Notes & Combos

I hadn't played this game in the last couple years, so my collection is quite outdated and my deck is on a budget. Happy to have been able to make it to master 1 with an older deck, which seems to still be good enough to climb.

For future / non-budget versions:

• Probably add two more fuwalos, removing the lanceas, which are too specific, especially after maliss is gone.
• Remove one red or one carrot, adding Blue and Starter.
• Knightmare Phoenix and Earlie didn't seem too useful. I couldn't find better board breakers and game enders, since sometimes I lack damage, especially through established boards.

A few notes:

• The ideal end board for me is elf, mannequin cat and red. Sometimes a leftover gigantic spright, a carrot, or an extra minion for spright tribute fodder if I can. It might seem weak, but it has usually been enough.
• I try to make it so that I always have follow up for the next turn, since I usually can stop op plays on their turn, but I cannot clear their board. I often use swap frog to bounce beaver back to hand, or use elf on op turn to get an extra blue or jet to hand.
• End of Anubis is unexpectedly fantastic. I usually summon it through mannequin cat when the opponent summons fabled lurrie, which puts a halt on some latter fiendsmith plays, as well as orcust and other decks that are usually played with it. I also summon Anubis when they summon their first mitsurugi ritual. It stops the entire chain of tributed monster effects for mitsu btw, which is beautiful to watch.
• Chaos Hunter is used in the same way, but for maliss or other niche decks. Sometimes I get to draw it in the right matchup, which is also great.
• I usually leave a spright elf slot open to summon Anubis or Hunter into it. Since the op needs to have a monster in order for me to use the Cat, I don't have to worry about getting Cat impermed, and then Anubis/Hunter gain extra protection once they enter the field.
• This deck dances around hand traps quite well. Maxx C is still a problem, but sometimes even ending on just Cat can still be enough.
• I tried Masquerena at first, unicorn / avramax / apollousa seemed bad to me. Either they feel underwhelming, or require too many resources for a fragile disruption. I replaced those with a Zeus package instead.

Hope I can continue doing the climb with older decks like this, so that I can focus on getting more staple cards, rather than hyped archetype stuff, which always run the risk of being unplayable after banlists.