Salamangreat Undefeated! Regional Top 8 - Post PHNI Salad Combos Push Through Nib!

[@absolution1987]

Hey everyone, it's Nick here; the guy featured in the video! Thank you for all the glowing support and wonderful questions. As a lot of people have pointed out there are a lot more lines possible even from the one card starter Salamangreat of Fire that were not covered in this deck feature that I would love to share with the community in another video. I'm in talks with other content creators to show a more in-depth analysis on card choice and utility in a future video! When or if its created there may be a link posted here as an extension to the flexibility and toolbox nature that is Salamangreat as a whole. Keep your souls burning, looking to the next exciting duel!

[@garchompswag1627]

Love this.

[@dannysreview2814]

​@@garchompswag1627fire list. Congrats. Good luck in your tournaments to come especially ycs if you do.

[@Dreadlash]

Good news ! Congrats again ! Any tips for when your opponent use Nibiru really well? Like on the effect of Will (you don't get back the bodies and used the search of Raging...) ? Currently struggling with that, as good players will know where Nib will hurt the most...

[@Dreadlash]

Good news ! Congrats again ! Any tips for when your opponent use Nibiru really well? Like on the effect of Will (you don't get back the bodies and used the search of Raging...) ? Currently struggling with that, as good players will know where Nib will hurt the most...

[@ChampionMarx]

Your combo is ment to play though Nibiru but it also requires using weasel in your combo and that card is what let's you play past it so doesn't a Nibiru after the summon of weasel just kill you?

[@MSTTV]

I haven't done other peoples full deck profiles in a while, Do you like the full list? 1st Person View seat on combo?

[@valopezLA2Sc]

Love it

[@BeanMagoon]

really good stuff!

[@Trillogyyy]

I want this guy to narrate every deck list on yt

[@TheSliferSlacker199]

Dudes out here looking like the next Antagonist from Duel Monsters 🤣🤣🔥 nice list bro

[@Circ00mspice]

His hair is not spiky and colourful enough

[@ManLikejimmy]

😂😅

[@TheSliferSlacker199]

@@Circ00mspice he’s got fingerless gloves, he’s in all black, and has a millennium puzzle chain.🤣 if he’s not a YuGiOh antagonist, then he’s about to lead the dark side of the force 🤣

[@jangaman7823]

Nah. More like the anti hero that sacrifices himself in the end so that the hero can beat the true villain

[@daxonion]

Appreciate this guy cooking the salad! will definitely try it out for myself as salad has been one of my favorite decks

[@raj73ist]

Great guy proved he can handle modern

[@ditto493]

As an avid Salald player, it is great to see the deck do amazing stuff. I will test these plays out at my locals. Thank you!

[@ninjawxyz1260]

I have loved Salamangreat since I picked up 3 copies of the structure deck back in 2019 and Salamangreat feels so good after Phantom Nightmare and the new Legendary Duelist support. Promethean and Meowmine give the deck so many ways to interact. I have also seen lists that include Salamangreat Tiger to make Barrone or Savage Dragon as another point of interruption.

[@calvinwilson7527]

Idk why its weirdly refreshing to hear people say the entire card names

[@hiaxel]

The gloves have to be his Millenium Item. Dude is the main character!

[@BeanMagoon]

cool profile! love to see innovation like this!! thanks for the video

[@ThetrueKidGoku]

I was so close to giving up on Salad. This just gave me a big boost. Thanks. Will definitely try this decklist out

[@absolution1987]

Keep dreaming and shoot for the stars, it's as fun as it looks.

[@theniteowl7777]

the full screen deck layout is appreciated. i hope that will be the format for future profiles.

[@flickerygems7779]

Might cop this

[@stayflyxx]

Love all the deck profiles I'm seeing from regionals. Just goes to show that there is a lot of unexplored potential in the format, even with Snake Eyes around

[@jonathanclark7556]

Brooooo no shot its this guy! Guy always beats me at locals.

[@valopezLA2Sc]

What a legend

[@magnuvabricks3876]

Why does he call the 4th summon the point where your opp has to nib? Wouldn't you just nib them after the princess summon from gy or their end board?

[@MSTTV]

Because you can see in the combo

[@MSTTV]

Because if he puts princess out, he will full combo AFTER nib

[@magnuvabricks3876]

@@MSTTV the combo still loses to nib on the endboard tho Also the extension he shows in the vid dies if the nib is late

[@dominickangelo4319]

@@magnuvabricks3876 no it doesn't. As long as you hold onto Weasel until AFTER your opponent uses Nib you still end on full combo.

[@absolution1987]

To clarify I believe I said "now after this summon" which would be Princess as 5th they would need to cut me off from playing with Nibiru, however it is true you can wait for Princesses effect to resolve before I summon Phoenix. However as someone pointed out already I can protect the new Baelynx with the old one to still have 4 materials worth to Link so it's a moot point but good criticism. I intended to be clear but as everything was unscripted some interpretation got lost.

[@anthonylee4689]

Lets goooo nick

[@the-kud]

As a fellow salaman player I congratulate you! And also thank you for the video this information , decklist and combos all are very useful and enjoyable ty

[@aWildJersh]

Bro I haven't touched Yu gi oh in like 3 years, and and seeing this lowkey has me hyped lol I love salads!

