YCS San Jose Decklist - Chaos Return

Alright, so I usually post deck profiles on my Youtube channel, but I had so much to talk about with this deck that I decided to blog about it. Sorry for all of you guys who actually like my videos, but it's worth the read. So, I'm considering running GB's for YCS San Jose, but I'm kind of leaning towards this deck. I believe that X-Sabers will be the most common deck played next to Lightsworn & GB's, which this deck has a pretty good matchup against. Here's the deck list as of right now (it'll probably change before YCS)

Monster: 23

2x Chaos Sorcerer

3x Cyber Dragon

2x Thunder King Rai-Oh

2x Dimensional Alchemist

2x Honest

2x Effect Veiler

1x Dark Armed Dragon

1x Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

3x Caius the Shadow Monarch

2x Battle Fader

1x Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind

1x Plaguespreader Zombie

1x Sangan

Spells: 9

3x Book of Moon

1x Enemy Controller

1x Cold Wave

1x Giant Trunade

1x My Body As A Shield

1x Mystical Space Typhoon

1x Monster Reborn

1x Dark Hole

Traps: 7

2x Bottomless Trap Hole

2x Trap Stun

1x Solemn Warning

1x Solemn Judgment

1x Torrential Tribute

1x Return From the Different Dimension

Alright, so before I talk about certain tech in the build, I want to point out that the deck is 41 cards. Not a lot of people like it, but I feel like that extra card just gives the deck a little more advantage. Now let's talk about the deck.

The monster count is at 23, which I think is key. In this deck, it's important to draw monsters since you have the ability to spam the field. 3 Cyber Dragon really helps you make aggressive pushes early on & baits out Bottomless, Thunder King, and will help against the occasional Machina deck. The light:dark ratio is 11 light : 10 dark (8 if you count out Fader). However, Chaos Sorcerer will end up adding to your dark count as long as it doesn't get bottomless'd. If you notice, the majority of the 'power cards' are mainly light monsters, while the dark monsters require more of a set up. 2 Thunder Kings are great first turn and make your opponent go out of their way to get rid of it; summoning him first turn puts stress on an X-Saber player who likes to play aggressively. Now, here's where the deck gets 'techy'.

Effect Veiler - I like this card at 2. A lot of people say that it's best played at 1, but I think 2 will ensure that you draw it more often. It stops Boggart, Hyunlei, Faultroll, DaD, Caius, etc. Plus, you can use it with Gorz to synch for a level 8 if you absolutely have to.

Honest - I usually open with Cyber Dragon & either Thunder King or Alchemist. Honest just surprises my opponent and lets me get over stupid things like Gottoms and randomness. Also, it protects you when your opponent plays Cold Wave or Trap Stun, which are staples in every deck now.

Caius - The fact that I run Caius isn't a tech choice, but the fact that I'm running 3 is. Everyone is hesitant to play this card at 3 because of Effect Veiler. Here's how I look at it. The majority of the time, they won't have an Effect Veiler in their hand when you drop Caius. But if they do, then your Caius just became a Thestalos. Aside from this deck, Effect Veiler makes most players go -1 in advantage when they use it on cards like Caius.

Plaguespreader - Good card right now. It helps with graveyard control and is extremely helpful when you play RFTDD (Return From the Different DImension).

Now, on to the spells; Book of Moon has to be ran in 3. It's chainable and stop your opponent from synchro'ing, and stops X-Saber combos. Enemy Controller is a very underrated card right now. Trap Stun is being main decked at 2 in almost every deck, so this card really helps. Plus, it's good against GB's and can stop X-Saber combos. (If you haven't noticed, I like stoping X-Saber combos). If you noticed, I chose to only play 1 MST. I don't like blind MST'ing, and I run a Cold Wave, Trunade, My Body, and 2 Trap Stun. My Body As A Shield is in here as appose to Starlight Road. SR doesn't really have a purpose anymore b/c Heavy Storm is gone & Trap Stun is becoming more popular. My Body protects you from all the same things as SR but can also negate Smashing, Fissure, and other 1-for-1 removal. I'm not worried about Hyunlei because a smart X-Saber player will always Cold Wave first, so SR is useless.

The traps are pretty self-explainatory. Trap Stun is too good not to play right now. It turns off Oppression & other nonsense for a turn. I only play 1 Solemn Warning because I run Solemn Judgement and a RFTDD which are both high LP costs. Playing 2 always ended up a dead draw at some point. I might add a 2nd one though, so I'm not sure.

Basically, the deck has a lot of synergy and never really opens bad. It doesn't let me opponent make big pushes b/c I will always have an answer, especially against X-Sabers. If you guys have any suggestions, please drop a comment either here or on my channel. And again, sorry for those who enjoy my videos but I had WAY too much to talk about. So yeah, follow me on here and subscribe to my channel: www.Youtube.com/Tyl3n0lpm

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