Aching Cranium

YGO Custom Cards

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The monster from yesterday’s comic in full. I present my rip-off Red Dragon Archfiend, aka Infernal Flame Dragon Emperor.

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Generic Thunder support, though it would probably only see play in Thunder Dragons.

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A one-page Yugioh themed comic I put together today.

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Pile, my sticky boi, looking into a puddle and seeing its reflection. Looking good, my dude!

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A Trap Monster. I’ve always had a soft spot for this gimmick, though I prefer Tiki Soul and Tiki Curse to the Paleozoics.

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A custom “Wattaildragon” Fusion monster.

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I made skeleton versions of some memes.

Have fun with them, I guess.

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@normal-horoscopes

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I present “Neo Arcana Force,” basically retrains of the first 9 Arcana Force cards, with the same levels, types, attribute, and stats, but better effects. Just in case you’ve got a lot of nostalgia for the old AF cards, these do support the original archetype.

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While I’m feeling inspired, I decided to expand a bit on my gooey boy. Pile isn’t just a mindless monster, it’s capable of emotions and has basic survival instincts. I took inspiration from Marvel’s Venom for the more monstrous form and for how to portray its emotions (since it wears an unchanging mask). My perspective needs work.

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I saw Spirited Away ONCE when I was seven or eight. I bring that up because No-Face from that movie has been a present artistic influence for me. Masks are fascinating, and I love drawing creatures that wear them. Other influences for this work include: fantasy slimes, the Puppet from FNAF, gooey creatures like Muk from Pokémon and Clayface from Batman, and the Seekers from BATIM.

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A hand trap in the style of “Droll & Lock Bird.”

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My Salamangreat deck.

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It’s been awhile, huh? Well, here’s a late Christmas gift.

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HERO Tool Box 2019 Takes 2-1-1 At Locals

I took my HERO Tool Box deck to a locals tonight. I played against Cyber Dragons (Win), Six Samurai (Draw), Lunalights (Lose), and a super casual Deck (Win). Six Samurai and Lunalights proved to be challenging matchups for similar reasons: Special Summoning a ton of Monsters. I play Solemn Warning at 1 as my only Negate, because every other card in my deck is dedicated for Extra Deck plays: Fusion and Link, mostly. Not even the Kaijus I sided in where much help, because I couldn’t disrupt my opponent’s plays, only remove threats on my turn. Any recommendations for handtraps?

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I’ve been binging Yugioh Zexal lately. It starts off rough, but gets really good around the middle of season 1. Anyway, I ended up having a dream about Yugioh Zexal. Yuma was dueling some other kid, I think a character my brain made up, and he used a Field Spell that turned their duel into a Table Tennis match.

I tried to bring that card from my dream to life for y’all, but it didn’t work out. So, here’s a gamble card instead!

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this 50′s hungarian comic strip I’d never heard of until now is so damn cute for something that also gets so horny

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Salamantalkers 2019

I haven’t been posting custom cards lately, mostly because I haven’t been drawing very much. So, here’s a deck profile instead. It’s mine; It’s not the most competitive, but it’s gotten me through some rough spots.

Monsters:

3x Salamangreat Foxy

3x Salamamgreat Spinny

1x Salamangreat Fowl

1x Salamangreat Gazelle

1x Salamangreat Falco

1x Salamangreat Jack Jaguar

1x Salamangreat Beat Bison

3x Droll & Lock Bird

2x Flame Bufferlo

2x Speedroid Taketomborg

1x Speedroid Terrortop

1x Defcon Bird

1x Sea Archiver

1x Code Radiator

Spells:

3x Will of the Salamangreat

2x Salamangreat Sanctuary

1x Salamangreat Circle

1x Fusion of Fire

3x Cynet Backdoor

2x Cosmic Cyclone

1x Super Polymerization

1x Monster Reborn

1x Dark Ruler No More

Traps:

2x Salamangreat Roar

1x Salamangreat Rage

Extra Deck:

1x Salamangreat Violet Chimera

1x Salamangreat Miragestallio

1x Abyss Dweller

3x Salamangreat Balelynx

3x Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf

2x Salamangreat Heatleo

1x Code Talker

1x Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze

1x Transcode Talker

1x Excode Talker

Side Deck:

It’s a secret ;-)