Notes & Combos

I've found Vaalmonica to be a very enjoyable deck in the current meta, as the deck feels strong when it gets to establish its board and contains effective interaction vs Tenpai but struggles going second. Vaalmonica also completely folds to Evenly Matched, which has become so rare post-Tenpai that I no longer play it as a Crossout target.

Sometimes you brick and sometimes you get negated to death and sometimes you get hit with the Duster+Droplet+Paidra combo but such is the rogue life.

This build isn't really anything revolutionary, just pure Vaalmonica tuned for the current meta as best I could. I'm very happy with the Main Deck, the Extra Deck has more leeway for changes as most of the ED cards are situational.

Cards not included:

• Apollousa: I don't have it, but I would play it if I did. Probably instead of Ragnazero.
• Selene: Same as Apollousa, but more situational. If I had it, I'd experiment switching out the synchros, a third Zebufera or Exceed the Pendulum for it.
• Pot of Prosperity: A good card that I used to play, but I took it out so I could stick to 40 cards. The next change I would try for this deck would be adding Prosp as the 41st card.
• Pot of Extravagance: I think it's playable in this deck because Zebufera is the only ED monster you really absolutely need, but it feels bad when you end up needing one of the situational cards that got banished.
• Vaalmonica Chosen Melody: Awkward card. Often it's a struggle just to get Followed Rhythm set up, so adding another trap into the mix doesn't feel good. You would also like to activate both effects, but the targeting protection needs to be activated proactively and the negate reactively.
• Vaalmonica Intonare: Nice in a grind game, but not very good at all on your first turn which is the most critical one.

Unfortunately I don't have any good replays saved aside from one that shows off the combo you'd like to go for.