And so we come to the upcoming set in the TCG, Order of Chaos. There are quite a few notable themes that become really good as of this set. These themes are Wind-Ups, which I have already talked about extensively, Inzectors, and Evols. I touched upon Evols briefly when I talked about Evolsaur Vulcano, but there is so much more to the deck. Much like Wind-Up Factory, there is an incredibly cheap card that is essential to the theme that is already out. It's called Gravekeeper's Spy. Wait, no, let me try that again. It's Evoltile Westlo.
Evoltile Westlo
Effect Monster Card
FIRE / Reptile / ATK-700 / DEF-1900
Level 3
FLIP: Special Summon 1 "Evolsaur" monster from your Deck.
This thing is amazing for the theme. We all know Gravekeeper's Spy after the backrow format, and this card is much like the Spy, but this card has even better targets! This card is essential in threes in a deck that's (at least) Tier 2 after ORCS, much like Wind-Up Factory, Since I'm sure the only Evols a lot of you know are the Evolzars, I'll let you know why this card could even be better than Gravekeeper's Spy.
Well to start off the list of this thing's great targets, let's talk about the most simple target, Evolsaur Diplo. Basically, this thing instantly pops a backrow. This doesn't seem THAT great, and you're right. But you forget one of the main weaknesses of Evols, hitting the monsters before you can get out Evolzar Laggia, Evolzar Dolkka, or Evolzar Soldde. It feels pretty bad when you try to go into Laggia when all of a sudden, a wild Solemn Warning appears and ruins your day. Or better yet, a Bottomless Trap Hole against your materials, such as Evolsaur Cerato, Jurrac Guaiba, or most horribly Evoltile Casineria. This card will pop that card like a boss, and then you can just normal summon another material next turn with little danger.
This card has other great targets as well. Evolsaur Vulcano was touched upon before, and he's still amazing to the deck. If you have an Evolsaur in the grave for who knows what reason, maybe they Solemn Warning'd it, this allows for a Laggia with no normal summoning required.
Evolsaur Cerato is the only holo Evolsaur so far, and it's justified. He can search out Westlo, Odonto, or Casineria whenever he kills something (assuming he was summoned by an Evoltile before). This allows for plusses, and he's a 1900 beater if you drew him without an Odonto, which is why he's pretty much the only Evolsaur run in threes.
Evolsaur Elias is an Evolsaur coming out in ORCS, and his only real purpose is to bring out Evolsaur Soldde, who is nearly indestructible and broken in many ways. It can't die, and it kills off anything that tries to run over it. It's very rare to lose after you bring this thing out. Better yet, Casineria allows you to get the guy instantly.
So yea, Evols are going to be pretty damn amazing after ORCS comes out, and right now $1.50 for a card you run in threes in a high-tier deck isn't anything to pay. It's a great investment. There's one thing you will have to worry about though. If it turns out that the Jurrac version of the deck is better than plain Evols, then Westlo won't go up much. They don't really have the room for Westlo, nor would they want to run him if they could. You be the judge. It's kind of like Wind-Up Factory in this regard too. What if the only good form of Wind-Ups is splashing in 3 Wind-Up Rat and Hunter into everything? That wouldn't be good for Factory.
Buy / Trade for these things at $1.50 each, but if you lurk enough you could probably find some for $1 each.
This investment is: SAFE, because this card doesn't really even have any room to go down, at best it goes up by a lot and at worst it rises to about $3 come ORCS. Small cards like these are always a load of fun to invest in.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Monday, November 14, 2011
Special Post - What to invest in considering Rabbit Laggia (By Isaac52)
Hey guys, Isaac here again with a few new investing tips for those of you who think they can't quite afford to cash in on the whole rescue rabbit hype train.
Now, I realize pretty much EVERY investing tip you see here is called "safe" but this one is especially so. And I'm going to tell you why.
Gold sarcophagus, it is at it's lowest price ever since it's release as a DREV SE Promo.
$4 a pop ($3 in smaller quanities in select areas) and it's ALWAYS been good trade bait. They never last long in my binders when i get them, they're probably my best $5 incremented throw-in. But with the upcoming rabbit deck's reverse toolboxing (Sarcing for rabbit and getting it instantly with tour guide into Leviair) This card should be seeing a lot more play in a bit.
It's not the most noticable part of the deck, sure. But it's quite crucial, and WILL be pursued by those trying to make the deck. Personally, I don't think the rabbit deck will take off to usurp plants, and agents off their pedestal like it's being hyped up to. So you should try to move these after the deck is officially playable, but before any time of widestream showing for the deck, so as to maximize on what people will offer for them.
