Tech Genus Tech

By now, everyone should know that T.G. Stun won YCS Atlanta. The week before this event started, I was thinking about playing it for Regionals. So I put a build together and played it at a double box tournament on the weekend, and I went undefeated. I have changed my decklist slightly since then, but this is what I played at the tournament, to the best of my memory:

3 Striker
2 Warwolf
3 Rhino
3 Tengu
2 King Tiger
3 Maxx "c"

3 Shard of Greed
3 Duality
1 Reborn
1 Dark Hole
1 Book of Moon

3 Horn of the Phantom Beast
3 Skill Drain
2 Warning
1 Judgment
1 Dustshoot
2 Fiendish Chain
2 Dark Bribe
1 Starlight Road

1 Power Gladiator
1 Wonder Magician
1 Hyper Librarian
1 Catastor
1 Brionac
1 Barkion
1 Gaia Knight
1 Orient Dragon
1 Stardust
1 Scrap Dragon
1 Trishula
1 Gachi
1 Zenmaines
1 Utopia
1 Chimeratech Fortress Dragon

Side-deck:

2 Cyber Dragon
2 Thunder King
2 Banisher of the Radiance
1 King Tiger
3 MST
3 Macro Cosmos
2 Trap Stun

I really like the deck. I was toying around with other options like Black Horn of Heaven. Anyway, today all the decklists from YCS Atlanta were released and I saw these two decklists...

Marquis Henderson – 1st Place (T.G.)


Monsters: 15

2 T.G. Striker

3 T.G. Warwolf

3 T.G. Rush Rhino

3 Reborn Tengu

2 Thunder King Rai-Oh

2 Beast King Barbaros

Spells: 7

3 Pot of Duality

1 Pot of Avarice

1 Monster Reborn

1 Dark Hole

1 Mystical Space Typhoon

Traps: 18

3 Horn of the Phantom Beast

3 Skill Drain

2 TG1-EM1

1 Solemn Warning

1 Solemn Judgment

2 Bottomless Trap Hole

1 Torrential Tribute

1 Mirror Force

2 Dimensional Prison

2 Starlight Road

Extra Deck: 15

1 Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

2 Stardust Dragon

1 Red Dragon Archfiend

1 Black Rose Dragon

1 Ancient Fairy Dragon

1 Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

1 Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth

1 T.G. Hyper Librarian

1 T.G. Power Gladiator

1 Ally of Justice Catastor

1 T.G. Wonder Magician

2 Number 39: Utopia

1 Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

Side Deck: 15

3 Des Wombat

2 Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer

2 Cyber Dragon

2 Mystical Space Typhoon

2 Safe Zone

2 Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror

1 Mind Crush

1 TG1-EM1

Branden Buck – Top 32 (T.G.)


Monsters: 14

3 T.G. Warwolf

3 T.G. Rush Rhino

3 Reborn Tengu

2 T.G. Striker

2 King Tiger Wanghu

1 Maxx “C”

Spells: 8

1 Book of Moon

1 Monster Reborn

1 Pot of Avarice

1 Dark Hole

2 Pot of Duality

2 Shard of Greed

Traps: 20

3 Skill Drain

3 Horn of the Phantom Beast

3 TG1-EM1

1 Torrential Tribute

1 Mirror Force

1 Compulsory Evacuation Device

1 Dimensional Prison

1 Bottomless Trap Hole

2 Solemn Warning

1 Solemn Judgment

2 Starlight Road

1 Dark Bribe

Extra Deck: 15

1 Leviair the Sea Dragon

1 Number 17: Leviathan Dragon

1 Steelswarm Roach

1 Number 39: Utopia

1 Chimeratech Fortress Dragon

2 T.G. Wonder Magician

1 Ally of Justice Catastor

1 T.G. Hyper Librarian

1 Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

1 Naturia Beast

1 Black Rose Dragon

1 Stardust Dragon

1 Scrap Dragon

1 Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

Side Deck: 15

1 Cyber Dragon

2 Thunder King Rai-Oh

2 D.D. Crow

1 Effect Veiler

2 Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror

1 Chain Disappearance

1 Rivalry of Warlords

2 Mystical Space Typhoon

2 Forbidden Lance

1 Nobleman of Extermination

Both of these decklists are really strange. They made me look back and forth between my deck and these two decks. These are all the thoughts that have come to mind:

1. Lack of Maxx "C"

This is on my mind the most. There is only one Maxx "C" in both of these decklists. It is something that boggles my mind. 3 Maxx "C" is consistent, and it helped me win a lot of games on the weekend. Not to mention if you are playing Wind-Ups, they go first and explode, you probably lose if you don't have Maxx "C" or Veiler. I can understand them not playing Veiler; Skill Drain is a good card. But Maxx "C"...

2. Shard of Greed?

Right now my opinion of this card is all over the place. I like it, but it's a bad card. It just sits around for two turns. If it goes off, awesome. However sometimes if Shard of Greed could take the place of any trap in my deck, my success rate could be higher. The winner didn't play any, and the other guy only played two. To be honest, I was kinda considering playing only 2 of them, before I saw these decklists. Now my idea seems a little more solid.

3. Pot of Avarice

Both players in top 32 played this card. I've tried to stay away from it because it can be a dead card in your opening hand, and for a long time. Maybe i'll try it out now.

4. King Tiger Wanghu

The winner didn't play them at all but the other player did. I don't see why he wouldn't. It stops Inzektors and Wind-Ups, unless Skill Drain is active, and in that case it probably doesn't matter either way. With Horn equipped to Wanghu, it becomes 2500, which is really good. The winner played Barbaros instead, probably because it's a great attacker. But Wanghu addresses the meta a little more. I do want to kinda try importing Barbaros, but deck space is tight.

5. TG1-EM1

Both players in top 32 had a playset of this card. It is a really good card, and again, I do want to try and find space for 2. Deck space is an issue though...

6. Other standard traps

These top players played Mirror Force, Dimensional Prison and Bottomless Trap Hole. I want to try these cards somehow, but deck space is tight, and I'm strongly considering Black Horn of Heaven...

These are my main thoughts when comparing all 3 decklists. I'm putting a lot of time in this deck because I really want to play it at Regionals. Please leave good comments with any suggestions and advice that can potentially make this deck better.