Once I was a wee lad, I performed a ton of Yu-Gi-Oh! I used to be enrolled in after-school daycare within the early 2000s; what else was I presupposed to do? Complete afternoons can be spent dueling within the buying and selling card sport — activating entice playing cards, summoning monsters, attacking an opponent’s life factors (LP). Once I’d get residence, I’d play much more Yu-Gi-Oh! on my Recreation Boy Advance with Yu-Gi-Oh! The Everlasting Duelist Soul. Whether or not I used to be taking part in in opposition to folks or pixels, my technique would at all times stay the identical and was constructed round a selected magic card, Gravekeeper’s Servant.
The aim of Yu-Gi-Oh! is easy sufficient: get your opponent’s life factors (LP) right down to 0 earlier than they do the identical to you. That’s essentially the most typical option to win, however I’ve discovered myself with a distinct aim in thoughts: eliminating my opponent’s deck, which Gravekeeper’s Servant is great at. If a participant has no playing cards left to attract in the beginning of their flip, they lose, no matter who has extra LP.
With Gravekeeper’s Servant face-up on the sphere, any time your opponent assaults, they need to discard the highest card from their deck to the graveyard. Whether or not they’re attacking your life factors immediately or concentrating on a face-down set monster, they need to discard a card. Yu-Gi-Oh! decks run between a minimal of 40 playing cards and most of 60, however most gamers will need their decks nearer to 40, making the method of whittling it down fairly speedy with Gravekeeper’s Servant in play.
With high-defense monsters defending my LP — good day, good ol’ basic Large Soldier of Stone and your 2,000 protection factors — I can play forestall protection and ship face-down impact monsters out to tempt my opponent into attacking them. Needle Worm is a favourite right here, as as soon as it is flipped over, the highest 5 playing cards in your opponent’s deck get despatched to the graveyard. Cyber Jar can be helpful for those who don’t thoughts harming your self a bit; as soon as flipped, all monsters on the sphere are destroyed and each gamers draw 5 new playing cards from their decks, summoning any stage 4 or decrease monsters.
Mainly, any card that revolves round forcing my opponent to discard playing cards from their deck could make its method into my deck. As soon as my opponent can’t draw any extra playing cards, victory is mine. It is probably not essentially the most honorable option to win — and I think about it’s fairly annoying to play in opposition to — however a win is a win all the identical.
Picture: Digital Eclipse/Konami
Recently, although, I’ve solely had pixelated opponents to duel, so being annoying isn’t a priority. I’ve been having fun with February’s Yu-Gi-Oh! Early Days Assortment, a compilation of 14 video games from the Recreation Boy, Recreation Boy Shade, and Recreation Boy Advance days. Particularly, The Everlasting Duelist Soul: we may all use somewhat childhood nostalgia because the world crumbles round us, no?
I don’t suppose I’ll be capable to annoy any IRL opponents with my Gravekeeper’s Servant technique as I don’t suppose I even personal the cardboard any extra — or any Yu-Gi-Oh! card for that matter. Like so many regretful 30-year-olds, I doubtless donated my Yu-Gi-Oh! playing cards, and plenty of extra childhood relics, between varied strikes (although I’m nonetheless hoping they dwell in a transferring field… someplace in my dad and mom’ storage). Maybe sometime I’ll rebuild an actual deck and discover opponents to harass with Gravekeeper’s Servant, one discarded card at a time.
