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Had a bit to think about this list and while it does not address everything and especially doesn't address snake-eye enough, it definitely shows that konami tcg is trying their best. There is a lot to clean up on the banlist, but obviously that's a process 1/x
Attention Duelists!
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Time for TCG exclusive Bingo !
The new World Premier theme is "Mimighoul"!
It's based around dungeon crawling, where treasures are actually creatures in disguise (Mimics!)
Who knows what surprises you might encounter when triggering a Mimighoul?
Excited to talk about this theme in the next couple days.
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Fuwalos Thread 👉
This card has been causing me headaches for the past weeks. Obviously gameplay wise, but also gamedesign & productdesign wise.
I'll try to explain my thoughts below, hope this one won't get too chaotic, because I'm genuinely confused by some decisions. 1/?
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On my way back from euros, got a lot of time so figured I'd put some of my thoughts on the game into words. Expect this and maybe another thread or 2.
Current format is broken, borderline unbearable, I'm sure most would agree. The general banlist yearning is good evidence 1/x
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List I played at todays regional. Deck def overperformed, though I def got a bit lucky with matchups (gg ez
@DinhKhangPham
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Please remember to also checkout the profile that will be uploaded for more insights and explanations.
Will reply to questions about the list here, too
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My YCS list this weekend:
Didnt really like any of the decks, but Chimera seemed solid and thx to
@DinhKhaBui
's theory, it felt like we had a bit of an advantage on other Chimera players. Heatwave in the side is just best generic flood + shifter out.
Ill answer questions below
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Got 2nd at the Berlin Regional today playing Striker Orcust 😁
Event was 259 Players 9 Rounds of Swiss
Final Score 8-1, lost to tenpai r7 and then beat
@DinhKhangPham
in the "finals"
Already recorded a profile for the RnT YT channel, that will be uploaded asap
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I topped!
Now onto Top 64, let's hope I win my first irl topcut round today :)
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Leave strategies themselves like runick alone.
Sorry for making this a giga thread, but thx to anyone who read this far. Would love to have discussion about the game's design philosophy in the replies. Cheers ❤️
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Reminder: You never lose the match to a sided floodgate like Dbarrier. You lose the match because you lost g1.
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This list definitely shows that they are aware of that though, especially the limits not only address the best decks, but also relevant decks that are annoying or unfun to play against.
Will break down every hit and what I think their intention is down below, so thread inc 2/x
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Struggling to put my excitement into words. No matter what happens this weekend, I'll cherish this experience a lot.
✈️ Seattle
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Im okay waiting until Saturday 11pm, but please for the love of god delete every meta deck out of existence. Game is so stale it is insane
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So first things first: Fuwalos is a broken card, obviously. I think we're far past the point of debate about whether it's an autoinclude or not. I'll assume everyone has accepted that every single deck gets better with 3 fuwalos in main or side. The card also has 0 alternatives2/
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Worlds is done and sadly we couldn't live up to our own high hopes. Nonetheless I think we could show that we are at least competitive at this level, which I think is already a lot.
I personally did not play perfect and threw 2 whole games, that luckily didn't matter. 1/x
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Beatrice + Calamity: Thank god they are gone. Esp calamity was overdue, but I won't complain.
Apollo: Prob a good thing it's gone, they listened to the community, also a good sign.
In sync with baronne and savage ban, this is moving the game in a more interactive direction 6/x
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Lacrima: So right of the bat, I think this is one of the more interesting hits on this list.
- It proves they are willing to hit new (low rare) cards in order to keep the game healthy.
- They might have released this card common with the intent to hit it, which also explains 3/x
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Decklists submitted, Worlds Arc intensifies.
I am breathing Master Duel these past weeks, my breakfast plays around gamma and my lunch through nibiru. Current PB in ashing maxx C is 0.146 seconds, not bad but I will try harder.
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This is my Runick Stun list I played at the Regional yday and in the gear61 Features on yt. Jowgen is the most broken card of the format :)
If there's any questions, feel free to comment.
