Best Decks after Late August Banlist

[@MiyaoMeow588]

Here's how Schuberta the Melodious Maestra can solo the rest of the meta

[@lankeysob]

I do think this is being overlooked

[@szymonsadlo]

people still underestimate Melodious and sometimes even don't know how to interrupt it except throwing Imperm on Bacha. I even chose to play it over Ritual Beast lately

[@GeorgeBooth-q2f]

@@MiyaoMeow588 man and I just picked up melodious to. After learning the lines yesterday this deck is actually kinda crazy

[@GeorgeBooth-q2f]

@@szymonsadlo just sucks now without apo, ritual beast has no way to play around nib

[@gerbygerbs7705]

@@MiyaoMeow588 IMO melodious is just way too weak to breakers to be a top contender. I think it can win locals and reasonably top a few events but I think the other decks pair really well into it.

[@thelosian4751]

"Grass, Grass, Grass, gunna step on the grass"

[@eu4um]

"Spright just feels powercrept." is such a fucking gut punch, because when that deck was announced, I dont think I've ever been so astonished by how powerful a deck could be. In 20 years of playing the game, no deck had ever felt so unbelievably powerful as Spright to the point where I couldn't believe it was playing through 2-3 hand traps. And now it's just....meh. Give them back Elf, Konami. They can be trusted.

[@jjjenkins6586]

Man for real, playing against Spright after it first came out felt impossible for me at my locals, they just stopped everything and kept rolling. Wild what we have now

[@fortidogi8620]

giving them back elf means giving everyone else back elf

[@jeanpitre5789]

More reason NOT to play the game. Spright was absolutely busted and it's only meh now. This is after less than 2 years. Think about that. Bro fuck this game. It needs a hard reset

[@weckar]

@@jeanpitre5789 It got one. Nobody played it. RIP Speed Duels.

[@jeanpitre5789]

@@weckar speed Duels wasn't a hard reset. It was an entirely different game that mimicked the mobile game but worse. Why would anyone spend money on a physical product when they could play the mobile version for free with better functionality and larger card pool?

[@joseoliveira-hv5uw]

I really don’t understand why people in all of their tier lists forget about melodious. The deck didn’t receive any hit in the banlist, has some really good one card combos and has room for a ton of non engine

[@joseoliveira-hv5uw]

At least josh remembered to include it in his tier list

[@shadirherrera1832]

1 prosperity

[@tamagochy7u733]

Lose 2 prosperity to search ostinato

[@ashikjaman1940]

Imo decks like Melodious have just been flying under the radar really hard because of the dominance of Snake-Eye and other decks that are more fundamentally insane like Gimmick Puppet and Tenpai. It could very well just be me but I just straight up forget about a lot of the new decks that've come out since Snake-Eye.

[@Srdjan2000]

This tierlist is missing EU killer Rikka

[@ChrysostomosMaschas]

jess quit for the time being soo ... :p

[@dirtylord9119]

@@ChrysostomosMaschas rikka is not all about that dude playing it so pls there is a lot of top tier rikka players stop praising him like he is the only good rikka player even jesse and josh does not get this praise

[@BigDaddyRich69]

eu?

[@JoeH..]

​@@dirtylord9119 Jess isnt a dude, she's a woman. But yes, theres more to rikka success than just jess. People like julius also have event success with it.

[@PaulRusty10]

@@dirtylord9119you know what you are doing, quit being a hateful piece of trash

[@frogtopia8624]

Voiceless doesn't lose to fuwaross at all. That might be a huge factor in the next format.

[@babrad]

My issue with VV is the engine is "too fair" while Fiendsmith made Bystials more popular hurting the deck a lot

[@ShinerCCC]

I can't believe people call a Dark Contract with the Gate that's accessible through Blossom and Droll, doesn't deal you 1000 every turn, gives your whole board target protection and your 4100 guy (with a 2nd life in the GY if Prayers is there) taunt, FAIR.

[@fabri1021]

​@@ShinerCCCYes, its a helmet deck, and extremely fair in comparison to other decks. How does that compare to all the shenanigans Snake Eye and Yubel get up to??? Fair doesn't mean weak, but it IS a fair deck. Fair decks are healthy and the meta is not

[@frogtopia8624]

@@ShinerCCC Well, in this day and age it is considered fair but it's still strong and the deck hasn't got many weaknesses so if you can get to the grind game (which is likely because of the fairness, protection, consistency and non engine slots) it will reward good players + as I said Fuwaross (almost) immunity will be massive next format

[@dariuspenner2528]

Here’s hoping Fuwaross snags a ban next list. The OCG is by far the worst format to play in with Maxx C and Fuwaross legal and even Purellia here can be game determinatively strong despite being significantly weaker than Fuwaross.

