Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Trap Hole and Dust Tornado

Two good Traps with great effects. Why are very few people playing them? Bottomless Trap Hole and Mystical Space Typhoon/Malevolent Catastophe.

With the Fortune Lady, Gemini, and Monarch support that was recently released, these Traps may be useful.

Trap Hole can mess up Geminis, since they would usually rely on Normal Summons (Normal Summon then Supervise, or Special Summon then Gemini Summon). It is also great against Monarchs. Mess them up when they're Tribute Summoned and they usually won't be able to follow up.

Of course, it has an impact on the current meta, as well. Blackwings will always lose their search with Black Whirlwind (unless they Normal Summon Vayu/Fain for Fain/Mistral). Lightsworns lose their Normal Summon (Lumina, Ehren, Lyla, Garoth, Celestia, etc.) unless Aurkus is on the field. Gladiator Beasts would lose almost anything they Normal Summon, though they do often run My Body as a Shield. It can take the Dark Grepher or Armageddon Knight away from Vayu Turbo, but doesn't do much against Zombie Synchro. Zombie Master is probably the only target you'd want to use it on.

Dust Tornado is just an all-around great card. It lets you destroy your opponent's Spells and Traps and even set your own Traps during your opponent's turn for use on the next turn.

It can destroy Black Whirlwind to prevent searches and a Gladiator Beast player's pesky back row. It doesn't do much against Lightsworn, since they run few Traps you'd want to hit. With Zombie Synchro and Vayu Turbo, it depends on the build. If they run more Traps (Skill Drain/Royal Oppression), it helps. Otherwise, it usually won't be as useful.

Against the upcoming decks, it can mess up the opponent's Future Visions. If their Monster was already removed, you can destroy Future Visions to prevent it from coming back. Dust Tornado can be useful against certain Gemini builds. It can mess up those reliant on Equip Spells or Traps, but if all they use is Supervis, then it won't be as useful. With Monarchs, it depends. If they're running stuff like Metal Reflect Slime to abuse Level Eater, then it can mess up their plans. If they are running a Zombie or Destiny Hero variant with few Traps, it's not as useful.

I'm planning on Main Decking both in the deck I'm taking to the next tournament. Hopefully it will work out, because the tournaments I go to are usually very diverse, so I have to prepare for all kinds of decks, instead of just a few.

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