Rolling With The Top Dogs, 4

A part of this section dedicates itself to promote players who are talented and possess potentials to make it further into the ranks of competitive YGO. Not only pros deserve the attention and recognition. There are a lot of duelists  who do well but don’t get enough credit. Other than that, I will look to promote OCG players around the world. We need the publicity as well. I’ve been talking to Satoshi lately and decided to ask for his opinion on players that I should add into this list. He recommend another player from Japan who  has good credentials. Meet Daiki Asano!

Daiki Asano

Notable Achievements:

Winner of Fuchu CS

Top 8 Kanagawa CS 

How is the meta in your country performing at the moment?

Inzektors. Inzektors are obviously strong but all other decks take measures to deal with them. So, it isn't necessarily advantageous to run Inzektors as well.

Do you think TCG exclusives provides positive changes in OCG's meta?

Yes, positive! We all know the strength of Tour Guide despite not having it in OCG yet.

Has Yugioh's progression gotten better and do you enjoy playing the game as of now?

Can’t really tell. It is a good thing that its in fashion. However, it is regretful that there are only a few official tournament in Japan.

How do you prepare yourself upon entering a major tournament?

Not to be nervous or too eager and sleep well. Simple yet very important.

How do you usually choose which deck to play? Is it meta-preference or passion?

Preference. There is no Yu-Gi-Oh without fun. Of course, winning is important at the same time.

What is your major focus when it comes to side-decking?

To have it function effectively against weaker decks.

What is the best or fastest way to improve yourself as a player, in your opinion?

Learn by watching top players. If you cannot, watch top players’ game videos and store the knowledge gained from Internet. I became stronger by doing so.

If you were given the right to ban a card, which card would it be? Why?

Monster Reborn. Too strong, can't cope with it sometimes.

If Konami would allow you to unbanned a card, which card would it be? Why?

Royal Oppression. This trap can be used now and its weak on a whole.

Apart from banned list, if you were given the chance to change something in Yugioh, what would it be?

Hold National Convention four times a year!

Mike suggested I add some fun while doing this section. So, this is a trivia corner for those who are interested in other duelists’ personal side. Have to admit, it is amusing and was a good suggestion. All work and no fun is boring at times. I'll try to get more info on this kinda stuff next time. Here goes!

TRIVIA CORNER!

-Daiki Asano’s favourite deck is Gravekeepers.

-Ruin, Queen of Oblivion is his favourite card. He finds her very smexy and has more than 200 copies of it!

This is all for today. Hope you enjoyed reading today's interview. Thank you for dropping by!