YCS Atlanta - Brief Review

Okay, so I don't wanna get into huge detail about this YCS because I think it was a fluke. Apparently NOBODY thought Gravekeeper's might be a contender? Seriously? I'll give a rundown of the top 8 decks and then the deck that won.

So the top 8 table looked like this:

3x Gravekeeper's

1x Quickdraw Plants

1x Volcanic Quickdraw

1x X-Sabers

1x Blackwings

1x Lightsworn

Blackwings are the only deck that took me by surprise. It's odd that this deck topped since Royal Decree has grown in popularity and we all know that Blackwings rely on their trap line-up.

X-Sabers are still a good deck in my opinion and deserved a spot in the top along with both plant variants.

Lightsworn made me proud and kept hope alive for the deck.

Now, the main deck we all want to hear about is Gravekeepers. After reviewing the deck list, I learned a few obvious reasons why the deck won. First of all, aside from the Necrovalley & Recruiter combo which wrecks decks in the first place, the combination of Royal Tribute and Gravekeeper's Stele was the most effective; stripping someone of their hand then replenishing yours generates a lot of pluses. HOWEVER, this whole Gravekeeper fiasco could have been avoided if Quickdraw and Blackwings would have just main decked 1 simple card:

Ancient Fairy Dragon

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1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner Monsters
Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Level4 or lower monster from your hand. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activatethis effect. Once per turn, you can destroy aField Spell Card. If you do, gain 1000 Life Points, and you can add 1 Field Spell Card from yourDeck to your hand.

That's all I have to say about this.