[Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel] Blue-Eyes with Baronne de Fleur

The sense of accomplishment is so much greater when you bring glory to something that others look down upon. 'Meme deck', 'troll deck', 'non-meta deck', 'deck associated with bad players', they called it. Now, BEHOLD the true power of this deck in the right hands! COME FORTH, BLUE-EYES WHITE DRAGON!!!!

Blue-Eyes Deck from Chemist | Master Duel Meta

The Blue-Eyes combo deck gained a huge improvement in the form of Baronne de Fleur with the first release of new cards in the Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel online game. Simply put, one can now make a Crystron Halqifibrax when going first (instead of reserving it for the Selene-Accesscode line when going second). This can be done by normal summoning one tuner and special summoning just one other monster (can be Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon, a self-special-summoning tuner such as Tenyi Spirit - Adhara, or even special summoning from the deck using the spell One for One). Once Crystron Halqifibrax is link summoned, you can activate its effect to special summon The White Stone of Ancients directly from the deck. Next, you get rid of The White Stone of Ancients either by using it as link material to link summon a Link-1 monster (e.g. Linkuriboh, Relinquished Anima), or using it as a tuner synchro material to synchro summon a Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon if you have an additional Level 8 Blue-Eyes monster on the field. That's it for your turn if you go first. At the end phase, activate the effect of The White Stone of Ancients from your graveyard to special summon a Level 8 Blue-Eyes monster from your deck (e.g. Blue-Eyes Abyss Dragon, which can then fetch a Chaos Dragon Levianeer to your hand if you have a Blue-Eyes White Dragon on the field or graveyard). This presence of a Level 8 Blue-Eyes monster is crucial for the next step of the combo.

Subsequently, during your opponent's turn, once he summons a monster (ideally one that has no 'If this card is summoned' effect), during the Summon Response Window, activate the Quick Effect of Crystron Halqifibrax to special summon Formula Synchron from the extra deck. Activate the effect of Formula Synchron to draw a card, and then chain Formula Synchron's Quick Effect to its own first optional effect to synchro summon the Level 10 Baronne de Fleur, using Formula Synchron itself (Level 2 Tuner) and the Level 8 Blue-Eyes monster you special summoned on the previous turn as synchro materials. The end result of this combo is that from one uninterrupted Crystron Halqifibrax, you generate a 3000 ATK monster that is a once-off omni negate as well as once-per-turn targeted effect destruction, along with drawing a card, potentially searching for Chaos Dragon Levianeer to hand, as well as being able to use The White Stone of Ancients to return a Blue-Eyes monster from the graveyard to your hand the next turn.

Previously, the Blue-Eyes combo deck was barely able to make one graveyard negate (Blue-Eyes Spirit Dragon) and one spell negate (Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy) if you even have that extremely lucky hand. But now, with much reduced effort, you can bring out a once-off omni negate AND generate advantage, while setting up recovery and combo extension for the next turn to win the game. This is definitely a huge leap forward for the Blue-Eyes deck, which typically was unable to make even one monster negate on the field before the release of Baronne de Fleur. For the record, I utilised this decklist and achieved Platinum I rank on just day 10 of the ranked season, in the midst of all the other greatly boosted combo decks who themselves benefitted from the release of Baronne de Fleur. Additionally, I even clocked a 10-win streak within the Platinum ranks with this deck. It's certainly a marvel to behold, and what's stopping you from using a meme deck IF IT CAN STILL WIN?! For now, this is it for this deck, and I will be awaiting the release of the new Blue-Eyes support from Battle of Chaos (The Dictator of D., Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon, Ultimate Fusion, Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon) for the next leap forward.

BLUE-EYES, WHITE LIGHTNING ATTACK!!

[DIGIMON] GrandisKuwagamon Deck Profile

Hi everyone. It is time for the second Digimon post on this blog. This time, I will be discussing on a OTK (one turn kill) deck, GrandisKuwagamon, from BT-09.

By itself, GrandisKuwagamon (BT9-055) is a decent card but not quite strong enough. However, when combined with GranKuwagamon (P-025), this card is deadly. We will take a look at the 2 main cards as it is pointless to discuss them separately.

