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ZenMasterBullshit
Nov 2, 2011

Restaurant de Nouvelles "À Table" Proudly Presents:
A Climactic Encounter Ending on 1 Negate and a Dream
Tear was a very strong deck standing toe to toe with spright without the ishizu cards and with them it's the only thing worth playing.

Thise earth fairies are the problem yeah

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Flair
Apr 5, 2016
New secret packs: Swordsoul and Punk



WCS Celebration login mission rewards a new card protector:

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?
How do PUNK even work? They have a ton of style but I don't understand their playstyle or game plan.

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.
Pay life, special summon a monster, get an effect.

If their field spell is out they get to draw a card every time as an added bonus.

End goal is a couple negates and the ability to bounce three cards back to your opponent’s hand during their turn.

Skios
Oct 1, 2021

girl dick energy posted:

How do PUNK even work? They have a ton of style but I don't understand their playstyle or game plan.

It's mostly a synchro engine that's agnostic enough to be slotted into wider pile decks to set up end boards. Besides easy access to level 8 synchros, it also represents easy access to rank 3 and 8 XYZ monsters. Their tuners being level 3 also gives easy access to Psychic End Punisher, and them being psychic means the engine can run Emergency Teleport as an extra starter.

Hizke
Feb 14, 2010
Punk is loving sick

Skios
Oct 1, 2021
I just realised that my answer is only half complete. A few basic plays that the P.U.N.K. Engine can do off of Ze Amin/Emergency teleport:

Ze Amin searches Foxy Tune, which you can then discard with another card to summon Deer Note from the deck. This lets you go into any level 8 Synchro monster, usually Chaos Ruler. From there, you can use Deer Note's second effect to either bring back Ze Amin and go into Psychic End Punisher, or bring back Ogre Dance to go into a rank 8 with Chaos Ruler. Alternatively, you can use Foxy Tune to grab a second copy of Ze Amin, which will let you go into Cherubini or a rank 3 monster.

It used to have a way easier time going into Baronne because the engine could also set up Halq, but with the engine not putting up any restrictions on your summons and often not requiring your normal summon, it's very flexible in general.

girl dick energy
Sep 30, 2009

You think you have the wherewithal to figure out my puzzle vagina?
Found a new favorite tech option in Labrynth, even though 99% of the people playing the Festival are bots.

Paleozoic Dinomischus is extremely useful not just in the mirror for getting rid of Lovely Labrynth, but also just in a lot of duels in general. The discard cost means literally nothing as long as you pitch Chandraglier or Torbie.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
Got my epurrely noirs, now time to play this at locals despite never having played tbis drat game in person eve r

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
sorry: epurrelys noirs

Neo_Crimson
Aug 15, 2011

"Is that your final dandy?"
I just blitzed through the type event with my barely modified Labrynth I was using to climb the regular ladder, didn't even run more than 1 copy of Lady. Easiest ~4000 gems I've ever made. Looking forward to burning it on Kashtira, whenever that comes to Master Duel.

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



Neo_Crimson posted:

I just blitzed through the type event with my barely modified Labrynth I was using to climb the regular ladder, didn't even run more than 1 copy of Lady. Easiest ~4000 gems I've ever made. Looking forward to burning it on Kashtira, whenever that comes to Master Duel.

Hopefully never lol. I genuinely wonder how many people are going to quit the game out of frustration against the deck.

TaurusOxford
Feb 10, 2009

Dad of the Year 2021

Vandar posted:

Hopefully never lol. I genuinely wonder how many people are going to quit the game out of frustration against the deck.

Depends on whether or not Konami gains enough braincells to nuke the gently caress outta Tear before it releases.

Speaking of things needing to get nuked:

https://twitter.com/MasterDuelSite/status/1685119106322698240

I just love the massive useage gap between Maxx/Ash and Zeus, and Ash is only that high because of Maxx.

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



Ash would still be pretty high even without Maxx. I'm genuinely curious what it's numbers would look like without the bug around though.

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

Ash is a very good card but its usage rate would vary by metagame if you got rid of Maxx C. Like you absolutely want it if everyone's trying to resolve Branded Fusion but if something like Swordsoul is the top deck you'd probably shave it for other cards.

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.

TaurusOxford posted:

Depends on whether or not Konami gains enough braincells to nuke the gently caress outta Tear before it releases.