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Since
@GabrielSoussi
and
@DinhKhangPham1
are already qualified it looks like im going to play this year's worlds playoffs. Very hyped for the experience 😍
Attention Duelists!
The World Qualifying Points Leaderboards for 2019/20 and 2022/23 seasons have now been finalised:
2019/20 -
2022/23 -
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the awkward rarity distribution of the fiendsmith engine. Lacrima or sequentia seem like typical Ultra rare slots, but they might have been aware that the archetype could warrant an early hit to at least one of the 2, so they put them both as common and maybe put an extra scr 4/x
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as compensation.
- It also shows they are aware of the problem common burn wincons bring with them (maybe)
- Fiendsmith engine now makes less bodies in non fienddecks esp, incentivizing to use it more on theme
Overall good hit, probably even better than a moon hit 5/x
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1. Konami likes floodgate/blanket turn 1 interaction, because it forces you to diversify your strategy. The existence of shifter means, you cannot play gy centric decks without a risk/inert downside to them. Existence of nibiru means, your deck needs a backup plan and can't 4/?
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That worked on this and the last banlists, or at least new influence and I'm a big fan. I sincerely hope they will be able to heal the game faster than design team is destroying it with their releases 🫡
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No card in the game does what fuwalos does, even in a slightly worse manner. Purulia has a similar mechanism, but doesn't even hit the same decks necessarily.
So, why would they print a card like this ?
Keep in mind all of these are theories, but I'll try to provide reasoning
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Won locals with striker today. Played a going first variant. Deck is super fun, only struggles against the super high ceiling stuff like branded etc.
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Your experience facing snake-eye as far as I can tell.
Sangen Summoning to 1:
Good hit, stupid mechanic. Tcg team fixing ocg teams card design choices within a reasonable time frame.
Opening to 1: Good hit, would've loved beast to 1 as well, but this card is harder 12/x
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Hey guys, I've been really wanting to record a profile for my Regional win this weekend, but I'm sick and got no voice rn :/
Sooo here is the list, ill post my thoughts below/answer all comments:
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If you are at Seattle, I brought lots of different format decks, goal is to challenge as many other competitors as possible in 2005/2010/2014 or Squirrel!
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To interact with if harddrawn. Not having access to it, makes yubel easier to stop for sure. Throne and phantom are the God cards, but ppl paid money for that, so theyre OK to stay for now.
Puppets: make ftk harder, good hits.
Branded fusion: completely unnecessary 13/x
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Mindlessly spam monsters etc etc.
There's already an interesting design decision/process here to observe: Blanket hts that affect both players (shifter) vs blanket hts that affect 1 player (maxx C). I'm not going to go in-depth on this design-wise but imo main balancing 5/?
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LIMITS
Snake-Eye Ash: Incredibly minor hit to pure snake-eye specifically. With wanted, witch and bonfire at 3, this reduces your copies of this card from 12 to 10. Your odds for opening 1 reduced from 85% to 78% and opening 2 (not accounting for doubles) from 47% to 36% 7/x
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That being said the open 2 statistic is kinda skewed here bcs 6 of your 10 copies are witches, so doubles are super relevant. This also in turn will mean that hitting witch cuts of Ash access more reliably.
While MD has even harder hits to Snakes (Bonfire 2, Wanted 1) 8/x
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Overall I think konami tcg is trying to match our expectations very hard. They obv can't follow along with everything, but this list paves a nice way.
That being said snake eye wasn't hit the way people wanted and I'm sure there will be backlash. A short-lived shift to Fk 21/x
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This leaves me with 2 theories.
A. They are trying to replace Maxx C, essentially nerf it, for the OCG.
Given that maxx C just went to 2, not impossible.
B. They want to increase the amount of Maxx C in existence, to "eliminate" the Maxx C minigame.
If the chance of maxx c8/?