[@andreramos8303]

Having played when the original Yubel came out… I can’t believe Yubel is the best deck now 🤣🤣🤣

[@jayku1624]

With how long you’ve been playing, what deck were you most surprised to see become relevant again?

[@ganjatokes3476]

@@jayku1624a lot of turbo synchro decks water/machine/xyz stuff

[@ganjatokes3476]

Even see zombie and dinos doing something

[@creeerik]

​@@jayku1624 Since ice barriers release, up untill... I guess the release of the ice barrier structure deck? They were a meme for being borderline unplayable. This was a period of years and years. Now theyre pretty decent lol

[@andreramos8303]

@@jayku1624 since 2008 teledad era. Probably the most surprising to see become relevant was Blue Eyes winning Worlds

[@pedro-w9i9n]

the puppet field spell still ftks by itself, but now you cant kill if you dont see it, unless you run metaltronus and 88

[@elitefourant]

My favorite thing about shifter decks is the fact that we refer to them as shifter decks

[@Elystal]

shifter is such an unfair card fr, i dont see why they didn’t ban that abomination and no, MALICE doesn’t justify that

[@nm2358]

​@@Elystal because Modern Yugioh is a smorgasbord of bad card design that seems to frighten Konami to ban hard counters to the better decks like Maxx C or Dimensional Shifter in the formats.

[@MikeMaragni]

The tierlist was recorded on a tuesday. Dont let him mislead you. We did have tierlist tuesday

[@LReezy1992]

God I want Ulcanix so bad. If she's not in the tins then there's no telling when we'll get her imported. My biggest fear is that fire decks in general get nerfed into the ground (Princess ban would be heartbreaking) before pure FK gets a chance to shine.

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

Not gonna lie, FK lives without PPBOF

[@LReezy1992]

@deadlineuniverse3189 sure, but it's such a boon and a very cool card. I'd hate to see it go personally

[@liloldman5998]

@@deadlineuniverse3189 That's the worst way to refer to Promethean I've ever seen

[@BboySquidfoot]

Pure FK is solid. Princess wont get hit, what exactly can abuse her rn...? Unless she's something super generic like s:p or something, you got nothing to be concerned about. Of all things in the world....

[@deadlineuniverse3189]

@@BboySquidfoot Anything that’s able to summon 4 monster can use Promethean. Sure, it may not be the best thing to do with bodies while I:P and Shilhouhatte Rabbit exist, but it’s there.

[@TofuofLight]

Memento new card in ROTA makes their combo so much better as it’s an extra body and add back from gy. Also the otk potential it enable for the direct attacks from King and Creation is deadly

[@ajax1200]

And you know IT can Play number 67 pair a dice smasher. IT can lock your opponent so He cant use Monster Effekts and cant Attack. You roll 2 dice and the Guy with the highest roll cant use Effekts etc. But you can detatch another Material and one Roll get 7 so your opponent can at Minimum 8.

[@TofuofLight]

@@ajax1200 don’t you need 3 material to treat one of the rolls as 7? Because it is detached 2 to do the effect and the last effect needs a material to work

[@ajax1200]

@@TofuofLight yeah you got akihiron throught itsself Effekt and then 2 tatsunotoshigo. You get them by fieldspell and twindragon.

[@TofuofLight]

@@ajax1200 that feels like a lot of investment but it does “usually” lock opponent out next turn (unless they are runick or something) imma try it out online. Thank you!

[@lorenzobarbano]

Fiendsmith muskets

[@OsirusHandle]

nobody has solved it yet im strugglin myself

[@Elystal]

i think the problem is it relies too much on your opponent's lack of knowledge for this deck

[@Corey91666]

​@@Elystalthe deck can go first and going second link into the vrains makes it really hard to interact with max.

[@dathaker727]

That deck is dead without lacrima. Like 100% dead.

[@OsirusHandle]

@@dathaker727 nah its basically the same lol just 1 more garnet kekw

[@brodeyruprecht]

Voiceless is lowkey insane it can put up more than just an omni with pendulumgraph and the good trap, plus you can put alot of bodies on board for things like SP and IP or go into synchros like chaos angel. The deck also plays through 2-3 handtraps.

[@regdeg2136]

This is cope

[@brodeyruprecht]

@@regdeg2136 test with the deck and you'll see it's not

[@ItSpooling_]

@@regdeg2136yea. Deck loses to ogre

[@TrikeJump]

Yubel too and its still strong​@@ItSpooling_

[@ItSpooling_]

@@TrikeJump it’s good but if you know how to play against it then it’s a fair deck

[@CaptainMarvel4Ever]

Time for Ancient Gear to pop off

[@rishiranger7049]

I'm actually happy that Yubel is top tier now. Like let it have its time in the Sun lol, like the deck used to be SO BAD lol

[@uuh4yj43]

its annoying to play against, its overpowered af, but it at least is interesting and somewhat unique. i think it deserves its time in the sun.

