Gem-Knights

Duelist Cup DLv. Max from on September 18th, 2025
cp-ur 1080 + cp-sr 330
40 cards

Notes & Combos

I almost never drew Brifu this game SUCKS

Maybe the most painless climb to DLv Max I've ever had. Won over 80% of my games, mostly against Maliss + Ryzeal. Deck was teched for Maliss and it showed. Of the Maliss I did go up against, I only lost to two- both of which were because I drew no handtraps going second. Almost all of my losses were either to that or to my opponent resolving multiple floodgates after setting up a board.

I initally played the Mjollnir build, but ended up cutting it because I wanted more consistency and a better push going second. I think this was a huge reason why my win-rate was so high. Aqua ended up being the MVP of the deck after I added it; with it + Fiendsmith, the deck is super consistent at dismantling boards. As long as any starter resolved going second, I OTKed.

IMO, with Lancea + Nib being in almost every deck alongside 5 Maxx Cs, Mjollnir lock is strictly worse than this build- worse going second, slightly less consistent, and noticably weaker into the most popular handtraps in the format. I think taking the Maxx C challenge just isn't a reliable gameplan in this format.

Probably not going to grind the second stage too hard this time, this format really sucks. I don't even wanna grind to Master, much less for top 100.

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