Blind Second Superheavy Samurai (June 2023)

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Deck Primer

I'm one of those suckers who lost big-time - I obtained IRL the Superheavy Samurai deck core only to have it immediately throttled by the banlist (RIP Superheavy Scarecrow). I didn't even have a chance to bring it to Locals or a tournament! Why must you hurt me so much KOMONEYYYYY :(

Since then, I've desperately wanted a way to play the deck, while not having to buy new cards and not losing to its usual arch-nemesis Droll & Lockbird and I came up with this... Blind Second Superheavy Samurai (known hereafter as Blind 2ND SHS)!

What differentiates this deck from other blind second decks like Sky Striker and Gren Maju is that this deck can still play reliably when forced to go first. Blind 2ND SHS can make multiple synchro monsters while sporting 13+ handtraps! This deck can also play beyond turn 2, having a decent grind game since everything searches/replaces themselves, giving the pilot a lot of "gas" to work with.

Blind 2ND SHS equalizes the gamestate with Kaijus, handtraps and Bystials turbos out giant Synchro monsters. Not only can you summon many synchro monsters, you can pendulum summon on top of that overwhelming your opponent with so much force for an OTK!

Want to see the deck in action? Scroll to the very bottom for the Youtube video!

ARCHETYPES AND DECKBUILDING

As opposed to the "pure" SHS decks, Blind 2ND SHS reduces the cards to an engine. Superheavy Samurai cards in this strategy are focused instead on summoning 1 big Synchro monster and setting up Pendulum scales. They only compose of 10 cards in the Main Deck. In the Extra Deck, Sarutobi and Brave Masurawo are Synchro options that the player can go into.

The Bystial cards take up 10 slots in the Main Deck, disrupting the opponent's GY and pressuring their board with their giant 2500ATK bodies. Bystials also offer crucial level 6 and 8 bodies on board to synchro summon with, giving easy access to level 10 Synchros like Baronne and Chaos Angel. If Branded Regained is active on the field, Bystials can put up an intense grindgame with an additional draw and monster reborn that the card offers.

Fairy Tail Luna + Kaijus take up 8 slots in the deck. Kaijus are potent board breakers, tributing key monsters on your opponent's field so further plays can be made. Luna can bounce back your Kaijus on your opponent's field back to your hand, allowing you to Kaiju again! As a little bonus synergy, Luna + level 6 Bystial makes a Chaos Angel complete with his effect immunity and battlefield-wide protection.

The rest of the deck are staples. Nibiru and Droll are self-explanatory - they are turn ending handtraps. Kashtira Fenrir is an absolutely insane card, it is a big 2400ATK beatstick, it replacing itself since it can search itself and it banishes something on the field facedown. Fenrir can also be pendulum summoned if your Superheavy scales are active! Blackwing Sharnga is a recently released card from Monstrous Revenge, and it is a free to summon level 2 tuner if there is a monster with 2000ATK or more on the field. This means that this card will almost always be free to summon in the deck, granting you access to synchro plays. It can also summon Full Armor Master, an unaffected boss monster!

COMBOS AND GAMEPLAN

There are no main combos in this deck. The biggest "combo" this deck has is turboing out a level 10 synchro (probably Baronne) with the Superheavy Samurai cards.

Superheavy Samurai Motorbike = Level 10 Synchro + Pendulum Scales 1->8.

Discard Motorbike and add Wakaushi to your hand.
Activate Wakaushi in Pendulum Scale. Activate Wakaushi's effect to summon itself from Pendulum Scale, placing Monk Big Benkei as a Pendulum Scale on the field.
Activate Monk Big Benkei's effect to search Soulgaia Booster from deck.
Activate Soulgaia Booster from hand to equip to Wakaushi. Activate Soulgaia Booster's effect to summon itself from the backrow.
Synchro summon Accel Stardust Dragon using Wakaushi + Soulgaia Booster. CL1 Accel Stardust Dragon to summon Motorbike from GY, CL2 place Wakaushi on Pendulum Scales.
Synchro summon your level 10 synchro monster of choice using Accel Stardust Dragon + Motorbike.

Everything else in the strategy is composed of interrupting your opponent at ideal times with handtraps, then getting out the right synchro boss monster to finish them off! This deck's handtraps and staples are designed so you can confidently blind second vs. current popular strategies like Branded, Labrynth and Kashtira.

Even if your opponent manages to survive the OTK and proceed to turn 3, this deck can play a decent grind game. Bystial Magnamhut and Branded Regained recur the Bystial cards. Fairy Tail Luna searches for herself, and Kashtira Fenrir searches for himself as well. Your pendulum scales are set up in the back row as well, giving you free extension next turn. Your field likely has beefy Synchro monsters that are hard to out and have an interruption.

With all this considered, despite being a blind-second OTK deck, Blind 2ND SHS can still play past turn 2 confidently and give a decent grindgame vs. the opponent!

GENERAL TIPS

After you're done bouncing your opponent's cards with Luna, you can use Luna (light monster) + level 6 Bystial (dark monster) to synchro summon a near invincible Chaos Angel!
Luna's bounce effect is a soft once per turn - meaning if you field multiple copies of Luna, you can bounce multiple monsters from your opponent's field! Multiple Lunas are possible in this deck since you can pendulum summon, allowing you to use her effect again!
Kashtira Fenrir is a level 7, meaning it can be pendulum summoned in this deck!
In the Side Deck, Clockwork Night is there to hardcounter type-dependent strategies like Dragonlink. It can also greatly help you OTK, since it adds 500 ATK/DEF to your monsters and reduces opponent's monsters by 500 ATK/DEF!
In game 2/3, if you suspect that your opponent will force you to go first, exchange your blind-second Kaiju cards for even more handtraps like Ash Blossom and Artifact Lancea.

Want to see the deck in action? Scroll to the very bottom for the Youtube video!

CONCLUDING REMARKS

I admit it, this decklist/strategy is somewhat a funny meme combined with desperate mad scientist attempts to make a severely hampered deck competitively viable again. But I'm just so desperate to get Superheavy Samurai up and kicking once more! In my opinion, Komoney really screwed over duelists wanting to play a competitive version of their fan favourite deck, only to render the strategy nigh unplayable only 3 weeks after the release of the support - ridiculous, isn't it? I'm still looking for other ways to make Superheavy a strong meta contender, but until then, Blind Second SHS is still kinda fun and surprisingly able to beat the big league meta decks.

GLHF Duelists!

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