Notes & Combos

I'm so happy one of my favourite (powercrept) decks got support! First time reaching Master 1 in a while, and quite quickly despite not being that proficient with the deck.

Predaplants!

The Predaplant Rikka variant is shaping up to perhaps be the best Rikka variant at the moment but it isn't without its flaws, namely a lack of recursion if your board gets dismantled.

Some advantages of the Predaplant engine:

• Facilitates a few bodies on field to bridge into Rikka engine through Jasmine
• Baits out interactions/hand traps and/or goes through black rose dragon (board wipe) or alternatively crystal wing synchro dragon. You can also end on Bramble Rose Dragon if you want to set up a board wipe on the opponent's turn
• Predaprimitive can search Super Poly, but at this point you're plant and dragon locked. Can sometimes be nice for minimal turns under fuwa/maxx c though or to break the board with Fusion targets that fall under the restriction

This deck list is very close to what Teremiare and LMT came up with together and it has felt really good to play.

Card Choices

• Nibiru only came up very rarely, could be cut.
• Initially I played only 1 Mudan in the deck but running out of Rikka names in the deck for activations of Glamour and Moonlit Waters happened too often sadly. It feels way better with 2 Mudan. Mudragon in the Extra Deck could be replaced by Kanzashi to provide a layer of protection from destruction and board wipes.
• For the "Starving Venom Dragon" in the Extra Deck, there is a "Four Heavenly Dragons" version which negates a monster on summon. I haven't tested it because I didn't want to craft it but it looks like a good alternative. It can also fuse into another disruption but the Extra Deck Slots are too tight as is.
• Another Rank-4 Strenna for grindier games or Dancepione are some Extra Deck options to consider as well, though Dancepione is a very risky gamble in situations where you only have 2 plants on field and no other plays left.
• Some of the other players have removed Crystal Wing from their Extra Deck because it didn't provide enough utility in real games to justify a slot over other options.

Thanks to Yusodus from the Rikka channel in the Master Duel Meta Discord for answering a lot of questions and providing learning resources about the deck. LMT and Moelancholy came up with some Combos for the Predaplant variant which have been valuable references - they can be found in the Combo Thread in the Discord channel!