CLG Klavier Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I really like this card. It's nice to even look at it. Opens up a lot of toolboxing options for the deck and lets you do some nice plays out of nowhere, but it's limited enough not to get out of hand too much. The problem is in Melodious themselves though. Aria's alright, the gimmicky lock aside, she gives you a ton of protection, leaving your opponent only to untargetting removal like Trishula or to boardwipes. Canon's nothing special, but she's a free rank 4 fooder. No reason not to run her I guess, but her effect is honestly useless unless I'm missing something completly here. Elegy is the 2nd part of the lock, but you can't hide the fact she's a bit gimmicky. You can't summon her through 1st Movement so you gotta resort to stuff like Transmodify which will inevitably be dead in the longer run. Mozarta is a Valhalla on legs, but...but yeah, she's a Valhalla on legs. I guess what she has going for her is that she can make Rank 8s with Kristya and multiples of herself, most notably Felgrand since he's LIGHT. Opera's pretty bad, you're never gonna use her as a beater since she won't ever stay on the field for a turn, and her protection effect is kinda taken care of by Aria, though she DOES connect the best parts of Aria and Elegy together. Serenade is crazy good, allowing you to get out a total of 3 monsters on the field a turn, for stuff we luckily don't have in TCG, but she's a double tribute that's not restricted to Melodious, so running Kristya is just obvious. Shopina, again, kinda iffy of an effect, mostly because unless you have Valhalla out, you don't really want too many Melodious in hand, plus she has an awkward level that doesn't go along with anything else really. Although she recycles Honest, that's a big plus. Sonata's just bad, such a small boost to the field isn't worth a deck slot, though once you have a full field, it's extra 2500 damage out of nowhere. Again, awkward Level which is kinda taken care of if you run Transmodify since you can use her as a fooder for that. Soprano's looking really good, getting Melodious onto the field isn't really a problem, so she's better than Polymerization or whatever else fusion spell you might want to run. She's also a one-shot Shopina that's easily triggered, though it doesn't grab Honest or Kristya. Still feels much better to use. Tam-Tam is just bad, doesn't work off 1st Movement and you don't really wanna run Polymerization when you have Soprano. The effect is also seriosuly useless, though it does synergize with Bloom Diva since it makes the AKT gap bigger. Fusions aren't bad, Schuberta is a 3000 beater that's also a grave hate card so that's a plus, although she doesn't do nothing ASIDE from being a 3000 beater and a one-shot grave hate. But I guess it's a big body. Bloom Diva is really really good, but the iffy part comes from needing a Melodious Maestra, so most of the time it will involve a Schuberta because the maindeck ones you probably won't want to use for a fusion since they provide continuous card advantage. The deck doesn't look that bad really, it has access to some nice things, can make consistent rank 4s and spit out big beaters while having grave hate backup and access to some very good generic cards like Honest or Kristya, or even Star Seraphs which kinda compliment the rank 4 style and work with things like Shopina and Valhalla. There's the gimmicky lock deck you can run with Aria + Elegy, but Elegy feels like enough of a dead draw not to do that. So...yeah, discuss Melodious and things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mshends Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I just want a fucking Melodious searcher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Expelsword Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Aria's alright, the gimmicky lock aside, she gives you a ton of protection, leaving your opponent only to untargetting removal The salt I've dug up from these "unbreakable locks" would have bought me a nation of followers in the olden times. But, yeah, against most decks, if you let Melodious get going, you're in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLG Klavier Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 The salt I've dug up from these "unbreakable locks" would have bought me a nation of followers in the olden times. But, yeah, against most decks, if you let Melodious get going, you're in trouble.It's far from unbreakable, although it IS a lock. On the top of my head, only thing that can really get you out of it is Book of Eclipse or Compulsory Escape Device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonk Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 It's a shame Melodious won't get a searcher anytime soon because Konami is afraid of Aria abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darj Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 I have little idea of how Melodious work; I only know they can make a virtually unbreakable lock. That said, sometimes I wish this card didn't have that last clause so Fairies would have a cute E-Teleish engine for Synchro and Xyz plays, in a a way contributing to making "Fairy Cheer Girl" more playable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yemachu Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 It's far from unbreakable, although it IS a lock. On the top of my head, only thing that can really get you out of it is Book of Eclipse or Compulsory Escape Device. "Compulsory Evacuation Device" targets; something against which "Aria the Melodious Diva" protects your field. But that same targeting protection makes "Melodious Illusion" practically useless. About breaking the lock: "Skill Drain" works wonders against them, but not every deck can run it as efficiently (not to mention the fact it is limited). "Bloom Diva the Melodious Choir" helps the archtype to actually do something; before it, you basically had an nigh unbreakable lock... and that was it. Either burn with "Athena", wait for deck-out, or I was playing the deck wrong. As for "Sophina the Melodious Maestra's" Level, it can be used to "Transmodify" from "Majestic Mech - Ohka" (possibly not the best card for the deck) or into "Mozarta the Melodious Maesta"/"Archlord Kristya". Or if combined with another copy of itself or "Athena", you can Xyz Summon a Rank 7; I believe they have quite some nice cards amongst them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLG Klavier Posted May 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 "Compulsory Evacuation Device" targets; something against which "Aria the Melodious Diva" protects your field.Compulsory Escape Device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yemachu Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Compulsory Escape Device. Whoopsie... the names are quite similar. But that card could indeed work; granted they do not control a dispensible monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
玄魔の王 Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Melodius need a Marauding Captain from my experiences with the Deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLG Klavier Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Melodius need a Marauding Captain from my experiences with the Deck. Goblindbergh? Tin Goldfish? Not in-archetype, but they get job done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
玄魔の王 Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Goblindbergh? Tin Goldfish? Not in-archetype, but they get job done. In-archetype is important though, especially for SonataSoprano and Tam-Tam's search effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLG Klavier Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 In-archetype is important though, especially for Sonata and Tam-Tam's search effects. But they are pretty eh anyways, so dunno if it's that important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
玄魔の王 Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 But they are pretty eh anyways, so dunno if it's that important. They're eh because they don't have any way of summoning themselves. If another Melodius could summon them, they suddenly become much more viable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLG Klavier Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 They're eh because they don't have any way of summoning themselves. If another Melodius could summon them, they suddenly become much more viable. Sonata can special summon herself, so the point is kinda moot. Tam-Tam, I guess you're right, even though running Poly seems very mediocre in this deck while Soprano exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
玄魔の王 Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Sonata can special summon herself, so the point is kinda moot. Tam-Tam, I guess you're right, even though running Poly seems very mediocre in this deck while Soprano exists. All of the names I'm getting wrong today. SOPRANO. That is the one I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLG Klavier Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 All of the names I'm getting wrong today. SOPRANO. That is the one I mean.Haha :PYeah, in Soprano's case, it would be really awesome actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
玄魔の王 Posted May 10, 2015 Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 Haha :P Yeah, in Soprano's case, it would be really awesome actually. Genma is setting up a new Computer today and that's dividing his attention. And yes, Soprano is why it's so important, with Tam-Tam being an added bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vla1ne Posted May 13, 2015 Report Share Posted May 13, 2015 the largest issue with the deck is consistency. once you set up you're nigh unkillable, but setting up in and of itself can take a while because the deck doesn't do too much searching. although lavalval chain does speed up the process if you have enough grave manipulation, and soul charge really does good for the deck since rarely does it care about life points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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