Joshua Schmidt Reacts to New Support for all Archtypes from Vailant Smashers

[@TinPrince]

For reference the standard Vaalmonica ideal endboard now is: Field spell + scales + the imperm trap + Zebufera on field + the new level 4 + 1 counter on the angel pend scale. This is achievable off any way to the field spell + Vaal Scelta, and also by alternative routes depending on what you open in hand. You can also make things like Bagooska or Dweller which are protected by the effect of Zebufera. Running the rainbow bridge package for adding the field spell + cobalt eagle = That same set-up + bagooska or dweller. On field that means you have 2 imperms, targeting protection for all your Vaalmonica monster cards (so scales protected too) + bagooksa/dweller that is protected by battle/destruction once + a steal from the opponent's field with the field spell + if they attack in you get to quick link into the Dark Link 1 and pop their field for OTK follow up next turn. Biggest issue is usually playing through droll since a lot of the cards add, aside from that it's solid.

[@Sfalma274]

2 things: 1) if your opponent attack your monsters you can link summon 1 vaalmonica link monster, but you still need to meet the requirement to link summon it, you cannot summon Duralume if you don't have 3 resonance counter on Angello 2) the trap doesn't protect the scales because pendulum monsters in the pendulum zones are treated as spell cards I didn't think about rainbow bridge to them pendulum summon the cobalt eagle, I'll definitely look into that.

[@bigtempo5110]

One other thing if you play guard penguins with the penguins search spell in ratios like the D/D/D engine you can make toad, if you play the gamma package you can make lambda and add the gamma back off one of the spells. The deck has ways to play around.

[@Petsinwinter2]

Quick question. Does cobalt eagle exactly matter? Could it be any of the lv4 Crystal Beasts?

[@cerue]

​@@Petsinwinter2if you draw foolish goods + cobalt you can normal cobalt and put itself back into the deck for the trap to work

[@gremory4874]

The boards a lot better if you use the other trap card and if you summon I:p masquarena and Zebufera

[@katzuma7641]

Next time Josh reacts to new cards I dare him to say “new cards pogchamp new cards pogchamp”

[@Rabidragon9241]

Uncultured behavior

[@gabrielgois8724]

Cringe

[@katzuma7641]

@@gabrielgois8724🥺

[@aaronlawrence4218]

Poggers m8

[@captainsunshine64]

If you don't say "pog" at least five times per hour you get kicked off Twitch

[@ex3us916]

"these side set archetypes get bangers" *cries in Wild Survivors*

[@yoastertoaster8306]

To be fair Nouvelles got some absurd support in AGOV.

[@MiyaoMeow588]

Before, Memento needed to open at least 2 specific cards to end on it's ideal setup, now one card gets you to exactly that + more, and the deck's multiple extenders ensure that you can play through some interruption now. You are now usually guaranteed to end on Combined, Cranium Burst, Mace, but now it's not uncommon to end on Combined, Cranium Burst, Fracture Dance, Horned Dragon, Mace, and even S:P now The Vaalmonica cards are great, but it doesn't really help the deck do anything it couldn't do before, it's just a lot better at doing it. As it happens, what it was already doing wasn't anything noteworthy

[@christianflora2316]

And the Memento cards now have 6 ways to dodge Imperm/Veiler in archetype

[@dracoblizzard7944]

You can end on Combined, Cranium Burst, Mace, and I:P into S:P off of 1 card, although due to the deck's lack of extenders it isn't very resilient.

[@monkfishy6348]

It's suuuuuuper fragile, to literally every form of interruption in the game and every common handtrap.

