Notes & Combos
Another season, another rough time. Went from M5 -> M3 (spun my wheels in M3 before going to M4 spinning around there and then deranking) -> M5 -> M1
The start of the climb started off with me going 2-10 for my flips before I called it quits and just did the event. From there, I usually had more tails than heads until I got back to M4 after I deranked back to M5 once.
During my climb, I ended up removing Bottomless and adding in a 3rd Torrential. While I still like Bottomless and having a nice stock of holes in the deck, I felt like I needed another boardwipe to help against Yubel and other decks that aren't named Tear/Unchained/Horus. Overall, Torrential has definitely gotten me into games and has been solid.
I also took out Iron Thunder and added in 2 Unending Nightmares as I was seeing a ton of VV + Yubel and most other decks nowadays usually have some sort of spells that stick on the field. It worked out pretty well. It can even just win some games on its own depending on the match-up. No more having to care about your opponent's Spirit Gates/Thrones/Pains/etc sticking around and constantly plusing them.
I did think about adding in Droll, but never commited to it. I did almost remove Ogre for one.. but Ogre, while isn't always great, has been performing well enough.
The Zoos have been solid. I went into them a nice chunk of times. Easy ways to clear a Yubel field if they don't have Blue Dog alongside the normal contenders, Kash/Horus/etc.
Regarding the ED, TY-PHON/Aussa/Allo have been on the lower end of performing, however, they did put some work in here and there. TY-PHON seems like the most cutable stil.
As for match-ups:
- VV has been horrendous for me. They either have outs to Imperm when I open it going second or they just plow through my interactions when I go second. I didn't really see them after I added Unending Nightmare though, so if you open that against them, you should be in a decent spot depending on their hand.
- Yubel isn't the worst, but as with any deck, going second into them can be painful.
- Branded is still Branded. I didn't face a ton, but the few I did.. opened Evenly + Thrust/Grass in 60.. so take that as you will.
- Everything else is the same as normal.
Replays
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- Going first against Fire King Snake-Eye [all kanji name - Master 3]
- Going first against Fire King Snake-Eye [ずーー - Master 4]