Sunday, March 17, 2013

Evilswarms of the Cosmos

I've been experimenting with Evilswarms on Dueling Network for a while now. After testing multiple variants, I've determined this to be superior to other Evilswarm variants. This version is currently undefeated on Dueling Network (though that doesn't say much). This is my current build:

3 Evilswarm Heliotrope
3 Evilswarm Castor
3 Evilswarm Mandragora
3 Evilswarm Thunderbird
2 Evilswarm Azzathoth
2 Evilswarm Hraesvelg
2 Rescue Rabbit

3 Infestation Pandemic
3 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
1 Dark Hole
2 Forbidden Lance

2 Macro Cosmos
1 Solemn Warning
1 Solemn Judgment
1 Starlight Road
1 Safe Zone
1 Compulsory Evacuation Device
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
2 Fiendish Chain

3 Evilswarm Ophion
1 Evilswarm Bahamut
1 Evilswarm Ouroboros
1 Evilswarm Thanatos
1 Lavalval Chain
1 Diamond Dire Wolf
1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
1 Gagaga Cowboy
1 Photon Papilloperative
1 Number 39: Utopia
1 Number 16: Shock Master
1 Number 50: Blackship of Corn
1 Stardust Dragon

Now, I'm going to assume that you know what most of these cards do, and if you don't, you can search them. Aside from the usual standard line of triple Castor, Heliotrope and Thunderbird, I have played around with other Evilswarm monsters. I like Mandragora because it is a free special summon, and playing 3 of them ensures I will see it enough for it to be active. For defense, I'm playing 2 Azzathoth and 2 Hraesvelg because they bounce monsters, and have pretty good defensive stats.

I think the spells are pretty standard. I play 3 Infestation Pandemic because it is broken, and 2 Lance for the things Pandemic can't do.

In regards to the traps, I believe Macro Cosmos is mandatory. It hurts so many decks, particularly Mermails. The Mermail player won't be able to summon Undine, dump Heavy Infantry and destroy Ophion. Equivalent logic applies to Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Bear. My personal tech choice, besides Macro, is Safe Zone. People will use Dark Hole to destroy an Ophion, and if you don't have the Pandemic, Safe Zone is a nice equivalent.

Right now I'm content with the extra deck. I elected to play 1 Thanatos because of its immunity to other monster effects, which is pretty handy against Heavy Infantry and Fire Fist - Bear. I'm also playing 3 Ophion because it's good to have as many as possible, in case something goes wrong. The rest of the extra deck is self-explanatory.

In conclusion, I believe this should be the optimal build as soon as Hidden Arsenal 7 is released. I have no doubts that this will be the next, unquestionable Tier 1 deck. I believe that this deck will have to adapt to combat Tachyon Galaxy when it appears, however this is more than excellent for now.

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