I just tend to like the real life version of yu gi oh!!! I find it incredibly hard without playing with my exoida deck!!! Which includes:
Monsters:
1 x Exodia The Forbidden One
1 x Left Arm Of The Forbidden One
1 x Left Leg Of The Forbidden One
1 x Right Arm Of The Forbidden One
1 x Right Leg Of the Forbidden One
1 x Sangan
1 x Witch Of The Black Forest
2 x Emissary Of The Afterlife
2 x Mystic Tomato
1 x Breaker The Magical Warrior
1 x King Tiger Wangu
1 x Tribe Infecting Virus
2 x Spirit Reaper
1 x Exiled Force
1 x Magician Of Faith
1 x Sinister Serpent
Spells:
1 x Monster Reborn
1 x Pot Of Greed
1 x Graceful Charity
1 x Premature Burial
1 x Rageki
1 x Dark Hole
1 x Messenger Of Peace
1 x Area Level Limit - B
1 x Mystic Space Typhoon
1 x Harpies Feather Duster
1 x Lightining Vortex
1 x Monster Reincarnation
1 x Feather Of The Phoenix
1 x Pot Of Arvice
1 x Heavy Storm
Traps:
1 x Gravity Bind
1 x Mirror Force
1 x Imperial Order
1 x Backup Soldier
1 x Call Of The Haunted
1 x Torential Tribute
I have won so many "Traditional" format tournaments with this deck, its a very fun deck to play with and anyone who says exodia decks suck better take a better look at this one...
Basically what you want to learn from this is there is a mixture of stall cards ie gravity bind, messenger of peace, area level limit - b, and spirit reapers... they are there to by you time to be able to get either searcher cards ( will discuss next paragraph), or actual exodia pieces. They can also by sometime to pull monster removal cards incase you are getting over powered by a warrior themed (which are great decks) or beatdown decks.
Searcher cards are a wonderful addition to any deck, now what they do is they search your deck for a specific card, usually with certin conditions, but in this case Sangan, Witch Of The Black Forest, Emissary Of The Afterlife, can be used to gather Exodia Pieces for an Automatic Win. Also Mystic Tomatos are good because they search for themselves or can be used to search for that sangan or witch,
This Deck is also a master at field control! There are numerous card in this deck that allow you to destroy monsters, magic, and traps... As long as they are on the field and you dont waste these cards foolishly, Raigeki is an opponent monster destroying card, where as dark hole can destroy both, but both have there uses... Dark Hole being the least obvious i will cover first... NEVER USE A DARK HOLE WITHOUT HAVING A WITCH OR SANGAN, UNLESS YOUR IN COMPLETE DESPERATION! Using Dark Hole While you have Sangan on the field will allow you to draw that precious exodia piece, all the while destroying your opponents monsters! So doingby using Dark Hole you benefit twice as much! Another combo worth discussing in this deck is the call of the haunted... heavy storm combo... if you play heavy storm and you had already have had call of the haunted on the field you can chain Call Of The Haunted, grab a Sangan, Emmisarry, or Witch, and there is another piece... Monster Reborning Sangan, Emiisary, or Witch before using dark hole is also good. Even Torential Tribute will work well with the above combo.
And Last But definatly not least... When You find yourself in a bind and your opponent gets lucky enough to remove 1 of those exodia pieces in your hand, there are a few options, backup soldier, monster reincarnation, and A Feather of the Phoenix, will help enormonously to help your acheive the goal of having those 5 pieces in your hand.
This Deck Is 2 Things, a quick exodia win, and a Field Control deck, One of the most 2 annoying combinations... The point of this deck is for the opponent to not have anything on the field that you cant handle, nor stall your way out of, ie. exodia deck historically have feared don zaloog, but if he isnt on the field he isnt a threat :-) Delinquent Duo is another card that can be used that hinders, exodia, ie then you just use imperial order. but tell me what you think im always looking to improving it, but there isnt much more i can do lol.
Happy Playing
Matt