hi hi everyone sorry for being late (I've been busy ), now let's go to my 2nd top 6 decks post cyber storm access which is Branded ( Stigmatika ), before going into the deck explanations make sure to check out my previous deck lists, now let's start
same as always we will discuss the new stuff and why we added some new cards
MAIN DECK
Nadir Servant 3X: with the help of the Despian Luluwalilith, nadir servant became the 2nd branded fusion for the deck, but how?
let's explain: you will nadir servant to send Despian Luluwalilith from your extra deck to the GY to add fallen of Albaz from your deck to your hand, then during the end phase you will use Luluwalilith to special summon Blazing Cartesia from your deck to the field, and therefore, during your opponent's turn quick effect, you can use Cartesia to make Albion the branded dragon then fusion summon mirror jade by banishing Luluwalilith and Albaz.
imagine your opponent ash the branded fusion, then you will use this ( yes nice bro, it was useless lmao ).
Blazing Cartesian 2x + Tri-brigade Mercourier 2x: let's not forget the Kashtira format isn't over yet, plus since we are using Luluwalilith as our target for Nadir servant and we're playing Brigrand the glory dragon, they both are needed as 2 of, you need monster negates this format even more, and with branded lost, these effects becomes easy to achieve.
Guiding Quem 1x: this new card is so broken, if you open this card or branded opening with branded fusion, you can actually do some nasty stuff, how?
let's explain: normal summon quem or special summon it with the branded opening to mill Tri-brigade Mercourier then use branded fusion to send Albaz and Cartesian to fusion summon Albion the branded dragon, then Quem's effect chain link 1 to special summon Cartesian from the GY, then Albion's effect chain link 2 to make Rindburmm by banishing Mercoureir and Albaz then Mercourier will add you Albion the shrouded dragon and you will use cartesian to fusion summon Dusk dragon ( by using Albion and Cartesian ) dusk dragon will mill Bystial Saronir and Albion will foolish Branded Retribution from the deck to the GY, then depending on your hand you can foolish a branded spell or a branded trap to the GY, then added back to your hand, which it could be Branded in white or Branded in red or Branded the blazing king or the Etude of Branded, then during end phase you can set or add any branded spell or trap, depending on what is your opponent playing ( i personally set branded etude, cuz there is 70% chance in the deck for the synchro summoning play, plus it's broken floodgate { not against purrely but enough to make other deck's suffer } ).
2x Bystial Lubellion + 2x Bystial Magnamhut + 1x Bystial Saronir + 1x Bystial Druiswurm: well 80% of the new decks next format don't play any light/ dark monsters, so this makes Bystials become even worse, but they help the deck for synchro plays and interruptions and potentially a good hand trap ( especially against Mathmechs ).
Now the time has come to explain why we stopped playing some cards in the main deck
Despain Tragedy + Ad Libitum of Despia: we both know that these 2 cards were nothing except bricks but they helped us a lot back in the old days, but right now they don't really help us honestly ( maybe 1 Despain tragedy in the main deck might work, but you decide ).
Branded beast + Branded regained: just like I said in the Bystial section, the format we're entering a format, which is strong against Bystials, so why would you play 2 bricks if you are on fewer Bystials, plus we can't always stick into old deck lists, sometimes changes are good ( yes trust, don't stick to the old mambo jambo lmao { no offense} ).
Branded in high spirit: well this engine was actually nice since this card with Bystial Sronir is the full combo to the full branded board, but this engine really depended on your hand, unlike Nadir servant, which doesn't care about your hand, the card is 1 card combo, unlike branded in High spirit, so I just cut Branded in high spirit for Nadir servant ( again you decide which engine you want to play, it just Bsytials are useless next format, yes trust )
EXTRA DECK
2 mirrorjade + 2 albion + 1 lubellion + 1 rindburmm + 1 dusk dragon + 1 brigrand + 1 predaplant dragostapelia + 1 guardian chimera + 1 luluwalilith + 1 Sanctifire dragon
Those were the standard ones, and I explained them in the main deck section or in my previous branded deck lists, now let's the remaining 3.
Despian Quaerities: you have at least 1 fusion monster that lists any Despian card as its materials, just to do your combo lines, and you can special summon this card with the dusk dragon ( do consider summoning guiding quem with the dusk dragon as well, it helps sometimes ), plus the reduce atk effect is really good this format, it prevents from getting OTK, and its effect to summon Aluber or Albaz is perfect.
Bystial Dis pater + Baronne de fleur: just good synchro monsters for the etude of branded targets, plus dis pater do be broken.
SIDE DECK
2X Cosmic Cyclone + 1x Harpie feather duster: this deck loses to floodgates as anti-spell, and lightning storm isn't really good against that, and Anti-spell will see a lot of plays due to superheavy samurai.
3x Triple tactics thrust + 1x Herald of the Abyss + 1x dark ruler no more: thrust is here to search your entire deck ( just normal spells/traps ) you can search Herald of the Abyss to use it against Purrely OR Dark Ruler no more to use against Spright or Bystial Spright OR Harpie's feather duster against back row decks.
Evenly matched: good against back row decks and the decks can't make an Omni negate.
Branded the blazing King: this card is the deck's searchable counter trap, it negates any face-up cards on the field, so it's broken honestly.
Necro banshee + zombie world: even though Floowandereeze is dead, math mech is alive, and with new firewall dragon cards it got stronger than ever, and right now math mech is topping in OCG, so you need to be wise against math mech or you will lose very fast.
Performapal five-rainbow magician: This card is broken in superheavy samurai since they can't set a spell/traps ( cuz they don't run it ), plus it's easy to get this card in your scale with branded fusions, so even if you don't draw it, you can get this card with branded fusion ( if you can't effort to buy 3 copies of this card, 1 copy is enough, cuz you can get this card to your scale with branded fusion ).
ah yes finally finished, thank you, guys, for reading till now, now hear my last words
Albaz lore season 1 finished, this lore was one of the most unique lore I have ever read, it introduced us to exciting archetypes like
Dogmatika + Tri-brigade + Springans + Swordsoul + Icejade + Despia + Therions + Spright + Bystial + Branded ( Albaz shota team lmao ), and shockingly all these archetypes had an impact on the metagame.
and yes I said season 1, I honestly don't believe the lore is finished cuz we never got our answer, that what is the connection between Aluber and Albaz, plus in the last Albaz lore card ( the etude of Branded ) Aluber said { we made this one a happy ending, let's make next one a tragedic one, Ad libitum } and ad Libtum said { as your wish my lord } then Aluber smiled slowly with happy face and said { wait for me Albaz }, on the other hand, Albaz and ecclesia were ready for their new journey ( new frontier ) Albaz told to Kitt { this is the beginning our adventure with ecclesia, we will meet again kitt } then they set on the ship and flew away.
Who knows maybe Albaz and Aluber are twin brothers, but that's the story for another day, let's wait a few years, maybe we will figure that out in season 2.
THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN, CYA