[OCG meta] 68 Ishizu tearlaments top 8, 26 December 2022

Zekkei (ぜっけい) went 6-2 and finished 5 – 8th in “16th Tetsu Champion Ship ~Road to TCS~” which had 141 participants.

Tearlaments had dominated for two consecutive format OCG 2022.07 and OCG 2022.10, before receiving a heavy-handed hit in the OCG 2023.01 Limit Regulation. With Tearlaments Kitkallos forbidden, Tearlaments has to rely on using King of the Swamp to Fusion Summon Tearlaments Rulkallos. King of the Swamp is an Aqua monster and could be used to Fusion Summon Tearlaments Kaleido-Heart, and also opens up the option to go into Grapha, Dragon Overlord of Dark World.

While King of the Swamp is in hand, it could be discarded to add Polymerization from deck to hand. Polymerization could then be played to Fusion Summon Guardian Chimera to destroy cards on opponent’s field.

Running Shaddoll monsters in the Main Deck is also seeing a return for Fusion Summoning El Shaddoll Winda. Shaddoll Fusion in the Side Deck could be boarded in when going second to send a DARK Tearlaments monster from deck to graveyard by Fusion Summoning El Shaddoll Winda, or to send an EARTH Ishizu monster from deck to graveyard by Fusion Summoning El Shaddoll Shekhinaga. The Trigger Effect of the Tearlaments monster or Ishizu monster that was sent to the graveyard could then be activated.