Yu-Gi-Oh! Raidraptor Top 16 Iowa Regional Deck Profile and Combo! Ft. Gaurav Ohol

[@timethief148]

As the raidraptor user that won that mirror match, it was a pleasure meeting you and I’m glad that you were able to top when I ended up losing to goblin Horus 😅. Goodluck in the future!

[@AzrielTheOne]

Thank you! I thought I was the only one in that group that said Kali Yuga was bad

[@brus9727]

kali yuga is still the best way to play the deck, you do 2 towers instead of 3 and you have a 3500atk that tecnically make the opponent skip the turn and has a heavy storm quick effect...

[@BigLadle99]

Also less consistent and more vulnerable to handtraps

[@J1GS4W0]

@@BigLadle99 not now, it isn't; high probabilty to do Kali Yuga over 2HT's, and people are finding ways to get rid of the 2/3 unaffected falcons. Dharma Cannon is the card, when it get more poppular this build will need no evolve

[@richard8670]

@@J1GS4W0 can you kali yuga off 1 card without playing any random garbage bricks?

[@BigLadle99]

@@J1GS4W0 2 badly timed and unimpactful handtraps maybe. Kali yuga build has to run too many bricks

[@gauravohol1749]

Next time we going for that top 8 finish

[@EmanueleOrlando0055]

Great decklist! Only one thing about nibiru: it can conflict with bloom volture that is insane, if you open raid wing + bloom you got r knight untargetable and the normal summon

[@brendantarleton5855]

Earned my sub. Explaining combos/ side patterns was above and beyond. Nice list and congrats on the top!

[@Miwles]

the combo wasn't actually that good, tribute is a 1 card for a lot better of an endboard playing just as safe as they were in this combo

[@rangeless]

For the resistance! 🐥⚡

[@Joke1Time]

What happens if I activate Rise Rank Up Magic Raidraptor Force targeting 1 on the field and 2 in the grave to summon Rising Rebellion Falcon but they banish one of my targeted monsters in the grave? Does Rising Rebellion still come out?

[@UnworthyandGrateful]

Nope

[@PlusquamPerfekt256]

Congrats! Very impressive!

[@Ro_RR0]

Nice video bro, good consistency, what do u think about the kashtira engine ?

[@powwow2000]

can you please drop a video of combos and how to play through certain hand traps please i love this video !

[@pretends2know]

17:31 Perhaps I misunderstand, but why is this field setup a Nib choke point? Niburu can't tribute towers because Niburu tributes on resolution, meaning towers are unaffected and won't be cleared from the board.

[@AhriPlayer]

Nibiru will tribute the rest of the board, and we need the rest of monsters to summon the second tower with the rank up. I think it is this

[@nerazim1110]

Ultimate falcon has the effect: you can detach 1 material from this card; your opponent cannot activate cards or effects for the rest of this turn. If they don't chain nib, they can't activate it anymore

[@raphaelwilkes97]

@@nerazim1110 lmao ultimate falcon doesn’t have that effect

[@nerazim1110]

@@raphaelwilkes97 you're not beating the non-reading allegations

[@raphaelwilkes97]

@@nerazim1110 damn you are absolutely right I take a big L

[@n_if]

why not crossout to negate their imperm or veiler on raiders knight

[@k.l.lamont2278]

Amazing profile fellas, congrats!!!

[@josend7248]

No raiders wing??

[@yamimonkey9632]

why not send fuzzy with the tribute its full combo

[@gauravohol1749]

Cause we dumb lol

[@cramones]

Why no Raiders Wings?

[@LordR6]

Do y’all think ash is cutable or still main it?

[@garylloyd9949]

I dont get this with snake eyes and burning. Is this burning is flamberge is in the s and t zone? Ive been reading some contradicting rulings.

