I'm a die hard Shaddoll player and thus wanted to try playing a bigger shaddoll lineup for identity purposes and just use a small branded engine. While yes, the maindeck shaddolls are hated and can be considered garnets, they are also what provide utility and make shaddolls more fun and not so boring and linear. The ratios can be tricky because you want at least 1 shaddoll monster in your hand for fusion purposes, but no more, otherwise it can be quite bricky.To that end I believe 7-8 maindeck dolls are ideal to minimize brick hands i.f you want to play bigger shaddoll lineup to make it a real shaddoll deck. Normally, I would have played Genius instead of Falco for more board breaking, but I feel I've been getting into more grind games recently at my locals, plus can open up another line to making full powered chaos angel with it + construct if I really wanted to.
the dogmatika engine is the bridge between shaddolls and branded because with nadir servant, it can give access to both shaddoll and branded engine and allow you to pick accordingly as you see fit depending on the game state. Nadir servant can dump apkallone to access shaddolls via schism line, or albion to access branded via branded fusion, or can dump alba-lenatus to grab either shaddoll fusion or branded fusion if you want to save the albion for generic albaz plays. I started putting alba-lenatus as a means against all the blue eyes players at my locals. Granted, in side deck super poly is also an option against them via khaos starsource in side deck.
Tearlament Scheiren is my tech choice to run because it offers various utility whether its going in with more fusions or resource recursion. It's basically a two for one special with fusion summoning. Can be dumped with branded fusion/shaddoll fusion to make an additional fusion summon. Can also be used with Cartesia effect to make Granguinol. Regarding resource recusion, able to recycle some ED monsters for nadir servant/maximus or if you need ammo for mirrorjade.
Bystials are just bystials. board breaking/disruptions/hand traps. also provide easy lines to Chaos Angel. I've mentioned Chaos Angel multiple times already but its such a nasty card to have out because it shouldn't be too hard to have it at full powered paired with a Lulu and/or Winda.
If Branded Fusion ever goes back to 3 or even up to 2 in the future, Will just replace el shaddoll fusions for it in the future.