I'm thinking $8 should be your goal, which is a 100% profit if you got them for $4. Or $20-$22 for a playset.
Now, you can try to wait till after rabbit has a showing to trade them off... in hopes they'd rise even higher due to a good showing and renewed interest. This is also viable, even if not recommended as opposed to the other route. However, even if this flops, gold sarcs should still be easily movable, even in vast quanities. As i said, even before they became meta... or rather, believed to be meta, they've always been great trade bait.
Even if you're iffy on this investment, I say get at least a playset or two for yourself.
Next up, is forbidden lance. This card is similar to sarc in that it's always been great trade bait, and that it is as low as ever. This is ran in max usually in all rabbit builds. Not only does it protect lagia, the plays to make him, but he also brings up ways to actually make lagia more consistently.
Jurrac Guaiba (whom i neglected to post about before his price rise) is the maindeck beater here, only 1700 however leaves him a little underwhelming. Especially to the likes of tengu, and even moreso... Rai-oh.
However, with lance he can run over practically anything, grab another guaiba(or aeolo if this is a second guaiba run) and make lagia. This is especially potent because rai-oh is EVERYWHERE, and shuts the deck down pretty hard.
It's also generally good support for your normals should you draw into them. Not to mention, rescue rabbit against a rai-oh field would mean you'd have to settle for eamming with saber saurus and then a direct attack... but with lance, you can eliminate rai-oh entirely.
And again, like gold sarc this card is just generally good trade bait. People love teching this, and it's price should not be dropping any lower.
Try picking these up from 9-11 dollars. I recommend at least two playsets. Easier to move in multiples.
And finally, one last tip. This one isn't particularly safe, but it could end up quite lucrative. Most dino decks main 2-3 d fissure. So try picking these up whenever you can, i don't suggest going out of your way for it. But they're available for a little more than a quarter, and they're always going to be in demand. I can easily see people being able to move these for a $1 apiece when juicing.
As for the secret rare from LC02, I think that one still has some dropping to do. So avoid those unless you can get a good deal. Because note: Even dandy secret is only going for $5... Which is played WAY more than fissure.
Now, I realize pretty much EVERY investing tip you see here is called "safe" but this one is especially so. And I'm going to tell you why.
Gold sarcophagus, it is at it's lowest price ever since it's release as a DREV SE Promo.
$4 a pop ($3 in smaller quanities in select areas) and it's ALWAYS been good trade bait. They never last long in my binders when i get them, they're probably my best $5 incremented throw-in. But with the upcoming rabbit deck's reverse toolboxing (Sarcing for rabbit and getting it instantly with tour guide into Leviair) This card should be seeing a lot more play in a bit.
It's not the most noticable part of the deck, sure. But it's quite crucial, and WILL be pursued by those trying to make the deck. Personally, I don't think the rabbit deck will take off to usurp plants, and agents off their pedestal like it's being hyped up to. So you should try to move these after the deck is officially playable, but before any time of widestream showing for the deck, so as to maximize on what people will offer for them.
I'm thinking $8 should be your goal, which is a 100% profit if you got them for $4. Or $20-$22 for a playset.
Now, you can try to wait till after rabbit has a showing to trade them off... in hopes they'd rise even higher due to a good showing and renewed interest. This is also viable, even if not recommended as opposed to the other route. However, even if this flops, gold sarcs should still be easily movable, even in vast quanities. As i said, even before they became meta... or rather, believed to be meta, they've always been great trade bait.
Even if you're iffy on this investment, I say get at least a playset or two for yourself.
Next up, is forbidden lance. This card is similar to sarc in that it's always been great trade bait, and that it is as low as ever. This is ran in max usually in all rabbit builds. Not only does it protect lagia, the plays to make him, but he also brings up ways to actually make lagia more consistently.
Jurrac Guaiba (whom i neglected to post about before his price rise) is the maindeck beater here, only 1700 however leaves him a little underwhelming. Especially to the likes of tengu, and even moreso... Rai-oh.
However, with lance he can run over practically anything, grab another guaiba(or aeolo if this is a second guaiba run) and make lagia. This is especially potent because rai-oh is EVERYWHERE, and shuts the deck down pretty hard.
It's also generally good support for your normals should you draw into them. Not to mention, rescue rabbit against a rai-oh field would mean you'd have to settle for eamming with saber saurus and then a direct attack... but with lance, you can eliminate rai-oh entirely.
And again, like gold sarc this card is just generally good trade bait. People love teching this, and it's price should not be dropping any lower.
