2nd Place [Ryzeal Kashtira]- Brandon McGinnis- Yu-Gi-Oh Columbus Regional 1/11/25 Deck Profile

[@JMoreTCG]

10 years congrats man!! Glad to hear you got the invite

[@jasonhutchinson6980]

Big dawg! As a fellow player of last 20 years or so, CONGRATULATIONS on that long awaited top, May God Bless you with many more 👑💖 🙏

[@finalarrow3]

Congratulations on the top and thank you for providing a very informative deck list. I appreciate you talking through the different cards and their specific use cases/applications.

[@TgsMaverick]

The main reason I shyd away from the Kash variant was because of bystial conflicts/awkwardness. Then you go and get 2nd at a regional with both bystials and kashtira cards in the same deck. You absolute madlad.

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@TgsMaverick In theory it shouldn’t work. In practice, match made in heaven lol

[@tsuraiyhael595]

Going forward would you cut arsenal falcon and fuwalos and do you feel like the Kash variant needs to play more than 12 handtraps?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@tsuraiyhael595 I think in a regional setting this version is fine as is. Arsenal Falcon is part of the combo and Fuwa is just a generically good card. For Orlando though it is entirely different and would require some testing. Can’t say for sure rn

[@ghfghf7]

What do you think of this version post suda?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

a good anti-meta choice as Birth is crazy against Mitsu Ryzeal

[@Juliansendpie]

If u open Unicorn + Ice, whats your line? without the arsenal i never resolve it lol Btw congrats! glad to see the Kash version going well!

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@Juliansendpie I had the opportunity to play greedy a few times but most of the time I played super low to the ground to conserve resources - I would special Unicorn and search Birth. - Normal Ice for Sword and grab Ext for followup - the Rank 4 afterwards could change but typically its just a 2 mat Detonator, pass Sounds not good at all but with Unicorn rip, Birth and Detonator with hand traps in hand, it was enough. This played around Nib too all being 4 summons Alternatively, you can do this - Special Unicorn, search Birth - Normal Ice for Sword and search Ext, make Dugaress, effect detach 2 to draw. - Make SP and banish itself - Special Ext sending Aggregator and search Sword -Special Sword and make Detonator attach Aggregator - Birth effect revive Unicorn This ends the same as the top combo but you draw for more interruptions and extenders as well as more Detonator materials, at the cost of being in Nib range. Thankfully, that didn’t happen when I did this If I wanted to be greedy, I would go for the Theosis line as shown in the video. However, this super hard played into Nib which is why I only did it 3 times total Thanks for the comment and the congratulations!

[@tohwu]

I play kashtira in every deck i can but didn't try with ryzeal because of ext search, may try this build with a brick winged beast until fuwalos reprint.

[@austinalcanter9583]

Forgive my ignorance why aggregator over some other rank 4 xyz or even a big eye with the kashtira engine i may just be dumb though

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@austinalcanter9583 you send Aggregator off of Ext Ryzeal. Even if you can’t search with it, getting a negate online is really good. Never missed any other Rank 7 besides Arsenal Falcon. Potentially, cut Utopic Ray Lancer for Tornado Dragon though.

[@tsuraiyhael595]

How many times did you resolve the arsenal falcon combo and how many times did you end on unicorn, fenrir, detonator control?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@tsuraiyhael595 I fully resolved the Arsenal Falcon combo once, attempted 3 times though. I didn’t need it most of the time because Birth was often better. I ended with Unicorn, Fen and Detonator 2 times. Unicorn, Birth and Detonator was enough

[@tsuraiyhael595]

Heard! Congrats on your top.

[@CameronPazderski]

No plugin ??

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@CameronPazderski never missed it at all. Not needed in hybrid versions imo

[@ghfghf7]

What does your go first turn look like, do you just disrespect nib?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

typically, Unicorn and Detonator pass. It was super low to the ground and worked out. Sometimes when I had the hand, I would play into Nib range and play past it. Birth and Ice is crazy with that

[@ishraqhasan9872]

How many field spells did you play?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@ishraqhasan9872 2. Cross and Planet

[@ishraqhasan9872]

@@thepvtpatton4948awesome. Been playing pure this format, but I love kash cards and got a regional this weekend. I’ll def test this out

[@ishraqhasan9872]

Congrats on the top! I’m looking for my first as well!

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@ it will happen eventually. As I said took me 10 years to finally get it

[@elijahhamrick5950]

What’s the deck count ?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@elijahhamrick5950 41

[@BillyGGames]

Plug-in? And assume 3 bonfire?

[@thepvtpatton4948]

@@BillyGGames Never missed Plug-In. 3 bonfire is a must