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Again, this is a card that is hard to interact with if harddrawn, so hitting it allows more counterplay, but branded hasn't really been a problem lately. Only issue was unfun locks and they did not address that at all. That being said, this leads me to believe they will ban 14/x
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@MBTYuGiOh
Every single action reveals information to you. Opponent takes time to normal summon their starter ? They probably had a choice to make, so you know 1 of their remaining 4 is an alternative starting play to that normal summon
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Playing Surpreme King Melodious at locals today 🎵
Extra is missing Apollousa in the pic
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Weird feeling for me, but I'm having a massive creative block for yugioh right now. Submitted my thesis and got lots of time, but every deck seems boring af for some reason.
INFO testing is okayish ig, but what decks do I take to locals for the next 3 weeks???
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Regional thread with best deck :)
Lost r1 to Fire King his god hands beat my god hands
Won r2 vs Voiceless Skill Drain + Synchro Zone Combo 🥰
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Involved. That being said, a lot of people enjoy playing the card and I can't see it doing heavy meta damage.
Prosperity to 1: A bit sad about this, I feel like this is a majority decision of the community, this will hurt a lot of decks consistency that can't compensate, 16/x
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Overall it feels like they want to promote fire piles, like fk instead of pure snake eye ht pile, which is cool concept wise, this is probably not enough to kill that deck, but it's a step and will at least spice up snake eye for a week or two.
Poplar to 1: pure snake isn't 10/x
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The flood monsters rather than sancti and held off for now, to not clutter the list too much (copium).
Grass to 1: Every time this card resolves in master duel I feel nothing but agony and pain. In the right decks it wins the game on the spot if there's no floodgates 15/x
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Topped back to back regionals with Purrely and Unchained and still not sure what to play for Bologna 😭 What on earth is this format
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Points here is: Double sided blanket hts restrict the player using it in deckbuilding, they are forced to make concessions if they want to include this powerful effect. One-Sided blanket hts appear have to be expected more often if they are strong against a common strategy 6/?
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E.g. it's much more relevant to build your deck around maxx C at 3, than shifter at 3 in most metagame environments.
So mulcharmies are obviously one-sided, so you will have to respect them in deckbuilding almost every event, especially fuwalos. Or at least that's the theory7/?
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Maxx C. Because they are so strong in the non-maxx C games (or games that maxx C doesn't resolve), it justifies having a low winrate in maxx C games. This equation would become worse and worse though, the higher the chance of a maxx C game becomes. Therefore the most 10/?
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supposed to compensate their 1 ash with more poplars is basically what they're saying and drawing the poplar will suck a bit. Not the biggest fan bcs it doesn't really matter in the grand scheme of things. Would've preferred a poplar or flamberge ban, this won't change 11/x
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They also have Ulcanix, which makes the Fireking engine itself way more powerful, currently in the tcg your endboards are significantly weaker without getting access to snake cards. So hitting witch is a somewhat semi-reliable way to hold them off their high ceiling board 9/x
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Appealing to all parties, the player base, konami and potential new players)
So essentially more maxx C effects as a workaround the current power creep of cards. Attach a higher and higher risk to high ceiling strategies, to promote lower ceiling gameplay without having to 12/?
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So there's less pressure on fuwalos. Tenpai and yubel didn't have mainset secrets, even though we knew they were very good decks from release. Yes I support budget decks, but this feels like we're getting the payback for that.
Anyways, rant over for now, thx for reading 🫡❤️
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Consistent approach to perform well in a tournament where you play a majority of your games under a maxx C-like effect would be a more conservative strategy.
(Side Note: I'm assuming here that more conservative strategies, aka shorter turns, less special summons are 11/?
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Is not 33%, but 55% or higher (counting purulia or future mulcharmies), it would be much harder to justify a deck, that plays bad into these maxx C effects, by its powerlevel. Ex.: Master Duel's topdecks are fireking and yubel, even though these don't play super well under 9/?
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, one for one, etc.
Skill drain to 1: should've been 0, but sacky one of etc etc.
