Decks and Techs-Building a Deck

Welcome to decks and techs, this is a series I will be doing on building decks, and keeping your deck sharp and tournament ready

Before I focus on the finer points of deck making, we have to do something first-build that deck

I am going to take you through building a deck like the steps of building a car, so work with this analogy here:

You are a race car driver, there are lots of other race car drivers out there, and they all have different race cars, but you want to be the best driver. Now, some will just take the guy who won the Daytona 500 last year and use that car, but not you, your going to build your own car, so lets get to work.

Goal: This is a little outside the race car analogy, but your deck needs to have a goal. Now I am building a spider deck for my deck garage, so we are just going to use that. The way you think of the goal of your deck should be something like "My deck is going to win by______"

For example, "My deck is going to win by controlling the field with spiders, then generating quick advantage when my opponent is out of resources"


okay that part was easy, now were moving on


chassis-The chassis(chas-y) of a car is the frame that holds the entire car together. In dueling we call this a skeleton. The skeleton is the MINIMUM cards you need for your goal. For a spider deck, It would look something like this

2 Informer Spider
2 Relinquished Spider
2 Ground Spider
2 Junk Synchron


2 Sutmbling
2 Spider Web
2 Spider's Lair


2 Liar Wire


Engine-The engine of the car is what makes it go. Decks have engines to, a group of cards that allows you to move through your deck quickly. Some players don't put engines in their decks, in our car analogy, that means your pushing your car yourself, and a pushed car does not go that fast.

For this deck, I chose to implement the plant/debris engine engine


2 Informer Spider
2 Relinquished Spider
2 Ground Spider
2 Junk Synchron
2 Debris Dragon
2 Lonefire Blossom
1 Spore
1 Glow-Up Bulb
1 Dandylion


2 Sutmbling
2 Spider Web
2 Spider's Lair


2 Liar Wire

(bold=added cards)

okay, so our deck/car has its framework done, and it has an engine, so whats next


Aesthetics-This is the best thing I could think of for my analogy. After your car has a frame and an engine, the rest of the car is pretty much however you want it to be. Note that most of these serve to make the car faster or more useful.In yugioh, we call these "techs" or, "staples" and they are cards that make your goal (see above) easier to complete

A Fly on the wall-Spiders (for joshjones)

2 Informer Spider
2 Relinquished Spider
2 Ground Spider
2 Junk Synchron
2 Debris Dragon
2 Lonefire Blossom
2 Dark Bug
1 Spore
1 Glow-Up Bulb
1 Dandylion
1 Doom Dozer
1 Genex Ally Birdman


2 Sutmbling
2 Spider Web
2 Spider's Lair
2 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Dark Hole
1 Giant Trunade
1 Monster Reborn
1 Foolish Burial
1 Verdant Sanctuary

2 Liar Wire
2 Solemn Warning
2 Spider egg
1 Solemn Judgement
1 Mirror Force

Extra
3 T.G. Hyper Librarian
2 Dark Diviner
2 Formula Synchron
2 Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
2 Scrap Dragon
1 Ally of Justice Decisive Armor
1 Junk Destroyer
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Ally of Justice Catastor

(bold=new cards)



now as you can see, deckbuilding can take some time, but it isn't difficult, just remember to work in stages, and follow these steps, and you'll be first in the Daytona 500 in no time.



See you soon

-Pox_Equestria

the analogy made me lol... thx for the deck gunna try it out

NP I hope you like it

and thanks for reading

Very interesting article. I am not the best deck builder so I will take your advice. The analogy you used makes the topic very user friendly, and easy to understand. Great work!

Wow. I like the way you wrote this topic. I wish everyone thought like the star of your story, then there wouldn't be a Meta.

I'm thinking "Raymond Race Car Driver" for his name xD

thanks a lot for your props guys, it makes it all worth it

No problem. I like helpful topics like this.

Pox_Equestria wrote:I'm thinking "Raymond Race Car Driver" for his name xD

thanks a lot for your props guys, it makes it all worth it

No thanks needed, your the one providing the good info. I like the clarity in the topic, I am gonna try and build a deck based around your basic formula and see how I like it. I usually just research a deck and throw together the deck, and add my own flavor. I like your way better, seems more organized and easier to work with.

Now I have the courage to make an Ice Barrier Deck, an Ally of Justice Deck, and a Water Deck!

Sounds great!

You will have to post them so I can see your work xD

I'm usually bad at deck building because I never know/decide on what engine to run so I just look it up on YouTube or some other site. But with this I could finally build that Neo Daedalus deck with confidence. Thanks man!

No problem, like I said, I'm just happy you got something from this


next article I'm REALLY going back to basics

Any possibly you could make a topic on side-decking. I know it is dependent on your locals,etc. but siding can be hard for new players, heck I still even have a hard time with it sometimes.

I feel like writing, so I will take care of the Side Deck article. Expect it soon.

You could elaborate on the goal section of the article by using and explaining in detail the following two terms: Strategy and Tactics.

Your strategy is what you want your deck to do; the tactics are the cards that will fulfill your strategy. Decks with examples of this will benefit greatly.

Or, uh... I could do it. >.>

pretty much exatcly how i think about it! except im not much in the know with useful spellcards outside athestics

and i fine the plant engine to be my favorite, the least offensive of any!

I can simplify this article for the current meta.

1. Add tengu
2. Add more tengu
3. Add the solemn brigade
3. Add the rest of the deck

This article is really helpful. I may just end up compiling all your articles into a file on my computer and printing it off, just to make sure that I am able to be the best duelist that I possibly can be.