Dueling Network General In General

Table of Contents (Use ctrl f)

-Autism tools, for skilled ratios
-How to play
-Premade Decks for advanced noscoping
-FAQ (Whenever someone asks something I will try to add it to this)


------------------Autism tools, for skilled ratios------------------

>http://stattrek.com/online-calculator/hypergeometric.aspx

You can use this to calculate simple probabilities for your deck.  Population is deck size (Upstart goblins don't count, so subtract however many you run [should be 3] from your deck size [should be 40]).  Number of successes in the population is how many of the target card you run.  For example, if you're trying to figure out how often you're going to draw into Dark Magician and you run 2, the population size would be 2.  Sample size is the size of your opening hand or how many cards you are willing to go through -- if you want to know the probability of drawing a dark magician in your first 10 cards, sample size is 10.  Number of successes is how many you want to have drawn -- if you wanted to draw both dark magicians, number of successes would be two.

>https://www.dropbox.com/s/gj5jf2o8ej6p35l/ygoStat.exe

The product of alot of autism, perhaps one of the only useful things to come from dng.  Due to how this is coded (checking all possible orders of your deck, it's basically a bunch of nested for loops) it can take up to 4-5 minutes each time you run it.  In order to load a deck, you need ygopro (link in op) and can build a deck in there, then load the deck from your ygopro deck folder in ygostat.  Then, you can assemble all the different hands you'd like to open with, and it will tell you the probability of opening with any of those (hands don't have to be full hands, you can just choose like 2-3 cards and then it will allow any hand that involves those).  The downside is that this was done before the rule change where first player draws 5 (was 6), so it's currently set to you drawing 6.  This should be easy to fix (just add an if/bool statement to the last loop depending whether or not you're going first or second), but I do c++ not #c and this was converted to #c for the interface so you'll have to ask Jmex about that.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/70390754/PoDStat.exe

A recent project I finished (as of July 30th).  Use this to see how running x copies of Pot of Duality will affect the probability of you drawing into a certain number of your target cards.  Mostly self-explanatory.

>http://duelistgroundz.com/index.php?showforum=536

This has deck discussions that you can follow, they're useful if you want to play in tournaments.  Stay away from reddit, pojo, and dnf like the plague.  Oh and if you make an account and act like an idiot you'll probably be b& pretty quickly.

>http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html

For those whom truly feel ready, reading this is a must.

------------------How to play------------------

>http://www.yugioh-card.com/en/rulebook/

This is the rule book.  Pretty self explanatory.

>Reading

Reading is so fucking hard, once you start playing more you will see this.

>A note on missing the timing

Only "when... you can" effects will miss timing.  "If.. you can" and "When... [does not say can, is mandatory]" effects will never miss timing.  When... you can misses timing if it was not the last thing to happen.  For example, your opponent activates Blaster ;), Dragon Ruler of Infernos to summon it, and you chain Call of The Haunted targeting your in grave mermail abysspike.  Pike is summoned at chain link 2 when Call resolves, and then Blaster ;) resolves as chain link 1.  Pike's summon is not the last thing to happen and he misses timing.  If you targeted Satellarknight Altair, call then blaster ;) would resolve, Altair's summon is not the last thing to happen but since he is an "If... you can" effect he will not miss timing and thus activates as chain link 1 in a new chain after blaster resolves.

>What does tcg, ocg and the 0 sign mean on dn in the corner of the card

Tcg means it's only legal in tcg, ocg means it's only legal in ocg, 0 means it's only legal in some irrelevant place like korea.

------------------Premade Decks for advanced noscoping------------------

***Note: Not including the side deck because I'm too lazy to type it out, nor do you need it right now.
***Note: Not including all the staple extra deck cards because typing.  Ask what the staple rank 4s of the time are.  I'm including the deck specific extra deck cards.

===Tier 1 and Tier 2 decks: These decks are the ones that will be most played at a tournament level.  Learn to play an easy deck so that you can learn basic mechanics, rulings, and things like card advantage / tempo before coming here.  Or alternatively, just grab one of these and win games because yugioh is unbalanced as fuck.


