META LEVEL - Branded Despia Deck Profile - From Basics to Combo - CORE BUILD

[@Eduv_]

Took this list to my locals and topped (2nd place) for the first time! This list was great & triple tactics was insane. Thanks Tom!

[@MSTTV]

You are welcome

[@SilentAndy]

Imagine stealing someone else's build and (almost) winning a locals... 🤭

[@Eduv_]

@@SilentAndy it’s almost like they put out these profiles so we can use them card for card if we don’t know where to start 🫢🤯

[@professorsequoia7318]

Funny interaction with the field spell is it also interactions with the adventurer token because it's also a fairy

[@masterjedi1980]

I am so thankful to have your channel on my feed. You always provide great information and it gives me a feel good about Yu-Gi-Oh! Thanks MST!

[@HumanoidCableDreads]

Thank you Tom, just bought three of the structure deck but was a bit lost in terms of combos, this should be a good starting point.

[@CS0723]

You should check out the discord

[@MSTTV]

+1 Foolish Burial

[@JosephSmith-ri5bx]

At 16:55 can you do tragedy still since it wasn’t discarded by a card effect? It was discarded as a cost? Maybe I’m confusing cost and effect

[@wilfredoavelenda7729]

Discard by branded opening is an eff not a cost.

[@89mrbebop]

Hi MST. 14:34: Why not put Ab libitum as chain link 3 so that he protects both Chimera and Tragedy from Ash Blossom?

[@MSTTV]

That sounds good. I just don't wanna get gammaed and lose a monster + Albion search that's all.

[@89mrbebop]

@@MSTTV oh yeah forgot about gamma

[@hakeemscott1187]

Great explanation of the cards and combos. Im curious what kind of sleeves are those???

[@JollyHaku]

This vid made me subscribe cause now I can viably play Dragoon in my Branded Darklords without using DM or Red Eyes and Red Eyes Fusion. Triple tactics is a good card as well and same with DPE. If you could make a vid for Branded Darklords that would be awesome cause I would love to see what your build would be for them.

[@CocTheElf]

Goddess with the Third Eye is a good budget replacement. It does literally the same (it's LIGHT and replaces any material) except the contact fusion effect. And even better, it just go reprinted in the Speed Duel GX box.

[@hirukashiro5995]

Yeah agree. I can guarantee that the contact fusion part will never relevant. Maybe one time in a million

[@kreabuslehomard6224]

It’s a fairy tho You can crash it under the field spell to reborn a fusion monster

[@nivek.arevir]

@@kreabuslehomard6224 this part, that’s why I use it over the Rock because of the situational part

[@Ayrcantada]

Goddess literally does the same thing. I don't understand people's obsession with the Hex

[@melvinbrookins6313]

@@Ayrcantada that’s because most people are followers. If they see someone run it, that “must” be how its supposed to be played. Unfortunately, a lot of people rely on other peoples opinions on if a card/deck is good. They dont test for themselves.

[@zst0rme700]

Any chance you will add decklist links? Much easier to look at for people who watch and wanna build or reference it for putting the cards they have together

[@tankopotomus]

Thousandth like. Also I just copped mad over sleeves from your store. Stevie Blunder put me on to them yo and I chucked them shets right on my fresh Branded deck. Shuffles soooo nice (smooth gloss).

[@HPfan153]

Video was great! Yugioh aside your hair is on point bro lol

[@Fatkiller1997]

What is the frightfur package?

[@xatuyou8045]

Also side deck red reboot is mandatory, twin twisters Is probably good too.

[@matthewbrady1562]

Are traps that prevalent right now?

[@xatuyou8045]

@@matthewbrady1562 the cards people will side will be dimensional barrier and anti-spell which ruin your day.

[@tenn0663]

Written decklist?

[@liger0720]

hi MST.TV what would you replace chimera for if you cant afford them asking for a friend

[@carlosproto6849]

What's the aventure packGe ?

