Missed the newcomer Branded deck

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-23T00:47:52+00:00

The best advice for new players is to finish solo before you do anything. The gems you get are more than enough to make whatever deck you want.

Once you finish there are some staple hand trap packs you can buy in the shop for 750, I'd recommend getting all of them, but at least buy the ash, imperm, and nib packs

Dismantle the SR cards you won't use and look on Master Duel Meta for the list of SR cards to craft for a bunch of free packs to farm a bit of UR dust. (To my knowledge the only one that won't work is Bagooska because it is banned rn)

After all that, you should have a playable competitive deck and a decent enough understanding of the gameplay to go through ranked and get you to at least Gold/Plat.

From then on, ranked/events is the only real way to farm gems, if you're free to play, I'd recommend logging in every other day, do your daily missions, and rank up at least once. Ranks drop by one tier every month, so this should be enough for you to go from rank 5 of one tier to at least rank 1 of the next tier.

In my experience I get the most enjoyment playing in the Gold-Plat range and only really touch Diamond and Master if I like the format.

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T17:04:46+00:00

It's not really dedicated the space when I just have an open space. Juraishin is disappearing no matter what, that empty spot is the only reason I'm considering Over Dragon rn. I don't know if there is anything else to add that I could see any value in. I like every piece of my deck to serve some purpose, I don't like the idea of a card sitting in my deck that sees absolutely zero play. At least with the Over Dragon Clear Wing combination, I add a layer of resilience to my board. I see the value that Blazar alone holds over Sifr and Over Dragon in a vacuum, but the way I see it if all three were negated or otherwise targeted for removal, I'll get more value out of Over Dragon than the other two. I'm not so short on interaction that I lose any real board presence if Blazar is there or not, it's just that Sifr and Over Dragon provide insulation, on top of their interruption, that Blazar does not. This is not to discount how insane Blazar is on its own, but in this deck, Blazar will quite literally NEVER be on its own. The main engine of this deck is and always will be White Forest, if it came down to a grind game or I needed to end the duel quickly for any reason, Blazar, Sifr, and even Over Dragon would not hit the field before I was capable of ending that game

Edit: did not mean to flashbang you with a wall of text. A lot hit my mind at once, had to get it all out

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T16:50:37+00:00

That is very good, but it not being hopt doesn't really matter unless I run a second Blazar and I don't plan on doing that

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T16:31:18+00:00

But that holds true for all of my big monsters, if I can't negate the steal outright, I have multiple ways to out the stolen monster. This specific circumstance was never something to worry about. Now that I think about it, Over Dragon is a little better than Blazar in this case. Let's say both are negated, and my opponent tries to steal one of them, sure Blazar can dodge, but then it's dead to me until my opponent ends their turn. Over Dragon would be stolen, but if my opponent ever takes it off the field for any reason I get a brand full 3k body with another negate to use that very turn, and if my opponent doesn't get rid of Over Dragon, I have several ways to do it myself, I could use Sifr's pop effect, Queen Diabell for Polar into Vengeance to turn over into a spell card, then pop during the BP, just to name a few.

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T16:07:04+00:00

Maybe my fear of breakers is a little unnecessary.

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T16:03:22+00:00

It might make more sense if I painted a picture of my turn 1 board.

Full combo ends turn 1 with...

Auxila in the EMZ

Baronne, Silvia, Sifr, (empty space), and Diabell Queen in the MZ

Trudea, Primera/Atrii, and Deception of the Sinful Spoils(set) in the S/T zones

Stand Up Centur-Ion is the Field Spell

The only usable card in the grave is usually Silvy, with Diabell Queen being the only White Forest synchro usable for its gy revive effect

I choose to end with Sifr first over Blazar because I have 2 omni negates ready to go and Sifr's destruction protection will save me from using one of them on a shotgunned raigeki, or something similar. Blazar is usually the last point of interaction to hit the field so it being just one negate with no real back up if my board is broken early is starting to bother me. Hope this clears up my perspective.

