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#skystrikerforever

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The following link contains some combo lines and epic gamereplays: <3

https://youtu.be/xn0J2qev6w8

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Back to back M1 seasons with pure Striker!!!

This season I wanted to lean a little more into the Striker toolbox rather than just power spells

Last season Tenpai was so popular that you could counter build for it and not care if your other matchups were worse. This season was a mix of Tenpai and insane turn 1 combos trying to stop Tenpai, making it hard to prepare for everything.

Some Card explanations:

2x Raye: 3x is just too bricky, and we have enough ways to our engine

Cyanos: Used to not like this card, and she is vulnerable to every hand trap, so you need to cover her in bubble wrap before summoning her, BUT she gives the deck so many fun toolbox options

Azalea Temperance/Engage Zero: If I am honest, completely cuttable cards, BUT in the niche situations they come up you feel like a genius

Gamma/Driver: I tried a full hand trap build but it just felt like I was playing on the same axis as meta decks with a weaker engine. Cut to just Gamma because it doesn't trade one for one with Ash/Called By, and it can turn into Azalea on your turn. Avoid using it turn 1 unless your opponent is doing something unfair

2x Talents: Amazing card but 3x is a little bricky, especially when your best removal card is Evenly which functions in the battle phase. Also you're drawing with it 9 times out of 10, so drawing into another hurts

3x Thrust: Fun fact, the samurai in the artwork is just Raye with a mask on

Area Zero: Not always powerful but soooo versatile. Get rid of extra bodies, swap out cards you don't need for more engine, and can SS an ace when you really need it

0x Hornet Drones: REALLY hate that it's 2 draws vs Maxx C

3x Upstart: Honestly I like Chicken Game more (10-11k damage is hard for this deck), BUT it's worse with Evenly and vulnerable before you get your draw

1x Avarice: Sometimes this card is a brick in your opener, but it's fantastic in the grind game. You run out of Extra Deck SO fast, especially with Cyanos

3x Evenly: Gets around all kinds of recursion, protection, and floodgates (Hi anti-spell). Multiple isn't even that bad, especially if they have an omni-negate

3x Droplets: Love this card. Chains nicely with your quick plays and gets rid of your situationally useless cards like avarice or evenly

1x T-roar: Tenpai. Last season ran it at 3x but it's not good vs combo decks.

2x Linkage: Versatile and fun card, but sometimes you wish you just opened Raigeki/Duster

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Went on a 13 win streak from D5 -> D1 and then my next 2 opponents played Secret Village and spanked me hard. Very cool!

Veiler is interchangeable with Imperm, I just swapped them out temporarily as I faced quite a good number of Labrynth (and surprisingly Traptrix???) decks

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKAuWlIvRK4

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Strikers best deck this season.

Shamelessly stolen from some japanese youtube video.

Go first striker deck that can play stun and gen/ken for ripping cards or drawing. Does well against yubel and tenpai.

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First time reaching Master 1. Pure blind 2nd Striker!

Notes:

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Initially I ran just 1 T-Roar (For Tenpai of course) and figured 3 thrust and 3 upstart would make it consistent enough to find considering you're almost always getting hand-trapped...but in practice:
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- You open thrust but no way to make them hand trap you or they have imperm
- You banish T-roar while desperately digging with desires
- Your Thrust gets ashed, and the only other way to it is hard-drawing it
- You DO open it but can't OTK them and need to buy one more turn
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Second most common matchup was Centurion, and the matchup is almost unwinnable if they get to Blazar, so ran max cyclone/droplet to stop the field spell/Crimson Dragon. Those two are also just generically good in most matchups whereas something like Lava Golem or Ultimate Slayer are not
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I generally don't like Evenly, but it's a much better board wipe vs Centurion because of how resilient they are to Duster/Heavy Storm and most decks have enough GY recursion that the face down banish really allows you win in the grind game
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The upside to T-roar in non-tenpai games is that if they Maxx C you and you hard open T-roar, there are times you can just set it, Shizuku Pass, and take on the board next turn with extra Engages in hand
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Most common lose conditions:
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- Opening too many of Raye (this feels like a lot still but any less than this and you really run the risk of opening no way to your links)
- Literal FTKs or hand looping for 4+ because you run no hand traps (plz ban Aero Shark, and also I hate Omega)
- Secret Village (we have almost no outs but it's not run commonly enough to account for it in deck building)
- Blazar
- Go first against Tenpai w/o T-Roar
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Everything else, no matter how crazy the end board, felt very winnable
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I went for Breakers over Hand Traps, and there's definitely ups/downs to either approach. Breakers I think are better but it can be boring to watch your opponent go fullllll combo everytime, and if Maxx C ever resolves you often just win automatically
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Final Note: There is a LEGIT case to run pot of avarice. Your grind game is great but you run out Link monsters FAST, especially with upstart giving them LP and evenly skipping your battle phase
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Do not panic, striker brothers. We're still in the game.

I'm still changing the ratios as I play, but this build felt pretty strong on my way to master 5, plays well into tenpai

Major changes:

Took out bystials to maximize on ghost ogre
Now justifying crossout in the deck as we can also use it to protect our backrow against tenpai
Dimensional barrier as a single thrust target
Made space for charmers for the extra utility into accesscode, feels more valuable than little knight

I still firmly believe that area zero deserves to be played and linkage should not be played at 3

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sky striker still best deck!

i strongly believe linkage is correct at two and area zero is worth playing with 3 engage :)

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Going 2nd: Sky Striker Master Rank 1 Deck List for the current format.