[@redshift9584]

@@uuh4yj43 It has been always been the best deck in the game???? ya sure, snake eyes was better but people still used yubel LOL, I HOPE THAT DECK DIES

[@doobster3650]

@@redshift9584 op means like ORIGINAL YUBEL - no phantom, no throne, no pain, the list goes on we're talking back when the yubel support was yubel, terror incarnate, nightmare and NEOS WISEMAN LMAO

[@CaoCao-dx9qm]

I'm seeing ritual beast as the top meta call deck right now. Its the deck that can sort of cook all the other top contenders, they just need to get through day 1.

[@ItSpooling_]

Loses hard to nib

[@glouptisauvage1473]

Where is mokey mokey

[@ChrysostomosMaschas]

ok gimmick puppet guide : still ftk with field spell , conistent enough through opp hand trap is even better than relying to c40 in my opinion (conidering fiels eff), 2 card combo's with soldiers + imsety or sarc or field , most likey to ftk with rogue (or scissors) + imsety/sarc/walls .sleeper menace i tell you , deck wasn't relying that hard on ftk tbh , also going second changed nothing .(also , this deck was confident enough to go without set rotation and walls , now we are back at it helping both field spell ftk and imsety ftk)

[@jasonrodriguez3618]

God Yubel is so annoying to play against. Negating them does absolutely nothing and they have to like 2 super polys that can wipe your entire board if they want. I think I prefer playing snake eyes lol

[@JonezBBQ]

I agree. Yubel is so fucking corny. Idk why Konami keeps coming out with cards that are so unfun to play against.

[@MiyaoMeow588]

it should not be allowed to put up a board of 4-5 monsters and for yubel to immediately super poly ALL OF THEM away and you just can't do anything about it even if most yubel decks aren't actually playing super poly or even the fusion, it's just incredibly toxic design not to mention as you said, even without the fiendsmith cards, they just seem to play through disruption effortlessly. it feels like whether they play or not is less dependent on whether you open any hand traps or not and whether they brick

[@marvynjeanbaptiste3206]

Super poly needs a ban idc what anyone says

[@jasonrodriguez3618]

@@MiyaoMeow588 all their cards have about 4 effects they can activate a turn including an effect that not only negates a monster effect, but lets them go +3 sometimes lol. Veiler and imperm are almost completely useless. Banishing them does nothing. Big shock, but another round of very poorly designed cards. At least they don’t normally end in generic end boards but it’s very little consolation lmao

[@Red2198v]

​@@marvynjeanbaptiste3206yes but not in reagards of yubel they dont even play that card. The card is ingeneral Toxic.

[@Gandalf-m2k]

I'm really sad Josh didn't really talk about spright and put it in the meh category 😢

[@elfishmite]

I know brother 😢

[@jim21792]

I feel this pain. I think it's better than he's giving them credit for.

[@user-jk7vp7vn2k]

spright has more tops in the format than half the decks here he's totally lost it lol

[@thelastgreninja]

just to confirm the gimmick puppet placement, yes if it used to be a deck when it had some feeling of ftk or loose before now that we have to run 1 more brick minimum and like 11 cards that overlap because is basically the same once per turn card and lost like 5 flex spots so the deck didnt met his end and field spell is still dum and is a custom card but the hit is really good in transforming the deck into a more fragile and dedicated FTK deck where peoples handtraps just hit a lot harder and u have less crossout targets

[@HeadGunter343GS]

I played a home brew Vanquish Soul pile for nats and got top 64 w it. Post banlist, all I lost was 1 ash 1 poplar, and the deck tbh got better for it bc I am able to put in other tech cards I wanted to include. I think this deck has real potential this format. Going to 2-3 regionals this month, so we'll see

[@jacobwoodard818]

Rearmament can use Grass and Felis as going 2nd options in a 43-45 card deck to take advantage of it and we have cards like Phantom of Yubel, Caesar, and Pilgrim Reaper but we don't have enough good mills to make 60 card a viable option. 60 card is a fun option but it isn't a good option. When playing 60 card if Grass is negated without enough solid targets and cards to mill other cards away you would lose a considerable amount of consistency. We don't have cards like Fairy Tale Snow and so on to make 60 card decks good. However some of the things you could do is run 3 Needlbug Nest and 3 Transaction Rollback to make it work. Going first if you open Needlebug Nest you mill 5 cards during your opponents turn and if Transaction Rollback winds up being in the grave you copy the effect of Needlebug Nest and mill 5 more cards during the same turn so then the deck isn't half as clogged but even then I can only 54 or 55 cards because your still taking a extreme risks from not having enough good mills. Perhaps I'll see something that'll prove me wrong but till then I'll believe what I believe.

