Random Stuff #41

I tested a HERO/Worm hybrid deck against BlackwingNinja for a bit and realized that I didn't want to play HEROes.  I was able to win, but I had gotten pretty lucky, having drawn two Miracle Fusions in one duel and him having drawn a bad hand in another.  The deck isn't bad, but I'd rather not play the odds.

So, I'm still not sure about what deck I'm going to play.  If I can't figure out anything else, I'll just use a Scrap variant.  I know they're too slow, but the Stun aspect of the deck allows it to still have somewhat of a chance against the meta.  It has the balance of power and control that I like; there's a reason why I keep coming back to Scraps.

As for which variant, I'm not sure exactly what to use.  The Worms deal with Six Samurai very well and are also somewhat effective against Dino Rabbits.  While Worm Xex is weaker against Dino Rabbits than against Six Samurai, it still forces Laggia, if the opponent knows what they're doing, that is.  Worms also fail against Inzektors.  Xex is a nice beater, getting over everything that doesn't have Zektkaliber equipped, including Hopper.  But, Yagan falls prey to Hornet too easily, and if I Veil their Dragonfly or Centipede, they can crash it into the Yagan and force me to bounce it.

But what else is there...?

I just spent about an hour sifting through all of the Level 4 Monsters I could find on Dueling Network and various possibly strategies.  From random stuff like Meklord Army with Chaos Infinity to a Gishki engine using Gishki Ariel and Gishki Beast.  Meklord Army of Skiel can recruit the other Meklord Army Monsters and keep field presence, while a previously Set Chaos Infinity with a Set Scrap Beast can make a Scrap Dragon.  Meklord Army of Granel isn't bad by itself, either.  The Giskhi engine is pretty interesting, too.  I can Set Ariel to search Beast, and if Ariel lives, I can use it as a Synchro Material.  If not, I can revive it with Gishki Beast for an Xyz Summon.  It would suck to draw Beast before Ariel, though.

There's all of these other random recruiter-based strategies, like Karakuri or Zombies.  Karakuri Soldier mdl 236 "Nisamu" acts as the recruiter, grabbing stuff like Karakuri Ninja mdl 919 "Kuick", which can lead into Karakuri Steel Shogun mdl 00X "Bureido" and random swarming.  With Zombies, I could just use three Pyramid Turtles, Spirit Reaper, and Mezuki to act as non-Tuners for the Scrap Tuners.  Goblin Zombie is too slow, so Pyramid Turtle can search Mezuki, which I can tune Scrap Beast to, leaving a free non-Tuner for later.

I could even use Giant Rat, which can search Scrap Goblin, Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, or Elemental HERO Woodsman.  In the latter case, I can grab a free Polymerization that I can feed Scrap Dragon's effect with.  And Laggia can't deal with a Grand Mole that was summoned off of Giant Rat, so that's cool.

Maybe I'll just scrap the Scraps and combine some of these random engines to make a deck.  Chaos Infinity is pretty good in Worms... Regardless, I'll have to figure this out by Friday evening...

Besides that, I went to the flea market for more cards.  I ended up selling one of my Maxx "C"s and using that money to get a box of Order of Chaos: Special Edition.  I got six Effect Veilers, which was cool, but I didn't pull any money cards at all.  It's not bad, though, since most of the holos I pulled were at least decent, like Number 96: Dark Mist and Ninja Grandmaster Hanzo.  Unfortunately,  I only pulled one Photon Thrasher, while I pulled four Inzektor Dragonflies... Oh, but I did get three Gogogo Giants, so that was good.

I also got a box of Ra Yellow Mega Pack for Aki and I to split.  We got some pretty good stuff, like four Thunder King Rai-Ohs, five Judgment Dragons, two Super Rare D.D. Crows, two Super Rare Hero Blasts, two Ultra Rare Dimensional Prisons, two Secret Rare Neos Aliuses, two Secret Rare E - Emergency Calls, a Secret Rare Cyber Dragon, and a Secret Rare Super Polymerization.  There was other good stuff, too, but it's a lot to list.  Oh, and I got a bunch of second and third form Yubels, but only one first form Yubel.  Yeah, most of you don't care, but Aki might...

Other random stuff I picked up included two Masked HERO Acids, two Masked HERO Vapors, a Masked HERO Daian, and two Dark Grephers.  The Dark Grephers are for if I decide to make Infernities and/or Vayu Turbo, while the Masked HEROes were for Aki's deck.  It should be a lot stronger now with the Acid and Daian.

But yeah, I still need to decide on what deck to use...