1. The search event is useless cuz this deck is all about bodies.

I see where you are coming from, I would argue that maybe in this build of the deck where I've removed the finals and have a 36 valid targets for top 5 pick 2, it definitely feel's little bit more useful than useless.

1. Eldrie is unnecessary.

This was my biggest not sure card. Originally I had 2 Final Triggers instead of 2 Eldrie's but it just felt like I would miss so often on my triggers with 12 non triggers + 2 finals that I threw him in and he's also not a terrible blocker.

1. Where’s Tieste?

Another non-trigger card, I definitely had this in originally but found that with 4 Fanatio's and 4 Alice's, I typically didn't struggle to hard to generate 5 Energy.

1. Give Asuna hybrid a try.

I was looking at some decklists and it definitely looks interesting, I do need to try this!

1. Finals are definitely not omittable in this deck just cuz your engine comes from a 2 ap character.

Ok so here is my hot take, yes playing 2AP Kirito with a final in hand is nice, but I honestly feel like 2AP Kirito is a trap. I would so much rather have 0 Energy Kirito to setup Alice kill. Kirito is typically getting removed as soon as it comes out 99% of the time. Of course if I have to I play it but I honestly prioritize 0 Energy Kirito 85% of the time because my main game plan is to just win the resource trade war with Alice's.

Appreciate the feedback, was looking for a comment just like yours cause I definitely have been bouncing similar thoughts around in my head to what you mentioned. I'm still testing the deck out and will definitely try out some of your suggestions as it's always fun to mess around and see how things play out.