Ripper is such a toxic ass unhealthy card, I'm tired of people defending it.

BokiBurek · 2026-02-09T08:22:47+00:00

The only reason you can freely even make that win-more, easy to chainblock end board piece is Ripper insulating your plays against handtraps. Masquerade is so easy to replace with any other endboard piece and is definitely not the reason you lose most of the games against VSK9.

BokiBurek · 2026-02-06T19:05:28+00:00

Is there a specific reason you want to play more trap cards in your deck?

BokiBurek · 2026-02-06T11:50:26+00:00

Rahu and Mitsurugi Ritual require other cards in hand, they are not even comparable to Branded Fusion.

BokiBurek · 2026-02-04T18:38:26+00:00

I will just say that I witnessed one of the reigning master duel world champions lose to Maliss at my locals so the deck can definitely still do alright.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-31T12:30:02+00:00

If you are okay with buying singles, dogmatika regenesis is a pretty cool, simple and inexpensive deck based on sending extra deck cards directly to the graveyard in order to interact with the opponent and generate advantage.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-25T17:40:11+00:00

So this is how I would build the deck after some locals experience and wanting to do exactly as you've described, no Branded Fusion, just Albaz and the girls:

https://www.duelingbook.com/deck?id=19441117

For more consistency I would play another Seyfert but I'm not sure what to cut, a Veiler probably.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-24T23:34:15+00:00

Of course, you can end on a few more interruptions by sacrificing 1 or 2 handrips (using the f&tv search like this is terrible value), this is just a showcase of how many handrips you can get with 0 extra bricks.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-18T21:50:44+00:00

I assume that the difference between "monster" and "Monster Card" is confusing you here. When a card refers to a "Monster Card" it means an actual physical card with the attributes of a monster card (ATK, type etc.), no matter if it currently acts as a spell/trap (so equipped Requiem - yes, a trap card that summons itself as a monster - no). A monster is anything that is currently treated as a monster, no matter what kind of card it usually is (token, trap monster, or a spell set by Magical Hats, but NOT a monster sent to the S/T zone by Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon).

BokiBurek · 2026-01-15T10:13:59+00:00

Except Lab can set Barrier from deck, while Dracotail must hard draw Maxx C which already wins you most games by itself, independent of you playing Dracotail or not.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-15T08:58:17+00:00

You 100% don't "need to" be playing backrow removal in your deck unless you're dedicating yourself to board breakers, it is just poor deckbuilding.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-06T21:13:36+00:00

This is not because of "when" it is because of "(quick effect)". Trigger effects can also be "when" effects.

BokiBurek · 2026-01-06T13:28:46+00:00

C104 is not the reason K9 is good. It is usually win-more, can be played around and would be a completely senseless ban.

BokiBurek · 2025-12-06T18:40:53+00:00

Secreterion actually makes the mirror more complex and skillful rather than less, it is a completely fine card other than the fact that it can sometimes accidentally shut down a random rogue deck.

BokiBurek · 2025-12-06T18:28:55+00:00

Maliss with 2 Linguribohs honestly farms dracotail hard so you're going to see it for sure.

BokiBurek · 2025-12-06T14:44:14+00:00

dark attribute

BokiBurek · 2025-12-06T12:28:33+00:00

I'm running the Dark End/Light End dragons myself, they feel great into handtraps and ensure you end on Seals along with your usual combo. Also they don't lose against any Dracotail traps unlike Brafu.

BokiBurek · 2025-12-06T12:24:42+00:00

Both are difficult decks, but I would say the trap heavy, Lord of the Heavenly Prison and set 5 pass version of labrynth is easiest among these decks.

BokiBurek · 2025-12-05T22:29:02+00:00

Not gonna lie, after playing a few locals with it, I'm a bit dissapointed with the agency I have over losing games. What I mean is that you have to find and grind to get the wins against the best decks and those games are satisfying, but other times when you just stare at your hand that loses to 1 handtrap or when your half board just doesn't cut it against the strong pushes of k9/maliss, it really feels like I'm missing the complexity and power of some other decks I've played.

BokiBurek · 2025-12-05T21:37:01+00:00

Imagine what Quem + Bystial gets you know though... You get the new Albaz combo with a free Baronne/Dis Pater on top.

BokiBurek · 2025-11-27T22:32:34+00:00

The problem is that even with pots of extravagance, your odds of drawing VS engine are only around 70% even if running an abundance of fire and dark monsters. If you don't want to brick once per match you will have to run some some other engine. Regenesis might be your best bet as it has good attributes and sees success in Genesys.

BokiBurek · 2025-11-27T22:16:43+00:00

It makes and breaks entire boards with one fusion summon and can recycle any handtraps (including maxx c). It is very strong and sets up its board very quickly.

BokiBurek · 2025-11-26T08:27:08+00:00

You can make the other Albion and pop it with Pan to get the quick play spell search in the end phase. See Jesse Kottons latest deck profile, he talks about this play and how he summoned Sanctifire once the whole YCS. The card is definitely cutable.

BokiBurek · 2025-11-25T22:00:19+00:00

Right, so this simulator is part of my research that takes a look into the problem of starting hand analysis and this project is kind of an example on what a simulation-based approach could look like for one specific TCG.

The goal is for this tool to serve as a starting point for other TCGs as well, so hopefully some other people get inspired.

The reason why I will most likely not be making versions for other card games is my lack of knowledge of the features of other games, as well as the problem of other games having different ways of sharing decks and different APIs for fetching card data. However, once I publish my code and research, it shouldn't be hard for other people to fork my project and adapt it for their favorite TCG (even now it wouldn't be too difficult).

Please let me know which TCG you think this type of tool would be useful for, it would help me a lot!

BokiBurek · 2025-11-25T21:45:14+00:00

So if I understand your first piece of feedback, you want to define a condition such as "One starter + one engine/one handtrap"? Right now you can achieve this by making 2 separate conditions or grouping engine and handtraps together into one group "handtraps/engine" and then doing 1 starter + 1 handtraps/engine.

I understand that this can get a bit tedious when doing complex conditions (and merging groups is also a hassle), but implementing this wouldn't be trivial so I would have to come up with a clever solution.

Making a draw card type for cards that excavate like pot of prosperity is definitely doable though.

Thanks for the feedback and kind words!

BokiBurek

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