This weekend, Mascis is aiming for the gold with one of the oldest and most stylish combos in the entire format.
This deck is almost as old as Goat Format itself. At SJC Houston in April 2005, Mike Powers piloted a version of it all the way to an 11th place finish. Jerome's deck profile attributes it to Powers as well as Jake Anderson, Brandon Hilder, and Richard Garcia. If you don't know how it works, here's the basic combo:
This deck is another remarkable example of what exactly is possible with the Jar engine. With one Cyber Jar and one Morphing Jar, Mascis can power through his deck with his Books of Taiyou and Moon when he fails to get to a DMoC the "normal" way by activating Reasoning or Monster Gate. A single Soul Release allows for pinch combos with Graceful Charity and Dimension Fusion.
As usual, the side deck is where it gets really interesting. Scapegoats and Metamorphoses tend to be a good side plan for decks that aren't already maining them, but here it allows Mascis to convert into another deck entirely, a more traditional Reasoning/Gate list not unlike the one that recently claimed 2nd place at DuelistGroundz's Seasonal Playoffs. Noxjja's Reasoning/Gate deck ultimately faltered in the finals to noted Turbo player Iwasbanned0nDN, who is in attendance here today. Perhaps we will see a chance for Mascis to vindicate the Reasoning/Gate engine and avenge Noxjja's loss in Day 1's Swiss rounds at FLC V! Be sure to stay tuned for more coverage.
- Activate Spell Economics. You no longer have to pay LP to activate Spell cards.
- Activate Mass Driver (or summon Cannon Soldier somehow). You may now tribute monsters to burn your opponent.
- Special Summon Dark Magician of Chaos somehow: generally Reasoning, Monster Gate, or occasionally even Premature Burial.
- If you do not already have a copy in hand, use Dark Magician of Chaos's effect to add Dimension Fusion from your graveyard to your hand.
- Tribute Dark Magician of Chaos (and banish it) for Mass Driver's effect.
- Activate Dimension Fusion. Special Summon Dark Magician of Chaos and add Dimension Fusion back to your hand.
- Repeat until the opponent has no LP.
This deck is another remarkable example of what exactly is possible with the Jar engine. With one Cyber Jar and one Morphing Jar, Mascis can power through his deck with his Books of Taiyou and Moon when he fails to get to a DMoC the "normal" way by activating Reasoning or Monster Gate. A single Soul Release allows for pinch combos with Graceful Charity and Dimension Fusion.
As usual, the side deck is where it gets really interesting. Scapegoats and Metamorphoses tend to be a good side plan for decks that aren't already maining them, but here it allows Mascis to convert into another deck entirely, a more traditional Reasoning/Gate list not unlike the one that recently claimed 2nd place at DuelistGroundz's Seasonal Playoffs. Noxjja's Reasoning/Gate deck ultimately faltered in the finals to noted Turbo player Iwasbanned0nDN, who is in attendance here today. Perhaps we will see a chance for Mascis to vindicate the Reasoning/Gate engine and avenge Noxjja's loss in Day 1's Swiss rounds at FLC V! Be sure to stay tuned for more coverage.
