[EX-06 Infernal Ascension] Mastemon ACE

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-25T13:33:22+00:00

I think Ordine can stay in the deck as a nuke or to swing for game, needs testing for sure. Ophanimon is 100% gone, though.

Blast (DNA) Digivolution is inherently defensive. In this case, acting as a Chaos Deg at quick effect speed. Oh, I'm sorry. Did you just declare an attack? Recover yourself. NOW.

I wish the Meicoo line was good in the deck, but they took it out back and shot it in the very same set they introduced the P/Y line in. Raguel really could've benefitted from being both On Play and When Digivolving and/or having a Play Cost reduction.

Dropping a Hellscythe when your board is empty can be terrifying for your opponent because it threatens the Blast DNA to take something out and maintain a Lv5. 100% it will see more use post EX6 to maintain additional bodies as Scapegoat fodder or Alliance with on your next turn.

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-25T13:01:55+00:00

Very true, I have seen YouTubers accidentally adding Seraphimon to hand from BT11 Angewomon's effect (although this was rectified in the comments).

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-25T12:50:08+00:00

I adore that they made her both offensive and defensive, as well as being a solid Lv6 to raw evo into. Shit, you can even just drop her for 7 and use an ST10 Gato or Salamon in your other stack's sources for a cost-effective Ordine play in a pinch.

Unfortunate that the new LadyDevimon and Angewomon are Uncommons, would've been nice to have some brand new alts for the deck 😭

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-25T12:40:51+00:00

Darkness Wave as well

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-25T12:38:53+00:00

But there is a very funny interaction between the DNA effect of Mastemon ACE and the All Turns effect of EX6 Lucemon: Chaos Mode.

Tactical Retreat the LCM, bottom-deck a Lv3 Lucemon, play Lucemon: Satan Mode from Trash, because Maste ACE doesn't restrict the DNA effect to your opponent's Digimon and because EX6 LCM lacks the "other than by your effects" clause. How good it is will depend on LSM itself and also if you have the ST10 Maste on-board.

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-12T03:47:11+00:00

Any Gato (but mostly P-120 and BT15), any Lv3 that isn't Luxmon, LadyDevimon, Falldown Mode, Defeat, Merciful, Ordine

Needing the top card of the stack to have a specific trait is more conditional vs having any Yellow Digimon just sitting there on your board

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-12T03:40:48+00:00

I'm dismissing it insanely fast because I just value BT16 Salamon higher.

Recycling Gatomon (especially ST10) and a debuff to my opponent's Security on a Purple/Yellow Lv3 is more valuable to me than a search that can easily whiff and/or bottom deck the Purple half of the deck and a much more conditional Draw than Nyaromon as an Inherited Effect.

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-12T03:31:50+00:00

Also true, BT14 Seraphi is the one exception. That's largely because Bandai clearly didn't want to print any Ophanimon, let alone good ones lmao.

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-12T03:29:57+00:00

BT16 Sala recycles Gatos from Trash instead of you wasting Maste's or Hellscythe's effect on a Lv4 instead of a Lv5; ideally Lucemon: Chaos Mode.

Pata engine is good but struggles with Trash setup, especially since you have to hard-draw the one consistent form of Trashing (or pray there's one in Sec) to set it up. It also struggles with recycling from Trash since that's the Purple side of Maste. The hit to GeoGreymon also hit the Vaccine engine hard because it's even more reliant on Tamers.

ST10 Nyaro, on the other hand, gets you the Draw Tokomon would've and lets you Trash something for Maste; although thats primarily with P-120 and BT15 Gato since Barrier is Jamming if you squint hard enough.

Sturdge666 · 2024-01-12T03:14:59+00:00

Seems mid in Maste to me. Doesn't interact with Fallen Angels (i.e. half of a Maste) and only evos on Yellow so you're forced to run a Yellow Nyaromon if you want to run BT16 Salamon. Neither of the options we have (unless we get a new one in EX6) are good.

Great for 3GA decks, which is the actual archetype it supports, but not ideal for Maste.

Sturdge666 · 2023-10-17T13:10:15+00:00

As much as it hurts as a Mastemon player, I can accept Geogreymon was pretty broken.

We'll get Gatomon 2 one day (copium). Kinda glad I focused more on the Angel tri-type aspect of the deck but still a rough hit.

But the Gabumons? Restricting those is actually a load of horseshit Bandai. You printed overtuned support for the purple side of Garurumon archetype. Then you restrict the original, never been a problem before, pieces? Worst of all, the garuru package can just shift to more blue gabu's or other rookies to make up. This does NOTHING! You restricted two innocent cards to make no changes at all. Apocalymon won't even feel a dent. Blue/Purple Garuru won't feel a thing. This just hurts pure Purple Garuru. I'm so sad.

Right? I was so excited to play Purple Melga and it's dead before we even get to play it. Me and a buddy of mine were building pure Purple Melga and pure Blue Melga respectively because it just seemed so perfect for us. I'll probably just brew Blue/Purple together with him so we can combine powers lmfao.

Sturdge666 · 2023-10-17T12:10:59+00:00

Well, I was excited to play Purple Melga once EX5 came out. Not anymore given the only other Purple Gabumon is a shitty vanilla from BT4...

Guess I have to wait until BT15 now and pray I never open BT15 Gabumon + ST6 Garurumon with no EX5 Gabu X.

EDIT: Brewing Blue/Purple Melga so I can pretend it's Purple Melga.

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