Weird decks and why this is such a strange concept

"Oh, I'll just leave the weird decks to you."

In recent times I've had this comment (or a variation of it) when someone's looked at a couple of my Yu-Gi-Oh! decks. Now I'm a little confused as to why people would think that, so I'll go through my current deck on here and see if any of you know why someone would call my deck weird.

Let's see, it's a deck of 40 cards with an extra deck of 15 cards, all from the Yu-Gi-Oh! trading card game. Nothing weird about that, the main deck being of the minimum amount in order to make drawing required cards less of a chance. Cards in my main deck also assist in searching out other cards I need and the summon of the high powered monsters that live in my extra deck. Nope, still not seeing what's weird about it. Those are all the main elements of a deck, right? Then what is it that makes my Gimmick Puppet deck so weird?

"Whoa, you play Gimmick Puppets? That's such a weird deck. Why don't you play Geargia/Bujin/Fire Fist/Mermails?"

Oh. That's why you think it's a weird deck.

If that's why you think someone's deck is weird, I'd like to suggest that you take a step back and reconsider that mindset. Just because someone plays a deck that doesn't make up more than half the field at a YCS event that doesn't mean their deck is weird. Each Yu-Gi-Oh! booster set, much to your surprise, actually contains cards in it that aren't part of a top tier deck!

Yes I know, shocking. I'll let you calm down for a minute and try to digest that fact.

Ready? Good. Now if you think that's how "weird" it gets, here's some more news for ya. In my Gimmick Puppet deck, I use the Rank-Up-Magic cards in order to summon out the more powerful Chaos Number Gimmick Puppets. Breathe, you'll pass out if you don't.

Now, I want to know why you don't play a deck that isn't a top tier deck. I know there are plenty of Cardhousians that don't, so I do apologise for the blanket generalisation. But don't you ever feel that itch to make a different deck? To make something that stands out from among the crowd?

Maybe you should give it a go. Who knows, you may find it to be a fun experience. Instead of simply trying to flatten everyone with the latest power deck, why not try something more laid back and different. Of course if you find using those top tier decks fun, I won't question you. I'll just ask that you don't say anyone else's deck is weird just because they don't want to play the same deck you're playing.

I have the feeling I've contradicted myself somewhere in this blog post. Possibly it's because I tend to get annoyed when people look down on my deck because it's not a top tier deck.

I'm gonna stop typing before I say anything really stupid. Before that though, a reminder that the Pokemon Flashfire pre release is on Sunday 4th, and I look forward to seeing plenty of people there!

The Pokemon Professor, Troy