Exodia: Automatic Victory is powerful!

[Zuo Ci]

Hello All you Yu-gi-oh TCG Duelists,

It has been too long since I fought anyone in a game of Duel Monsters, still I am hoping to face an opponent one day, but for now it will have to wait. I guess most duelists rely on power to defeat an opponents LP. To me I rely on stragtegy, I dont need strong monsters to win a duel. However to most duelists, how you feel if you got defeated by Exodia? Thats right, once I have all 5 pieces in my hand, I get to declare an automatic victory, you like that catch phrase. Well here is my deck strategy, no copying, I jus made my statement.

Exodia the Forbidden One
Left Arm of the Forbidden One
Left Leg of the Forbidden One
Right Arm of the Forbidden One
Right Leg of the Forbidden One
Witch of the Black Forest
Sangan
Emissary of the Afterlife
Emissary of the Afterlife
Emissary of the Afterlife
Cannon Soldier
Cannon Soldier
Magician of Faith
Magician of Faith
Sinister Serpent
Maticore of Darkness
Maticore of Darkness
Nimble Momonga
Nimble Momonga
Nimble Momonga
Monster Reborn
Premature Burial
Call of the Haunted
Monster Reincarnation
Messenger of Peace
Messenger of Peace
Messenger of Peace
Level Limit Area B
Harpies Feather Duster
Raigeki
Dark Hole
Torrential Tribute
Scapegoat
Pot of Greed
Graceful Charity
Painful Choice
Backup Soldier
Imperial Order
Card of Safe Return

You see people, a 40 card deck well balanced with 20 monsters for support and 20 spell/trap cards for more support. Now you know my stategy. I have seen many Exodia amateurs try to perfect the ultimate Exodia deck such as, heart of the underdog, the butterfly dagger, and decreasing monsters in a deck, thats not how it works to me, got to have stategy and knowing more about your deck, thats how I duel, with honor and respect.:D

[Dragonlords]

I remember using an Exodia Deck once. Don't you think a few monsters with extremely high defense could help that deck even more? Just a thought.

[Zuo Ci]

Dear Dragonlords,

Yes it is true, Defense is also considered to be one of my primary stategies in using an Exodia deck. Though I did try using monsters with high defense, I guess I havent had much of that kind of stategy in defense since last year. You're right, I should also come up with a stategy in defense for Exodia, I should buy the structure deck with Exxod, the Master Guard in it, after all Exodia is my favorite duel monster, ill look for some defense stategies now, thank you.

Sincerelly,
Zuo Ci :D

[Chaosahanu]

The only problem I can see with your deck is the lack of magic/trap counters. If I was to play eye of truth and have card destruction in my hand, it'd be merely a matter of waiting for most of the exodia pieces to show up before activating.

[Zuo Ci]

Dear Chaosahanu,

Impressive for what you said to me, so if classic cards like Cermonial Bell, Respect Play, or even Eye or Truth is on the field, and an oponent pulls up something like Confiscation, Deliquient Duo, or one of my decks weakness Card Destruction. Then I would have to do something to protect myself. Just like my duels from last year, if I cant do anything or my stategy fails, I must surrender. Thanks for the gutsy advice!

Sincerelly,
Zuo Ci :eek:

[Chaosahanu]

No problem.

I personally recommend using cursed seal of the forbidden spell if you have it, that way you don't need to worry about any more of them for the rest of the duel :)

[yalefield]

Try some Spirit Reapers for more defense along with Nimble Momongas....

-Take out Manticore of Darkness for Mystic Tomatoes....
-Use another Monster Reincarnation, and 3 Messenger of Peace is too much....
-Take out Card of Safe Return for some Jar of Greed....

[Merlin]

Have you thought of Pot of Avarice, I would think this spell could be quite useful in an Exodia deck. Also, add some Spirit Reapers for defense.

[Zuo Ci]

Dear Amateurs of Yu-gi-oh TCG,

Well yes it is true, if I ever had 3 Mystic Tomatoes in my deck, it would not only allow me to thin my deck, it would also allow me to special summon monsters like another Mystic Tomato, Cannon Soldier, Sangan, or Witch of the Black Forest. This would replace the 3 Nimble Momongas in my deck, but its worth it. I must still to my infinite draw with Manticore of Darkness and Card of Safe Return, once these cards are on my field, I have the advantage. I rather stick to having 3 Messengers of Peace, besides my opponents hate it when they cant attack, and its a line of defense at the cost of 100LP per turn. 3 Jars of Greed is actually my backup stategy, but good suggestion. Finally Jar of Avarice, that is one card I want in my deck, im going to obtain this one card. Thank you.

Sincerelly,
Zuo Ci :p

[francis91]

Nice Deck! No changes! 10/10

[IllusionKnight]

A very nice backup plan: Final Countdown. One of the most underrated cards in the history of TCGs, and one of the most powerful. Play that near the beginning of the duel, and if Exodia fails, just keep stalling until your opponent has taken 10 turns. VICTORY!!! :D

Also, stop calling us amateurs. Nothing annoys me more than someone insulting my dueling skills.

