UPDATED - BRANDED DESPIA - EASY GUIDE & DECKLIST! [Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel]

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Sorry guys forgot the BGM

[@Shaintrix]

Bgm?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@Shaintrix background music

[@Shaintrix]

@@Moha-MasterDuel 🤣 okay . Thx for the vid i reactivate my master Duell Account Last Month (Close IT because the tearelements mill Meta) and your video Help me a Lot to handle my old despia Deck to Upgrade and Play after the branded Bans and the new byst cards.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@Shaintrix welcome back! And glad I could help!

[@ahcahcahcahcahc]

Didn’t even care about the lack of bgm

[@xophanlo8802]

You are the first imo to give out the best and easiest tutorial for branded! Thanks man! Really appreciate the help and tutorial

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the nice words!

[@andrewhines8234]

I love your content!!! You are excellent at presenting it in an interactive and easy to follow format. You present the combos alongside clear and concise directives and I really appreciate this about your content! I dream of a world where even if people aren't fond of Branded, they are versed in how to play and counter it.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate the nice words! I always forget to include a “how to counter” section, will do for future guides hopefully I remember

[@riadbiar7121]

As always your guides are awesome and I really loved this guide

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thanks a lot! Really appreciate it

[@hallowbtg]

Such a good guide to branded! I tried many videos to get into the deck, and this one does it best!

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thanks a lot! Glad I could help

[@DarthSupervian]

thanks!! awesome combos and video.... as a Branded player I Apreciates this so much

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thanks A lot! Appreciate it

[@ShadowYGO]

Banger alert!! 🎉😮

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Just like every one of your videos 😏

[@CheshireSnake]

Ty for the guide, subbed.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Ty for subbing, Legend.

[@islembou9]

Is there a going second version ? i hate going first

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

It’s usually a going first deck, you can try adding board breakers like evenly matched or lightning storm or maybe dark ruler no more if you want

[@Jhontay84]

What are the most essential extra deck cards of you can only craft 10-11 of em?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

My extra deck is: 1 Mudragon (SR) 1 Garura (UR) 1 Furious Dragon (UR) 1 dragostapelia (SR) 1 Titaniklad (UR) 2 Albion (UR) 1 Quaeritis (UR) 2 Mirrorjade (UR) 1 Lubellion (UR) 1 Alba-Lenatus (UR) 1 Granguignol (UR) 1 Rindbrumm (UR) 1 Sanctifire (UR) Which is 13 URs If you can only get 10, you can drop alba Lenatus, drop 1 Albion and 1 Mirrorjade

[@smolbodybuilder1602]

is this deck good in the current meta? Or which one should I build if i already have purrely and kash?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

According to masterduelmeta.com this deck is tier 2, just behind kash and purrely, same as dragonlink

[@jiujitsuman9643]

I’ve needed this so bad bro lol

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thanks for watching!

[@cartervsclements]

ive done the same thing with less cards this is wild lol and this is why turn takes so long lol sick

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thank you!

[@Z.Santos]

Branded despia it's the best deck!!!!!!

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Branded best deck let’s gooo!

[@4evertyranitar]

Guide is good even though by now I know a lot of combos, yet I'm stuck in Diamond because I either brick or my opponents put up too many interruptions. What do you think about either removing crossout or branded beast for a third Albaz? For a while now I've enjoyed having 3 in deck, especially with Kashtira around

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Definitely not beast, you can try Crossout tho and see how it works out for you, I do believe 3 is too many tho

[@4evertyranitar]

@@Moha-MasterDuelThe third albaz has come up a lot for me. Although I'd admittedly run 3 aluber instead of 3 albaz if we had that

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@4evertyranitar true, if you’re in a situation where u need 3 Albaz often go for it!

