Notes & Combos

Firstly huge shoutouts to xMirko777x's list. A huge inspiration taken from theirs to make me want to re-try playing Branded as I haven't played it that much in the past and wanted to give a 60 card list a fair shot. I also wanted to test how Branded Fusion felt at 1 copy, it stings but its still very much playable.

I have tweaked some things about it that I felt I needed.

Mainly it's the inclusion of Ad Libitum, Sprind and a 2nd Masquerade.

I just really love the utility Ad Libitum offers, potentially giving you another non target banish by re-summoning Mirrorjade since its a soft once per turn. Sprind is here because I wanted to ensure that Banishment has live targets at all times. Purrley main deck monsters can be fused since they're lights and darks but the Extra Deck monsters are earths so Spring helps me punish with Banishment any Extra Deck monster they go into. Masquerade is really nice if you're able to put out a ton of damage but can't quite close. This puts them on a timer especially for more drawn out combo decks that are forced to take suboptimal lines just to remove Masquerade early or trade a lot of life points. At this point the 2nd Masquerade can force them into really bad positions but I wouldn't say the 2nd is required, its just my preference. For context the cards I cut for these inclusions are 1 Fusion Deployment in the main deck. Alba-Lenatus and Proskineon from the Extra Deck.

If all you see is Purrly and it's giving you struggles then consider Herald of the Abyss, you can take out the Edge Imp engine, its not required but it is nice.

Overall it felt very nice to use, I went on a 16 game winstreak from D5 to D1 which was the most ive ever streaked. The loss was nothing I could do anything about. I lost coin toss to Vaylants who setup Fossil Dyna and Spellcaster Village, essentially an FTK against this deck sadly. I didn't even open any handtraps to stop them but thats to be more expected on a 60 card list so it is what it is.