Zoo of Battle! (Gladiator Beast Deck)

Lol @ the Deck name

Monsters:
Gladiator Beast Bestiari
Gladiator Beast Darius
Gladiator Beast Equeste
Gladiator Beast Hoplomus
Gladiator Beast Laquari X2
Gladiator Beast Murmillo X3
Gladiator Beast Samnite X2
Gladiator Beast Secutor X2
Rescue Cat
Test Tiger X3

Spells:
Cold Wave
Enemy Controller X2
Gladiator Proving Ground X3
Heavy Storm
Indomitable Gladiator Beast X2
Mystical Space Typhoon
Shrink X3

Traps:
Call of the Haunted
Dark Bribe X2
Dust Tornado
Gladiator Beast War Chariot
Mirror Force
Solemn Judgment
Waboku X3

Cut Murmillo and Secutor to 1 each. Take out the Dark Bribes for Book of Moons. Add E-Hero Prismas if you want and then you've got a Glad deck.

Hm... I could provide reasons for the changes below if you'd like. Just post a message if you wanna know.

-2 Murmillo
-1 Secutor
+1 Darius
+1 Prisma

-3 Shrink
-1 Proving Ground
-2 Indomitable Gladiator Beast
-1 Cold Wave
+3 Book of Moon
+1 Smashing Ground
+2 Fissure
+1 Giant Trunade

-2 Dark Bribe
-1 Dust Tornado
+1 Torrential Tribute
+2 War Chariot

InfinitySlayer wrote:

Hm... I could provide reasons for the changes below if you'd like. Just post a message if you wanna know.

-2 Murmillo
-1 Secutor
+1 Darius
+1 Prisma

-3 Shrink
-1 Proving Ground
-2 Indomitable Gladiator Beast
-1 Cold Wave
+3 Book of Moon
+1 Smashing Ground
+2 Fissure
+1 Giant Trunade

-2 Dark Bribe
-1 Dust Tornado
+1 Torrential Tribute
+2 War Chariot

Sure, I'd like to know, since I don't have a clear understnading of Glads yet, I need to learn.

-2 Murmillo: Should be ran in 1s because you don't wanna risk having a hand full of it.
-1 Secutor: Same as above.
+1 Darius: Very useful card for re-using Glads. Can help summon Bestiari and Laquari for Gyzarus/Herk.
+1 Prisma: This (copying Bestiari) + Test Tiger into Darius (retrieving Bestiari) is an insta-Gyzarus.

-3 Shrink: It's useless IMO with so many decks using Honest.
-1 Proving Ground: 3 is too much. You want most of the Glads in your deck.
-2 Indomitable Gladiator Beast: Same reasons as Shrink.
-1 Cold Wave: You lose the ability to use Waboku, War Chariot, and Book of Moon. Trunade is better IMO.
+3 Book of Moon: Really powerful card. Can stop an attack, or swap LS monsters to defence mode so you can tag-out later.
+1 Smashing Ground: Extra monster removal is never a bad thing.
+2 Fissure: Same as above.
+1 Giant Trunade: A better Cold Wave IMO.

-2 Dark Bribe: Giving your opponent a free draw is never a good thing.
-1 Dust Tornado: Too slow, and a waste of space IMO.
+1 Torrential Tribute: VERY good card to counter swarm.
+2 War Chariot: Broken card. Should be ran in 2s or 3s.


Have fun!

Hmm, I guess so, thanks for the reasons, now I can use this deck properly.

Basically, what you should know is that playing Gladiator Beasts is all about getting successful Battle Phases off for tags. Your deck is your toolbox and you choose your tagout target accordingly to the situation.
This is why Gladiator beast decks use such a high number of support spell/traps, while having a relatively low number of monsters.
Generally, your goal should be to get out either Gyzarus for a big card advantage or Heraklinos for a lockdown with War Chariot.