I would remove the Duality- your deck does very little without the special summoning and I think it hurts your consistancy alittle (as odd as it sounds). I would remove at least one if not all of them. same with Foolish, it's only purpose is to dump a target for Tio\ Coth? I think it's unneeded. instead of what I suggested to remove maybe add another Kycoo, and I would try Atrax just for the sake of another Traptrix with a decent effect. And more stuff you could add is another copy of CotH and veiler (that should work with it as another monster in the grave for level5 synchros because you kind of lack monsters) though that is kind of just a theory from my part :S

POD is too good in here , you search/deck thin and adjust your hand properly and also Traptrix don't really care for special summons , It's not the main goal of the deck.

Salik wrote:

As you can see I have focused it to be a control anti-meta'ishh build that focuses on winning a duel by grinding

His rank 4 plays/Special summons is a 2nd option but it's not the main , I personally don't like Veiler +3 Fiendish in a deck and you don't really want to draw them together as it can be cloggy as well, too much negation . as for the build , Don't you think having 3 searchers and 4 Targets a bad idea? If I were to make some changes.

For me , I would cut Foolish and COTH for 2 trap hole trap cards(There are many , but I think the best choice would be fascinating trap hole and for good cards that have synergy , you can try Verdant Sanctuary , It's very good but then again you would need to add some more insects there and balance stuff and have you tried Lonefire or Giant Rat before?

P.S : Running lvl5 Synchros because of 2 main decked Veilers is just not worth the space because in this format , you'll most likely use the Veilers anyway.

What traptrix is by kycoo, and what is that fish like guy above duality? I think a macro cosmos and The End of Anubis would look lovely in here, as from what I see, you don't use any grave powered cards.

The 1 next to Kycoo is the new Traptrix monster. I even put the wikia link so you can see what it does. main decking a Macro Cosmos would kill the purpose of the new monster. And why the hell would you put End of Anubis in this deck? It is a level 6 which has no synergy with this deck and is a bit random. It's also a dead card to open with. Further more if I wanna hurt decks that use the grave, Kycoo does that job to an extent. Anything more would be in the side deck e.g. Debunk or Fissure. I don't wanna kill the decks consistency as it's already a slow deck.

Edit: The water monster is Tin Goldfish @Genjutsu

@Ace The Duality is never bad as it helps me get to those cards that make bad hands good, further more if I wanna special summon, I can use the Duality's as fodder for Summoner Monk. I like to keep my options open.

@Dova Fascinating Trap Hole isn't that good and can easily be played around once the opp see;s u are using it or if they summon a monster that doesnt use the effect immediately, Void and Fiendish do better jobs. I also don't really wanna open more than 1 Trap Hole card since they are searchable. I also have 5 targets 1 BTH 2 TH and 2 VTH.

@Dova + Ace I think you guys are right about the Foolish though, I will probably replace it with something else. Not sure what atm, perhaps the second COTH like you suggested or maybe make room for 2 Black Horns. I probably won't add a second Kycoo as I don't really wanna draw or see it more than once.

Goblindbergh's? Tour Guides? Envoy of the Beginning? Double Summon? Some of these cards can speed up the deck, and throw in some XYZ power. I would love to put these cards in, but I'm not sure you want to.

Here is what I think would be fun to pilot in extra deck:
Utopia
Utopia Ray Victory
Rank up magic Astral Force (as it ranks up 2 levels, and can be added to hand instead of normal draw, but you already have draw powered cards, so it wouldn't be too bad)

Ranking up over and over I find very fun.

Lol if you wanna make a deck for fun then sure, but I wouldn't advise any of those in decks that wanna be competitive.

Yeah, let's face it, xyz decks can be brutal at first, but eventually they lose steam...

genjutsumaster19 wrote:

Yeah, let's face it, xyz decks can be brutal at first, but eventually they lose steam...

What's your idea to help them then?  

Do you mean how to help this deck, or just xyz decks in general? I know those cards I listed would work in this deck, as the deck itself is not just relying on the extra deck, that is why those cards I listed would fit in. And envoy of the beginning should be in just about any deck with lights and darks, as he is wicked powerful (and a classic favorite).

There's only 1 light monster in his main deck.

Oh, I thought one of the traptrix was a light, my bad, however, there are still some light xyz, and if utopia was in, there would be even more.

Lol don't rely on extra deck monsters to support Chaos monsters, that's just bad.

Yes Sir! Gotcha, I understand the problem with that. However, I may use extra deck monsters for eradicator...(#85)...

Yeah that's fine.

Eradicator just might work in the deck, as it is a normal trap card, and atrax make your normal traps unnegatable, and maybe DNA Surgery with Insect Barrier? Or the DNA card that changes attribute? (Eradicator, or deck devastation)

Mix it with Artifacts

@dova- I meant using veiler as a target for coth (which I suggested to ad dmore with it) not as a normal summonable tuenr. that might not be the best though but it's an option worth testing (and to be clearer I don't suggest it to be one of the deck's main goal\combos, I just mean it's a way to make a use out of coth if you lack monsters in the graveyard which I think will happen often in this deck).
Also, Salik, you didn't state your opinion on atrax. I think you need some more monsters here and he is both a Traptrix and with a decent effect for the deck (especially against any trap stun\ royal decree opponents might have).

I personally don't like Atrax nor do i think he is needed. He has nice stats and all being an 1800, but I don't think he's very effective or impacts the game like the monsters I'm currently running do, I guess he could be run at 1 just to increase the monster count but it would be a bad top deck mid to late game.

jus 1 question...

y no dark hole?

Same reason why I'm not running Torrential, I almost never wanna blow up the field... I wanna always have a monster on and just stun opponent with 1 for 1 removal, and beat them down, kind of like 4 axis Fire Fist. But the Dark Hole is in the side deck for spam decks when I am going second. And Tbh I've gotten used to playing with out it.

How does it do against the best decks

Brwwa had this deck idea with traptrix like months ago, everybody on dn has been imitating his deck in dn. I have played it against Renegades in war even I think xD

It wasnt exactly the same but the core was Traptrix Antimeta.

Where are the other trapholes? There are much more traphole cards you can combine with traptrix I would consider maining or siding them.