How Next Format is Going to Go

"Set five back rows, summon Monster, end turn." At least, that's according to Pojo. Apparently, this whole format is going to be filled with decks that run 12 Monsters, and 28 Spells/Traps.

Okay, that's obviously not going to happen. Here's how the format will most likely go:

Some people will continue to use the decks they would use regardless of this Heavy-Storm-getting-banned business, just modified slightly. Some people will be all like, "Let's play Trap-heavy decks!" and those people will play Trap-heavy Gladiator Beasts or Gadget Stun or something like that.

In response to that, people will start playing crazy stuff, like Straight Flush and Tornado (yes, just Tornado, that Quick-Play Spell). Those people will be extremely prepared for those Trap-heavy decks, but they'll have a bunch of dead cards when facing faster decks.

Eventually, people will figure out that Setting five Traps as soon as you draw them isn't the best idea. People will also realize that the whole Cold Wave into Black Rose Dragon play won't happen as often as they think, and it won't swing the game in their favor as much as they want it to.

After a while, people will go back to playing the decks they normally play. Maybe they'll use a few more defensive cards, and the format will be slower overall. But, Trap-heavy decks will not dominate the meta.

The moral of the story is that reading stuff on the Pojo forum boards is practically poison to the mind...