Try picking these up from 9-11 dollars. I recommend at least two playsets. Easier to move in multiples.
And finally, one last tip. This one isn't particularly safe, but it could end up quite lucrative. Most dino decks main 2-3 d fissure. So try picking these up whenever you can, i don't suggest going out of your way for it. But they're available for a little more than a quarter, and they're always going to be in demand. I can easily see people being able to move these for a $1 apiece when juicing.
As for the secret rare from LC02, I think that one still has some dropping to do. So avoid those unless you can get a good deal. Because note: Even dandy secret is only going for $5... Which is played WAY more than fissure.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
#6 - Wind-Up Rabbit (By Debris)
Ahh, I remember my first article on here. It was before Wind-Ups had any hype at all, and the deck sucked to everyone. I reccomended Wind-Up Factory, and it turns out it was a good prediction, a pseudo Tour Guide in Wind-Up Rat and a broken Rank 3 named Wind-Up Zenmaighty were announced a week or two later. The deck is ready to destroy the meta, but it won't start immediately in the OCG because they are missing one key piece to the Wind-Up deck - Wind-Up Rabbit.
Wind-Up Rabbit
Effect Monster Card
EARTH / Beast-Warrior / ATK-1400 / DEF-600
Level 3
During either player's turn: You can target 1 "Wind-Up" monster you control; banish it until your next Standby Phase. This effect can be used only once while this card is face-up on the field.
One can not understand how AMAZING this card is for the theme without looking at the other cards in the theme. The most notable combo is with Wind-Up Factory, in which you just use this card's effect on itself every turn to search out a Wind-Up from your deck each time. That's pretty damn powerful. You use it on itself to allow you to have a Level 3 on the field next turn, so you can overextend like a total asshole and then herp-derp Limiter Removal for game. You run this and Wind-Up Hunter, alongside other weaker beast Wind-Ups and you can run Horn of the Phantom Beast.
Not to say that removing itself is the only good target. Have a Wind-Up Kitten or Wind-Up Rat left on the field after the loop-de-loop? No problem! This will bring them back to the field next turn for even more winning.
Also, I'm a little biased, but I kinda like this card in T.G.s. It allows the deck to go into Naturia Beast through T.G. Striker and this. Since Level 3s are pretty common in the deck, you can go into Zenmaighty into this, which is a pretty strong play. It also has synergy with Horn of the Phantom Beast. IMO, it's pretty good.
Now how much is this PACK SECRET worth? Only $20? Are you sure? And this is BEFORE the official release? Holy crap, this is amazingly cheap for a Secret Rare staple in a Tier 1 deck.
Buy / Trade AFTER THE SET IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED at $15 apiece
This investment is: SAFE, because the set just came out, so it has from February-November (a WHOLE format) to be at its max potential before being reprinted. And it's pretty damn cheap too, it can't drop any lower unless you all decide to buy before the set is officially released.
Wind-Up Rabbit
Effect Monster Card
EARTH / Beast-Warrior / ATK-1400 / DEF-600
Level 3
During either player's turn: You can target 1 "Wind-Up" monster you control; banish it until your next Standby Phase. This effect can be used only once while this card is face-up on the field.
One can not understand how AMAZING this card is for the theme without looking at the other cards in the theme. The most notable combo is with Wind-Up Factory, in which you just use this card's effect on itself every turn to search out a Wind-Up from your deck each time. That's pretty damn powerful. You use it on itself to allow you to have a Level 3 on the field next turn, so you can overextend like a total asshole and then herp-derp Limiter Removal for game. You run this and Wind-Up Hunter, alongside other weaker beast Wind-Ups and you can run Horn of the Phantom Beast.
Not to say that removing itself is the only good target. Have a Wind-Up Kitten or Wind-Up Rat left on the field after the loop-de-loop? No problem! This will bring them back to the field next turn for even more winning.
Also, I'm a little biased, but I kinda like this card in T.G.s. It allows the deck to go into Naturia Beast through T.G. Striker and this. Since Level 3s are pretty common in the deck, you can go into Zenmaighty into this, which is a pretty strong play. It also has synergy with Horn of the Phantom Beast. IMO, it's pretty good.
Now how much is this PACK SECRET worth? Only $20? Are you sure? And this is BEFORE the official release? Holy crap, this is amazingly cheap for a Secret Rare staple in a Tier 1 deck.
Buy / Trade AFTER THE SET IS OFFICIALLY RELEASED at $15 apiece
This investment is: SAFE, because the set just came out, so it has from February-November (a WHOLE format) to be at its max potential before being reprinted. And it's pretty damn cheap too, it can't drop any lower unless you all decide to buy before the set is officially released.
