Born From Treeborn

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Deck Name : Born From Treeborn
Author : Dustin Murray
Count : 40

Monsters : 20

Tribute :

Airknight Parshath
Cyber Dragon
Cyber Dragon
Mobius the Frost Monarch
Mobius the Frost Monarch

Non-Tribute :

Breaker the Magical Warrior
D.D. Assailant
D.D. Survivor
D.D. Warrior Lady
Don Zaloog
Exiled Force
Magical Merchant
Magician of Faith
Mystic Swordsman LV2
Sangan
Spirit Reaper
Spirit Reaper
Spirit Reaper
Treeborn Frog
Treeborn Frog

Spells : 13

Brain Control
Dark Hole
Enemy Controller
Heavy Storm
Mystical Space Typhoon
Nobleman of Crossout
Premature Burial
Pot of Avarice
Scapegoat
Smashing Ground
Smashing Ground
Snatch Steal
Reinforcement of the Army

Traps : 7

Call of the Haunted
Dust Tornado
Sakuretsu Armor
Sakuretsu Armor
Sakuretsu Armor
Torrential Tribute
Widespread Ruin


Side Deck : 15

Ancient Gear Beast
Bottomless Trap Hole
Drillroid
Drillroid
Des Wombat
Des Wombat
Kinetic Soldier
Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
Royal Oppression
Spell Canceller
Trap Hole
Windstorm of Etaqua
Wave-Motion Cannon
Wave-Motion Cannon

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Hello everyone, this is my new deck, for the time being. I wanted to construct a sort of Treeborn Control (no longer Soul Control, really). This is basically how it came out. I've been playtesting different ways of running it, and it's been working awesomely. I really love using it. It's really only about a 6 card difference from my old cookie-cut avarice deck.

I wanted this to be a soul control with Treeborn Frogs. But back when I ran my soul control, naturally...it was unstable and inconsistent. So I didn't want to FULLY transform my deck into soul control. But this deck has certain ELEMENTS of soul control. And trust me, I rarely ever use my Brain Control (most likely because I've been testing against a flip-flop control)

Airknight Parshath is wonderful in this deck, he really gets the speed going up. 2 Mobius the Frost Monarch warrants useage of only one Dust Tornado, which is convenient for my Treeborn Frogs. And with the mass useage of cards such as: Magical Merchant, Sangan, Magician of Faith, and many other weak defensed flip-effect monsters, he thrives and gives me cards.

When I was going through the deck, and editing, I decided that Pot of Avarice should still fit in, to reuse my Mobius the Frost Monarchs and other monsters. So I simply upped the Magical Merchant useage. So far I have not had a problem with Treeborn Frog and Pot of Avarice, they usually avoid eachother quite nicely. But since I'm using 2 Treeborn Frog, if one leaves the field or graveyard, it is very likely one will come along soon enough.

I am aware that I am running a Reinforcement of the Army with only 5 warriors. It works nicely, it gives me Mystic Swordsman LV2, Exiled Force, D.D. Warrior Lady, and Don Zaloog when I need them.

I am taking ratings, comments and suggestions. If you have a suggestion, do not demand it, state the suggestion, the reason why it should be used in this deck, how it would benefit the deck and why it is better over the card it it replacing.

Hopefully this will be civil, if it is not, it won't be my fault.
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Edits:

2/22:
-Book of Moon
+Metamorphosis

This deck was sort of "begging" for a Metamorphosis and being the extra cautious person I am, I'm not putting an "Unlimited" next to my fusion deck. Due to that Memory Crusher my Fusion deck consists of cards that I will actually use. :) I do need to change it, but those are the only fusions I have to use in this deck right now. (Some 6 starred fusions will be added)

2/25:
-Metamorphosis
+Enemy Controller
-Magical Merchant
+D.D. Survivor

Metamorphosis got scrapped because I don't have all the fusions I need at the moment and I just plain don't like Metamorphosis, but you guys may see it back in the deck eventually. Enemy Controller owns with Treeborn Frog and kills those pesky Spirit Reapers.

Magical Merchant was at a two, the only reason it was was because I thought it was necessary to use my Pot of Avarice effectively, but it wasn't. This deck really doesn't have any power that requires no cost so D.D. Survivor is just about the only pure beatstick in this deck, he's been working nicely.

I won the SOI Box Tournament at my Hobby Shop today, with this deck. It was tough. I'm proud of this deck so far.
 
If I tell you anything all you will say is im stupid and to shut up. So why dont I just sit back idle and watch you look at your view count. :D

really i dont know what you want on it.

put it this way, reply with a list of cards that you belive could work with your deck then we will analyze each card individually. :)
 
It looks good, it does. Nice job.

I see only one definite flaw: What *might* happen if your opponent catches on?

Let's say you've a set Sakretsu, and frog's in the grave. All of your truly high ATK monsters are 5 star and up, so it would really help to be able to summon that frog. But the opponent won't attack, and instead just keeps letting their monster line-up build. It would only take 2 turns of this, 3 at the most, for them to have a massive attack force, if they're good and aggro-ish. So now, when they finally do go to attack, that sakuretsu isn't going to be able to stop the whole attack force, and you won't be able to field your heavy hitters until the next turn. So you could take quite a lot of damage.

I realize that this won't happen often, and that you do have 3 Spirit Reapers for protection. However, I've seen decks with similar tactics to this one, and just trust me here: If the opponent knows what they're doing and works with a nice side-deck, they CAN penetrate your defenses and deal an enormous amount of damage, even if for only one turn.

I think the best defense against this is and always has been Waboku.
 
Jason_C said:
It looks good, it does. Nice job.

I see only one definite flaw: What *might* happen if your opponent catches on?

