Fire/Direct damage deck: Burnination

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This is a secondary deck I'm working on, focusing on direct damage, which mostly relates to fire monsters, so there are a lot of them.

Monsters:
(7+ star)
Horus lv8
Tyrant Dragon (a.k.a. Trogdor)

(5/6 star)
Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch x2
Saber Beetle
Horus lv6

(Fighters)
Blazing Inpachi x2
Familiar Possessed Hiita x3
Solar Flare Dragon x3
Raging Flame Sprite
The Thing in the Crater
UFO Turtle
Gaia Soul The Combustible Collective
Horus lv4

(weak effect)
Magician of Faith
Mask of Darkness
Sangan
Witch of the black forest
Princess of Tsurugi x2

Magic:
Raigeki
Harpie's Feather Duster
Monster Reborn
Mystical Space Typhoon
Swords of Revealing Light
Pot of Greed
Dark Hole
Different Dimension Capsule
Wave-Motion Cannon x3
Molten Destruction x2
Riryoku
Tremendous Fire
Misfortune

Trap:
Spiritual Fire art-Kurenai x3
Backfire x2
Just Desserts x2
Rising Energy
Damage Condenser
Barrel Behind the Door
Ring of Destruction
Call of the Haunted
Mirror Force
Magic Cylinder
Negate Attack
Draining Shield

Monster: 25
Magic: 16
Trap: 16
Total: 57 cards

[SKR]

good deck but id cut to just fire fire decks kill fox fire with backfire is so cheap

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Fox fire is alright, it's basically a free defender as long as it's destroyed in battle, but you can't tribute it, otherwise it would be awesome. Having it out with backfire is only cheap if your opponent is stupid enough to keep attacking it instead of just waiting for you to summon something else or a non-battle way to destroy it.

[yalefield]

Why so many cards??

-For example, cut Horus and Tyrant Dragon along with BES....
-63 cards is way too heavy, a deck should be around 40 yet this deck is not the fast type....
-What about using Stealth Bird??

[SKR]

Wave Motion Cannon!!!!!!

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Indeed.

I know my decks are a bit big but there are a lot of great cards I want to use. I also don't want to be left with nothing I can do when one of my combos is stopped. And why on earth would anyone with horus take it out? Destroy a monster or two and your opponent can't use magic but you can and you've got a 3000 atk monster out. woot. I also just found out about big bang shot and I'm thinking of adding it but I'm not sure what to take out for it.

[Zuo Ci]

Dear SKR,

My name is Zuo Ci, for what I am seeing so forth, oh my goodness! You are running a deck of 63 cards!? Now wait just a moment, I appreciated that you are running a fire deck, but 63 cards? Now that is way to much. Looks like you entered my first stage of advice. In order to reach my second stage, you have to cut your deck to about 40 to 45 cards. Narrow your deck to about 40 to 45 for me, and ill give you some of my help tips. At this rate, your deck is so cluttered, obtaining certain cards on the first turn will be difficult for you. But dont give, I will help you, so good luck and I'll be here when you're ready.

You'll received my advice soon,
Zuo Ci :r:

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It's actually my deck, not SKR's. But anyway, I do see your point. I took out the wind monsters which trimmed it down to 58 cards, but I'm really not sure what to take out to get it down further. I want to add UFO turtle, Heated heart/big bang shot, and maybe misfortune. I can try to whittle it down to 50 cards, but I don't think I can take it all the way down to 40.

[mastercollect]

yo were did u get that horus lv 8 ive been looking everywere and that deck is sweet

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I got horus lv8 from ebay for about $6.

[Zuo Ci]

Dear I cant seem to understand your name,

So you took out all of those wind monsters after all, okay thats a good start, if you are focusing on fire monsters here are some of my burning tips! Horus is one monster I always have difficult going up against, keep in your deck. If you want Horus back on the field, use Level Modulation to special summon back any LV monster to the field, in exhchange its effect can activate on the turn it was special summoned. Remember Tyrant Dragon might be tolerant against all trap cards, but its not true. Certain Trap cards like Trap Hole can target one monster on the field, or even Bottomless Trap Hole, can defeat Tyrant Dragon, so remember that. A Cat of Ill Omens effect wont work fast for you unless you have Necrovalley, so replace it with another fire monster. Yes, you should place 3 UFO Turtles in your deck as well. 3 Solar Flare Dragons, Im already aware 2 Solar Flare Dragons on the field itself and you're unstoppable! You have 3 Wave Cannons in your deck, not thats unstoppable! I dont know why you have Riroyku in your deck, suggest replacing it with something else. How about replacing Tremendous Fire with Meteor of Destruction, unless costing you 500 LP is worth it you can trigger BBTD to give 500 damage to the opponent. You should put Des Wombat to protect your LP in case you dont have BBTD on your field. I got some secrets for you. First up, like I tell everyone, place a Premature Burial in your deck, its only an 800LP cost, but special summoning a monster is worth it. For more ATK power, try putting in anotehr Molten Destruction, or try putting in United We Stand and Mage Power in it. Finally, if you want it balanced, how about 25 Monsters and 25 magic/trap cards in your deck. Wow, this is starting to burn me up! Hope you enjoy this advice, good luck with a hot deck of yours!

Sincerelly,
Zuo Ci :D :r:

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Trap hole and bottomless trap hole don't work on tyrant dragon. It's immune to all single target traps. Mirror force would still work, but anything that effects one monster is automatically negated and destroyed. I have riryoku because essentialy one of your opponent's monsters is destroyed and one of yours gets to attack directly. I'm also trying to fit in an Ancient Gear Cannon, but I'm not sure where. (made a few changes to the deck)

[OBELISK628]

if u want fire/direct damage deck u forgot lava golem with any trap stoper like Spellbinding circle and Shadow Spell

[Zuo Ci]

Okay Cardflipper,

You are right that Trap Hole doesn't work on Tyrant Dragon. However it still can be destroyed because if trap cards like Mirror Force and Torrential Tribute are active, it will still be destroyed because it targets all monsters and not on one monster like Tyrant Dragon. And remember it can only execute its Atk twice feature once per turn, just because it already attacked the second monster doesnt mean it will atk on the third. And remember if you want Tyrant Dragon to be special summoned, make sure you tribute a dragon monster. Wait how about adding some masked dragons in your deck, it can also help you obtain Tyrant in case it goes to the grave. Okay the rest is up to you.

Sincerelly,
Zuo Ci :p :r:

[bhim]

Lower the count to 40 or so. Otherwise, good deck. I'm just not sure what to cut down on...