WTF a Norleras build with no Vayus wut is dis mandem playin' at!?

[Akira]

Reset Button, old skool style. Double Mezuki ftw!

 

September 09 list obviously.

 

The problem I had when I ran this initially was that while Mezuki was at 3, PoC was at 2. Here, the numbers are reversed. Let's see how it works out...

 

( 20 )

3 Sky Scourge Norleras

3 The Dark Creator

2 Despair from the Dark

1 Dark Horus

3 Phantom of Chaos

3 Armageddon Knight

2 Mezuki

2 Mystic Tomato

1 Plaguespreader Zombie

 

( 16 )

3 Trade-In

3 Hand Destruction

2 Allure of Darkness

2 Foolish Burial

2 Feather of a Phoenix

1 Card Destruction

1 Heavy Storm

1 Giant Trunade

1 Brain Control

 

( 4 )

2 Threatening Roar

1 Return from the Different Dimension

1 Call of the Haunted

 

I'm liking the idea of running Gold Sarc and a Book of Life... to give profit after the reset.

[Akira]

Bump, for the love of nukage.

[arkel]

I <3 this deck.

 

Why Arma Knight over Grepher?

[Mister Sir]

BFaDD?

[Psycho Shocker Android]

BFaDD?

 

That's the card you stack with feather of the phoenix for the OTK. You can also run drastic drop off. When you go first, after you stack it with feather you use norleras' effect then, you have a high chance at getting a 3rd turn kill since your opponent gets nothing for his turn.

[Dark_Armed_Zombie]

I <3 this deck.

 

Why Arma Knight over Grepher?

 

I think it's so they don't kill their hand dumping 3 monsters into the grave, that and the Trade-in engine wouldn't work with Grepher because he would be dumping all of those high lvls

 

Looks good. I think Gold Sarc could be good so that you can begin to refill your hand after the super nuke. I also like the use of HDs with Norleras since all of the cards they draw will be sent to the grave. Very nice.

[Akira]

Ah, I definitely need to sort out some BfaDDs in here. What should I take out? Also, Arma is superior to Grepher here because everything in my hand hits the grave after super nuke anyway.

[arkel]

I've playtested on DMU several times. Here are my observations:

 

-You should neg Dark Horus for a third Despair from the Dark.

-I never actually used Mystic Tomato's effect. I usually nuked by turn 2 or 3. Perhaps you should neg him for something else.

-I never got the opportunity to use Feather with The Dark Creator. Although a great combo, maybe you should neg it for something more consistent.

-Most of the cards that get removed from play can't be brought back with RftDD. I found it useless.

 

Other than that, this is my favorite deck I've ever used. Fantastic job. +rep.

[Akira]

I might run a 3rd Despair if I can fit some D.D. Burials in there. Maybe do that then lose Feathers for the D.D. Burials for extra Mezuki abuse? You could try that and see how it works =)

 

Ty for testing.

[arkel]

I might run a 3rd Despair if I can fit some D.D. Burials in there. Maybe do that then lose Feathers for the D.D. Burials for extra Mezuki abuse? You could try that and see how it works =)

 

Ty for testing.

 

What's your reasoning for running Horus over a third Despair in the first place?

[Akira]

Dark Creator, effect bring back Horus, Mezuki for Despair = 8100

 

Same thing with 2 Despairs is 7900, just under the OTK, but I guess if I top Burial I could try and bring back 3 Despairs at once for the OTK.

[arkel]

I'm meeting a few friends today. I'll test more and report back my observations.

 

EDIT: Back from testing. Here's what I got.

 

-Except for 1 game today, I got out PoC with Norleras' effect on either turn 1 or 2. I think it's safe to say that Tomato can be dropped.

-Surprisingly, I got very little use out of PSZ. I only synced once. I would consider dropping it.

-Phoenix Feather hasn't been useful at all as of yet.

-RftDD has also proven to be a waste of deck space. You should probably neg it.

-Even though Horus allows OTK possibilities, I found a few times today that a third Despair would've been a lot more helpful.

-2 Gold Sarc and 1 BftDD will be great additions to the deck.

 

Even with these slight issues, this deck went undefeated today in 7 matches. I commend you on making such a great deck. I'll continue to test and report back.

[arkel]

After testing multiple times on DMU, WC09, and IRL, here are my final observations.

 

-A third Despair is much needed over the single Horus.

-I've still never activated Feather. It appears to be useless at this point.

-RftDD has never helped me.

-I playtested with Gold Sarc, and I've surprisingly found that running it at 1 copy is most consistent.

-BfaDD has also proven useful at 1 copy.

 

Therefore, my final fixes:

-1 Feather

-1 RftDD

+1 Gold Sarc

+1 BfaDD

 

Final dueling record:

Wins: 24 (against various builds, both tier and rogue)

Losses: 3 (once to Vayu Reset and twice to a Mezuki-heavy Zombie deck)

[SephirothKirby]

Arkel, I think you're doing it wrong. And if you're winning as often as you say you are, I'm surprised how well you will be doing when you're doing it right.

 

You don't sync with Plague. You use Plague to add Dark Creator to the top of your deck. Then you reset, and OTK.

[arkel]

Arkel' date=' I think you're doing it wrong. And if you're winning as often as you say you are, I'm surprised how well you will be doing when you're doing it right.

 

You don't sync with Plague. You use Plague to add Dark Creator to the top of your deck. Then you reset, and OTK.

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o_o

 

This is my first time ever using a Reset deck, so I knew I'd be playing it wrong.