[@ramonperez5365]

i just love branded so much, it was my first starter deck that i picked up when i got back into the game after stopping once Synchro’s came out. i filled it out with copies and adjustments, and while both the deck and my own deck list aren’t topping competitions, i enjoy playing it every single time. i know modern era is built off the complicated combo’s, but i like how i built mine has so many different outs and fun responses

[@something12340]

Completely agree on the grass pile decks. I've been cooking up 60 card bystial thunder for a while and it's so fun to solve the sequencing puzzle to crack boards and maybe only end on 1 colossus to try and slow the game to a grind. Really makes you think differently, like I started messing with using Eschatos almost exclusively as a breaker card (in this corner case, it's better than protos because I'm maining Melody of Awakening Dragon and 4 other targets)

[@something12340]

It also is an interesting combination being a grass deck that doesn't mind playing under shifter, so it doesn't outright lose to it and can even play it for the matchups like Yubel and Snake Eye and side into things that punish the other shifter decks.

[@lofiescape]

Without fieldspell you need a 3 card combo to ftk with puppet

[@orderofanewmoonlight6163]

Whole deck is a part of those 3 cards so chances you see it are high Higher the chances, higher the weakness tho

[@andredrawingstm9083]

There is 2 card combo that left opp with only 100 life points. If uou arrive at it you loose only to droplet😊

[@alexc3231]

I mean droplet, imperm, raigeki etc​@@andredrawingstm9083

[@ChloeDReid]

yup before soliders + any lv8 is combo or rogue + baby. now these lines dont exist, we dont have a a+b outside of our 1 card field spell combo, might be a world gimmick puppets run rainbow bridge

[@_mdgamer4289]

No you can do it with thrust plus a starter

[@thewornwoodsman8079]

This isn’t cope I promise: Try this Runick Lightsworn list. I played around heavily with White Woods and it never felt as good as this list. I’ve had quite a few matches into Runick White Woods with it and it absolutely solos. It is the most absurdly consistent Runick deck I’ve ever played. The larger Bystial package is so mandatory. Looping shufflers with Omega is also nuts. Off the top of my head it is 3x Weiss 3x Wulf 3x Dragonling 3x Felis 1x Raiden 3x Charge of the light brigade 3x Tip 3x Destruction 3x Freezing Curses 3x Flashing Fire 3x Slumber 1x Smiting Storm 1x dispelling 2x Fountain 1x Mudora 1x Keldo 2x Druiswurm 2x Baldrake 1x Magnamhut Should be a 42 card main Extra is 2x Geri 2x Hugin 1x Chaos Angel 1x Chengying 1x Dis Pater 1x Minerva synchro 1x Omega 1x Dugares 1x Emeral 1x Muddy Mud Dragon 1x Coral Dragon 1x Dragoon 1x S:P The ED is essentially HIM turbo

[@RockerOf60s70s80s]

We talking playable right after banlist or into ROTA? If into ROTA, what about Mermail Atlantean? I feel like it's a solid between Tier 1.5 or Tier 2

[@Alkhemia8]

just right now since he not factoring in the Azamina cards otherwise he would of just put snake eye as the best deck again

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

Pandemonium archfiends looking real strong in this format

[@Corey91666]

I loved those back in the day.

[@charlesfort6602]

Pandemonium has more searchers than samgen summoning

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

@@charlesfort6602 I know, I was messing around in Omega and built a lore-themed pandemonium deck and it's pretty easy to get. You have no combo potential and the fiends aren't strong enough for the downsides they have, but it doesn't matter. Still a really cool archetype

[@jim21792]

always wanted that archetype to be good.

[@ShroomOfSorrow]

Don't you think the white forest deck with the fiendsmith cards could be a top tier contender deck? The added extension, lack of reliance on synchro plays, and ability to play around nib while setting up strong fields and playing many handtraps makes it better people expect, in my opinion

[@ApjOASF]

Also interested in his thoughts on this

[@scottharris6116]

For decks running Dimension Shifter, you could also run Retaliating “C” as copies 4, 5, and 6. It’s a hand trap that does basically the same thing. Its limitation is that its special summon effect reacts to your opponent using a spell to summon a monster. However, if you look at the top decks, almost all of them have these in their combos, including Tenpai (sangen kaimen), Runick (every card used to fusion), and Memento. Hell, it’s also technically searchable if you are willing to run a garnet. If a deck can make level 8 synchros, you can make Diabolantis the menacing mantis and pitch Gokipole. Gokipole’s effect in grave adds Retaliating C to hand.

[@ShinerCCC]

You can only chain Ret C to spells that immediately special summon on activation. Monster Reborn yes, Kashtira Birth no.

[@fortidogi8620]

Im playing a dogshit Raika Naturia pile that uses Gokipole to chainblock Evil Seed by pitching it for the summon effect or 1for1, and RetC has randomly won me more than a few Snake Eyes games. You can make Diabolantis with Camellia and Armored Lizard, either to dump a gokipole or to set up Mantis if you didnt get the chance to earlier.

