Cactus Control

With the upcoming release of Absolute Powerforce being this Saturday I have taken time from blogging to look at decks that have been playing at locals and the one that caught my attention was a Plant deck that proxies 3 Cactus Bouncers. I'm not a fan of proxies but the results I saw from the Cactus Control deck made me forget about it. It was beating down Lightsworns, Gladiator Beasts, and Blackwings. Here's a similar deck list I came up with.

Cactus Bouncers are the heart of the deck. Having a similar effect as Archlord Krystia(god I hate that card). Its 1800 attack means it can battle with BW Shura, E-Hero Stratos, LS Jain, and GB Laquari. If However you had summoned Cactus Bouncer and followed up by activation Black Garden you would be in an ideal situation because whatever is summoned by your opponent will have its attack cut in half and Cactus Bouncer's effect will turn online the moment the token hits the field. Mystic Tomato and Lord Poison keep your field full of plants for Cactus Bouncer. Lonefire allows for set up plays with Tytannial or any other card you need. Botanical Lions become the beat sticks for your deck while Violet Witch searches for the Cactus Bouncers. Dandylion is used to keep your field full of plants and allows for the major abuse of Debris Dragon into Blackrose play which leaves the field empty except for 2 fluff tokens. Pot of Avarice recycles your fallen Cactus Bouncers and anything lost that you need back in your deck. 2 copies of the the card MY Body to protect the Cactus Bouncers from destruction effects. Dark Bribes, Solemn Judgment and Black Garden are the control cards of the deck along with the set of Cactus Bouncers. I suggest building a Cactus Control deck if your able to acquire the cards at the Sneak Preview because as annoying as Archlord Krystia(god I hate that card) is, its annoying and brutal to play against and it wins games. Cactus Bouncer has a similar effect and is supported by an amazing cast of plant cards. Plant decks will be a force to be reckoned with come Absolute Powerforce. Whether they will be Tier 1 or anti-meta will be unknown but I do promise you this. Cactus Bouncer will be expensive and beast to play against.

Monsters:16
3x Cactus Bouncer
2x Mystic Tomato
2x Lonefire Blossom
2x Botanical Lion
2x Lord Poison
1x Violet Witch
1x Tytannial, Princess of Camellias
1x Dandylion
1x Nettles
1x Debris Dragon

Spells:14

3x Black Garden
2x Terraforming
2x Mark of the Rose
2x My Body as a Shield
1x Heavy Storm
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Lightning Vortex
1x Brain Control
1x Pot of Avarice

Traps:10

3x Dark Bribe
2x Phoenix Wing Wind Blast
2x Bottomless Traphole
1x Mirror Force
1x Call of the Haunted
1x Solemn Judgment