I appreciate the input! Everything you're saying has a well-thought-out justification behind it. I think you and I just have fundamental disagreements about our approach to the deck which is fine. I don't do the birth and unicorn play because I play blind second and those cards aren't as good second. Additionally, adds a bad attribute and a brick to the deck on top of the 3 planet and unicorn playing extremely hard into droll in a format where people are playing too many significant ED cards for hitting 1 to matter or playing multiples of the important ones. Dust Devil doesn't do the same thing as final bringer in any regard, respectfully. Final Bringer dodges targeted interaction and turns a used rock into value where whereas dust devil doesn't and requires an established board presence to get its value. I'm not opposed to siding Dust Devil for go first since book effects are strong right now though. If you're not playing Ulti Slayer then you can main shifter without much consequence. You can't play both and I play for blind second out the gate so ulti slayer in main means shifter in side. While I agree that VS being able to wield power non-engine is a strength, I think the real strength of the deck is that every card is extremely powerful in its own regard and the engine itself is functionally unbeatable in a grind game if you have the chance to set up. Every monster has 3 effects all of which you get to use as you see fit when you see fit as is most appropriate for the match. I think VS's strength is in the VS engine, the non-engine exists to complement it and for that non-engine to eat interaction. VS also finds ways to make extra value out of already existing value, that ash blossom in your hand isn't just a hand trap it's also technically an engine assisting piece. VS doesn't need non-engine, which can be seen in the fact that opening 5 VS cards is an ideal hand as long as one of those is razen. It just uses non-engine better than other decks do. Your decisions make a lot of sense when you're playing for a go-first build. Without Ulti-Slayer there would absolutely be rank 7s in this extra deck. Unicorn would be a good card. Maining Shifter would be helpful. Dust and Snow Devil would have a realistic practical application game 1. I just don't think that the points you made are the approach to be taking in this particular meta, not that anything you said is inherently wrong or even poorly thought out. You clearly know the deck and what works with it.

@ thanks for the reply! I think what you’ve said makes sense In my locals the meta is very diverse so it’s hard to build a blind second type deck with ryzeal and malice specifically in mind, so it’s true that we have different approaches with the non engine and other ratios

Yeah, that was a slip-up, was thinking about how it trades with a detonator pop effect by forcing them to detach to protect instead so you deal with one less pop effect. My apologies.

@ haha you’re good just curious if i was missing something, deck is insanely cool can’t wait to see more about it :)

Also for a more budget player what is the absolute best replacement for Fuwa; I’m thinking Nib or Ghost Belle for the current format

​@ronnie_storm5233 ghost bell is an earth and can get you to razen with small world

@@ronnie_storm5233 If you aren't going to run Fuwalos in the main deck then you could swap it with a blowout HT like nib since it already didn't have connecting attributes. If you're looking for something that plays similar to Fuwalos in the sense that it draws you cards then moving Phantazmay into main would be the closest thing. If you're playing Nib in main you should be playing Imperm in main too without reducing main deck attribute count. Budget options fully depend on what about Fuwalos you're looking to replication in a cheaper option.

@@IcyWeissy thank you :D happy holidays

@@xXNeoNashXx yeah fair point, gives us a decent thrust target too if game gets weird. Just don’t like drawing cards I won’t be able to play on my turn when I go second. If the idea is that getting an extra card in hand is good then reducing your hand count by giving yourself a dead card makes it somewhat pointless. Also why I’m running limited counts of hard one per turn cards. Not a bad idea to consider though! Definitely a power card that can help secure the grind game.

Good luck duelist! Join our discord server if you want to talk about the deck, I personally used to play it all the time and loved the deck. Would be happy to chat and talk deck strategy/lists with you :))

Thank you, brother! I'm looking to come out with more videos like this for non-deck specific topics which should be out during December!

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@@TeamTopCut thank youuuu

@@TeamTopCut just bought this list today, hyped as its my first deck

@@drexelthepretzel If you're not in our discord already you should join it! link is in the video description, you can ask questions about the deck in there and we'd be able to answer much easier.

We actually have that on our channel! We have a couple of combo and deck profile videos if you wanted to take a look :))

@ I actually saw it after I commented! lol. I guess I should’ve looked. Your decklist inspired me to build something somewhat similar of my own. Just waiting for the rest of the cards to come in! Earned yourself a subscriber for sure!

@@bradleybaynard5536 Happy to have you here! You should join our discord server in case you have any questions about the list or want some help with it. Link should be in the description.