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

Which card does yubel have that gets hit by retaliating ?

[@scottharris6116]

@@PhuckedUpPhilosophy originally I had believed mature chronicle and nightmare throne worked, but after rereading the wording of RetC, they don’t quite meet the requirement. Technically, now the only card in the deck it works on is One for one.

[@PhuckedUpPhilosophy]

@@scottharris6116 it’s useless against yubel.

[@Phantom770G]

Okay so here's the thing with GP The deck can ftk yes but you need the field spell on hand in order to do so efficiently. You can also ftk without it but you'd need bodies which horus can provide however that in my opinion is just a brickyard but if it works then you are in a world of pain but that being said it's more easily disreputable. I'd say due to the price and overall ease of access it's just rogue tier now. It will top for sure especially with a good pilot. For those that play MD I wouldn't even be worried about the FTK that much. We don't have terra or set rotation in order to bring out the field spell and if they run horus they run into the chance of bricks also I will be honest kind of like tenpai the deck can't recover well. You touch their field spell or their graveyard and it's game really.

[@Mistrudels]

Josh, your background music is always on point

[@ace-trainer-aj]

It fits the mood

[@jimothymayhorn]

I know it's from a videogame (pretty sure from GCN) but I can't pin down exactly what

[@TheSupermannbatman]

@@jimothymayhorn Mario kart double dash love it

[@ace-trainer-aj]

@@jimothymayhorn It's listed on the video description (Mario Kart Double Dash)

[@Leo98pm]

​@@jimothymayhorn Double Dash results screen

[@t-hoywiggins7584]

I made a weird P.U.N.K and Kashtira deck and am excited to see how it works

[@adriancardona2172]

I am kinda curious about how Drytron might be able to perform, even if Eva doesn't really impact the deck DAD is still a really powerful catd

[@leafninja-fox5713]

I know it probably isn't good. But what's your opinion on Ice Barriers? Whether it's pure or as a Runick deck? It does get stopped by a handtrap if it doesn't have its extenders, but they seem to have some 1 card combos? I know it isn't good though, sadly. But it's new boss monster seems crazy to me.

[@adrienb8376]

Thank you for this tier list. I feel better in buying Runick WF since the banlist is ready. Do you think using bystials into runick WF main deck could be a good idea now Yubel is the king of the hill ?

[@nerogames6694]

What are your thoughts on White Forest Centurion? Calamity ban somehow made the deck feel.....better? Tbh. IMO, It feels like a new and improved Mannadium, being able to play a lot of handtraps and boardbreakers simultaneously, while also being able to eat several interruptions and keep playing, or break boards through engine alone. What are your thoughts?

[@testifacatehour101]

chimera is a sleeper pick in my opinion, my locals is getting destroyed by its layered board + consistent anti spell is so annoying

[@rotsaastorrotsa]

As a Master Duel player, seeing those TCG/OCG videos feels so sad. So many cards and archetypes to be released and they are all helpless against FKSE and Yubel. Only a big banlist can save the near future of Master Duel

[@Elystal]

they can do the limit on launching if they want, like what they did to tear and spright

[@ripper9933]

MD doesnt suffer from this in the same way because of the way our format works. Yubel is a disgusting deck but you can STILL get to M1 with pretty much everything. Were not dependent on YCSs to play, so every season everyone play what they want, and we have proof of that, with yubel being the most played deck at only 17%

[@turtle-bot3049]

Lightsworn fiendsmith looking strong this format (at least until RotA). Not talking about a 60 grass pile either, but a 40-45 card list. Doesn't care much about hand traps except shifter, gets to play bystials as both engine and non engine and mostly plays out of the GY so doesnt care much about purulia. Doesnt care about board breakers thanks to aegis being a trap version of desirei (that can be made alongside it). It also gets to potentially run the fiendsmith trap for layered interruption similar to princess in GY. Its also one of the few remaining decks post list where engraver is another starter for the deck and not just an extender/ceazar to out nib. Solid deck all round, need to counter shifter, but assuming you can survive the turn and get back to your turn, there are a lot of ways to recover from being shiftered once the GY is unlocked again.

[@pokecole37]

Thoughts on Madolche, Josh? The new support is quite strong and quick effect Tiaramisu is really strong interaction along with new extenders and new end board pieces. Personally I think it feels like Solid Tier 2. The grind game is pretty unreal and a lot of decks crumble to spinning cards non-targeting still.

[@UshiUshiKakuThe2nd]

God, I'd love to agree with you on FKSE, as it is the most fun SE variant by far. Unfortunately, I think pure will still rule the roost, even if we get the Ulkanix import. I hope at some point we're able to play pure FK in an environment without SE. The deck is a prime example of the sort of power level YGO should be aiming for.

[@BboySquidfoot]

Heavily agree. Not many understand this and just use personal bias as a clear cut decision.

