Lesson 2: "The Big 3" [solved by Suzaku]

Lesson #2

"The Big 3"

As you are probably aware, in some form or another, the top decks of the current format is the Big Three- Wind-Ups, Dino Rabbit, and Inzektors. Whether you are a die hard fan, or devoted hater of these decks, it is essential that you have a basic understanding of these decks.

Wind-Ups- they are famous for the Wind-up Loop, which strips your hand bare. No matter what powerful cards you have, its useless if you aren’t able to activate them right?
Key cards:
For the loop- Wind-up rat, wind-up hunter, wind-up zenmaighty
Wind-up rabbit (great field presence), Wind-up shark (general good card),
Wind-up Factory (searches for more wind-ups)
Weaknesses:
Maxx “c”, effect veiler, fiendish chain, rivalary of warlords/ gozen match, skill drain,
d.d. crow, cyber dragon, snowman eater,

Dino Rabbit- featuring the cute (or evil) rescue rabbit, and normal dinosaurs, summoning major powerhouses that negate you spells, traps, and summons! (and you thought Legendary six samurai shi en was bad!)
Key cards:
Rescue rabbit, Tour Guide from the underworld, normal dinosaurs, evolsaur laggia and dolkka.
Weaknesses:
Maxx “c”, bottomless trap hole, rivalary of warlords/ gozen match, snowman eater,

Inzektors- Equipping like dragunity and blowing up like icarus attack! Insects that sting!
Key cards: Inzektor dragonfly, Inzektor centipede, Inzektor hornet, Inzektor giga-mantis.
Weaknesses:
Shadow imprisoning mirror, skill drain, torrential tribute (and other similar), compulsory evacuation device, d.d. crow, effect veiler,

Task

a) List 2 further (ie not mentioned already) side deck cards to counter each of the above mentioned decks.
b) Based on the given information, and your own knowledge, explain (ie provide reasons) which deck you believe is the best out of "the Big Three"

First person to adequately answer both parts a) and b) will receive 100 DP.

Use prohibition against all 3 decks, chain disappearance is also good against inzectors and wind ups, mirror of oaths is good against rabbit decks

The best of the 3 is inzectors because their loop destroys two cards on the field every turn and can be used more than the windup loop can. However, smart people will make an inzector deck that uses the wind up loop and that's the best deck you can make out of the three

For wind ups: thunder king rai-oh and Archlord Kristya

For dino rabbits: Vanity's Fiend and Effect Vieler

Inzektors: Eternal Rest and Disarmament

The best deck to make is the addition of the wind-up loop. it requires not so much space in the deck and cannot be negated by many cards except divine wrath. Mixed with inzektors u can destroy the field and the grave. for defensive and counterable measures, i'd say to best add divine wrath and dark bribe because u wudnt want any traps or effect to counter ur effs.

@Suzaku: Prohibition is meh as in most meta decks you wont (or shouldnt) have space for this. Other answers valid.

@Mamit43: Thunder king definitely, krystia true but only if youre running a deck that can summon it, we're looking at general cards here, e.g. fossil dyna
Effect Veiler is crap against dino rabbit as more often than not your opponent is going to retain player priority to activate rescue rabbit rendering veiler useless, the only use would be against tour guide, but if they're summoning tour guide to go into leviair, youre probably losing anyway. Maxx "C" is very good in the dino rabbit match up.
Enteral rest not really, no as once they finish looping you theyre not going to have something equipped. Disarmament doesnt really do anything, as it does not negate the effect.

@ Both: I dont agree at all with your opinions of the best deck- the deck you described relies on monster effects and would easily get crippled by dino rabbit (dolkka), and other cards that are frequently mained, e.g. fiendish chain. Nevertheless you have answered the question which was the objective of the task.

100 Duel Points awarded to Suzaku for being the first to fulfil the task requirements.

WOW DRAGON THIS IS AMAZING KEEP UP THE CLASSES

DragonMaster99 wrote:

@Suzaku: Prohibition is meh as in most meta decks you wont (or shouldnt) have space for this. Other answers valid.

@Mamit43: Thunder king definitely, krystia true but only if youre running a deck that can summon it, we're looking at general cards here, e.g. fossil dyna
Effect Veiler is crap against dino rabbit as more often than not your opponent is going to retain player priority to activate rescue rabbit rendering veiler useless, the only use would be against tour guide, but if they're summoning tour guide to go into leviair, youre probably losing anyway. Maxx "C" is very good in the dino rabbit match up.
Enteral rest not really, no as once they finish looping you theyre not going to have something equipped. Disarmament doesnt really do anything, as it does not negate the effect.

@ Both: I dont agree at all with your opinions of the best deck- the deck you described relies on monster effects and would easily get crippled by dino rabbit (dolkka), and other cards that are frequently mained, e.g. fiendish chain. Nevertheless you have answered the question which was the objective of the task.

100 Duel Points awarded to Suzaku for being the first to fulfil the task requirements.

I don't actually ever side prohibition because of space issues, but it does work against pretty much all deck types and you had already listed all of the best sides against those 3 decks