[@alexjoshuaws]

Taking out beast is fine, you also don't need 2 mercourier but it's nice to have. Same with branded regained, super poly. not needed. All of these can be played around with. Slot in your own variants and see what you like. What works for you is what's best

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@alexjoshuaws true those cards are fine to play around with, I really wouldn’t take out beast tho, gives me an extra disruption almost every turn

[@nopeno-s5r]

Great combos, but what I've been looking for is a guide to play like Vector or April does, being able to combo without even searching branded fusion, to avoid losing to ash EDIT: nvm april has yt lol

[@ahcahcahcahcahc]

Thank you for this

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Glad I could help!

[@RikkaYugi]

ohhh i havent done this versoin yet :D! if i ever go back to branded, ima copy this lol p.s the voice is ALWAYSSS so smooth ;)

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Lmao thank you bro!

[@lualarra1]

I add it a skull invitation and a kurikara to the deck is that bad?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Skull Invitation isn’t good at all with this deck, it needs its own burn deck, Kurikara is good, helps counter the current meta!

[@lordflower2185]

5:00 Why does Mirrorjade count x2, how can You use it two times in your opponent turno? I didnt know that was something that was posible😮

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

After you use mirrorjade’s effect the first time, you activate branded in red, you add ad Libitum to your hand, then fuse into chimera using Mirrorjade, ad Libitum, and any other monster, chimera will activate to destroy 1 and draw 2, ad Libitum will activate to summon Mirrorjade back, Mirrorjade can now banish again

[@Abominamogus_]

the best guide I've ever seen

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thank you legend!

[@Gleech]

after building dragon link, branded despia is the deck i want to build next but im already out of UR 😭 any recommendations on what packs/structure decks to buy?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Branded does have a secret pack so that helps, also don’t craft fusion deployment it’s in a structure deck!

[@Gleech]

@@Moha-MasterDuel thank you so much!! will grind more so i can build this deck soon!

[@johnmarkaban8591]

Is the Branded deck have to be bought (Planning to play Master Duel in the future)

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

It’s cheap to build decks in master duel, you can collect some gems then easily build branded

[@elpsycongroo69]

Is this deck playable going second ? also does it lose to ash branded fusion ? Kinda sceptic about building this

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

You’re good going second, branded doesn’t care if they have arise-heart, plus you have cartesia to protect from targeting, Albaz to fuse with opponents, and super poly Sometimes you lose to ash sometimes you don’t it really just depends on the hand, sometimes you can follow up branded in white and pretend ash never happened

[@2al466]

Nice guide there thx sir

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thank you!

[@CS-dx1fx]

Great video for beginners. I've a question in mind. Isn't it better to play 3 copies of lubellion & 2 copies of cartesia? Coz these cards produce many more interruptions than with just a single brandes fusion?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

You can but I wanted to keep it at 40, I feel like 1 cartesia is fine tho

[@CS-dx1fx]

@@Moha-MasterDuel ok thanks a lot. Great video. Thanks

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@CS-dx1fx glad I could help, thank you for watching!

[@icxpruss299]

Nice videos, but what about branded tearlaments?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

I am thinking about building this deck for next video, we’ll see

[@belowavemko6958]

Can I remove maxxc for nib or other hand trap cause branded kinda hard going second for me plus idk this deck very well

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

You can try it and see if it works for you, but try including Nib alongside Maxx C, gives you a better chance of drawing Nibiru if your opponent summons a few times under your Maxx C

[@MrSeroxian]

As a new playr who just lovs this deck, I appreciate this video a lot!!! I just have 1 question: what happens if your opponent uses Maxx "C" and you can't negate it by any means? do you just do a small combo, or do the hardcore one with 5 interruptions and just pray its enough?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

You just summon Rindbrumm, end on 1 negate, if he deals with your Rindbrumm, your Rindbrumm can summon fallen of Albaz from grave to fuse with opponent’s monsters, which fuses into Mirrorjade which can banish, for 3 disruptions after they Maxx C, while you only special summon once, they only draw 1

[@MrSeroxian]

@@Moha-MasterDuel I'll add that combo to the list, thank you very much 🙏♥️

[@alexjoshuaws]

​​@@MrSeroxianTLDR mirrorjade + end turn. ->This effect of summoning albaz off rindbrumm only summons mirrorjade if the opponent has a monster from the extra deck on the field, otherwise you can only use it with a dark/light/lvl8+/monster summoned this turn depending on what you have in your extra deck A more safe option is to summon out mirrorjade when your opponent plays Maxx C.

