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A few things I'd like to point out, based on my experience in playing Scientist, Mill, and other OTK decks: - This deck has a low likelihood of achieving a first turn kill, so it is imperative that you add a little stall in there. I'd start by trying 1x Swords, 1x LLAB (since it's being...

Already did.

Well, I sent my email to UDE, cc'ing the TO, and I probably did come off a bit hot-headed in my initial email. But the TO replied, and I turned down the heat a couple of notches when I responded to him. He and I are in agreement that that judge shouldn't have been ruling on that match, and he's...

Thanks for your perspective, John. I did take the opportunity to explain to my son that he should have appealed the decision to the head judge. Although he has heard the head judge's initial instructions telling him that, several times, it never sunk in. Now he knows. I misspoke when I said...

My son is 11 years old. The judge in question is an adult in his mid to late 40's. My son has been taught to respect adult authority, and it never occurred to him to appeal the decision to the head judge, as you or I would have done. The fact that he didn't protest at the time is irrelevant...

Extremely unlikely. Why would anyone allow an attack to occur, then try to chain Return from the Different Dimension during damage calculation? Clearly the whole point of chaining Return was to blunt the attack. This was another floor judge, BTW, a Level 1. The head judge (a Level 2) was not...

I know I can't prove that he was cheating to benefit his son, but I have a hard time believing that this was a simple mistake on his part. Chaining a trap to the declaration of an attack is basic stuff, and you don't have to be a judge to know that if the trap in question summons a new monster...

My son and I went to a regional tournament in Denver last weekend, and I'd like to hear opinions on what I should do about a situation that occurred in one of my son's matches. My son was playing a Strike Ninja deck with two Returns in it. In this match, his opponent had cleared his monsters...

OK, one quick follow-up question: what if I target Lava Golem with Soul Exchange, and my opponent chains Book of Moon? Can Lava Golem still be tributed for Spiritual Fire Art's effect, or does the ruling on Soul Exchange and Metamorphosis apply here as well?

OK, card text for Tribute Doll: "Tribute 1 monster on your side of the field to activate this card. Special Summon 1 Level 7 monster that can be Normal Summoned from your hand. That monster cannot attack this turn." Ruling: "You can combine "Soul Exchange" with "Tribute Doll" to Tribute your...

Spiritual Fire Art clearly says that your opponent takes the damage. The only question here is whether or not Soul Exchange allows a Fire monster on the other side of the field to meet the activation requirements for Spiritual Fire Art. If it does, then my opponent takes the damage. If it...

Yes, that's what I meant: properly SPECIAL summoned by tributing two of my opponent's monsters.

1. I tribute two of my opponent's monsters for Lava Golem. Spiritual Fire Art was set on my previous turn. Can I use Soul Exchange to tribute Lava Golem for Spiritual Fire Art's effect? 2. (Ignore this one if the answer to #1 is No.) Similarly, if I use Soul Exchange to tribute my opponent's...

-1x Mystic Tomato +1x Mobius This deck will support another tribute monster, and one copy of Tomato isn't going to accomplish much. -1x Confiscation +1x Reinforcement of the Army You've got enough warriors to make 2x ROTA worth running. Confiscation is not worth it, IMO, and it's a really...

I know there were some posts about this before D. D. Survivor was released, but I don't see anything about it since. If D. D. Survivor is special summoned to the field by Return from the Different Dimension, then sent back out of play during the end phase, will it immediately return to the field?

Thanks for the confirmation, John.

Am I understanding this response correctly? As I read it, if I use Creature Swap to send my face down Morphing Jar over to my opponent's side of the field, then hit it with the monster I received from my opponent, any Sillva or Goldd monsters that are discarded will receive their secondary...

Thanks for the summary/clarification. I had hoped that they would not be able to chain Sakaretsu Armor, but practically speaking I don't know that it matters, because every time I've done this, my opponent has been momentarily stunned, and probably wouldn't have thought to try activating...

I went and read the article someone wrote on the Battle Phase, and I think I understand this now. I misunderstood the mechanics. I thought that when someone played Sakaretsu Armor, let's say, they were chaining to the declaration of the attack, and that if they declined to do so, I could chain...

I just want to make sure this works as I think it does: Opponent has one or more Scapegoat tokens in face up defense position. I have D.D. Assailant in attack position. I declare an attack on a token and ask for a response (assuming that my opponent has one or more cards set in his spell/trap...