Notes & Combos

Shoutouts to wings_ygo and a8do, they don't know it but their recently uploaded lists gave inspiration to mine. I took parts I liked from both and added my own stuff that I felt I needed.

This is the first time I have ever played Scareclaw and its a ton a fun. A blind go 2nd strategy that has a super simple gameplan of summon Link 3 and make him bonk people really hard. The deck is incredibly easy to learn I found and there is room for nuance but it isnt the most complex thing at the end of the day. Flex spots in the list are Lightning Storm, lowering Straddle count and perhaps Kurikara but honestly all these mentioned cards have come up several times each and I really liked using them.

I very much value the super high count of Ghost Reaper targets, this deck has tons of ED space so you can really get the most out of it. Of course if you plan on running it please tailor your targets for it to what you see often. For me its mandatory to at least have Kitkallos and Gigantic Spright. If you keep seeing Floo or Labrynth spam then you can take it out entirely but I got so much mileage out of Reaper myself.

Change of Heart is a card I had 2 of for quite a while now and im happy to say its got a really good home in Scareclaw, the value of either forcing interaction or taking monsters is insane. Your link 3 is actually generic in materials so taking monsters as a form of removal is super high value for Scareclaw I find or forcing negates is still getting you value.

Also lastly the reason theres 2 Branded Reaper targets is incase your opponent opens Branded Fusion in which case you cannot Reaper Albion away as Reaper has a condition where they must control more monsters than you do. This then is when you would Reaper away Mirrorjade. If they have to traditionally go for an Aluber first then Albion is the best target IMO because it also helps prevent the Bystial Engine from coming online, you really dont want to play into Branded Beast if possible. Been seeing plenty of Adamancipator which explains Granite too and Electrumite is a blanket hit to all pendulum strategies. I do understand Reaper is expensive to maintain but if you play a lot of Scareclaw its honestly worth it, definately one of the best decks at using it.

Donner is there as a generic link 2 so I can steal something and remove it and also get a pop from it. Its not needed I would say but I do think it's optimal if you can get one.