M.S.T.

[TheKaitoKid]

 

We know it, we love it, now let's discuss it. MST as it stands now and how you use it. 

 

Personally I still main 2 run 1 (except in Blackwings where I main 1, side 2) in nearly everything but the way I play it has definitely changed over the last format. I no longer blind End Phase Space cards unless it's the only card standing between me and the win. In fact I don't blind Space cards anymore. I'd rather play into backrow until I know I can make a push.

 

So I guess we should discuss how you use it these days.

[Matches]

I'm not really sure what kind of discussion you're going to spawn from this, lol. Some consider it a staple and with Heavy Storm currently banned, you'll get to see 1-3 run, generally. Not really sure what else to discuss.

[Toffee.]

how you use it these days.

Nobody uses it. They just toss it out blindly and hope for the best.
It's absurd.

[Wildflame]

Maining two and siding one at the moment, except in stuff that REALLY hates backrow.

[Miror B]

Eeeeeh...I guess it's an alright card

[AGATHODAIMON BANGTAIL COW]

Best Spell/Trap negation in the game.

[Lonk]

Nobody uses it. They just toss it out blindly and hope for the best.
It's absurd.

 

Happened too many times.  They don't even use strategy to set off the cards.  DN is horrible.

[Miror B]

Best Spell/Trap negation in the game.

Ew. This joke.

[Mugendramon]

Best Spell/Trap negation in the game.

 

Nu-uh, Dust Tornado lets you set a card!

[ihop]

I'm not really sure what kind of discussion you're going to spawn from this, lol. It's a staple and with Heavy Storm currently banned, people are generally either going to run 2 or 3 MSTs, depending on their decks of course. Not really sure what else to discuss.

 

Does that mean you think it's worth maining at 3 in every deck? If not then it's worth discussing.

 

I main 0 in Blackwings because I have Icarus anyway but I find myself siding it in a lot, I'm considering moving 1 or 2 to the main.

[Syncopation]

I... don't know what to say about this. Well, I could say that it is more of a side deck card than a staple(not saying it isn't). With the rise of the Forbidden cards, you preety much only see newbies running 3, unless the deck demands OTK's. But, then again, Trap Stun exist, countless Xyz's does almost the same as MST... This card is overshadowed to hell....

[vla1ne]

When people were just blind shooting spell/trap cards during end phase, I was running wild tornado instead for the lulz, and even now I prefer dicephoon because I like to gamble. 

 

MST is pretty much staple status @2 for almost every competitive player I know though, and as long as heavy is gone (and probably even if it comes back), it'll stay that way.

[WindupRabbitFan14]

I play 3 in most Control-based decks, it's just personal preference, and against other decks that focus on a backrow it's better to have 2 MST than 0.

[newhat]

The ability to make uninterrupted plays is game-breaking.

[Sleepy]

It's a Side Deck staple.

The place in the Main Deck is more arguable.

I personally never really work well with 3 MSTs. It feels like it's a lot regardless of the format.

Also, since a sizable amount of the backrow usually points at my monsters, I end up just using Lance instead. 

 

MST is a chainable and generic +0 backrow hate card. That said, it's incredible to me that it's not a must have anymore.

[玄魔の王]

Believe it or not, I can still bait people into MSTing my MST and getting that +1. Then again, most of my decks are minimal backrow.

[evilfusion]

I usually run 2, but some Decks can run 3, in particular my Heraldic Beasts, since Leo's searching skills means I almost always have monsters to play, so 3 MST isn't cloggy and doesn't dead draw much, plus Summoner Monk doesn't mind ditching MST from hand now and then.