Notes & Combos

Noble Knights on hard mode without Isolde 🤔

Without Isolde, NKs rely on hard opening Medraut, Borz, or Ogier to get Untils in the GY and start snowballing card advantage.

So Medraut and Small World are maxed out for consistency.

Even without resolving the classic Medraut/Borz combo, a Rank 5 Artorigus endboard is still possible. (yes, even through interruption)

Just need to be on the lookout for ways to summon either Angelica or Ptolemaeus.

Here's a few combo routes:

There's multiple ways to play any given hand. Just try to hit the 2 main checkpoints (Untils in GY, Rank 5 Artorigus)

Medraut + Floating Noble Arm (Classic combo)

• https://www.duelingbook.com/replay?id=1099332-72998879

Extending past interruption with Oliver (Angelica route)

• https://www.duelingbook.com/replay?id=1099332-72998938

Extending past interruption with Flint (Ptolemaeus route)

• https://www.duelingbook.com/replay?id=1099332-72999036

Thoughts on tech choices:

Since the main combo mostly revolves around Medraut & Borz, the Fire Warriors act more like "techs".

Oliver is the go-to option to extend past an interruption on Medraut/Borz by making a Rank 5 Artorigus through Angelica. Also opens up access to Synchro Roland/Lancelot.

Flint is another option to extend past interruption. Or get more bodies on field to push for lethal.

Ogier puts Until in the GY Turn 1. Or it's a Turn 2 target for Until (during the opponent's End Phase).

Maugis is Ogier's Turn 2+ target to build card advantage.

Brothers is a Turn 3 target for Until to build card advantage.

Ricc is also a Turn 2+ target for Until to resummon Ogier/Maugis.

Small Roland is a Round Table 3 target.

Brad fetches missing Noble Arms, breaks boards (Dracoback), or pushes for lethal (Gearblade).

Main Deck Lancelot is clutch in Isolde-less metas. Needed to fetch missing Arms to push for lethal. Or clear a Rank 5 XYZ that spent all its materials.

Extra Deck Lancelot also clutched more games than expected. Either by breaking boards (fetching Arf). Or fetching the final Noble Arm needed to push for lethal (Durendal, Clarent, etc).

Gearblade was initially added for the classic Artorigus OTK. But in this meta, it was way more practical to simply swarm the field with Noble Knights, and then equip one of them with Gearblade (through Durendal/Brad). Much easier than getting 3 of Gallatin, Clarent, Hauteclere, or Caliburn in the GY.

Morgan as always is an MVP for protecting Medraut/Borz.