One Man's Trash is another Man's Profit #2 (By Debris) - Photon Shockwave Edition
For this article I'll be looking at what's going to get dumped in the commons box from the set Photon Shockwave that have great potential. The cards I am looking at today are Rescue Rabbit, Evoltile Westlo, and Shard of Greed.
Wait, what's that? Those are holo in the TCG? Damn. O.K. Let's try this again. Well, Momentary Truce isn't exactly going to the commons box...
The cards I am looking at today are Evolsaur Vulcano, Senior Silver Ninja, and Tri-Wight.
Evolsaur Vulcano
Effect Monster Card
FIRE / Dinosaur / ATK-1200 / DEF-1000
Level 4
When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of an "Evotile" monster: You can target 1 "Evolsaur" monster in your Graveyard, Special Summon that target. It cannot declare an attack.
If you've ever tried out this deck, this is the plus that ends up getting out Evolzar Laggia or Evolzar Dolkka. Surprisingly, Westlo got the holo treatment, not this, so this card will be nice to stock up on in the very likely situation that Evols get more support and become broken. It won't take much to break Westlo, this card, or Laggia. Don't be afraid to stock up on other commons, like Evoltile Odonto, who is also a key part to the deck.
Senior Silver Ninja
Effect Monster Card
EARTH / Warrior / ATK-2300 / DEF-2200
Level 6
When this card is flipped face-up: You can Special Summon any number of "Ninja" monsters, except "Senior Silver Ninja", from your hand and/or Graveyard in face-down Defense Position. There can only be 1 face-up "Senior Silver Ninja" on the field.
Man, this card is crazy. Outside of being a giant plus, this card has great targets. The thing is, we won't see any of these targets until February. Stock up on these, we are likely to see an exclusive and the deck is actually pretty good. This will at least be worth more than the 50 cents it is now.
Tri-Wight
Normal Spell Card
Target 3 Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them from the Graveyard.
It doesn't cost lots of money, money, money
For this card you don't need money, money, money
We just got a pluuuuuus two
Its an insta-Ganteeeetsu
Woo-hoo
So yea, like D-Boyz, this card has a lot of potential if the right cards are released. Most notably a broken Rank 2 that require 3 materials. It's worthless right now and is good. Pick some up
Wait, what's that? Those are holo in the TCG? Damn. O.K. Let's try this again. Well, Momentary Truce isn't exactly going to the commons box...
The cards I am looking at today are Evolsaur Vulcano, Senior Silver Ninja, and Tri-Wight.
Evolsaur Vulcano
Effect Monster Card
FIRE / Dinosaur / ATK-1200 / DEF-1000
Level 4
When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of an "Evotile" monster: You can target 1 "Evolsaur" monster in your Graveyard, Special Summon that target. It cannot declare an attack.
If you've ever tried out this deck, this is the plus that ends up getting out Evolzar Laggia or Evolzar Dolkka. Surprisingly, Westlo got the holo treatment, not this, so this card will be nice to stock up on in the very likely situation that Evols get more support and become broken. It won't take much to break Westlo, this card, or Laggia. Don't be afraid to stock up on other commons, like Evoltile Odonto, who is also a key part to the deck.
Senior Silver Ninja
Effect Monster Card
EARTH / Warrior / ATK-2300 / DEF-2200
Level 6
When this card is flipped face-up: You can Special Summon any number of "Ninja" monsters, except "Senior Silver Ninja", from your hand and/or Graveyard in face-down Defense Position. There can only be 1 face-up "Senior Silver Ninja" on the field.
Man, this card is crazy. Outside of being a giant plus, this card has great targets. The thing is, we won't see any of these targets until February. Stock up on these, we are likely to see an exclusive and the deck is actually pretty good. This will at least be worth more than the 50 cents it is now.
Tri-Wight
Normal Spell Card
Target 3 Level 2 or lower Normal Monsters in your Graveyard; Special Summon them from the Graveyard.
It doesn't cost lots of money, money, money
For this card you don't need money, money, money
We just got a pluuuuuus two
Its an insta-Ganteeeetsu
Woo-hoo
So yea, like D-Boyz, this card has a lot of potential if the right cards are released. Most notably a broken Rank 2 that require 3 materials. It's worthless right now and is good. Pick some up
#5 - Maxx "C" (By Isaac52)
Here we have the first article from a different writer, Isaac52.
Do you remember this guy? You know:
“That secret rare that I don’t want to pull”?
Or “I’ll throw it in if you do the trade”?
Or maybe even: “Boy does this card suck *rips*”?