[@AngelofDeath333]

With the amount of hand traps you are playing you can add Crossout Designator

[@CoffinZ12]

No space

[@AngelofDeath333]

@@CoffinZ12 there is lots of space

[@calebdeleonWassup]

I have mine set in the side deck

[@silentobserver888]

Bro crossout is gonna be a deciding factor in the mirror match

[@Adjaleva1]

Yeah, i want one at least, you can do a big mess with mirror match and protection from handtraps or even the same Crossout

[@metroacecards8475]

Can branded in red help aluber resolve if trying to be negated by chixao/impermanence

[@hamzahachmieh9539]

What do u think about branded lost

[@Aleister53]

Tragedy say u can only activate 1 eff and only once per turn so how can u add when send into GY and send ton banish in the same turn ?

[@babrad]

This seems bad but i really like Mali x2 + Denier with Dangerous in the extra. This makes Fusion Destiny into a starter. - Send Albaz + Tragedy, get Aluber. - If you can afford a discard, use dangerous to mill Denier. - Normal Aluber, then either add the field spell (for DPE pass) or Branded in Red. On the followup you have Tragedy (in the GY to get another aluber) for Branded in Red, Chimera for 1 draw/2 pops, and 3 bodies in Malicious and Denier (Dangerous will be destroyed by Fusion Destiny so use it as material). Also instead of Super Poly i run Dharc/Verte/Accesscode to further abuse the extra bodies or wipe everything. With Adventure you can also have Link Spider + Selene for 2 extra pops. After resolving the initial Branded Fusion/Opening, you are already set up, and neither Theater nor Branded in Red locks you. Finally about the Fusion Substitute, i really liked the fact that it can be a second Albaz to the point of going Albion from Deck to save me a discard while keeping said Albaz in the GY (that Branded in Red can add to hand). Still instead of going into Dragoon i would almost always prefer Mirrorjade due to the followup potential just as you said. (Have you tried their "Meltdown", "Kitt" and "Mercourier"? Coming from 3x pure Structure, i want to include them in the mix but the other engines seems more effective unfortunately)

[@AtlasV-]

I believe Andres Torres was playing 2 Mali and Denier as his fusion destiny materials in his Despia list which he topped the YCS with (pre-structure deck, by the way!). But he was playing Dystopia instead of Dangerous in the Extra Deck

[@babrad]

@@AtlasV- dangerous is for milling Tragedy with Fusion Destiny. Dystopia could have been for time, since it can burn your opponent.

[@CS0723]

Denier and mali isn't bad, it's correct

[@warriorofgod2700]

Just curious. Why no comedy? Helps your fusions dodge pesky veilers/imperms when you chain block around the other hand traps, and is pretty solid against raiza

[@tcamp006]

Hi Tom. Do you have an Adventure Despia list? Dimensional barrier kills the more pure version. I am new to the deck but wondered what you might do with Adventure version.

[@thomasherald875]

Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous allows you to fusion summon using your opponents monsters during their turn. iris swordsoul is another target for ecclesia or can be summoned if you negate any monsters effect. I run an invoked build alongside the despia albaz and dogmatika.

[@maxnovikov51]

Hi, can you please publish list of this deck as text please?

[@stunulink]

Instead of the light hex sealed, can I use the goddess with the third eye? She has basically the same effect

[@Babaroi]

Yes

[@stunulink]

@@Babaroi thank you!

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

Funny thing: since she's a fairy, you can normal summon her and crash her into a monster to trigger Despia Theater.

[@MSTTV]

Yes

[@Rypio_39]

Hex does have a field eff tho, he can fusion summon on field without a spell

[@snootydooty3543]

You think albaz shaddoll works?

[@hatchet8720]

Would you throw in the frightfur package and the adventure package and would it be effective?

[@prixswrld]

Frightfur: ×2 Edge Imp Chain ×2 Frightfur Patchwork ×2 Polymerization

[@hatchet8720]

@@prixswrld could you run this deck and throw that in and would it still be optimal?

[@evcurls416]

@@hatchet8720 its still pretty optimal cause its mainly used to help turbo out and chain block your chimera. But its also useful to help you get into your masquerade also. One issue branded has is outside of branded fusion, you really can have a hard time going into any other boss monster on your turn. Thats why the despias are so good.

