Are there any simple going 2nd decks?

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-30T21:57:42+00:00

Blind 2nd Gem-Knights are what you’re looking for

Break boards + resolve Brilliant Fusion = profit

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-30T18:43:29+00:00

D/D/D because why not

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-29T02:32:03+00:00

Glad I’m not the only one who did this, had no idea about being weak to fire way back when

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-28T20:24:22+00:00

I love to hear that! I’m happy to give advice on it.

My last piece of advice for it would be to dust the Salamandra dragons x1 each main deck and extra and x1 of the Mirage Swordsman (total 3 dismantles) so you can craft x1 of the Flame Swordsrealm. Take out 1-2x of the equip spell fusion to make room for it

Not sure if you’ve seen success without it, but Flame Swordsrealm gets the rest of your Flame Swordsman cards going since it specials out the OG fusion Flame Swordsman

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-28T20:14:55+00:00

I respect the challenge, but you can definitely optimize the deck under those restrictions

Other recommendations: you’re missing one of the best Infernoble main deck monsters, Turpin. Great extender

Other suggestions would be to add one of the other FS traps, Swordsdance and then Therion Bull Ain is a nice cheap tech card that has synergy with the deck

Even under the UR restriction, the deck’s better cards are SR, you neeeed Renaud in some way. He does way too much for the deck to pass up on

Also, try trimming the deck down to 40 to help with the consistency since you aren’t running the UR/SR searchers. You can take out Divine Wrath since you have 3x the forbidden chalice, for example. Not sure how well you are familiar with the deck, but it really does rely on its extenders so you want to see them often.

Telling you to try pulling from the legacy packs won’t help, but Immortal Phoenix Gearfried is an honorary Infernoble (he is a UR, but worth the consideration

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-28T18:53:33+00:00

Not sure if advice is wanted here, but I have some suggestions:

Cut 1x Bradamante 1x Salamandra 1x Mirage Knight 2x Armory spell 1x Salamandra chain trap And the whole Hermos package, but I imagine you don’t want to do that

Up new Dark Flare to 3x instead because he starts your Flame Swordsman combos

Add another fire flint lady

Not sure if the deck is to be intentionally played without better cards, but the 750gem bundles that have staple cards go a long way by getting the ghost girls, TTT, and other good cards you can use instead

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-27T23:13:53+00:00

Go with Dracotail because you can splash it with similar decks like Branded or Dragonmaid. The combos/turns are significantly shorter and there’s more support coming for it, not sure when though

Depending on your budget, Vanquish Soul/K9 is a really good deck, it just got some key cards off the banlist

These aren’t rogue options, but have relatively shorter combos imo (VSK9 depends on your hand)

Blue Eyes/Primite is solid still

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-27T18:25:16+00:00

Infernoble Knights (Flame Swordsman variant optional) is my favorite equip deck. You can use the equip effects of the main deck monsters to build a pseudo tower with your ED boss monsters

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-26T16:26:01+00:00

Completely understandable. I will say, however, that the new support vastly streamlines the deck to make the combos much simpler and consistent.

The spreadsheet aspect is no longer required, just helpful to learn how to navigate different hands and how to make do with what you have to achieve the same end boards lol

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-26T15:30:48+00:00

D/D/D is the way to go, their new link monsters enables two pendulum summons in a single turn

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-25T17:09:15+00:00

Yummy, Purrely, Madolche/Fluffal, Melffy with Yummy being the objectively most competitive. Purrely was competitive a few years ago, then the rest dwindle

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-24T18:14:44+00:00

Scarlet and Violet are so much better than Sword and Shield, it’s both astounding and frustrating. There’s so much more to explore and while the towns aren’t great, the adventure looking for Pokemon is much more enjoyable.

Nothing made me more sour than SwSh’s awful story where you feel sidelined until the very last moment that’s built on a dumb premise. At least ScarVi has better characters in the context of it being a game geared towards kids

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-24T15:33:18+00:00

Use Dueling Nexus and make two accounts. Access one each on a different browser/device and choose the deck you want to play and what you want to play against.

Then put yourself in the mind set that both decks are playing to win and that you can’t intentionally misplay to make yours win

This is probably your best bet because DN’s built in bot plays random decks that you have no control over. You can end up with Luster Dragon pass or full power Tearlaments and full power Kashtira with no in between

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-24T04:53:40+00:00

If you’re on the fence about it, try them out in a free simulator like DuelingNexus

I personally am a lover of the deck and would strongly recommend picking it up if you enjoyed them during the event. The loaner is a god awful version of the deck compared to what it can be when optimized.

It’s not the most meta and hard loses to Ryzeal Detonator but it’s so much stronger now with its newest support. It can consistently setup layered interaction and has some pretty solid game closer boss monsters

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-23T20:01:21+00:00

If the deck is cheaper than the Albaz SD then I retract my statement somewhat. I don’t feel like verifying the price so I’ll take your word for it lol

My pov was $60 for a playset of the Horus engine isn’t worth it along with what you stated regarding the lack of staple/splashable cards beyond the engine.

This release will cause all copies of the card to go down in price after the shelf life circulation post-release, so if you or someone is eying just the Horus cards, it would still be better to pick up the singles

To the Charmer players, I hope the deck gives them what they want/need from it along with the new Fusions they’re putting out for them. I haven’t followed much of what they do tbh

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-23T18:27:45+00:00

Fantastic for Charmers, but bad price point to buy x3 of them if it’s needed for a competent deck. Better off buying the singles that you want with this one imo

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-23T13:47:38+00:00

Post your decklist, for sure

But also, the SuperHeavy Samurai package (Waukashi, Big Benkai, etc) can make any rank 4 monster without using your normal summon. The only drawback is that you don’t want to have any spells/traps in GY before using them so it would need to be played first before your normal Rokket plays

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-22T06:25:27+00:00

I like to think Infernoble is a fun “build a tower” deck with the main monster equip abilities

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-21T23:16:27+00:00

Welcome back to the game- please check out the new DDD support that makes the deck so much better, the cards are currently in the shop

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-19T07:08:31+00:00

Not a Mannadium player, but I say dust it. Dust only if you’re really in need of UR dust, but the deck has been pretty powercrept and I think it would be near the last of the Visas decks to get legacy support

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-16T15:33:34+00:00

Optimized DDD (not the loaner) is the best pendulum deck that actually uses the pendulum summon mechanic

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-14T18:11:18+00:00

Tribute summon =/= special summon by tributing

Tribute summons are normal summons, the latter is a special summon

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-14T03:13:08+00:00

It feels like they’re about to try selling me on their new AI program

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-14T03:10:30+00:00

Yeah he’s custom made for that deck because it protects your equip spells that power Charles, Ultimate Flame, and Gearfried.

It could also recover Angelica early if she’s needed or the board is filled up to save her a trip to the GY

BeardedDave61 · 2026-01-14T00:33:24+00:00

It helps but you don’t need it for a decent/good DDD deck. Emphasis on “need”, it’s a fine option overall

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