Chaosdramon VS NEO D-Brigade!! | Digimon Card Game: EX-03 Dragon's Roar Arena (SEMIFINAL 1)

This is Semifinal 1 of the Dragon's Roar Arena, a tournament featuring 8 decks from the 3rd theme booster of the Digimon Card Game: Dragon's Roar. First up, Chaosdramon and the D-Brigade will vie for a spot in the finals. Can Chaodramon set up its Trash fast enough to keep up with the D-Brigade's turbo aggro? It's a race to utter destruction!
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[@rustmarrow]

This matchup ultimately boils down to a showdown of speed. The faster usually wins. And although the slower deck set itself up unexpectedly quickly in this match (exceeding all speed records during playtesting), the second half of the match showed all too clearly the consequences of it going faster than intended - a drying up of resources. It does make me a bit sad cos the bosses are 2 of my favourite Digimon, but this is the deck's current reality - especially if you are someone like me who wants to play it in its intended colours. Of course, it does shine in certain matchups that are less fast-paced but it definitely faced one of its worst rivals here. Well, we were promised new support for it in BT-11 so let's see what we get. On the other hand, the deck I was personally rooting for came through. I wonder if they'll be able to avenge the fate they suffered in a previous tournament, long ago...

[@babyfreeD]

You should have played the crimson blaze for 2 memory. Wipe all of the low level digimon, with maybe 1 surviving to be popped by the megadramon effect. attack darkdra. The other Board would be emptied and chaosdra could have cleaned up the the following turn.

[@rustmarrow]

@baby freed I alrdy considered that while playing - wouldnt have worked. Decoy Commandra protects the Blocker. Blocker is Play Cost 4 so it cant be popped by Megadra's inheritable. Darkdra survives either way.

[@babyfreeD]

@@rustmarrow was still a the better play.

[@aiignister8670]

@@babyfreeD not really since the result would still be the same except with maybe the d brigade having more memory. So either way, chaosdramon lost

[@RossBoomsocks]

It was a shame the unstoppable washing machine Mekanorimon wasn't seen earlier to prevent a lot of chip damage, ggs though!

[@Lambda-J]

2 of my top 3 decks having it out! So cool to see EX-03 at work for both archetypes! Thanks for this series.

[@demenos6373]

That was a great showing, sad to see Chaosdramon lose but having expiernce running Machinedramon and Dueling a Brigade player I can understand why. But I do have one question. I'm curious, why didn't you have Machinedramon Block the attack aimed at Duel Color Guilmon? I get Machinedramon wants cards in the trash but so do the D-Brigade and while it would have cost 2 Machinedramon cyborgs to survive the Darkdramon would have died, not having as many sources in trash, also needing to commit to a second attack on the Guilmon on top of that. Don't know how much that'd effect things but I feel like the battle would have changed decently enough.

[@rustmarrow]

@Demenos Great question man, it was honestly a really tough decision, but 2 key reasons: (1) I think Machinedra couldnt really afford to drop 2 evolution cards in that situation. Let's say DP+ MetalGreymon is picked. What about the 2nd one? Small body deletion, SA+, Blocker, Reboot - all key functions that, if lost, could cause them to lose advantage or lose the game next turn. SA+ was big in that situation cos their wincon was to clear Security with Machinedra and win with a 2nd attack. They also didnt have Chaosdra in hand so no expectation to replenish sources. (2) At that moment, D-Brigade had 2 Memory and 3 Brigade members in Trash (4 if you count BT-4 Darkdra going to Trash from being blocked). They could pull off EX3 Darkdra with or without Guils deletion. If Machinedra had blocked and become suspended, EX3 Darkdra could have taken Machinedra out with a follow-up double attack. *While editing, I was actually pretty concerned about this move being a misplay as well so I tried replaying the match and blocking instead, but the match flow and outcome turned out to be almost the same. Losing any of its inheritables so early hit Machinedra hard. I feel the key deciding factor of this match was ultimately them not drawing into Chaosdra early enough.

[@WladcaPodziemia]

Your narration is great and really can hype up the match

[@gododoof]

So satisfying seeing the classic Darkdramon end it.

[@corethunder3487]

This was painful to watch. Having to see my two favorite decks beat each other to a pulp, all the while I'm unsure of who I want to win. Jokes aside, the match was great fun to watch 👍

[@RuneRaged]

Let's Goooo! I'm hyped to see D-Brigade get support and also they have my vote to take this tournament (but even if they don't win I'll still love them cuz D-Brigade was my first Digimon deck, 2nd was Ragnalordmon)

[@MasketGaming]

This is turning out to be pretty sad for me xD all the decks that I was rooting for are dropping

[@alephozone9341]

SOOOO, close!! Ah well, even if Machinedra is my favorite, D-Brigade is still a really cool deck!! Cant wait to see how things go with the rest of the matches!!

