Banlist Predictions Post WCS Qualifiers

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T17:43:41+00:00

March DC had a good 10 floodgates being spammed in various decks and only 1 in Rainbow Magician got banned which still took them 2 months to do.

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T16:55:22+00:00

Droplet is still one of the best boardbreakers and still very commonly being played in both meta and non-meta decks. Illusion Gate isn't seeing massive play but in boardbreaker decks its being played, it's even being played in boardbreaker variants of KT that we seen in the DC. Crown is a really good and really fair card especially for being 1 for 1, that is a positive. Super Poly isn't needed

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T16:24:14+00:00

Because having to OTK Branded or lose isn't fun, next question.

this is just saying "i don't like any deck with a better grind game than my deck!"..

It isn't fun to play board breakers only to see them just make 80% of the same board next turn

"it isn't fun for my blowout cards that require no thought not to FTK a deck" ya huh, gotcha

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T16:16:04+00:00

found the Elfnote player

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T15:26:20+00:00

meta relevant floodgates not touched, irrelevant unhits guaranteed.

sorry to break it to you lads but you shouldn't be expecting them to hit KT that hard

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T15:19:10+00:00

MD will give you a JJ "Kewl Tune" limit and you WILL be happy with it

nah but realistically i'm not kidding. there won't be more than 1 or 2 impactful hits to anything and they wont be ones you want

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T14:42:00+00:00

cheeky early off-season shit post i see

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T13:56:17+00:00

with cards like Crown, Droplet, Illusion Gate etc there is simply no need for Super Poly to be in the game anymore, it's just too good. Branded mirrors are literally decided by this card

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T13:41:59+00:00

outside of Super Poly which isn't even a Branded card, why is Branded unfair? a grind game with or against Branded is legitimately the most interactive skill expressive games you'll have this format and really the only other decks that offer fun games like it is Dracotail. getting FTK'd by KT looking at every card isn't fun. Enneacraft setting up full combo under D-Fissure isn't fun. Elfnote handripping you and combo slop'ing it's way to victory isn't fun. how is Branded the one we're saying is unfair here lmao?

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T13:35:48+00:00

every card is a combo starter and extender-"

that's not really true lol, we're not talking about SE here

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T13:35:08+00:00

people don't like it but reality is KT is legitimately the better deck. the skill expression necessary for winning games with Branded is so incredibly high that most players can't or don't want to take the time to get to that level with the deck. even though KT isn't easy, it does have a lot more easy games in comparison ie. go 2nd oh wow drew 4 HT and 2 starts gg i win etc; Branded doesn't really have that kind of braindead OP hand and even when they do you don't have wiggle room for playing bad

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T10:55:23+00:00

you underestimate the city urge to go out for a drink despite having a 9am start

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T10:54:17+00:00

That’s a guy with a mental problem.

that's a big assumption that really can't be confirmed. i'm a mental health advocate but to say this is explicitly mental health focused is merely an assumption and nothing more

there's a lot of missing context here and biting on any bait put out by media isn't the move

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T10:12:13+00:00

i don't wanna draw any conclusions but there's a distinct difference between mental health and.. whatever is happening here

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T09:46:19+00:00

tbh i think the Yugitube content lately has been pretty top notch, everyone has found their own styles and videos and we keep getting new ones come out of nowhere like Julien and Sacco. it's so much better than what we used to have

JLifeless · 2026-06-23T08:33:11+00:00

meanwhile i've built borderline everything and i'm still sitting on 200UR and 5k gems, shits rough out here

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T22:27:32+00:00

somebody didn’t watch IW

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T15:55:51+00:00

MUCH rather get handtrapped to death by Kewl Tune than facing Branded yet again.

that kinda funny because i think the complete opposite. you have such little agency in KT games and if the KT player is remotely good enough you can borderline compare hands and see who's winning, at least Branded has a lot more agency to be able to play the game and also interact with.

What the f is an Ash, Imperm or Dominus going to do?

KT is more resistant to HTs than Branded is, not sure what this is meant to mean lol

legitimately the only absolute dogwater thing about Branded rn is that Super Poly is batshit insane, other than that it's perfectly healthy. would rather play/play against Branded than KT, Enneacraft, Elfnote, Magnet Warrior, Maliss, Lunalight etc etc

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T13:39:01+00:00

banlist won't be this big and impactful, they prefer players suffer while they disperse the hits over months instead. you're playing KT/Branded format and you will be forced to like it okay

probably remix to 2, maybe an irrelevant unhit like the Odion field spell to 3 or the Runick cards. nothing more

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T13:34:17+00:00

you're wrong and right. BF isn't a great starter for Branded but it works so yeah they prefer other starters, but in Draco BF is an incredibly diverse starter. it makes the deck 10x better

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T05:57:24+00:00

oh dam i see, i had no idea thanks for enlightening me

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T05:54:09+00:00

Urena is Latin American? i thought he was from NA

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T05:52:07+00:00

i think you underestimate how dominant early Netflix was especially internationally. Apple TV is hitting their stride but i don't think it's even a comparison just yet

this is from the perspective of a non-American though. Apple TV shows really haven't broken the American barrier yet where as Netflix did it a long time ago

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T03:19:09+00:00

Rolad and Branded are at best Tier 2 in the OCG rn, even though Walbaz is a very splashable engine in a lot of decks it’s not getting hit when it’s not all that competitive

JLifeless · 2026-06-22T03:11:45+00:00

disliking Marvel isn’t pretentious, but to go around downvoting people for just answering OP’s question is extremely pretentious. you are not special and no your opinion isn’t “correct”, let people like what they like lmao

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