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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