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Finals 3 weeks in a row
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Well I have been playing Yu-Gi-oh a really long time and never have I ever got in the finals of the same tourniment 3 weeks in a row. It might not really seem like a big deal but for some reason I am happy with that. Notice I din't say I won 3 weeks in a row I actualy only one 1 out of the 3 final matches. Bu...
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Champion Paint Ball- The Best Card Store
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Hey all, its been a while but I thought I would write an article about one of the many card stores where I live but undoubtly the best.
The name of the store is Champion Card Collectors
I have been going to this store for about 5-6 years. First I got into Pokemon/ Yo-Yos and then through out the past seve...
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Poker vs. Yu-Gi-oh- Where's the money
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Where’s the money-Poker vs. Yu-Gi-oh
If you have been flicking channels by any chance you might have noticed for the last couple of weeks ESPN has been playing a few episodes of WSOP 2004 or (World Series of Poker 2004). I have watched it in the past, I watched last years and the prev...
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Deck Fix: Control/Beatdown
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Hey Greg here is the deck with the type of deck I want to have.When you read this email me that you are gonna review my deck and post it. Thanks
Name:Andrew
Type of Deck:Quickill Deck
Plans of Winning:To have control of the field wit my high attacking monsters that are level 4 a...
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The Theory of Marvel vs. why and how this game is
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The Theory of Marvel vs. why and how this game is a success.
By. Greg Devine
Marvel vs. has been a big and comparably progressing at a faster rate then any other game. Having bigger prizes then any game out and it hasn’t been out for even a year.
I p...
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Aiknight Parashath opposed to Vampire Lord?
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Airknight in the Meta-game
Ok lets cut to the chase, no fooling around.
In most Yu-Gi-oh decks you find there are going to be 2 tributes. Jinzo and something else, Key work is most decks. They may play more or less or not jinzo at all. IE: A light deck probably wouldn't play Jinzo or Vampire Lor...
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Top Ten Magics/Trap in Yu-Gi-oh Constructed Format
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Top Ten Magics/Traps in Yu-Gi-oh Constructed Format
I feel it is important to know what others like and don't like to be able to build a deck. Knowing others opinions can greatly alter yours in the right direction. So as I often do in my section of my site Greg’s Lair is do that. And today like a...
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I have won my 100th Tourny- Report
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Well as you may know I am a an avid gamer and play close to every TCG out right and now and by that said I am competitivly. So When I won my first tourniment for Yu-Gi-oh last June I vowed to keep count. Ans since then I have won 100.......
Yesterday was the day. This year alone I have one 22 Yu-Gi-oh...
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When The Bans come Marching In- What to use
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Well as you know by now, I hate the bans and am 100% against it but I figured I would write an article on what to replace the staples with and give you all some suggestions on what to put into your deck.
Ok as you know Tens cards will be getting banned in a few monthes up the road here they are.
YataGarasu
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Article on How To win a Tourney
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My history on Tourneys
Well I can tell you one thing I am not the most experienced player here. A matter of fact I have been playing the least time as any one on this site. I started Yu-gi-oh in early May of this year. I bought a Joey and Pegasus starter deck and my...
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True Life- I am a Gamer and hate Bans
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So most likely your a gamer to, like me. Yea it's a hard life these days. Lots of money and time and oh then comes the really good things like winning money and having fun and enjoying yourself.
Latley I have been winning so many tournys, Yu-Gi-oh, Marvel, Magic and so one and so fourth. I have s...
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It's so easy......
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Yea man summer is cool and all but i had to read 4 books +reports for high school and that just plained sucks (i aint doing it) any ways but thats beyond the point. So once school is back I promise card of the day will be too thanx for all of the comments and every thing guys and nightblade i have a suprise for yo...
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On&Off? Bakura's Lair
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So your like whats up with the site he said he was starting it up again so whats the deal?
Well to answer your question heres what happened:
on 7/12/04 i updated the site last adding a Marvel Vs. section and a yugioh article and Cotd for yugioh and Marvel. It got barley any hits and all of the people with...
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Ban List- Somthing I have not yet mention
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 Well I have had a bit or writters block over the summer and the topic that interest people the most was right under my nose it is all i hear and talk about in the world of Yu-Gi-oh Gossip so here it is an article on the Ban list and why I am Con Ban list???
