Zetta's new revolution

Hello Buddyfighters! We are back after a hiatus and today we are bring you an article on the Zetta/Abygale deck that has been doing surprisingly well in Japan!

Lets start by analyzing what made the deck grab the attention of players! The latest set has brought upon us a new and improved Abygale impact monster known as Abygale"Armed Howl bringer".

[Call Cost] [Destroy one or more 《Black Dragon》 on your field & Pay 3 gauge]
When this card enters the field during the final phase, you may put one 《Black Dragon》 impact from your drop zone on the bottom of your deck. If you do, put up to the top nine cards your opponent's deck, and up to three cards from your opponent's gauge into the drop zone, deal 3 damage to your opponent, and you gain 3 life!! 

This new Abygale is what has pushed the deck from being rarely seen to being used by quite a few players. It's insane ability to Deal 3 damage and destroy 3 gauge makes the card extremely deadly when played on the first turn against decks like Chaos which requires gauge to perform their high advantage plays. This card makes your opponent start at 4 life unless they are holding a shield on their first 6 cards. 

The new Zetta build focuses on getting this guy out constantly in order to burn your opponent's life points and control the flow of the game with the gauge steal. Why this works so well in Zetta is because of Zetta's unique ability to call multiple impact monsters making it possible to win on the first turn if the right cards are drawn. 

Below is a sample list on how the new deck should be built. 

2 x Battle Demon of Revenge, Zetta(X-BT03A-UB02)
1 x Armored Battle Demon, Zetta(D-BT04) 
3 x Demonic Battle Demon Zetta(D-CBT)
4 x Abygale, "Armed Howl Bringer"(X2-BT01) 
4 x Abygale, "Unlimited Death Drain"(D-BT02)
2 x Abygale, "Last Death Violence"(D-BT04) 
2 x Abygale, "Vanquishing Death Hole"(D-BT01) 
4 x Fake Replica Weapon, Gemclone(D-SS03)
4 x Gemclone "SD"(X-BT03A-UB02)
2 x Gemclone,"Wall Replica"(D-BT04) 
1 x Gemclone, "Origin Breaker"(D-BT04) 
4 x Armor Talisman: GAUGE AND DRAW(D-BT04) 
4 x Armor Talisman: TWO DRAW(D-SS03)
4 x Armor Talisman: FIND JOKER(D-SS03) 
4 x Hyper Energy(H-BT01) 
4 x Armor Talisman: THREE GAUGE(D-SS03) 
1 x Time Sale(X-BT04A-SS03) 

The above list focuses on getting Black dragons in to the drop zone and calling Howl Bringer as many times as possible. 

We hope you enjoyed this article. This deck is however not a top tier deck, but it has the potential to do very well in the upcoming meta. 

Signing off, Avengingknight~ 

Bushiroad springfest 2018 Singapore results

Hello Buddyfighters! Today we are bringing you the results of the Singapore Springfest series. A total of 51 teams had a long worn out fight and one team managed to come out on top! Decks that were seen in most teams were Chaos, Thunder empire and the unexpected World Loop which had managed to win every meta deck in the current format by using its special ability to take extra turns constantly and consistently.

Without further ado, here are the winning lists!

Terry Tai's World Loop

Tan Jiaye's Chaos

Kevin's TEF

We hope you enjoyed this article!

Signing off, Avengingknight~

Bushiroad SpringFest Team League Indonesia Results

Hello Buddyfighters!  With the new regional circuit up and running the time for us to bring you decklists has come once again!  As you know two events happened this weekend with Indonesia to be the first Buddyfight event this year being followed by Chicago the next day.  We have been able to secure the decklists of the 1st place team.  This team consisted of World Champion Yuvento Cungiono, Yuan Qi They, and Andrew Connan.  Also since team order is important in this event it is important to list out the order of these players for the tournament.  Player A was Andrew Connan, Player B was Yuan Qi They, and Player C was Yuvento Cungiono  These players piloted some of the best decks in the current meta game and achieved victory above the rest of the contestants.  Andrew played the updated version of Legend World Swords, Yuan Qi They played Thunder Emperor's Fangs focusing on the Satsuki G version that does well in Japan, and Yuvento played the new variant  of chaos, Autodeities.  Here are the decklists and be sure to give these three congratulations for their hard won victory.

