The New Yu-Gi-Oh Thread: Construct Joins Stratos in the Halfway House

ZeonTheUnborn · December 21, 2015, 7:50am

How much do you think Pendulum Wizard, Traptrix Rafflesia, Dinoster, and CDI will all run for respectively?

Saitsu · December 21, 2015, 7:54am

I would normally guess high, but with the new ratios it’s hard to see how much it’ll affect secondary market prices.

I’m sure that Sorcerer will run the highest of the four though as the others aren’t needed in multiples.

ZeonTheUnborn · December 21, 2015, 7:55am

New ratios? What, we’ll be getting more secrets per box/case or something? Or are they going the way of vanguard and including a rare in every pack?

Saitsu · December 21, 2015, 7:56am

Super or higher in every pack, Ultimate and Ghost Rares eliminated, ratio of Ultra and Secret per pack essentially cut in half.

TheRock-BoS · December 21, 2015, 9:46am

Pendulum Wizard and Infinity will be $100 minimum out of the gate due to hype. It will drop or rise based on their meta performance.

You earn your invite at Regionals or higher events to the WCQ (essentially North American championship).

My regionals/YCS/WCQ/Worlds tips:

Don’t take ANYTHING you would mind losing. Don’t be that guy who has a great binder, but all the first 5 pages are not for trade. You just make yourself a target. Have a small empty box and throw all cards you got through trades in it. Don’t bring your “fun” deck if you can help it.

I say all this as someone who has had their entire collection stolen at a Regionals. If you don’t mind losing it, or it’s not your deck you’re playing, don’t bring it.

Bring a simple calculator, mini-notepad, pens, pencils, and a playmat. And no, not a playmat with bikini anime crap on it. Judges will make you put it away for the rest of the day. If you have to ask, then no, not appropriate.
When you need a judge, call judge and raise your hand, and keep it up. Judges can’t find you if you don’t keep your hand raised. Appeal if you don’t think the ruling is right. It’s your right. Just don’t go saying “my opponent deserves a game loss because they made so and so play”. That’s a good way to make sure the judge knows you’re rule sharking. And don’t bring up an error like that when you’re about to lose when you already let it go earlier. And don’t ask “can I do this” questions. Half of the time, judges can’t answer because it would be coaching answer (influencing your play) or giving player information they shouldn’t have. If you want to make sure a play is legal in a match, just ask a judge to observe you, then make your play. They will stop you if it isn’t, and answer your opponent’s questions on whether it is or isnt’t.
When you finish a match, de-side, and put EVERYTHING away right away, even if you get trade offers. Getting distracted is a good way for your deck to get swiped. Trade one person at a time.

TheRock-BoS · December 21, 2015, 9:46am

4 ultras and 2 secrets per box now.

ZeonTheUnborn · December 21, 2015, 11:35am

Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeat. Just about everything I want out that set is secret.

Saitsu · December 21, 2015, 11:47am

You and everyone else.

DiNyc3st · December 21, 2015, 6:15pm

TheRock-BoS:

Pendulum Wizard and Infinity will be $100 minimum out of the gate due to hype. It will drop or rise based on their meta performance.

xEGAxBeastkingx:

The card game is actually pretty cheap as long as you avoid all the meta cards. I find it amazing how someone is willing to pay someone 100 bucks for one card when chances are said card becomes illegal to use by the next format or two.

BTW I got my first invite to regionals but I’m not sure if I should go or not. Tips?

You earn your invite at Regionals or higher events to the WCQ (essentially North American championship).

My regionals/YCS/WCQ/Worlds tips:

Don’t take ANYTHING you would mind losing. Don’t be that guy who has a great binder, but all the first 5 pages are not for trade. You just make yourself a target. Have a small empty box and throw all cards you got through trades in it. Don’t bring your “fun” deck if you can help it.

I say all this as someone who has had their entire collection stolen at a Regionals. If you don’t mind losing it, or it’s not your deck you’re playing, don’t bring it.

Bring a simple calculator, mini-notepad, pens, pencils, and a playmat. And no, not a playmat with bikini anime crap on it. Judges will make you put it away for the rest of the day. If you have to ask, then no, not appropriate.

When you need a judge, call judge and raise your hand, and keep it up. Judges can’t find you if you don’t keep your hand raised. Appeal if you don’t think the ruling is right. It’s your right. Just don’t go saying “my opponent deserves a game loss because they made so and so play”. That’s a good way to make sure the judge knows you’re rule sharking. And don’t bring up an error like that when you’re about to lose when you already let it go earlier. And don’t ask “can I do this” questions. Half of the time, judges can’t answer because it would be coaching answer (influencing your play) or giving player information they shouldn’t have. If you want to make sure a play is legal in a match, just ask a judge to observe you, then make your play. They will stop you if it isn’t, and answer your opponent’s questions on whether it is or isnt’t.

When you finish a match, de-side, and put EVERYTHING away right away, even if you get trade offers. Getting distracted is a good way for your deck to get swiped. Trade one person at a time.

I be trolling like “JUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDGE!?!?”

But naw he’s right on everything with the addition on don’t be rude to Any Judges in duty. They’ll be quick to disqualify and kick you out.

ZeonTheUnborn · December 21, 2015, 8:04pm

Well…me and my boy may try to buy a case then. Hopefully that should assure us 3 wizards and an infinity. We could probably sell the excess and make a good chunk of change back.

ZeonTheUnborn · December 24, 2015, 6:14am

Decided I wanted to play blue eyes in the future, started picking up some blue eyes stuff and working on a preliminary deck list at the moment.

FDream · December 25, 2015, 4:04am

first DN duel of the day

xEGAxBeastkingx · December 25, 2015, 5:40am

The guy is playing Komzo. He has absolutely no room to complain about anything.

Also I’m offended that dude had the nerve to name himself after one of my favorite wrestlers.

Saitsu · December 25, 2015, 5:50am

Yeah sorry, I think I made all Kozmo players hate DDD.

xEGAxBeastkingx · December 25, 2015, 5:59am

I’ll be honest though. I can’t exactly tell why the Kozmo player got so salty based on that screen. Maybe a D/D/D player can explain it to me?

Saitsu · December 25, 2015, 6:15am

The hand actually isn’t amazing. Best you’ll get from that is Caesar + D’arc but it’d cost quite a few resources and Errors is all but irrelevant in the matchup unless it happens to be an Anti-Pendulum Kozmo build (and even then Gate will already be on the board).

Could also instead just go straight Caesar and grab Witch with Kepler and sit on the fact that the Kozmo player will have no decent way over Caesar, but then you risk a lot of burn the following turn.

ZeonTheUnborn · December 26, 2015, 6:51am

Man, I’m really skeptical about buying things from people on the Zodiac FB group and other players in general. I get the feeling that a majority of them want to scalp me on the price and try doing every underhanded thing possible.

Saitsu · December 26, 2015, 8:30am

Then…don’t?

ZeonTheUnborn · December 26, 2015, 11:11am

I was just venting, I didn’t buy from him, with that said, how has you guys experiences been dealing with people over paypal etc? Outside of asking for timestamps and looking for references, anything else I should/could do?

Saitsu · December 26, 2015, 11:27am

Simple. I don’t buy anything from anyone that isn’t a reputable vendor and even then I avoid it unless absolutely necessary.