Teaching my Viewers How to beat Rikka Sunavalon

[@AlexanderMadolche]

I'm a US listener who catches all of your VODs, thank you so much for doing this plant breakdown. I would love if you made this a regular series. Knowing the ins and outs of various lesser played decks is hard for me. Thanks much, you rock.

[@ultradolp1335]

A couple of pointer in regard to the deck as a Sunavalon Rikka player * Dryas plant lock is extra deck only. Snowdrop, Petal and Konkon search effect all lock you into plant period. This means that if any of those 3 activated the effect, they can't summon Regulus anymore (Note: If they have Regulus in GY they can still use Lily Borea to get the negate effect) * In 90%+ of cases, primula is just a search target with glamour. Note that primula only SS itself when YOUR monster is tributed. Meaning she won't SS if you use Konkon effect and tribute opponent monster * In the rare cases, Primula is a valid search target for extender. Jasmine and Lonefire both tribute monster. This only really comes up if you already used/have Princess, and you need another extender after getting interrupted (Jessica has a line in the combo guide using Primula) * If you want to stop petal coming back on end phase, just make sure they have a non-plant monster on field. This includes: Regulus, Kaiju, and any facedown monster (e.g. with Book of Moon) * Fun thing: Rikka sheet does require preventing activation of a target monster effect. This means that Rikka sheet can't steal a non-effect monster (Learned the hard way playing against DM) * Because Dryas is not a HOPT, a lot of time a Rikka player who get interrupted will try to go on a convoluted loop (like lonefire their own jasmine) to summon loci and Dryas again. This is why trying to interrupt Dryas isn't really great if you can (Ash should be used on sowing, Imperm should be used on Jasmine when she tributes a plant monster away)

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

Newer player taking notes, these posts and Jess's combo guide are why I understand any of these cards lol. I have the kinda brain that needs to familiarize myself with cards, reading it doesn't help until I already have an idea what it does, so these kinda posts fast track a fair bit of headache for me lmao. Better I learn here sheet can't steal normal monsters than in a game lol.

[@alexandrubragari1537]

Man i really hope the lessons continues, not only rikka but other decks too. But the ocg breakdown is always the best part, too fucking funny to see your reactions ahahaha

[@Jaddas]

I have been playing rikka for over a year now and despite knowing all the cards and combos, i paid more attention than the majority of chat.

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

Picked it up on master duel and I really quickly realized that if I get a physical deck for playing, it's probably gonna be the plants. Deck just has some incredible ability and when you full combo when your opponent has no interaction, you basically just win no matter how much gas they drew because it just slaps so hard. Also, having a negate from GY feels like cheating.

[@brrr954]

Thank you Josh, I shall now become Rikka Sunavolon's strongest soldier

[@raykirushiroyshi2752]

Expectation:people learn how rikka works and do not missplay against it Actual rezult: a lot of people start playing the deck and it gets even more tops. Would be extremely funny if this happened

[@chrisb.2028]

I doubt it would happen, either konami ban jasmine or the sunavalon engine (effectively killing the deck) or people specifically built their side deck to beat it, is seems clear to me with this stream that people just don't like the deck and would rather play a deck with ways to beat it rather than trying the deck, people who play it do so because they like it, not because is the meta call.

[@chrisb.2028]

I doubt it would happen, either konami ban jasmine or the sunavalon engine (effectively killing the deck) or people specifically built their side deck to beat it, is seems clear to me with this stream that people just don't like the deck and would rather play a deck with ways to beat it rather than trying the deck, people who play it do so because they like it, not because is the meta call.

[@TheDjdeath45]

*Unknown to Josh atm, he would found out what E in EU really stood for*

[@幽霊船-o4h]

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[@toto789land]

@@幽霊船-o4h stay tuned for the next stream vod (without giving too much away, he followed through on the plant exam and it was fuckin hilarious)

[@acidtdi]

We need more videos like this. Legit breakdowns of decks one card at a time discussions. Every deck/combo video on yt is like....do this then that and this that get that guy. There ya go the deck....

[@martinschoofs1932]

Where were you, when Josh told you that glamour doesn't lock you into plants?

