I have produced dozens of articles and about half a dozen very in- depth guides for yugioh, including my in-depth deckbuilder's guide, and guides for WC 2009 and 2010
This one reminds me of Radagast, giving you decent card advantage when your stuff dies
Thats a full-turn lock, and a strict one at that, but thankfully theres an entire archetype whose identity hinges upon Machine Link monsters with (usually) 1500 ATK, being Sky Striker
The Strategy Its very important for this decks strategy that you have Reaper King in play as often as you can
Even exceptions like Link Monsters which can't be placed in defense position still follow it in their own way, with Link Ratings serving a similar role in telling the player how hard it'll be to bring them out
The shuffle button can be used to quickly see your opening hands.