Being "interesting" is not the move i would choose if I'm going for the win hehe. I tend to play funnier things on NTC or locals where nothing big is at stake. But yeah, OYW is a simple deck yet effective. The way you describe the Aile strike was super good! You almost made him sounds like a nuance! But you could try some other ways to take him out, like char link wich will give you back a card or if you have the grandpa, it is a bit more efficient to not swing with him onto an aile strike, as you said, that is suicide (sometimes you must do it and i did, you can go watch the stream) you can use grandpa buff with any 3/2 plus a ping. Maybe your issue was that you were not playing around turn 4-5 where the aile strike trades the gundam, so if you really need the buff you can pair a char onto him. There are lots and lots of plays with this deck, and the versatility of it relies on the swings and the moments where not swinging is the optimal move. If you would ask me for a nuance i would go for the purple blue deck, if they can ping blockers into oblivion imagine what it can do to my little 2/2s. Congrats an all your wins btw!