hey guys, i took 19th at the regional, 5/2, i found that rftdd is this decks only bad match up, considering both losses came by rftdd decks, i was 5/1 with the last match before top 8, if i would have won i woul dhave been top 8, so nashville is my next venture, this was the deck i need you to help out so it is better for then

monsters
x3 thestalos the firestorm monarch
x2 mobious the frost monarch
zaborg the thunder monarch

x3 gravekeepers spy
x3 dekoichi the battlechanted locomotive
x2 legendary jujitsu master
x2 spirit reaper
sangan
breaker the magical warrior
tsukiyomi

spells
x3 smashing ground
x2 soul exchange
x2 pot of avarice
premature burial
brain control
snatch steal
mst
heavy storm
dark hole
book of moon
nobleman of crossout

traps
x3 sakuretsu armor
x2 bottomless trap hole
torrential tribute
call of the haunted

this is the deck i ran, it did really well against everything but rftdd, that is like my kryptonite, so please help me out thanks

I as well ran soul control at my regionals. I ended up playing a build that had a better matchup against fili luna's sjc winning deck since i was having more problems against it.
During all the team's playtesting, this is the build i have gone 19-3 against return with (it wasn't the build i ended up playing at regionals though)

Monsters: 20
3 Gravekeeper's spy
2 Gear golem the moving fortress
2 Mobius
2 Thestalos
2 Zaborg
2 Magical Merchant
2 Dekoichi
2 Spirit Reaper
1 Sangan
1 Breaker
1 Tsukyomi

Magics: 14
2 Soul exchange
2 My body as a shield
1 Brain control
1 Premature burial
1 Snatch steal
1 Mystical space typhoon
1 Book of moon
1 Nobleman of crossout
1 Heavy storm
1 Pot of avarice
1 Dark hole
1 Scapegoat

Traps: 8
3 Sakuretsu Armor
2 Bottomless trap hole
1 Torrential tribute
1 Call of the haunted
1 Trap hole

Unfortunatly, i ended up losing agaisnt a return deck with the build i actually ran, but if you wanted to try it out this build has success against the return deck.
I just found it weak that in the game against return i lost because of end of time..... I ended up losing 2 matches due to time actually.

But incase you didn't know. If you play bottomless trap hole to the return from the different dimension, then all the monsters with over 1500 attack are removed.

Hope it helps!

well you definetly need to take out two monarchs, six is too many, even for a deck meant on getting them out. Then i would replace two of them withy two dust tornadoes. i would also replace one pot of avarice with an enemy controller.

team leader, can i ask why the gear golem the moving fortress x2? i just don't see why. please inform me. thanks!

The only deck I had trouble against was a Horus lv deck.

Gear golem is REALLY helpful against return so if they only have 2 monsters in grave for bazoo they still can't kill it. Plus it's better than spirit reaper in situations because if he's out while you have a monarch the smashing ground will keep your monarch. Spirit reaper will die to targetting effects like enemy controller, whearas with gear golem you atleast take 800 less. When your playing my body's and all that stuff life points are really important.
Plus when the goal of def. soul control is to gain advantage with the monarchs, while hiding behind defences so your monarchs can get multiple hits with them, them taking additional damadge is always helpful.
Alot of different situations, the one i REALLY thought was awesome when it happened was my opponent using return was at 1400 and played return. They had warrior lady hit my facedown gear golem and took the remaining 700. Not a situation where it would ocme up often but gear golem is better than a spirit reaper in lots of situations.
And if your going to say spirit reaper has the discard attribute remember it means next turn they summon cyber dragon and assailant to kill you hard. Then you drew your my body as a shields and they become usless. NOT something you want to happen. Hits with spirit reapers in the decks are sometimes ok, but not worth it if they have like 4 cards in there hand.

i was thinking of using either that card or big shield gardna as it neogates any card that wants to destroy it, so decoy nobleman or mystic lvl 2? anywho i do need to get a my body as a shield. i was the only soul control top 20, and i was 1 win from regional so i think i did something right, i just gotta get it down to an exact science, i was thinking of running 3 bottomless and 3 sakuretsu armors, then i can side the bottomless out for waboku and threatening roar.