[@christianflora2316]

@monkfishy6348 the deck dodges Imperm and Veiler with both its quick play spells. And with these new cards, you have a much better chance to extend past most other hand traps

[@MiyaoMeow588]

@@monkfishy6348 ive been testing the deck for two days since these cards were announced and that's literally just not true at all. the deck has tools to dodge both imperm and veiler, and ash is only an issue if you fail to open the deck's 3 extenders. droll can stop the deck dead, but it is possible to play around it to some extent if you know that your opponent is running it. nib can suck, especially if your opponent knows when to nib, but it's not necessarily a game ender afaik, shifter is the only hand trap that 100% kills this deck and there's nothing you can do about it, but losing to shifter isn't exactly a weakness exclusive to memento

[@christianflora2316]

The Memento support is so good. Ideally, the next wave they get a Link 5 that shares the name as their boss monster so the deck doesn't just hard lose to Book of Moon

[@georgewalters3343]

I really wish the game did more link mechanics like the way infernoble does with their boss. Sort of like how you mentioned it, where a link version of the summoned monster with added effects

[@mlgmantis]

Is a next wave confirmed or? Is this just speculation for the far future

[@shidfard4563]

New Synchro 12 makes Wakaushi or Bike a one card combo into 2 synchro 12s on endboard. Can end on new synchro plus crimson dragon and turnskip in draw phase, plus if you open wakaushi plus any of your 1 card starters the add can be for the counter trap further solidifying the turnskip

[@seir5772]

I was in love with Vaalmonica the moment I saw it's gameplay but it was so inconsistent, you couldn't make your link-1s in your first turn, there were no 1/2 or even 3 card combo....now this support fixes everything, they only lack 1 xyz monster to make a 1 card combo.

[@Petsinwinter2]

It'd be nice to have a pend xyz that wasn't specifically from Arc-V or from an Arc-V archetype

[@chewdoom8415]

It really does not fix everything.

[@saito853]

There were 2.5 cards combo but it's specifically with scale + trick clown.

[@rah9722]

Just a little note,this is the 2nd memento wave,first wave for valmonica and cent

[@julienfrey6808]

For some strange reason, they added 3 cards for all 3 archetypes but divided it in 2 waves for memento

[@mr.wassell7885]

I like the design of the vaalmonica cards, and I've needed something to make suship "playable" since circular got banned, so I've had a go at tinkering with the cards before and after the new stuff was announced, and it gives you a fairly consistent way to find scales with 3 counters on one. The end board might be bagooska with the on-theme traps and a link summon on attack declaration, but they are good fun.

[@Dracofirz]

Valmonica let’s go

[@ViperTCG]

It would’ve been crazy if the fusion spell for memento said destroy the required materials from your deck in order to fusion summon, kinda like Garunix’s effect

[@ownagemester]

I've been trying the new cards in Centurion Machina deck, and it's really nice to be able to get Emeth in the GY with Wake-up. It turns on Citadel much easier.

[@Belowone]

Ayooo got a video too your deck?

[@ownagemester]

@@Belowone not yet, Im still messing around with it. At the moment Im playing a pretty large Machina engine, but you still have to draw into Redeployment or Gearframe/ Unclaspare to get the Machina side of the deck into rotation. Gear gigant X would work but you need machine monsters to make him so Primera and Trudeau don't help there

[@LoneCactus-VEVO]

I wish Memento Twin Headed had some sort of Thunder Dragon related effect so we could bridge those 2 archetypes together maybe.

[@gillesbelanger5213]

Any centurion starter is an extender for any other centurion starter (except for the two normal Summons). Here's how: If u open primera, prim searches field, so if u have the field spell, emblema of oat or terraforming, IT d'oesn't matter. If u have bonfire or the other normal Summon, u van extend with the field spell n'y summoning prim searching the quick-play Monster reborn spell.

[@JustExo]

I feel like nobody's talking about how Centurion can potentially play shifter now So on top of being a king calamity turbo, it also can potentially play around/with shifter

[@ant-onemusic444]

you'd need to summon 2 primeras in a single turn

[@carlosos3438]

don't know Centurion enough but couldn't you put cards like anti spell or summon limit in the deck and protect them with the new synchro? Maybe to replace the Calamity after it (hopefully) gets hit?

