Notes & Combos

i didn't plan on grinding this month but realized i'd probably sail right on through to master 1 this late in the season. i was right.

so i went 17-3 to go from the bottom of master 4 to master 1.

• i won 10 coin flips and went first 11 times.
• i bricked in 2 of those 11 going-first games.
• i bricked in 2 of my 9 going-second games. in one game, i drew into a starter.
• 1 of those bricked going-first games resulted in a loss. the other was salvaged by maxx c drawing gamma.
• nibiru won me 1 game.
• my opponent's nibiru caused me to lose 1 going-second game in which i would've otherwise won.
• gamma blocked ash against my kauwloon in 2 going-first games. gg ez.
• gamma won FOUR going-second games. every single time i resolved gamma, i won. ayyyyyy!

what's my secret?

• the only people climbing ladder at the end of a season are somehow even worse than me at this game. imagine someone imperming a nyan... in master 5. yikes. reading is hard.
• this month, they're playing kashtira stun piles for some reason, which either loses to itself (bricking) or to one hand trap (gamma in response to unicorn search = gg ez).

conclusion: vw isn't good, my opponents and their decks are just worse. ayyy

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ANYWAY, some tips as usual:

(1) small world lines.

turning hand traps / a starter that ate an ash / psy-frame driver into a lulu is game-winning!

here's the most important ones to know:

• ash --> jiji --> lulu
• maxx c --> gamma / jiji / lili --> lulu
• nib --> lili / gamma / driver --> lulu
• gamma --> nibiru / jiji --> lulu
• driver --> nib / lili --> lulu

(2) getting to tzolkin for crystal wing in 5 summons or less

nibiru is staying in the meta, so this is crucial -- ideally, before you commit to setting up board pieces for shenshen / the axyz line.

in situations where you cannot set up crystal wing in 5 or less summons, then use the below tactics to guarantee your crystal wing:

• tzolkin cannot be targeted by veiler/imperm if you have another synchro monster on your field.
• axyz line can be used to bait veiler/imperm. generally, you'd rather have crystal wing than the armored xyz line.
• you can pop your own tzolkin with a face-up chuche to dodge veiler/imperm.

(3) remember, it's not about being good at yu-gi-oh. to win, you only have to be less trash than your opponent.

such wise words to live by. anyway, good luck in your future VW endeavors!