Do you never draw a monster when you need it most? Do you wish that your Field would fill up faster? If so, then try the “Swarm” strategy. Swarming Decks (like Six Samurai Decks) fill up your Monster-Card Zones quickly to catch your slowpoke opponents off-guard and keep them away from your precious Life Points.
Warning: Swarming contains no vitamins and may include such side-effects as screams of fury and foaming at the mouth in your foes. Read on to find out if the Swarm is right for you!
A Swarm Welcome
In lay-Duelists’ terms, to swarm is to fill your Field with Monsters as quickly as possible. Maybe you want to keep your opponent at a distance. Maybe you want to overwhelm them with superior numbers. Or maybe you just want to amass Tributes to summon your star beastie. Certain swarm-friendly cards even have inter-dependent Effects, while others just get stronger if there’s a full Field. You can even skew your swarm toward a specific Level, making them excellent fodder for Xyz’s and Synchros.
A Turn of The Screw
Some of the best Swarm-friendly monsters to date are Wind-Ups. Like many of their predecessors, such as the Six Samurai and Lightsworns, Wind-Ups’ effects play off of one another. Many involve Special Summoning more Wind-Ups to the field or some other type of advantage. Also, while most of their effects are one-shots, even a small number can grant you control while Wind-Up Factory ensures there’s always more coming down the pipeline.
Needs of the Many
Here are a few cards to consider if you’re planning to get in on the Swarm action:
Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon
Banish a Dragon-type monster to Special Summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon. As long as it’s around, you can Special Summon any Dragon from your Hand or Graveyard once per turn!
The Tricky
Discard one card to Special Summon this guy from your hand. Quick, easy and deadly.
United We Stand
Give any monster 800 ATK for every Monster on your Field, including itself. Awesome Equip Spell? Or the awesomest Equip Spell?
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by Chris Turner
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A casual duelist and former Viz Media intern, Chris has ascended the ranks and now writes for us as a freelancer.
Cool. But "swarm" is just
Cool. But "swarm" is just another term for "cheap." These cards don't leave much room for older decks.
What about Samurai?
What about Samurai?
Yes, I don't fully agree that
Yes, I don't fully agree that swarming is cheap, even old decks do it. My dad sometimes says that, and it rubs off. I sort of believe it. By Six Sams are very annoying. Tgs just swarm low atk monsters, Sams summon ridiculously strong montsers, and can actually make use of solidarity more than any other meta deck, save dark worlds.
Tgs swarm though, I I love getting Blade blaster or even halberd cannon in one turn, it is fun. Bae, I wanted to talk about a couple of things when you have the time.
I know of a deadly swarm
I know of a deadly swarm style that is an OTK
Help?
I know this might be a little rude, but could you help me with my T.G. deck? I've never gotten Blade Blaster or Halberd Cannon out. I don't know if I'm not using them correctly or my deck just isn't good. If you're on duelingnetwork, my name is Charizard95.
Hmm. You should come to me.
Hmm. You should come to me.
LOLZ
You can get him on the first turn.
You need things like:
Spore
Dandylion
One for one
And could you post the deck recipe?
Just go here: http:/
Just go here: http://shonenjump.viz.com/node/612
Your T.G. Deck
I can definitely help you out with your T.G. Deck. I'm BigD961 on Dueling Network.
people don't care about being
people don't care about being cheap. they want a win. this format is allowing for many other decks to see some play (zombies, glad beasts, fairy's) but honestly if u don't have a control element, your deck isn't going to do much against wind ups/six sams/chaos dragons/ ect
Bae, are you here still?
Bae, are you here still?
BTW the awesomest equip spell
BTW the awesomest equip spell is Inzecktor Hornet!
are you serious, thats not an
are you serious, thats not an equip spell, its an equip card i guess but not a spell
Yes it is, when it equips, it
Yes it is, when it equips, it becomes a spell. can even be negated by dark bribe (well, its destruction effect, not its equip.)
Dang Bae, why are so hard to
Dang Bae, why are so hard to get hold of? I know you are busy, but could we schedule time to have a nice "chat" of sorts?
I'm Right Here
I'm Right Here
Sorry man, but with our
Sorry man, but with our weekly magazine as well as the website features, I really don't have much spare time. I check the site's comments maybe once a day, and that's only for a few minutes (looking over the "recent comments" on the sidebar).
Duel?
Duel?
Homework. also, Thursday is
Homework. also, Thursday is Date night for mom and dad, so that equals kid night for bro and me, as well as sis.
ahh, love is love
ahh, love is love
'Tis True.
'Tis True.
yugioh zexal episode 71 was
yugioh zexal episode 71 was great since people believed tron was finally getting rid of yuma and dr. faker with kaito as well
Darn. I had some really cool
Darn. I had some really cool questions I would like to shoot you.
if your really looking to
if your really looking to take down your opponent fast, wind ups is the way to go. opening a bad hand can be deadly in any deck, but i have never, EVER seen a deck with so much recovery power. they have a strong early, mid, and late game. more or less if u don't have the torrential set, or a warning for there shock master, your done
hmmm where are the birds?
I think sj forgot to mention the greatest swarmers in the entire game.. BLACKWINGS :D not only do they synchro like every other turn the special each other have amazng effects and even go off when their in the graveyard with vayu :) the black feathers have been some of the best swarmers in the game <3
decks for sale
i have many yugioh decks for sale so if you want these decks give me a message on boryszewski92@gmail.com
sup vizor i basically beat
sup vizor i basically beat jack last night, or really i did
I KNOW.
I KNOW.
You beat him in my opinion.
I GOT GUSTAV!
WHOOOOO
YAH!
mee too, and actually i would
mee too, and actually i would have summned celtic and beat him so i won
Gusatv max is aweosme
hey. umm has lizzy made an
hey. umm has lizzy made an account
Do not know.
Do not know.
G2G
Can't be here for the rest of the day.
BTW the reason you do not have an admin status YET is because the power is almost useless for everyone.
Admins get to much power and I want to make sure that goes to someone who uses that power in every way possible.
This is why Jack almost has his; with deck lists, dueling, and helping the duel archive, he is using the power in almost every aspect. You do things he does not, like deck tips, and you bring people to the site. This needs less power than admins have, so I have not used admin status with you yet. Jack does not meet the aspects you cover, and the same applies to you; you both cover different things and do a great job.
So thanks to both of you, and I hope you understand that some people might have admin status before others.
wanna go to live chat i hav
wanna go to live chat i hav 30 min
but he doest duel as much, i
but he doest duel as much, i hav a duel today with nutter and i dueled in the tourney...im not trying to be mean but right now im winning in the dueling part
I know.
I know.
hii
I like...
Dear Alpha, please update your Card Games
Seriously theres so many new cards out right now you guys should be on top of this maybe talk about your next god card.
I personally agree that swarm
I personally agree that swarm is cheap at times as I run Crystal Beast.
Still waiting on my Puppet Killer guys!
In with the new.
Dueling now a days heavies on a "consistent" deck. I can easily swarm the field and bring out my Legendary Six Samurai: Shi En within the first 2 turns of the game. Special summoning is the way to go. Tribute summoning is old school.