[@nerazim1110]

It could be interpreted in different ways, but the chokepoint is: is flamberge considered as a destroyed monster or a spell? Personally, I believe that it's considered a spell. The reason for that is another ruling in zombie world vs melffys. There is a card that is activated when summoned by the effect of a beast monster. However, if summoned by the effect of puppy, while zombie world is on the field, that on-summon effect will not trigger since puppy was a zombie monster at activation. I think similar logic can be applied here

[@monkfishy6348]

It's officially ruled as calculating the damage based on the original ATK the monsters had on the field. As Continuous Spells do not have an original ATK and are not monsters, it is not considered in the calculation. This being ruled wrong has won Raidraptors a lot of games. It's clear because it says "original ATK of the destroyed monsters", the destroyed monsters in the Spell/Trap Zone were not Monsters (this is a well known rule already) they were Spell/Traps. This is just an extension of that ruling. "When you inflict damage to your opponent, the original ATK of any monsters on the field that were destroyed is added up. (Monsters that were destroyed in face-down Defense Position in the Monster Zone are also included.) Cards that were not monsters on the field (because they were Spells/Traps in a Spell & Trap Zone) aren't included in the total original ATK."

[@marcostrevizanuto3245]

have you guys thought abt using raider's wings to prevent the raiders knight dying to an imperm? i feel like its kinda needed to run at least 1 copy just to feel safe

[@SamuS_]

How do you play if the opponent use impermanence on raiders knight?

[@brus9727]

you hope to have extenders in hand usually

[@BigCheechin]

Play Sauravis, negates imperm and veiler, not once per turn, and negates princess going second.

[@lip0110]

You put raider wing under it and it can’t be target

[@andresvalencia4335]

what about using the designators in the main? think it's better to secure the combos instead of baiting the HT's and pushing for less efective combos...congrats for your top

[@gauravohol1749]

You already win going first. If you focus on learning to play through and traps you win that game. Maining the designator is only good going first. I lost all my dice rolls except 1 so it wouldn’t have favored me

[@Koutei]

are you guys aware that both arsenal falcon and rise rum raidraptor's force don't let you use satellite cannon falcon's backrow wipe?

[@gauravohol1749]

Yeah? I mean there’s no need for it when the towers does it anyways

[@Koutei]

what's the logic behind running it then? sure it's another way to get into rising rebellion falcon if they crow your brave strix or something but at that point isn't a second brave strix better?

[@gauravohol1749]

@@Koutei summoning it off arsenal falcon is some situations where you get nibbed occurs bc you can use it and brave to do damage and make the towers. That’s the only application

[@danielivanov9608]

Dumb question but why aren't you allowed to use satellite cannon backrow wipe if you summon it with the rum?

[@markomatijevic2865]

what cards do you side out?

[@itisme2043]

2 Questions: Why dont you summon noir lanius of the arsenal? You can get the heel eagle search early and can summon smt better later on. Then using heel and arsenal for wise strix. Also why dont you immediately send fuzzy of thw tribute lanius so you can use mimicry to search the continues spell? Also you dont have to waste another wise strix that way

[@wert677]

I'm guessing it's so they can get resources to the hand for next turn

[@itisme2043]

@@wert677 naw its legit the same but better. I just dont know if there is a line of text preventing that which i donr know of

[@YuGod23]

Why not use tribute to just send fuzzy on the one card combo. You can summon mimicry later on and search roost to get the extra draw

[@3604marine]

How does RR are uneffected by Nibiru?

[@dissidiamaniac460]

They have it as a built-in effect

[@Viticus]

is Noir lanius that good to open? I feel like he's a mediocre normal summon tbh. I guess it helps playing through an interruption if Raider's Knight gets stopped cause you get to add a level and overlay 5 (?) but I don't see that "add a lvl"-ef being used that often either. I would appreciate an argumentation for running 3 Noir.