[@Ant33559]

Hey TomBox How effective is “XYZ Import” against outting the main fusions in the Extra Deck? And if it is chained to the Banish effect of MirrorJade, how will that chain link resolve since the Fusion is now attached as a material?

[@xatuyou8045]

It still resolves and can banish any monster.

[@silentobserver888]

What did it cost you? EVERYTHING

[@onevisiontcg9360]

100 befor releas now 400

[@UmDevoto]

Lmao true

[@Nevar785]

Forgive my ignorance but what does it mean or what cards are you talking about when you talk about the 2 packages. Please help a noob like me

[@InfernitBlu88]

Could you show a branded buster blader profile?

[@hicrawl5325]

When you summon lubellion with tragedy, why not protecting tragedy search by putting it chain 1? You want to protect lubellion from belle?

[@nathansparks9814]

So I have a burning ruling question. If I summon Lubellion while my ONLY copy of mirrorjade is banished, can I shuffle it back into the deck alongside a banished fallen of albaz or light hex sealed in order to resummon the one mirrorjade? If I remember correctly, rulings in rhe past where your opponent could not with a reasonable doubt discern If you have more than one of a card in any place, that you COULD do this sort of thing, because fusion materials go to their destination before the fusion monster hits the field, meaning the materials return to deck and extra deck, and then I summon mirrorjade. Does this work the way I'm thinking? I've been thinking about this at work for like 2 hours 😩

[@99099]

No, play 2 Mirrorjade, you cannot fusion summon a monster if you have no applicable targets in your extra deck at the time of activating the fusion spell / effect.

[@nathansparks9814]

@@99099 but there's no way to discern that from the opponents point of view, so even if it wasn't a legal play, nobody can prove it aside from a judge and even then they give game state unknown information to the opponent. Which is why I don't get it.

[@99099]

@@nathansparks9814 Yea, I reckon you're an infernity player who mastered the art of setting monsters. Like, you can get away with it, but that does not mean you're able to do it.

[@nathansparks9814]

@@99099 I actually was asking for the sake of knowledge when going against the deck, I have it built but im enjoying exorsisters rn, never played internities. Thanks for the ruling answer tho.

[@99099]

@@nathansparks9814 Yea, sorry if I came off a bit... you know. I made the joke about infernity cuz players used to set monsters as spell and traps so they could resolve launcher. Led to the good old mst otk where they surrender if you hit the set monster with backrow removal. I actually just got a collector rare pax, so we're actually building the same deck lol.

[@jonathanaleman1475]

What would you take out for brave engine?

[@LauncherSpiderMk7]

You could take out the TTTs and an Aluber. Not sure what else, though. You could also run a smaller version of the Brave engine.

[@warriorofgod2700]

TTT, 1 tragedy, 1 aluber, 1 belle, and run 43 cards is what I would probably do if I wanted to run brave. Personally, I prefer the frightfur package. Feels bad clunking the hand with extra brave stuff. At least with the frightfurs, everything furthers your fusion game while netting more cards for either more fusing or discard fodder

[@omfgusername002]

DPE is insane but not being able to use verte makes it so much worse

[@noslee2667]

Will this deck do well in 60 card pile version?

[@MSTTV]

Sure why not

[@WardensTCG]

Nice build.

[@nivek.arevir]

Invoked Caliga would be an interesting tech lol

[@TheFrostHydra]

There's some builds that run the whole invoked engine tbh

[@ka3zar16]

the only think i dont really understand is when do you go for dragoon+ masquerade + branded in red or winda + albion lubellion instead of mirrorjade + chimera (first combo) as going first without knowing what the opp plays.

[@fooltool]

Dragoon first required 2 cards to really out

[@ka3zar16]

@@fooltool yup but dunno mirrorjade+ chimera sounds better to me

[@fooltool]

@@ka3zar16 hmmm don't know what those do but it's either dragoon or winds for me this is a wel;come change

[@ka3zar16]

@@fooltool it essentially is 1 pop 1 non target banish 2 draw 1 add 1 add or set spell/trap, pop is on summon non target banish is quick eff

[@fooltool]

@@ka3zar16 hmmm sounds good

[@YourAverageAmerican175]

you use despian tragedy's effect even though you discard for cost with branded opening? I thought it had to be sent by card effect not by cost

[@ruboboyo4579]

Branded opening discards for effect not cost, is a semi colon not a colon

[@YourAverageAmerican175]

@@ruboboyo4579 I noticed that when I was reading openening. I read superpoly and it has a semi colon.