[Zuo Ci]

Dear Illusion Knight,

When I considered us to be amatuers, I meant to say that we dont have to be a professional in order to play the Yu-gi-oh TCG, but since you made your point, i'll reconsider all of us as Amateurs, I never knew the definition until now. We are experienced in the game. Let me just change "Amatuer" to a better word, how about "Duelist" now thats more like. Anyone who has played the card game would stand up to my post, thank you so much!

Sincerelly,
Zuo Ci :p

[ShadowAce]

ur deck's pretty god, but i would add an "Exodia Necross" if by some chance ur exodia pecie's get sent 2 the graveyard, tht way u'll have a power house monster.

[Zuo Ci]

First up to bat, if I had an Exodia Necross, I would be unstoppable. For instance my Painful Choice combo would send all 5 pieces to the graveyard. Then I would activate Contract with Exodia, special summon Exodia Necross, and wow, a monster that increases ATK by 500 each turn, cant be destroyed in battle, and tolerant against spells and traps. However there is some negatives to this monster. First, even if one piece of Exodia gets removed from play, Necross is destroyed, and it is not tolerant against monster effects. Guess you cant say Exodia Necross is invincible. Love to put in my deck, but unfortunatly I dont have one, but I wish I do, so thanks.

- Zuo Ci :D

[ShadowAce]

yeah, tht's true. also if u could use a Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, to keep all the cards protected, from getting removed.

[kaisersh123]

+gravity bind
+pot of greed
+last will
+jinzo

[ultimatezombie]

Maybetake out dark hole ( because if it destroyes you monsters to that leaves you wide open)and put in a spell shield type 8 or magic jammer( to negate confiscation, card destrution and other cards.)

[Zuo Ci]

Well, I guess everyone seems to be interested with my deck after all. Okay I love hearing some good feedback, opinions, and suggestions. Okay let me think about your thoughts. First up Ultimate Zombie, I still need to keep Dark Hole in my deck, because if monsters like Sangan and Witch of the Black Forest are the field, I could obtain more of the pieces. Or if I dont have any monsters on the field and my opponents have plenty of strong monsters, i'll trigger Dark Hole. Gravity Binds are also a great defense for me, enough to stop even Horus Lv. 8 from attacking me. Well, I agree to Kaiser, after all if I have either a Jinzo or a Royal Decree, that could stop us from using traps, after all my deck is consisted of spell cards after all. As for Last Will, I decided to put that in my side deck after all, so thanks.

- Zuo Ci :D

[Arctaurus]

Sorry...I'm a MtG convert and just learning the mechanics of the game...can you send me a message telling me about how the combo's work in your deck? My 3 other friends that converted with me all play traditional and I've never seen an Exodia deck before, but it sounds like a great combo.

Thanks,

ARC

[Zuo Ci]

Dear Arctaurus,

So you want to learn some of my stategies of using an Exodia Deck. Well okay, my message for my stategy is so long, you must send me a private message about what got you intersted with my deck, and i'll send you a private message of my stategy. I dont want to take up too much space in the forums anyway. Let me know if you're interested.

- Zuo Ci :D

[Asphalion]

"Exodia: Automatic Victory is powerful!"

once again a victory can be powerful but there are very few things you can learn from victory and 1,000 things you can learn from defeat that's what most people fail to understand i mean HELLO READ MY SIGNATURE!!!!

but still nice deck 9.5/10

[Zuo Ci]

Dear Asphalion,

Yes, it is true that obtaining an automatic victory makes me superior. However I do have to be serious when dueling, dont know what kinds of decks im up against. I do have 2 decks I do use, my Exodia Deck, and my Inferno deck. Technically I have lost most of my duels since last year, I haven't been dueling anyone for months, how boring. I used to join the tournaments for advanced format, turns out I can't even pass the first round, I needed to practice back then. So yes, I had been defeated before, im working on gaining more victories than last year. Im still in the game, turns out I rather duel using the Traditional than the Advanced format. :)

[dox]

have you tried looking into my exodia deck? although its advance format...

http://forum.tcgplayer.com/showthread.php?t=78001

as you have mentioned, i also dont go for the conventional ways for playing exodia and thinning my own deck. while being extremely annoying at returning powerful monsters on the opponents field back to thier hand.

[Zuo Ci]

Thats some good advice for me, I should try getting back into some tournaments with advanced format, but to do that, I am going to have to upgrade my Exodia deck for the Advanced format. My Exodia deck for the Traditional format is to superior, I think that Advanced can give me more of a challenge. :eek:

[dr_nova]

Take a look at my advanced format exodia deck !!!

[ErikG]

Great deck,but what is your back up for cards being removed from play

[Zuo Ci]

Yes, it is true that if any of my pieces are removed from play, then that is a big problem for me. However in my previous duels, no one has sent any pieces from my hand or deck to the graveyard yet, but I am aware of this situation, soon I would dare to try and add Exodia Necross into my deck as well. Thanks for those feedbacks! :D

[dr_nova]

Great deck,but what is your back up for cards being removed from play

Why on earth a piece would be removed.
Light Force swords?

keep your pieces in your hand !!!

