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usually you only need two brainwashing beams to make aliens work, since three can be a bit brick-heavy. wall of disruption good stuff tho.

Yeah I looked up the conditions..........I figured with how often that happened fulling some of the more ridiculous missions in the stages (doing 3 tribute/fusion/ritual summons) and some of these character ones I would be there by now.   No, he has to be stubborn.

...............and the auto-duel just got another Neos randomly from lvl 30 Jaden that spawned outside the gate.  Why can't I get UR on the useful cards damnit (unless Neos related cards are actually good in this meta) or just getting the one card I need from packs (the last Brainwashing Beam, atm)!

I know I shouldn't complain about 2 UR draws within 4 hours of each other, but it seems to be taunting me at this point.  I'm at least keeping this one, since I like Neos.  Damn I wish the Elemental Hero achetype was a bit better.

eheroes are likely gonna see more usage with the upcoming box, which brings some elemental, vision and masked heroes. still, destiny heroes are probably going to be the superior species for now.

that being said, neos is usually only used as fodder for blazeman so. doesnt help that neospacians are godawful.

and I feel you. I had three copies of neos one week after gx world release without farming or dueling him level 40, getting one neos from a 2k duel assessment against level 10. meanwhile I was farming for like 3k colored keys on mai to get her amazoness swords woman, which I eventually only got two copies of before I ran out of keys. rngesus is a fickle being.

doesnt make it better that I got a swords woman from mai level 20 earlier this week by autoduel.

Seeing that there is an update in a fanfic that you really like is truly one of the best feelings in the world, especially if there hasn't been an update in months, so I can understand how you feel.

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Maybe it was designed with ragequitters in mind.

Maybe, since there are quite a few people who surrender early in PVP.   I'm too stubborn to hit the surrender button, if for nothing else because you don't even get losing rewards when you surrender.

there are asshats that use exploits in online play in duel links that force you to instasurrender. though idk if thats the issue here. normally you ought to confirm to surrender though. maybe its just me but ive never accidentally clicked it before.

WAIT HOL UP HES ALREADY HERE?

Yup, though you've probably already seen him by now.

Well, aren't you astounded by his power?

best. event. ever.

and yeah, they handed out cyber dragon support without the actual cyber dragon. I cant entirely blame them- zane truesdale is massively popular, but theres no telling what cyber dragons would do to the meta, and id rather not have cyber angels 2.0 happen.

With how quick Cyber Dragon can get on the field, I don't blame them either........and I don't even have a full grasp of how annoying cyber angels are/were (didn't encounter any in gold or lower) and only know how annoying Cyber and Cyber Twin are by how thoroughly they beat me most of the times.   Fucking double attacking Twin

It's definitely a funny situation, since most of the other forms suck, with Chimeritech Overdragon being situational at best  if I remember correctly.  Not sure how that translated into Duel links.

cyber angels have been nerfed into the ground, with both dakini and machine angel ritual getting semi-limited. and through the way the banlist works in duel links, you can only put two dakini, two machine angel rituals, or one dakini and one machine angel ritual in your deck. the fact that theyre still viable is horrifying.

basically a matchup against the horror that was pre-nerf mind scan cyber angels went as following. you go first, summon monster, set mirror wall, set windstorm, end turn. youre horrified because you know whats coming and didnt draw econ. keep in mind that pre-mind scan allowed you to see your opponents facedowns as long as you have 3000 or more lp.

