most decks need their specific Spell and Trap line-up for their main speed, consistency, and “aggressive” defense, but often have a couple Creatures they can lose, so while it’ll take you longer to predetermine just what to Sideboard out, it’ll be more valuable in the long run. And in case you live under a rock, and you’re NOT running Breaker the Magical Warrior AND Mystical Space Typhoon, they’re the two to put in the side.
Next week, I’ll go over some of the other cards in this Sideboard, and why they’re necessities.
-Kenneth Duffy
-Six years Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game experience, UDE Demo Team Member, Yahoo! Answers Card Games Top contributor and Number 7 Top Answerer
Kenneth Duffy spends his time brown-nosing for his presidential campaign by kissing hands and shaking babies
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