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All Vaalmonica needed was a splashable engine that:

Did not need your normal
Can enter using any two monsters
Clears monsters on its own (engraver eff on requiem)
Plays through 2-3 interruptions
Made dimonno full combo and invitare semi combo, 1 card combos

Endboard is:

zebufera (with followed rhythm in GY or set)
s:p
caesar
optionally: trap set OR trap in GY and Creation is set (link zeb on their turn)

As Vaalmonica is a deck about choices, you ALWAYS have 2 choices every step.

If you can make necroquip with tract, do it before scales for a free draw.

What do with certain fields?

DIMONNO ONLY: zeb OR caesar

DIMONNO + 1 MONSTER: s:p+Zeb. Zeb is soft opt so banish your own zeb, use s:p as link mat for Zeb #2

Dimonno > requiem > lacrima > engraver gy > lacrima + monster = sequence > sequence make ED lacrima [MAKE SURE LURRIE AND TRACT ARE IN DECK, ELSE SUMMON engraver > sequence + engraver = sp > resummon engraver by returning sequence > ED lacrima + engraver makes caesar] > engraver to hand > engraver > tract > lurrie > ED lacrima + lurrie = sp > sequence = zebufera

scales + versare:

Scales> versare send selettrice (1D) > selettrice to hand > ns selettrice > add scelta > scelta add field spell (2D) > field spell add dimonno > pend dimonno, dimonno copy scelta add trap to hand (3D) >
endboard is trap set, s:p, zeb

scale + invitare:

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Scales > Invitare summon selettrice (VAAL FIELD LOCK) > selettrice = artemis > selettrice to hand > ns selettrice add scelta > scelta add field spell (1D) > pend demon, copy scelta add versare (2D)> versare send trap (3D) > artemis = zeb, dimonno = requiem
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endboard: fs paradise play, zebufera + trap set
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Angello/Dimonno/Scelta:

Angello scale and send scelta to GY. ns Dimonno, copy scelta (1D), field spell add Sele, ns sele add disarmonia (1A 2D), add scelta (3D), add trap.
end on zeb/sp/trap set

Selettrice + extra search:

Sele > scelta > versare > trap is combo. With extra search, you can: add disarmonia to set trap, OR search creation & summon zeb on opp turn. (think maxx c)

Why 3 invitare? Opp Maxx C, I chain invitare summon demon> attempt Vaal combo> make requiem.

1 fuwa? I'm poor

Lava golem? Vaal can give up ns. You have 2 choices: ns + pend summon OR pend summon + invitare (Vaal lock).

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Example:
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scales, pend sele, add scelta, scelta add invitare (1D), invitare summon dimonno, dimonno copy scelta add versare (2D), versare send trap (3D)
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duel highlights (best, grindiest duels)

https://youtu.be/iir5kFcNs0U

This is the climb from lv 16 all the way to DLV \nMax:

day 1 (stream is choppy):

https://www.youtube.com/live/GEUxU6H8slE

day 2 (stream is choppy):

https://www.youtube.com/live/cidPm5iIoq0

day 3 (stream works):

https://www.youtube.com/live/NQBlU20BKGA

day 4 (stream works):

https://www.youtube.com/live/krYAfUj5ZYw

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Oh my god i love Selettrice!\nVaalmonica is Vaalmonica as always. Weak going second and of course not survive too much handtraps, even with Fiendsmith engine help. But still, i love doing angel and demon things

Some notes :

This deck now have combo if you play Knightmare Gryphon, and it is really good than Bagooska haha
Ereditare as omni negate sure come in handy if you play Bagooska or Gryphon, prevent the opponent to Imperm it
I tried with Creation, but it is quiet making a dead hand
Duke of Demise for Gryphone line. it can fuse Ash and Belle, that is why i play Belle, but hey it is not mandatory
One Tactic because it is dead draw
One Fuwa because i dont like Maxx C haha
I find other play more tract and more Creation. well, i rather play one Tract and no Creation. Tract is discard and Dimono also discard.
I tried Intonare before and it is pretty good
Also tried Knightmare goblin in place of Sp, but i think i rather choose sp instead for co-linking with Gryphon

Overall it is fun (if you dont meet BE Primite) and the perfect end board usually Zebufera+Gryphon+Sp with Followed Rhythm, Hand traps or Ereditare or both, and Paradise in gy. If you arent lucky, Zebufera and Bagooska still pretty strong with Ereditare on field.

