Today I learned dark ruler no more is not once per turn

While in G3 (@14:45) the double DRNM wouldn't make a difference, there are so much better things to do with that hand. Opening Tractus or Sharvara isn't like opening bricks if you know how to utilize them but again this is a display of "spreadsheet" combos without actual thought into it. 1) Activate Gates, get DBB. I would prefer to get Drolled here than on Lurrie. 2) Forget about DBB, Closed Sky and Sequentia. 3) Tractus add Lurrie, discard Lurrie, summon Lurrie. 4) Tractus gy effect, Fusion Summon Lacrimosa using Lurrie + Fiendsmith. 5) Lacrimosa revive Fiendsmith, then Xyz Summon Beatrice (4th summon) 6) Beatrice detach Fiendsmith to mill Spirit (if you fear Nib) or Samsara (if you want to wombo combo using 2nd Phantom or stick it to the end board with Muck). I'll go with Spirit. 7) Gates discard Sharvara, revive Spirit. 8) Spirit get Pain + Sharvara set Chamber, Pain pop Spirit to get Squirmer (or alternative get Samsara if you want it as an end board piece). I'll go with Squirmer. 9) Spirit float into Yubel. 10) Squirmer SS from hand, pop Yubel 11) Yubel float into Terror. 12) Link Summon Yama using Terror + Squirmer, add Sharvara 13) Summon Phantom anywhere except under the EMZ, using Terror + Yubel (or Yubel + Samsara would allow Terror + DBB for a 2nd Phantom) 14) Link Summon Rage using Beatrice + Yama, then shuffle back Lurrie to burn. 15) Banish Squirmer to revive Spirit, Sharvara pop Spirit (fiend lock starts), then CL1 Yama revive Spirit CL2 Spirit float into Yubel. Here you can pop Pain if you run only 1 (yama's optional effect), then add it back with Gates 3rd effect so you have some followup against Storm/Evenly. 16) Fiendsmith shuffle Lacrimosa, SS itself. 17) Xyz Summon Caesar anywhere except under the EMZ using Fiendsmith + Sharvara (fiend lock stops) 18) Xyz Summon Varudras anywhere except under the EMZ using Yubel + Spirit 19) Now you can Normal Summon DBB, add CSB, 2nd normal CSB and either make Apo for 3 or link into Closed Sky into Requiem into Fiendsmith instead of the start. Apo is self-explanatory so I'll go for Irae. 20) Link Summon Sequentia using Rage + Fiendsmith 21) Fusion Summon Irae under the EMZ with Sequentia by spinning back Requiem + Closed Sky + Fiendsmith from gy. 22) Equip Sequentia (field and gy) to Irae, who doesn't care about Anima thanks to Sequentia. --- If you want to use Escape instead of Chamber [step 8], you need to mill Samsara on [step 6], make Phantom with Samsara + Yubel on [step 13] and pop/add Pain on [step 15] if you don't have a discard. Follow normally each step until [step 21] then Link Summon Muck using Sequentia + Phantom. Muck discards Pain (or any discard) to revive Rage, and Sequentia equips itself from GY to Irae. Muck will tribute itself to protect Rage on resolution giving you 1 more interruption without having to go for Anguish and lose SP. Hope this helps. --- If you run a 2nd Yubel, on [step 15] you can pop Spirit on resolution of Yama's gy effect to get a 2nd Yubel on the board, make Varudras with both Yubels (instead of Yubel + Spirit) following the main combo line. Then at the end make Muck using Lacrimosa + Phantom and revive Samsara with Muck provided you have a discard (in this case it's Imperm so I wouldn't do that). Spirit + DBB or CSB will give you a 2nd Phantom.

12:50 ok, im not nightfall or anything but couldnt you go 1. cartesia make grang with quem 2. lost search albaz, grang dump puppet 3. In red target quem since shes a despia, make sanctifire with either quem in hand or on field grang and searched albaz 4. Puppet lock?

Breakers being better than HTs is scary when you could face Gimmick puppet at any time.

