I already hated Dragon Rulers and all the people who use them, but now I really hate them. Until the new banlist was posted, Dragon Rulers only affected me when I played online; nobody used them locally. Unfortunately, Konami decided to ban Dragon Ravine instead of the dragons themselves.
So now the Dragons will still be usable as tech support in other decks (like Blaster in any fire deck, etc) while the Dragunity archetype is now utterly annihilated. Way to go Konami: Produce one of the most overpowered decks in the game’s history, sell lots of tins, make all the money, ban Dragunity . . .
I know I haven’t posted much lately but I’ve still been going to locals almost every weekend and for the most part I stuck to playing Dragunity. I was getting pretty darn good too but now it looks like all that practice and time spent tweaking my deck was wasted. I should’ve sold my deck when Vajrayana spiked in price a few months ago.
Regardless, there’s only one more weekend before the 2014 banlist kicks in so I’ve gotta figure out what I’m going to do. None of the other decks I have are even close to competitive. Not like the Dragunity deck was anyway.
The Verz-Laggia deck is still decent but the decks that are going to be big in 2014 aren’t big synchro decks so Ophion isn’t as useful as he was for the past few months. My Constellar deck is still missing 3 Sombres. That really limits my ability to make plays. My Fire Fist deck is still incomplete since I’m missing a lot of the extra deck. My Battlin Boxer deck just doesn’t hold up well at locals. It’s really simple to use and fun sometimes but the guys at my locals can walk all over Lead Yoke. My Blackwing deck is really good and I have had some decent results with it, but I don’t enjoy playing it. The card art is meh, the combos are meh, and the only exciting thing it does is drop Kalut on an unsuspecting opponent. My Blue-Eyes deck is fun online but I’ve yet to test it at locals since its very inconsistent. Plus it ran 3 Blasters which will be limited to 1 come January.
And of course Dragunity is dead now.
So here I sit, twiddling my thumbs. Not sure what to do or where to turn. Do I run an incomplete deck that has the potential to do good if I continue to upgrade it, or do I run a good deck that I don’t really enjoy playing with?
On a happier note, here is a comment I thought was awesome from someone over at Pojo regarding Dragon Rulers and their players:
Screw neutering them, Konami needs to ban them, then we need to get every E-Dragon card and every E-Dragon player, then burn the cards and ban the players. We will then scrub all memory of them from the world, overthrow the leaders of Konami, merge the TCG and OCG banlists, and get caught up with the three sets we’re behind. Rainbows will arc across the sky, the format will be diverse, Sega will make good Sonic games again, and the console wars will cease as all of the machines fuse to create the Wii Xbone Ps4 U. The entire Middle East will sink into the sea, the troops will be brought home, people will realize celebrities are stupid, and the Notorious B.I.G. will descend from heaven as an angel to be president so he can create world peace with his raps. 4chan will release a compendium of their greatest greentexts, Bravest Warriors will replace Adventure Time, and Nintendo will build a theme park. But best of all, Valve will finally release HALF LIFE 3.
Suggestions and comments regarding the coming banlist are welcome. I would love to hear what everyone else thinks about the decision to limit the Dragon Rulers and ban Dragon Ravine. My only hope is that sometime in the future Konami will release a Dragunity specific Dragon Ravine. A “Dragunity Ravine” if you will. Something that will make it usable only in the Dragunity archetype so that it can’t be abused in the future.
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