Branded Despia

Diamond I from on December 4th, 2022
cp-ur 960 + cp-sr 330
40 cards

Notes & Combos

Ended up removing the 3x Allure of Darkness; I feel like the deck's fine with it as well (it wins some games by baiting Ash/drawing into Called By, and others where you get to do the dreaded Allure full hand discard were usually already-lost games either way), but it's not really necessary. Probably still a 3-of in the light handtraps variant though.

Branded Banishment works wonders in the mirror, it's a good third search if Branded in Red is already in hand, and can also be searched via Aluber instead of Branded Fusion to play around Ash Blossom (of course, provided one can put a viable target in the GY), or to make Mirrorjade if Lubellion gets Imperm'd.

The midddle of the final stretch (D4 - D3) proved to be quite rough since people are running Anti-Spell Fragrance and stuff (it's effective vs Despia AND Pendulum Magician), also, a lot of handtraps in the meta, can quite easily screw you if you don't draw into your Called By / Crossouts. Would probably consider bringing Pot of Prosperity to help with that as well.

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