Hello, I'm Bertha. I'm a hard working member of this academy, and an avid duelist. One of the things I enjoy the most about Yu-Gi-Oh is the metagame. Today, I am going to give a lesson about the metagame. What makes the different between the good duelists, and the great duelists. Now, this is going to be a SERIES of lessons; each lesson will build on the one before. There will be a new lesson every 48 hours. At the end of 48 hours, I will fully answer the previous lesson to the best of my ability, and use the info we learned to start the next lesson. So. OUR FIRST LESSON.

Let's get this party started.

Metagame: "Metagaming is a broad term usually used to define any strategy, action or method used in a game which transcends a prescribed ruleset, uses external factors to affect the game, or goes beyond the supposed limits or environment set by the game."

I don't quite agree with this definition, but.. whatever. What the metagame in YGO is is the types of decks and strategies people are using, how they interact, etc, etc. If you don't know the metagame, I can almost guarantee you will not be a good duelist.

This brings us to our first question:

Why is the metagame important to know?

-PM ALL ANSWERS. I WILL TAKE THEM INTO CONSIDERATION AND -MAYBE- INCLUDE YOUR ANSWERS IN THE FINAL RECAP-