6/11/2023 0 Comments 2004 chaos control deckTogawa’s Fusion deck isn’t anything special, but it gets the job done and does so reliably: it’s almost complete, albeit not as thorough as it could be. It was wise of Togawa to eschew it, and doing so allowed him to really hurt the duelists competing in Worlds who expected to use traps with near-impunity. Waboku is a card that seems to get either positive attention or negative attention, and in the restrictive format of the forbidden list environment, it’s not nearly as good with Scapegoat being as viable as it is. By running Jinzo (a somewhat unpopular choice at Worlds) and side decking two copies of Royal Decree, Togawa can really shut a deck down if it’s approximately 25 percent traps. Togawa isn’t keeping himself to just five traps because of a fear of Jinzo-instead he’s opening up the option to truly punish players who are running traps near, or in, the double digits. In an age where many duelists are running four to six trap cards due to Jinzo, many are starting to let their trap counts rebound. Looking at the trap cards Togawa chose to play, his actual selections are probably of less interest than the cards he opted not to run. Watch for it to be big in all metagames in the near future. Considering the amount of success it saw, it’s almost a wonder that more players didn’t run multiple copies. The rest of the cards hold up admirably on their own- Smashing Ground was a running theme of the World Championship, played for its ability to take out Chaos Emperor Dragon, Black Luster Soldier, and D. It’s a trend that will probably experience a boom in areas where it isn’t already prominently seen. Scapegoat can allow for overextensions that would otherwise be risky to the point of stupidity, since it can protect a player for multiple turns. It’s a great topdeck card, and in an environment without Imperial Order, it’s far easier to play spell cards successfully than most are accustomed to. Heavily popularized in Eastern metagames, Scapegoat has not yet exploded in North America, but it may do so in the near future. Creature Swap finds great synergy with Scapegoat, and in truth, Scapegoat is likely the most notable card of the bunch. There are virtually no conditional cards in the lot, and the few that are conditional ( Nobleman of Crossout, Creature Swap, and Scapegoat) are powerful enough to justify their inclusion. The spells are, for the most part, staples and Control cards typical of the format. Such a move with The Forceful Sentry was arguably what won Togawa the semifinals. The Control spells, like Creature Swap, Confiscation, The Forceful Sentry, and Smashing Ground can all be game-breaking when used in multiples, and Magician of Faith can facilitate that. Because the deck uses a variety of key spell cards that all have a high level of utility, Magician of Faith maintains a high level of utility as well. There’s nothing innovative there the only real digression from an average cookie-cutter list are the two Magicians of Faith, and it’s here where the deck’s synergy between spells and monsters really starts to show. Warrior Ladies backed up by a single Shining Angel fill out the list. The fitting Limited-list monsters are all run ( Sinister Serpent, Breaker the Magical Warrior, and so on), and three D. Masatoshi Togawa main decked a monster set completely fitting for the Beatdown approach, while his spell set was Control-bred through and through. What isn’t common to see, though, is a deck where the division is made so obviously. It’s common to see an experienced player mix two approaches from different Chaos variants in order to try and find a beneficial medium between the two, and thus have an edge. Togawa’s deck is a hybrid of Chaos Beatdown and Chaos Control, but this in and of itself is unremarkable. Here’s Masatoshi Togawa’s deck list:ġ Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginningġ Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End However, some of the choices Togawa made are quite interesting and his success with these choices makes it even more important to examine his deck. This fact alone makes his deck worthy of a close examination. Masatoshi Togawa claimed the 2004 World Championship in the name of Japan.
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