What did he just say Con Ban...
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Yu-Gi-oh TCG for begginer's
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I want to write articles for everyone to be able toread and relate to, not just more advanced players. But In my year of having a site I have written many articles but none were for begginers so here is an article dedicated to folks starting out and some help to get them a good start.
So yo...
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If the Shoe Fits.... Remove it from play
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Well we can go on forever discussing decks that have been thought of played and popular. There have been a few Yu-Gi-oh decks that have become popular and lasted as long as Control has.
When Yu-gi-oh first came out there was limited cards and Beatdown was the deck to play, and if you were not pla...
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I'm Back in action
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Hey guys it has been around 2 monthes with no Card of the days no articles nothing. I really appreciate you guys being so good about this. Well Monday is when Card of the days begin again, and as you see articles are up again. But I thought instead of my 1st article in almost 3 monthes being about Yu...
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Jun 16, 2004
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A break
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i have worked non stop on this site for almost 9 monthes i am taking about a month or so break from cotd's and stuff to re-design and stuff,
we have reviewed ample cards and there is not much more if you have requests or would like a job please send me an email at ilovepojo@hotmail.com
expect n...
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Mag Sci- good here too
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Mag Sci- good here too
I know a lot about the U.S game of Yu-Gi-oh as well as the Japanese game. I have noticed some eerie things about the Japanese decks and especially while being compared to U.S decks.
Ok start off buy saying one word, Magical Scientist. I don’t know if you guys noticed th...
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Vulnerable- Chaos is taking over but.....
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Chaos Decks taking over
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Chaos Decks taking over
Well maybe this does not go for every area over the entire United States of America, but where I live and play Yu-Gi-oh in NY Chaos decks are taking over.
When IOC was released nearly a month or so ago the chase card this time around was the secret rare Chaos Emper...
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Harder then it looks- Having a site
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Well as you know I am Greg Devine. I work and run and also created Bakura's Lair you know the site you are at now. Well it used to be pretty much nothing but in the 8 or so monthes I have had it we have done our best to make you the reader very happy and wanting to come back daily to check out our updates.
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Is it a good thing?
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Well hey I thought of another Article to write this week and I thought I would write it.
I have been playing Yu-Gi-oh for nearly a year and have seen much change in the last year or so. I mean when I started playing all I heard was Yata, Yata and injection. When...
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Mar 25, 2004
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A rant to ask why?
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A rant to ask why?
I have long been wondering some things and I felt I need to write an article on it so here goes.
The wierdest thing happened to me last Saturday at a Yu-Gi-oh tourney. Ok I go and there is like 8 poeple so I enter and stuff and I see a new ki...
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Mar 11, 2004
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In the 3rd person
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In the 3rd person:
You wake up on a Sunday morning, you eat, get dressed, take a shower and all of that stuff. You get your trade binder and your deck and you are ready to go to the usual Sunday Tournament. Only last night you made a new deck. A won turn win Scientist deck...
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Mar 10, 2004
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Is it true?
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Is it true?
Hey all I was bored and I figured I would write yet another article.
So have you ever noticed a very odd thing about the game we all love and love to play. Well the thing I find wierd about Yu-Gi-oh is not just one thing more like 2 but the two main weird thing...
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Raigeki, yata nd lots other BANNED!
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Raigeki, yata nd lots other BANNED!
Well as you guys know I follow the Japanese OCG just as well as the U.S though I rarely have played I do have freinds that play it and I know a lot of stuff about it too. Ok some of you may know this already but if ya don't I am telling you know. Ok this is how the stor...
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Mar 5, 2004
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MTG vs. Yu-Gi-oh
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Hi all, time for another one of my one or even two weekly articles. My life is busy my card of the day crew doesn’t review cards anymore and my life is terrible, lol. But no matter what you know me I will never miss a review or not write a weekly article. So what’s this week’s article going to be about...
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Feb 29, 2004
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Luck in the game of Yu-Gi-oh
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Luck in the game of Yu-Gi-oh
Ok this is a highly debated topic and I thought I would write a short article on it. The reason I chose to write 2 articles instead of the one I usually write is to get some more hits and to make up for the bad reviews this week.
