Joshua Schmidt | Branded Despia Deck Profile | 2nd Place WCQ: Regional Karlsruhe (228 players)!

I returned to the WCQ: Regional scene this past weekend with a 2nd place finish at the 228 player regional in Karlsruhe, playing Pure Branded Despia. Enjoy the profile and feel free to leave feedback & subscribe!
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[@hassankhatib2225]

I can't express how happy it made me to see this! You're a legend man! 🙏 All the best! ❤

[@Scytherman]

You're really good at these in-depth explanations on your choices, keep it up!

[@fenrirvanargand9142]

Best deck profile I've ever seen, instant Sub, congrats on the 2nd and looking forward to more content!

[@Eighty6TCG]

Agree with past comments, love the in depth explanation of the deck and choices made. Another sub for you today!! Great work

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

thank you :)

[@DannysYugiExpo]

So.. I have been following you and your success in the game since Paleo’s and I just have to say: seeing you do so well and coming back to the game just brings a warmth to my heart. You’re truly one of the games finest, a truly incredible individual! ❤️🤗

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

thank you so much!❤

[@Spantos]

Love this profile, really gave me some insight as a new branded player. Earned a sub for sure.

[@flamboyant91]

Congrats on your comeback! Great in-depth explanations, really enjoyed the profile.

[@tommoex]

Ah didn't know you were dueling, thought you disappeared, good to see that's not the case as your deck profiles were so in-depth and helped me win a lot back from DUEA to nekroz format.

[@dannysreview2814]

Subscribed cause I use to watch you duel alot back then in mutilple ycs. Think you played thunders back then which really made me watch you play.

[@jysharif]

The King has returned 👀

[@arabidopsisThaliana402]

Wow for 2nd place!!!! Huge congrats man I'm so happy for you.

[@yozee0690]

Holy the Legend is Back

[@DanielDiaz-mk1hs]

Thank you man ! Appreciate

[@has199]

Well done Josh

[@velislavsertov8282]

Without handtraps in Main Deck - WOW! Congrats!

[@willtruth4487]

Completely forgot Snow was Light, very helpful profile.

[@Psycho_Klown]

YESSS!! WELCOME BACK

[@ancilmodeste2043]

Congratulions letsgoooo

[@zephyr_apiixnr1449]

Gute Erklärungen für deine Interaktionen 👍

[@cianmcdonnell2309]

Congrats and very fair explanation for your card choices. Do you know if you plan to post highlights or segments from your twitch streams onto KZbin? I'm not a big fan of twitch, but would be interested in seeing more of your content.

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

still getting into this whole editing thing, but very likely!

[@isaacsamuel6035]

We need an updated list Josh! ◡̈

[@pwny1000]

Yea, I just drew 3 chains today and took 1 out. Best thing I could’ve done.

[@DimeThrow]

❤

[@yuugael4010]

I was watching this at night and thought you were rhymestyle Lmao

[@Angels-Haven]

nice

[@MrParsath]

Now for the important question, which sleeves are you using for double sleeving and do they fit well ? Cheers, looking forward to more deck profiles.

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

I use the Dragon Shield Clear Mattes - they're alright but still looking/trying alternatives

[@KaidoTheSigma]

Du bist der beste

[@kartana7g]

the profile was realy cool. What do you think to play herald of purple light in the side deck to beat d barriere and anti spell fragrance, also it's a good card against trpa match up and floot gate in general?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

it's a cute idea, but overall you probably don't run enough Fairy monsters for it, also you don't really want to discard Aluber

[@shadowdraqon2479]

Pretty much nothing shud play the herald hand traps, they r terrible negs. Even fairy decks/ herald decks dont play them, that shud tell u how bad they are

[@AaronMcInnes]

🔥

[@omegakimchi2984]

Nice plant

[@andreatataranni1406]

What do you think about adding pot of desires now that you can play 2? I feel like there’s nothing you’re scared about to banish, expecially by playing 3 red. The only one would probably be ad lib, but you can add it before playing pod.

