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Expert Profile: Michael Lucas (Yu-Gi-Oh Category Guru)

Expertise:
I can answer any question based on the English Yu-Gi-Oh Trading Card Game.

Rulings questions are my specialty. Ask me about ANY ruling for ANY card or combination of cards. If there's a valid ruling or a way to deduce a valid ruling, I'll be able to help you.

I'll also be willing to do deck fixes, but ONLY on decks that actually show some promise of possibly becoming good. Decks that are just random cards that aren't very good will be rejected, and I'll link you to a page where you can look at some better decks for ideas. Decks that are not in Advanced Format, or not competitive, will be sent to the Question Pool. IF YOUR DECK INCLUDES DARK MAGICIAN, BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON OR RED-EYES BLACK DRAGON, I WILL IMMEDIATELY REJECT IT. These are CASUAL decks, not tournament-competitive ones. Please take decks including those cards to our casual deck experts. Also, I may or may not do fixes on other themes that would be consider non-tournament worthy. (Basically, if it doesn't stand a chance against Dark Armed Dragon, Gladiator Beasts, Lightsworn, or new-age Monarch decks, I'll be hesitant to offer a fix.)

I should also be able to give you general values of cards if you`re looking to buy or sell, or answer whether a certain trade was fair or not. Please limit value questions to 15 cards or less. I'm not going to appraise your entire collection. Additionally, please only list Super/Ultra/Secret/Ultimate rares, and make sure they do not come from structure/starter decks.

For all information about scaling/making sure you : get foils in packs you buy.
NOTE: I will be away for the last week of August, as well as the first week of September. I will still be reviewing applications during this time, once every couple of days, but I won't have the time to give full-blown answers to questions.
Experience in the area
Pojo.com Card of the Day Reviewer and Pojo.biz board moderator (under the username CreatorOfThePointSystem)

Official Level 1 Judge, Tournament Organizer, and Player Manager

Publications
Writer for Beckett Yu-Gi-Oh Collector, Beckett Anime Collector, Beckett Pokemon Collector, and various books produced by Pojo.com

Education/Credentials
Player of the American TCG since January 2002, tournament player since March 2002

Awards and Honors
Duelist King Tournament Season 3 Champion -- Jahinie Productions, West Mifflin, PA...which has since, sadly, closed its doors.
148th/482 players at 2005 Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals
Top 4 at April 2005 Butler Regionals
Top 4 at August 2005 Butler Regionals
Top 8 at July 2008 Monroeville Regionals
Qualified for 2006 Yu-Gi-Oh Nationals

Non-gameplay Yu-Gi-Oh Credentials:
Have made over $100,000 in the past 5 years from dealing in bulk quantities of Yu-Gi-Oh collectibles
Created "the point system", a method for fairly trading large quantities of low-valued cards in exchange for high-valued items, commonly accepted throughout the Yu-Gi-Oh community

UDE#: 300-000-975

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What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field? I wish to attend Shonen Jump Championships and place well, but more than that, I wish to expand on the business part of this game, continuing to make as large of a profit as possible by buying, selling, and trading Yu-Gi-Oh cards.

Something controversial or provocative about this subject As mentioned above, netdecking and scaling are two things that are rather controversial. Many players are on opposite sides of the fence; I fully support both of these actions 100% and encourage others to do both. My philosophy; as long as you're not breaking any laws, do whatever it takes to get an advantage in the game; know your opponents will try and do the same!

What do you like about this subject? It's fun, it makes me a heck of a lot of money, and it allows me to basically live out my life mottos in card game form.

Something interesting about this subject that others may not know: It's entirely possible to determine what rarity of card you will pull before you open a booster pack, using a tool that can be purchased for less than $25 -- a pocket scale. Just search the internet for "pocket scale", and next time you get Yu-Gi-Oh packs, use the scale.

If you don't know about scaling, then go to http://members.aol.com/MewtwoStruckBack/HoloPull2007.doc

Average Ratings
Prestige Points: 23360
Knowledge	9.94 Best of the best
Clarity of Response	9.89 Best of the best
Timeliness	9.94 Best of the best
Politeness	9.89 Best of the best
Number Of Questions (in Past 24 Hours)		0
Max Questions to be Asked (in 24 Hour period)		4
Total Questions (since joining AllExperts)		3706

Recent Reviews from Users

Knowl	Clarity	Time	Politeness	Date
10	10	10	10	08/23/08
10	10	10	10	08/23/08
10	10	10	10	08/21/08
10	10	10	10	08/21/08
10	10	10	10	08/21/08

User Comments

well thank you alot and yes i put much effort into the deck so thanks
(hashem on 08/23/08)

Thanks, your the best YUGIOH expert!! :) Dave
(Dave on 08/21/08)

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Brian on 08/21/08)

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Recent Answers from Michael Lucas (Yu-Gi-Oh Category Guru)

2008-08-23 Dragon Capture Jar: Okay... If you have a face-down monster, and Dragon Capture Jar is out, and you flip a monster that happens to be a Dragon, it will shift into defense immediately, flip effect or not. You can summon...

2008-08-22 4 important quetions: 1. No. You have to use it before they summon DAD, you can't wait until they try to bring it out and then remove one of their Darks. The best you can do is monitor their Graveyard closely and as soon...

2008-08-21 Deck Help: Other than the lack of Solemns, what's to fix? ...oh wait, Different Dimension Capsule -- it removes the cards face-down, which means you wouldn't be able to Return/DDR a monster you removed with it...

2008-08-21 I looked up the Perfect Circle deck and I need you to modify it for the september 08 ban list please: Yes and no. Yes, because you can just replace banned cards with other ones -- Raizas with Caiuses, boot out the Disk Commander and Call of the Haunted... ...but keep in mind that losing Disk Commander...

2008-08-20 Deck Help: 1. I understand, but I'd rather see you play Dust Tornadoes and pick off the opponent's back row cards at the end phase. 2. Upstart Goblin / Jar of Greed would do the same thing, without costing you...