Notes & Combos

I was inspired to play this by hendu and found it relatively easy to climb with. Main locks: Rivalry of the Warlords+There Can Only Be One: The opponent can only have one face-up monster, this makes it hard for them to link.

Number 86 Rhongo: removing the ojama lock gave me a lot of extra space. Fire prison often forces decks into link monsters (Even Floowandereeze) so the Numbers Eveil + Sales Ban is often live. You can also Sales Ban naming Ash Blossom if you have to dig that turn.

Fire Prison + Skill drain

Cauldron of the Old Man: Even though the effect damage is your main win condition, the life gain can serve as a lock of sorts in race situations.

Card choices/non-choices: Final Countdown: Optional. It is nice having a win condition that doesn't take up a spell zone. Allows Cauldron to go permanent gain life mode for race situations.

Prohibition can make Eldlich cry if you beat them to their game plan.

The extra deck has a couple of paths to Rhongo (Master Duel makes it really easy to not mess this up).

Numbers Eveil: 29+37+3+17=86 (Rhongo) 4 (numeron)+11+21+63=99 (Dragonar) Dragonar can go for Hope Harbinger, Stealth Kragan, or C1. This line is for when you have Numbers Eveil but not Sales Ban.

Pot of Desires is a more interesting option. I don't like it because I find myself having to stall until my opponent decks out with some frequency. However, it is good at finding multiple pieces of the main locks of the deck.