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Notes & Combos
Third Master 1 Season with Pure Striker!
This time we do NOT blind second, and instead we actually choose to go first!
Normally Striker is best played blind-second with a lot of board wipes and power spells, but because of the widespread popularity of Gimmick Puppet FTK, Secret Village, Diabellez and various insane go-first combo decks, I decided it's best to just try to go first!
I have removed the board wipes and put in cards that can be useful going first or second, along with Dimensional Barrier which is our strongest method of stopping everything other than Link decks, and can be chained to Backrow wipes.
Even going second with no handtraps or board wipes, Striker cards with strong non-engine is good enough to beat almost any board that actually lets you play!
Card Reasoning:
3x Area Zero: Probably the weirdest decision here but we REALLY want them to hand trap us going first to turn on Talents/Thrust and Area Zero target Raye -> Chain Raye is suprisingly good in 2025.
2x Multi-Role: Also normally a one of but it plays very nicely with Area Zero turn 1, and ALWAYS baits omni-negates going second
Foolish Burial of Goods: Mostly for Metalfoes Fusion but you can also send Engage turn 1 and try to add back. Also if it's first action they don't know you're sending something harmless and might waste an Ash on it
MetalFoes Fusion: You almost always have a way to get rid of it between Cyanos/Multirole/Area Zero/Droplet/Linkage and gives you something to do Turn 1
Desires: If you need it use it, and if you're worried about banishing important cards then send it for multi-role or Area Zero
3x Dimensional Barrier: Most consistent way to not die going first against Tenpai and not have to commit a lot of backrow in case they have Duster/Storm. Thrust always searches this turn 1
2x Talents: Bricked too many times on 3x with no way to activate it
Cyanos: Weak to handtraps but the GY effect is a life saver and it at least baits stuff out Turn 1 for TTT. Just make sure you have a way to get it off the board if you do use it in case it gets hand trapped (For this I play Almiraj as a last resort)
Ty-Phon: This guy is sometimes my favorite Sky Striker monster
3x Cosmic: Really our only consistent backrow removal. HEAVY backrow decks can be annoying so use it wisely vs them
3x Raye: I don't normally like 3 Raye because it can be bricky but going first you really need the consistency
Replays
Diamond 5 to Master 5 matches (Slightly different list but still go first Striker w/o Hand Traps or Board Wipes):
https://youtu.be/sgRXBCWavyI?si=XNe9h2KDDBzaGA3X
I will upload my Master 5 to Master 1 matches later this week so please check back soon! (Check the comments of this deck list)
I don't like sky striker as an archetype really, but I love your enthusiasm and dedication nonetheless
Haha thank you! I like other archetypes just as much but I’m too stubborn and want to prove to myself I can make Striker work into different Metas
Awesome replays, my friend. Never really considered striker going first, but it makes sense in this meta. Might give this a shot on my pet striker deck.
Thank you! Yea I was doubtful at first too but Striker can surprisingly hold up well going first!
- Very weak into Maxx C
- Doesn’t really offer extra utility like Cyanos/Linkage/Area Zero
If you really want to go first, you can use Sargas, Therion, Arms of Genex using Acell's Synchron and Aroradon and maybe Dawn Dragster and Formula Synchron. But linkaze doesn't work under these conditions.
Ah I actually did try a small Therion package w/colosseum + Regulus! In practice though I didn’t end up liking it because you have to use Regulus before you can use your striker spells.
The Synchro lines are an interesting idea! I do have some concerns about it though
- The ED is already quite tight
- It makes the deck more vulnerable to Maxx C + Charmies which it currently doesn’t care too much about
- Probably makes the deck worse going second in exchange for a safer Turn 1?
@and then I showed my panini how long did it take u to get from m5 to m1 and did u go up multiple ranks per day
I don’t have too much time to play so I would generally just try to Rank up once per day. With my deck from Diamond I made it to M2 in like 3-4 days this way, including a 9 game win streak. I dropped to M4 after some consecutive bad luck and decided to change the deck to this. From there I made it back to M1 in about 2/3 days, with the final streak being 11-1 where the 1 loss was to gimmick puppet FTK.
Thanks for replying good **** on getting master Iam currently d2 I’ll let u know when I reach master 1 thanks again looking forward to more master 1 with sky striker
U see this is why I don’t play master duel every month because of this3 loss demotion ****
Well I hate this ******* game I’ve been playing 5 hours and got demoted twice then ranked up then demoted again as soon as my dekc got to d3 and d4 my deck just give up
It definitely be like
Grinding for too many hours in a row can deteriorate your mind/decision making though, so it’s definitely healthy to take a break and try another day when you’re feeling refreshed
Well I have till the 31st to get up 10 ranks I’ve been demoted 3 times in 3 days I play perfectly and it’s not enough Iam noticing I play 40 cards and I still brick
For anyone interested I uploaded the M5 -> M1 matches! Please check it out if you’re learning the deck!
If they hand trap Cyanos and it's the only card on board, you make Almiraj to clear your MMZ