Pure Branded

Hi, Grayewick the Fusionist here, back with another Branded list despite already posting a ton of it but because love this deck and I'm fucking sick and tired of people messing it the fuck up despite how hard it is to be bad at building a "Super Poly the deck" list and how straightforward of a deck it is to build despite being a Fusion toolbox deck. I hate redundancy, I despise it, but I hate seeing this deck be bastardized by questionable yet objectively terrible decisions even more.

"Why play this deck?"

• It can turbo out Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon without Verte or REF. Do I need to say more?
• It can make DPE without Verte. Do I need to say even more?
• It abuses Super Polymerization.
• It can survive without the Brave Token engine.

Before anything else, I wanna preface this with 1. There's being a good pilot and there's being a good deck builder, and that involves knowledge about what's in number 2, 2. Not because you can do what I'm about to warn you about in number 3, doesn't mean you should, and 3. DO NOT FUCKING PLAY THIS DECK WITH BRAVE TOKENS. I do not care if you see someone have a topping list that does otherwise, in theory it works great because "hurr durr b-but free recurring omni negate opt", but you know what does the job the same but better in practice? Fucking Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon. Not to mention that you're doing yourself a disservice by using up 9 slots in your main deck for an engine, where 4 of which are monsters, and none of which are either LIGHT or DARK. I do not give a fuck if your favorite content creator tells you otherwise, I do not care if a list that uses it topped a BO1 event (any deck can so long as either they're lucky enough in the matchmaking, plays a silver bullet strategy, or uses tons of floodgates), I've been testing this deck since Despia and Albaz first came out and all I can guaran-fucking-tee you is THIS DECK NEEDS MORE LIGHT TARGETS, SO DO NOT KILL IT BY SPLASHING BRAVE TOKENS JUST BECAUSE OF THE FREE NEGATE. You can go test it out yourself but when you do, all I can say is have fun shooting yourself in the foot. Anyway, the list.

The Main Deck:

Monsters

• The Despians (Dramaturge, Ad Libitum, Aluber, Tragedy, & Comedy) - Can't play the deck without them. Stuff they do:

1. Dramaturge - Main deck boss monster. Can recycle himself when sent to GY or is banished as Fusion material. Has a targeting negation effect when an Extra Deck monster is special summoned (not just from the Extra Deck). You can play more than 1 but 3 can be bricky.


2. Ad Libitum - One of the reasons you can grind and recycle. This can bring back a banished Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon or Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer or in your GY upon getting sent to the GY or is banished as Fusion material. Also has an ok ATK boosting effect that can be relevant occasionally. You can play more than 1 but 3 can be bricky. You can recycle him with your Albaz Fusions anyway.


3. Aluber - He's your main Normal Summon in the deck and THE REASON WHY YOU DO NOT PLAY THE GODDAMN BRAVE TOKENS IN THIS DECK BECAUSE IT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO HIM. He also has a targeting negation effect in the GY when a Fusion monster you control is either destroyed by battle or leaves the field because of an opponent's card effect. I only play 2 because I already know how the deck plays but you can most certainly play 3 by cutting anything but the 1 ofs, except for Despian Tragedy & Despian Comedy.


4. Tragedy - Playing 3 of this enables you to play draw cards like Allure of Darkness. I do not understand why people only play 1 of this considering how this is your main searcher. I don't recommend cutting this.


5. Comedy - Utility 1 of. Archetypal hand trap to protect your Despia monsters from targeting effects, also allows your Fusion monsters to dodge your opponent's targeting effects while it's in the GY. Feel free to cut this.

• Fallen of Albaz - Your other relevant Normal Summon in the game. Super Polymerization on legs but can be responded. Regardless, weaker Super Poly is still Super Poly. You can set this against Dragon decks and contact fuse for Abyssal Dragon Alba Renatus.

• Incredible Ecclesia, the Virtuous - Can special summon herself. Brings out Fallen of Albaz from the Deck. Also a LIGHT target for Branded Fusion.

• Magicians' Souls + Dark Magician - The main reason why you can bring out Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon faster than Verte turbo decks. Also a great Ash Blossom bait.

• Artifact Lancea - LIGHT target, which the deck DESPERATELY NEEDS. A Fairy, for the purposes of summoning The First Darklord. And you can always shotgun this against your opponent to cut off their brave token engine. Could be any hand trap, so long as they're LIGHT, DARK, or Ash Blossom.

Spells

• Allure of Darkness - Banishing DARK monsters face-up is not a problem, your Fusion monsters can recycle them anyway. Also pair this with Despian Tragedy for a +1.

• Branded Fusion - Yes, my Fusion Spell uses materials from the Deck, cry about it.

• Fusion Destiny - Yes, my Fusion Spell uses materials from the Deck, cry about it.

• Gold Sarcophagus & Foolish Burial - You're almost always dumping Tragedy with either. Gold Sarc is just better because it plays around Ash.

• Branded Opening - The reason why I prefer playing less copies of Aluber, because I can summon him off of this anyway. Also, if you pitch Tragedy with its effect, or if you play a Branded Shaddolls variant, you can chain block Aluber from getting Ashed.

• Super Polymerization - You literally have no reason to not play this card. All of your Fusion monsters are Super Poly targets.

