Notes & Combos

Took Crystron Horus to Dlv20 and had an overall great time. Went through multiple iteration. Number of tuners and level 5s changed a lot, along with Praisortle or not. Some thoughts about the final list and some of the card choices I ended up with.

Crystron Engine: The current numbers felt good. I would never drop below 4x tuners as it game up multiple times in grind games where I found myself stuck with no tuner in deck. I started the climb with Praisortle and removed him, only to quickly put him back in after 3 back to back games where I found myself wanting to send him of Sulfador because my hand was clogged.

Horus Engine: 3 Imsety, 2 different names and 2 Sarcs felt incredibly good. Being able to OTK going second of Horus/Sarc on empty board after opponents pass on empty board, after a Droll or Maxx C, came up multiple times. Making a rank 8 + Baronne also came up in a couple of games.

Speedroid Engine: Wasn't in the deck for most of the climb, but went in when I was looking for having more ways to start combo without having to use normal Smiger. Drew an obscene amount of Ash's and other handtraps while still allowing and to just keep comboing. Cuttable if you want to stick to 40, but would recommend.

Non-engine: Droll is great in current format and an absolute beast in this deck particular. Had multiple games where I Droll myself under Maxx C and still full combo through it. Gives you 5+(3) outs to opponents roach. Nibiru is great, ran 2 for part of the climb, but cut one for Praisortle. Droplet is insane both going first and second. For part of the climb I messed around with Super Poly, but ended up dropping it because it never truly felt great and it competes with both Horus and Droplet for discards, which made it awkward.

Extra deck: I would say every single card is standard and necessary at current numbers with the following exceptions: Accel Synchro comes up once in a blue moon to help turn your synchros into Baronne. If you are not running Baronne drop it. Baronne is not necessary, but felt great in practice. Easy to make with Horus+Synchro. Can be quick synchro of spent Dragster+Trist via Synchron. Personal preference imo. Cherubini and Number 75 is there for Terrortop engine. If you drop Terrortop, drop Cherubini. Destruction protection in endboard felt great vs **** like Tenpai.

Wish the deck had more extra deck space. Have multiple synchros and rank 8s I would want.