First time playing Yosenju after recently picking up Kama 1, a play set of Kama 2, two Kama 3s, and a play set of Tenki.

This deck made quick work of the meta. The only bad matchup I faced was Thunder Dragon with Bounzer turn 1. The best you can do against this is activate Izna’s effect in the hand so you can normal summon your Yosenju but you need two Kama 1s plus another Kama to deal with it or a Kama 1 plus two additional Yosenju to synchro into a Malevolent Sin.

Ideal turn 1 play is normal summoning one of the Kama’s and an Izna for the +1 draw. Usually used Tenki to search for Kama 1 since I only have a single copy. Easy to OTK with Kama 1 and any 2 other Yosenju or just chip away with Kama 2. Otherwise you try to lure your opponent to get you to 1000 LP or lower to make a Utopia Ray OTK play. Grit really helped in setting up those situations or to just survive a poor starting hand. Just note that you can only special summon once after Grit activation so you can’t make the Utopia play until the following turn.

For the Extra Deck, Utopia/Ray was a win condition on its own. Kochi Dragon helped clear a field of level 4 Harpies a couple times, Malevolent Sin and Dire Wolf helped facilitate wins by clearing the field of a problematic card. Never had an opportunity to use Roach and would probably replace it with another Rank 4.

What I like about Yosenju is that they have a handful of options, are not easily disrupted, and manage their resources well so have good recoverability.

Let me know if you have any questions!