Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Guess who's back. Back again. Grendel's back. Tell a friend!

So, I decided to try an old meme because it got support.  Hilarious support, actually.  Teiwaz Gard is already kind of a stupid card.  But the implications of what it can do in conjunction with other cards is kind of disgusting.  Especially cards like Ultimate Buddy!.  You can actually target an Ultimate Buddy! from your drop zone and add it to the soul of your buddy monster to give it [Soulguard] and an extra soul.  This sounds awesome!  The only downside is that Legend World only really has one monster with limited survivability that would be solid if you can wall with it.  And that's good old Grendel.  Whenever Grendel is attacked by a monster, all monsters that attacked it are destroyed at the end of the turn.  It also cannot be destroyed by spells.  Its weaknesses were the hefty 3 gauge cost, its 6/2/6 statline, no real attack nullifiers that worked with a closed center, and not having [Soulguard].  This build fixes a good chunk of these issues and makes Grendel actually playable.  This deck's only real inconsistency is in drawing into Grendel to make the meme go live.  And you have a slew of Omnilords that can make use of your spell support while you're waiting to draw into Grendel.

This deck's strengths lie against decks that focus primarily on spell destruction and link attacks to get over walls.  It, however, has many weaknesses.  Especially [Penetrate], Balle Soliel, and mass soul removal.

Here's the list.

Size 3:

4x Demonic Beast, Grendel
1x Omnidai
1x Deathmodai
1x Gadez
1x Devilgadez

Size 2

3x King of the Forest, Zlatorog

Size 0

4x Loki the Ehrgeiz
4x Retainer of the Demonic Dragon, Horned Serpent

Items

4x Magic Sword, Azoth

Spells

4x Ultimate Buddy!
4x Teiwaz Gard
4x Illusion of the Void Deity
3x Darkness Rune
4x Medusa Shield (Grendel still procs even if the attack is negated)
4x Scorn of Gremlin
4x The Hardworking Fairies

Thursday, March 2, 2017

Ozon Meme - Unlimited Ozon PUNCH!

Many people loved my Ozon meme video and were asking for the decklist.  The list is pretty straightforward in accomplishing three things.

1.  Get out Ozon-Z as fast as possible.
2.  Have the most outs possible to make Ozon-Z get in several attacks.
3.  Survive long enough to reach points 1 and 2.

With that being said, here's the list:

Flag - Dungeon World
Buddy - Ozon-B/Ozon-B's Cat

Items

4x Dominion Rod - (Makes your Ozon-Z hit that magic number of 10000.  RIP Omnidai.  Relevant even when you have a closed center.  Doesn't make Ozon-Z too big to Pillar of Fire.)
OR
4x Alcsbane - (On destroying a monster or dealing damage, you gain a gauge.  Solid stats.  Amazing card.)

Size 0

4x Chaos Blade Joker (When discarded with Rolling Punch, call it over Ozon-Z to revive Ozon-Z, then use its skill to give Ozon-Z a bonus critical.)
4x Ozon-B (Free call OPT from drop for a gauge.  Makes getting Ozon-Z out much easier.)
4x Ozon-B's Cat (Free gauge and pops a monster, solid card.)

Size 1

4x Ozon-A (The best card in the deck.  Searches any Ozon card from the deck.  Makes getting Z moderately consistent.)

Size 2

4x Ozon-C (Free res if it's in the drop zone when you res another Ozon.  Not a bad call to charge this, pay a gauge for your staff to get this into the drop, then revive this when you revive Ozon-B if you haven't gotten Z out yet.)

Size 3

4x Ozon-Z (Zombies Falcon Punching for days.  When it goes to the drop zone it comes back as a new card, so it gets to attack again whenever it does get sent to the drop zone.)

Spells

4x Divine Protractor of Shortsnobby (Pay a gauge, stop an attack, gain a life.  When used early with the other null, they end up just being "Negate an attack." which is amazing.)
4x Glacious Isn't a Word Bushiroad Defense Wall (Pay a life, stop an attack.  When used early, also gives you a gauge.  When used early with the other null, they end up just being "Negate an attack." which is amazing.)
2x Crouching Tiger, Hidden Crossbow (Counter pop a 3000 or less defense opposing monster.  Sadly, this doesn't let our memes come true.)

Memes

4x Rolling Punch (Discard two Chaos Blade Jokers to meme hard with Ozon-Z.  Otherwise, you can choose not to pay the [Cast Cost] most of the time and just counter-pop a monster for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE)
4x A Wise Move! (Call Ozon-A from drop to size out Ozon-Z.  Ozon-Z tells Ozon-A "plz" and comes back.  You get to add a dank cat to your hand in addition to getting extra swings during that battle.)
4x Pillar of Fire (Blow up your own Ozon-Z after he has attacked to call him right back for some more dank swings.)

That's the main decklist for now.  It is focused on living long enough to get the Ozon-Z plays.  There are a few other tech cards that may help the deck in some situations, but didn't make my main list.

1.  Battle Deity Robo size 0s.  When used with A Wise Move!, they can get in an extra attack.  There are three problems.  Mass Soldier is a vanilla 1/1/1 in this case (even though you could have used his skill earlier to set up the play).  Silver Rabbit is a great call from the drop, but it costs an additional gauge.  Finally, deck space is severely limited.  It doesn't seem worth it for one extra damage only in this case.

2.  Demon Lord's Dungeon.  The pros here are spam reviving Cats (even post Ozon-Z) and Ozon-As (to get your setup and more advantage).  The cons are that you continually have to deal with the fact that you only have one reliable Demon Lord in your deck (Dominion Rod) if you are even running it.  This card feels winmore and inconsistent in an already setup reliant deck, so I cannot recommend it.

3.  Dangerous Fuse.  This deck lacks both card advantage and gauge advantage.  If you fight anything that can snipe your gauge early, you struggle heavily if you didn't get your setup out first.  Drawing cards is appreciated in any deck.  This is a solid card that is a win/win for you, regardless of what it gives you.  Can replace Hidden Crossbow.

4.  Oracle of Tuval.  This deck enjoys having a drop zone, and trading in your hand for a new one can be a lifesaver in turn 2-3.  You can also partially manage your own life totals with your Lifelink cards.

There are plenty of other cards and options available to the deck.  Feel free to experimeme.