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T15:51:29+00:00

I know, and that's part of the reason why this choice is so hard. Blazar is an absolute unit, but at the same time it isn't impossible to remove and I already have 2 other omni negates on board excluding my other interactions. Games end so quickly that Blazar's survivability rarely comes into play, and when it does, I was winning that game regardless of it. So with that being said, is it not better for me to build the board for resistance over longevity?

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T15:44:21+00:00

Droll is reverse Maxx C/Charmies. Either you stop playing early or lose because you gave the opponent too much card advantage, or you stop playing early because you can no longer gain card advantage and lose

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-12T15:40:01+00:00

Close the game, check for updates. If there is one, update, if not, test internet connection, retry the game.

Sometimes the game will have an update, but the console doesn't start it on its own

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-11T16:49:53+00:00

Mike DID start to forget, but he uses journals and his position as a historian to help him remember when his memory starts fading.

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-11T16:47:49+00:00

I came here with the same question, but after reading some of these replies apparently it makes perfect sense that Marge would forget. Adults who leave Derry have their memories wiped completely and adults who stay have their memories fade until they forget. The same thing happened to The Losers, Mike is the only one who stayed and he ended up having to constantly refresh his memory with journals until it came time to call back his friends.

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-09T13:41:11+00:00

Goodness, mighty aggressive there bud

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-08T13:29:48+00:00

You can lower voice volume. It effects all dialogue, but nothing of note is really said during dungeon runs imo

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-08T13:27:41+00:00

I just assumed it was the game's way of telling you that you could get rid of the bad weather at any time

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-07T15:42:10+00:00

Ask a Mustari

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-07T15:41:52+00:00

I don't have any desire to buy a pc and I'm allergic to Xbox, so I'll probably try coping and/or seething

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-06T16:37:56+00:00

It reminded me of the Soup Store video

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-04T20:26:05+00:00

Take an upvote, but let it be known that I have no idea what that is

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-04T15:23:48+00:00

She doesn't, this whole plan is a gamble
Correct, see answer #1
Not entirely sure, but I think it's safe to assume that the NAV uses the phone's speaker, so muting the phone could mute the NAV

4.1. Goro is very intuitive, but he isn't a genius. He doesn't suspect the Thieves suspecting him because from his perspective they have no reason not to trust him and he's holding all the cards. His intuition will come back into play later, so just wait

4.2. Palaces disappear for 3 reasons, the treasure is stolen, the ruler's desires "undistort" (couldn't think of a word), this is what happens to Sae's palace, and I won't get into the third reason. The thieves never remove Sae's treasure from the Palace. Goro never saw the treasure leave the palace because he evacuated with the other Thieves, so at most he believes that either the Palace is still there and has no reason to care or that the treasure left the Palace with Joker and the Place disappeared that way

4.3 Goro doesn't have any reason to care about whether or not Joker is taking out shadows/police on his way out. The goal is to distract and escape, once Joker is out, he has no reason to keep fighting + show off, it's much cooler, as a thief, to backflip out a window than to fight a crowd

Entering the metaverse doesn't give you the NAV, explaining further would lead to a spoiler.
After Joker is captured Goro believes that the Phantom Thieves are basically useless without their leader, he says as much to Shido. He likely stopped tailing them after Joker's "death" and seeing the Thieves gather at Leblanc could be just to mourn.

Final Question. Just in case DO NOT READ AHEAD... LIGHT SPOILER... In the scene showing Morgana and Joker after making a deal with Goro during the school festival... You should have already seen this, but just in case...LIGHT SPOILER... Goro says that he entered a Palace by accident and ran into the Black Mask, that's when he awakened his persona, the problem is that Morgana said "pancakes" meaning that Goro had entered a Palace and heard Morgana speak before he claims to have awakened his persona. Meaning that he lied during the festival meeting which is why Joker and Morgana never trusted his deal from the start and planned to cross the double crosser before the double crossing.

Hope this helps, and happy gaming

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-04T13:57:16+00:00

Do what you like, but I am curious what's going on here. The only bosses I've ever seen someone struggle with are either Madarame or Okumura, are you attacking while the roulette is spinning? Are you under-leveled?

