Yeah...but I try to do as much as I can...heck..I'm still experimenting with old cards like Earthshaker, Two-Pronged Attack and others from the first 4+ english sets, lol.

Well that's likely what makes you the most valued member of this community, your posts never sees to interest me. In a game predominantly ruled by CC and netdecking, its guys like you that keep my sense of strategy tuned.

I'm the same way, except 10 times less experienced :)

Not really. By now (assuming you kept up early in the game or, at least, studied enough), a lot of people should know as much. I'm only a little more knowledgable in what's available in Japan and figuring out some uses for cards when I find them out, lol.

i found lcok type monsters work very well with IRS (bone tower, solar flare) its a great way to defend your lp for an extended period of time. plus 3 copies pulling a lock is really tough to bust with snatch hitting the ban. goblin king is also a nice card to IRS......

Only if there's 1 or less other Fiend-Type monsters on the field...otherwise, it'll be too strong to use Reckless on it...(1 or less making it 1000 or 0 ATK)

True, but IRS just screams fiend abuse. Too bad it was limited, but I had planned a nice combo with Last Will + Tribute Summon Mefist + SS Winged Minion + IRS in two more Minions then boost to a nice 3900 trampling/thinning powerhouse. 8^D

Yeah, its a lot of cards but to some extent you only need 3 since you can search for the others.

I've usually just used it with Dark Jeroid...a nice 2400 decrease to a monster...

I never thought about mass summonings of Dark Jeroid... I like the Goblin King approach myself. I don't have too much trouble special summoning things, I just have problems with the three Reckless Summons showing up in clumps. Using the Marauding Captain as a Special summoning engine allowed me to create walls of Marauding Captains when the need arose...
But the Goblins approach, combined with a well-timed Lightning Vortex, was great fun. Unfortunately, one of my opponents was able to come back and win the duel.
It was rather hilarious how it happenned... At least, it was funny to me at the time. No one else seemed to agree...

Special Summoning, in general, is barely a problem..it's the PROPER Special Summoning that is pretty rare...since you can't activate Reckless in the Damage Step, you can't use it with the usual Searchers...and since only 1 monster can be Special Summoned, then you can't use it if you were to Special Summon 2 monsters at the same time...or you and your opponent at the same time or something...

Leaving pretty much only....

Marauding Captain, which takes up a bit of space on his own

Premature Burial and Call of the Haunted (which should be used more for more important deeds and restricted)

Last Will (restricted)

...that's why it's balanced out.

Well there might be the odd person who uses Autonomous Action Unit as well.

personally, i like the balance of this card. it scares alot of duelists away from the card leaving the a brave few to exploit it and have it be a suprise when played.

That's what makes A LOT of cards interesting to play these days...balanced, but can be devastating when used properly.

Hey all, sorry its been so long since I've been around, but I've been in a move and a new job and all sorts of fun. I've actually missed the last two sneak previews and I'm really paying for it now. Anybody catch the last promo card that was released?

Hidden Soldiers
Normal Trap
Activate only when your opponent Normal Summons or Flip Summons a monster. Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower DARK monster from your hand.

Can we think of how many fiend cards get to abuse this to no end?! I REALLY need to get out and get me more of these!

A lot of people did...cept a lot of people don't care for it because of the whole "it's just another -1 card" or some crap like that...

Out of Fiends...

Dark Jeroid
Newdoria
Goblin King
Giant Kozaky
Giant Germ
Sangan
Crass Clown
Kryuel
Opticlops
Archfiend Soldier
D. D. Trainer
Terrorking Archfiend
Giant Orc
Chaos Necromancer
Grave Protector
Shadowslayer
Element Doom
Malice Doll of Demise
Wall of Illusion

hey guys, i have been out for a while now and i have missed a lot..

what are the new fiend tactics for this time around?