SEMIS:
Rulers to 2:
Just put them to 3, this is just gonna take spots on the next one.
Colossus: put it to 3, at this point it only impacts pure thunder
Tiger: dangerous in a few ways18/x
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That being said, while fiendsmith did give the deck a definite push, one should not act like it wasn't a problem before that. It has been the best engine for the whole year, ever since poplar release.
So yes please, remove snake-eye from competitive yugioh. 5/x
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Ngl so far worlds has been the sideevent to the squirrel bootcamp im putting everyone through.
@TheDBGrinder
and
@KarmanoRY
getting insane at it
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It's due to environment and childhood socialization, there's plenty of studies.
"Women don't go into stem bcs they suck at it" is one my most hated arguments. Yes male and female brains work slightly differently. But the differences in performance are super minimal and 1/x
It's due in part to how men and women's brains work. Men typically do better at abstract thinking and calculations. Women do better at socialization and fine motor skills, among other things. It's also why women rarely go into STEM, despite every incentive to bring them in.
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Basically what they're doing to ftks right now and imo that's working pretty well. Ftks are allowed to exist, but only if they're not very consistent/require a lot etc.
In that dream world a player that really likes snake eyes would still be able to play it, but we 14/?
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Also help this quite a bit.
Overall they have created a more fun snake-eye meta, but it's still a snake-eye meta as far as I can tell for now.
The intention behind this and the choices do seem more informed than banlists in the past. My guess would be there's new staff 23/24
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Hit existent cards.
Aka: In a world where snake eyes is full power, but can only go IP pass in 90% of its games, you might opt to play labrynth instead, because it's the stronger choice in these 90% of games.
Of course this is kind of a game of chance, but this strategy is 13/?
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It's not to be underestimated. Let's see whether I can get this limited again.
Kirin, Plush, Afd, Deng, Time Seal:
Make some space on the list good choices
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Finally uploaded my 2nd Place Berlin Regional Striker Orcust Deck Profile!
Had a lot of fun playing this deck, so definitely check out the video!
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Would probably be spared the mirrors at events.
All of this being said: I have no clue what their plan for tcg is tbh. Tcg doesn't have maxx C to be replaced. It is balanced around the non-existence of it.
Tcg also currently can't have a critical mass of multiple maxx C 15/?
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One of the downsides in tear luna builds was milling this and double tiger is a good setup, can also use the float ef more freely now.
Ib to 2: laughable, put it to 3
Unlimits:
Arma to 3: probs fine cool tool for a few decks
Red rose to 3: I like this card a lot, but 19/x
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Decks just print bodies (snake-eye cards and fs cards mostly).
Ip: card is fine, flamberge just makes it broken, probs won't be seen much if SE is gone
Other than that, ban as many floodgates as possible: calamity, skilldrain,protos, rivalry and friends, but 15/x
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This being said I'm not sure what I would prefer tbh and I'm honestly not seeing them do either. More likely we will be stuck with fuwalos as our maxx C, victim of ocg design choices or at least that's what it feels like, why, will hopefully become clear in the following... 17/?
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Secretly OP ??? T.G. Fire King Deck Profile | Ben Kreutzkamp via
@YouTube
Check out my T.G. Fire King profile from the feature match ! If you have any questions, I will try my best to answer them below or in the YT comments.
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Playing experience. Not being used to maxx C games will only add to this frustration, especially if you will only ever be on the receiving end here.
We have had a big player exodus so far and even though some of it is definitely dooming, attendance numbers prove that this 22/?
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With lots of bankist rumors, wishlists and predictions already out it's clear there is a lot of different opinions on how to fix the game and even what is considered wrong or broken atm
With that being said, ill try to go deck by deck 2/x
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You can't reasonably try to win events (ycs+) if you're not running this card, it's that bad imo.
So this means while everyone that's super competitive will get their playset, nobody that is not will. And every single one of these players will have an increasingly bad 21/?
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While most metadecks that use this don't really care.
