Notes & Combos

Sigh. Another frustrating climb. I'm very dissapointed. From M5-M2 I had a cool list with macro cosmos, shifter, torrential, and judgment/strike. But I fumbled my rank up to M1. Then I was stuck in M2 limbo for about 20 games. It was awful.

In the end, I had to switch to a generic list because Maxx C, evenly, and nibiru are some of the only hopes we have against these crazy combo decks. (Though full branded is horrific.)

I did include some spice though.

I really liked the kash field spell, and I think I'll run that more.

Shade continues to be an awesome card, especially under shifter.

And yeah, shifter is excellent. Unless the opp was kash or VS, it was usually game winning.

Some things to consider moving forward:

Branded is a problem. Without being able to shut down the GY or run things like dbarrier, they are nearly impossible to stop. They've always been a tough matchup for trix, and now they're stronger than ever. Things like shifter and macro cosmos are a necessity. Necrovalley could also work too. But all of these hurt our grind in the GY. Pros and cons.

VS is a disastrous MU. The only times I beat them was when I hit them with judgment or strike. It's very difficult to hit them with the holes besides gravedigger. Will need to continue to explore solutions for that.

Don't cry about stun. Stun is a valid strategy. Plan for it. They're out there. And cards like synchro zone are obnoxious. If you're not running some form of backrow removal like duster or evenly, you're just expecting to lose those games. Also, I think every deck should run at least 1 synchro to deal with synchro zone. In my climb I ran black rose, pegasus, and baronne.

Speaking of stun, Runick is back thanks to Josh. And it's devestating. Evenly is your friend here, but if they have baronne, it might not be enough.

Final note: Maxx C is maxx C. It feels so sacky because the odds it'll resolve are not on your side. But if it does resolve, most players will often pass. It's a bluff, for sure. But it works. And I hate it. You can run it at your peril.

I tried some zoodiac trix with barrage, but I didn't think it helped fix traptrix' problems going first or second. Decks now can delete our summon so easily.

As always, if you have any questions feel free to ask me in the trix channel. I'm gonna go cook some new list for next season. Hopefully I can show y'all some spice.