[@ItSpooling_]

Hate to break to ya, but fire kin wil has never been the best deck In the room

[@shelly8563]

Opinion on Hero? Counter deck or rogue?

[@JoshyyBear_]

You should talk about what older decks need to be brought into the meta or at least what they need to be able to contend WITH the meta. I’d love to see Orcust and Cyber Dragon support but I don’t even know what that would look like. It might be fun to hear your take on them

[@narcis6467]

Lowkey a deck that i do not see almost anybody talk about, even thou I think is at the same level as the Solid Tier 2 or even better than some of the Tier 2 options is Traptrix. They kept their 5 summon anti Nibiru through Rafflesia, can easily put 6-7 disruption through a hand trap, maybe less if your opponent draws multiple hand traps, but usually can put 2-3 extra disruption during the opponent's turn with Sera or Pingu, but i understand why, as this is not a deck that you usually think off when you want a rogue anti nib option with decent 1st turn for both going 1st and going 2nd, but which clearly cannot compete with Snake-Eyes/Fire Fire Kings or Yubel. Edit: They kept their 5 summon anti Nib, cause c'mon who and why is gonna hit Rafflesia :))

[@jim21792]

it's definitely slept on. I think the thing that holds it back is how badly a well-played ht can absolutely stop it in its tracks

[@niklasmuller2412]

I don't think that Spright is meh. Sure, it got powercrept, but it still had this Ruinick-Stun stuff. I played sometimes against it with salads (sure, i miss the timing for Interruptions sometime, because i'm not a good player), but it feels like spright is still somewhere and this deck won't die

[@quintoncrewell8351]

How do you feel about 60 card Paleo?

[@khaledk9776]

People need to stop saying lacrima getting banned was what hurt memento. It did essentially nothing. The beatrice ban hurt more then anything and the deck is still amazing. Only good card against the deck is shifter

[@eonflutehza131]

This editor has amazing taste in music for these videos

[@nicknorthcutt7680]

Your editor does a great job btw and the tune sellection is on point, just an observation 😊

[@jamesnicholls8701]

marincess where :( (tbf the new support is needed 😥)

[@Argobus1]

Aqua Angel is one thing. The other is that many top decks play or die to Shifter. You can play through Droll, Nib, Evenly, but that not that bastard. He needs to go for Marincess to ever be even semi-viable again. Not that it's gonna stop me from playing it…

[@mulldrifterz6469]

@@Argobus1 Incorrect. I did great with Marincess during peak Kashtira format. With stuff like Abyss Shark and Icejade being able to make rank 4's and Icejade Ran Aegirine through shifter and back them up with hand traps was enough to get it back to your turn most of the time. Kragen and Aegirine are crazy.

[@Argobus1]

@@mulldrifterz6469 You have to be joking. I agree that Kash was not as bad a matchup as it seems, but what do you do if you get Shifter'd without Rahn in hand? You pass. Even if you have her, you still need two other names. And contrary to Kash, Ritual Beast and Tenpai can easily OTK through Nibiru etc. It's not just my personal experience, Marincess has not topped anything above a regional in a long time.

[@shistotelis69]

hey josh, what do you think of pure ice barrier and ice barrier runick?

[@pspsmallz]

It's odd how little people know about gimmick puppet though. Seems very underrated and overlooked.

[@ajaxjackson1220]

It's because most people don't like playing ftks. You rely on winning die rolls to play your intended strategy. Can't tell you how many gimmick puppet players auto scoop game 2 when I start combo so they can just try to ftk me game 3 xD

[@YourKingSkeletor]

​@@ajaxjackson1220I just spam my handtraps (I run 15) then otk. Same plan if you interrupt me enough I miss game.

[@user-jk7vp7vn2k]

​@@ajaxjackson1220it's not that the deck can't win going second (it can, it literally OTKs), it's just that people don't like watching your comboslop

[@thearsalandombgaming]

How hurt will gimmick puppet get from a ghost ogre on the field spell?

[@YourKingSkeletor]

@@thearsalandombgaming Since the search is on activation you can only Ogre the summon effect. So not too badly, just increases the odds you survive.

[@grimvengeance7445]

60 card shaddoll branded despia is pretty decent with grass, really enjoyed playing it on md

[@tristanhess5447]

Any chance I could get a decklist? I mostly play dinomorphia and pure dino. I made all the shaddoll cards to try something new, but everything I've made with it has been terrible. lol

[@grimvengeance7445]