It is very toxic when it searches floods, but i feel like we are doing okay eliminating these one by one.
Either way okay hit, being at 1 does not make sense design wise, unless they want it as a sacky one of like foolish17/x
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Effects, because there simply is not enough. Purulia is decent, but definitely has counterplay and doesn't hit every high ceiling deck.
So if they try to pursue this strategy with tcg they would have to give us 1-2 good mulcharmies more or unban maxx C (lol).
16/?
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Followed by azamina release. I really would've appreciated a different best deck for a bit.
Apollo gone from endboards is def huge, there will be more interaction in snake eye games. So at least those games will (hopefully) not be pain and suffering. Bea and lacrima gone 22/x
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But size is not really key to that. Hence why they never bother to increase the cap of these when maxed. Aka if we boycott these events as players, they'll happily save the extra dollar in the future.
It is in our interest to keep these alive really, not theirs. 24/?
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So, what would they price a card, that is top 3 cards in the game on release, mandatory in every single deck and does not have a budget alternative in any shape or form?
I'll provide a few options and walk through them:
A: Main Set Secret (expected 85-200$)
18/?
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@NightfallTCG
You're the yugioh equivalent of "Im not addicted, in fact I've quit smoking 127 times already"
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A rather rough year for sealed product.
And, this is speculation, there is a good chance the increase in target group is big enough to compensate the price difference between products.
This being said, ROTA would still be a desirable set with support for Fireking, FS 29/?
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Snake-Eyes Fiendsmith is dominating events rn and even though there seems to be "counterplay" in the forms of stun or shifter (also stun), Snake-Eyes is suffocating every fair deck out of the format. How many decks that rely on diversified endboards and non-engine have you seen3/
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Main Set Secret is the world we are living in rn and honestly this is the easiest way to make sure you sell this set. Fuwalos is simply a pay wall, no less. If you don't invest the 400$+ you will be playing a suboptimal deck and you will notice it, probably for 1 year or so 20/?
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Channeling up my energy for euros, bcs that seems to he the only major I can top.
I've been dooming about the format for weeks, but now I.... cant wait to play ???
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Finally was able to upload my Branded Despia list, that I got 2nd Place with at the Dutch Open.
It's definitely not standard, so go check out the profile if you're also playing/considering the deck.
Feedback ofc always appreciated :)
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Was too tired to do updates, but here is today's result! 😁 ill record a profile asap
Our member Ben got second place at the Dutch Open 2024 playing Branded(7-1).
Congratulations to
@benk1w
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Top the recent events ? Fiendsmith Yubel is the only one that comes to mind, even if we're talking singular tops. Every other deck has to stun or to ftk, to find a niche, because snake-eye does every "fair" and "interactive" facette in the game at once and much better 4/x
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Is to be taken serious. Now event attendance is another issue, that I might make another thread about, bcs I'm pretty sure large parts of the community are misunderstanding the situation.
Konami is doing these events as a courtesy to their players, they get PR for sure 23/?
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@genhuukei_ygo
I think your english is good! Dont be afraid to use it! Yugioh is a language all of us speak, so it is easy to communicate. Had a lot of fun playing with you!
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Back to the main topic though:
What if we print fuwaloss in a main set, but slightly lower rarity, so it's not that big of a pay wall. It's hard to estimate when a card becomes budget enough that a large portion of the current player base is willing to pay for it, but 25/?
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B: Main Set Super/Ultra (expected 15-100$)
C: Main Set Common (expected 0-5$)
D: Promo Card (Tin, etc. Exp 5-30$?)
E: Structure Deck (Exp. 5-10$)
I wanna preface this by saying that they have seemingly been struggling to sell paper product lately, so we are eager to make $ 19/?
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1. Hit Oak
Makes some lines weird, takes away a body usually, imo deck won't care if it's the only hit. Would also have to be a ban to do anything
2. Hit Ash to 1/2
Consistency Hit, won't alter your experience, just f with the math
3. Hit flamberge
Would probs kill the 7/x
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