Announcing: The Ultimate Tournament of All Times

Ever wondered which deck was the most powerful? Can the power of Tele-DAD stand up to Plant Synchro deck?

Soon you won't have to wonder, because I'm going to take 16 historical decks, and battle it out.
Match type: best out of 5. Two without side deck, and a standard match best out of three with side deck.
The decks MUST have been played in a tournament, should not contain strong metagaming in the main deck, and should be considered 'good'.

These are the decks I probably will include;

Cat Synchro (OCG with 3 Cat, TCG with Allure?)
Blackwing (Either Rodrigo Togores list, or an older list when Dark Strike was still allowed)
Frog FTK (World Championship 1st place list?)
Six Samurai
Zombie
Lightsworn
Plant (Before or after the limiting of Lonefire Blossom?)
Gravekeeper
Monarch
Gadget
Perfect Circle
DAD Turbo
Empty Jar
Gladiator Beast
Tele-DAD
and a Spot I haven't decided on.

Give me your thoughts about which decks to include and who's decklist to include.

Tour Bus from the Underworld

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Tour_Bus_From_the_Underworld


Well, that makes the card kind of okay. The effect isn't devastating, but it is playable. And it doesn't directly support Tour Guide, even if they have some very obvious synergy.

This card is also very playable in decks such as Lightsworn, to recycle power cards when it is milled during the End Phase.

YCS Brighton...

Also, when Trap Dustshoot reveals a hand, the cards are said to be 3 copies of Watthopper, a Pot of Duality and a monster card. The picture shows 3 Watthopper and Effect Veiler, but if you count cards you'll notice he is supposed to have another card. It is likely he has it in his hand, since it can't be Dustshooted away. But why say "a monster card" instead of Effect Veiler?


https://tcg.konami-europe.net/coverage/5966/round-2-pete-ward-vs-lee-brook/

Brook played Heavy Storm to try and simplify the game, but Ward responded with Starlight Road! Storm was negated and Ward Summoned Stardust Dragon from his Extra Deck. Brook activated Gozen Match (before instantly realising he played it too late; he could have stopped Stardust Dragon from hitting the field) and Ward sent Warwolf to the Graveyard. Brook Special Summoned Cyber Dragon. Ward tried to destroy it with Bottomless Trap Hole, but Brook used Compulsory Evacuation Device to send Cyber Dragon back to his hand. He Summoned Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, declared an attack, and Ward flipped Skill Drain!

You summon Cyber Dragon once, and after you return it to your hand you refuse to summon it again?


https://tcg.konami-europe.net/coverage/6014/round-4-matt-bennett-reficule-burn-vs-kevin-semlali-plant-synchro/

How did Spore get into the grave?
During Game 2, Bennet's hand is shown to be The Paths of Destiny, Bad Reaction to Simochi, Secret Barrel, Pot of Duality and Nurse Reficule the Fallen One.
The coverage says he used Duality to find a Reficule, activated Dimensional Fissure, and set 4 cards. More likely is he drew another trap card (later revealed to be Gift Card) and used Duality to find Dimensional Fissure.

https://tcg.konami-europe.net/coverage/6056/round-5-jordan-ruff-gadget-xyz-vs-marvin-weber-dino-rabbit/

Good play to just randomly use Book of Moon on a Gachi Gachi Gantetsu. Either attack it or save the Book until he attacks you.


https://tcg.konami-europe.net/coverage/6286/round-10-jake-quinsee-dino-rabbit-vs-kevin-gloor-dino-rabbit/

It's supposed to be "Forbidden Chalice", not "Wiseman's Chalice".


There were more mistakes, but I am getting annoyed enough by just these. Creature Swap became Swap Frog THRICE, but this was fixed so I can't bitch about it.

SLIFER THE SKY DRAGON!

http://manjyomethunder.twoday.net/stories/49612911/

The effect is still unconfirmed... hope they don't kill it as they did with Ra.
They effects are good, but I would still run Obelisk in 99% of the cases since he can't be negated, be destroyed upon summon, or targeted, basically making Mirror Force and Trishula the only outs to him.

Also, the Gladiator Beast deck has had promising results. Problem is, most people on Dueling Network have no idea on how to play against the deck, so I'll probably postpone the Gladiator Evolution until I have physical copies of the cards.

Fuck Konami.

http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/products/bp-orcs.html

Yes, they make a specific card to support Tour Guide from the Underworld.

Gladiator Beast Adoption

The first competitive deck I ever created was Gladiator Beast. Not because it was the best deck, but the cheapest top tier deck.
If you ask a player which their worst matchup is, or which deck the'd like to not face, Gladiator Beast always come out on top.
Yet Gladiator Beast rarely manages to top. So why do people fear a deck which they can beat?
I recently haven't had the time for a lot of Dueling Network, but I feel this issue needs to be solved.
I'm going to post a Gladiator Beast list, and if you feel I'm doing anything wrong. correct me.
I'll start testing tomorrow, and will continue until I reach a conclusion.

2 Thunder King Rai-Oh
2 Gladiator Beast Laquari
2 Gladiator Beast Equeste
2 Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
2 Legendary Jujitsu Master
1 Gladiator Beast Darius
1 Gladiator Beast Bestiari
1 Gladiator Beast Murmillo
1 Gladiator Beast Retiari
1 Gorz the Emissary of Darkness

2 Gladiator Proving Ground
2 Mystical Space Typhoon
2 Forbidden Lance
1 Mind Control
1 Heavy Storm
1 Monster Reborn
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole

3 Gladiator Beast War Chariot
2 Bottomless Trap Hole
2 Solemn Warning
1 Mirror Force
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Solemn Judgment
3 Dimensional Prison
2 Starlight Road