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Starting Fresh into the New Format

Marijn van Duivenboden | 2021-07-05

Real-life events returning, a fresh ban list, still loads of online events to take part in—good reasons to be hyped for the new format. The Dragon Link oppressors are gone and it's open skies for whoever wants to claim the title. Let's look at the meta and collect ideas on how to prepare for upcoming events!

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Graveyard Reliance and Its Counters

Sherif Lewis | 2021-06-27

The current format features decent diversity—seven different decks showed up in the Top 16 of the Luxury Championship Series. However, it appears that most strategies coincidentally rely on the graveyard, in one way or another, some more than others. You should build your side deck accordingly, and you can!

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Card Spotlight: Contact "C"

Robin Schrecklinger | 2021-05-27

In this article, we will take a closer look at Contact "C"—a card that has found its way into several side decks in the past few weeks. Side deck cards, basically by definition, are meant to be good only against specific decks. Let's analyze against which decks it works best and which decks don't really care one itty bitty bit about the earthen insect.

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Side Decking Right After a Banlist

Sherif Lewis | 2020-06-22

The Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden & Limited List is a tool that Konami uses to keep the game in balance by hitting cards deemed to be a threat, or by releasing those that no longer appear threatening. A ban or unban creates a new format, which leads to the question: How do you side deck for the unknown?

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