Epic strategy that doesn't require any changes in the deck to play. Really works!

[Exiro Divinus]

Allow me to tell y'all a secret, folks. A hidden strategy that was there all along, but went unnoticed until Exiro came along, and that, most of the time, doesn't even require you to change your deck! It's a strategy that can be played with any of your cards. Even you can use it in your current favorite deck! Isn't that great?!

Requirements

1. At least one Normal, Continuous, Equipment or Ritual Spell in your deck.
2. At least one Quick Play Spell or Trap of any kind in your deck.
   

If you have both these requirements, your deck is officially qualified for being capable of using this strategy. Great! All you need now is to simply know how to perform this strategy.

Here's how it works. Whenever you have a Normal, Continuous, Equipment or Ritual Spell in your hand and you are planning to activate it, instead of activating it, you set it. Now, you have to declare to your opponent that it is Heavy Storm or any other devastating Spell Card that your opponent would want to destroy if he had a face-down Mystical Space Typhoon, Dust Tornado or similar card face-down. You have to tell him that, instead of just activating the card, you are giving your opponent a chance to chain his Dust Tornado and destroy it before you have the chance to activate it.

If your opponent activates Dust Tornado, then you got rid of it before it could become harmful. If he doesn't activate Dust Tornado, continue what you were planning to do.

So what's the goal of this strategy? It has two goals. One; you're trying to make him spill his Dust Tornadoes on the worst cards possible. Two; you're messing with your opponent's head. This can be a key to winning the game.

It is important in this strategy that you try reading your opponent. If you notice that your opponent is doubting whether or not they should activate Dust Tornado, and end up not doing so, set your as-close-to-useless-card-as-possible next, and he might very well spill his Dust Tornado on it. Mission successful.

Another important thing is, when you lie about a Spell Card that you set, and your opponent doesn't fall for it while you don't want him to know that you lied, just keep the card set instead of activating it immediately. That way, you can set another card and your opponent will be completely unsure on whether or not to trust you about it. You can even combine this strategy with simply bluffing. Just set a card that you aren't planning to use immediately as well, and leave it set for a while. That card may be any Spell or Trap; it doesn't matter. Don't doubt about the flexibility of this strategy.

Also, when you actually have Heavy Storm or another devastating Spell Card while your opponent doesn't believe you, make the blow arrive as badly as possible, simply by talking. Say things that will make your opponent not believe you at all, and then actually activate the card. Whatever you said at that time, use it more often, just to mess with your opponent's head.

And finally, it is very important that your opponent can't read you. Be unpredictable at all times. Only then will this strategy actually work.

Since this strategy is, besides the obvious awesomeness and flexibility, also plainly epic, I'm going to call it the Exiro's awesomely flexible strategy of pure epicness; by Exiro!

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[voncsent]

Hmm...bluffing and outright deception. It could actually work if your opponent cannot read you correctly. I would not resort to this unless it was necessary though.

[Azuh]

I think too many people would realize that your bluffing. I mean really, why would you say that you're placing Heavy Storm face down unless you're using it to clear your hand for things such as Morphing Jar. But even then, there not going to take it seriously.

Bottomless Trap Hole / Dark Bribe / PWWB would possibly better choices to bluff, IMO.

[Blamonchesix]

Use this strategy and no one will duel you anymore.

Do you really need to lie just to win?

[Nate Xero™]

For a friendly duel, this is fine. But I wouldn't try just out right lying in any large scaled tournament.

[PikaPerson01]

So in other words, bluffing? This isn't anything new since it's been around since the creation of whatever the first card game was.

[-Griffin]

I like just randomly saying what a card is when it's clearly not, to annoy people;
"now I'll set my Short Circuit"
"You're playing frogs"
"Shush, I'm trying to bluff"

Or even better, tell them everything, and be true, about every play. They'll keep thinking you're about to break the trust and sneak something past them - playing with telling them every move and even giving them advice for MST targets/ect can really be lulzy if you still win.

[burnpsy]

I actually do this sometimes, except I always declare Mirror Force (me friends know I'm the only one in the area that has and uses it).

*sets Morphtronic Forcefield*
"I SET MIRROR FORCE FACE-DOWN!"

Eventually they catch on, so I set the real Mirror Force and declare it. It's funny! xD

[just-duelist]

something like that wouldnt matter in my area since no one falls for any bluff here.
if there going to do something they'll just do it.

P1: i set mirror force!
P2: i attack b****!

[-Griffin]

(10-22-2009 10:24 PM)just-duelist Wrote:  something like that wouldnt matter in my area since no one falls for any bluff here.
if there going to do something they'll just do it.

P1: i set mirror force!
P2: i attack b****!

I do this a lot, except I actually set Mirror Force, and they rage.

[Chaos Pudding]

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