[@ParadoX-os]

Have you looked into the new card 'Red Cartesia"? How do you think she would affect and change Branded Despia?

[@yugihei]

in 3:28 you said that fairy tail snow and tragedy had an interaction? because tragedy does not search if is removed by snow, because snow removal it is a cost.

[@hirukashiro5995]

He doesn't say that lol. He said with 3 Trag you probably will already resolved it before Branded Fusion, so sending Snow is almost always

[@robertogambelli5965]

What do you think about instant fusion+millennium eyes restrict? A kind of “called by the grave” that can be saved by branded opening to have a negation in oppo turn, also is dark and can be used for chimera.

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

sounds good, the only issue is giving up 1 Extra Deck Slot for an unsearchable 1-of. If you think thats worth it you can definitely do it

[@ABARTSPRODUCTIONS]

Any chance you would make a list for November 2022?

[@jeffreypadilla8133]

What is going to be the play if to going first?

[@tylerbabey8118]

Thoughts regarding replacing Allure with 2x Desires? There's a lot of multiples in the deck so theoretically you wouldn't risk banishing all copies of critical pieces.

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

you could try making this a Desires deck, but banishing the 1 Ad Lib would hurt, so maybe need to make other adjustments to the list

[@killerfox9674]

What would you take out for token collector

[@Vandylizer]

I really appreciated the explanations. Anyone know why Comedy helps vs Skill Drain? He said in the GY you activate its effect to tribute an on field Chimera but how would that help? Comedy is just a 2000 Defense monster. Maybe if you had the field spelled Theater of the Branded you could SS a fusion monster when it's destroyed (and he said he doesn't even use the field spell) and other than that I'm not understanding it's usefulness 🤔

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

you activate Chimera (Skill Drain doesnt prevent you from activating). Comedy's grave effect is a quick effect, so you chain it to your own Chimera, tributing it to summon itself back, removing the Chimera from the field before it resolves and since Skill Drain only negates effects of monster face-up on the field, when the chain resolves Chimera's effect will not be negated and be able to destroy cards your opponent controls, getting rid of the Skill Drain

[@Vandylizer]

@@JoshuaSchmidtYGO Ah so a clever chain link that let's your effect Resolve, that's awesome! Thanks for responding, it was really bugging me that everyone was running Comedy in their decks and me, as a new Branded player wondering what the juicy tech was behind it. I knew it had a hand effect but I never would have guessed the tribute quick effect was that useful. Can you use that same trick to protect other fusion monster effects like Albion/Lubellion fusions etc when someone tries to hit them with an imperm/chalice/effect negate? (Assuming Branded Lost isn't on field)

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

@@Vandylizer No problem! Also yes, exactly, Comedy can dodge Veiler/Imperm on Albion or Lubellion as well.

[@dorianp.8807]

Hi Joshua, thanks for the deck profile. I just wonder, what's your line of play with Albion ? Because I don't see what kind of combo you do with Albion, I always go through Lubellion when I do the Branded Fusion. So how do you use the Albion (outside of sending it with Mirrorjade xD) and why do you choose to go through Albion rather than Lubellion ??? Thanks for the content !

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Hey, you send Albaz + Snow from the deck to summon Albion, then banish Albaz + Albion for Mirrorjade. The advantage is you dont have to discard and get Snow in grave as an interruption.

[@abdelkaderaminebouroubey3549]

Are Those cards are coming to Duel links ? I think branded despia and fallen albaz needs more card

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

dont know of any plans to add these to Duel Links

[@ryanmccarthy4088]

Hi Josh, glad to see you back. what would you put put in despia mirror? g2 and g3

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

for the mirror it's only 3 Barrier going first and 1-2 Barriers going second with this list, you already have the Super Polys and Droplets in the main

[@ryanmccarthy4088]

and what would you side out? i'm looking forward to see you winning the national championship.. germans most finest player

[@yugitube77]

I would appreciate a bit of clarification on the Ad Lib effect utility 11:35.

