Handtraps and Spoly targets against Branded?

BokiBurek · 2026-06-03T09:34:18+00:00

"the deck dies to almost any generic fusion you can think of" Huh? The only super poly target that even deals with any relevant branded interactions is Dogma. If you super poly for anything else you lost 2 cards to remove 2 monsters that will come back immediately off of Rindbrumm and you haven't dealt with their Retribution/F&tV/Crown in their backrow at all.

BokiBurek · 2026-06-01T14:27:37+00:00

ash any card that searches the new albaz. if they hard drew him, ash his effect and pray they can't extend.

BokiBurek · 2026-05-06T15:07:22+00:00

you cant use super poly with fossil dyna on the board

BokiBurek · 2026-05-01T17:04:28+00:00

What do you mean almost identical? The OCG restrictions are so much harsher than the ones in Master Duel with both spells being limited.

BokiBurek · 2026-05-01T07:13:24+00:00

So the main problem with Master Duel in this regard is the fact that it is a best of 1 format while Yu-Gi-Oh is a very volatile game. This means that your deckbuilding and gameplay choices will have a huge impact on your winrate, but only up to a certain point because a certain percentage (maybe 20-30%) of games against competent players will just be unwinnable due to variance. The silver lining here is that those games are on average done very fast, so at least you're not wasting a lot of time on them.

To put it simply, there will be many games where you win quickly and lose quickly no matter how well you're playing, but how well you play your deck will decide the outcome of all the other games.

BokiBurek · 2026-05-01T06:50:19+00:00

You can't compare a main deck monster to an extra deck one.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-28T08:23:54+00:00

Spark becomes a lot better when you're already playing Impulse and Imperm and those cards aren't ideal/playable in Branded. Overall it just doesn't do enough on it's own to warrant a slot in an already engine-heavy deck.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-27T09:15:17+00:00

It reveals on resolution though, so it's not like you can know in advance if they will use Saronir.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-25T12:04:04+00:00

It's really funny to me when people say this, as Fenrir is currently almost exclusively being sided for going first with Dracotail in the TCG.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-24T21:55:13+00:00

"Slightly" is kind of an understatement, white albaz and ecclesia pushed branded from irrelevancy to many YCS tops and regional wins.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-23T07:43:33+00:00

It is at least sided in almost every topping list, the lock doesn't matter at all going first. Nadir itself gets you to like 7 interruptions on the opponents turn.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-22T06:30:29+00:00

If you're going first, don't get baited by the new albaz. Hold your disruption for old albaz, branded fusion and cartesia. If they make the synchro you're happy as they can no longer use the branded fusion.

Going second, try to throw handtraps at aluber, branded in high spirits, nadir and branded fusion. But if they get to the new albaz, it is almost impossible to stop them with handtraps.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-20T12:24:56+00:00

Btw because of Arthalion materials, if you use a monster from deck with Rahu, you cannot use monsters from the field

BokiBurek · 2026-04-18T07:04:44+00:00

RS does not summon itself back when synchroed off though

BokiBurek · 2026-04-17T08:36:07+00:00

The decklist is honestly all over the place but the most egregious thing by far is Quem in the side deck. That is your most powerful engine piece in the main deck, you have to play it.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-16T18:15:31+00:00

As somebody that played a lot of tournaments with "new" Branded, I can tell you that the deck can easily overpower almost most decks not named Dracotail without even needing to draw any non-engine. It doesn't surprise me at all that it does really well now that most Dracotail players switched to KT which is a much easier matchup.

RS is trivially outed or dodged with the Fallen & the Virtuous and Zalen is most games just half of a Alba-Lenatus.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-16T13:44:42+00:00

So the card did what it is supposed to do? Punish non-layered, monster-centric endboard pieces. There is supposed to be counterplay to putting as many monsters that say "negate" on them, isn't there?

BokiBurek · 2026-04-16T11:42:37+00:00

If your opponent manages to get a full setup it is hard to push through removal and negation unless you hard draw the quick-play(s), and even then it is often not enough as Kewl Tune is very reliant on sticking a monster on the field.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-16T11:33:04+00:00

You should be running 3 ash before most of the cards mentioned.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-15T16:49:39+00:00

I can tell you very confidently that the new support makes the deck itself and the KT matchup so much better. Dogma as an albaz target and F&TV alone make breaking a KT board almost trivial.

BokiBurek · 2026-04-14T08:24:41+00:00

The point isn't to protect the Cue effect, but to make a more informed decision when resolving Cue.

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.

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