• Despia, Theater of the Branded - Your main search target for Aluber. One of the three reasons why you can summon Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon in this deck, and also the main reason why it is so worth it to play in this deck, because it can bring him or any Level 8 or higher Fusion monster back from the GY when a non-Fusion Fairy monster you control is either destroyed by battle or was removed from the field by an opponent's card effect. Feel free to cut it to 1, but it's always good to have insurance in case it gets banished.

Traps

• Branded Exile - Searchable Call of the Haunted for Despia monsters or Level 8 or higher Fusion monsters, and can also be a Super Polymerization on resolution in the form of a Trap. I hope you can start to see a pattern now why Super Poly is a MUST HAVE in a deck like this.

• Branded Condemnation - Searchable Solemn Warning that can also be used to recycle your Branded Spells/Traps by banishing itself. Feel free to bump it up to 3 or cut it down to 1 if you prefer.

The Extra Deck:

• The First Darklord - Honorary boss monster. Gives all your Fairies effect targeting protection, can also bring any Fairy monster in your GY OPT. A cute interaction you can do is summon him using Artifact Lancea as Fusion Material and Special Summon it during your opponent's Main Phase and Tribute it for its effect.

• Despian Proskenion - Despia boss monster, supposedly. Has a neat effect of either stealing or banishing an opponent's Extra Deck monster in the GY, also burns your opponent equal to the original ATK or DEF of a monster it destroys by battle, whichever was higher. Great Super Poly target.

• Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon - This deck has absolutely NO REASON not to play Dragoon in this deck. It's a Towers boss monster that you can bring out without using Verte Anaconda or Red-Eyes Fusion, which are both the problematic parts of summoning him, has the same omni negate the racist tokens provide, except it's also a Level 8 Fusion monster that has FULL SYNERGY WITH YOUR DECK, UNLIKE THEM EXPENSIVE ASS TOKEN ENGINE, can opt pop a monster your opponent controls and burn it, and can be brought back with either Ad Libitum or Theater. This is the main reason why I am compelled to make this list even when I've already made like five or more iterations of this deck, all of which have Dragoon and I have tested against post-DIFO decks and survived well enough.

• The Branded Dragons (Mirrorjade, Lubellion, Alba Renatus, Masquerade, Titaniklad, & Albion) - The stars of the show, all Super Poly targets with the following effects:

1. Mirrorjade - Your most forgiving Super Poly target. Can once per every other turn, banish a monster on the field without targeting at a cost of sending a Fusion monster that lists "Fallen of Albaz" in its text from your Extra Deck to the GY. Also destroys all monsters your opponent controls during the End Phase of the turn it leaves the field.


2. Lubellion - One of the main reasons this deck can recycle. It Fusion Summons at a cost of a discard by shuffling the materials of that Fusion monster from your GY or banished to the deck. The second reason you can summon Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon in this deck.


3. Alba Renatus - The Chimeratech Fortress Dragon/Invoked Purgatrio of the Deck. It can search ANY Polymerization or Fusion Normal Spell from your Deck the turn it was sent to the GY.


4. Masquerade - The bane of combo decks. Makes your opponent pay taxes in LP for each time they attempt to activate a card or effect. This effect is not a once per copy, so having two of him stacks, bumping it up from 600 to 1200 LP per card or effect activation.


5. Titaniklad - Your main fodder for Mirrorjade, except this time, you won't be searching for a Dogmatika monster, but Special Summoning Fallen of Albaz instead as an interruption.


6. Albion - Ideally you'll be summoning him first before Lubellion, but he's the third reason you can summon Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon in this deck. It Fusion Summons without a cost by banishing the materials of that Fusion monster from your hand, field, and/or GY. It also sets you a Branded Spell/Trap from your Deck if it is sent to the GY this turn, ideally either Branded Exile for additional interruption or Branded Condemnation for protection.

• El Shaddoll Winda - This deck can make Winda, so why the hell not. Also stops Brave Tokens from bringing out the chicken.

• Starving Venom Fusion Dragon & Predaplant Dragostapelia - Generic Super Poly targets, one of which has a pretty relevant interruption/floodgate effect.

Final Thoughts

#1. Don't play it with them Brave Tokens. Not because you can, doesn't mean you should.
#2. This deck needs LIGHT targets, not overpriced engine that does nothing more for the deck. You'd be much better off running Kaijus instead. Speaking of which, if you want a free omni negate but also want a LIGHT target, just play Invoked in this deck, simple.
#3. I also have a 60 card list of Branded Dogmatika Invoked Shaddolls, I do not know who wants to see it or whether I should also post that or not. I'm just saying.
#4. If your deck can abuse Super Poly, there's no reason not to do it while it's still at 3.
#5. If your deck can abuse BOTH Dragoon and DPE, there's no reason not to do it while they're still both legal.

Overall, not to be a Conspiracy Carl but I'm starting to think that people just love to hate Fusions (and Pendulums), but if all it takes for the prices of Branded cards and Structure Deck to go down is for them to be boycotted and propagandized as being terrible, I'll take it. For now, I'll still categorize this list as a "non-meta deck". As per usual, if you have any questions or thoughts, feel free to express them down in the comments and I'll respond to them as soon as I possibly can.