Speaking of things needing to get nuked:

https://twitter.com/MasterDuelSite/status/1685119106322698240

I just love the massive useage gap between Maxx/Ash and Zeus, and Ash is only that high because of Maxx.

Maxx c stays winning

ZenMasterBullshit
Nov 2, 2011

Restaurant de Nouvelles "À Table" Proudly Presents:
A Climactic Encounter Ending on 1 Negate and a Dream
I am the prettiest debutante at the ball yet again

Rigged Death Trap
Feb 13, 2012

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Feels Villeneuve
Oct 7, 2007

Setter is Better.
They should make a card called Maxx "b" with the exact same effect so I can run 6 copies of it

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Feels Villeneuve posted:

They should make a card called Maxx "b" with the exact same effect so I can run 6 copies of it

It already existed it's called Maxx "G" :smug:

Skios
Oct 1, 2021

girl dick energy posted:

How do PUNK even work? They have a ton of style but I don't understand their playstyle or game plan.

Here's a Punk Bystial decklist with replays. Hex Lex is one of my favourite Master Duel content creators in general, even if they seem to specialise in pile decks that are 95% SRs/URs.

Skios fucked around with this message at 21:19 on Jul 30, 2023

Iserlohn
Nov 3, 2011

Watch out!

Here comes the third tactic.
Lipstick Apathy
What a chore of an event. Don't bother playing first because Lab will play on your turn either way. Blind second isn't a sure thing because people will still find a way to abuse Herald while EVA and Benten are legal. And I never lost to it but I just want to talk to whoever let people know about Consecrated Light. Oh well, at least I cruised through half the event with Evenly/Lightning Storm + scale Curtain Raiser.

Shoutouts to the Lab player who made me wait through 2 Storming Mirror Forces. Could not think of a more thematic way to finish this event.

Fake edit: That's the freaking loaner :barf:

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

It's a shame they designed Lady to trigger off your opponent's trap cards, makes Labrynth mirrors way worse than they should be.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016

Irony Be My Shield posted:

It's a shame they designed Lady to trigger off your opponent's trap cards, makes Labrynth mirrors way worse than they should be.

Lady can also trigger off your own traps. In the mirror, having the field spell and/or more Ladies than your opponent can tip the scale. Also, having Lovely makes it so that your opponent's Lady cannot activate in response to your traps.

Vandar
Sep 14, 2007

Isn't That Right, Chairman?



Looking at upcoming leaks, I'm starting to think that Kash might not ever come to Master Duel and honestly that's a good thing.

Lol at the fuckin' Sky Striker Sages getting their own pack though. What a waste.

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

Flair posted:

Lady can also trigger off your own traps. In the mirror, having the field spell and/or more Ladies than your opponent can tip the scale. Also, having Lovely makes it so that your opponent's Lady cannot activate in response to your traps.
I mean yeah that's how you usually use it. But the reciprocal nature sucks in the mirror as it means whoever sets up first is at a huge advantage.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016

Vandar posted:

Looking at upcoming leaks, I'm starting to think that Kash might not ever come to Master Duel and honestly that's a good thing.

We have a leaked datamined asset of Arise-Heart's summon animation. Kash will come sooner or later for better or worse:
https://www.masterduelmeta.com/articles/news/may-07-2023/master-duel-datamines

Irony Be My Shield
Jul 29, 2012

I think they'll probably do Kashtira like they did Tearlaments - as late as possible within their debut pack, but including both their initial waves of support at once. I think that would mean next month.

Speaking of which I really hope they ban Kitkallos before Tearlaments Kashtira lands

TaurusOxford
Feb 10, 2009

Dad of the Year 2021

Irony Be My Shield posted:

I think they'll probably do Kashtira like they did Tearlaments - as late as possible within their debut pack, but including both their initial waves of support at once. I think that would mean next month.

Speaking of which I really hope they ban Kitkallos before Tearlaments Kashtira lands

I half expect they're gonna try just banning every Tear card that isn't a UR, just to minimize the amount of UR refunds they have to give out while hopefully hurting the deck enough that Kash-tear-a can't compensate.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016
New Solo Mode gate: Tenyi

Dabir
Nov 10, 2012

Want to see some motherfucking games of Yu-Gi-Oh? Every single replay in this video is one of the best I've ever seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDxCYCJu44

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

Dabir posted:

Want to see some motherfucking games of Yu-Gi-Oh? Every single replay in this video is one of the best I've ever seen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cDxCYCJu44

LukeVonKarma gets some amazing replays

ZenMasterBullshit
Nov 2, 2011

Restaurant de Nouvelles "À Table" Proudly Presents:
A Climactic Encounter Ending on 1 Negate and a Dream
https://ygorganization.com/dbvs-valmonica-angle-and-debiru/


I'm glad they're willing to explore more design space with monsters as spell cards instead of making yet another archetype that gets its 1-2 good cards absorbed into Pend.Dek.