[@gregorbonne9089]

My 2 favorite deck great video

[@anthonythomas305]

Epic Semi-Final match

[@addictedtoJB]

That was a spicy match 👌

[@animedude8712]

Dang, that first Guilmon card really scrwed them over. Still, it was a pretty cool match and a close comeback.

[@rustmarrow]

I thought it was a nice showcase of how certain decktypes can have matchup-specific interaction. Not sure if the other Guilmon would have been better tho. Although it doesnt Trash, the D-Brigade would have had no reason to block its attack early on so they would have an additional body, though 1 less Security as well

[@animedude8712]

@@rustmarrow True, but the D-Brigade took full advantage of Guilmon's second effect, letting them set up their full-on attack. While it can be helpful, if you can get rid of Guilmon right away, it will hurt you later. Thou, that just depends on the deck it's fighting. In this case, it was the wrong choice.

[@rustmarrow]

Or rather, the only choice based on hand haha, very unfortunate

[@animedude8712]

@@rustmarrow True

[@joeleonwan408]

I thought guilmon draws would clutch the match but the d brigade still manage to pull through. Also why wasn't analog boy use during both guilmon deletion?

[@rustmarrow]

Analog Youth only triggers when a Lv.5 or higher Digimon is deleted!

[@joeleonwan408]

@@rustmarrow oh right I forgot about the level 5 or higher part

[@TemBear]

This is why i run st black tai in my list ;P Also I'm curious on a ruling. If you had bt7 chaos instead does its deletion effect count one at a time (meaning it plays around decoy) or are all the targets chosen first?

[@rustmarrow]

Unfortunately, it chooses all at the same time so decoy can guarantee 1 survivor among the targets

[@TemBear]

@@rustmarrow Ah damn, a man can dream

[@phoeinxdrop2300]

That came down to the wire

[@yugiwinninglex]

That was good. So close match

[@zuben4077]

Noice games!! Love this card game. And i gotta ask from what game is the first background song from?

[@rustmarrow]

Digimon World 2!

[@zuben4077]

@@rustmarrow thanks!!

[@pegolego]

Which tts digimon mod are you using?

[@rustmarrow]

No mod, I just put stuff in myself

[@vanguardjossu5317]

Question, why didn't machinedramon block the attack on Guilmon in the early game? Knowing the possibility to give a benefit to D-brigade as well?

[@zeekcalzaya]

Pretty sure these are all scripted.

[@rustmarrow]

@Vanguard Jossu it was a tough decision but the Machinedra player chose not to block cos: (1) Machinedra was tied with Darkdra at 11k. So they would have to drop 2 evolution cards to survive. Let's say DP+ MetalGreymon is picked. What about the 2nd one? Small body deletion, SA+, Blocker, Reboot - all key functions that, if lost, could cause them to lose advantage or lose the game next turn. SA+ was big in that situation cos their wincon was to clear Security with Machinedra and win with a 2nd attack. They also didnt have Chaosdra in hand so no expectation to replenish sources. (2) At that moment, D-Brigade had 2 Memory and 3 Brigade members in Trash (4 if you count BT-4 Darkdra going to Trash from being blocked). They could pull off EX3 Darkdra with or without Guils deletion. If Machinedra had blocked and become suspended, EX3 Darkdra could have taken Machinedra out.

[@rustmarrow]

@Zeek Sutton I don't mind if you have issues with my plays as im trying to improve as a player myself, but id appreciate if you try to consider the potential rationale of each move before making such claims. I dont believe in scripting and put in a lot of effort trying to strategise out the best move in each situation. From your other comment, it seems you might have misunderstood some of the rulings involved in todays match as well, so you might want to be careful about that giving you the wrong conclusions

[@zeekcalzaya]

@@rustmarrow I wasn't meaning it as an insult, I mainly meant with the production value, these plays and videis seem scripted to show off both decks total potential. If they are not then I apologize.

[@vanguardjossu5317]

@@rustmarrow Ohh I get it now. Thank you so much!

[@gwinnondavis9284]

What is the your playing on?

[@rustmarrow]

Tabletop Simulator

[@SimpGuanng]

i came.... to this place

[@rustmarrow]

Welcome!

[@tsvetomirsheev3882]

D Brigade best deck

[@alanbaez5354]

Can you evolve ex3 Guilmon onto Gigi?

[@rustmarrow]

Yes

[@ChromiumDome411]

wait what online simulator is this?

[@rustmarrow]

Tabletop Simulator

[@ChromiumDome411]

@@rustmarrow oh thanks man!

[@awankabut0073]

noo chaosdra

[@zeekcalzaya]

If they had crimson blaze first they would have had game...

[@rustmarrow]

Did you not read my popup on why that wouldnt have worked? Decoy would have protected the Blocker. The Blocker is Play Cost 4 so it cant be popped by Megadramons inheritable - outcome is the same

[@CodenameJD]

Now I know you're busy and these videos take a lot of work, but, hypothetically, if you wanted to play a losers bracket, and give Examon another chance to be played, I know I wouldn't complain... 👀

[@rustmarrow]

LOL I will see, things are extremely tight right now