[@alexjoshuaws]

As you get more comfortable with the deck you'll learn more turn 2 plays you can set up like having cartesia on board can allow you to summon everything during your opponents turn, or using your branded spell/traps also.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@alexjoshuaws at some point, all decks will summon from extra deck, and the decks that don’t like Labrynth and Mikanko, they have light monsters to fuse with, so imma have to disagree with you on going into Mirrorjade, I’d rather go into Rindbrumm

[@deftabyss280]

Great guide! Never knew some of these interactions and ive been playing branded despia for a while. Also what do you think of triple tactics thrust in this deck?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thank you! If you can somehow find space for thrust every deck should play it even branded despia, however I couldn’t find space for it

[@deftabyss280]

@@Moha-MasterDuel ok i see. If you could take out cards for thrust tho, what would you take out?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@deftabyss280 maybe take out 1 Bystial Lubellion? 1 Crossout, 3 Ash blossom, you have 5 spots for 3 thrust and 2 targets, or 2 thrust and 3 targets Thrust can also search branded fusion which is insane btw

[@deftabyss280]

@@Moha-MasterDuel ok cool. Ill give it a try, but i can understand the slots being limited. I can try your list first then if i dont have problems ill just keep it as is. If not, ill tech in thrust

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@deftabyss280 great! See what works best for you and adjust your deck accordingly, hopefully all goes well

[@collidgemart7959]

basically what i already use except had to add kaijus kurikara and a jinzo special summon to deal with kash purelly and lab decks

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Interesting, do you have a way to search or summon Jinzo?

[@andrewhines8234]

If your going second against Lab recommend forbidden droplet to interrupt lady, If you're going fist. Recommend Mirror jade alongside branded fusion trap and superpoly nukes them, I've never heard of Jinzo in a Branded deck tbh. Thrust at x3 and 1xHerald of abyss solves towers btw.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@andrewhines8234 I’ve been trying to find space for thrust and it’s targets in branded but there’s just no way without going over 40 cards or cutting ash and/or Maxx C

[@andrewhines8234]

@@Moha-MasterDuel It is so hard no doubt about it! I just accepted I don't need Ash or imperms and instead use cards like Verte, Cartesia and Albaz to play around disruption. The deck suffers once you add too much none engine or follow up in it.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@andrewhines8234 true, but I just can’t bring myself to cutting ash, I need it to negate Maxx c which I see in every duel in ranked

[@sabergenesis]

Shout out to all my Despians. We’re still on top 💪🏾

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Will Always be on top 💪

[@kmw5100]

out of curiosity for anyone in the comments, I have been doing alright with branded despia, built it on a new account and climbed to diamond pretty quickly, but as I have to cut room since I finally crafted 2 called by the grave for this deck, I have to cut one card to keep it at 40(judgement of the branded was the obvious cut for the first called by) should I cut branded in red or branded in white? I'm also not running branded beast in this deck since I can get a pop out of borreload furious dragon and use the effect of branded opening in grave to keep the body on board.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

I wouldn’t cut out branded in white, if you want to cut out branded in red, you gotta take out ad Libitum as well, but again I wouldn’t do that too

[@mukhesitshivhase9367]

Hello I'm trying to build a Branded Despia Bystial Dragonmaid but I am struggling. Can you help please 😢

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Of course! I found this Decklist online: www.masterduelmeta.com/top-decks/master-v/september-2023/dragonmaid/screwdriver_alarm/kgoSr What else can I help with?

