Sunday, June 28, 2009

Short and quick update

So I took a week to actually update the blog =P

Here are my sad result for worlds

Deck Used: AKB

Match 1: Plant
OO
For some reason I keep drawing Smashing Ground to kill that dreaded Tytanial

Match 2: GB
XX
Bad first round, sadder Round 2. With Wanghu and Rivalry, and my sad hand of 2 mind control and 2 Soul Exchange (and other rubbish) with no Bestiari/Mobius in sight =( Yes I side deck Bestiari in my AKB.

Match 3: BF
XOX
The usual hand of Spy, book of moon, cold wave, Evacuation device and no cat forever. I feel like I am just playing Gravekeepers... Round 2 did a desperate attack with double dark dive since there is really nothing else, but luckily it got through haha. And died horribily at round 3

Match 4 : Permission (?)
OO
Some cheating AKB hand that will end up with double Dark Dive twice. I thought my luck changed!

Match 5: BF
XOX
But I guess not because I drew gravekeeper hand again! But I did summon Dark Armed for the first time that day =D

Result: 2-3
Defeated again! No more strength lol Results getting from bad to worse... lol

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In other news: Stardust Overdrive soon, hope got good meta changing cards. It is getting boring around here with BF, AKB, GB. I left out Lightlords and Plants since not really that many people are playing =/

And now.... back to

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Rulings on Gale

Alright, since tagboard has a request for rulings on gale (Not to mention im at home supposedly studying for exams so quite free), decided to do abit of ruling for gale here on the less obvious portions. Please dont ask me to confirm stuff which is already written on the card itself.... Rulings all taken from wiki yah

Q:攻撃力・守備力を半分にする効果は重複しますか?(ターンをまたいで重ねがけできるかどうか)
A:はい、重複します。(08/11/16)

Trans: Yes, you can use Gale's effect multiple times on the same monster (Over different turns of course)

Q:攻撃力・守備力が0のモンスターに対して、効果を発動できますか?
A:発動できません。どちらか片方が0のモンスターならば効果を発動できます。(08/12/20)

Trans: No, you cannot activate gale's effect on a monster with 0 attack

Q:《ダブルツールD&C》が装備されたモンスターが相手フィールドに存在します。このカードの効果を装備モンスターに適用した場合、次の相手のターンに攻撃力は上昇しますか?
A:攻撃力はアップしません。(09/03/24)

Trans: If a equipped monster gets affected by gale (etc: demon axe), the final attack gets halved, then stays that way even after end phase

Q:《団結の力》を装備したモンスターの攻撃力・守備力を半減しました。
  モンスターの数が増減したとき、攻撃力や守備力も増減しますか?
A:モンスターの数が変動しても、攻撃力や守備力は変動しません。(09/02/28)

Trans: If a monster with power of unity equipped gets affected by gale, the final attack gets halved, and stays that way even if the number of monster changes.

Q:このカードの効果で攻撃力・守備力が半減したモンスターに《進化する人類》を装備させました。
  このとき攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:《進化する人類》の効果で攻撃力は1000又は2400になります。(09/03/16)

Trans: If a monster affected by gale gets equipped with evolving mankind, it still becomes 1k or 2.4k attack

Q:魔力カウンターが乗っていない《魔導戦士 ブレイカー》の攻撃力・守備力を半分にしました。その後、魔力カウンターが乗った場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:攻撃力は変動しません。(09/02/06)

Trans: If breaker with a token gets affected by gale (e.g. becomes 950 atk), even if its token is used to destroy m/t, it still stays 950 atk.

Q:《突進》の効果を受けた《サイバー・ドラゴン》が存在します。攻撃力・守備力を半減させた場合攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:攻撃力は2800の半分の1400となります。《突進》の効果が適用されなくなっても1400のままです。(08/12/01)

Q:攻撃力・守備力がこのカードの効果によって半減した《サイバー・ドラゴン》が存在します。
 このとき《突進》の効果を適用した場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:このときの攻撃力は1750になります。《突進》の効果が適用されなくなった場合、1050に戻ります。(08/12/01)

Trans: If cydra has rusk recklessly used already, then gale effect is used on it, it becomes 1400 atk permanent. If gale is used on cydra already, then rush recklessly is used on it, it becomes 1750 atk, then returns to 1050 atk at end phase (Do your own math as to why)

Q:攻撃力・守備力がこのカードの効果によって半減した《サイバー・ドラゴン》が存在します。
 このとき《収縮》の効果を適用した場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:このとき元々の攻撃力の半分である1050となります。
  《収縮》の効果が適用されなくなった場合、2100に戻ります。
  このカードの効果を2回適用した後、《収縮》を適用した場合も同様です。(09/03/04)

Trans: Cydra has already been affected by gale. If you use shrink on it, it stays as 1050 atk, but end phase it will return to 2100atk

Q:攻撃力・守備力が3000の冥府の使者カイエントークンが存在します。
  このモンスターの攻撃力・守備力を半減させた後、《収縮》を発動した場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:このカードの効果によって半減したあと、《収縮》を発動した場合、攻撃力0・守備力1500になります。(09/02/28)

Trans: Confirms my previous post, if use gale effect on a 3k atk 3k def gorz token, it becomes 0 atk, 1500 def. For shrink of course only atk becomes 0.