General highlights on some cards:

Nib is good unless you are facing Lab or Yubel.
Evenly was not that bad ლ(╹◡╹ლ).
Ty-phoon is really great when combined with nib and Change of Heart.
Cyanos is really Graet still cutable as well as Lighting Storm.
Camellia is a great Link 2 (any 2 monsters = Sky Striker).
HeavyStorm is Awesome when you Open it.

P.S.: If you don't have enough materials, PM me so that I can recommend substitutional card(s), or if you need help with Sky Strikers, feel free to let me know.

** Sky Striker Forever **

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The following link contains some combo lines and epic gamereplays: <3

https://youtu.be/4hQHUF9-_44

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I have to admit Master 1 was somewhat of a grind this time around. I was constantly playing against Voiceless Voice, which is a terrible matchup, and Snake-Eye Fire King players always seemed to open the most custom hands.

The list is pretty much the same as my DLv. MAX deck list, with the exception of Effect Veiler replacing Upstart Goblin and H.A.M.P. This change hinders consistency a bit but I felt like I needed more handtraps against the decks I was facing.

Some notes explaining card choices/ratios:

MAIN DECK

2x Sky Striker Ace - Raye : I would assume that this comes as the biggest surprise in the main deck. I have never ran less than 3x Raye before, but I have to admit after testing it out, it feels correct. The worst hands in Striker are when you open multiple starters and drawing multiple Rayes feels awful. Also, when needing to draw good cards off Engage, Raye is usually the worst card to get off the bonus Engage draw.
2x Cosmic Cyclone - I've loved this card for a while now. Besides the obvious backrow removal, it's great against Snake-Eyes Fire King, Centurion, Tearlaments and the list goes on forever.

I was playing one copy of Cyanos for a while, but I decided to cut him because he is too vulnerable to handtraps.

EXTRA DECK

The extra deck is very straightforward at the moment. I ended up replacing the third copy of Shizuku for Linguriboh to play around a potential Iblee lock. Accesscode is also a reasonable alternative. Personally not a fan of TY-PHON.

I would also like to note something that many people seem to miss, Engage Zero is a Light ''Sky Striker Ace'' monster that works with Linkage for the extra 1000 ATK. Also, for the OTK line, when Roze is in your hand or banished, all you simply have to do is summon Engage Zero instead of Hayate.

(Raye-->Engage Zero-->Linkage-->Kagari-->Linkage)

Engage Zero is definitely underappreciated because a lot of people miss the lines where she comes up.

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ID: 215-731-009

[Royal Kagari Achieved]

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Quick DLv. MAX with Sky Striker. Going to do a Master I list as well, with some slight changes I made according to the decks I was meeting on ladder.

Once again, my list is a pretty standard going second list but I would like to explain a few card choices/ratios:

MAIN DECK

2x Sky Striker Ace - Raye : I would assume that this comes as the biggest surprise in the main deck. I have never ran less than 3x Raye before, but I have to admit after testing it out, it feels correct. The worst hands in Striker are when you open multiple starters and drawing multiple Rayes feels awful. Also, when needing to draw good cards off Engage, Raye is usually the worst card to get off the bonus Engage draw.
1x Surgical Striker - H.A.M.P. : This card comes up quite a bit. Helps with outting untargetable cards and is very nice to have against Voiceless Voice, which is a horrible matchup.
2x Upstart Goblin - I've been switching this card out for Magnamhut and Druiswurm or Effect Veiler but I think I have found the most success with Upstart.
2x Cosmic Cyclone - I've loved this card for a while now. Besides the obvious backrow removal, it's great against Snake-Eyes Fire King, Centurion, Tearlaments and the list goes on forever.

I was playing one copy of Cyanos for a while, but I decided to cut him because he is too vulnerable to handtraps.

EXTRA DECK

The extra deck is very straightforward at the moment. The card that comes up the least is probably the third Shizuku. If you find yourself getting Iblee locked, feel free to play a Linguriboh instead. Accesscode is also a reasonable alternative. Personally not a fan of TY-PHON.

(Raye-->Engage Zero-->Linkage-->Kagari-->Linkage)

Engage Zero is definitely underappreciated because a lot of people miss the lines where she comes up.

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ID: 215-731-009

[Royal Kagari Achieved]

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We Fight Like a Man

no Floodgate
Always Going 2nd

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Ultimate Guide https://youtu.be/TdYq-mNy10w

Dlv Max DC Sep 2024 https://youtu.be/ZNdrpmFYn_8?si=ZF5dGbavhnbDKSqt

Dlv Max WCS 2024 https://youtu.be/4Mf_q2vc9s4

Road to Master5 Season29 https://youtu.be/tbx9C3rFLI8

Road to Master1 Season28 https://youtu.be/7GRAauOd89o

Road to Master5 Season28 https://youtu.be/wmO57UOHRko

Road to Master1 Season27 https://youtu.be/K6worJ5XGL0

Road to Master5 Season27 https://youtu.be/68kGpiOFjpA

Road to Master1 Season26 https://youtu.be/unZiPHT_WdA

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