Lesson: The importance of balance in most decks. this lesson, as the title says, is about the importance of balance in most decks. for most decks you want to have about 20 monsters, 10 spells, and 10 traps. the reason for this is because you want there to be a good chance that you wont just get monster cards, trap cards, or spell cards on their own, unless your deck is a spell/trap deck, but those are rare, and i wouldn't recommend one for play nowadays.you can make some slight changes to the 20/10/10, but it is a good guideline. unless you have ways of bringing tribute monsters out without tributing monsters or without using tributes, or just not needing to bring them out because you will use them for a fusion summon, you usually want 1-2 tribute monsters at the most, unless your deck is different than any I've seen.

howework: you are to make a deck that follows the 20/10/10 form of balance and post a screenie of the deck and you winning a duel with it

Now here is the homework for you great ODA members! Imagine you are going to a DN live Tourney. You have an option to go OCG only and TCG only for this rare occasions. Pick a deck to go to the tourney. Then, explain 2 decks that you will see in the OCG or TCG tourney, and also explain how and what you are going to side against them game 2, and if appllicable game 3. The reward for this lesson is 50 OD! The one with the most accurate and detailed answer (with the votes of the other Dorm Leaders and staff) will be awarded an extra 100 OD! You heard it, thats enough for another retest!

You can add side cards that aren't on the lesson, that you feel will work against other decks. Make sure you have a good explanation on why.

Many people don't know about spell speed or don't know enough to successfully pass the question on the dorm test. This class will be devoted to learning spell speed so you can avoid cheating, catching others cheating (intentionally or not), and to get that inevitable dorm question right!

Spell speeds are centered around the basic idea of chains. Because of this i find it reasonable to start there. A chain is a series of card effects that is played one after another. The very first card effect is considered the "chain link 1". The card played after that in response is a "chain link 2" and the one after that is a "chain link 3" and so on. When both players decide a chain is done then the chain starts in order from the most recently played card (the card with the highest chain link). After all cards in the chain are activated the chain ends.

There are three types of spell speeds. They are spell speed 1, spell speed 2, and spell speed 3. The way spell speeds work is each card effect on activation has a spell speed of 1-3. When a chain starts neither player can respond with a spell speed below the card before it. So if someone uses a card in a chain with spell speed 3, then spell speed 1 and 2 effects can not be activated in response however card effects with spell speed 3 can

Spell speed 1 is the lowest. It includes all spell cards other than instant spells (so normal, ritual, continuous, equip, and field), flip/ignition effects, and trigger effects. Spell speed 1 can not be chained to anything at all, not even spell speed 1. This has only one exception where if it is simultaneously happening then it does start a chain. For example, if a mystic tomato attacks a mystic tomato and both are killed, then the turn player's mystic tomato is chain link 1 and the opponent's mystic tomato is chain link 2. This is a rare occurrence though.

Spell Speed 2 is all quickplay spell cards, normal/continuous trap cards, and quick effects. Spell speed 2 can only be chained to cards of spell speed 1 and spell speed 2. This can not be chained to a card with spell speed 3.

Spell speed 3 is the highest spell speed and can be chained to anything. Nothing but other spell speed 3 cards can be chained to it. These cards only include counter traps.

If you have any questions such as definitions of terms i used like ignition effects be sure to ask me about them.

In this homework, knowing what we do about spell speeds I want you to PM me a paper on how this can effect game play. Be sure to give examples. Some ideas of things you can talk about are the unique idea that spell speed 1 effects can not be chained to other spell speed 1 effects 95% of the time, and how not understanding spell speed may cause a change in how certain plays/chains are used to where the advantage, maybe even the win itself can switch. You paper must include two ideas explained in depth. This homework is worth 100 OD and you get a bonus 25 OD for each idea you used that I did not give.

Decide your playing style - This is important, as it determines how people would look at you as a duelist. Are you a rash duelist who would rapidly summon, attack and activate cards? Or are you the deep thinker who would analyze your hand and field before making a move? Or maybe the duelist that would remove cards from play so your opponent cannot use them again? Considering these would help you choose a deck archetype.

You have to choose an archtype of you liking or it doesn't have to be an archtype it can be any deck you have to give me an explanation with what playstyle would that deck be suited for and with what playstyle would it go the worse.

I'm going old school

You have to build a deck that will use at least 3 super polymerization but it can't be an elemental hero deck and you have to use super poly at least once in a duel also it has to have at least 10 fusinos that can be summoned with super poly. To make things easier you can duel with each other.

Burn Decks are designed to "burn" the opponent's Life Points down to 0 with waves of cards that inflict Effect Damage (instead of relying on Battle Damage, like an Aggro Deck). These Decks are usually slow (with perhaps just 1000-2400 damage per turn) and are usually combined with Stall Decks to maximize inflicted damage while protecting the user's Life Points.

However, there are several counters to Burn Decks (see Counter Burn Deck). The most threatening is "Prime Material Dragon", although cards like "Lava Golem", "Volcanic Queen", "Divine Wrath" and "Bad Reaction to Simochi" can reverse this. However, there are many other threats:

Because Burn Decks mostly rely on stall cards to prevent taking battle damage, they are highly vulnerable to Spell and Trap removal. A Burn Deck must therefore contain plenty of Counter Traps, like "Solemn Judgment", "Dark Bribe", "Judgment of Anubis" (because "Mystical Space Typhoon" is a standard removal card).
Faster burn Decks leave the player without any cards quickly, so a way to refill the player's hand is needed.

I want you to make a good burn deck and win with it. BUT!!! You must win without your opponent takes a single life point away from you. You can use any burn deck except chain burn and you must find an opponent that uses ether tier 1 or tier 2