[@hirukashiro5995]

It is written in the card. You can boost your monster's atk

[@PyroMacher92]

Jetzt nochmal auf deutsch und wir sind zufrieden

[@thetrickster0]

Are you going to Hartford? And do you like your chances if you are?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

unfortunately not going to Hartford, my next big event will be German Nationals

[@ZedoBlack]

How does comedy beat skill drain? Im dumb

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Summon Chimera, chain Comedy to Chimera, removing it from the field before it resolves so Skill Drain does not negate it

[@VORTEX___]

Great video and Congratulations on the 2nd place! Still have a few questions. Why no Foolish Burial? You don't want tragedy dumped with foolish? Foolish dump tragedy still seems a good consistency play to get access to aluber, fusion/lost and get branded in red live. How was Kitt? Isn't it bad to need to put one hand card on the bottom of the deck to resolve kitt? Kitt seems so neg. Is 3 Super Poly main really the way to go? There are so many matchups where it is useless or not doing enough like flunder, tri-brigade, based, eldlich. And super poly cannot stop the based scythe lock. Would you add stuff to play around floodgates better? Rivalry is also a huge card which is played by swordsoul, eldlich and earth machine (therion is legal soon) and you could play Sprind the Irondash Dragon or even Borreload Furious Dragon

[@brunosinteff9368]

I guess Foolish may be too much considering Gold Sarc and Allure. What would be your alternative to trag of it's effect is already used ? Kitt can help to fix hand, but yup I usually prefer to get Mercourier or Shrouded to draw Super poly is useful even against these deck as it can help to push for game on BP. Miss like 2500 dmg ? Super poly masquerade and mirror jade into Dragostapelia and it's game For floodgates, there are twin twisters and guardian chimera pop. It can be enough. Zombie world can be a punishment to Rivalry abusers as well

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Foolish is neat but it can only send Tragedy and if you've already resolved that it becomes mediocre. Kitt was good for me, this deck can get to a decent hand size relatively easily so you have stuff to put back most of the time. Super Poly is actually very good against all the decks you mentioned except for Flunder, it is still quite decent when you fuse one of your monsters with one of theirs. And considering how good it is in the mirrors it should be a staple in my opinion. I would add stuff to play around floodgates if there was anything I was super happy with but I havent found that yet.

[@tigershark927]

Will we see you at nationals?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

yes, im playing German Nationals this year!

[@thelonelyshivy5370]

I don't play Proskenion, as it's no prot, no quickeff, no negate but funnily enough, I play one Almiraj as in, if I have to summon tragedy

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

you should be running Linkuriboh then as it allows to make better use of Tragedy + Branded in Red

[@thelonelyshivy5370]

@@JoshuaSchmidtYGO I know I'm dumb but why didn't I see that xD thank you bro ^^ replacing them asap

[@EmptySpace93]

Glückwunsch zum zweiten Platz. Welches Deck wurde erster?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Danke, erster wurde Adventure Virtual World!

[@Pilzkopf1320]

Nice German cards man

[@marcocavallin4212]

What's the english name of the Squirrel monster?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

you mean Fairy Tail Snow? :D

[@quenxy8039]

How would you add branded exile in the deck?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

i'd start by just taking out all 4 of the cards I mention towards the end and adding the 3 I show + Exile and see how that goes

[@vgmaster02]

@@JoshuaSchmidtYGO Would the same apply to Alba-Lenatus? Take out the second Lubellion and put in Alba-Lenatus? Also, what's your opinion on Sprind? I heard somewhere that Sprind helps out Contact "C"' if the opponent drops it on you, but I don't know if Sprind can even attempt to be summoned despite Contact "C" fitting the non-Albaz material part. But if he really can, would Sprind also be worth running?

[@hirukashiro5995]

@@vgmaster02 Sprind can out Contact C as it doesn't prevent you from summoning from extra, just that you have to summon using it as material. I think it is not as good as it used to be as less people play Contact C now because of Branded Lost.