These are Pendulum monsters that sit as scales that build power then let you summon out Link 1 boss monsters. They're effectively psuedo-pendulum summoning Link monsters. It's a rad design space.

Between this, Nemurelia using the Pend ED rules in new ways, Valyantz turning pend zones into Troop Deployment Zones, and Even Solfalchord's gimmick of caring about Odd/Even scales and not for pendulum summoning is way more interesting and fun even if they're not The Most Viable.

The faster we can pull the concept and design space of pendulum/MonsterSpell cards away from Pend Magician Z-ARC 5 Negate the fast pendulum might become an actual mechanic again. Abyss Actors are still cool though.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016
World Championship occurring right now for Master Duel, Duel Links, and the paper format: https://www.konami.com/yugioh/worldchampionship/2023/en/

Julias
Jun 24, 2012

Strum in a harmonizing quartet
I want to cause a revolution

What can I do? My savage
nature is beyond wild

ZenMasterBullshit posted:

https://ygorganization.com/dbvs-valmonica-angle-and-debiru/


I'm glad they're willing to explore more design space with monsters as spell cards instead of making yet another archetype that gets its 1-2 good cards absorbed into Pend.Dek.

These are Pendulum monsters that sit as scales that build power then let you summon out Link 1 boss monsters. They're effectively psuedo-pendulum summoning Link monsters. It's a rad design space.

Between this, Nemurelia using the Pend ED rules in new ways, Valyantz turning pend zones into Troop Deployment Zones, and Even Solfalchord's gimmick of caring about Odd/Even scales and not for pendulum summoning is way more interesting and fun even if they're not The Most Viable.

The faster we can pull the concept and design space of pendulum/MonsterSpell cards away from Pend Magician Z-ARC 5 Negate the fast pendulum might become an actual mechanic again. Abyss Actors are still cool though.

There was always a lot of potential and cool design space for pendulums in the fact they could be either a monster or a spell, which gives them lots of utility. Unfortunately Konami decided to give pendulums the ability to mass summon a ton of monsters every turn, especially during the arc-v era, and this became the focus of almost every good pendulum deck ever. :nallears:

ZenMasterBullshit
Nov 2, 2011

Restaurant de Nouvelles "À Table" Proudly Presents:
A Climactic Encounter Ending on 1 Negate and a Dream

Julias posted:

There was always a lot of potential and cool design space for pendulums in the fact they could be either a monster or a spell, which gives them lots of utility. Unfortunately Konami decided to give pendulums the ability to mass summon a ton of monsters every turn, especially during the arc-v era, and this became the focus of almost every good pendulum deck ever. :nallears:

It's just so weird they fumbled a summoning mechanic so hard that basically the only playable version of it today is basically 40 of the same 60 cards. It's not like there aren't multiple XYZ archetypes that are good a the same time, nor is there a lack of good generic XYZ tools but If you wanna play pend you're either playing The Pendulum Deck or playing a less than rogue tier deck pure. The newer waves of pend archetypes not playing nice with the usual pend suspects I think is probably healthier for the design space of the summoning type than just printing more generically good Pend monsters.

Honestly how lazy they got with their designs probably did more harm to the mechanic than MR4 ever did

ZenMasterBullshit fucked around with this message at 04:05 on Aug 5, 2023

Flair
Apr 5, 2016
The replays of WCS Master Duel 1st stage are available in client under "Duel Live"

Ardeem
Sep 16, 2010

There is no problem that cannot be solved through sufficient application of lasers and friendship.

Flair posted:

The replays of WCS Master Duel 1st stage are available in client under "Duel Live"

たすく (Tasuku) took the maxx C challenge and won by deckout in the third match. Always satisfying to see that happen.

Flair
Apr 5, 2016
Here are the decks of the finalist in MD WCS: https://www.masterduelmeta.com/articles/news/august-06-2023/world-championship-top-decks

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Flair
Apr 5, 2016
The Kash is coming:



New secret pack:

Flair fucked around with this message at 07:01 on Aug 7, 2023

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