[@domagojrepinec9977]

Aesthetically dragoon just looks like its made for this deck

[@dpacula63]

Hopefully Alubers reprint makes the card affordable because it’s back up to $130.

[@brandonbernier4115]

Ghost from the past 2 comes out next month and it has a reprint. I'll wait and pay $60 for 3 copies.

[@Adjaleva1]

Don't care what you say about Frightfur i'll use it since Despia was released and i'm not moving them. Do you think that Forbidden Apocrypha is a nice side deck to Despia or too bad because they float

[@Leo98pm]

Just play barrier

[@warriorofgod2700]

D-barrier is better. Why let them float when you can prevent it all together?

[@LeW_42]

For the winda combo, can anyone explain how to do it without keios in your deck?

[@BWSamurai69]

Pretty sure you can make it with the light hex sealed fusion and fallen of albaz going into Albion. Make the hex sealed fusion count as a shaddoll, and fallen of albaz is dark I believe

[@Frieza_Megalomaniac]

Hex Sealed has to specifically be a named monster

[@shrimpcx]

What would you remove for the adventure package?

[@MSTTV]

1 Despian tragedy, 1 triple tac, super polys, Dramaturge, and not play 40

[@shrimpcx]

@@MSTTV you would keep 3 alubers?

[@DanielFlores-fo1ee]

@@shrimpcx Yes definitely

[@l3thalkillz3r]

so ad libitum can revive dragoon? I thought dragoon couldn't be targeted?

[@MSTTV]

In the GY goon has no effect

[@mrrogers3581]

That text refers to when it’s on the field.

[@animeandrice9664]

Why can’t u use light hex to replace Albaz with branded fusion

[@warriorofgod2700]

Hex (as with 99.999% of all cards) don't have effects while in the deck, so you can only use it for its attribute. Once it hits the grave, it's effect to substitute for something becomes live

[@warriorofgod2700]

@312desolation to my knowledge, there's only one monster that has a summoning condition that triggers in the deck: theinin the great sqphix...or something like that

[@xatuyou8045]

I tested shaddoll with the deck and I found that I never went into the fusions so I cut them for invoked.

[@thomasherald875]

Hieratic seal of the heavenly spheres works great in this deck. Allows you to get rid of 2 strong monsters on opponent field. Return one to hand and special albaz and fuse using the other.

[@jangaman7823]

Yeah but its bad with branded fusion

[@thomasherald875]

@@jangaman7823 believe me I know but some players are budget players, do not have aluber, or some of the other cards. So, I was throwing ideas. Spheres is very easy to make.

[@it2140]

God I love this deck...shame that i'm going to have to drop so much money on Aluber. Should have bought them during that low window.

[@umarhamza3214]

You could wait 3 weeks for the Aluber reprint in Ghosts From The Past 2. A person leaked most of the cards, if not all of them from the set earlier today. Check it out if u havent!

[@it2140]

@@umarhamza3214 But...Secrets.... (Oh shit thanks I hadn't seen the cards. I'll just proxy out a test deck to practice with then :D)

[@alesinianunderdyne5021]

@@it2140 i know. the secrets are nice, but sometimes, one must settle

[@it2140]

@@alesinianunderdyne5021 Well, last Saturday I pulled a starlight Ecclesia and got all three anyway.

[@neilpenafiel5469]

Very random but I love yugitubers who can pronounce cards properly why do some ppl just completely butcher some names

[@DanielFlores-fo1ee]

Cough cough the cali effect

[@MrFaustoPapetti]

no patchwork engine?

[@MSTTV]

Not this build, u can easily mod it to include it. Remove triple tac, 1 tragedy, 1 dramaturge and super poly.

[@MSTTV]

I actually like theater... It's oddly makes aluber much better....

