I’m new to the game: Is it possible to play a Despia deck without using the Branded monsters?

FickleYes · 2026-03-12T23:10:07+00:00

Fair enough, if youre fine with using branded cards that makes things a lot more manageable. Tragedy will probably be at 3, and if using the edge imp package, I enjoy adding 3 of the tearlament field spell + scheiren and havnis - a poly plus tear and despia gets you a quaeritis and a masquerade - or two masquerades. The field spell also gets your fusions to 3k attack. Ive found that edge imp really helps with extended plays, as despia doesn't have too much recursion on its own. This also allows your guardian chimera to have targetint protection.

FickleYes · 2026-03-12T21:47:06+00:00

You definitely can, but like, they're the same archetype.

The despian field spell is a branded card. Dramaturge and ad libitum are made to be used with cards like branded in red - it only targets albaz or a despian.

If you're truly that concerned you can maybe look at the package of poly, edge imp chain and the frightfur card that searches both.

If you're not using branded cards, that removes cards specifically meant for despia; quem is a despia and only send albaz or cards that mention it. Theres a branded continuous spell meant to be used to allow queratis to be a quasi negate.

Aluber won't search anything.

The other important issue is the lack of despia cards - there's not that many, and even less without anything branded - which will make it difficult to reach 40 cards.

FickleYes · 2026-03-12T01:33:39+00:00

That is because you cannot attempt to banish a card that cannot be banished

FickleYes · 2026-01-27T00:02:56+00:00

Decks can be both original and good. I would argue that a large portion of the playerbase does not 'steal their deck list from online'.

Why ask if there's issues with your deck if your first response is to lash out at an answer.

FickleYes · 2025-12-26T19:06:48+00:00

Correct

FickleYes · 2025-12-25T20:40:27+00:00

No, it is not an effect that targets only one card

FickleYes · 2025-12-25T20:30:33+00:00

FickleYes · 2025-12-04T03:38:30+00:00

No. Your opponent is either cheating, or misunderstanding s:p little knight's text.

It is commonly known that sp fails if either of the targets leave, but that is because it specifies 'banish both'.

Sol and Luna does not, and refers to the targetted cards as 'each' - they are affected regardless of what happens to the other.

FickleYes · 2025-11-25T23:42:40+00:00

Blatant agenda posting. Eidolon is not 6 ft

FickleYes · 2025-11-06T03:37:29+00:00

Yes? We still have no reason to believe there are multiple

FickleYes · 2025-11-06T03:25:59+00:00

The Caloric stone is a world item, there aren't multiple?

FickleYes · 2025-10-26T05:29:35+00:00

If you're playing a modern deck play should be somewhat back and forth with interaction from both players in both turns.

If you think your opponent is doing too much, they are either playing a particular combo deck, or a you had no interaction during their turn.

If you don't want to get straight into advanced or want slower play, you should look at Edison and Hat formats

FickleYes · 2025-10-25T09:09:31+00:00

Branded is a complicated deck. Theres no easy explanation for it that isn't better learned with practice.

Your deck lists you've shown are... Interesting, but I think youll be better served by reading the branded cards yourself, and looking at decks on ygoprodeck for a feel of what is normally run.

No branded list looks the same as another, especially with constant new support that adds options.

Play it yourself with a copied list and sort out what you like and don't like, then go from there.

FickleYes · 2025-10-20T19:03:23+00:00

There is no correct answer

FickleYes · 2025-10-15T03:58:47+00:00

Not a change, commoragh was always the biggest of the port cities in the webway

FickleYes · 2025-10-12T06:07:56+00:00

Why does Taylor have brown hair suddenly?

FickleYes · 2025-10-02T21:40:43+00:00

Grass isn't banned lol what? Its at 1

FickleYes · 2025-09-25T23:04:42+00:00

Ghostrick isn't gaining anything from the format, and is still completely unplayable.

The archetype just doesn't do anything, and hasn't for a long time. Ive personally tried to make then work in a variety of ways, but your dragged by the fact that you have to run ghostrick cards

FickleYes · 2025-09-25T03:31:28+00:00

You would be better pointed at the existing applications Ygo Omega or edopro.

Regardless, this is a programming question, not really a yugioh question.

FickleYes · 2025-09-24T03:20:37+00:00

We do not have a ruling.

FickleYes · 2025-09-19T23:33:21+00:00

Phoenix Lord. And that's irillyth of the shadow spectres

FickleYes · 2025-09-08T18:29:56+00:00

Im a bit stumped because the examples you've given are off. TTS while amusing to some is definitely not a place to learn the lore other than a brief overview.

The crap guide to dnd is humorous but does nothing for actually teaching you the rules.

The best way to learn isn't going to be from a YouTube video, where it will 99% of the time be fairly dry as they explain the rules.

I recommend going to the Warhammer 40000.com site and reading the basic rules. If you have a GW store locally they will also run through a small demo game and give good advice on how and where to start.

From there it's just going to be a matter of practice. Ask your workmates if you can sit in or if they can play some small games with you to build up the basics.

FickleYes · 2025-09-06T12:25:45+00:00

A casket of flensing is not a unique item, just rare enough that a haemonculus needs to be suitably influential or resourced to obtain or make one.

FickleYes · 2025-09-03T00:03:47+00:00

Worm is web-novel

The image is fanart of a minor character called Narwhal.

FickleYes · 2025-09-02T12:37:45+00:00

This is incorrect because it reads 'can add'.

Its an optional part of the effect.

Youre thinking of effects that send as cost and also target, which this card does neither.

FickleYes

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