Gishki Hieroglyphs

Used by our current world champ currently~ helped me 20-0 =D

Photon Streak Bouncer V.s. No.25: Fullmetal Photoglide - Focus Force

Galactic Overlord released a lot of new Xyz monsters which boosted the Hieratics power. Among those Xyz, there are 2 rank 6 Xyz with unique "effect-negating" effects - Photon Streak Bouncer and No.25: Fullmetal Photoglide - Focus Force.

First, let us look as each effects:

Photon Streak Bouncer

2 Level 6 monsters 

Once per turn, when a monster your opponent controls activates its effect: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; negate that effect, and inflict 1000 damage to your opponent.

Number 25: Fullmetal Photoglide - Focus Force

2 Level 6 monsters 

Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card to target 1 face-up Level 5 or higher monster your opponent controls; its effects are negated until the end of the turn.

Both of them are quick effect monsters, meaning their effects can be used in either player's turn, and being able to activate during either player's turn means that it can activate anytime in a player's turn, be it draw phase, main phase, battle phase etc. The good point about streak bouncer is that it does not have level restrictions, but it is good only when it negates monsters with "Once Per Turn" effects, because monsters without OPT effect can activate again after it gets negated, like Brionac and Dark Armed. As for Number 25, although it has the level restrictions effect, it's effect lasts until end of turn so effects that are once per turn or no does not matter.

 Each of the following cards have their own targets in this meta,
Vs. Inzektor
Streak Bouncer: If you want to eat cards like Card Car D or Burn opponent life, this would be the most appropriate one, of course, if u don't meet any dark armed dragon. And at times it becomes a card that would mind-trick yourself because u can't really choose when to negate.
Number 25: Anything below level 5, it can't negate, but it's inzektors, hornet and gruf ups level so if they don't level up, I don't think there's really any threat.

Vs. Hieratic
None of it is really useful lol. Unless,
Streak Bouncer: You want to negate xyz monsters effects, and red eyes effects (If they are not 2800 atk).
Number 25: You want to negate red eyes effects.

Vs. Laval
Streak Bouncer: Not so useful against it because its effects activates either in grave or not once per turn
Number 25: Their monsters are all synchros so naturally level are 5 & above, negating Librarian is a good choice.

Vs. Rabbits
Streak Bouncer: The best choice.
Number 25: Useless as there are no monsters > level 4

If you are going to otk and you have a chance to make either one to stop effects,
Streak Bouncer: Negating Gorz and burn 1000 damage making OTK easier.
Number 25: If you met a tragoedia with 204024121293938133 atk power, of course this would be better as it makes tragoedia's attack and defense 0/0, so if you had a gaia dragoon on the field, it makes its pierce into a direct attack.

So each of them have their pros and cons, its up to the user to decide what to make.

Asia Championship is approaching in 2 weeks time, without book promos like gorz, tragoedia will be the most common defense, making Number 25 when you are otk-ing would be the better choice.

Number 25 + 2 Dragoon = 2800 + 2600 + 2600 = 8000 just nice

Thats all for today~~

Below are rulings for each of the following monsters:

Streak Bouncer

Ｑ：相手ターンに発動できますか？
Ａ：できます。(12/02/18) 
It can be activated during opponent's turn (Since it doesn't states like Number 25).

Ｑ：ダメージステップに発動できますか？
Ａ：できます。(12/02/18) 
Its effect can be activated during damage step

Ｑ：《スターダスト・ドラゴン》等、フィールド上で発動しその発動時にフィールドに存在しないモンスター効果も無効にできますか？
Ａ：できます。(12/02/18) 
Its effect can be activated on cards that activates on field, but are not on field during activation (e.g. Stardust Dragon).

Ｑ：効果を無効にする処理とダメージを与える処理は同時に行われる扱いですか？
Ａ：はい、同時に行う扱いです。(12/03/12)
The burn effect and negate effect activates at the same time.

