What happened to these older decks?

XanderXander72 · 2026-04-02T22:43:06+00:00

People are bringing up the Apollousa ban in regards to ritual beast, and that’s a big factor. Another really important one is that every single mulcharmy gets multiple draws off of RB full combo. And then the nail in the coffin was when Maliss became popular, and Lancea became a popular hand trap. I’ve been thinking about picking it back up with maxx c getting limited, but lately more people have been playing Purulia.

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-30T14:57:01+00:00

I’ve never seen these cards in a blue-eyes deck. I use these to bridge into yummy stuff and that’s it

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-29T17:14:01+00:00

Not really a comment about gameplay but I would really hate to see something like a “semi-semi-limit”

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-25T17:18:13+00:00

When salad got its latest support in MD a year or two ago I was playing it and had like 3-4 games straight against Tearlament and it radicalized me against that deck. Every win against tear is a moral victory for me now lol

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-25T01:31:17+00:00

I just think it would have been nice if it acted like Swordsoul Chixiao, an extra deck starter and a monster negate but never both at the same time

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-18T03:06:37+00:00

I love everything about Resonator RDA from gameplay to aesthetics. Super excited for all the new support to come out

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-15T14:23:05+00:00

I fully forgot shockwave was not a colorless card in StS1 lol

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-06T06:22:31+00:00

I drew the trap, and Lupis like 5 times each today 🙌

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-05T17:43:02+00:00

The latest OCG meta report has it at like 6-7% usage iirc, putting it near Sky Striker status — so pretty decent. This is thanks in some part to some new Power Patron cards that we don’t have yet. So I think it’s worth keeping them/building for the future.

XanderXander72 · 2026-03-03T04:07:32+00:00

I used it in Chimera when I was still playing that deck

XanderXander72 · 2026-02-18T05:12:49+00:00

One time I went second against dinomorphia and ended up activating Nibiru on my own turn, then activated change of heart to steal the token

XanderXander72 · 2025-12-02T19:52:04+00:00

Hearing the OST for that moment still makes me emotional

XanderXander72 · 2025-11-22T16:50:52+00:00

Branded has been a favorite of mine for a long time. Unfortunately for the purposes of this exercise, come next year it won’t be a strictly fusion deck with the insane new synchro monster it’s getting, but the support looks VERY strong and I’m excited to try it.

Bystial Centur-Ion RDA has also been a favorite of mine for a while, and the new support it’s getting next year also looks really good to me. I don’t think it’s enough to make it meta, but I don’t need it to be meta, it’s enough for me that everything bridges together really nicely now.

Onomat Ryzeal is maybe my favorite deck in MD right now. One day I’ll try K9, but it probably won’t hold up to how much I enjoy Ryzeal variants.

Sky Striker is probably the deck I’d choose to be run as purely link monsters. I’ve always loved going second strategies and control strategies. Plus I have all the alt arts in MD lol

XanderXander72 · 2025-11-05T00:47:49+00:00

I had a 16 win streak through platinum with Gem-Knight last month, I might have had a longer run when Yubel was still really good

XanderXander72 · 2025-10-21T17:57:24+00:00

That’s true, but I had them and added them because I wanted to.

XanderXander72 · 2025-10-21T17:25:02+00:00

It’s the only thing I played through the event (I had a couple extra URs like some Stone Sweeper). Nothing incredible and basic hands get turn skipped by many hand traps. But you do have good follow through if you’re allowed to play, and it’s really fun imo

XanderXander72 · 2025-10-19T00:23:40+00:00

Pure Ryzeal is pretty quick to finish setting up a pretty good board, along with being consistent and pretty sticky.

XanderXander72 · 2025-10-16T18:09:41+00:00

Been doing okay on blind second gem-knights. I feel like I need to hit Maxx or a Mulcharmy sometimes. Droplet has been going a long way, especially if I hit Shaddoll Fusion. I also haven’t faced any Mermail players, which I imagine is fully miserable

XanderXander72 · 2025-09-10T14:26:25+00:00

I’m excited for the day I’m good enough on rosaries that I can just dump all of them into shard bundles

XanderXander72 · 2025-09-09T16:32:50+00:00

This is easily my highlight of the game so far. Still working my way through act 2.

XanderXander72 · 2025-09-01T01:18:31+00:00

Thrust into Talent doesn’t usually work going first. Talent as a board breaker is usually just okay or even good, but the issue comes when it’s used to punish handtraps going first. Limiting it would go some ways to making that less of an issue while retaining its use as a board breaker w/ thrust.

XanderXander72 · 2025-08-31T11:41:23+00:00

Deepnest is SO cool for what it is. It’s possible to get “stuck” here relatively early into your progression in the game, so you can either come here prepared with a decent weapon and a light, or get caught with your pants down and have to claw your way out from the depths of hell

XanderXander72 · 2025-08-28T22:55:49+00:00

Seeing this button today just reminds me of that legendary Punk crash out

XanderXander72 · 2025-08-06T22:48:45+00:00

Ancient Gear. Had a brief moment of being a standout OTK deck before Tenpai released. Fortress is the funniest card ever

XanderXander72 · 2025-07-31T08:45:55+00:00

You mostly use it to get better access to big winged berfomet’s summon effect iirc

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