HalHornCorSec
05-21-2005, 01:55 PM
This here is the third and (most likely) final of my articles about the decks used in the Pyramid of Light movie. And, as the title hints, this one is going to be about the deck of Maximillion Pegasus. You know, that weird white-haired man who tried to revive his dead wife? Creator of the game? All that other good stuff? (I wonder if the Duel Monsters creator is in any way based on Mr. Takahashi, Yu-Gi-Oh!’s mastermind . . .)
[Monsters – 20]
Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
Manga Ryu-Ran x2
Toon Dark Magician Girl
Toon Summoned Skull
Toon Alligator
Toon Mermaid
Toon Gemini Elf x3
Toon Cannon Soldier x2
Manju of the Ten-Thousand Hands
Toon Goblin Attack Force x3
Toon Masked Sorcerer x2
Relinquished
Thousand-Eyes Idol
[Spells – 16]
Card of Sanctity
Cost Down
Fissure
Heavy Storm
Monster Reborn
Polymerization
Pot of Greed
Toon Table of Contents x3
Bright Castle
Premature Burial
Snatch Steal
Black Illusion Ritual
Toon World x2
[Traps – 4]
Jar of Greed
Solemn Judgment
Toon Defense
Ultimate Offering
[Fusion Monsters – 1]
Thousand-Eyes Restrict
In my opinion, this is the best of the decks seen in the Pyramid of Light movie. First off, let’s analyze the deck’s speed. You have 3 TToC’s, searching out any one of the grand total of 21 cards with “Toon” in their name, or named “Manga Ryu-Ran”. You also have Pot of Greed, two Toon Masked Sorcerer, Card of Sanctity, and Jar of Greed for draw power. That’s an amazing amount of speed, when you think about how anime decks usually run.
Now, onto the individual lineups: Traps are pretty iffy here, being only 4 of them, and three of those tend to be very painful on the user. Jar grants speed, Judgment grants negation, TD adds protection, and UO is just there because it’s there.
Spells are fairly nifty. You have basic drawing cards, Fissure, Heavy Storm, and Snatch Steal for field presence, Monster Reborn and Premature Burial for recursion. Also, Cost Down makes it a lot easier to play some of the larger Toon monsters. There are, as always, some strange cards in here. Nothing major, though—just keeping with the quirky Pegasus theme.
Monsters are, as with most anime decks, pretty weird. I mean, sure it’s a toon deck, but why did some of these cards get in here? Manga Ryu-Ran, for instance, could have been another BETD and/or some extras of the LV4 and lower monsters. Thousand-Eyes Idol could have been ANY fusion substitute, which would give it Attack and Defense. I would understand if there was a Metamorphosis in this deck, but still—why? I would have preferred seeing Dark-Eyes Illusionist in this deck, personally. Drop Polymerization for Metamorphosis, and badda-bing! Situational Fusion Monster Special-Summoning with a cool monster.
Also be careful to note that this is the very first deck in the Pyramid of Light movie to NOT use some sort of new, movie-exclusive unprinted card. This deck is completely playable in the OCG (although Card of Sanctity wouldn’t be used in real life), and soon will be almost completely playable in the TCG.
Moving on . . . the fact that they only play with 4000 Life Points really hurts Pegasus with a deck like this: if I’m not mistaken, every toon must pay 500 Life Points to strike; Toon World takes 1000 to activate; Premature Burial takes 800; Toon Defense makes you take direct attacks in place of your weaker toon cards; Ultimate Offering is 500 per monster; Solemn Judgment is half your current Life Points. It’s a wonder that Pegasus doesn’t kill himself before Kaiba even got a shot in.
Anyway, I’m going to give this deck a 4/5, because it has all the makings of a great deck by anime standards, and is almost usable by normal ones.
If you enjoyed this, you would also enjoy my “In-Depth Look at the Pyramid of Light” articles:
Kaiba’s Deck ( http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=162083)
Yugi’s Deck ( http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=159649)
Later.
[Monsters – 20]
Blue-Eyes Toon Dragon
Manga Ryu-Ran x2
Toon Dark Magician Girl
Toon Summoned Skull
Toon Alligator
Toon Mermaid
Toon Gemini Elf x3
Toon Cannon Soldier x2
Manju of the Ten-Thousand Hands
Toon Goblin Attack Force x3
Toon Masked Sorcerer x2
Relinquished
Thousand-Eyes Idol
[Spells – 16]
Card of Sanctity
Cost Down
Fissure
Heavy Storm
Monster Reborn
Polymerization
Pot of Greed
Toon Table of Contents x3
Bright Castle
Premature Burial
Snatch Steal
Black Illusion Ritual
Toon World x2
[Traps – 4]
Jar of Greed
Solemn Judgment
Toon Defense
Ultimate Offering
[Fusion Monsters – 1]
Thousand-Eyes Restrict
In my opinion, this is the best of the decks seen in the Pyramid of Light movie. First off, let’s analyze the deck’s speed. You have 3 TToC’s, searching out any one of the grand total of 21 cards with “Toon” in their name, or named “Manga Ryu-Ran”. You also have Pot of Greed, two Toon Masked Sorcerer, Card of Sanctity, and Jar of Greed for draw power. That’s an amazing amount of speed, when you think about how anime decks usually run.
Now, onto the individual lineups: Traps are pretty iffy here, being only 4 of them, and three of those tend to be very painful on the user. Jar grants speed, Judgment grants negation, TD adds protection, and UO is just there because it’s there.
Spells are fairly nifty. You have basic drawing cards, Fissure, Heavy Storm, and Snatch Steal for field presence, Monster Reborn and Premature Burial for recursion. Also, Cost Down makes it a lot easier to play some of the larger Toon monsters. There are, as always, some strange cards in here. Nothing major, though—just keeping with the quirky Pegasus theme.
Monsters are, as with most anime decks, pretty weird. I mean, sure it’s a toon deck, but why did some of these cards get in here? Manga Ryu-Ran, for instance, could have been another BETD and/or some extras of the LV4 and lower monsters. Thousand-Eyes Idol could have been ANY fusion substitute, which would give it Attack and Defense. I would understand if there was a Metamorphosis in this deck, but still—why? I would have preferred seeing Dark-Eyes Illusionist in this deck, personally. Drop Polymerization for Metamorphosis, and badda-bing! Situational Fusion Monster Special-Summoning with a cool monster.
Also be careful to note that this is the very first deck in the Pyramid of Light movie to NOT use some sort of new, movie-exclusive unprinted card. This deck is completely playable in the OCG (although Card of Sanctity wouldn’t be used in real life), and soon will be almost completely playable in the TCG.
Moving on . . . the fact that they only play with 4000 Life Points really hurts Pegasus with a deck like this: if I’m not mistaken, every toon must pay 500 Life Points to strike; Toon World takes 1000 to activate; Premature Burial takes 800; Toon Defense makes you take direct attacks in place of your weaker toon cards; Ultimate Offering is 500 per monster; Solemn Judgment is half your current Life Points. It’s a wonder that Pegasus doesn’t kill himself before Kaiba even got a shot in.
Anyway, I’m going to give this deck a 4/5, because it has all the makings of a great deck by anime standards, and is almost usable by normal ones.
If you enjoyed this, you would also enjoy my “In-Depth Look at the Pyramid of Light” articles:
Kaiba’s Deck ( http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=162083)
Yugi’s Deck ( http://www.pojo.biz/board/showthread.php?t=159649)
Later.