I am so happy to be writing this post, finally. If you can’t guess, this post will be all about…
Plants!!
The deck is now viable and playable, with 2 Debris Dragon, Dandylion, Lonefire and Spore. These are just automatic staples, regarding any variation of the deck. I’ll go into details about the array of variations available:
Quickdraw/ Junk variants – Junk Warrior, Drill Warrior, Junk Archer, Nitro Warrior, Junk Destroyer and Chevalier de Fleur are all amazing synchro monsters. If they didn’t require specific tuners, they would be staples. Quickdraw gives us access to those monsters, which is amazing. Quickdraw also has significant synergy with Dandylion, Level Eater, Quillbolt Hedgehog, and others. Then there is Junk Synchron. This cards is always a simple lv 4 or 5 synchro, and/or crazy combos with cards like Doppelwarrior. This variant is amazing.
Chaos Plants – I remember when this variant was extremely competitive. Now, we may only have 1 Chaos Sorcerer, but we do have BLS. There is also room for the Lightsworn draw engine (3 recharge and 1 charge). I can also squeeze in cards like Lumina. I remember when everyone in Belleville who knew thought it wouldn’t be amazing, and then it destroyed people. I’m looking forward to this.
Beast/ Earth Plants – This variant plays more Earth monsters to enable easy access to Naturia Synchro monsters (Nettles + Dandylion = Beast, Nettles + Super Mega Hamster = Barkion). There are many ways to mold this deck.
September 2011 Plants – I did enjoy playing this deck quite a bit. Although we don’t have 3 Tengu or Glow-Up Bulb, the deck is still usable, with minor modifications. This deck utilizes at least 2 Thunder King Rai-Oh. Thunder King is an excellent card.
Defensive Plants – This deck will play quite a few more Plant monsters than usual, and utilizes traps like Pollinosis and Wall of Thorns. I’m also going to squeeze in cards to this like Black Garden, The World Tree and Miracle Fertilizer. Without Brionac though, Miracle Fertilizer loses some utility, but Mist Valley Falcon is usable…
Water/Plant Synchro – Simple enough, this deck uses Treeborn Frog, and the Genex Undine engine to setup. Then monarchs and other threats appear for simple aggression. With the lack of Fishborg and Glow-Up, the deck is definitely weaker, but I believe it is still playable.
Those are the most of the playable variants, at least the ones I will attempt. Now the deck is obviously less powerful then before. We don’t have Brionac, Trishula or Glow-Up. Lonefire at 1 does hurt slightly as well. Also, this deck has difficulties with Maxx “c” and Veiler more often than not. However, when the deck explodes, it creates disaster for the opponent.
Plant decks are my favorites decks, and probably will be for a lengthened period of time. I thoroughly enjoy how there are many different plays, based on what you have. Usually, no two explosions are the same. This deck, in my opinion, is quite skilled-based. This is based on the assumption that there are multiples ways tackle a scenario, with the cards you possess, but picking the best play is difficult sometimes. I’ll share some combos I would typically perform:
- Lonefire + Monster Reborn – These cards can instantly make a Shooting Star Dragon
- Debris + Dandy + Trap Stun – A Black Rose that can only be stopped by Veiler, or Book of Moon. Originally, this was done with Cold Wave
- Quickdraw + Dandy + Debris – These three cards create the combo I like to call “StarDestroyer”. Summon Stardust Dragon, then summon Junk Destroyer, and destroy up to 3 cards.
- One for One + Dandy + Debris – You should win if you open with these 3 cards…
Anyway, this deck can perform many more crazy shenanigans besides the above ones. It’s always fun when the opponent uses a blind MST on your face-down COTH or Limit Reverse, and then you chain it and summon Sangan or Dandy… Or before the opponent enters their battle phase or end phase, activate COTH or Limit Reverse on a Formula Synchron, then synchro for Black Rose and destroy them. I personally find it hilarious.
I think I’ll conclude this post now. I’ve clearly demonstrated that I will be playing Plants this format. Sure, it may not be as powerful as it once was, but it doesn’t matter. It may not be Tier 1 anymore, but who cares. I’m quite grateful to Konami for allowing Plants to be playable.
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