Number 25

Ｑ：ダメージステップ時に発動できますか？
Ａ：調整中(12/03/23) 
Legendary 3 words whether it can be activated during damage step

Ｑ：《スターダスト・ドラゴン》を対象にしてこのカードの効果が適用された状態で、その後《スターダスト・ドラゴン》が自身をリリースして効果を発動しました。この場合、《スターダスト・ドラゴン》の効果は適用されますか？
Ａ：いいえ、リリースして発動すること自体は可能ですが、《スターダスト・ドラゴン》の効果は適用されません。同様に「フィールド上で発動するが効果解決時にはフィールドから離れている効果」は全て適用されません。(12/02/19) 
Cards that activate when leaving field (e.g Stardust Dragon) still loses its effect..

Ｑ：このカードの効果を受けたモンスターのレベルが４以下になった場合、そのモンスターの効果は適用されますか？ Ａ：いいえ、この効果適用後にレベルが変化しても、そのモンスターの効果は適用されません。(12/02/19)
Cards that changed level (Damsel equipped with Hornet becomes Level 6), still loses its effect even if the level were changed.

Tourney Report 24/03/2012

Deck used: Inzektor

Match 1: Vs Ryan, ??? - OO
He did not appear so I was given a win after every 5 mins

Match 2: Vs Sherwyn, Inzektor - OO
Game 1: I mind controlled his centipede and proceed to clear his field and flood my field using insane tech.
Game 2: I cleared his field and then flood my field after that.

atch 3: Vs Winson, Grave BF - XOO
Game 1: Got randomly otked
Game 2: Verz Thunderbird harassment
Game 3: Verz Thunderbird harassment again

Match 4: Vs Jeff, Hero Beat - XX
I let him win because he can pull Alex up

Top 8: Vs Baha, Hieroglyphs - ???
Conspiracy alert

Top 4: Vs Stark, Infernity - OXO
Game 1: Saw through a moment I can kill and do it and succeed
Game 2: Got killed by Librarian, Brionac and Beetle
Game 3: Push through his backrows and then go for the otk

Finals: Alex, Hero Beat - Shared

And so, my Inzektor finally managed to win once... Lol... This deck is taken from Tokyo CS which I personally feel that it's a win against mirror matches, but too bad I met all the colorful decks today. Decklist is just removing 2 call of the haunted and replace it with Autonomous Action Unit (Yes, You heard it right). Rivalry + Thunderbird + Raioh is insane!

Malaysia ACS 2012

Deck used: Ninja Hieroglyph
Format: Single Eli + swiss at top 20

Match 1: Inzektor - OO
Game 1: Hiero OTK
Game 2: Hiero OTK

Match 2: Inzektor - OO
Game 1: Hiero OTK
Game 2: Hiero OTK

Match 3: Ninja Laggia - OO
Game 1: My opponent set a monster and 2 S/T and ended. I activated storm, summoned Card Car D, set torrential draw 2 and ended. He mst, flipped gold ninja discarded compulsory evacuation device for effect, special summon hanzo, added gold ninja into hand (I thought I was gonna OTK-ed). He then summon hydrogeddon, xyz both ninja into blade armor ninja attacked me and ended. I dark hole him during my turn, summon hanzo searched ninjutsu, set and ended. After a few turns, he ate my ninjutsu, calling out shu and do my Hiero OTK
Game 2: Storm and then Hiero OTK

Match 4: Rabbit Laggia - OO
Game 1: Hanzo and then Hiero OTK
Game 2: Laggia + Hiero OTK

Swiss
Top 20: Vs. Inzektor - OO
Game 1: Hiero OTK
Game 2: Ate Hanzo, then guaiba, then Hiero OTK

Top 20: Vs. Agent - XOX
Game 1: Got otked by random vahalla
Game 2: Hiero OTK
Game 3: Hyperion attacked for 3 turns... 

Top 20: Vs. 65 - OO
Game 1: Hiero OTK
Game 2: Laggia + Hiero OTK

Top 8: Vs. Inzektor - OO
Game 1: Hanzo + Hiero OTK
Game 2: Storm Hiero OTK

But the streak ended here... Lol, I let my opponent go up =D... 80 -  90% 3 card OTK is awesome! Hanzo is the MVP! And yes, I'm stuck at top 8 again~