Notes & Combos

So this list is the same as S14's D1 list, however, I removed 1 Strike and added in 3 Imperms given the variance of lower ranks. Imperm really helped me, however, as you'd expect, sometimes you need to open 2 or more handtraps to slow down Spright. At least a few times against Spright/Live Twin I opened Ash/Imperm/Ogre [2 of the 3] and was able to stop the special summon from a Twin's summon effect to get going. They both were able to get another Twin that specials itself, but after stopping Gigantic, I was easily able to win. The tough part comes when they open things like Swap Frog + Starter + 1 or more Sprights in hand. If you go second against that, you really need to hope for a few Torrentials or something that can wipe the board and also hope that they don't use I:P if they made it right away or have Ogre for it if they don't have Red up.

Really though, the deck that gives me the most trouble still going first or second is Runick. Even more so now that they all seem to run at least 7 floodgate traps. It just seems to be a struggle no matter what. You could run something like Imperial Iron Wall as I did in the past.. but then if they get out Geri, they can just pop it if you destroy it. If you don't and bounce it, they can just special it back. You really need to stick Anti-Spell to slow them down before you can dismantle them hopefully. That still doesn't stop the floodgates either.

As for the main deck, I wouldn't mind cutting things down to 40.. however, I'm finding it tough to see what I want to cut while not going too far into monsters or traps. I would also like my 3rd Strike as well to negate Diva/Nimble/Live Twins and get them off the field.. but Imperm really gave me chances against a bunch of decks while going second. It can definitely not be great.. but it felt very worth it.

Overroot might help against Runick, however, I haven't crafted any and I'm also not certain what I'd cut for at least 1.

As for cards in my ED, I think I used BLS/Accesscode like once or twice. Everything else was used often enough in my games. I'd love to get out BLS against Runick.. but it never seems to line up. I either get hit early on with floodgates or don't have Prison/Fleur alongside 2 other monsters on the field to bring him out. The only thing he'd lose against is a Lava Golem if you have 2 mons out or Skill Drain. He might not be fast enough in the end.. but he'll at least stick.