News Fridays

As far as news goes, Rabbit is still dominating.  Epic Dawn comes out at the end of the month so if you or your store hasn't ordered it, tell them to pick up the phone and call or email Konami your questions. Expect the secondary market to fluctuate a little bit and see a dip on card prices across the board. Nationals is coming up so take the time to play test, plan, and schedule your trips.  This year is our year!!!!

News Friday

Whats up guys, I apologize for the unexpected hiatus. We're back now with news that you will enjoy.  As you may all know this past weekend was Y.C.S. Dallas and Toulouse. I had the privilege to judge at Dallas and witness the meta first hand. When I say organizing these events is a lot of work, I am not joking.  Players don't realize the time and energy that goes into making the venues run smoothly. Julia and company go above and beyond to get the best qualified judges and staff to get things going so whenever you go to a Y.C.S. and have a chance to thank anyone that the head judge and Julia for being awesome! Back to our coverage. Nizar Sarhan won out in Dallas for the second time piloting Dino Rabbit while Peter Gross won out in Toulouse with Chaos Dragons. As you would imagine the meta has been all over the place, Inzektors come in as the majority but can't swarm to the finish line to the likes of Rabbit and Dragons.  Dark Worlds could of been more pertinent but they're numbers were to small to begin with so they did not make a significant impact at the venue. Overall the venue was pretty amazing. There are things that could of been handled differently to minimize cheating, rule sharking, and other things harmful to the game state. Whether players agree to it or not the staff is held to a very high standard and because of that players should be held to that standard as well. Think of all the things that are wrong with the T.C.G. and holding the players accountable with stricter rules and punishments could alleviate those problems. Anyway, that's just my take. Thanks for stopping by and as always its not a proplay unless its a misplay.

E

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We're back!

By the end of the week I plan to report everything that happened at Y.C.S. Dallas plus recaps and thoughts on the state of the meta.  Stay tuned!!!

E

News Fridays

The Galactic Overlord Sneak Peek kicks off April 29. I'm really excited for the new card releases especially Card Card D! Hieratics make their debut too so be ready to pick all that up.  Y.C.S. Dallas is next week and I have been given the privilege to judge at the venue. Updates will ensue, as of yet Justin is planning on playing so keep a look out for him. Hope to see you all there!

Update

So I'm trying to finalize a schedule that will keep me motivated and excited about the blog. I enjoy talking about strategy so it seemed like the logical thing to do.

Sundays
Tournament report if I entered in one during the week.  I will randomly post things about rulings and outlooks if they are relevant or to my liking.

Mondays
Weekend recap of Regionals, Y.C.S., and/or Worlds.  Otherwise I will give strategy advise.

Tuesdays
I will randomly give a deck analysis and/or add decklist(s) on the tab bar.

Wednesdays
News and updates if there are any to my liking.  I will try to consistently give card reviews.

Thursdays
Nothing

Fridays
News Fridays will resume.

Saturday
Nothing

Hope you enjoy!!!!


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News Friday

Justin is on his way to Y.C.S. Long Beach! Wish him luck! Updates will follow.

News and Updates

So as you may already know, a lot of things are happening in Yu-Gi-Oh.  The Premium Collection tin was released yesterday and with it comes The Shining reprint and many more cards that will add some twists to  a lot of decks. We also have new products announcements with Starter Deck: Xyz Symphony, Structure Deck: Samurai Warlords, and Gold Series 2012: Haunted Mine. Six Sams will be made more accessible for the masses, Fiendish Chain is getting a reprint, and Konami is introducing a new type of Gold rare card.  In team news, Justin will be attending Y.C.S. Long Beach this weekend. We are all really excited to meet our viewer base so if you're in the area don't be afraid to say what's up!

New schedule

I'm going to make changes and incorporate some new ideas to the blog. So stay tuned!

News Fridays

Slow week, nothing I'd like to report.

News Fridays

R.I.P Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier. We had a good run.

Just play

For those of you that did not know, 16-year-old Georgia native Marquis Henderson BEASTED, literally, on all the competition with T.G. Stun this past weekend in Y.C.S. Atlanta. Henderson main decked Skill Drain and Beast King supported by Horn of the Phantom Beast. He effectively used his floaters, Tengu, Rush Rhino,etc., to thin out his deck and win without Maxx "C"s or Effect Veilers in a dominant Rabbit, Wind-up, and Inzektor tournament. After a rough start Henderson proved once and for all that the META doesn't dictate the outcome, the PLAYER does. Congratulations Marquis Henderson!

Credit for all information goes to Konami.

News Fridays

News
Really getting tired of all the fake banlists that keep popping up every time a new list is about to get introduced. Check out this fake one, http://sunetto.blog100.fc2.com/blog-entry-1677.html. It's so annoying to see posts and posts of useless speculation and bickering about how all the decks are broken and how Konami needs to fix it to make the game more "balanced" for everyone, and I'm over here thinking, umm no, sorry that's just not how it works. Konami will do whatever they want to the game and I can't think of a better example than the unbanning of Black Luster Solider - Envoy of the Beginning. The only thing remotely important during these times is the fluctuation in the secondary market, just look at eBay and you'll see.  Come on Fiendish Chain is going for 20+ dollars right now, really!?! Moving on, Ra Yellow Mega-Packs comes out next week and I'm having mixed feelings about it. Sure it has a lot of good things in it but I don't see it selling well past the banlist and the release of the Order of Chaos SE not to mention buzz around Galactic Overlord with the new archetypes and support.