[@rileypittman1307]

Both combos shown are not one card combos. Both are shown having weasel in hand and opening salamangreat of fire. They are 3 fire bodies plus weasel combos

[@absolution1987]

There will be a video with more comprehensive combos including one card starters in a more structured format soon! I hope you look forward to it.

[@geogreysword]

Couldn't be more happy being a salad player right now

[@HokageTaeyeon]

Banger

[@coreybrittain6178]

I have chosen to run 3 Fire Recovery over Cynet Mining due to Cynet Mining being a target for Droll and Lock Bird.

[@timothyzeiler2902]

no exceed and bagooska?

[@Dreadlash]

What do you do if you get Nibbed on Will effect? Seems hard

[@IlBorga96]

You scoop

[@ryann42]

Bro.... the Zenmaines is SO funny. I gotta try some of this out

[@mrhenk007]

Kaiba energy from this guy

[@jakob1809]

8:10 nib _riiight here_, on my 4th summon

[@MSTTV]

That was intentional, becauseif you nib after princess you end up giving them full board.

[@sanketower]

@@MSTTV Then just Nib after Princess already used her revive effect.

[@dominickangelo4319]

@@sanketower you can still play through nib even after Princess uses her revive effect. When princess summons from grave you banish the baylenx in your GY to protect your other one (yes, princess will still resolve ). This leaves you with princess + baylenx = raging phoenix

[@sanketower]

@@dominickangelo4319 What do you protect with Bealynx? The Nib token? xD

[@jakob1809]

@@MSTTVmakes sense

[@seraadrc9090]

does dropping nibiru on the end board instead not just end their turn

[@MSTTV]

I kind of told him to only show nibiru pathing. I did not give him a chance to show his alternative pathing if he had Foxy, Jack. But if you did nib at the end, then Weasel can do enter the board, Fowl / Jack in the GY would typically act as follow up making Sunlight Wolf and dropping a GY monster the opponent's field to get back Gazelle into hand. GY loaded with Princess, Salad of FIre, Meow Mine, Raging Phoenix. Its really not too difficult to follow up as He does have a hand full of cards after all. He was at table 1 round 8. So I'm sure he has more lines.

[@seraadrc9090]

@@MSTTV i see, was curious what the recovery ty

[@TheCritMagnetTV]

@@seraadrc9090 @MSTTV A lot of the ways to play through Nibiru are also possible by holding the Weasel while you build your 2-3 interrupts. If they Nib on: Summon of Princess (no effect yet) - Special Weasel, link Weasel into Balelynx, trigger Weasel to special a body to their side, trigger Princess targeting the body + Balelynx, protect Balelynx on field by banishing Balelynx in grave, Princess effect to special a fire from grave, resuming combo Immediately after Princess effect is used - Special Weasel, link Weasel into Balelynx, trigger Weasel to special a body to their side, trigger Princess targeting the body + Balelynx, protect Balelynx on field by banishing Balelynx in grave, link Balelynx and Princess into Raging Phoenix, resuming combo Summon of Raging Phoenix (before reincarnation link) - Special Weasel, link Weasel into Balelynx, trigger Weasel to special a body to their side, trigger Princess targeting the body + Balelynx (destroying both), trigger Phoenix in grave to special to the field. Now you can even link Princess and Phoenix for Phoenix, triggering Phoenix effect. Summon of Raging Phoenix (after reincarnation link) or anytime at the end of main - Special Weasel, link Weasel into Balelynx, trigger Weasel to special a body to their side, trigger Princess targeting the body + Balelynx (destroying both), trigger Phoenix in grave to special to the field. Now you can simply link Princess and Phoenix for Sunlight Wolf. On the opponent's turn, you can trigger Princess targeting their monster + your Wolf, protect Wolf with Balelynx on res, and special Princess under Wolf's arrow to add follow-up from grave. Hope this helps!

[@hedge6191]

My Salad Heart is hurt, but everythings possible in NA

[@alexribeiro2234]

Olha o estilo desse cara kkkk sensacional

[@ChampionMarx]

And so the debug vs SOF debate continues

[@absolution1987]

Both are great! I prefer the consistency that Fire gives me over anything else however.

[@ThetrueKidGoku]

SOG also has the graveyard effect. It helped OTK a lot. You set up the board and if you don't have enough damage, use SOF effect, your monster dies and use Raging Phoenix's effect to Special Summon from grave to attack with the extra attack points it against

[@GhostofTChalla]

I wish there were regionals in my state

[@Squiddys]

oh wow hes back!! also i never thot i would see ZENMAINES in 2024 xD

[@absolution1987]

It's back and still striking fear in people's hearts! Good to see you again pal haha.

[@Circ00mspice]

"I have fire at home"

[@Short-ox4xf]

I've always seen people wait till the very end. So I say end phase, they say before moving to end phase. Nib. So then all the salad board is fucked. No one nibs the moment princess hits the field. Atleast not in my experience

[@epthopper]

You can still beat Nib in that case as long as you’ve kept Weasel and play 3 Raging. Summon Weasel, make bale, weasel eff, princess eff, trigger raging Phoenix in GY, remake raging with raging + princess.