Let's say you've a set Sakretsu, and frog's in the grave. All of your truly high ATK monsters are 5 star and up, so it would really help to be able to summon that frog. But the opponent won't attack, and instead just keeps letting their monster line-up build. It would only take 2 turns of this, 3 at the most, for them to have a massive attack force, if they're good and aggro-ish. So now, when they finally do go to attack, that sakuretsu isn't going to be able to stop the whole attack force, and you won't be able to field your heavy hitters until the next turn. So you could take quite a lot of damage.

I realize that this won't happen often, and that you do have 3 Spirit Reapers for protection. However, I've seen decks with similar tactics to this one, and just trust me here: If the opponent knows what they're doing and works with a nice side-deck, they CAN penetrate your defenses and deal an enormous amount of damage, even if for only one turn.

I think the best defense against this is and always has been Waboku.
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You're right, overextension hurts me. But I'll let them overextend. This deck still keeps a good field control, frog isn't the only thing on my field most of the time. I'd rather the frogs go to the grave than anything. I'm not trying to protect the frogs.

Currently, to increase the defense and offense of this deck, I'm gathering 5-starred fusions such as Dark Balter the Terrible and Ryu Senshi, also Thousand Eyes Restrict. I'm going to add in a Metamorphosis since it is VERY useable in this deck. Just haven't fully worked it in yet. :)

-Edit- In response to the Treeborn Frog interfering with Cyber Dragon.

That's the reason I'm not running 3 Cyber Dragons in this deck. :) It really rarely happens, and it's not at all that devastating.
 
oooh! Oh, yes it is. It's a shame they restricted it to one. But yeah, definitely, you have so many monsters of level 5 and level 1. Good idea, there.

I can't help but wonder about that Kinetic Soldier in the sidedeck. IMHO, Kinetic Soldier is one of those cards where, if you aren't willing to bring in two of them, there just isn't much point in using one at all. You know what I mean, even though I've done a poor job of saying it. Compare it to Spirit Reaper or Cyber Dragon: One randomly in there just isn't going to get the job done. I would think you'd do well to either double up on the Kinetics, or drop the loner.

If you choose to drop the one, that frees up space for something that can really help you out, like a Soul Exchange (face a deck with so much control you can't field your tributes? Use Soul Exchange) or perhaps even a tomato (you've got just enough darks to warrant it, and I've found it EXTREMELY helpful against decks that rely on their opponent overextending).

Just some thoughs, coming from someone who has taken a Music History exam that he didn't study for, and doesn't get CC at all. ;)
 
Jason_C said:
oooh! Oh, yes it is. It's a shame they restricted it to one. But yeah, definitely, you have so many monsters of level 5 and level 1. Good idea, there.

I can't help but wonder about that Kinetic Soldier in the sidedeck. IMHO, Kinetic Soldier is one of those cards where, if you aren't willing to bring in two of them, there just isn't much point in using one at all. You know what I mean, even though I've done a poor job of saying it. Compare it to Spirit Reaper or Cyber Dragon: One randomly in there just isn't going to get the job done. I would think you'd do well to either double up on the Kinetics, or drop the loner.

If you choose to drop the one, that frees up space for something that can really help you out, like a Soul Exchange (face a deck with so much control you can't field your tributes? Use Soul Exchange) or perhaps even a tomato (you've got just enough darks to warrant it, and I've found it EXTREMELY helpful against decks that rely on their opponent overextending).

Just some thoughs, coming from someone who has taken a Music History exam that he didn't study for, and doesn't get CC at all. ;)
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I actually haven't touched my sidedeck yet. But I didn't plan on having a Soul Exchange in there for when I go against flip-flop or something else familiar.


I've tried running Mystic Tomato in this deck but I had to take him out, eh. He works but it was 21/19 so I evened it to 20/20.
 
I've tried running Mystic Tomato in this deck but I had to take him out, eh. He works but it was 21/19 so I evened it to 20/20.
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Blah... Yeah, but, you know . . . sidedeck him, and he'll come in handy from time to time. Besides, once his effect goes off, the ratio evens out, and you're +1.
 
Jason_C said:
Blah... Yeah, but, you know . . . sidedeck him, and he'll come in handy from time to time. Besides, once his effect goes off, the ratio evens out, and you're +1.
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I've never actually had a Tomato go off. I've never had one really go off on me either, unless they force it somehow. I'm usually quite resourceful when it comes to offing Mystic Tomatos. But right now, I'm not focused on synergy. More so the offense and defense of the deck. I will consider though.

But speaking of which, edits are being put in. :)

-EDIT-
Edits on the deck:

2/22:
-Book of Moon
+Metamorphosis

This deck was sort of "begging" for a Metamorphosis and being the extra cautious person I am, I'm not putting an "Unlimited" next to my fusion deck. Due to that Memory Crusher my Fusion deck consists of cards that I will actually use. I do need to change it, but those are the only fusions I have to use in this deck right now. (Some 6 starred fusions will be added)
 
Edits 2/25:
-Metamorphosis
+Enemy Controller
-Magical Merchant
+D.D. Survivor

Metamorphosis got scrapped because I don't have all the fusions I need at the moment and I just plain don't like Metamorphosis, but you guys may see it back in the deck eventually. Enemy Controller owns with Treeborn Frog and kills those pesky Spirit Reapers.

Magical Merchant was at a two, the only reason it was was because I thought it was necessary to use my Pot of Avarice effectively, but it wasn't. This deck really doesn't have any power that requires no cost so D.D. Survivor is just about the only pure beatstick in this deck, he's been working nicely.

I won the SOI Box Tournament at my Hobby Shop today, with this deck. It was tough. I'm proud of this deck so far.
 
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