Notes & Combos

Originally I was very outspoken for years about the correlation of Kashtira players and cuckoldry.. but look at me now; The last warrior from planet Wraitsoth.

I wanted some Visas action and the aura of Arise-heart finally swayed me. I not only learned quite a bit about a deck I used to hate but I also came to enjoy it and appreciate its design.

The bad:

1. Very few card options in the xyz 7 toolbox
2. All removal options are targeting: Fenrir, Arise, Big-eye and Dark Armed(Except my goat, Zeus, maintaining a 100% winrate against Enneacraft)
3. Folds to both back row and monster zone wipes, breaking the whole board or ending recursion
4. Arise is a walking Triple tactics trigger
5. Prone to bricking as there isn't any engine that works well with Kashtira
6. Cannot play any handtraps that summon themselves

The good:

1. The basic Kashtira main deck cards are extremly powerful against decks that have important cards limited by banlist
2. Feels amazing to get handtrapped with Unicorn/Ogre on board while you have an extender
3. Can erect Arise under fuwa for 1~2 draws or 3 main monsters without any draw(2 card combo with some hands)
4. Dimensional fissure turns off droll and veiler before you start your combo, if my hand can play through preemptive veiler, I will special a kash 7 first before activating fissure to further play around maxx 1 draw.
5. D shifter should not exist -your opponent
6. Very quick combo and games
7. The racist playstyle of slowly dismantling opponent's deck from all sides is very satisfying as you chip away at their power until they become weaker than your main deck Kash monsters

Kashtira is definitely a meta call deck, if it can steal wins with a single Arise or dimensional cards then it is viable and that is unlikely to change. There are better decks that can run some of those cards but none have a boss this cool and banish synergy this pure.

I hope this decklist doesn't inspire anyone to queue up Kashtira(not just because I'm about to hop back on 60 card 'tear' piles); to win grindier games with Kash you need to play around opponent's cards perfectly and you might still need your opponent to make a mistake or two if they are on a top tier deck, which can be frustrating.