The first weekend has passed since this set was released. All over the place, Regional tournaments transpired, and Tachyon Galaxy cards certainly stood out. More than 50% of the top decks were Dragon Rulers. Spellbooks were next and still dominated results. 5% or less of the top decks were anything else...
My beef with Spellbooks is very minute. Yes, there is a broken card than enable some overwhelming card advantage, a pretty good boss monster, and some nifty magic tricks. The deck does require a critical amount of skill to master, especially when you don't open broken. I'm honestly hoping I can actually finish this deck and master it the way I would like...
My beef with Dragon Rulers is huge. They obtain large advantage using Super Rejuvenation, Dracossack is broken compared to High Priestess, and the dragon monsters have tricks that remain consistent, but push for significant damage. Already, this deck is seemingly more powerful than Spellbooks, and Regional statistics can back this up.
My biggest issue with the deck is that the deck is completely auto-pilot. Anyone that can read cards and understand basics can pick up this deck and play it well. I honestly think I mastered it in 15 minutes after reading the cards. There is nothing difficult about consistently summoning Dracossack turn one, and then spamming rank 7s afterward. If you go first against Evilswarms, and summon Dracossack, what's Ophion going to do?
Here is a fun fact: I priced out a complete Spellbook deck and complete Dragon Ruler deck, and every card was at lowest possible rarity. Spellbooks costs $500 more to complete than Dragon Rulers. Basically, people will choose Dragon Rulers over Spellbooks because it's cheaper and easier (perhaps that's what Konami was hoping for...). Anyone that has Spellbooks build will probably want to complete Spellbooks before playing Dragon Rulers.
My goal is to complete Spellbooks, Dragon Rulers, Evilswarms and Mermail; and that way, Jonathan, Raymond and I will be able to pick from the best decks, as well as other random decks too. It would be nice to have all these decks at disposal, especially if Raymond and/or myself do go to Nationals.
As it stands, I'm working on completing, tweaking and mastering Spellbooks, while trying to assemble everything to finish the Dragon Rulers (this one will be the most challenging), Mermails and Evilswarms. Mermails and Evilswarms are good decks that can compete now, but Spellbooks and Dragon Rulers are the decks to beat. Particularly Dragon Rulers...
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