Notes & Combos
Felt inspired after watching N3sh streams and the recent N3sh x Joshua Schmidt coaching stream so full credit for this list goes to N3sh. I enjoyed using this list tons, although a bit more one-tone but very good at what it's designed to do.
It's an interesting take on branded for sure. Minimal handtraps and primarily board breakers such as Forbidden Droplet and Evenly Matched both of these cards overperformed and won me otherwise unwinnable games constantly.
The biggest difference is no Mercourier which does make endboards a tad weaker but the strength of this list is unmatched consistency. Branded in High Spirits always gets you to some sort of play and even Edge Imp Chain function as good discard fodder as well as send targets since both itself and Quaeritis are fiends.
I'm also a huge fan of double Searing Lubellion as it's outstanding in grind games and can always keep you topped up on fusion targets. It's not 100% necessary so you can choose to play other fusions if you prefer.
Not much else to say really, it's Branded and we have all seen it tons of times at this point.