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Joe Giorlando: Dark Striking in 2013
The summer of 2009 will forever be known as Dark Strike Format. The format was dominated by the likes of Synchro Cat, Blackwings, Black Salvo, Read more
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Timing: Planning Backrows
I was almost positive I was going to write about the upcoming YCS in San Diego this weekend. But I made the decision against going Read more
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Acting Like You Have Been There Before
This might be an interesting topic to write about, but I was inspired to write about it while watching the Top 32 matches at YCS Read more
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Evilswarms Impact in New Jersey
The upcoming Hidden Arsenal has obviously caused quite a stir throughout the dueling community. With archtypes like Prophecy, Mermail and Elemental Dragons focusing on spamming Read more
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Scaffolding Yu-Gi-Oh
One of the beauties of my time in the game of Yu-Gi-Oh, is that I have gotten to experience each of the pivotal steps that Read more
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Joe Giorlando: Defeating Infernity
Now that Hidden Arsenal has hit the shelves, the Yu-Gi-Oh world has been graced by release of numerous format shifting cards. From the power and Read more
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Nationals Season: Control and Composure
For some unforesaken reason, Konami has perpetually decided to develop formats during Nationals season with a plethora of decks with alarming power. Some of the Read more
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YCS New Jersey: Reflections and Spellbooks
So with YCS New Jersey in the books, I imagine the entire Yu-Gi-Oh community is looking forward to the upcoming Nationals season. But before we Read more
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Joe Giorlando: The New Era in Yu-Gi-Oh
May I be the first to welcome you to the new age of Yu-Gi-Oh. An era where some of the previously most powerful cards in Read more
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Joe Giorlando: The Mirror Match through Time
Think about how many sayings there are to describe two equally matched foes. We have all heard about the immovable object meeting the unstoppable force, Read more
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The Winning Touch: Rodrigo’s Dragons
I have never written an article like this before, so feel free to comment below on what you think after reading. Anyway, seeing as how Read more
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The Winning Touch: Baker’s Library
So last week we covered Rodrigo Togores’ build of Dragon Rulers which allow him to take home the WCQ in Spain. This week I decided Read more
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The Winning Touch: Evilswarm Trends
So over the course of the last two weeks we looked at Rodrigo’s Dragon Ruler and Kye Baker’s Prophecy decklists. Seeing as how they are Read more
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Joe Giorlando: Playstyles? Of course.
I was planning on writing about a decklist from the Greek Nationals this week, which is why my article was not ready by Monday since Read more
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Joe Giorlando: Analyzing Euros
Can you believe the North American World Championship Qualifier is just a week away? I know I certainly cannot. The break in competitive play in Read more
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Playing Against Future Traps
As I was playtesting for the North American World Championship Qualifier this upcoming weekend, I realized a general principle in Yu-Gi-Oh that has become particularly Read more
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Reflecting on the New Era
This is the first article that I have had posted since the North American World Championship Qualifier. I wrote another one, which might be posted Read more
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September 1st Ban List Prediction
It is just about that time of the year. Historically speaking, we are about a week or so away from the official leak of the Read more
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The New Day: September 1st
Wow. What else is there to say? Honestly, who in their right mind would have seen this coming? We have been playing under the OCG Read more
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YCS Toronto Predictions
I hope everyone has been frantically testing because YCS Toronto is finally upon us. I did not think it was a good idea to write Read more
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