[@gauravohol1749]

The level modulation does come up if you decide to make wise strix first. I see arguments for playing less of it. However it and bloom or with another extender is full combo

[@rangeless]

Level modulation is insane to go directly into arc rebellion but tbh might be okay to play as a 1 or 2 of cuz it's searchable

[@feuerweier]

Do you have Problem with D.D crow or bystials Can play around it ?

[@lemlem35]

They're really good against the deck tbh, because they can take your Brave Strix out your GY before the rank-up resolves leaving you without the big towers. I think if you're facing a lot of bystial/d.d. crow play in your local scene id probably run a few with those crossouts when siding for going first

[@MrThereplier]

Nice profile, a few questions regarding the sequencing of the 1-card combo because I'm also playing this deck but haven't done extensive testing: Why send mimicry to add fuzzy when you can send fuzzy to add fuzzy? This would allow you to use mimicry later on to search for roost and then the trap. When you summon off of Arsenal Falcon, I ss noir to add heel eagle then link off using heel eagle and falcon. This saves 1 Wise Strix later in the combo (could free up 1 slot in the extra deck maybe?). What is the reason you do it as shown in the video over the sequence I mentioned? Thanks, congrats on the result.

[@parallelwooju]

Honestly i see no valuable reason aswell, the combo you mentioned is the standard combo for me too; Also they say Nib is relevant when using Rebellion eff to summon their Noir but if they've gone standard route they would have Roost + Trap + Draw 1 from Roost eventually which is honestly still a good board after a nib (2 towers + omni-negate)

[@CardSharkTrades]

Is there a way to recur the rank up spells and traps if they get banished??

[@captainmunchlax4808]

As far as I’m aware there’s no in archetype way

[@dissidiamaniac460]

Heel egal can banish itself to recover a rank up. Use roost to put it back into the deck after to recycle it

[@RaresMardare]

So this deck if you don't open handtraps can't really be beaten by most decks (huge unaffected towers), board breakers don't work, kurikara doesn't work as they don't really activate during your turn, you either need kaiju or herald

[@gauravohol1749]

You specifically need kaiju herald doesn’t work rather bc you can just send the link monster since it’s also a dark winged beast

[@Avermra]

@@gauravohol1749 Evenly can clear out all but 1 tower and Thrust into Daruma is another out to all towers. There are outs that also have coverage in other matchups, but definitely not the most popular kind.

[@gauravohol1749]

@@Avermra you can use the rank up spell in GY to banish itself and bring back the towers, so those don’t really impact the deck. Evenly wastes their BP and so they need to out the towers through engine which most decks can’t. Thrust into cannon is very niche and no one is playing it since it’s so bad against fire decks. Lab can play it, but there’s a reason lab isn’t topping atm because it has a horrible snake eyes and fire king match up

[@michelelovascio8858]

what's the purpose of satellite cannon falcon?

[@TheVolkage]

If they crow the brave strix during the Rank up you can still go into satellite cannon falcon.

[@gauravohol1749]

It also is something you ss off the arensal falcon so you can use brave strix and it to make the rank 13

[@mosreal127]

Satellite is also for backrow they can't respond to destruction

[@amazinmusic217]

How did they chain the spell they just set to nib ?

[@gauravohol1749]

I’m assuming you mean the quick play spell set of wise strix. Wise strix allows you to use it similar to hydrant

[@antwanbrown6465]

Raidraptor Gang

[@christopherterrazas8325]

How does rising rebellion get to 5300 ark

[@BigLadle99]

Brave strix as material gives 100 atk for the rank of the monster

[@milanpuretic7829]

new meta coming...