  

First, we have GranKuwagamon (P-025) which has a very basic but strong skill. As a Lv6 Digimon, it is normal to have 4 digivolution sources under it if you hatched it from nursery. By using its skill twice, this Digimon gets <Security Attack +2>, making it a triple breaker. It will be a 11K DP triple breaker by itself, which sounds good but still not crazy strong. Thus, we have GrandisKuwagamon (BT9-055) to bring this up to a whole new level.

It only cost 1 to digivolve GrandisKuwagamon (BT9-055) on GranKuwagamon, but the difference is huge. On digivolve, you can suspend 1 of your opponent's Digimon which allows you to disable 1 blocker easily. During your turn, it also gets +4K DP, making it a 16K DP attacker. Finally, at end of attack once per turn, if you have GranKuwagamon (obviously) or X-Antibody in its source, you can suspend 1 of your opponent's Digimon again, and more importantly, unsuspend this Digimon. In summary, this card has [16K DP, Triple breaker, Double Attack], allowing you to wipe out opponent's security cards in 1 turn. You just need another rookie or hybrid Digimon to finish the game, making it a OTK deck.

The strategy for this deck is simple: Just digivolve to GrandisKuwagamon and win.

The choice of Lv2 to Lv5 cards should not matter too much, but there are some cards which work very well in this deck.

For Lv3, these 2 cards are a must. Kokuwamon X Anti-body allows you to search top 3 for Insectoid (Grandis or Grankuwagamon), while Palmon gives you <Jamming> and allows you to attack without fear.

 

 

 

 

For Lv4, I think Weedmon is a good choice as it allows you to gain 1 memory when you Digi-Burst it out from Grankuwagamon's skill. The 1 memory can then be used to digivolve to GrandisKuwagamon too. Other good Lv4 choices will be those which cost 1 to Digivolve, as you do not want to waste memory on Lv2 to Lv5.

 

 

For Lv5, Argomon (BT2-047) and Blossomon (BT3-054) are good choices for their free Digivolution cost with Digisorption. Okuwamon X Anti-body (BT9-052) is decent as well as it reduces the Lv6 digivolution cost by 1. If you are using Okuwamon X Anti-body, then you might consider putting Okuwamon (P-075) as well due to their synergy.

Here is a sample deck list:

 

Mimi is the best tamer choice as it allows you to 'superior hatch' when you have a Lv5 or higher green Digimon in play. The other green options are just fillers which help this deck a bit. Green Memory Boost is always nice with the top 4 search and <Delay +2 Memory>. Green Plug-In is a more interesting choice as it allows you to digivolve to Grankuwagamon for a cost of 2 while giving you a bonus draw. Its security effect allows you to search top 3 for a Digimon too. Grandis Scissor is there for you to kill opposing Digimon when you cannot win the game in one turn, and its security effect of suspending 1 might save you.
 

In conclusion, this deck is fast and efficient with no real counters, except for opponent's security lucksack. It is hard to stop this deck as the Digimon can just hide in nursery until it reaches Lv6. The only weakness is that it must draw at least 1 of each Lv3 to Lv5 cards, plus Grankuwagamon and Grandis. If you manage to draw them, you probably will win fast. If not, you might lose before actually doing anything, since there is no OTK.

This marks the end of this post, enjoy the long weekend!

[V-PREMIUM] Press F to pay respect to banned V-Premium Luard

This is a respect post for V-Premium Luard that was hit by the English banlist with effect from April 1st 2022. I was so emotionally affected by this change that this post was delayed by a couple of weeks.

With Black Sage, Charon choice-restricted with Dragheart, Luard, the V-Premium Luard deck has lost its versatile and crucial counter-charge engine, which enables longevity of gameplay and generation of significant offense and advantage. This begins as early as grade 2 turn with the usage of Liafail-Charon lines. With this new banlist, the deck can no longer regenerate counterblast by any means other than checking heal triggers, and each average offensive turn will consume 2 counterblasts (1 from Dragdriver, Luard, and 1 from Dragwizard, Morfessa). Any usage of Abyssal Owl would likely be funneled to soulblast instead of counterblast as well, further limiting the deck's resources. The severe impact on Luard's gameplay and longevity would most likely remove it nearly entirely from the V-Premium metagame, from previously being an extremely tanky and defensive deck to running out of steam after at most three grade 3 turns.

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