Notes & Combos

The more i play the more i wonder if fs wasnt always supposed to be vaalmonica's second half. It took me the dc grind to understand how much higher the ceiling is. Fiendsmith is both a huge power and consistency boost.

• Triple lurrie: lurrie triggers off discard, and this deck is always going to discard a card to play the game. Just grab your free fiendsmith line. Selettrice, Lurrie and a scale, is apollousa/cesar before you pend summon; scale pitch lurrie, requiem, engraver, normal selettrice add scelta, add invitare, invitare eff, make sequence, sequence eff, lacrima, appo/cesar and then you can pend for 3 because selettrice got back to hand.
• 1 Scelta : the card is nuts, the problem is that it forces you to pitch 1 for scales before playing. Pitching a handtrap for nothing is a big deal, getting ashed is 2 left in hand. Most of the time we will have scales, the gameplan becomes get to selettrice and grab scelta off her, same situation as tales of the white forest.
• No versare, 1 invitare: versare has purpose in fs lines, but you don't NEED it anymore because fs does such work for the deck. Invitare is crucial to get 1 more body to have a real fiendsmith line off selettrice + scales.
• No archetypal traps: same as scelta, broken, but going second is more important; they became handtraps. Desirae + set trap negates droplet, but most of the time if you play correctly you won't need the trap to win going 1st. Still an option for tenpai/stun matchups.
• 2 Tracts; one of the best cards in the deck but you still don't want to draw 2 of them.
• Charmies are extenders. Which means you can run the tenpai Maxx C count without drawback.
• Veilers: imperm is better, but in this deck you end on zebufera with scelta setup in grave to draw 2 during the opp's turn. These cards must be live, just hope tenpai doesn't open field/kaimen.
• Around droll: scales pitch lurrie + selettrice or another scale in hand guarantees fiendsmith line: appolousa cesar. Selettrice is back to hand when you link into sequence, scales get back to ed and you can pend them again. Prioritize getting lurrie + scale first because it combos thru droll with any ns.
• Exciton: crucial for the main line: same as moon in other decks AND allows your dimonno to touch the gy, and you NEED that to play with fs.
• Dweller is what you put next to desirae when you have additional 4s, to not have it negated, and plays around imperm held in hand.