My Views on Solemn Warning

Today I will be discussing this card because it has come to my attention that it will be reprinted in November. For the record, I did see this coming because of all the latest reprints. Anyway, is Solemn Warning a good card to utilize this format?

I've heard the entire spectrum of good player's views on this card viewing website after website and actually going on Youtube... since I can do it so freely now!!!! I'm going to be completely honest it's not a bad a card but it's definitely not as good as last format.

Solemn Warning is a card completely associated with chance this format. You can pay 2000 life points to negate a potentially important summon but then face a BLS with no defense. However will your opponent always have BLS at that moment or draw it later during the game? It is only 1 out of 40 cards. Don't forget with MST at 3 the opportunity to use a Warning may not exist because it will constantly be destroyed. Solemn Warning is best this format against decks that cannot effectively include multiple bosses. Decks like those are Gladiator Beasts and Gravekeepers for example.

I have currently constructed a deck that doesn't use Solemn Warnings but can punish players who do use Solemn Warnings. The deck punishes players that play multiple boss monsters while I myself have 10 boss monsters. Finally my deck isn't completely annihilated by 3 MST and Heavy Storm. I believe it is the deck I will take to YCS Toronto if I attend and the deck I will take to Belleville Locals tomorrow if I attend (I don't think I will anymore but it's still a possibility). Hopefully I can go tomorrow just to playtest this deck with actual players and not the online trash of Dueling Network. I originally was going to use 2 Warnings in the deck but I removed them for two boss monsters that do more positive for my deck that I initially imagined.

In conclusion I think Solemn Warning can be included if it fits without a problem in the main deck because it still does stuff and can still win games. I would side out at least one game 2 though.

Mario