The Theory of Material

here's a theory that i got from the short time
playing chess with my classmates

I call it the "material" theory
material is made of chess pieces
some pieces have higher worth than others,meaning the tactical advantage
that they bring is greater than other pieces
for instance, a queen is DEFINITELY worth more than a knight
however, there is also POSITIONAL ADVANTAGE which also determines
how strong a piece is on the battlefield
for example, a rook is nothing when it cannot even move

the same thing is in duel Masters and any card game out there
here, material is simply cards
be it hand cards, mana cards, shield cards, graveyard cards,deck, and creatures
creatures are definitely top in positional advantage,
because they are the ones which can attack
hand cards rank second, these are the cards you can manipulate
mana cards are third because they are not used directly, but only to pay mana costs
shields are fourth because they add hand cards and possible shield triggers
cards in the graveyard are fifth because only darkness cards and some
nature cards use cards in the graveyard
finally, deck is last because it requires certain effects to put cards from the deck to the hand and you get only one card per turn.
for instance, hanusa,radiance elemental is worth much more than reusol,the oracle

here's a little scenario
for example, your enemy has a double breaker and a weak creature
you have no blockers
and,for example, you know that the last shield you have is a terror pit
(or any shield trigger which will remove only one creature)
its his turn
he breaks your last shield with his double breaker
what do you do with your trigger?
A)kill the bastard who broke my shield!
B)escaping todomeda is better. better get rid of his other creature
so, as you can see, if you used your TP (terror pit XD) on the big creature,
the small creature will "checkmate"
whereas if you hit the smaller one instead,
you can survive the next turn, giving you a chance of winning
therefore, this is the theory of material
(i borrowed it from chess... will there be copyrights?)
on the next post, i'll try to give more dueling situations so that you can learn
how professionals duel like they do