Yinsun's deck is difficult to classify, which is exactly why I chose it for a Day 2 Deck Profile.
It's not every day that you see Legendary Jujitsu Master in a Goat Control main deck, but that's exactly what you're looking at. The real question is whether or not a Goat Control deck is actually what you're looking at. I'm personally inclined to say yes, but I suspect there are many out there who would disagree with my calling this a Goat Control deck.
Yinsun's use of a single Scapegoat along with two Metamorphosis resembles the lineups of many early pre-ruling decklists from April-May 2005, but the space he gains from cutting the other copies of Scapegoat enables him to play two copies of Bottomless Trap Hole and two copies of Trap Dustshoot in his main deck, both of which are out of the ordinary, to say the least. Trap Dustshoot is proving across the board to be a vital pick in today's metagame, with Thunder Dragon-based Chaos Turbo decks as popular as ever, and Bottomless Trap Hole interacts favorably with rising stars like Skilled White Magician, Abyss Soldier, and King Tiger Wanghu as well as mirror match staples like Airknight Parshath and Breaker the Magical Warrior.
Yinsun came extra prepared for aggression today, perhaps taking note of the results of the first FLC last month. Two Legendary Jujitsu Master, a Mystic Tomato, and two Spirit Reaper ensure that he can block for days, while his monster count remains low enough to support the ever-important copy of Morphing Jar. The use of Spirit Reaper in conjunction with Trap Dustshoot and Morphing Jar is interesting, but not deal-breaking: discarding cards from the opponent's hand is only one of the many things Spirit Reaper is doing for Yinsun here and certainly not the most significant.
Sidedecking is the name of the game in modern Goat Control,` and Yinsun's approach today is simple, efficient, and pragmatic. Instead of Threatening Roar, he's got Waboku, which plays much more nicely with his Legendary Jujitsu Masters and Morphing Jar. With a single Magical Merchant supporting the Call of the Haunted and Premature Burial in his main, Yinsun opts for a single Jinzo where many would play a second Mobius, and has two Dekoichis as an extra trick for going first in postboard games. Yinsun piloted his innovative list to a 4-0 finish on Day 1 yesterday, and we're sure to see a lot more from this duelist in the coming months.
Yinsun's use of a single Scapegoat along with two Metamorphosis resembles the lineups of many early pre-ruling decklists from April-May 2005, but the space he gains from cutting the other copies of Scapegoat enables him to play two copies of Bottomless Trap Hole and two copies of Trap Dustshoot in his main deck, both of which are out of the ordinary, to say the least. Trap Dustshoot is proving across the board to be a vital pick in today's metagame, with Thunder Dragon-based Chaos Turbo decks as popular as ever, and Bottomless Trap Hole interacts favorably with rising stars like Skilled White Magician, Abyss Soldier, and King Tiger Wanghu as well as mirror match staples like Airknight Parshath and Breaker the Magical Warrior.
Yinsun came extra prepared for aggression today, perhaps taking note of the results of the first FLC last month. Two Legendary Jujitsu Master, a Mystic Tomato, and two Spirit Reaper ensure that he can block for days, while his monster count remains low enough to support the ever-important copy of Morphing Jar. The use of Spirit Reaper in conjunction with Trap Dustshoot and Morphing Jar is interesting, but not deal-breaking: discarding cards from the opponent's hand is only one of the many things Spirit Reaper is doing for Yinsun here and certainly not the most significant.
Sidedecking is the name of the game in modern Goat Control,` and Yinsun's approach today is simple, efficient, and pragmatic. Instead of Threatening Roar, he's got Waboku, which plays much more nicely with his Legendary Jujitsu Masters and Morphing Jar. With a single Magical Merchant supporting the Call of the Haunted and Premature Burial in his main, Yinsun opts for a single Jinzo where many would play a second Mobius, and has two Dekoichis as an extra trick for going first in postboard games. Yinsun piloted his innovative list to a 4-0 finish on Day 1 yesterday, and we're sure to see a lot more from this duelist in the coming months.
