New Teammember + August/September Event Shedule

Hello,

I’m yusei90. I’m a Yu-Gi-Oh! Online Player from Germany who was chosen to fill the gap Spirit of Sword leaves.

I will provide you with the latest informations on event cards.

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8/14 – 8/16 and 9/4 – 9/6 Duelist Trial:

Golden Flying Fish

LIGHT/Fish-Effect/4/1700/1000

You can Tribute 1 other Fish-Type monster to destroy 1 card on the field.

Evil Dragon Ananta

DARK/Reptile-Effect/8/?/?

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing from play all Reptile-Type monster on your field and in your Graveyard. The ATK and DEF of this card becomes equal to the number of Reptile-Type monsters you removed from play when Special Summoned * 600. While you control this card, during your End Phases, destroy 1 card on the field.

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8/21 – 8/23 and 9/11 – 9/13 Gunslinger:

Hecatrice

LIGHT/Fairy-Effect/4/1500/1100

Discard this card from your hand. Add 1 “Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen” from your deck to your hand.

Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen

Continuous Spell

Once per turn, if you control no monsters, you can Special Summon 1 Fairy-Type monster from your hand.

Athena

LIGHT/Fairy-Effect/7/2600/1800

Each time a Fairy-Type monster is Summoned, inflict 600 damage to your opponent. Once per turn, you can send 1 Fairy-Type monster you control, except “Athena“, to the Graveyard to Special Summon 1 Fairy-Type monster from your Graveyard, except “Athena“.

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8/28 – 8/30 and 9/18 – 9/20 Evolution Match:

Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior

EARTH/Insect-Effect/4/1900/400

This card cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. This card cannot be Special Summoned except by removing from play 1 Insect Type Monster from your Graveyard. When this card inflicts Battle Damage to your opponent, send the top card of their Deck to the Graveyard.

Carrierroid

WATER/Machine-Effect/4/1000/800

When an opponent activates a card’s effect that targets and destroys a Spell or Trap Card(s) you control, you can discard 1 card to negate its activation and destroy the card.

Mezuki

EARTH/Zombie-Effect/4/1700/800

You can remove from play this card from your Graveyard to Special Summon 1 Zombie-Type monster from your Graveyard.

Maintenance from Konami 5 June 2009

Its now the third week into a new season, and after some lengthy maintenance shutdowns, (that might have indicated some kind of change was coming,) we have received nothing but bitter disappointment.

The number of days since the previous pack release is over 250, and the online meta is rapidly becoming outdated, stale and repeating. The much anticipated launch into 5Ds, tuners and synchros does not look like it will happen now, or for at least the next couple of MONTHS.

So, rather than paying for this “much neglected second-class nothing-new rehash” some have started to play a different electronic format Yu-gi-oh; the Nintendo DS version “5D’s Stardust Accelerator WC2009″ has alot of features that are desperately missing from the PC version; newest cards (even its own exclusive cards) including sychros and tuners, tag team duelling, turbo duelling and so on. What’s more is you don’t have to pay for every single duel, and you can just enjoy the mind-challenge of building decks and trying different duelling methods and strategies.

I really hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but with the state that the online meta has become and with no news to indicate any hope for the future……

So instead, some people are turning to using nds emulators that run on the PC, such as : http://www.ideasemu.org/index.php
(Dont forget you may need an archive extractor to install Ideas such as: http://rarlab.com/download.htm )
and then installing a downloading program such as: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/download.php
and then visiting sites such as : http://www.mininova.org/
and then doing a search for the WC2009 rom such as “[NDS]Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds Stardust Accelerator World Championship 2009″ – either the JAP or EUR versions are fine.

Not that I would condone such actions, but when people are tired of being left behind can you really blame them ?

YU-GI-OH Online Summer 2009 Ban/Restrict List

YU-GI-OH Online Summer 2009 Ban/Restrict List (15 May 2009 – 11 September 2009)

The new banlist has been released, changes are indicated below in red.