@@tristanhess5447 here is a decklist I play irl: Monster 1 The Bystial Lubellion 1 Gimmick Puppet Nightmare 1 Bystial Druiswurm 1 Bystial Saronir 3 Shaddoll Beast 2 Shaddoll Dragon 3 Shaddoll Squamata 1 Nehshaddoll Genius 2 Fallen of Albaz 3 Aluber the Jester of Despia 1 Naelshaddoll Ariel 3 Mulcharmy Purulia 3 Reeshaddoll Wendi 2 Mathematician 3 Shaddoll Hedgehog 3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 1 Qadshaddoll Keios 1 Shaddoll Falco 1 Despian Tragedy 3 Effect Veiler Spell 1 That Grass Looks Greener 2 Branded in White 1 Branded Fusion 3 Shaddoll Fusion 1 Foolish Burial 2 El Shaddoll Fusion 2 Super Polymerization 1 Branded in Red Trap 3 Infinite Impermanence 1 Shaddoll Core 2 Shaddoll Schism 1 Branded Beast 1 Branded Retribution Extra 1 El Shaddoll Shekhinaga 1 Guardian Chimera 1 El Shaddoll Anoyatyllis 1 Albion the Sanctifire Dragon 1 Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon 2 El Shaddoll Construct 1 Lubellion the Searing Dragon 1 Albion the Branded Dragon 2 El Shaddoll Apkallone 2 El Shaddoll Winda 1 Accesscode Talker 1 Shaddoll Construct ^you can add stuff like maxx c and verte instead of cards like purulia and accesscode talker, verte is a very very very good card for both shaddoll and despia

[@samfontalbe3134]

pure chimera tho ?

[@itsvanburen5879]

Josh not shitting on Branded, holy shit

[@michaelsylvester8012]

What do you think of Madolche? The new support makes it a lot better I think

[@crimsonphoenix2094]

I need to know how good people think Raidraptors are. Since besides Runick this is the deck I have been playing with the most this format

[@nicholascordulla8914]

Chrimera fiendsmith

[@Noctis198]

Are there any good Labrynth deck lists post ban?

[@okita_souji_alter]

Labrynth fiendsmith is pretty good im surprised no one plays it

[@mrharvy100]

Because Lab is mid now for current power ceiling. The “fiendsmith” part of the deck like every other varient on the engine was what carried it. Lab new monster better be a Link 1 or something because they are not the best fiend deck anymore by a long shot lol

[@babrad]

Furniture Lab with minimal Fiendsmith engine (and Azamina in the future) is very interactive and can imitate Yubel Fiendsmith board apart from Phantom. The huge issue however (like after every banlist) is the increased use of board breakers hurting the end board a lot. Sadly it sees no play at all since everyone prefers the much easier stun version.

[@BboySquidfoot]

Lab requires someone dedicated to its strategy than waifu gimmick bait. No one has reached that ceiling with it yet or cannot be bothered due to meta brain rot.

[@iLlamas1]

you telling me that all of those UR for an infernoble deck was for nothing?

[@weckar]

I think Mimighoul is actually not terribly placed a rogue strategy right now.

[@ddbros789]

Since skill drain is limited do you think it’s worth it to run foolish burial goods to add it back with diabell

[@jayspencer4033]

I kno ppl hate rexterm but what’s morphia place in this rogue?

[@dededemanreal]

Piss tier its worse labrynth

[@matthiasek]

Skystriker Bystial with change of heart and other monster stealers can be quite nice to play

[@torakandwolf6786]

I wish more people would consider Raidraptor in tier lists. It definitely is a deck that should command some respect and be taken seriously. Even if it is only a rogue deck.

[@Ragnarok540]

Against a lot of decks, Raidraptor is really hard to counter, 3 unaffected bosses is crazy, the thing is Yubel doesn't care, they just crash and win by reverse damage.

[@TheVrashDrown]

Just side in raidraptor - readiness and its no longer an issue@Ragnarok540

[@babrad]

​@@TheVrashDrownand then what? Phantom and Samsara will change the effect of unaffected monsters to protect the board, and while the Falcons can choose other attack targets not caring about Pain, they still can't be destroyed in battle. I've played the matchup from both sides, and similarly to Yubel vs Marincess unless you completely stop the Yubel player, it's a losing matchup.

[@MrGshinobi]

Deck is ass, loses to 1 kaiju or just nightmare pain

[@BboySquidfoot]

No. Just. No.

[@BeastModeBMD]

Can't forget about my boys unchained. I've been playing them in simulators for a long time and the banlist did virtually nothing to them. They can still compete thanks to fiendsmith and aerial eater.

[@oliverdittrich2140]

So what do you think about fire king tri brigade in the current format?

[@MarkoGajić-z1s]

Tyrant's Tirade is the new Skill Drain 😜

[@drakken6666]

How does Swordsoul face in the current meta or is it really more a Master Duel only deck?

[@blackmanta66]

This might sound like a weird question, but do you think lunalight has any potential with 2 tiger? I saw some people experimenting with Luna light tearlament but complaining about tiger being at 1 and I was wondering whether the second tiger pushes it or other decks incorporating the engine into rogue viability.

[@JackYakumo]

What do you think about Chimera Runick? And other versions of Labrynth?