[@guacamolipepperoni3119]

@@carlosos3438 i hope next support wave has a rlly insane centurion boss monster :D

[@steeveedragoon]

The funny thing is that I was spot on 2 of the 3 cards Vaalmonica was getting, and also maybe the 3rd. I called the monster and the normal spell correctly, down to their new monster being a spellcaster. As for the quick play spell, I might've gotten it right as well, but I forget if I came up with that idea or not when considering what the deck needs. Anyways, I was completely correct on picking up the deck. We'll have to wait and see how good it is overall, but I'd say at worst it's rogue.

[@raffaelecantisani1662]

Centurion still needs a second Tuner and maybe a Synchro 8, then it may become tier 1 level

[@SerrotBelac]

I use valmonica and centurion. I start with either the field spell or the spell draw 2 or add 1 vaal spell trap then i normal the valmonica get the invatation add dark to hand if going first then pendulum summon centrion and combo away end with 2 negates and 1 banish and 1 protect

[@BlueHells]

wheres tha vanquish soul support? :(

[@carlosos3438]

Isn't the new level 12 Synchro a way to keep the few remaining Floodgates alive? Couldn't you put anti spell or summon limit in the deck as a replacement when calamity gets hit?

[@rolocr1899]

Best support: 1.Memento 2.Valmonica 3.Centurion

[@arrownoir]

They’re no circular.

[@dragonmaster951753]

Dragunity centur-ion incoming. That level 12 synchro is going IMMEDIATELY into my deck. Make the synchro and search the counter trap and your normal end board has borreload which has romulus in the spell trap zone. Let's go baby

[@phucdisshiet6838]

How do you make it though? It's a lv 12 that can only use one tuner. Dragunity only has the lv 2 phalanx so you would need a lv 4 and 6 as well. Or do you synchro climb using ascalon?

[@mattr791]

Are there any rankup shenanigans that happen to end on a rank10 dark?

[@mohammed-je8ey]

The xyz can be used in vaylantz

[@katzuma7641]

I think memento get the best support here then valmonica then centurion

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

I’m going into my second year of playing this game and having so many new cards come out every single month is so tiring

[@mlgmantis]

Sets only really release every 4 or 5 months with reprint sets in between. Its really not that bad.

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

@@mlgmantisMaze of Milennia just came out and 2 weeks later Phantom Nightmare is coming out. Age of Overlord was followed by Valiant Smashers less than a month later. Core sets are released every 3 months. You are WILDLY wrong.

[@mlgmantis]

@@RoyaltonDrummer922 core sets are always a few months apart. Maze of millenia wasn't a core set. Next set to release is a reprint set and then we dont get product in May. Relax bucko, it's just cardboard. It's not that serious, and if you think this is alot of product, go play magic. You'll be overwhelmed in the first week.

[@guacamolipepperoni3119]

@@RoyaltonDrummer922 so whats the problem with buying the best engines from the outcoming sets on release? most of ur examples were very rewarding, so the tiny loss on VAMA is covered fs ^^

[@LS-qs9ju]

Selector, Dark and Light companion. Reminds me of Wixoss

[@rizreighnand6471]

kinda disappointed seeing twin headed thunder dragon retrain isn't a thundra support

[@ayham613]

Nemleria will love the rank 10 omni negate XD

[@Drowzzzzz]

Rising Carp style engines gotta be one of my favorite genders

[@SuperSpikewolf]

Memento problem was that you had 0 protection from Evenly and storm/feather and the situation didn’t change

[@chewdoom8415]

Are we forgetting how the deck had the endboards was terrible. These cards help a lot with that. The other weakness is true but let's not act like it did not have more issues. Even now it is still very vulnerable to Handtraps

[@monkfishy6348]

Yeah, the lack of protection, and only an activated effect in the main phase to protect from targeting, realllllly sucks for Memento. Having a hard to summon Boss Monster without inbuilt protection or even a quick effect interruption in 2023 is whack.

[@rolocr1899]

like 90% of current decks, also if you haven't played the deck you shouldn't give unfounded opinions

[@mlgmantis]

Most decks can't stop duster and storm to be fair so kind of a bad comparison.

[@chewdoom8415]

When you really think about it, having disruptions in the hand or gy that can ignore mass field removal is becoming more prevalent in archetyped recently. In memento's case, while it is certainly not anything substantial, you can at least have a snatch steal live.

