This is a list of cards that have tremendously helped in fighting the current metagame of BLS / Phoenix / TER / delinquent duo

 

- Compulsionary evacuation device. TER, phoenix, and BLS are all game breaking. TER cannot be hit with bottomless trap hole; Phoenix cannot be taken down with smashing ground, etc. BLS can easily hit you for 5000 LP if you aren't careful. Compulsionary manages to send each back to your opponent's hand, which is the safest place considering that people only run 1-2 metamorphisis, phoenix is two tribute, and BLS just removed to monsters. It also is a good offensive card to bounce that face down card out of the way. You can bounce your own breaker to get the counter back. Bounce your monster that was just torrential tributed or bottomless. A very versatile card.

 

- Night Assaillant. This card can maintain hand advantage since you get to use graceful charity to draw 3 cards, discard 2 of these and get both back. Cycle them back and forth with one in th grave for unlimited tribe infecting virus. At the end of a turn, with 7 cards, discard one, pick up your magician, and then discard anther less useful card. Also, with delinquent running rampant you can benefit from not losing any cards or reusing your magician of faith and costing them 1000 LP.

 

- Spell Shield Type 8. I run a zombie deck, and most people run alot of targeting spells. Snatch Steal, enemy controller, brain washing, nobleman, etc. This prevents those effects. This is of particular importance for spirit reaper who is very fragile when it comes to targeting effects. In addition if there is a game breaking effect, a little magic jammer is perfect. I will throw away a MST if it stops a lightning vortex, or heavy storm.

 

- Silent Swordsman Level 5 with Vampire lord. In a zombie deck the Lord usually comes out early, so with every discard from their deck, remove a trap. People only have 6-7 of those. Now in a relatively trap free deck you have a 2300 attacker that is impervious to spells (17 in a deck) and people rarely run monsters with the effect of removal (except DDWL). If she shows up, just bounce her with the compulsionary, or other typical methods of removal.

 

So there are some familiar cards that I find work relatively well for those of us who don't have a BLS (not that I don't want one).

 

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