[@hackermans]

2:35:11 This decklist is actually viable in Master Duel right now without the SHS. Having the Valyantz able to do their combo without a normal summon is insane; they end their turn on Dyna and Spellcaster village as massive floodgates after they finish setting up their board. I had to face that.

[@bearrios]

Reading Rikka cards or a Two hour lesson. * Hits play *

[@UncleForHire]

Can't let Rikka keep getting random occasional wins, they must be stopped no matter what.

[@jamesbaltimore955]

I really enjoyed this. Very informative. Please please please do more of this for other decks

[@pianoman303]

Would love to see more in-depth guides like this, even for more well known archetypes like branded. Really helpful for new & returning players.

[@Cavernasu]

This was a really fun stream, hope Josh does another similar stream sometime for other decks (whenever there's an opportunity).

[@Ragnarok540]

I wouldn't be surprised if Rikka wins an event in 2024.

[@DirtCheapFU]

Spring, Fall, Winter Solstice?

[@tbates2906]

⁠​⁠@@DirtCheapFUAll of the above

[@danger67]

This was one of the funniest streams Josh no cap 😂👍🏻🔝

[@iXSIKOBOIXi]

It might be that Unchained plays under Droll and you can droll on your turn to counter Maxx C, which gives you another card that completely turns off Maxx C without really stopping your plays

[@declanhogan617]

As a new tcg player I’d love to see more deck classes

[@josephreis2915]

Not gonna lie josh, I need a class in every major deck rn, I’m dumb and this was very informative and I need a teacher to read 😭

[@novoid7016]

fyi the defense position thing def can matter and is good practice forsure but sowing does protect once so it only comes up if u attempt to pop them once first before they battle

[@stardust9470]

Excelent analysis.Hopefully everyone can learn a bit,both people who try to counter plants and plant players themselves

[@frig7014]

soft once per thousand years

[@alexandrubragari1537]

Best comment

[@Ibrouprofen]

More professor schmidt.

[@astrofish00]

Just like in jujutsu kaisen with CT, when you reveal how our plant stuff works it becomes stronger 😏

[@nachitogameplays9024]

Evenly matched

[@justusneubeck]

Neo flamvell was in the fireking structure deck

[@alphaaqua2869]

Thanks for teaching us how to “beat” rikka sunavalon josh!

[@ChrisSaur]

How the hell do you mention Arrival@ignister but not Vanquish Soul Valius? Cmon man it hurts 😢 my (Vanquish) Soul that people always skip over every VS examples.

[@DirtCheapFU]

Also, I'm kinda hoping if they do hit Rikka, for whatever reason, people start playing Rikka Flurries for a Konkon target. Rikka Flurries is such a ridiculous card but it just clunky to play in the deck atm.

[@chrisb.2028]

What does flurries have to do with hitting rikka?

[@panduhadi1337]

The best part is so little in MD understand how rikka works, and they dont know where to ash it

[@justusneubeck]

only in a thousand years I see it thrice a week during locals

[@redlimes4808]

Someone activated Kaiser Colosseum on me with their Sky Striker deck and it crushed me

[@prestonmccoy7097]

I don’t summon Lily Borea off of Lonefire. I search it and summon it off its own effect.

[@davidranner1194]

aber volle kombo betdeutet man braucht jedes rikka monster was man ja theoretisch macht wenn man nicht gehandtrap wird bzw zum flaschen zeitpunkt ?

[@justusneubeck]

if I tribute strenna with my monarch stormfront does it trigger?

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

Everything that tribute those card will always trigger the floating effect Including tributed by kaiju,lava golem,ra sphere etc Even if you negate strenna effect

[@chrisb.2028]

So long it says tribute, it will trigger.

[@tatsumi-dono2868]

Using this video to become a better rikka player and play better around people that tries to counter my deck

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

Thats actually what a lot of dedicated plants do Especially when playing around nib

[@justusneubeck]

I need a rescue ace lesson

[@angramainyu1813]

Jessica is smiling because chat cant read the cards (delete the next vod)

[@angramainyu1813]

@@hhghfhhfh6146 you really had to do that huh?

