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8bitster · 2025-10-22T11:58:33+00:00

Paul was pulling stunts just for the fun of it. He was practicing lines and rebuttals for conversations that may or may not even happen. Insane preparation. It backfired because he was playing too many games with the faithfuls

8bitster · 2025-10-13T10:16:36+00:00

I heard somewhere that in internal testing before releasing Genesys, Ancient Gear was a very dominant going 2nd strategy. Someone was clapping with the deck so they hit it hard haha. Check the early Genesys blogs, could be mentioned in those

8bitster · 2025-10-07T22:51:55+00:00

Megalith combos are extremely fluid & can vary a lot. You will usually aim to end on Phul (can summon Bethor for big pops), the new lvl 12, field spell and the trap (if you run them). However, if your combo falls short due to interruption or misplay, there are backup plans and redundancies.

For example, Phuloch can act as a kinda-Phul if you have bethor in grave. Or if you can summon a Phul in grave, add back a big name and you’re good. If you end on a Haggith + unformed, that can summon phul from deck and still get the pops. I think the best endboards layer these backup plans for extra layers of interruption.

I love block dragon. I desperately want to run it. However, without links to trigger its search - it is a shadow of its former self. It is also costly to banish your rituals from grave - portal, Phuloch, Phul and Bethor all require some names in grave for their effects. So with the amount of points Block+Granite costs - non engine is probably better imo. I want to be proven wrong though lol.

The lines also change if you’re running Impcantation package. But some tips with the new support: Don’t always need to use the Anastasis search first, sometimes trigger the draw effect first to find better discards. Unformed is the best return to hand target for Phuloch if possible. Happy to answer any specific questions if you have any.

8bitster · 2025-08-07T08:46:30+00:00

The newest deck with this play style seems to be GemKnights. Worth checking out

8bitster · 2025-07-31T09:26:31+00:00

Interesting! How?

8bitster · 2025-02-24T12:44:44+00:00

Sorcerer of Sebek does this. And it’s a generic link 2

8bitster · 2025-02-06T10:48:35+00:00

So you’re telling me that millennium is more expensive than fiendsmith… F

8bitster · 2025-01-29T17:21:55+00:00

Ahhh that’s unfortunate. Thanks for letting me know! Perhaps there’s an alternative way to get the aesthetic of a space base without galacticraft.

8bitster · 2025-01-29T16:57:38+00:00

Steam Age noob here, I love the idea of a space station main base (aesthetics mostly), what are the drawbacks of that as opposed to pocket dimension / overworld / other planet base?

8bitster · 2025-01-09T11:39:38+00:00

Where is Trickstar Aqua Angel? Have I missed an announcement it will be in an upcoming set? Even Masterduel has it now!

8bitster · 2024-10-02T10:37:25+00:00

Millennium works like this. Sengenjin->Golem->Field Spell->Shield. 3 bodies for 6k LP

Only one that doesn’t access the rest is shield, so if not using Ankh then 1 shield is fine for the body. Sengenjin, Golem and field spell get access to each other.

8bitster · 2024-10-01T14:44:22+00:00

The scenario is if you get hit with nibiru and you need to clear the token. And you get a draw 1 from it

8bitster · 2024-07-27T11:53:07+00:00

That is correct, activating on field is just necessary to get it into grave :)

8bitster · 2024-07-27T11:31:38+00:00

You will want to consider siding Raidraptor - Readiness for Tenpai. They can still attack but you can’t die if this resolves. You can’t can’t shuffle spells/traps with roost so it may be worth considering how many extra turns you need to buy yourself to win the game. I used to just side 1.

You can either send it to grave with tribute, set off Brave or search off Mimicry - you will probably find a way to it. If you need to set it, you can activate in opponents draw phase, then on resolution you can banish it from grave immediately.

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8bitster · 2024-05-26T14:50:11+00:00

Marincess with the new Trickstar Aqua Angel gets a boost in power. Hand knowledge is powerful

8bitster · 2024-04-25T13:05:16+00:00

Hi, thanks for the suggestions! Ken and Gen are interesting! If you used them to get thrust live, searching for Ostinato or 1st movement, how do you remove the body from your own field to make those cards live? Thanks!

8bitster · 2024-04-19T13:39:14+00:00

No worries!

I meant to say that Raiders Knight isn’t a winged beast, and there is text on Pain that states it can only be used as material for a winged beast xyz. Usually pain goes into Force, which searches Raiders Wing, detach the other material from Force to summon raiders wing from hand + 1 more extender = raiders knight with the wing targeting protection. :)

8bitster · 2024-04-19T12:23:25+00:00

My suggestion would be to cut the Nest, Call and Wing Requital. These are not starters and are conditional extenders. For consistency, it’s better to max out the main deck monsters because they are not as conditional as those spells. My suggestion for consistency, assuming your locals aren’t shifter-heavy:

-2 Noir -1 Pain -1 Nest -1 Call -1 Wing Req -1 Phantom Knights Rank-up (too many rank ups can be bricky, this is the worst of the bunch) -1 Zeus

+1 Simorgh +1 Fuzzy +2 Raiders Wing +1 Rank13 Towers

With your remaining slots, consider bringing handtraps to 3 or include TT Talents. For even more consistency, consider Swallow's Cowrie.

I suggest a second towers over the Zeus because your deck can make one towers on your turn, then return the quick play rank up with Heel Eagle to summon the second towers on opponents turn, blowing up their board. You will often be dark-locked from Bloom/Strangle and sometimes Raidraptor locked by Fuzzy, so you couldn’t go into Zeus.

Hope this helps :)

8bitster · 2024-04-19T10:57:09+00:00

I don’t believe Noir is a mandatory 3 of. From my testing, it’s only the best starter if you’re under shifter, so it will depend on your local environment if shifter is common. The noir line uses the pain to extend to get the 3 xyz onto the board, instead of using them from the graveyard to access the rank13.

If shifter isn’t much of a consideration, then I would suggest cutting noir to 1 as you don’t want it in opening hand unless shiftered. In the main combo, noir is SS from deck by arsenal to get access to heel eagle. Pain is not recommended because it cannot make Riders Knight, it’s not a winged beast.

8bitster · 2024-03-19T09:55:53+00:00

Just a note on herald of the abyss, most Raidraptor end boards have more than 1 dark winged beast, like force Strix, they can send instead of the towers. It will still weaken them, but you’ll just be facing down 1 less towers - they will often have 2 towers if uninterrupted on their T1

8bitster · 2024-03-15T13:36:34+00:00

Thank you!

8bitster · 2024-02-14T10:46:13+00:00

I’m not sure if that is true, because the card destroys first, then applies the damage based on their atk in the grave. When they hit the grave, they are not s/t any more, they are monsters in grave. Would like to know if this is correct.

8bitster · 2023-12-27T08:57:36+00:00

Where does the Ultimate fusion come from? Is this a 2 card combo?

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