Banned (not allowed in your deck)

Black Luster Soldier – Envoy of the Beginning
Butterfly Dagger – Elma
Call of the Haunted (was 1)
Cathedral of Nobles
Change of Heart
Chaos Emperor Dragon – Envoy of the End
Chaos Sorcerer
Confiscation
Cyber Jar
Cyber-Stein
Dark Hole
Dark Magician of Chaos
Delinquent Duo
Destiny Hero – Disk Commander (was 1)
Dimension Fusion
Exchange of the Spirit
Fiber Jar
Graceful Charity
Harpie’s Feather Duster
Imperial Order
Last Turn
Last Will
Magical Explosion
Magical Scientist
Magician of Faith
Makyura the Destructor
Metamorphosis
Mirage of Nightmare
Monster Reborn
Painful Choice
Pot of Greed
Raigeki
Reversal Quiz
Ring of Destruction
Sinister Serpent
Sixth Sense
Snatch Steal
The Forceful Sentry
Thousand-Eyes Restrict
Time Seal
Tribe-Infecting Virus
Tsukuyomi
Witch of the Black Forest
Yata-Garasu

Limited (only one in your deck)

Advanced Ritual Art
Armament of the Lethal Lords
Armed Samurai – Ben Kei
Brain Control
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Card Destruction
Card Trooper
Ceasefire
Crush Card Virus
Cyber Dragon
D.D. Warrior Lady
Dandylion
Dark Armed Dragon
Demise, King of Armageddon
Doom Dozer
Elemental Hero Stratos
Exodia the Forbidden One
Final Countdown
Fissure
Future Fusion
Giant Trunade
Gladiator Beast Bestiari
Gladiator Beast Gyzarus
Gladiator Beast Laquari
Gladiator Proving Ground (was 3)
Gold Sarcophagus
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
Gravity Bind
Green Baboon, Defender of the Forest
Heavy Storm
Judgment Dragon
King of Destruction – Xexex
Left Arm of the Forbidden One
Left Leg of the Forbidden One
Level Limit – Area B
Limiter Removal
Lumina, Lightsworn Summoner (was 2)
Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress
Magic Cylinder
Marshmallon
Megamorph
Meteo the Matchless
Mirror Force
Monster Gate
Morphing Jar
Mystical Space Typhoon
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
Night Assailant
Ojama Trio
Overload Fusion
Premature Burial
Queen of Fate – Eternia
Reasoning
Reinforcement of the Army (was 2)
Return from the Different Dimension
Right Arm of the Forbidden One
Right Leg of the Forbidden One
Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter
Sangan
Scapegoat
Smashing Ground
Snipe Hunter
Soul Absorption
Spirit Reaper
Swing of Memories
Swords of Revealing Light
Testament of the Arcane Lords
The Transmigration Prophecy
Torrential Tribute
Trap Dustshoot
Treeborn Frog
Twin-Headed Behemoth
Ulevo
United We Stand
Victory Dragon
Wall of Revealing Light
Wave-Motion Cannon

Semi-Limited (only two allowed in your deck)

Card of Safe Return
Celestia, Lightsworn Angel (was 3)
Chain Strike
Clock Tower Prison
Des Koala
Destiny Draw (was 3)
Destiny Hero – Malicious (was 3)
Foolish Burial
Glorious Illusion (was 3)
Just Desserts
Magical Stone Excavation
Manticore of Darkness
Mask of Darkness
Messenger of Peace
Mind Crush (was 1)
Necroface
Nightmare’s Steelcage
Nobleman of Crossout
Phantom of Chaos
Raiza the Storm Monarch (was 1)
Secret Barrel
Summon Priest
Ultimate Offering (was 1)
Wulf, Lightsworn Beast

Unlimited: (allowed 3 of in your deck)

Book of Moon (was 2)
Grandmaster of the Six Samurai (was 2)
Mobius the Frost Monarch (was 2)
Thestalos the Firestorm Monarch (was 2)
Zaborg the Thunder Monarch (was 2)

source0 : So it looks like Lightsworn were heavily hit, along with Destiny hero decks.

Six samurai might make a comeback now, but the biggest news is no limited to Caius and lots of limits off Monarchs – prepare for a deluge of those decks !

