I've been thinking about something lately during my duels... something really important. That something is a TIME MACHINE!!! Yes I, the Mad Scientist Hyououin Kyouma have developed a Time Machine! Okay enough with the Stein's:Gate jokes El Psy Congroo...
What I've really been thinking about is something a lot of pro's do that are rare to notice when reading a standard Duel Report due to most of it being mental. That something is Reading... Have you heard the term "A Good Read" in a YGO context? Well first and foremost that term means: A Player has seen all the most common or even uncommon possibilities another Player has as an option be it on the field, in hand, or in grave... in some cases in deck.
What can we do with such a thing? Well obviously you can make better plays when you know your opponent's field and hand. Here's a semi-common situation where a good read is necessary...: It's Late-Game and you have a MST, Spirit Reaper on the field and a set Mind Crush... Your opponent has 2 cards set as backrow and 2 cards in hand... You look at your opponents grave and see, Both Solemn Warning and 1 Effect Veiler and 1 Royal Oppression. You know he hasn't used Solemn Judgment, Mirror Force and assume he runs more than 1 Effect Veiler... There is only 1 good play... and 3 Bad ones but if you don't attempt the educated guess or "read" you will rarely make the good play. First off you know he has 1 Veiler left and this late in the game it's quite likely he has drawn it by now. You also know that he could possibly have by now drawn both Solemn Judgment and Mirror Force. But assuming those are the set's is what would make your Read suddenly useless... Next you want to think of when those cards were set... If the Right one was set last turn and he let the Spirit Reaper through there's a bigger chance that it wasn't a Mirror Force... But that means it could be Solemn Judgment... meaning according to your first thought the other set must be Mirror Force or a similar card now that he no longer has summon negation aside from Solemn Judgment. The correct answer doesn't win you the game but makes everything from now on safe. The answer is: MST the Right One which would be the Mirror Force esque card as no one would let you Spirit Reaper them late game if it was the only attacker when their last defense is in hand. Then you enter the Battle Phase if they Effect Veiler you at the End of the Main Phase then that card is something important. If they don't Effect Veiler then you now have a chance to hit said card.
As you can see in that horrible example you knew about his 2 sets based on when they were set and what has already been used. The in hand card was useless as you figured or else with Spirit Reaper on the field he would have played it just in case. So you knew only 1 card in hand could be a threat and that would have to be Effect Veiler.
The Main Purpose in using this is in cards like Mind Crush or in insuring you have the upper hand and free reign to play around everything your opponent has.
Anyway, I'm going to explore this more as I know the best players often think like this but I didn't originally think of it being so useful until now.
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