Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Lavalval Chain Changes Everything

I have a firm dislike for Crystal Blessing for so long, on top of other low utility spells of the archetype. For me, the only relevant cards for CB was Beacon and Promise. However, when Lavalval Chain comes out, it allows Crystal Beast to gain a pace or two to match current decks. I can either stack Pegasus or drop it to the grave and revive with Blessing. Furthermore, Lord of Tachyon Galaxy brings about one of the best revival card of late. Below is what I have before testing :

3 Maxx C
3 Photon Thrasher
3 Pegasus
3 Topaz
2 Ruby

3 Crystal Beacon
3 Crystal Promise
2 Crystal Blessing
2 Crystal Release
2 Pot of Duality
2 Rare Value
1 Crystal Abundance
1 Dark Hole
1 MST
1 RoTA
1 Monster Reborn
1 Swords of Concealing Light

2 Torrential Tribute
2 Breakthrough Skill
2 Pinpoint Guard

One for one removal like Smashing Ground used to be a staple for the archetype but they have taken a back seat as more cards of Forbidden Lance niche is released. Some access to mass removal wont hurt though, if only as a mean to stabilise before getting to combo pieces. Concealing Light can be treat in the same mould and it allows for some nifty trick too. It will more often than not bait MST (important in this deck), and it combos with Lightning Chidori!  

Pinpoint Guard is very very good. This MST/Storm-less format might just turn out to be a blessing for this card. Also worth noting (fwiw), this Top 8 Madolche deck play a copy of Scrap-Iron Scarecrow.

As I get to testing, here's the unfortunate thing: I faced no meta deck in devPro TCG rated. All are random decks like Gravekeepers, Monarch, Scrap, even Ancient Gear (fucking otk with 8800 trample fusion) and I lost to lots of them. My Maxx C is useless in most matchup and doesnt help at all when I draw dead spells.

So I get back to editing/trying out stuff and finalise with this fix:

- 1 Thrasher
- 1 RoTA
- 1 Maxx C

+ 2 Cardcar D
+ 1 Tsukuyomi

Cardcar D helps out sooo much, and along with Maxx C iron out those occassional bad hands that I'd often get. Tsukuyomi is amazing too. Oddly similar to Dragon Ruler, this deck doesnt really normal summon much after the first Pegasus summon so having a recyclable monster is just neat. Its also an answer to most annoying stuff (special mention to Jowgen) and a follow up play with Lightning Chidori can get nasty.

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