I hope this clears up most questions on gale?

Friday, June 12, 2009

Further ruling update on shrink

Baha, thats not enough lah. Your ruling update only so short, even Colin also use wrong ruling on me the other day for shrink also. Well, time to do some work here once in awhile, heh.

Alright guys, I add on abit more to the shrink rulings here...

《合成魔獣 ガーゼット》・《偉大魔獣 ガーゼット》・《霧の王》等の召喚時に攻撃力が決定するモンスターに対して発動した場合は0となり、エンドフェイズ以降も戻らない。

Brief translation:
When you use shrink on cards like mist king, garzet, etc which attack is decided by some effect when they are summoned, their attack becomes 0, which stays 0 even after end phase. (I assume this works on gorz tokens as well)

《紅蓮魔獣 ダ・イーザ》・《毒蛇王ヴェノミノン》等の永続効果で攻撃力が常に変化しているモンスターに対して発動した場合はこのカードの効果が適用されるが、その後にこれらのモンスターの攻撃力が変化する永続効果が適用され、結果攻撃力が変化しない。

Brief translation:
Monsters like venominaga, tragodia etc with permanent effects that make their attacks change constantly, shrink has no effect on such cards.

Q: 装備魔法等で強化されているモンスターに対し発動した場合、計算はどのように行いますか?
A:まず《収縮》の効果で元々の攻撃力を半分にし、その後装備魔法等によるステータス変化を計算します。
 例えば、攻撃力3000のモンスターが《デーモンの斧》を装備しているとします。
 このモンスターに《収縮》を発動した場合、3000÷2=1500とした後で《デーモンの斧》の計算をし1500+1000=2500となります。

Brief translation:
If blue eyes has demon axe on it already equipped, and you use shrink on it. It becomes 1500 (base attack) + 1000 (demon axe) = 2500
PS: Colin, no cheating people to become 2000 atk thanks yah. Power of unity big difference leh

Q: :《リミッター解除》で攻撃力が2倍になった《ナノブレイカー》(基本攻撃力1600)に《収縮》を発動した場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
A:《リミッター解除》の効果をキャンセルして《収縮》の効果を計算するため、攻撃力は800になります。
 なお、《リミッター解除》の攻撃力上昇はキャンセルされますが、エンドフェイズの破壊効果はキャンセルされません。

Brief translation:
If nano breaker (base 1600 atk) already has limit break used to make it (3200 atk), then you use shrink on it, it becomes 800 atk (half of base), but as it cancels limit break, the monster does not die in end turn.
Edit by Bahamut: cheating spotted, u cannot cancel the destruction effect of Limit break!
Edit by DS: Sorry lah, rush out and see wrongly can anot. Please note, limit break's destruction effect still goes through

Q:《巨大化》で攻撃力が2倍になった《ナノブレイカー》(基本攻撃力1600)に《収縮》を発動した場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
 また、《収縮》で攻撃力が1/2になった《ナノブレイカー》(基本攻撃力1600)に《巨大化》を発動した場合、攻撃力はどうなりますか?
 (《リミッター解除》は「攻撃力」を2倍にするが、《巨大化》は「元々の攻撃力」を2倍にするため、効果が異なる)
A:「元々の数値が2倍(もしくは半分)になる効果」が複数回適用される場合、後から発動した効果に上書きされます。
 つまり「《巨大化》→《収縮》」ならば800に、「《収縮》→《巨大化》」ならば3200になります。

Brief translation:
For megamorph and shrink, depends on which is used first. If the monster already has megamorph on it, then you use shrink, it becomes 800 atk. If the monster has been shrinked, but you use megamorph on it, it becomes 3200 atk

Q:攻撃力2000のモンスターが《突進》の効果で攻撃力2700となっています。
 このモンスターに《収縮》を発動した場合、どうなりますか?
A:《突進》の上昇分はキャンセルされ、攻撃力は1000になります。
 これは、《突進》が効果が永続的な装備魔法ではないからです。

Brief translation:
This is for rush recklessly of adding 700 attack. In this case is same as honest, rush recklessly is cancelled, it becomes 1000atk.

