Notes & Combos

Cut chaos ruler

add azalea

done

Combos are similar as before. With pepega ruler gone we lose some of that oomph but we never really relied on it to combo off, rather it was just a bit of padding to our endboard. What does hurt, however, is that we no longer are able to start plays off level 8 synchros, and can find ourselves in weird situations where we can't have lubellion access off synchro 8 since we don't play one anymore (and none are worth running just for that purpose), but other than that this deck is completely playable. In fact, if anything, this deck received a huge buff in the form of bystial decks being out of the format, so our niche bystial deck is less vulnerable to opposing bystials (not that they hurt much to begin with, but it did make grind game harder vs control/ midrange strats), and also we'll have the element of surprise vs decks that are vulnerable against bystials such as branded, math, tear, mannadium, and the list goes on. Even vs shs, bystials pose a threat as big beatsticks and can quickly wear out the lean engine, since you'll be supplemented by your other non engine, and bystials here are primarily engine anyways so even just summoning them by banishing your handtraps isn't terrible.

With that all being said, let's go over 2 sample combos to give you an idea of how we change our plays; quem + saronir – dump merc, banish merc ss saronir, search cartesia, synchro off into dis pater, pater res merc, saronir dump aluber, ss cartesia, cartesia fuse from hand (any light/ dark monster, including handtrap), dump whatever (usually either albion), now if you have lubellion access you summon set regianed, then you link your 2 bodies into verte send brafu for mirrorjade. You can vary the lines if you wish, like holding cart if you sense a delay to dodge on verte for example. quem + cart – quem dump shrouded, ss cartesia, fuse with hand, quem special albion, grang dump saronir dump lubellion (chainblock whatever you like), lubellion over albion, set beast, albion dump regained, link grang + lubellion into verte, dump brafu into mirrorjade.

Now this deck seems really bricky right? Well, kinda, you don't like hard drawing albaz and branded s/ts that much, and especially not aluber. However, it isn't as bad as it seems; as a 1.5 card play, quem dump shrouded, shrouded send from hand to ss, make verte, sit on 3 HTs — very playable hand. Thanks to almiraj, bystial + any light/ dark HT is also verte. It feels awkward, but we are 20 HTs.