[@Short-ox4xf]

@ethanhopper2467 right, wasn't weasel used during this combo? Is there another way to do so without involving weasel to carry the combo on?

[@absolution1987]

@Short-ox4xf There is! I just chose to use it since I wanted to showcase Zenmaines as an option since I had banished Spinny earlier and didn't have another lv 3 at hand for a side tangent remark.

[@Short-ox4xf]

@@absolution1987 is it in this video as I didn't see it. Or maybe I didn't get it haa

[@rangeless]

Salad beat deck

[@Dreadlash]

Just wait to Nib after the princess effect thought

[@dominickangelo4319]

Nope, as long as you hold onto Weasel until AFTER your opponent uses Nib you still get full combo. If the opponent is smart they would wait till after re-linking into your 2nd raging phoenix. And even then it won't matter if you have a 3rd phoenix waiting.

[@Dreadlash]

@@dominickangelo4319 I think I got it, you can use Balelynx protection effect to virtually get 1 more body

[@Dreadlash]

​@@dominickangelo4319 I think I got it Balelynx protection effect can be used to virtually get one more body But still the same problem, there will be greater spot to use Nibiru I cannot see how we play through Nib on will effect (no bodies will be summoned) or even at the end of main phase Ok, you keep weasel in hand, but what board are you making? Princess + Raging is no interruption You can extend into sunlight pass getting back will for next turn You can go into sprind but without any XYZ Any idea?

[@BoBnfishy]

Oh yeah it's "tooOOOOOooommmmmbox"

[@wargros]

One card combo, but please draw the weasel

[@MSTTV]

Well you don't fully need weasel, weasel is to eat the Nibiru at face value. Alternatively, there are board that can just let you hold back the Will of Salamangreat and play with Jack Jaguar / Foxy and extend to the board without the massive push.

[@enderplayz9452]

​@@MSTTVor you could just play debug so you can run wicckid to search it.

[@rsfmu]

Yeah I was gonna say

[@wargros]

Jack doesn't work as you need a level 3 to make *Coughing in 2012* Zenmaines

[@Reflecter16]

How is this list "cope" if it yielded results? Because it's not the list you use? Yu-Gi-Oh isn't a game of copy and paste, it's a game of different decks used by different players. The community has some weird moments where a simple "congratulations" can't be given.

[@justawarlord]

it's a regional, lmao, a glorified locals.

[@dominickangelo4319]

Yup... yugioh toxicity at its finest.

[@tefa8927]

Huh.

[@adagilb2111]

If they nib you in the first phionx summon then whar haha

[@Nkacnologia]

As a Kashtira player, I just draw and give him a free Lava Golem, special either Fenrier or Unicorn and if he wants to bounce my card back to hand he can 😆 😂 🤣 Gotta give it to him for topping that must have throwing so many people off xD 😆

[@mirceadolineanu9715]

Well, what if you chain nib to princess summoning from gy, rather than immediately after summon🤣🤣🤣 I can't imagine people are just throwing out nib on the fifth summon, especially against salad. Not to mention that if you wait until he makes sprind and nib there, it's completely gg.

[@manny4893]

lol what’s with the weight lifting gloves??? Hahaha them cards must be HEAVY 😂

[@hakkentosh]

Why is bro dressed like an anime antagonist?

[@cadenburton7612]

This is a April fools joke right?

[@xabi6]

Nibiru combo was wrong....

[@JoshMcQueen-qi6zo]

This has got to be a joke right? April fools passed. Nick is deceiving people and the reason for his two draws is the amount of slow playing that was happening by him at this regionals. Pretending to not know what cards did and asking his opponents to go back because he misunderstood what was happening. I won’t go into the marked cards allegations since his history can shine some light on that as well. Why doesn’t he tell the truth that his favourite card all tournament was scattershot for game in time. That would be an accurate depiction of his regionals.

[@juanmurillo9767]

The copium is real

[@knessy6446]

Nah, the deck is actually solid. Not like tier 1 or anything but it's good. Although, i don't necessarily agree with this build.

[@nigamnation]

​@@knessy6446the deck is good but the statements about nibiru are cope

[@knessy6446]

@@nigamnation The deck does have two card combos that play through Nib though.

[@nigamnation]

@@knessy6446 correct

[@mosbylol]

the list is so cope

[@e-tan3911]

Do explain why.

[@mosbylol]

@@e-tan3911 Mole is shit, fowl is mediocre, cut both. I dont like Crossout in the main because it is useless going second but in the Side it is mandatory. Why only play Roar if you can consistently end on both traps. Cut Almiraj etc

[@mosbylol]

play Worldsea Dragon Zealantis for example and he has more gimmicky cards

[@BeanMagoon]

I'll pay attention to ur opinion when you place higher with salamangreat at a regional this format. looking forward to seeing it :)

[@mosbylol]

@@BeanMagoon i dont expect you to pay attention to my opinion, i dont care about you either