=================Tier 1 decks===============
Tellarknight:
http://imgur.com/K0vkPR7

Shaddoll Seraph:
http://imgur.com/HNL8VSq

Nekroz:
http://imgur.com/98kzUIr
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===========Tier 2 and petdecks=======================
Zefra:
http://imgur.com/0NS13bb

Yosenju:
http://imgur.com/3JxnKGD

Hungry Burger:
http://imgur.com/IBUJ6xw

Synchron spam:
http://imgur.com/crwFwts

Madolche:
http://imgur.com/VpbhxrR
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These are from previous formats. They may or may not still be relevant. Use with caution.
============Non updated decks================================
>Burning Abyss
http://pastebin.com/7DdcGfNx

>Qliphort
http://pastebin.com/fhBDJTiP

>Nekroz
http://pastebin.com/fPP7xJfn

>Satellar Knight (Good for beginner)
http://pastebin.com/pUG01fW5

>Harpie (Waifu deck)
http://pastebin.com/N6spjtzQ

>Heraldics
http://pastebin.com/08mxvYm1

>Gusto (Waifu deck)
http://pastebin.com/rsM3vSfA

>Crystal Beasts
http://pastebin.com/TMduD4j5

>Winky Facts (Chronomaly Artifact)
http://pastebin.com/9ac2pjek

>D R A G O N S (Mythic)
http://pastebin.com/X4GtCrqJ

>Spellbooks
http://pastebin.com/r7tTce04

>Shaddoll
http://pastebin.com/4HGceQrA

>Gadgets (Traditional dng deck to learn with)
http://pastebin.com/1ejimQR7

>Fire Kings
http://pastebin.com/uJ1MtEXr

>Evilswarm
http://pastebin.com/32yUpQGy

>Blackwings
http://pastebin.com/sg9jy2Jf
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------------------FAQ------------------

>Is my (dark magician, blue eyes, penguin etc) deck playable?

Anything is playable.  However, if you mean viable for tourney play, then no.  For tournament play you want a tier one or two deck (or I guess higher three if you have a big dick and don't mind going x-2).

>What does going x-1, x-3, x-0 in a tourney mean?

It's just how many losses you have.  In a 11 round tourney, x-2 would be 9 wins 2 losses.  However, even in round 7, you would say you're x-2 if you have two losses.

>How long does it take to git gud?

Alot of the skill is learning the meta card pool -- once you do this, it is easy to play infrequently but keep up with the meta.  With respect to things like card advantage, tempo, bluffing, when to minus etc, these things come as you play.  You could probably get pretty highly ranked on dn in 3-5 weeks.

>What's the difference between ygoPro and Dueling Network?

ygoPro is automated and dueling network is manual.  However, dueling network's ladder system, while imperfect, is far more competitive than ygoPro.  All /dng/ tourneys are held on dueling network.

>Can you use Solemn Warning against Elemental HERO Wildheart?

Did you read the card?  Yes, as the continuous effect is not applied until it hits the field, and solemn warning negates the attempt to summon (never hits field).

>Synchro/xyz/pendulum ruined the game.

Fuck jewbots, but go cry on /v/.  All competitive card games have power creep, cause they die from staleness otherwise.

>What deck do I play if I return from X format?

Was the deck you played control, aggro, otk, stun, etc?  Figure out which category it fit into and then ask in the thread what current tier 1 - 2 decks fall under the category you choose.

>Why would anyone play anything other than the best deck / why would anyone only play the best deck?

Some people are snowflakes.  Some people want to go to tournaments but don't want to pay the high entry fee for the best deck, as the tourney isn't so important to them.  At the heart of this, the game is for fun.  That said, winning is fun for most people, so you'll want to try to optimize your chances to win, though you have to balance this with cost (otherwise we would all live in hotels in the Caribbean).  Someone would play only the best deck for this reason too -- the enjoyment from winning is great enough to overcome the larger cost.

>Do I have to read the paste bin?

No, but if you don't read it don't be some faggot that posts his 45 card blue-eyes deck and complains about mst negating his polymerization.