Although there are currently no new cards on the list, it doesnt mean a new pack wont hit soon – they might just update the banlist again later.

Spirit of Sword :  Gladiator and Lightsworn are the most popular deck now in online meta but we may see a monarch deck return in the future.

The 3rd Ultimate Match

 From: http://www.yugioh-online.net/top/english-oc/event/ultimate/index.html

The event is open to players over Level 2 who have played a total 35 Duels or more, and it is held in Duel Academy World Server.

These are the Prize Cards from this Event:

Fossil Tusker  (New Card) When this card destroys an opponent’s monster by battle and sends it to the Graveyard, inflict 400 damage to your opponent.

Phantom Dragonray Bronto (New Card) This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect:
* The original ATK of this card becomes 2300. If this card attacks, it is changed to Defense Position at the end of the Battle Phase. This card’s battle position cannot be changed until the end of your next turn, except with a card effect.

Il Blud (New Card) This card is treated as a Normal Monster while face-up on the field or in the Graveyard. While this card is face-up on the field, you can Normal Summon it to have it be treated as an Effect Monster with this effect:
* Once per turn, you can Special Summon 1 Zombie-Type monster from your hand or from either player’s Graveyard. When this card is removed form the field, destroy all Zombie-Type monsters Special Summoned by this effect.

Royal Firestorm Guards (New Card)  When this card is Normal Summoned, select 4 Pyro-Type monsters in your Graveyard. Return those cards to the Deck, then draw 2 cards.

Defensive Tactics (New Card) Activate only if you control a “Gladiator Beast” monster. Monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle this turn, and any battle damage you take is reduced to 0. Put this card on the bottom of your Deck.

Gladiator Beast Torax (New Card) If this card was Special Summoned by the effect of a “Gladiator Beast” monster, at the end of any Battle Phase that this card attacked or was attacked, you can return it to the Deck to draw 1 card.

Gladiator Beast Octavius (New Card) When this card is Special Summoned by the effect of a “Gladiator Beast” monster, destroy 1 face-down Spell or Trap Card. At the end of your Battle Phase, if this card attacked or was attacked, return this card to the Deck unless you discard 1 card.

Teva (16 winners, YOC Spring 2007)  When this card is Tribute Summoned successfully, your opponent cannot declare an attack during his/her next turn.

Twinheaded Beast  (8 winners, place YOC Spring 2007)  This card can attack twice during the same Battle Phase.

Victory Dragon (4 winners, YOC Spring 2007)  This card cannot be Special Summoned. To Tribute Summon this card, you must Tribute 3 Dragon-Type monsters. If this card attacks your opponent directly and reduces their Life Points to 0, you win the Match.

History of Ultimate matches:

1st Ultimate Match: 2008/08/28 – 2008/09/12 (15 days)
2nd Ultimate Match: 2009/01/19 – 2009/02/04 (16 days) 144 days later
3rd Ultimate Match: 2009/05/04 -　2009/05/15 (11 days) 105 days later

This recent flood of events may seem excessive, but Konami did a very similar thing previously:
Anniversary Trial  3rd: 2008/08/01                                 4th: 2009/04/16
Ultimate Match     1st: 2008/08/28 (28 days later)        3rd: 2009/05/04 (18 days later)
Season end           7th: 2008/09/11 (14 days later)         9th: 2009/05/14 (10 days later)
Pack release        48th: 2008/09/25 (14 days later)

So if this pattern continues perhaps we will see the next pack released around 2009/05/28, thats my prediction.

YU-GI-OH Online News From V-Jump 6/2009

Scan From shinji116

 This vjump tell us the Yu-Gi-Oh Online Championship (YOC) spring 2009 prize card is Blue Eyes White Dragon [alt art]

This is not that surprising, considering other Blue Eyes White Dragon [alt art] have been used previously:

YOC Winter ‘07 – 2nd place prize.

YOC Spring ‘06 = 1st place prize.

As I cannot read Japanese, I’ll have to wait for spiritofswords for further interpretation of this info.

Thanks to TheValkeria for bringing this to my notice.