Regional recap
I'm a little late on my regional recap cap and my judging experience in San Antonio from the past weekend but better late than never. So 1st place was T.G. Agents, not really surprised, it's all about matchups and T.G. Agents have amazing matchups against the meta! At the regional the top cut was really diverse Wind-Ups, Inzektors, Wind-Up/Inzektors, Dark Worlds, Dino Rabbit, and Agents. I would like clarify that Shi-En and Naturia Beast DO NOT NEGATE the equip of Hornet to an Inzektor because the equip becuse of a monster effect! Not much else to report than the usual attempts at rule sharking and cheating. People need to be patient and give opponents enough time to respond to anything and everything otherwise you are cheating and we don't like cheating! Many people from my hometown and some friends from central Texas topped. It was a really good day to see old friends while judging. Hope to see more come March!

News Fridays

Konami Europe posted the Hidden Arsenal 5 Special Edition information on their site, Six Sams won Y.C.S. Guadalajara this past weekend, The Dragons Collides structure deck came out this week, and the Team Misplay will be in San Antonio for regionals on the 11th.

Weekend Wrap-up

For those of you that didn't know, Sack Sams, a.k.a Six Samurai, took Y.C.S. Guadalajara in Mexico. Proving time and time again that Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En and Naturia Beast backed by Fiendish Chain and Musakani Magatama win games! Seriously ban these cards! I will finish up the wrap-up when more information is made available, for now I'll leave you this quote every player should live by.  Decks don't make the player, the player makes the deck! Congratulations Oscar Zavala, http://www.konami.com/yugioh/blog/?p=7809!

I'm just TOO GOOD!

Side note, this year's U.S. Nationals will be in Columbus, Ohio!

News Fridays

I learned my lesson last year about the secondary market while DREV Pot of Dualities were valued at $120 and have begun to trust Konami in what seems is an attempt to stabilize the market. I am amazed with the idea of Battle Packs and the reprints Konami confirmed. In short,  Battle Packs are similar to Magic: The Gathering sealed drafts and to be perfectly honest I think it's a great idea! It will bring in a different crowd of players and could even get old players back into the mix. We'll see how this will progress but I'm giving it two thumbs up! Next week, on February 11th Team Misplay will be going to Heroes & Fantasies in San Antonio, Texas for regionals.  I am hoping to judge under head judge, Ontario Durgan.  The rest of the team will be going to play, trade, sell, and buy.  Hope to see you there!!!!

Reprints!

News Fridays

Konami hasn't stirred up much of anything past the reprint confirmation of Elemental HERO The Shinning and Yu-Gi-Oh! Extravaganza in New Orleans, LA tomorrow. As of now, the team's reach extends through central and south-west Texas thanks to Clockwork Games and Events and Legacy Comics.  Our mission right now is to promote Yu-Gi-Oh! in our stores.  Tomorrow is going to be the first locals Laredo's held a while and hope for a good turn out.

Dear secondary market

Sorry for posting this a week late.  Order of Chaos is out and I decided to go through ebay and see what everything in the set is going for and I am still shocked by what I found! Centipedes going for $3, Dragonfly $3, Hornet $20. Don't get me started with the Ninja cards! The prices are not as ridiculous as I thought they would be considering that the pricing is based on hype. I'm seeing a lot of veteran players, more than usual, taking advantage of the new players. Konami needs to hit the secondary market hard and reprint anything worth more than $25 to avoid this all together. The community can be really rough; Yu-Gi-Oh players have a notorious reputation of being trouble makers, cheaters, thiefs, and a lot more things. Until Konami steps in we won't be able to weed out these people.

Side note: I'm plan to add a segment on Saturday or Sunday that will recap my matches of the day/week. I got the idea from the blogger community and wanted to give it a shot in our blog. I finally got a locals up and running in Laredo and we even have a Yu-Gi-Oh page! If you're in the area check it out.

Super side note: Today are the NFL AFC and NFC Championships! Go New England Patriots!!!!

News Fridays

Prices are all over the place for cards in the new set, and this is all based off hype! And most of the cards everyone wants are just supers and ultras! Justin and JD went to an eventful regionals in San Antonio, a lot of players had issues with the store owner because he is somewhat of a prick. I am going to start running regionals in my hometown and get a feel for the crowd here.  Hopefully we get a good turn out. Phil is partying it up in College Station running Yu-Gi-Oh. All in all the week has been normal, nothing crazy to report.

Quick update!!

Sorry I have not been able to post anything new this week, I've been trying to organize Yu-Gi-Oh in my hometown and its been pretty hectic! For those of you in the Laredo/Valley area in Texas, Legacy Comics & Collectibles has given me the green light to run unsanctioned tournaments at their store to get the crowd going. We don't have Order of Chaos yet, but we do have Generation Force and Photon Shockwave. I will be running the tournaments weekly on Saturday at 2:00 p.m., so tell everyone you know! If you have any questions about this please e-mail me at 99misplays@gmail.com or eliud_vasquez@hotmail.com. I will still vending with my team so if there are cards you are looking for or selling, send me a list and we'll give you a price on cards we have in stock.

I will use Friday to post up our thoughts about the new set too!