Notes & Combos

Google Translated from Japanese:

I broke through M3 with Ashes of Might Volcanic and moved up to M2. I won 8 and lost 3 in 11 matches. To be honest, I thought it would get even worse and I expected to get demoted, but I didn't. I was like, "No way..." but I moved up without any triggers (only Vaidos). I really feel that the environment is distorted.

A few points: I don't really want to put in a second Sorcerer, but I put in two just for the mid-game. Considering the third turn and after, it's necessary for the cycle, but since the game often ends within three turns, I can just discard it and put in one.

Since Ashes of Destruction itself is unstable and there are quite a few cards I don't want to draw, it would be better to just increase the initial cards and make it a little thicker. I prepared a route that can be activated only with Snake Eye (or with Black Witch), a route that can be activated only with Volcanic, and a route that is only with Ashes of Destruction, but even so, I still had some hands that were beyond my control.

Personally, I hate losing the most when I win the coin toss and go first, but then lose because I can't make any initial moves, so I'd like to increase my initial moves, but unfortunately "Awakening of Vaydos" is not an Ash Destruction card, so it's really tough.

If we increase the number of gimmicks that allow us to set up rank 4, we will be able to access Ashes of Ashen Earth from Banshee, but it's unclear whether accessing Ashes of Ashen Earth by doing so would give us a huge advantage, so we scrapped the idea of accessing Ashes of Ashen Earth from the rank 4 gimmick.

On the other hand, when I built a team with only Ash Slayer, I had almost no problems with going second, which is often said to be the case. In fact, in the three games I lost, I was the first player, and I won all three games as the second player, so in this case, everything went just as I had planned, almost too well.

I had multiple ways to resolve the board state, such as Volcanic's Blaze Cannon Ash Destruction (Urban Fusion or Veidos), and I won many games by using Snake Eyes, Black Witch, Bonfire, and Kurikara, so it was just luck.

I'm very satisfied with how it moves, which is a typical midrange deck, and I've been able to play the way I like. I use Emperor to burn everything, and then Vaydos destroys everything, and then Samorimi opens a trap. It's so gross that I can't argue with anything that's said.