The Official X-Saber Discussion Thread

[Deckbuilder NV]

I actually replaced the Emmersblade in my build with a 1-of Gold Sarc and it worked out rather nicely (definitely did more for me than the Emmersblade did)

This is my current Saber build:

Main: 40

Monster: 19
3 X-Saber Airbellum
3 XX-Saber Darksoul
3 XX-Saber Boggart Knight
3 XX-Saber Faultroll
3 XX-Saber Fulhelmknight
2 X-Saber Pashuul
1 Rescue Cat
1 Sangan

Spells: 9
3 Book of Moon
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Heavy Storm
1 Cold Wave
1 Brain Control
1 Mind Control
1 Gold Sarcophagus

Traps: 12
3 Dust Tornado
2 Gottoms' Emergency Call
1 Reinforce Truth
1 Trap Dustshoot
1 Mind Crush
1 Mirror Force
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Call Of The Haunted
1 Solemn Judgment

Extra: 15
3 XX-Saber Hylunei
2 XX-Saber Gottoms
2 X-Saber Urbellum
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Black Rose Dragon
1 Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
1 Goyo Guardian
1 Colossal Fighter
1 Armory Arm
1 Ally of Justice Catastor


Side:

Monsters: 9
3 D.D. Crow
3 Consecrated Light
3 Legendary Jujitsu Master

Traps: 6
3 Light-Imprisoning Mirror
3 Mask of Restrict


I have thought about maxing Gold Sarc but really have no idea what I would cut at this point.

Perfect Herald use has greatly increased in my area and Heralds really just annoying me in general so LIM was necessary (problem is if they go first and get HoP out on the first turn alongside Kristya you auto-loss)

[blackdime11]

Well you only have 1 Pashuul unless thats a typo and you actually have two since it say you have 19 monsters but I counted 18 so you could take out that Reinforce Truth. Or you could take out the Call Of The Haunted unless that's been working for you. You could though in the end only need one but that's up to you.

[Lightsworn395]

How is your deck working with no emmersblade?

Its a great way to knock 150-225 of the price of a saber deck (75 each)

also someone was talking about dropping pashuul.

i personally like 3 boggart and 2 pashuul
for easy hyunlei

[proteininja]

Running zero emmersblade is a bad idea. I would think it would be common sense to run at least 2. Risky to run 1. Completely out of the question to run none. The deck can win without him, but on that same note I can top with my fish deck at locals.

Ize quotez miself:

XX-Saber Emmersblade

Emmersblade fulfills several roles and enables several plays that could not be possible without it. First, Emmersblade maintains field advantage on its own. This is an important trait because the only other card that can promise this is X-Saber Pashuul. However while pashuul is holding the field he does not fill the grave or have the capability of searching darksoul. Emmersblade's ability to stall while setting up the deck makes him uniquely powerful. He is like the glue of the deck in that he fulfills almost every setup condition in the deck by himself. He puts sabers in the grave for e-call and faultroll. He searches darksoul who can search faultroll. He can search a tuner to allow a Rescue Cat to bring double darksoul. In a deck with no draw power, search power is king.

[Deckbuilder NV]

Well you only have 1 Pashuul unless thats a typo and you actually have two since it say you have 19 monsters but I counted 18 so you could take out that Reinforce Truth. Or you could take out the Call Of The Haunted unless that's been working for you. You could though in the end only need one but that's up to you.

yeah it was a typo there were supposed to be 2 Pashuul thanks for catching that I edited my post

How is your deck working with no emmersblade?

Its a great way to knock 150-225 of the price of a saber deck (75 each)

also someone was talking about dropping pashuul.

i personally like 3 boggart and 2 pashuul
for easy hyunlei

I have 3 but really I've never liked them especially since recruiters aren't good in general this format

Hyunlei is easy to spam even without Pashuul + Boggart Knight.

If anything he's been used for bringing out SDD and Colossal


@proto I already know your vast love of Emmersblade but quite frankly I just am not a fan of recruiters in general (especially in today's Meta)

I had 3 in here originally but kept finding better things to take his place until I was only running 1.

I have been toying with the Idea of not running any at all and eliminating any recruiter dependency period and quite frankly it suits me just fine

You like Emmersblade that's fine you feel free to run it, as for this Duelist I'm content to not have to rely on my Opponent's attacks to net me a pseudo advantage

[Lightsworn395]

I still like 2 emmers. its so versatile.
A. It has potential for negating 5 attacks if you run 3. emmers blocks 3 attacks then fulhem negates one and then acts as a shield for the last attack. or just search pashuul to block all attacks

B. it can search anything. if you have a tuner in hand you can search darksoul. or vice versa for hyunlei synch next turn

C. maintains field presence for faultroll



Are all people on the same page that if you are going to run emmersblade. 2 is the number.

and 3 Darksoul is staple

[Kishi_No_Ryu]

Running zero emmersblade is a bad idea. I would think it would be common sense to run at least 2. Risky to run 1. Completely out of the question to run none. The deck can win without him, but on that same note I can top with my fish deck at locals.

But what if you don't have any to begin with? In my area, XX-Saber Faultroll and XX-Saber Emmersblade are hard to come by. And the ones that do have them, don't want to trade them off. So there's gotta be some way around it right?

[Lightsworn395]

There is no deck without Faultroll. PERIOD. Its the boss monster and a necessity
A deck can be run with no Emmersblade but chances are it will be teir 2 or 1.5 at best

[Super Peter]

this is how my YCS chicago went
http://forum.tcgplayer.com/showthread.php?t=230672

I even gave protein nin and belgian blue a shout out

[LIGHTNINGBLITZ]

About time.

So, any good ideas or stuff? Might post a link to my build, where I'm considering dropping Pashuul completely.

Here is the link. Might C/P build from deck thread.

You need to at the very least side Pashuul for the occasions you play a deck running something like Spirit Reaper you have no answer to.

The only problem with gold sarc is how long it gives your opponent to prepare for your play, but Rescue Cat and Cold Wave are two of the hardest plays to stop. Its a trade off. A highly highly telegraphed play in exchange for any card in your deck in two turns. It is also kind of slow. Its possible, but I personally would not choose to run it, and I run Summoner Monk.

This is why Sarco is mediocre now. It is slow, and depending on what you pick, with most decks running stuff like Dust Tornado, they will pop it off if not prep for it.