[@mukhesitshivhase9367]

This build is perfect Thank you.❤❤❤😁

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@mukhesitshivhase9367 glad I could help

[@samuraituff9653]

You're extra deck is interesting you don't play the verte or barrel dragon And you play both despida fusions well all theree No Iron Springs no i forgot the other one but i liked it sp ima just try this Ima try this deck in duel cup and im in stage 18 i was at 19 then i derank because of dragon link the floodgate trap cards the ftk decks And i really should have like a kaiju or something Edit: After adding a few things I can say what an amazing deck it can surrive kaiju and evenly and can bait out negates kind of And i just played against kash and beat it and i did the full combo you did in the video thanks for showing me 😁

[@alexjoshuaws]

Tripple tactics helps vs floodgates and is generally just such a good going second card. Kaiju arent really needed imo, you have albaz, springans and once again, tripple tactics for tower monsters

[@samuraituff9653]

@@alexjoshuaws tripple tactics does not help It doesn't do anything it doesn't effect runick or eldwitch and other things like that And they they just have skill drain and the others Now if it's something like those toxic rituals that can non stop negate that also doesn't help or Naturita beast etc... Purely spright and so on You could just use a kaiju to wipe the toxic cards and play the game for free But overall I'll rather have kaiju sense they can't be negated tactics is also good but they could just say f u and negate

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@samuraituff9653 really glad to see you’re doing well! Happy for you!

[@alexjoshuaws]

@@samuraituff9653 tripple tactics thrust -> "herald of the abyss" (non target monster removal) 'Ttt' -> "lightning storm" (destroy all atk pos monster OR all opponent spell/trap) 'Ttt' -> "evenly matched" (opponents board is cleared except for one card of their choice) You could also use any other "normal spell/trap" using this effect, get creative. The ones I've given are used against the current meta, floodgate and also tower monsters. Yes ofcourse a spell can be negated, but that's one less negate against your branded fusion, branded opening, aluber, cartesia etc. Point being, if you open with one playable card, you're stuck if it gets negated. Tactics simply helps your going second turns when the spell isnt negated; and if it is, then you're worrying about one less disrupt to start your board. Kaiju / golem is good but ttt works against floodgate / is more versatile against different matchups

[@Rainb0wb4rf]

I took too long to get in on this and now saronir is limited to one 😭

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

All good bro, bystial lubellion to 3 and you’re fine, since it can search Saronir

[@youtubeenjoyer7279]

nadir servant is at 3 it's time to abuse it, dogmatika engine makes ash on branded fusion a no big deal.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

But don’t the monsters you send usually activate during the end phase? What can you do during your turn with nadir servant other than search a Dogmatika

[@youtubeenjoyer7279]

@@Moha-MasterDuel not really. nadir servant is the last card you play since it locks you out of summoning from extradeck. when your branded fusion got ashed, nadir servant can bring out mirrorjade+negate on your opponents turn. ex. activate nadir > pitch sprind, then add albaz > end phase (toggle on) during end phase > activate sprind > summon kitt > activate kitt > add high spirits return 1 card you dont need > activate high spirit > discard albaz > pitch albion then add mercourier > activate albion > set branded in red or banishment > pass turn. then on your opponent's turn, you can activate the set card to summon mirrorjade. so you still have 1 banish + 1 negate even though your branded fusion got ashed.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@youtubeenjoyer7279 that’s insane! Why aren’t more people using this? Is it cuz it requires a lot of main deck space?

[@youtubeenjoyer7279]

you will only search ecclesia if you have albaz on your grave. adding albaz via nadir servant to discard it later and make sure that it was on the graveyard for your branded in red/banishment play on your opponent's turn.

[@youtubeenjoyer7279]

@@Moha-MasterDuel ya, most players are card deck perfectionist that's why. their deck principle is "it's either 40 or 60" hahahaha. all players know that branded ultimately dies to a single ash and playing 40cards with branded fusion at 1 might be on a weak side since there's no recovery from getting ashed.