13:10 he could have used cartesia to fuse off the aluber and itself, make gran ch 1 gran 2 lost search albaz and dump puppet on res branded in red target aluber add back banish gran/quem make sanctifire and puppet lock

@8:30 Instead of Anguish linking away Lubellion that it's useless (DBG pointed at it), you can link away Mirrorjade for Accesscode instead (I believe Anguish + Accesscode OR Chaos Angel + 3rd Phantom are needed in the extra). Since Unchained Soul monsters linking away isn't considered a card effect, Aluber in the GY doesn't trigger, but Mirrorjade ignores that since the new link monster (accesscode) is our card (that is linked away for). But due to being turn player Accesscode goes CL1 so MJ can't respond, then we run over everything (Caesar deals with Aluber). During the End Phase, if they go for High Spirits first, we can negate with Varudras detaching Yubel (important), then on Albion we can use Phantom to pop Spirit from Deck. On resolution, we get Yubel on the board so Samsara revives and we essentially refund Phantom, and then we tribute Accesscode to keep Yubel. Mirrojade surviving while it's fusion summoned and potentially chainblocked by Aluber is too much value and I wonder how this game would have ended if Pak didn't style on the opponent during that turn 1 depleting the entire extra deck.

Pak had game 1 if he just BiR to make the 2nd granguignol dumping puppet in DP and Sanctifire on res, not sure what he was trying to play around. Also game 2 he had a line where he could go Cartesia fuse with aluber, dump puppet CL2 lost grab albaz then BiR target aluber and fuse albaz in hand with quem for Sanctifire and puppet like that

As soon i SEE pak and Jibril playing i play de video 😅

Thought this was their memento vs Yubel duel 🥲

1:05 I felt maybe he got a tad bit greedy here. Granted, there was no way he could've expected a nib to be dropped or if he was playing against gimmick puppet, but factoring the fact he had the Aluber for follow-up, an established and guaranteed puppet lock under five summons, there was no reason to continue extending. Could've made the Sanctifier and proceeded to lock 'em down.

Always nice to have your second copy of GRANGOYLE in your Branded Extra Deck. So handy.

Great replay, a bit sad that Pak didnt play Light and Darkness Dragon Lord since he said that INFO would buff branded, so I kind of expected it

9:00 Why no aluber effect there?

Where's the facecam bro. Also, what do you think about Metaltronus in this new format?

I know for sure paks lines jokes are subtle coke jokes especially how he acts sometimes and the eyes lmao

14:55 pak hand doesnt lose to imperm btw, opening discard tragedy special aluber get impermd, then you simply normal quem and send branded fusion, use tragedy to set fusion

Did you know Gandora & DM the Magician of Black Magic is a 2-Card Combo that can setup 2 negates and 1 disruption? Even more cool if you got rid of the full hand, you still end on 5-6 negates, 2 disruptions, and a boardwipe with a protected board.

i also realized that branded is really fun

What is the ruling behind taking a card when you want to use it's on summon effect like that?

G2 if jib didn’t have take there. Pak coulda waited for throne. Chain cart to make grang new chain, grang dump puppet , spirit summon. Then grang tag out into 2nd quem dump Albaz then lock.

Sawnctifire you say?

14:10 does the talent ruling work the same way against IP? because I remember when dlink was relevant in like 2020 or sth that the player that stole it can activate the unicorn summoned by the ip. I dont know if i am misremembering.

Game 1 could the yubel player not just summon yubel and phatom and attack for game?? when yubel yubel burns for 3k pain burns for 3k then phantom attacks and pain burns for 3k??

pak doing anything to not play Snake-eyes anymore. even if it's puppet lock or bust

The second DRNM is key

dark ruler mirror match lets go!

Paks line game 2 was no good. Quem dump cartesia . Bf send lubellion albaz, they imperm on quem you Albion banish cartesia + quem into grang dumping puppet. Lubellion over Albion search lost. Now opening discard high spirits special aluber search branded in white (or in red if you don’t play white but white keeps grang in grave. Use the fusion spell on albaz in grave and grang to make sanctifier then search merc under lost. On their turn you draw phase sanctifier puppet lock

I personally run 2-3 high spirits. The card is NUTS. Its better than branded fusion a lot of the time

Thank you

Fuck yes

That username 😂😂😂😂

That name is crazy😂😂😂

Puppito lockito

Great match fr

YOU CAN MISPRONUNCE OTHER CARDS ALL YOU WANT BUT STOP WITH THE OCG NAMES!!! ****FIENDSMITH ENGRAVER**** ****MOON OF THE CLOSED HEAVEN***

Technically he couldve locked em game one

Game one just beat with yubels

Face cam?

I see PAK, I like 👍

U cant grangoil when its nibbed?

Branded might be the least interesting deck Konami has ever made

Pak definitely got lucky like everh duel...always draws an out....double drnm wild....

God I hope Beatrice gets banned lol

Seems like PAK can’t win unless he cheats 🤢

Bring back nightfall, pak is trying to make branded look bad