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Feb 22, 2004
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I pulled 4 Vampires and a Chrome Mox
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Feb 15, 2004
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Article on Fiber vs. Cyber
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Fiber vs. Cyber
Ok today's is on Fiber vs. Cyber the two jars and which should you play this will help you decide. I will explain the use and purpose of both and which is better for what decks and why. So here goes.
Cyber Jar:
Dark[Rock/Effect]Lv 3900/900Flip: Destroy all monsters on the field (in...
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Feb 7, 2004
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Article on why you loose
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Article on why you looser
I have been thinking and thinking and it has been a while scents my last article so I think it is time for some new ones to read. It is really hard to fix decks, post everything you see (I have to do it in <html>) And then I have school tourneys and a life outside of my...
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Feb 7, 2004
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Article on the Meta-Game
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Article on the Meta-Game
Well in yu-gioh it is very important to know what to expect to be playing up against and what you need, and what to expect. With out this knoledge you will nine times out of ten do more poorly then with this information. When you go home and tweak up your deck you add better stuff i...
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Jan 15, 2004
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Article on Mirage of Nightmare
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Mirage of Nightmare
PGD-036 Magic Card: ContinuousDuring your opponent's Standby Phase, draw cards until your hand has 4 cards. During your Standby Phase, randomly discard the same number of cards you drew with this card's effect to the Graveyard.
Well thi...
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Me Nick and the Regonials
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Regonials Me nick and the Regonials
Well last Saturday me and Nick went together to the Regonials for NY in Brooklyn. Our parents drop us off at the train station about 10 miles from our house at 9 in the morning. We took the hour train ride for a time to duel and prepare. We got their and dueled s...
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Beatdown vs. Hand disruption part 3
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Part three beatdown vs. Hand disruption
Ok like the lst two articles I wrote about the beatdown vs. hand disruption.
Ok for a little review on the decks and stuff. Beatdown: ok what they do is get out lvl.4 monsters 1900's and 2300 and high attack monsters with out tributes. You may...
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Jan 3, 2004
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Beatdown vs. Hand disruption part 2
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Hand disruption prt 2
So like I said in the last article beatdowns became popular once everyone found out how strong Yata locks could be. So then it was around 40/60 40 percent played yata decks/ hand disruption and the 60% of people stilled kept beatdowns.
Then for around 2-3 months...
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Jan 2, 2004
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Beatdown vs. Hand disruption part 1
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Beatdowns part 1
Well for a while now in tourneys there really are not that many different types of decks. This is no ones fault people just do what you got to do to win. And it really seems like you either are going to run a beatdown or a hand disruption or some variation to it. I didn't wri...
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Promos For Yu-gi-oh Sacred Card Game
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Well the game came out and I got it and all I have is one question is, Why. These Promos are horrid. The suck and no one is going to play them and if they do they are dumb. Ok I am going to explain why and give the Pro's and Con's. And the effects.
Negate attack:
TSC-003Negate Attack(Trap/Counter)When yo...
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Yu-gi-oh Sacred Card Game
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Well Greg's Lair is not just for articles it is for anything about yu-gi-oh and this is somthing not directly releated to a card game but rather related to Yu-gi-oh video game released about 2 monthes ago for Game Boy advanced and PS2 and all of those systems and I thought I would write a review o...
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Article on Overrated Cards
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Hi this is Greg Devine and I decided to write an article on overrated cards. It does make me mad when such a good card or cards are overrated and then no one wants to use them and that I feel should never be the case. So I took this opportunity before a lot of DCR cards get that title so here it is.
In the...
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Dec 29, 2003
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Article on Breaker The Magical Warrior
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Well when Magician Force came out the was few cards I wanted mainly the two cards I wanted were Tribe infection Virus and Breaker the Magical Warrior. So I never got the Breaker until recently but a while ago got Tribe. So I played Breaker and everyone is like he sucks he is not good but I have to di...
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Article on Vampire Lord
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Well hello all and This is Greg and from now on I will be putting my artcile right here so more people can have accsess to them. So the first one a few will be on cards from the newest release DCR or the Dark Crisis set.
So this one will be on the Hobby secret rare Vampire lord whom has this eff...
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Dec 20, 2003
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Greg's Lair
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Well instead of the Old Greg's Lair here is the new one where I will be posting my articles so it is easier and more poeple will see them.
Do not post replys on my articles thank you
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