[@BokehBard]

Where’s the deck list?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

10:50

[@hendrianfajar]

man i've been trying to craft this deck but the pulls im getting are so rigged, spent 15K diamonds not a single mirrorjade 😭. 73 UR more to craft this deck ❤

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

So unlucky man, you got this!

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

I hope you didn’t craft fusion deployment, it’s from a structure deck

[@hendrianfajar]

yeah i bought 3 copies of Cyberdragon structure. but still the Alba abyss pack is super rigged. im debating on should i get battle pass thingy for it.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@hendrianfajar always buy the battle pass bro, you get all your gems back in full if you finish it, + 100 UR points

[@Shinomori_]

the prob is branded mosty get bricks on this current situation

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

You can now add triple tactics thrust tho, if they activate an effect you can use thrust to search branded fusion

[@Shinomori_]

@@Moha-MasterDuel i mean branded decklist is going too far from what supposed to be.. so much external cards added that makes a bricks if we stay with basic decklist it will simply outclassed. i hope konami release quem and santifire soon :(

[@andreperry7995]

Im using my Branded Kashtira deck in the Duelist Cup right now.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

How’s it doing for you?

[@andreperry7995]

I made to the round 2 with the deck. The deck can go first or second. I was playing thru back row, stun deck, and good boards. I like the deck man.

[@andreperry7995]

My bad been busy too.

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@andreperry7995 that’s amazing bro well done!

[@andreperry7995]

@@Moha-MasterDuel I send u my deck list.

[@raffycruise4465]

Do you have a budget build 😂

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

You can play 1 mercourier, 1 Bystial Lubellion, no super poly, 1 Albion, no Garura, no Quaeritis, no alba lenatus, the rest id say are core cards

[@Flomdcho]

Love the archetype but too complicated. Too weak against lab and kash going second (which is 80% of ladder…) not enough room for non engine or board breaker

[@alexjoshuaws]

Nope, you havent played the deck enough. this deck stomps kashtira I have over 85% w/r vs it. Learn the ins and outs of the deck / combos

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@alexjoshuaws the deck can do well vs kash and labrynth depending on the hand/situation, I agree on not having space for board breakers tho

[@andreperry7995]

U could add that new spell card to your deck that allows you to search for any spell or card. Just add evenly matched or lighting storm.

[@robski.]

Kashtira has to be most annoying deck in the meta.. period

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Agreed

[@Phantom-ZER0]

Agreed. Run Triple Tactics Thrust and 2x Raigeki if all you're seeing is Kashtira in your rank. Pop their Fenrir and Arise then start your combo Edit: Or if you have a deck that can special Summon 2 level 4 monsters without triggering any monster effects for Fenrir to banish, then you can also run an Exciton Knight to pop board.

[@iStayBlessedBro]

Hello, i would like to make a branded despia deck, but i have to restart the game to so, should i focus on getting the fusion bosses first from packs or should i prioritize staples first ?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Prioritize the bosses first of course, they’re in a secret pack so should be easy, then get the staples after

[@callmehjames5089]

Love the combo's man! ❤

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

Thank you!

[@callmehjames5089]

@Moha-Masterduel that's okay man! How many hand traps should you run in branded is 3 Ash 3 inperm and 2 called by the grave to much for the deck?

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@callmehjames5089 I run 3 ash 3 Maxx C 2 called by 1 Crossout, I feel like that’s a good ratio, if you want Imperm maybe you’d have to go over 40 cards, or cut 2 ash blossom and add 2 Imperm if you don’t care about Maxx C

[@callmehjames5089]

@Moha-Masterduel oh yeah I run 3 max c aswell with the other hand traps too haha

[@Moha-MasterDuel]

@@callmehjames5089 so what you gonna do? Go 42 cards? Or drop Crossout and 1 ash? Or drop Crossout and 1 Maxx C?