Well, I hate to bring the shock to you guys, but this guy is ROCKETING in value. It may have taken the YCS bandwagon for us to realize this, but there’s still time to take advantage.
Maxx "C"
Effect Monster Card
EARTH / Insect / ATK-500 / DEF-200
Level 2
You can activate this effect during either player's turn, by sending this card from your hand to the Graveyard. This turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), draw 1 card. You can only activate "Maxx "C"" once per turn.
Maxx “C” is becoming Effect Veiler's replacement. Veiler isn’t hitting as hard as she used to. She’s an inherent -1, usually used to stop the opponent from +1 or more off of one monster. Still very powerful, however in this super fast metagame, she just isn’t enough sometimes.
“Oh darn, you veilered my venus…”
Powerful, right? You stopped them from gaining huge advantage, and setting up their grave for hyper.
However, you still sacrificed card advantage for this. Sure, it kept your opponent from gaining advantage too, but in this VERY common situation Maxx "C" stopping the play costlessly, would have been better. They also will not be attempting any other major pushes that turn, unless they plan on going for game, or are just bad… but let’s not rely on that.
Not to mention, he’s far more versatile. He can chain to reborn, call, even monsters like glow-up and spore… Can veiler hit those?
I don’t think I need to remind you all, that this format is almost entirely plants. And perhaps rabbit soon though, which also gets hit rather hard by Maxx "C". And due to the lack of ignition rulings in our meta, veiler will simply not be able to hit rabbit unless for some reason they don’t invoke priority. Whereas Maxx C demands them to let you +1 off them making laggia, or better yet… chaining to leviair and forcing you to +2 off their laggia play.
Given, it isn’t exactly a staple and shouldn’t be compared to something like… Tour guide, but I think it’s worth investing in, not only as a profiteer, but as a duelist. So even if this card’s value has hit it’s maxx(pun intended) I don’t see it dropping anytime soon. The soonest it can drop, is next format if the game takes a severe slowdown by way of a Heavy Storm reban, or Royal Oppression unban.
Buy / Trade for (at least) enough for your deck at: $38-45
This investment is: SAFE, because it will continue to be a staple for the entire format (at least), and will become even better as time goes on.
Do you remember this guy? You know:
“That secret rare that I don’t want to pull”?
Or “I’ll throw it in if you do the trade”?
Or maybe even: “Boy does this card suck *rips*”?
Well, I hate to bring the shock to you guys, but this guy is ROCKETING in value. It may have taken the YCS bandwagon for us to realize this, but there’s still time to take advantage.
Maxx "C"
Effect Monster Card
EARTH / Insect / ATK-500 / DEF-200
Level 2
You can activate this effect during either player's turn, by sending this card from your hand to the Graveyard. This turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), draw 1 card. You can only activate "Maxx "C"" once per turn.
Maxx “C” is becoming Effect Veiler's replacement. Veiler isn’t hitting as hard as she used to. She’s an inherent -1, usually used to stop the opponent from +1 or more off of one monster. Still very powerful, however in this super fast metagame, she just isn’t enough sometimes.
“Oh darn, you veilered my venus…”
Powerful, right? You stopped them from gaining huge advantage, and setting up their grave for hyper.
However, you still sacrificed card advantage for this. Sure, it kept your opponent from gaining advantage too, but in this VERY common situation Maxx "C" stopping the play costlessly, would have been better. They also will not be attempting any other major pushes that turn, unless they plan on going for game, or are just bad… but let’s not rely on that.
Not to mention, he’s far more versatile. He can chain to reborn, call, even monsters like glow-up and spore… Can veiler hit those?
I don’t think I need to remind you all, that this format is almost entirely plants. And perhaps rabbit soon though, which also gets hit rather hard by Maxx "C". And due to the lack of ignition rulings in our meta, veiler will simply not be able to hit rabbit unless for some reason they don’t invoke priority. Whereas Maxx C demands them to let you +1 off them making laggia, or better yet… chaining to leviair and forcing you to +2 off their laggia play.
Given, it isn’t exactly a staple and shouldn’t be compared to something like… Tour guide, but I think it’s worth investing in, not only as a profiteer, but as a duelist. So even if this card’s value has hit it’s maxx(pun intended) I don’t see it dropping anytime soon. The soonest it can drop, is next format if the game takes a severe slowdown by way of a Heavy Storm reban, or Royal Oppression unban.
Buy / Trade for (at least) enough for your deck at: $38-45
This investment is: SAFE, because it will continue to be a staple for the entire format (at least), and will become even better as time goes on.
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