Bushiroad Championship Series - Spring Circuit Review

          Hello Buddyfighters!  Over the last 4 months we have had numerous Buddyfight tournaments across the world held by Bushiroad where the winners of these tournaments and the winners of all the tournaments in the fall series will meet in Japan to play for the World Championship Title.  With the tournament series spanning over a large time span such as this participants have had to prepare for the meta that they were in. 

          For the first month or so the most recent booster set to be released was Dragon Fighters which concluded the Buddyfight Triple D sets and had support for all worlds as well as the 3 evolved dragon forces.  Many decks received a large amount of support from this set but a couple decks became the top of the meta from this set.  For instance a deck that claimed at least one top 8 spot in just about every regional tournament during the Dragon Fighters meta was the Dragon Chief Emperor deck that had based itself around "Pinnacle of Martial Arts, Duel Jaeger "God Vortoise"".  The deck was based around quickly calling this Duel Jaeger form so the deck would have a wall that most decks in the current meta would have a hard time dealing with since it couldn't have its soul removed or be rested and also had support cards that when in the soul that would prevent the colossal titan from being destroyed by monster effects or give gauge once per turn when Vortoise would attack.  The deck had many methods of protecting the card and used this to its advantage by stopping your opponent from doing as they pleased and gaining more and more advantage until the opponent couldn't stop it.  Another deck that began growing in popularity in the competitive scene was the Legend World Variant of Zodiac.  This variant of zodiac got more popular due to receiving a new weapon that helped with the decks gauge issues as well as a second form that was good for dealing with many decks in the competitive scene.  The deck already had the consistency it needed to be a competitive deck but by fixing the issues of a lack of gauge and adding a new form the deck got everything it needed to play on an even level with most of the competition at the time.  The deck wasn't super popular in the competitive scene but was a very good deck to use at the time.  There were a bunch of other decks that were wildly popular when it came to the competitive scene such as Style of Justice based decks in Star Dragon World, Fifth Omni and Sun Dragons based around Style of Impact for Dragon World, Neo Zwei and many others.  To finish the recap on the Dragon Fighters meta the last deck that could even be crowned the best deck of the meta and must be mentioned are the Searing Executioners.  This deck was always hitting top tables during the Dragon Fighter's meta and even dominated an entire top 8 at one regional tournament.  The deck was astoundingly overwhelming and had tons of methods for generating advantage.  The deck was extremely powerful and stayed this way going forward. 

          The next meta was a lot simpler as it primarily revolved around 4 decks that constantly made top tables.  Three of these decks were released in the newest set of this meta which was X-BT01 the Dark Lord's Rebirth.  These 4 decks that dominated the tournament scene would include the upgraded version of Dragon Chief Emperors with stronger consistency and more power plays, the all new Thunder Empire which is a fancy rush deck that is based on getting 3 or more attacks per turn for benefits and their main monster is Demon Lord Dragon, Batzz , the all new Prism Dragons which were based on sitting on their main wall monster Quintessence Crystal Dragon, Athora, and then the most dominant deck of this meta which were the newly introduced Oni Assassins.  All 4 of these decks were almost guaranteed to be seen in top 8 but the deck that won all of the regional tournaments but one was the Oni Assassin deck.  The reason this deck was so dominant was that it had answers to all of the other decks and had extreme field control.  It had good matchups against almost every relevant deck in the game with the exception of Prism Dragons.  Prism Dragons acted as a counter to Oni Assassins because of the fact that Athora cannot be destroyed by card effects and this gives Oni Assassins a problem as field control through destruction is how they generate most of their advantage. 

After going through the Dark Lord's Rebirth and Dragon Fighters meta only two tournaments remained in Springfest and both of these regional qualifiers would take place during the Crossing Generations Meta.  The meta remained mostly the same with Thunder Empire and Prism Dragons getting more powerful but a deck that climbed back to tier one would be the Neo Zwei deck that first debuted during the 2016 WCQ series.  The deck became extremely powerful with the release of some dragonarms and an all new Dimenzion known as "Too Over-Dimensional Dragon, Dimenzion".  This new card has a terrifying ability which can give it triple attack for one turn which is more than enough for the deck to deal with many threats and allows it to dominate in any game where the opposition lacks the defense for its barrage of attacks.  The last two tournaments in the spring circuit recently occurred with Oni Assassins winning the 1st event and the 2nd event had 3 of the top 8 spots taken by Neo Zwei as well as having Neo Zwei taking 1st and 3rd place.  It is realistic to say that Neo Zwei has become one of the best decks in the game again with the most recent additions and the decks that were relevant before this set stayed relatively the same when it comes to how viable the decks are on a competitive standpoint. 

