Notes & Combos
I was challenged to winstreak with Tear in this event, and a 10-0 and counting later, here we are.
I built this similarly to the older Casino Tear builds that were being tested back in August 2022 that I used to love playing. Using the Danger! monsters alongside other DARK enablers, I was able to consistently get to Curious, which then got me to any other part of my deck. Further helping this, was the normal summon on Gem-Knight Nepy, which just made Barricadeborg, and in combination with other engine, also made Curious. I had Cerberus initially, hoping to use it for Curious, but I quickly found out it was bad, so I swapped it for Phoenix. I also kept the Herald package, both as good mills, but also as good hand traps, and good insulation for my combos.
No Xyz monsters definitely made this deck more awkward to play, never using the GY eff of Reino, unless I absolutely needed to. The typical board I was hoping for was: MMZ Gryphon, Rulkallos, W:P into S:P, A Bao, and Baronne, but this was only in the absolute best case. I usually ended on 2-3 of those.
This deck honestly overperformed compared to my expectations, and has been a blast to play.