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Different Play Styles Different Decks---Part 4
Posted On 07/09/2008 00:08:42 by YGO Daedalus - Read 1248 time(s)

Welcome back to the fourth part of this series. This week's topic will be the conservative playstyle, why it is important to understand it and how it can affect the different builds.

 

In the first article I gave a little insight of what the conservative playstyle meant, in this article I will expand that little definition and give you a decklist as an example of how this particular playstyle can affect a deck style.

 

Conservative: This playstyle isn't concerned about what your opponent has, but rather of what you have and don't want to lose. Every move is very well thought since a single mistake could cost you the game, because every card is vital to the strategy.

 

Without further ado, I would like to introduce you to the Conservative Playstyle, its benefits and what it means to play with this playstyle.

 

While playing any game it is really good to be aware of what you have, what you can get and what you can stop. If you have more resources than your opponent, you are in a better position than he is, and therefore you are one step ahead of him to victory!

A conservative player bases is deck and playstyle to this principle, always trying to get an advantage with every move he makes. A non-conservative player do not care about losing a card if the opponent loses a card too that balances the loss. A conservative player does care, since he isn't gaining any advantage, but is losing a card that would help him gain, even if it is only a slight, advantage in the long run.

 

A conservative player is always trying to get the advantage in order to be in a better position than the opponent, either by decimating the opponent's resources or by gaining a significant card advantage. It doesn't matter if they are losing 2 cards, if that means the opponent is either losing 3-4 or the player is gaining 4-5 cards.

 

The best example of this playstyle can be seen on the Gotham knights decks, as you will see below.

 

The Dark Knights (I still suck at giving names)

 

Characters:

4x Alfred Pennyworth, Faithful Servant

4x Comissioner Gordon, Gotham Central

4x Barbara Gordon Oracle, Hacker Elite

2x Batman, Founding Member

4x Huntress, Harsh Mistress

3x Batman, Twilight Vigilante

1x Tim Drake Robin, Flying Solo

4x Kate Kane Batwoman, Katherine the Younger

2x Batman, Cape and Cowl

2x Barbara Gordon Oracle, Inside Information

 

Plot Twists

4x The Hook-up, Team-up

4x Blinding Rage

4x Combat Reflexes

3x Mobilize

3x Pathetic Attempt

2x At their Finest

2x Bat Got Your Tongue?

2x From the Darkness

2x Bat-Signal

2x At your Service

2x Death of the Dream

 

As you can see, the deck runs a lot of control cards, and tries to take advantage by every move made.

This deck runs cards that either decimate your opponent's resources or give you a key card or more cards to gain advantage with. That is what the conservative playstyle tries to do with every move. (As a side note I am becoming a big fan of Death of the Dream, its probably going to be a staple in every of my decks)

 

Every kind of deck is best suited with a certain playstyle, and every playstyle is adjusted to a specific deck, although the best players try to take one as a main playstyle and some pointers from every other playstyle.

That said, I would dare to say that the conservative playstyle is the best suited for a curve deck or a control deck, however this doesn't mean that to pilot a curve deck succesfully you need to play with the conservative playstyle,  I have seen really great decks piloted by aggressive players that are way more succesful, yet picking a little pointers from conservative players will surely increase your ability with this decks.

 

Without further ado, I thank you for reading this part of Different Play styles Different Decks, and I invite you to join me next week for the fifth part, on which I will explain the Passive Playstyle.

 

YGO Daedalus -Liberi Fatali 

 

 

 

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07/10/2008 11:01:32

Wow...you got a nice thought process there. Although I do disagree with some things, what you said makes a lot of sense.

As for what I disagree:

There are other players for me than those three you described:

-There are the Casual players.

- The Competitive players

- The Aggressive players

-The Passive players

- The Conservative players

- The control players

 

As you said, there are lots of decks depending on the player-build-the destination of the deck, to understand how you can maximize your success with the decks you build, you need to understand each of those factors. Since I can't define the different build or the infinite destinations of the decks, I can only try to explain the first factor, and that is why I started these series.

 

I knew that some people would disagree with my terms, and that is why I stated in the first article that I would explain what those terms meant to me.

 

I appreciate your opinion though, it helps me for further articles. 

 



07/09/2008 15:48:35

I like your attempts to classify, but let me weigh in on this thought process of yours.  I figure my 11k words on this idea that I committed to the Magic part of the forums qualifies me for something.

 

First, there are aggressive players, there are casual players, and there are control players.  The first tends to go for balls-to-the-wall aggression, playing things like High Voltage and filling their deck with Savage Beatdown x16.  The second are players who play the game for fun, play "fair" decks, and don't usual mind missing mistakes.  The third are players that like to keep your opponent from playing what they wish via Bat Got Your Tongue, etc.  They adore defensive cards like Cover Fire, play teams like Darkseid to reap huge amount of progressive advantage, and tend to finish with characters costing 7 or more.

 

Second, there are five general deck styles, not to be conused: Off-curve, short-curve, curve, stall, and combo.  You've covered most of these decently, but some things should be noted :

 

*Off-curve often plays a mess of under-dropping characters, until at some point they start playing some key character (Combo) or some very large character (Stall) - examples include stalling until Circe (Combo) or unti Invisible Woman (Stall).  They may also seek to win off of 1 & 2 cost characters alone, with the occasional 3 or greater to help fill in the curve - it is most certainly the most diverse type.

*Short Curve plays curve from 1-4 or 1-5, and either burns players out or runs a ton of attack pump ot make up about 25 points of damage that won't come from regular stunning.  Also can accomidate combo decks, i.e. Migga City.

*Curve is simple to play, and often based on synergy, such as the all-Leader decks.  As you've said, it's based on larger and larger characters staying out for very long periods of time, in order to reap incremental advantage based on their presence, size, and abilities.

*Stall finds some means - see the three previous decks - to survive until turns 6+, when it starts to win.  Via a curve deck, you have Darkseid or Heralds of Glactus.  By off-curve, you have the GCPD/Batman: the Dark Knight decks.  By short-curve, you have the steps at Worlds involving Blizzard and Bullseye.  Fun to play, if nothing else because actually get to play fatties like Galactus!

*Combo can be played as a component of any of the above four decks, though in rare cases will dominate the deck entirely - such as Quickfate, or decks based around Punisher (4) or Lex Luthor: Master Manipulator.  This category of deck also includes "I Win" cards, such as Secret Six Victorious.

 

I think the point that really needs to be drilled in is that classify Vs. decks in any rigid way is impossible; only general assesments are viable.  The reason is that all decks are combinations of factors - the style of player, the curve of characters the deck is built with, and what the deck is actually trying to do.  You might keep that in mind for further installments. 





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