@ bet! Sounds like a plan!

Honestly, it's tough to say. Maliss is a lot like VS in the sense that it can play shifter but plays suboptimal lines through it, so it becomes a situation where you almost would prefer that they waste the card in hand and you play a different one. I think Phantazmay is a very viable card with it pairing well with shifter and helping to unbrick your hands. I'd need to let the format develop before I commit to an answer but I don't think shifter rinses Ryzeal the way it does other decks so honestly if we see a significant enough hit to fiendsmith decks, Snake eyes, and Yubel then moving shifter to side might be completely fine.

Thank you for the kind words and support :D We like to say quality over quantity when it comes to content! We want to make sure that everything we make is worth watching. Here to make the community better, not to use them for a profit!

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Just be careful of cavities!

@TeamTopCut bro, I have rock candy to test out.

@ you talking adamancipator or like actual rock candy?

@TeamTopCut adamancy isn't rock candy.

I'm not going to play the list tbh. The point of it at the time was that Dragon, Dungeon, and Maker all = Fiendsmith combo which = Razen thanks to Beatrice. Once Beatrice got banned the mimighoul engine to me became nothing more than a novelty. It won't solve anything. IF you want to continue with it I don't think that's the worst idea. Being able to hand loop opponents with Archfiend, all of the mimighouls being level 1 for Fucho turn 1 against Tenpai is great as well. There's a lot of merit to it in the sense that it being able to turn on thrust to get stake your soul or small world is cool but to me it doesn't fix the consistency issues of the Vanquish Soul deck like it did when Beatrice was still alive. Personally? I think you're better off banking on free summon level 4s that turn Mad Love grab Continue into Dempsey so that when you link off Mad Love for Rock you can bring it back with Continue and then overlay for Dempsey and then Rock summon Razen. Ecclesia, more Pantera, superheavy engine, etc.

If you check out the link in the description, you'll find a link to our coaching services, we offer a free first session and we'd be happy to do Vanquish Soul specific coaching for you!

Happy to help! Let me know if you have any questions.

It's the build he used 🤷‍♂

I've never seen such a fun deck designed so poorly. Abyss Actors are probably the WORST designed deck in the game 😆 xenophobic, locks itself out of itself, and little to no internal synergies or consistency just a bunch of random effects together that you sorta make work.

I'm running a 55 card pile, maxing out on floodgates (Dimensional fissure, True sun god, deck lockdown) to buff going first end-boards that get swapped with board breaks when going second. Honestly upping the deck size in millennium decks boosts the decks consistency and end-boards massively by reducing the chance to see an Exoida piece (1 is manageable, opening 2 or 3 pieces is likely going to lose you the game as an Exodia fusion solo end-board is just not enough) and instead seeing any floodgate/board-break is HUGE for the deck. You can play almost 35 ways ankh if you want so you will ALWAYS see it or a searcher in hand if you get your ratios right. I will also add on that Psychic end Punisher is also "required extra deck" imo if you are main decking the ghost girl hand-traps (ash blossom/dogwood) as having that alternate win con through normal summon ghost girls into punisher is quite powerful and you can LP manipulate yourself through the millennium engine so Punisher becomes massive.

We're starting to get comments about how quite a bit of what the player says is inaccurate, take that at face value for his results and list

Top constantly in my locals.

I've seen the 3 throne and yubel build start showing up in lots of decks and I don't hate it. Biggest concern is bricking on a yubel name but they make for decent discard fodder and opening spirit at least lets you have BP interaction

I don't believe I saw it in his list anywhere!

Obviously, we don't expect it to become tier o by any chances. However, any support that increases power level is good support, and the new Fiend Link-4 will absolutely be a card we need to take into account and look at as an end board piece.

@@TeamTopCut What do you think of the extra fiendsmith stuff? I’ve seen people use the to be like a mask change beatdown in the battle phase.

Man, it's a tough life for ungah bungah combo deck fans these days. Hasn't been the same since we lost Halq.

Needed exod support for ages now I honestly would run necros if they could be searched

Six sam is washed until they ban gateway and give them better alternatives. It leans too much on gateway as a crutch imo and it needs to adapt but can't because gateway might get too broken

When Supreme Darkness comes out we'll have to do some experimenting due to the new Fiend Link-4!

Happy to have you! Feel free to join the discord and hang out. Link is in the description.

None of us got the chance to play him! The X-1 bracket was loaded this regional, all the best players were X-1 right up until the end. I also don't want to discredit his skill as a player but I hear he opened Shifter basically all day.