[@MrFaustoPapetti]

@@MSTTV i would like to keep dramaturge honestly, how do you feel about the malicious denier combo?

[@AnkerAuctions]

Deck list is only 38 cards. Did you forget to add the bricks for the Fusion Destiny?

[@MSTTV]

I'm sure this is a 40 build. I had to recount several times. Was super poly in there?

[@MSTTV]

I'm sure DpE bricks were in there too, common because we don't wanna draw them

[@MSTTV]

Is it foolish? In any case of u could 38, foolish + upstart.

[@grandmasterSamurai20]

how does this deck deal with secret village of the spellcasters if a spellcaster is on opponents field all I can see if opening the light hex fusion or bust

[@TrollingJar]

Fallen of Albaz

[@grandmasterSamurai20]

@@TrollingJar yes but you'd have to open the hex fusion to sub for dark magician to get the spellcaster on field and that's a 1 of in a 40 card deck none of the branded/despia fusions are spellcasters only spellcaster in the whole deck is dragoons or if you play brave engine water enchantress

[@warriorofgod2700]

Evenly matched if you run it in the side. They lose the field spell, or the spellcaster. You can also normal summon effect veiler in this particular build

[@TrollingJar]

@@grandmasterSamurai20 Sorry, it was a throwaway answer on my part. The Albaz is an answer in the main in this particular deck list. If floodgates are a major concern, then you need to prep your sideboard accordingly.

[@grandmasterSamurai20]

@@TrollingJar all good i actually dont play this deck a friend does i play dogmatika impcantation nekroz and i put secret village up and unicore and he scooped soon as he seen me drop vanitys ruler on my turn 2

[@BoltSpider]

A few things I would change in the list I would cut Despian Proskenion for a 2nd Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon since the card really isn't needed I would also cut Titaniklad for a Despian Quaritis You are going too heavy on the Despia side of things as 2 Tradedy would be perfectly fine and same for Aluber Finally I would side the super poly in the side deck for things like Foolish burial and other normal staples Over all the Adventurer Despia Branded version of the deck is better than a pure version but that is my opinion

[@hirukashiro5995]

3 aluber is mandatory for pure build like in this video. The reason OCG list use 2 aluber because it mixed with the brave engine, which conflicts with normal summoning aluber

[@MSTTV]

Stealing DPE is something I want.

[@warriorofgod2700]

Branded adventurer despia... B.A.D. ...misleading acronym lol

[@BoltSpider]

NGL that really is a misleading acronym lol

[@hirukashiro5995]

@@warriorofgod2700 how about DAB? Despia Adventurer Branded haha

[@YouseeMourinho]

How to beat 'em

[@Nani-qg2ig]

Yo Shaddoll beast is better to send cause you draw 1

[@Cestrada2013]

I’d like to see the branded adventure deck profile

[@junevue9665]

Yayyyy no frightfur engine

[@sayed7568]

Can you get away with running one guardian chimera

[@LucDiesInTheEnd]

of course, you just need to manage your resources and know when to use Chimera optimally

[@sayed7568]

Thanks

[@alexlee7668]

I recommended cutting lubellion to 1 and play 2 mirrorjades or cut the 2nd masq

[@AngelofDeath333]

Absolutely no

[@alexlee7668]

@@AngelofDeath333 cool ok

[@Adjaleva1]

@@AngelofDeath333 i use only one Lub, because i use him to return it and go with Mirrorjade, and i put inside other thing like Blue-Eyes Tyrant for Eldlichs

[@AngelofDeath333]

@@Adjaleva1 that sounds like an interesting play using Blue-Eyes tyrant dragon against eldlich

[@calebdeleonWassup]

Can we get a build with the adventure stuff 😁🙏🏽

[@palacios185]

Dude this is expensive I checked on ebay.

[@MattSinz]

Personally I'd go for Albion, then banish for Lubellion, shuffle back for Dragoon, then use Theater for the Masquerade.

[@nathansparks9814]

Lubellion is a -1, so in that line of play you'd be unable to fuse into masquerade unless you drew a God hand of branded fusion, patchwork, and 2 monsters with usable search effects plus a spare pitch card. It's just not likely. I've been testing for days on end now and every time I go Albion into Lubellion I miss something major.

