Adam Murphy

About:

Adam Murphy (also known as LonelyCowboy) is an Irish Yu-Gi-Oh! enthusiast with a deep love for the game and a passion for and understanding of its more technical side.

Decks of particular interest to him are Phantom Knights, Thunder Dragon, and Swordsoul.

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Yu-Gi-Flow: How to Stop Kashtira

Adam Murphy | 2023-03-30

With Kashtira the hottest deck of the moment, you are bound to see a lot of it at the upcoming 250th YCS events. But, as so many other best decks before it, Kashtira is never more than a few hand traps away from defeat. Here's a little infographic detailing which ones you can use, and when you should!

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2022's Top 5 Spells, Hand Traps, and Extra-Deck Monsters

Adam Murphy | 2022-12-19

It's time to reveal the cards that hundreds of you were looking for last week—and thousands of you had been looking for throughout the year. Here are the five spells, five hand traps, and five extra-deck monsters that sold the most copies in 2022. How many did you get correct? Which ones did you miss?

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Welcome Back, Events! We Missed You!

Adam Murphy | 2022-12-08

As Christmas approaches and the year draws to a close, we want to take the opportunity to express just how good 2022 was for competitive Yu-Gi-Oh! … Following nearly two years of mostly online tournaments and hiding in our houses, we got to enjoy a plethora of events throughout 2022!

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Winning Irish Regionals with Runick Spright

Adam Murphy | 2022-10-24

Doing well at a tournament is always great and that goes double when it's an important event with qualification on the line. There's also a lot to be learned. Learn all about the deck choice, the reasons to go Runick as well as the deck's biggest issues, about the tournament and matchups here!

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