Notes & Combos

In the game's current state, Flunder is solid. When it goes first, it says no to pretty much every deck that special summons. That is, of course, when it doesn't brick.

The new quick play helps with that a lot! I would play 3 if I had them. If you do, you can swap out whichever card feels right to you. Some contenders are Book, the third Imperm, Extrav, Duster, or maybe you can simply play 41. The second Empen is also a contender, but since the mirror is popular, having another 2.7K beater and a search is really helpful (plus, it gives Eglen another target in grind games).

The mirror match is a skill matchup. I opted to play Imperm and backrow solutions precisely for it. The backrow removal also helps with backrow decks, obviously. Killing the Zombie World is essential: it's a terrifying card against this deck. Having the backrow removal also does stuff against decks like Marincess and Despia. The alternatives to the Backrow solutions and Imperm are Maxx C and Shifter. I didn't like Maxx C: it rarely resolved and does nothing in the mirror. Shifter, while an FTK against some decks, does nothing in the mirror and is easy to play around for many of the top contenders like Despia and Swordsoul.

My Extra Deck is not optimized. Appo does basically nothing ever and Shuraig never came up either. I'd replace them with Dharc and Anima (if I had it).

That's pretty much it. Birds are hella oppressive and need to be taken into account when deck building for the Diamond Climb.