[@MattSinz]

@@nathansparks9814 What are you talking about? Aluber plus Branded Fusion or Thearter and a discard is full combo. Summon Aluber and use it's effect to add branded fusion or Thearter(the one you didn't have obviously), use branded fusion sending Albaz and Goddess with the Third Eye from deck to summon Albion, use Albions effect to summon Lubellion, use Lubellions effect discard and shuffle back for Dragoon, then use Theater to summon masquerade by sending Aluber and Lubellion.

[@nathansparks9814]

@@MattSinz while that IA full combo, and you're right, a lot of the times you end up needing to search branded fusion somehow, not just start with it. Which changes your whole line of play. You're not wrong at all, but in practice you will never open branded fusion + theatre and even if you did, you also need to have the monsters to fuse for the masquerade, which isn't super likely with how spell heavy the deck can be. You're not wrong at all, but normally it's not that simple or easy, and as soon as you get hit with one negate, it either ends your turn or you play through it at the detriment of a much weaker board. I speak from experience, 7 outta 10 times, it's much more efficient to go Albion into mirrorjade or dragoon directly, and skip the lubellion step.

[@jordankoontz1661]

STOP FLICKING ME OFF

[@wreckoninggames]

My favorite deck theatre lesbians

[@nayhoward424]

🤣🤣🤣

[@210matrix]

TOOOOOOMBOOOOOOXXXXXX

[@VrpalnRIsr]

-Blames Adventure package for a Handtrap format. -Forgot we are in an Handtrap format since 2018. -Yep Handtraps are a good thing for Yu-Gi-Oh. Also I'd cut one Mascarade and replace it with a Quaeritis and add a Branded Disciple in, Quaeritis lowering the ATK of Monster under lvl 8 and Disciple negating the resolve of monster effect with 0 ATK or DEF.

[@MSTTV]

Umm 🤔 we are in a double handtrap format... Old ratio use to be 9 per 40 but now we are maining 12 to 18... Depending on deck size .

[@geek593]

It's a hand trap format because you need to build to always have two in your opening five because Brave can eat the first. Just last year we had a couple of formats where you could get away with 6-8 hand traps since Tri-Brigade of all decks was the dominant force in the meta. Before Brave I played nine. You know that Brave is warping deck building when Ghost Ogre shot from extremely niche to meta staple overnight.

[@colemanwhittenburg9191]

1st comment!

[@neroavila3445]

Zzzzzzzz

[@Cheese0911]

Bruh we need a budget deck. Aulber is 160 a copy. Dragoon is 160. And guardian is 60 bucks. Way too expensive. Please do a more budget friendly deck.

[@MSTTV]

Trust me the reprint of aluber is coming, it's like been announced already in gftp2

[@geek593]

Play a smaller Despia engine (Tragedy, Ad Libitum, Branded in Red), play more Kitts, add some Keeper of Dragon Magic as scuffed Aluber, play Branded Lost, and play Predaplant Dragostapellia instead of Guardian Chimera for a quick negate off the Red/Ad Libitum play. Maybe play Shaddoll Beast/Winda. You won't be winning any regionals or a YCS with slightly upgraded structures but for locals you can easily play a budget list to tide you over until Aluber gets reprinted in GFTP.

[@brennanmattingly7382]

@MST.TV can you clarify rulings on lubellion and Albion? I have seen countless videos where people are trying to pop lubellion or Albion after they trigger their effect thinking it will stop the fusion summon all together. Because it already activated they do not need to stay on the field to resolve properly correct?

[@KubiFX]

No if they get destroyed, their effects are not negated

[@Philbatrom]

I like the idea of playing The ultimate wizard in terms of attack and defense. Might be worth it to play the brick 🧱 so you can get the burn 🔥

[@fooltool]

Hmmm 🤔

[@Metaljunk39]

Uhm, excuse me sir I'd like to activate super poly, is that good?🤚🏼🤏🏼😂

[@mrrogers3581]

Haha “response? Oh wait, you can’t”