Sacred Phoenix Of Nephthys

[NoshpalStefan]

Okay, this card is to be discussed concerning the release of the new ban list, so if you're still somehow clung to the one that shall be gone in a week... then I really have little to say.

 

Anyway, onto the real discussion at hand - this guy:

 

http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Sacred_Phoenix_of_Nephthys

 

Is no one actually interested in how much he can be abused with Onslaught Of The Fire King, especially now that Heavy is going to 0? If nothing else, a deck based around this + Garunix + Onslaught might be quite effective, and is indeed something I'm going to test out at locals and on DN as much as I can.

 

But I want to hear you guys's opinions - is Nephthys something that might see some game again? Or is it a lost cause?

[Zauls]

In testing it fairly extensively I found that it was only really worthy of the Side Deck. It is dreadful against some matchups but amazing against others. Still, it is a very important card for Fire Kings and will help them a lot this format.

[Althemia]

[quote]Is no one actually interested in how much he can be abused with Onslaught Of The Fire King, especially now that Heavy is going to 0?[/quote]

 

No. Most of us know that, deep down, Fire Kings have a huge chance of being a thing just because of Nepthys and Garunix. =/

 

Card is going to be the nuts this format, I'm maining 1 and probably always will because it's too good against too many decks this format.

[NoshpalStefan]

I might have gone overload and tested 3 Garunix and 3 Phoenix in my build, which strangely enough goes greatly against anything except for EvilSwarms. The point is, 3 Garunix + 3 Phoenix + 3 Onslaught + 3 Circle Of The Fire King + 3 Trade-In + 3 Call Of The Haunted running as the main engine, and a lot of other support cards (Barong, Yaksha, Duality, etc.) works like a charm against most decks, especially if they don't run something that stops summons, seeing as how most traps got slaughtered by the ban list.

 

Of course, that is only my idea of the deck, but I think that, essentially, phoenix will work wonders in the format.

[Althemia]

I might have gone overload and tested 3 Garunix and 3 Phoenix in my build, which strangely enough goes greatly against anything except for EvilSwarms. The point is, 3 Garunix + 3 Phoenix + 3 Onslaught + 3 Circle Of The Fire King + 3 Trade-In + 3 Call Of The Haunted running as the main engine, and a lot of other support cards (Barong, Yaksha, Duality, etc.) works like a charm against most decks, especially if they don't run something that stops summons, seeing as how most traps got slaughtered by the ban list.

 

Of course, that is only my idea of the deck, but I think that, essentially, phoenix will work wonders in the format.

 

2 Garu 1 Nephtys seems pretty standard to me considering how the deck wants to revolve more around the Rekindling back-up win con with Yaksha and Barong when the bosses just don't cut it. 

[Maeriberii Haan]

Neph will be a star player this format, mainly since her problem of only coming during your standby phase has been lessened by the limiting of bottomless, warning, and CED. Not to mention Yaksha lessens the fear of dead drawing it. I usually run 3-1 ratio of garu/neph to ensure I'll have the loop online eventhough a garu is out of the equation. Triple Yakshas and a Trade-in helps in mitigating the dead hands. If FK'll become meta, Neph will be one of the main factor of why the deck can compete.

[NoshpalStefan]

Actually, this version was rather working on the bosses only and not on the smaller ones (I didn't want to run such a version at first, but I am currently out of Xyz monsters, so the Rekindling version wasn't an option for me. All in all, this version was a blunt experiment). So, I put in 3 Trade-In instead of 3 Rekindling and gave it a whirl. It really played out quite well.

 

But yes, the Rekindling version is generally better against decks like EvilSwarms, what with the Gem-Knight Pearl and all that.

[Zauls]

Fire Kings got a massive boost from Wolfbark too. That was like the icing on the cake. 

But yeah Neph and Garunix looping together is awesome.

All in all, Fire Kings have some of the most broken cards of the coming format.