I know him personally. If this guy can win an event, it proves further you don't have to actually be good at the game anymore, you just have to have a pulse

Deck is not even that good anyways, even as a shifter deck , its objectively outclassed by Tenpai and probably even Ritual Beast

@@stevieray6396 Anything and anyone can win at a regional! He mentioned he didn't play against Yubel all day which is his worst matchup and apparently, he opened Shifter a lot which is frequently enough to win if your deck opens playable. Could've been a perfect storm of drawing good hands, playing favorable matchups, opponent's bricking, and player skill when applicable. Regardless, I wouldn't discredit the player. If winning a regional is so easy, then go win one.

@@stevieray6396 I agree the deck is nowhere near meta, but it has the advantage of being a shifter deck that people don't really know how to play against so surprise factor and lack of knowledge can make it work. Not to mention the deck has a ton of internal consistency built in. Basically, every card = ankh. All he needs is to shifter you and then otk or eat HTs and then activate ankh to OTK

How thick was your mini package of unchained cards? Larger than what Brian played in this list?

@@TeamTopCut using 3 Abomination Prison, 2-3 Aruha, 1 Sarama, 1 Shyama and 1 scape trap( Abomination Soul its optional).

@@victorleonardo4386 We'll take a look at how it feels! Thank you!

Good feedback! Will have to review that particular point

Thank you kindly! Most all of our other deck profiles are like that. I enjoy an interactive profile, sometimes it's nice to know "why this card" or "what would you change"

@@TeamTopCutkeep it up! Great content.

@@TeamTopCut Yeah that was appreciated. Some people assume things are obvious when they aren't.

@@etfskullking28 Thank you, duelist!

So basically this guy cheated?

​@@yires3790basically yeah. Unintentionally i assume.

That’s correct.

Correct. It only protects the Ankh activation while a monster

I think he just misspoke ​@@FireSwordOfMagic

You'd be trading your hand traps for board breakers primarily since it would be a swap in approach to deck design, outside of a handful of the HTs you have to play

For blind second in the main deck I guess you don’t need to swap too much ? maybe the 2 sanct and the called by for 3 drnm?

It was a struggle trying to keep up with where he was putting his cards! But we got it done and we're grateful for the list for sure!

Honestly it wasnt too bad. Ive seen worse.

@@FireSwordOfMagic There's ones where people don't even face the cards towards the camera and it blows my mind

@@TeamTopCut yeah I dont get those people lol

Interesting suggestion! I'll have to give that a test and see how I feel about it so I can gather my thoughts. Thanks for the input I'll take a look!

Would you send me the list pls?

The metalmorph package is cool in this deck, you can make your opponent summon monster from hand turn 1, and use Max effect, also have more 3 spells to trigger musketer effects

@@taskinkodalak5775 kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3aaaaGfpMalbMU posted a follow up to this video on our channel not too long ago!

@@Thud94 I'll run it by Brian and see what he thinks! Thanks for the suggestion :D May also make Thrust a better card as well.

Deck profile coming out soon with some discussion around Fuwaross specifically and Brian discusses nuances with resilience through HTs at particular times. Ultimately, though, if you're looking for something specific your best bet would be to sign up for a Metafy coaching session with him where he can help you 1 on 1 as in-depth as you'd like, or you can ask him questions in the discord directly. Links for both are in the description!

Didn't want to drop a list because we're still testing, the combo lines don't particularly change with slight differences in deck builds so we figured it was more important to get this video out before worrying ourselves with a specific decklist. If you want to be part of the discussion or get a jump on any list updates feel free to hop in our discord server: discord.com/invite/fWFuRkTxBT other links in the description!

​@@TeamTopCutLit combo lines, do you think the deck is still a going second with board breakers, or we just move into hand trap territory and going first combo deck?

@@cero9391 I'm not the biggest fan of blind second gameplay, personally, just due to the existence of hand loop decks like Mimighoul and the new Mermail cards. That said, I think it's still a very powerful blind second deck and the design of the dec itself compliments a blind second playstyle as much as it compliments a go first playstyle. Nothing wrong with doing either! Just comes down to whatever you're comfy with or even what you're playing against at locals (like if you don't have hand loop decks there and a decent number of Tenpai)

Deck list drops at 10am EST!

@@jysharif We’re working on the deck currently to get a feel for it post-ROTA! Should have an update within the next two weeks.

@@TeamTopCut I look forward to it!

Love the word play 😆

@@TeamTopCut hahaha

Thank you, duelist!