Insects

Yeah, Insects. Those Monsters that Weevil used.

Like Psychics, I think that they're overlooked. Unlike Psychics, there are a lot more to use.

We all hate Black Whirlwind, right? It allows unskillful players (like the two I played at Regionals, who didn't know simple rulings for Royal Oppression and Solemn Judgment (although the first Blackwing duelist (Round 5) was skillful in other ways, as we discussed using only one Vayu in the deck, since it is a dead draw) (off-topic...)) to win with a deck with too many annoying support cards.

Well, there's a Black Whirlwind of sorts for Insects. Verdant Sanctuary. It turns all of your Insects (as well as your opponent's, but who plays Insects?) into floaters. When an Insect is destroyed, its controller gets to add an Insect of the same Level from their deck to their hand. In the "Smashing Ground format," I think it would be pretty nice to get pluses off of your opponent's "1-for-1's."

Speaking of 1-for-1's, Insects got an amazing Monster removal card in Liar Wire (Lair Wire in the TCG, which sounds a lot lamer...). Not only is it a Trap, which means that it can mess with your opponent's Black Whirlwind and Test Tiger plays, but it can also destroy face-down Monsters, too! All you have to do is remove an Insect from your Graveyard from play.

(Random note: I just got the Silver Print from the Battle Arcade!)

Insects also have access to a pretty nice Synchro Monster: Underground Arachnid. So the summoning requirements are a little difficult (1 Dark Tuner and exactly 1 Insect non-Tuner), but the effect is well worth it. It has the Ancient Gear/Dark Synchro effect that prevents the activation of Spells/Traps when it declares an attack, as well as a Relinquished-like effect. It can steal an opponent's face-up Monster and equip the Monster to itself. It doesn't gain ATK, but it can protect itself from being destroyed in battle by destroying the equipped Monster, instead.

So yeah, Insects can be good if played correctly. That's why I'm going to try and make an Insect build of some sort, whether it be anti-meta or some other random variant.