[@Chewbyy]

Based tier list, cheering for you and your team on MD Josh 🎉

[@Tohfool]

That's respec on my chimera deck

[@dinodewd4740]

Do you feel vanquish soul can play a small snake eyes package to get into larger combos and just play ghost belle and retaliating “c” for pseudo shifter and bystials as interruptions for fiendsmith based decks?

[@grantnielsen1706]

I’m curious what your thoughts on Ice Barrier eunuch would be. It’s one of the few decks now with easy access to a few Omni-negates through Herald of Arc light and Toadally awesome which helps in the face of something like Nibiru.

[@fortidogi8620]

autocorrected runick to eunuch lol

[@Magician2086]

I don't understand why nobody talks about Voiceless Melodious. Everyone pretty much always says that Voiceless has fallen off because it can just put an omni and that's it(pure version) or that you cannot play Voiceless Branded anymore because Branded Fusion is at one now. In my eyes Voiceless Melodious has always been the better version of the deck. You can end up on boards that are way better than the other versions plus the deck doesn't care about Nibiru. Quite ironic that Lo and Bacha are next to each other in the list. ^^

[@nichomela]

What do you think about mimighoul?

[@MrGshinobi]

Dominus impulse

[@e-tan3911]

It is a deck, it does things. Said things are much better than prior tcg archetypes. Hopefully it gets more stuff in ROTA that makes it good, but knowing Konami that ain't happening.

[@isaiaharmstrong1478]

What do you think of bystial voiceless voice?

[@johnnysteps6336]

What do you think about Madolches? Is it playable? :)

[@ShadowHunter-d4y]

do u guys recommend a 40 card branded deck and if yes please give me a deck list. 😬

[@mavw5612]

Sleeping on nemleria 4 sure (not me absolutely giga coping)

[@Wanderer-th4tt]

What do you think about board breakers now Ip going into a card effect indestructible apollousa isn't possible anymore and we have lesser omnis with baronne and savage banned

[@BboySquidfoot]

Still cards like crystal wing dragon, arc light, and fa dawn dragster can be potential problems in the near future if specific strats are developed around these 3.

[@maniachd324]

@@BboySquidfootdude didn‘t say fucking crystal wing is a problem for board breakers🤦🏾‍♂️

[@lordofgarbageprogenitoroft4147]

What is the board breaker response to getting puppet locked?

[@Wanderer-th4tt]

@@lordofgarbageprogenitoroft4147 uhh... Cry :3 (called by, droplet, set superpoly maybe?)

[@TakeaSwigBro]

@@lordofgarbageprogenitoroft4147 Unironically I board-broke after being puppet locked with Spell Card: Soul Exchange lmfao

[@travismiller1491]

Big miss is lair of darkess deck themed decks in this meta. Use gravedigger trap hole and skill drain.

[@mulldrifterz6469]

Josh, Birdman Josh, Raidraptors when?

[@Petsinwinter2]

I like FK Snake-Eye so much more than Pure/Fiendsmith Snake-Eye, so if that's the best build going forward, especially without the generic negate bosses, I'm pretty pleased My question now is, does that really change with the Azamina cards? Is there a reason the fire king version is worse at playing them than pure?

[@victorbrule7712]

Grass, Lightsworn, Tiarament strongest and Branded pile 🗿

[@diogenesenuts]

What are good replacements for skill drain in runick white forest? I’m think 1 skill drain, 1 or2 soul drain, or 1 or 2 synchro zone. Any other suggestions??

[@tropicalkitsune5131]

I would like to know your opinion on Drytron, I'm not sure where it is between tier 2 and rouge.

[@gigajohntheol6330]

What about plant link?

[@JuniperVT]

I just wish one tier list would put my resonators on the shelf man it's truly not a bad deck

[@Sangu-gh3]

I like resonators a lot and I also think it´s a great deck, but the problem is - compared to something like snake-eyes it´s not. The deck is really easy to understand and if someone knows, what cards they have to interrupt, you are fucked. While you can play through ash and nibiru if you know what you are doing, it dies 100% to droll, it also dies 100% to shifter. Your plays are pretty linear and repetitive, the deck is cool, but it´s clearly not top tier.

[@apologizethatyouwerebornin2616]

Most accurate list ive seen so far. As expected from the champ!❤

[@clearminddarkthoughts5477]

Hearing that background music brings back so many memories lol. Def used to kick ass on dat game

[@jimothymayhorn]

what game is that?

[@ahmedbrahim2974]

what do you think about marincess before and after rage of the abyss

[@z1u512]

Does punk, or gold pride to an extent, have any hope in the future?

[@shalka8796]

I'm waiting for you to return on branded

[@karlieacevedo1051]

Im gonna play branded until its unplayable.

[@polodoskyz]

it’s so annoying that yubel can superpoly you but you can’t superpoly them