[@mattiacolucci1785]

Great result congrats. I am a raidraptor but in the version with phantom kinghts. I am so in trouble about chose this or the pure version. Obv the pure one is more consistent but I think that let you make a less strong board. On the other side the phantom one has too bircks and has less space for ht, but let you make boards way better with the link 3, requiem and others (I do not play kali too). What do you think about this? I tried to let the deck be better by adding swallow cards but the main problem still the bricks and even now, hands are not so goods as I hope the would be. Can you give me some advice? Thanks

[@gauravohol1749]

I think pure is the way to go. I think it’s hard to win with the hybrid build due to the bricks. We initially tried it but it just doesn’t work but the ceiling of the deck is higher. But rn it just doesn’t really work coherently imo

[@BigLadle99]

You mention making wise strix to bait the handtraps but if people start to learn where to handtrap the deck would raiders knight first be the play? Also, making wise first makes you much more vulnerable to nib right?

[@gauravohol1749]

Good observation sir, It does make you way more vulnerable to nib. I think you just need to pick what you want to go for. It’s either you play around nib or imperm/veiler you can’t really do both atm, but we’re working on something that might work

[@gauravohol1749]

I still think you go wise strix first if you can bc if you go raiders and detach you can use wise strix to set a rank up

[@BigLadle99]

@@gauravohol1749 but in neither scenario can you make it to the rank 5 here if raider gets imperm'd right? So setting the rank up isn't really that relevant unless I'm missing something

[@gauravohol1749]

@@BigLadle99 so I’ve been testing with the other rank up that allows you to rank up 1 higher it’s the other raidrator rank up. They play it at 3 in the OCG. We’ve been testing that for this scenario. Look into it, I can’t remember I’ll follow up shortly

[@akeemjoseph4932]

I’m fully convinced everyone is using the new rank up spell incorrectly. Yes you can target 2 xyz in the GY and one on the field but the card clearly says at least 2 have to be face-up during resolution in order for it to work

[@emperorshun4750]

Cards in the GY are still face up. It's just written on the card so you can't use XYZ that got shuffled back or banished face down as a chain to it. TCG just used confusing language on it and bloom, I can foresee the judge calls for unknowing opponents.

[@andrewalvarez4975]

Saying you don’t automatically still imperm the raiders knight is criminal 😂. If they have extenders, they have extenders. Not hitting raiders knight is still the best place to hit it so they would have to already have a mimicry in hand plus say a bloom vulture to get them on field to continue into brave strix. Also brave strix can’t set rank-up magic skip force since it not only does it have raidraptor in its name, it’s not always treated as a raidraptor card in its text. You have to use the second effect to add to hand. Which lets you get droll’d right after , but you can still make a decent board.

[@gauravohol1749]

🤣🤣🤣 criminal indeed. You either need noir in GY or mimickry to make them level 5. You use the wise strix to set the rank up spell and then use brave strix to set the main raidraptor rank up spell in the combo if you get drolled

[@BigLadle99]

Can't bloom when raiders knight is on the field as it's not a winged beast

[@luigiballarini6674]

Bro if they nib you then you can't special heel eagle becaufe of the token

[@kylarprice6721]

We finished out the combo as if we weren't nibbed that's why the link monster was still on field

[@parallelwooju]

Have a hard time believe this deck survive 2 Imperm or 2 Veiler. People were imperm'ing tribute lanius or something ?

[@gauravohol1749]

People didn’t understand the deck so they were hitting my normal summons, but I would play in a way that checked for handtraps so you’d make wise strix first then make force strix, then make raiders knight

[@grayhunter7945]

If you didn't normal summon you can play past the nibiru if you go wise strix first which is very nice all you need is an extender and this is where you need 3 force strix too

[@jaredricci9278]

THERE IT IS!!! The doctor! And the Aqua lol....where is my jersey lol

[@otakuboy2992]

can you really make raiders knight with fuzzy lanius ?

[@threevelayt5302]

It's considered a raidraptor card, I don't see why not

[@otakuboy2992]

@@threevelayt5302 thx

[@JoziGaming]

Pure RRs is the way to go. You can add hand traps but i feel the pure build has so many extenders now that the deck can kinda bait out shit ass hand traps. Good build. Now? how long have you played RR and it better have not been recently (I bet it was) 😂 😂