Notes & Combos

Please see original 2.9k-word writeup that should answer any questions you may have.

I haven't had time to test/optimize the list further, so I just played out this season with the same build.

Only change is 3x Droll instead of 3x Veiler. IMO this isn't really a Tenpai format; this is an "anti-Tenpai" format dominated by excessively greedy and overextended pseudo-FTK boards, actual FTKs, and floodgates. It felt like Veiler wasn't doing enough against overextending combo piles, whereas Droll actually ends turns in some cases. Droll isn't bad against Tenpai as well, being able to lock them out of the Kaimen extension if they had to search a monster with Sangen Summoning or add Kaimen itself with Paidra. Anyway, you know what they say about Droll formats................

I'll just add this (copied from my comment on Youtube):

Pros and Cons of 60c vs 40c

• Higher engine ceiling (due to being able to play a larger WL engine, thereby gaining access to a deeper pool of resources and more varied+powerful interactions)
• Lower engine consistency (lower chance of seeing the best NS Girsu but more ways of playing on turn 1, albeit with weaker payoff in many cases. In terms of sheer % of playable hands, lower than 40c, as is usually the case with 60c piles)
• Lower non-engine "ceiling" (drawing 2+ HTs going 2nd) (due to sheer size of WL engine precluding the inclusion of more HTs so that hands have as many non-engine cards as 40c typically does; can of course be rectified, but general issue with 60c is how HTs fall off beyond the best 5-6 in any given format, so overall card quality declines if one tries to force the issue)
• Lower non-engine "consistency (of best cards)" (due to diluting the best non-engine cards like Maxx C that unironically carry the deck quite a bit)
• Higher resilience (due to inclusion of more extenders/bait cards)
• Greater sustain (40c Mekk-Crusadia runs out of gas extremely quickly; 60c can dig deep and survive against better decks for more turns assuming you can control tempo
• More fun to play (greater variety of hands and wider range of beautiful WL art to enjoy while playing; also somewhat less linear)