Happy Bagoosking!

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Just some standard Vaalmonica build this WCS Qualifier!

I really like Abyss Dweller this time, because it's make some matchup into an auto win. Also, Dweller go well with Fiendsmith more than Bagooska.

In the end, gameplay is standard. If you go first, do Fiendsmith combo then do Vaalmonica combo. Sequence make Duke can allow you to normal summon Selletrice in case you normal summon Lurrie/Crimson Tears. Meanwhile, Vaalmonica combo can bridge to Fiendsmith by using Angello to make Requiem. Best endboard imo is Zeburefa + Abyss Dweller/S:P + Caesar. Or sometimes just Bagooska pass if you got handtrap'ed.

May add some replays later, will have to record first~

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This is a build I've climbed to Master V with; it attempts to play both Fiendsmith and Vaalmonica equally to play a strong control game. Zebufera protects the board from destruction while also allowing you to use Followed Rhythm's removal multiple times in a turn while the Fiendsmith half of the deck further attempts to deny the opponent resources.

Ideally you see a Fiendsmith card in the opener as those allow you to insulate your plays early, but even without, you can very easily pivot into the Fiendsmith side later in the turn after doing the Vaalmonica plays. Lacrima and Lurrie especially feel like better normal summons than Selettrice at times because they can more easily bait hand traps and interactions in a way that doesn't end your turn immediately, so as long as you can make it to Sequence to fuse into Duke of Demise, you can get the extra normal summon for Selettrice then and really kick off the Vaalmonica plays. The ideal endboard is Zebufera, SP and Caesar, with some way of special summoning Lacrima from GY on the opponent's turn to send Paradise to GY.

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Fiendsmith Vaalmonica vs Fiendsmith Azamina Snake-Eyes

Fiendsmith Vaalmonica vs Primite Blue-Eyes

Fiendsmith Vaalmonica vs Sky Striker

Fiendsmith Vaalmonica vs Memento

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Same notes as my precedent m5 list (available on my profile), except for the shufflers in place of called by. I put them in before they are easily discardable, summonable, and are very powerful in this meta.

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More replays are available on 757-856-375

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Made m5 while i wasn't expecting it at all with this. Lacrima the crimson tears really is a game changer.

Now this is more than before of a fiendsmith variant. Still a vaalmonica core because level 4s are good, but we take full advantage of being able to incorporate fiendsmith.\nTo make room we cut the resonance counter package, namingly the archetypal normal spells and the archetypal bosses in the extra. We want to compete so we take advantage of generic stuff.

-> Triple lurrie: 23 engine cards, 17 of them are good to draw with it because they will allow you to discard, or to fuse it from hand into a lot of value. Now that lacrima is in the game, it also is a 1 card combo into appolousa, sp or cesar.

-> 2x Lacrima the crimson tears: a new 1 card combo that is a level 4, powerful to the point I considered playing 2 lurrie to make room for the third, but lurrie is a discard AND a ns.

-> Charmies: they are extenders going first and apply pressure going second, sometimes allow to draw another handtrap and win the game

-> Droll is here because the deck suffers from maxx c and because i didn't think of another nonengine being this good alone. Nib for the same reason, i wanted a part of very impactful nonengine.

-> Necroquip: value bacause you can set it up before setting up scales, drawing before pendulum summoning and also leading to duke of demise for another ns after the draw. The draw effect can significantly improve some bad hands, and you can pivot into duke of demise to normal summon again.

-> Duke of demise: has to be played here, allows to have a light fiend first normal summon, checking for certain handtraps, if everything goes, pivot into ns selttrice or a scale before linking, and pend summon the same bodies another time. Can add back crimson tears before pend summon to resummon it aswell.

-> Fiendsmith in paradise: because it very efficiently can protect a bagooska since you prevent sp and is easily accessible since the deck discards, and crimson tears sends it.

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757-856-375

I'll only let the relevant ones public. There isn't that much of them since the nonengine won a lot of games going second, leading to skippable games, also i only played this from d3 the last 2 days.

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