As the game has evolved and the meta has changed so do the decks we consider to be the best and many changes occurred thanks to the implementation of the Buddyfight X decks so let us look at the last tier list we believe to hold true before Spring Circuit ended.

BEWARE THIS TIER LIST IS FOR CROSSING GENERATIONS AND DOES NOT HOLD TRUE TO TODAY'S META!!!!

 

Tier 1:

Neo Zwei

Oni Assassins

Thunder Empire

Prism Dragons

 

Tier 1.5

Dragon Chief Emperors

Searing Executioners

Legend World Zodiac

Style of Justice Jackknife

SuperHeroine

 

Tier 2:

Fifth Omni

Divine Guardians

Purgatory Knights

Tyrants

Sun Dragons - Style of Impact

Black Dragons

Ninjas

Legend World Heroes - Skuld/Oberon

Dungeon World Knights

 

 

 

 



Time to upgrade this world!

Hey Buddyfighters, It been super long since our last article but we are back here with the latest Chaos deck that was born from the latest set, Chaos Control Crisis!

So whats so unique about this archetype? The character named Wisdom used this deck to beat the almighty Gao Mikado in the anime. The deck features size 30 monsters in the form of Geargods which have very powerful abilities to go along with their massive size. Lets take a look at the flag below.


Like Dragon Ein, "The Chaos" starts with 4 cards in hand but in exchange it allows you to call monster of size upto 99! It also prevents all your size 30 or greater monster from being destroyed by card effects or have their abilities nullified. this is the first time a flag has an added effect other than telling you how many hand, gauge or life you start with. The effect of this flag immediately shuts down many popular decks such as Fifth Omnis, Style of justice Jack and 72 Pillars. Every monster in the deck is a size 3 or size 30 as of now and this prevents alot of cards from being used against the deck. for example, Fifth Omnis wont be able to use their very infamous Dragodesperate against any of your monsters.

The main boss card of the deck is Ruler of Chaos, Geargod VII!



Its a size 30 monster that has a very unique skill exclusive to Geargods. That is the "Chaos Territory", Which allows you to have an additional monster in the center along side the Geargods. This allows you to build a massive push against the opponent as they will have to deal with one additional monster's attack every turn. There a alot of cards that have double and one with even triple attack which makes having 4 monster on board very deadly.  The next signature ability is the "Chaos Drain" which lets your Geargod remain on the field by sacrificing a size 3 or lower Chaos monster. this is particularly powerful in this deck due to the fact that your flag protects the Geargods from being destroyed by card effects. So effectively, your opponent has to clear the entire field by attacking if he/she wants to to even touch your life points.This can prove to be very difficult for many decks. The final ability of this card is its ability to call any Chaos monster without paying the call cost during the start of the battle phase. This is a very powerful ability as you are guaranteed a sacrifice for the Chaos Drain ability and you are able to use cards such as "Chaos Darryl Berck" and "Chaos Osiris" which both have once per turn abilities. So you will be able to use their abilities to add cards to your hand during the opponent's turn.

Geargod VII combos best with "Chaos Adil Diablos". By not paying the call cost of Adil Diablos, you will not get any soul and you can use Adil Diablos to its fullest right of the bat. The deck also comes with a very good control card, "Chaos Tartaros" which has an ability to destroy any monster at counter timing simply by discarding a card. It also has a very efficient cost of just one gauge along with a soul!



The most prominent spell card in the deck is "A ruler's privilege".



An extremely powerful utility card that allows you to either restand a Chaos monster or return any card from the drop zone for no cost. This is an extremely powerful skill for a card with almost no cost as it basically turns into outs to almost any situation. You can return your draw spells, shields, attackers or even Geargods if needed. The restanding ability is also very useful i the current Meta as almost every decks have cards that rest your monsters. Restanding an Adil Diblos and attacking 3 times can cause alot of trouble especially when their resting card was their only out to Adil Diablos. The rest of the spells are nothing unique. you have your Geargod searcher, Blue dragon shield and Nice one equivalents.

the finisher of this deck is the impact called "Forced Global Shutdown"



This is very reminiscing of the impact that was played in Kaizerion decks in the past.  At the simple cost of 2 guage, it can deal 5 or more damage to your opponent. It does not require an open center like most impacts from Dragon world require however it can be reduced which maybe a concern due to the rise in popularity of Black Dragons which runs "Black Dragon Shield".

That concludes the basics of the new Chaos deck. Let us know what you think about this article and feel free to provide any suggestions. Buddyformula's team will do our best to write more interesting article and provide more decklists for you guys!

Signing off
Avengingknight~