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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