getting back into yu-gi-oh

one of my friends is big time into yu-gi-oh. he's got tons of older cards (sets from before cybernetic revolution. . .we both got out of it when gx came).
i use to play a beatdow/control deck. . .can't remember the build, but it used alot of warriors with reinforcements of the army so i could tool box. . .and lots of creature/spell/trap stopping and destroying cards.
it was a great deck and won me many games.
in 1vs1 games, i'd almost always win (another of my friends refuses to play me 1on1 lol).
but we played alot of 3 or 4 player games. . .my deck wasn't nearly as good then.
i eventually got bored with the game and sold all my cards.

lots of new cards are out now. . .some very impressive. now i'm going to get back in.
i've checked out some of the new zombies. . .WOW!
running a zombie deck is risky. my friend's deck has alot of cards that remove cards from the game. lots of stuff to take my zombies out of my graveyard (where i want them if they're not in play). . .but with necroface and a couple of other new cards that can kill off his banisher of the lights. . .i'd really like to give a zombie deck a try.
damn is it going to be expensive though.

we play 24,000 point games. i prefer 8,000 much, much more. . .but my friends wont play 8000.
we also play alot of 3-4 player games.
from experience i can say that 40 cards just isn't enough in really long games. i'm aiming for a 60 card deck. . .seems to be a good solid number.
we also play casual/traditional games. . .no advanced.

here's a starting list. it's at 66 cards but i'd like to get it down to 60.

CREATURES: (34)

2x Il Blud
3x Zombie Master
3x Necroface
3x Pyramid Turtle
1x Spirit Reaper
2x Sangan
1x Jinzo
1x Fiber Jar
1x Morphing Jar
1x Tribe Infecting Virus
1x Breaker The Magical Warrior
1x Snipe Hunter
1x Neo Spacian Gramd Mole
1x Marshmallon
2x Cyber Dragon
1x Magician Of Faith
3x Kycoo The Ghost Destroyer
2x Mystical Swordsman Lv. 2
1x Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke
1x Sinister Serpent

SPELLS: (22)

3x Book Of Moon
3x Card Of Safe Return
2x Sheild Crush
2x Nobleman Of Crossout
1x Enemy Controller
1x Brian Control
1x Snatch Steal
1x Raigeki
1x Monster Reborn
1x Change Of Heart
1x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Dark Hole
1x Pot Of Greed
1x Heavey Storm
1x Smashing Ground
1x Harpie's Feather Duster

TRAPS: (10)

3x Bottomless Trap Hole
2x Sakuretsu Armor
2x Dust Tornado
1x Mirror Force
1x Call Of The Haunted
1x Torrential Tribute


so there it is so far.
i need to get it down to 60 cards before i'll decide if it's the deck i'll start building.
i'll update as i get this list worked on.

till next time,
thnx.