[@chuchojuarez95]

Velmonica synchron??

[@MaddnesMusic]

That pronounciation of "Selletrice" Was just something else 6:28

[@andreafilippini3144]

It was extremely satisfying to listen to... practically perfect pronunciation

[@RadiantAeon]

Me waiting for Vanquish Soul Wave 2 😔😔😔

[@gamakujira64e23]

They already have wave 2

[@Rain593]

We got it in AGOV

[@RadiantAeon]

@@Rain593 we've gotten 1 wave of support in Jiaolong and Snow Devil.

[@gamakujira64e23]

@@RadiantAeon wave one was stake your soul and rock of the vanquisher

[@RadiantAeon]

@gamakujira64e23 that was its initial release

[@KENyakky]

I just wanted to say that the Zelda Beetle shop music in the background is the best thing ever.

[@JuanGonzalezZzZzZz...]

No Vaylantz. Impressive...

[@k0ch1]

Drolls go wild this meta lol

[@xCorvus7x]

10:19 Can you activate the effects to gain life points or take damage, while you don't have anything to add back?

[@williamsmith9510]

Yes since it is a "you can" effect

[@colinbrown74]

Every Vaalmonica card with a damage or life gain effect has the “extra effect” be optional.

[@xCorvus7x]

Alright, thank you. Wasn't sure what the game considered an effect doing nothing but I suppose changing life point amounts - while inconsequential if it doesn't reduce them to zero - is an actual change to the gamestate.

[@samsheriff7961]

Memento got the best support

[@DMCEagles05]

I feel like Memento has way more potential than whats obv. Also since thunder shouldnt Thunder Dragon Fusion ALSO work to summon it?

[@chewdoom8415]

Yeah but it seems really bad

[@friskydrinklunkybank1108]

I feel like it has potential with tear? Since it can proc tear names but it seems copium. Sounds like a fun homebrew idea though

[@chewdoom8415]

@@friskydrinklunkybank1108 how are you procing tear names? By destroying them on the field?

[@blind0wl123]

The new centurion cards are crazy, you can abuse the RDA cards and actually do stuff with them. Any way to get to vision resonator and any centurion starter is the lv12 with Baronne negate that sets up a crimson dragon play. Or you can play bystials and do something like do regular combo but synchro with gargoyle to add it to hand, then ss it with it's effect and tribute it to summon lubellion and use lubellion to place the branded trap that lets you synchro so you have 2 ways to synchro during your opponet's turn. Or if you opened or drew lubellion you can instead discard it to search for magnamutt and place regained instead to banish the gargoyle to ss magnamutt to both draw a card and search a dragon

[@tsukamesuccess7332]

or just play normally & don't play into handtraps

[@Arc4s69]

I think depending on the format bystials will always be viable, especially with the new synchro setting up from banished aswell. Also duality could be considered as it turns the lvl 12 into crimson and bystials into tuners (malong)

[@blind0wl123]

@@Arc4s69 use the new synchro to search the trap, activate duality to summon crimson dragon from extra deck, discard the trap and summon new synchro during opponents draw phase

[@stoly1677]

Ill buy ceturion if calamity gets banned

[@tsukamesuccess7332]

why not play the deck while it's actually good

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

Why not just play it without calamity? Unless if you're worried it'll get hit instead of Calamity.

[@stoly1677]

I guess 260 isn't that much but with calamity banned it would be way cheaper

[@Honest_Mids_Masher]

@@stoly1677 Y'know what fair point

[@Tori-cv5fq]

this chat sucks holy shit

[@serioulee7507]

Why Valiant Smashers in the Title

[@e-tan3911]

These decks were introduced in that set.

[@sammydray5919]

He mentioned that these decks were introduced in Valiant Smashers. Did you even WATCH the video? 😅

[@identitytheft7305]

Ahhh yes, a mighty dragon of the final commandment, known by the fear striking name: valdras happens to be a rank ten, surely he isn’t a train in disguise 🥸