his turn and the fun starts. he summons senju of the thousand hands, searches his deck for cyber angel idaten. proceeds to use machine angel absolute ritual to ritual summon cyber angel idaten with cyber angel benten as a tribute. idatens effect allows you to search your deck or graveyard for any ritual spell card and add it to your hand when ritual summoned, he chooses machine angel ritual. then, cyber angel bentens effect allows him you, when used as a tribute for a ritual summon, search your deck for a light fairy monster. cyber angel dakini gets added to the hand. he activates machine angel ritual to tribute the idaten on the field and sonic bird in his hand to ritual summon cyber angel dakini. idatens effect, when used as a tribute for a ritual summon, automatically pops. all ritual monsters your opponent controls gain 1000 attack. the mind scanner doublechecks your backrow. no econ. perfect. cyber angel dakinis first effect pops. youre forced to choose a monster on your side of the field and send it to the graveyard. you have no choice but to send your only monster. your monster field is empty, and youre faced with a 3700 attack dakini whose second effect gives piercing damage to all ritual monsters your opponent controls, and a 1400 attack senju. you could use windstorm, but really, whats the point. you cant even destroy dakini next turn, because by banishing machine angel ritual from the gy, hes able to negate the destruction by battle or effect of a light fairy monster he controls once. moreover, dakinis third effect allows him to add a ritual monster or machine angel ritual from his gy to his hand in his end phase, meaning he gets back either idaten for another +1000 next turn, or gets back machine angel ritual to set up for the summon of another dakini. as you realize how hopeless life is against this glorified solitaire deck, you decide to not pop your backrow to end your suffering quickly.

and that is the story of how I get nam flashbacks whenever someone says cyber angel.

enemy controller is the single most splashable card in all of duel links barring none. get three copies asap. I checked feather and it basically forces you to throw away two cards in your hand to have a guaranteed draw next turn, which is defo not optimal. hallowed life barrier also kind of suffers from the discard cost- usually cards that require to discard arent the greatest, unless you built your deck around that.

Gotcha.

I think I'll take Hallowed's more intimidate protection rather than a hope of what might come next turn.  Just wanted to make sure it the Feather wasn't a great card and I wasn't seeing the potential,  or something along those lines.  Thanks for the advice again.

so I went to check the r ranked ticket rewards to see which were worth and what I came up with were the following.

monsters

- oyster meister is in the current meta the only of the monsters in this list that is viable, and only in golden flying fish decks. if you arent planning to use those, might as well skip. if you do want to play golden flying fish, three copies of oyster meister is absolutely mandatory.

- dark driceratops is probably the only tribute monster you will ever want to use in dino decks ever, but tributes kind of suck so you wont ever need more than one, if you even want to put it in.

- kiseitai can also be relevant, but thats in disgusting ojama go or destiny draw burn decks and if you play those I will severely judge you. also, it can be obtained as a drop from weevil, and weevil is like one of the easiest duelists to farm ever so its not worth spending tickets on.

spells

- the sanctuary in the sky. of course. the field spell counter trap fairies are centered around. very good card to have currently, especially if you got the resources to play counter trap. recommended.

- storm is unexpectedly viable in duel links, though you need to be careful of how you use it. storm can be obtained as a drop from odion, though, and like weevil, odion is very easy to farm.

- transmodify can be pretty good. ive used it before in venus/mystical shine ball creature seizure decks, and atm it can also function in counter trap fairies to bring tethys out.

- berserker crush is...okay, no, thats a joke, I just wanted to mention that one because its the card I am going for after I have three sanctuaries. gotta meme.

traps

- hallowed life barrier. probably the most splashable card in the entire list (barring maybe storm), but also suffers from a good amount of cards doing its job better. especially good in decks that like stalling, because the text written on it is kind of wrong- it not only protects you from all damage done by attacks or effects, it also protects your monsters, all of them, from being destroyed that turn.

- astral barrier. fun memes in combination with spirit barrier, not really worth it otherwise.

theres a - in between I guess. doesnt make it much better but yeah.

red-eyes decks currently have two variations- red-eyes slash and red-eyes zombie. for red-eyes zombie you need 0 red-eyes black dragons, since you use red-eyes zombie dragon instead, for red-eyes slash you kind of want the three red-eyes.

red-eyes slash also pairs rather well with sacred soldier.

Anyway, thank you for the advice.  I'll make sure to decide for sure before tomorrow night.

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