Zuo_Ci don't play necross because it's so easy to destroy. Exiled forced kill it.

[ultimatezombie]

i agree dont put necross in your deck. to easyly killed.

[Zuo Ci]

No, its not that. What this person is trying to say is that what would I do if my pieces of Exodia get removed from play. I guess im right after all, why do I need Exodia Necross anyway? Besides I want to obtain the automatic victory anyway. Besides Exodia Necross isn't that invincible anyway. So i'll just stick to the pieces in my hand. But what if my pieces are removed from the game? Anybody got some suggestions? :D

[IllusionKnight]

Soul Release + Miracle Dig. Remove some non-Exodia pieces in your Graveyard from play with Soul Release, then use Miracle Dig and take back the Exodia pieces that have been removed. (You really shouldn't have more than 3 pieces removed.) Then use Backup Soldier, Dark Factory of Mass Production, or whatever else to get the pieces back into your hand.

[Zuo Ci]

This combo can be a little bit tricky for me. I was thinking about Miracle Dig today, turns out this will only work if 5 monsters have been removed from play. Unfortunately I had never had any pieces of Exodia removed from the game before. To state the fact, I had 2 Factory of Mass productions in my deck, but since no one hasn't sent any of my pieces to the grave yet, I havent even used this card in a duel, even if its in my hand. Turns out I had to take them both out of my deck, turns out I wasted my hand trying to play this card. I do have Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer, probably that can help me, plus I have my Painful Choice + Backup Soldier combo, I guess you already know this combo, I would select 3 normal Exodia Pieces plus 2 random cards, one would have to be Sinister Serpent at least. Hopefully they would choose Sinister Serpent anyways. Then i'll trigger Backup Soldier and place the 3 pieces in my hand, it does work for me. I havent had much of an issue about my pieces being removed from play, but thanks for that feedback. :D

[Necrofear]

just use gearfried, dagger, and royal magical library. much simplier than this deck's set up. you're in traditional. USE IT

[dr_nova]

There is almost no cards that remove a card in the hand from play so as long you keep your pieces in your hand your safe.

If you never got a piece in the graveyard since you play with that deck in don't where you live because all the good duelists are playing confiscation, delinquent duo, forceful sentry, don zaloog/spirit reaper, and some of them are playing drop off.

to negate those cards play something like imperial order, magic drain, solemn judgment.

[Zuo Ci]

Oh my goddess!

I agree to what Dr. Nova has just said. Those cards that involve discarding card(s) from my hand can be a tricky one, now that he has mentioned it, an opponent did one time used Deliquient Duo on me, lucky for me, I didn't have any pieces of Exodia in my hand that time, and even if they did, they better hope I dont have Sinister Serpent in my hand, that card is a dummy card to the opponents. Imperial Order, sure why not, I don't mind putting it back on my deck, if this will protect me from discarding, then thats great, works on spells, but makes a difference. Solemn Judgment should only be used wisely, never own one, but I must think carefully about this card. I would try to use the Gearfried + Royal Magical Library + Butterfly Dagger Combo, except I havent since Butterfly Dagger Elma in stores yet, im not risking my money in boosters, I rather find it being sold serperate, and yes im aware of the Dagger combo. But for now i'll stick to my Manticore/Card of Safe Return combo, so anyway thanks for those feedback. :D

[Sacred Beast]

nice exodia deck

[Zuo Ci]

Why thank you, I do run a very powerful Exodia deck. Although there was a crazy moment when I first participated in my first tag team duel. And believe or not, the person I teamed up with runs an Exodia deck. I dont know the contents of his deck, so im not sure how good he is. All it needed to happen in this tag team duel is for one of us to have all 5 pieces of Exodia in either of our hands. Cards such as Witch of the Black Forest, Sangan, and Emissary will each help us gain a piece. But it was such a shame that the both of us were defeated with power. We wern't able to call Exodia, but it was interested. Although I am dissapointed to the person who I teamed up with because he said that Exodia is a weak monster. During that night he sold all of his Exodia cards at the card shop just to obtain money. I never give up on Exodia because he is my favorite duel monster. And besides I do get good compliments when they see me duel with an Exodia deck. So forth, I do rely on both defense and stategy than power itself. :D

[Blade]

Dark Factory of Mass Production and Monster Reincarnation have won me many a dual in which a piece of Exodia was sadly sent to the graveyard, so that's always helpfull,

Just trying to help out a fellow Exodia deck player with some ideas. :)

-Blade

[Zuo Ci]

Thanks for that reminder, I do have a Monster Reincarnation in case Exodia the Forbidden One is in my graveyard. I haven't played Dark Factory of Mass Production yet, even though its in my hand, not 1 normal piece of Exodia has been in my graveyard yet. Though I do have 2 of these cards, I have decided to put them in my side deck just in case. :D