[@dst4909]

​​@@angramainyu1813do what? He is a dude

[@geiseric222]

@@dst4909who cares what you think lady

[@Adalon-]

​@@dst4909correct

[@zera3947]

​@@dst4909God forbid letting someone be happy huh

[@matevosvachyan5494]

They should just ban dryas like how they did my homie scarecrow dirty. I mean think about it, rikka has less starters than samurai but if fully uninterrupted if you didn’t go for the grimy ftk’s with samurai just standard like baronne savage regulas appo with hella cards in hand It’s a similar # of interruptions. The rikka ones can slightly be more annoying being able to tribute your stuff. Rikka still has the luxury of being able to play broken cards like thrust and whatever non engine they prefer. Before anyone thinks I actually think dryas should get banned I don’t. Rikka is fine a s a deck, there’s just lots of similarities 🤔

[@frudthegamer1012]

im going to spend my birthday money to support the Rikka Foundation and ruin yugioh as much as possible

[@giangole]

I still dont get it why people pronounce loci Lokay, it's latin you say locee the same goes for Cherubini is spelled KEhrubini no cherubini

[@UncleForHire]

Probably because nobody speaks Latin, and it's written in English. If it's written in Spanish, French, or Portuguese in translated cards those that use them can pronounce them however they want with their own language rules. Seems fair no?

[@giangole]

@@UncleForHire in what universe loci if it was an english word would have been pronounced lokay, also what you said after makes no sense yugioh is full of words from different languages (like japanese) and those are still pronounced the japanese way not with the english sounds

[@UncleForHire]

@@giangole I understand your confusion, you see in English the card is titled Sunseed Genius Loci, but in Spanish its Solarsemilla Genius Loci, and even if some words are identical, the Spanish will use their Spanish pronunciations on the Latin and English words just like we use English to pronounce the Latin one. If someone from Japan says Go-do-bye we don't correct them, we know what they mean and accept that's how they pronounce the word. Same with Burrito, we don't use the hard double R sound natives use, we say Bu-ri-to, and that's fine too, Spanish speakers don't get agitated at us for pronouncing their words our own way. So if we pronounce Loci as Lokai that's fine too, obsessing over the pronunciations of foreign words so that we pronounce them exactly like the native speakers of the language is unnecessary for proper communication. Imagine if we did that for every single word, German, Greek, Latin and French, speak them like how the native speakers pronounced them just for the sake of being pointlessly accurate.

[@DirtCheapFU]

Note: Do not attempt to negate Konkon on tribute effect. You can not. It is a field condition, it is not activated. Some judges will not allow you to reverse the action, if they know you attempted, failed and tried to change the negation back to Glamour, etc. You have to negate the Glamour, etc card's activation. I've had a few people rage and puff their chest at me after matches. "It's the rule, baby".

[@darkmagicianfan3423]

Isn’t glamour a cost to tribute? Wouldn’t it tribute before it can be negated?

[@Adalon-]

​@@darkmagicianfan3423Correct.

[@DirtCheapFU]

​@@darkmagicianfan3423Yes. You have call target to Glamour. Not Konkon.

[@prestonmccoy7097]

This is hilarious how Josh is almost taking it personal that Rikka keeps finding a way to win. There are WAY more degenerate decks that you should be annoyed with winning besides Rikka lol.

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

Because last few tournament ,he was stomped really hard by that deck,hence why his opinion about plants drastically shifted

[@prestonmccoy7097]

@@abdurachmanromzy4778 Oh ok lol.

[@chrisb.2028]

​​@@abdurachmanromzy4778was he? no wonder he talks about the deck so begrudgingly.

[@abdurachmanromzy4778]

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[@yamine_Q_ray]

what if the rikka lessons did the opposite and just made better rikka players

[@chrisb.2028]

I doubt it, true rikka players over extend and end in a dancepione with no interruption, and rely on the opponent getting dazzled by all that mumbo jumbo that they will just scoop.

[@gb4770]

1st. Set 5 pass

[@emiliovgc507]

I'll be honest this shouldn't have ever needed to happen, you European players never learn.

[@gb4770]

This is a personal attack on Jessica, why are you transphobic? /s