Notes & Combos

Waited a bit to get started on the ladder climb to build around playing Bystials. With the banlist hitting Terraforming and Smoke Grenade, the Braver + Smoke setup has been swapped out for Knightmare Gryphon and Appointer of the Red Lotus, which can provide a similar handrip effect in the draw phase of turn 2. Expected endboard is Secret Village + Master Plan (spell lock), Herald of the Arc Light (floodgate/omni negate), Apollousa (monster negates), Knightmare Gryphon (skill drain for non-linked special summons) and Appointer (hand rip), a spare AFD for turn 2 beatdown, and Sleeper (QE pop 2).

I swapped out Talents for Maxx C this season since I've been terminally going 2nd and it makes my life easier when it resolves, but you can easily swap it for a set of Talents as I had before, more hand traps or Maxxing out on Dangers/Preps/IoC.

Playing around Bystials so far is a matter of shifting priorities and so having multiple ways to combo is crucial; if you open with something other than Souls+Revival combos, use those first. Destrudo is no longer as vital as it was in Braver combos since Auroradon can also enable access to AFD, so you can sacrifice it to bait Bystial effects if your hand allows. Magicians' Souls second effect is also useful if you open with Big Red so you don't have a monster on the field to proc Bystial banish effects on MP.