Conclusion:
So in all, this is a slight comparision between temporary effects, continuous effects, etc. Continuous effects like power of unity, demon axe etc will not be affected by shrink as their effect is *constantly refreshed* (Not sure if thats the right way to put it. But temporary stuff like honest, rush recklessly etc, will be affected as the effect has been applied previously and will not be refreshed. Hope this has been a help to everyone.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Ruling update

I'm putting this upon request of a friend.

When you use Shrink and opponent chains with Honest, I always thought that Honest will overwrite everything else but I was wrong! Shrink actually doesn't half your base attack, it makes your attack into half of your base attack. See the diff?

Example:
Player A Black Magician attack Player B Blue Eyes White Dragon and uses Shrink and Player B chains with Honest.
-> Honest Resolves making Blue Eyes' attack into 5500
-> Shrink Resolves making Blue Eyes attack into 1500 (!) instead of 4000 (1500 from Shrink and 2500 from Honest)

Questions, leave it at the tagboard.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Tournament report: Duelist Showdown [7/6/09]

Finally an update lol =D

Deck used: Frog 1 kill (now locally known as Frog Porridge with Fishballs)

Deck list can be found on the post below... Yes I net decked it exactly the same except the side deck which I picked crazy cards out of my album to side and did not use anyway.

The actual purpose of participation today was a test of luck. I am sure everyone who participated was eyeing the lucky draw prize, so doesn't really matter what deck you are playing.

Round 1: Vs AKB OO

Duel 1: Start first and OTK.
Duel 2: He end without doing anything so I OTK too.

Round 2: Vs Endymion Magician deck XOX

Duel 1: Start second. Was doing the combo already then he cyclone my Seal of Heritage =( My Dark Dive went into Cylinder... Btw I had a "oh shit!" moment when he activated Terra Forming. If he take Spellcaster Village also can close shop haha but don't think he got put.
Duel 2: Start first and OTK
Duel 3: It was an OTK hand, but I was too scrub to realise. It was One for One, Hand Severing, 2 Seal of heritage, Fishborg and a Malenlightened Frog. So I died...

Round 3: Gladiator Beast XOO

Duel 1: Something horrible happened, can't remember what.
Duel 2: Start First and OTK
Duel 3: For some reason, He decided not to Bottomless my Death Frog. I Sync into Brionac cos I got spare hand to throw and cleared back row and then followed by the usual.

Round 4: Black Feather OXO

Round 1: He solemn twice. One was on my Seal and the other I think on Brionac. Then I left a Dewlauren, Substitoad, Ruri and a Fishborg in grave. turn into DDB and shoot everything just nice 2000 lol..
Round 2: God Bird Attack is too strong. True Story
Round 3: Start first and OTK

Round 5: Black Feather OXO

Round 1: The usual stuff.
Round 2: Cycloned my Seal, Desperate attack met Mirror Force lol =(
Round 3: Due to some misplay, I only had 2 Ice Tiger, Death Frog and Substitoad. My hand was Seal of Heritage. No choice end turn, but he also bad hand. Safe!

Round 6: Lightlord OO

Round 1: Nothing, and getting beaten for about 4 turns and finally draw a Substitoad and won.
Round 2: Start second and OTK.

Round 7: Gladiator Beast OXO

Round 1: Start first and OTK
Round 2: He start with Dimension Fissure. Scooped.
Round 3: Start First and OTK.

Apologies to my opponent who have to endure my long play and a little bit of pauses/rewinding due to my misplays.

Well anyway, the 15 packs was crap as expected. Only 1 XX Saber Gatoms. Luckily I won the Brionac from the lucky draw. I suspect second place pack was the best! Feedback please! Any Holo Ancient Fairy?? lol

Luck Test Result: Success. Looks like I have exhausted my luck for this month (or year probably) I sense World Championship will be bad luck all the way, who knows...

Feedback: A alot of people surrounding me during the final match and revealing information of what I draw with their gasps and "omg wtf bbq" comments. So yah, hope next time the barrier will be put to good use.

Edit: For the lazy people.

Monster 18

[3] Fishborg Gunner
[3] Substitoad
[3] Death Frog
[3] Dupe Frog
[3] Demon Roar God Ruri
[3] Volcanic Bullet

Spell 22

[3] Seal of Heritage
[3] Pot of Avarice
[3] Hand Severing
[3] Dark World Dealing
[3] Upstart Goblin
[3] One for One
[2] Foolish Burial
[1] Card Destruction
[1] Card of Safe Return

Extra Deck

[3] Ice Barrier King Tiger Dewloren
[1] Dark Dive Bomber
[1] Power Tool Dragon
[1] Ice Barrier Dragon Brionac
[9] Insert any synchro you want here