Notes & Combos

Took a bit more time to climb this season due to irl stuff, but was glad I was able to make it with what I was aiming for (using Dogmatika) before the season ended.

As for the deck itself, unlike traditional Traptrix builds, it does have some more issues going second (no Evenly/Maxx C) and potentially with what you open. Sometimes I opened too much Dogmatika (3 cards) which is annoying as I have just 2 MD monsters for a slim package. Other times, I might open with no normal trap.

At first, I had 40 cards, but in my last session, I added a 3rd Pudica to hopefully draw things more spread out / as another name to get going with Traptrix plays.

Nadir at 2 is still pretty good though, even if it opens you up to Bystial plays, unlike "pure" versions. I was thinking about adding back in Valley, but things played out to get me to the top without it.

As for the ED, the only cards I didn't use were:

• Cularia
• Goddess

I never had a good opportunity to get out Cularia nor a need to get out Goddess/have enough. With that, it seems like Goddess could be cut for something else. As for Raff, I think I only went into her like 2? 3? times. I was thinking about cutting Strike for another hole.. but I really like Strike still. If you run into issues, that might be something you could do. As for which hole, I'm not 100% on that.

Unless if I opened some awkward hands, I think going first was generally alright. I did lose some games after setting some stuff up, however, I think that's really do to things like Evenly / Grass / Branded Fusion / Tear popping off when I didn't have anything to stop things. At least with Tear though, I was able to win some games even through a handful of plays, which was rare in the past, so the new support definitely helps.

Would I recommend Dogs over Pure? Probably not. I was just stubborn. I also didn't really want to play the traditional version with Maxx C + Evenly.. since those cards are obnoxious. I do have Barrier though, which definitely isn't fair.. but the deck might be too fair without it.

Oh, and in my last sesion of games.. I've come to despise Snow more, as I think she's the only reason I lost some games. One game, they used her 4 times.. but in another, it always gave them a monster/interaction after they milled their deck for days. I know she's a pain, but it really got me this time around lol