[@kanki1974]

I see a Joshua deck profile I net deck

[@ArCtic2509]

Du wirst mir einfach bei fb als Freund vorgeschlagen lel😃

[@ducanerofficial]

How to play with exile and lenatus?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Lenatus can just replace a Lubellion if you think Dragon Link will be popular. Exile is at most a 1-of anyways in my opinion so it shouldnt be hard to fit.

[@Topofthelistvideos]

What outer sleeves do you use?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Those are Dragon Shield Clear Mattes

[@txchre8381]

hi, how much would this deck roughly cost?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

The deck isnt cheap, but if you take out the Droplets which arent mandatory I would guess it'd be around 300 maybe? (very rough estimate)

[@txchre8381]

@@JoshuaSchmidtYGO oof ok

[@ricardonavarro9312]

Is it me or he doesn’t have a light monster to get Albion

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

Fairy Tail Snow!

[@MrSpako13]

I dont understand the necessity of zombie World rn, especialy at 4 in your Deck What matchup is so Bad that it is necessery that you dont play more outs to floodgates instead? Also ad libitum is nice and all but if your opp has a big bungus that has a Level you cant realy out it since ad lib boosts all monster on the field but im sure you knew that (although i dont know which deck puts up a big asshole that actualy has a Level rn .. )

[@TheFrogasaurus]

ZW is primarily for Flunder

[@TheSh1v]

Flunder pretty much destroys this deck so ZW shuts them down. You can also play TCBOO

[@StealJoe69420]

The only big chungus this deck cant out is arrival cyberse and it works against that

[@MrSpako13]

@@TheSh1v i personaly do play tcboo so i was wondering why ZW over TCBOO, with that i also play 6 backrow cards 3 twin 2 cosmic 1 reboot I feel like tcboo beeing able to hard stop ss is a huge plus for it over ZW for me but since i respect Joshua alot i was wondering if my preference was objectivly worse and if so, why exactly

[@bubbagothandz7471]

@@MrSpako13 because you can send banshee off fusion and you can't search tcboo

[@chocky4805]

Great profile. Why no adventure package?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

to many slots and I want to be able to normal summon Aluber and use the effect

[@raulvela1073]

Why no dramaturge or despian comedy?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

I dont see a need for Dramaturge and Comedy is only good in some matchups which is why I side it

[@prixswrld]

Yea I can't help but feel like you're totally wrong on your poly ratios

[@harle8814]

No DPE ?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

I dont feel like DPE is worth it without Anaconda in most decks

[@kenaigreek4955]

I love when people upload branded despia builds and the thumbnails are always like Aluber or Branded Fusion as if it isn't the 40$ Chimera being the only thing worth a fuck in the entire deck 🤡🤡🤡 I just started the video but I'll back out the second I see the edge imp chimera package- OPE there it is, later 🤣

[@pablitoelnono6026]

Eso no es pure despia

[@erasedlolmontages3950]

Wie würdest du das Deck nach der neuen Liste spielen? Und wie ist jetzt deine Meinung zu 3 Albions, the shrouded Dragon? Sollte man dann die Patchwork Engine kicken oder ist die Engine noch zu wichtig in dem Format? Ist Change of Heart jetzt eine Staple in dem Deck?

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

die Liste ändert an dem Deck nicht besonders viel, Patchwork find ich nach wie vor gut und mehrere Albions kann man definitiv ausprobieren. Change of Heart würd ich nicht Main spielen, höchstens im Side

[@erasedlolmontages3950]

@@JoshuaSchmidtYGO Würdest du jetzt mit DIFO weiterhin auf Branded Sword & Brandish Punishment bauen? Beide haben ja schon eine Daseinsberechtigung :)

[@JoshuaSchmidtYGO]

@@erasedlolmontages3950 Sword ist nach wie vor optional, bei Banishment bin ich nicht sicher, ob man die überhaupt Main spielen sollte