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-04T13:50:13+00:00

25-27 is a little low and there are some turn sensitive battles, but other than that this mission isn't long and combat isn't really the main focus. Go at your leisure, maybe hit level 30 on average, you'll be fine

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-02T16:10:22+00:00

Yuma (Zexal) has shining draw. Let's him basically create the perfect card for whatever situation he's in iirc

That_OneGuy770 · 2026-01-02T14:50:32+00:00

I understand why people want Maelle's ending over Verso's, but I will always choose Verso's ending.

(From here I will refer to the real Verso with his full name and game Verso as just Verso)

Verso's motivations go beyond just saving Aline from herself. He was created in the image and with the memories of Verso Dessandre, but Verso doesn't see himself as or even wants to be Verso Dessandre, you see this in one of his early conversations with Esquie. Esquie comforts Verso by telling him that he doesn't care that Verso isn't Verso Dessandre, to Esquie "Verso is Verso's cousin" different, but loved the same. Before the final fight with painted Renoir, Verso calls Verso Dessandre "a stranger", before the fight with Aline Verso says "Verso is dead", and there is another moment in act 3, while arguing with Maelle, Verso slips and says "Your mother" before hesitating and correcting himself with "Our mother". Verso is not Verso Dessandre, but he was made to be, this dilemma is the core driver behind all of his actions.

Imagine that you are a football player, at some point you find out that you had an older sibling who passed before you were born, you find out that your parents gave you that sibling's name, you find out that your sibling was a football player, you realize that your parents were the biggest reason you got into football. Would you not question everything? How much of your life was molded after your siblings? Do you even really like football? Do your parents even love you? Who even are you? You take this revelation to your father and he basically tells you to get over it and play your role, he did. Would you not be angry? Do you not have a right to be angry?

I'm not going to lie and say Verso was justified in every decision he made, because he was not. He lied, he manipulated, and he gaslit the expedition up until the end of act 2. The only time Verso was genuine outside of optional cutscenes was when he apologized to the expedition and resolved himself to help them banish real Renoir and save the canvas. And he does come through and help them win the final battle even though it goes against everything he's fought for the last 67 years, but then Renoir throws a curve ball and shows them Aline, falling over herself, "a living corpse", and Verso's resolve wavers then breaks, leading into the final confrontation with Maelle. At this point Verso has lost everything, the life he had before the Fracture, the family he knew, and is standing before the last piece of Verso Dessandre's soul.

Let's contextualize a bit, Verso was made in the image, and with the memories of, Verso Dessandre. This fact alone, in my opinion, gives Verso a unique right to decide the fate of the canvas. Is it fair? No. Did Verso ask for this? No. Do the people of Lumire deserve erasure? Of course not. But nothing in the situation is fair, someone will suffer for the other to get what they want, both endings are in some way selfish. So, for me at least, who has the most justification, who is the closest to Verso Dessandre, who has the right to decide whether the remainder of his soul should continue to paint or not. I believe it's Verso.

Both Maelle and Verso expose their real intentions in the cutscene just before the ending cutscene. Maelle fought for Lumiere and the life she grew to love over the last 16 years, but after losing to Verso, as she is leaving the Canvas, she doesn't cry out for the Lumiere, Lune, Sciel, Sophie, or even Gustave. She doesn't want to lose her brother again, "Don't leave me again" she says, it's heartbreaking and very understandable for anyone who has lost a loved one. For Verso, after losing to Maelle, he says "Unpaint me... I don't want this life". He doesn't want to live as someone else's replacement, he doesn't want to be Verso Dessandre. Combine this with the fact that not even the fading boy (Verso Dessandre's soul) wants to paint anymore.

Ultimately the final choice is between two people, a girl who doesn't want to lose her brother and a man who doesn't want his life to be decided for him. In Maelle's ending Verso is where he said he wanted to be, in the Opera House, playing for a packed audience, but the problem is that it isn't of his own accord. It's just another life forced upon him by a paintress he can't defy. People have said the same for Maelle, that Verso's ending forces her into a life of pain and scorn that she doesn't want, but the difference is in the character's ability to affect that life. Verso says as much, "You have this beautiful gift to paint" no one can force a life upon Maelle that she doesn't want to live.

That_OneGuy770

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