Andrew Connan's Laevatin Decklist

Yuan Qi They's Satsuki-based TE Fangs Decklist

Yuvento Cungiono's Autodeity Decklist

BCS World Championship 1st and 2nd Place Decklists (With a top 4 list!)

          Hello Buddyfighters!  A little less than two weeks ago the World Championships for Bushiroad Trading Card Games occurred and that means we have more decklists to bring to you guys.  We were able to retrieve both the 1st and 2nd place decklists for Worlds which were Thunder Emperors Fangs played by Yuvento Cungiono and Chaos was piloted by Joseph Reyes.  Congrats to these two players for making it to the top two spots in the World Championships and here are there lists below!

EDIT:  We have also been allowed to use the decklist screenshot from top 4 player Andrew Phua's youtube video!  Be sure to thank him for letting us showcase his deck as well by checking out his channel or at least the video of the deck profile!  Congrats on making top 4 Andrew!

link to his deck profile video:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV39h4jOcVE

Yuvento's First Place TE DeckList

Decklist For First Place:

Flag:  Thunder Emperor’s Fangs

Buddy:  Misfiring Demon, Globes

1x Arc Dragon Bariballo

1x An Unexpected Helper, Takosuke

1x Adventure Lord, Cube the Adventurer

4x Operative Sphere

4x Misfiring Demon Globes

4x Connect Ninja Tomonoshin

2x Vagrant Dragon Semimaru

1x Black Arc Dragon, Riverpain

4x Thuner Empire Corps Leader, Barlbatzz

1x Overturn Ice Emperor, Miserea

3x Dark Black Arc Dragon, Zem Sevens

1x Nice Thunder

1x In the Name of the Thunder Empire!

1x Blackring Bolt

2x Thunder X Attract

2x World Linking Key the First, Drag-Uno

3x The Fighter’s Oath

3x Loud Voice

3x Demon Lord’s Dragon Roaring Blast

4x Blacksand Castle

1x  Dragon Fangs Fist, Batzz Fang

1x  Thunder Emperor’s Symbol

1x  Arc Dragon Sword

1x  Descending Lightning Deity, Tsuchi-Ikazuchi

1x Turbulent Thunder Sword, Rupture X Tempest Slash

Joseph's Second Place Chaos DeckList

Decklist for 2nd Place:

Flag:  The Chaos

Buddy:  Chaos Daryll Berck

1x Chaos Lumiere

1x Oniseer of Autodeity, Chaos Ibuki

1x The Manufactured Havoc, Geargod VII

1x Proto Chaos Machina, Geargod VIII

2x Chaos Aquario

2x Chaos Gorgas

2x Chaos Alberion

3x Chaos Basili-Golem

3x Chaos Orser Klienz

3x Ruler of Chaos, Geargod VII

3x CHAOS Transcendant Geargod Ver.099

4x Edward the Chaos

4x Chaos Rising Flare

4x Chaos Osiris

4x Chaos Darryl Berck

1x One Who Comes From Havoc

3x Launch the Autodeity

4x Machining Sacrifice

4x Population Reduction

Andrew's Top 4 List

Decklist for Top 4:

Flag:  The Chaos

Buddy:  Chaos Daryll Berck

1x Chaos Death Talica

2x Chaos Gorgas

2x Edward The Chaos

2x Chaos Alberion

2x Chaos Basili-Golem

2x The Manufactured Havoc Geargod VII

2x Proto Chaos Machina Geargod VIII

3x Chaos Rising Flare

3x Chaos Osiris

3x Chaos Aquario

3x Chaos Orser Klienz

3x Oniseer of Autodeity, Chaos Ibuki

3x Ruler of Chaos, Geargod VII

3x CHAOS Transcendant Geargod Ver.099

4x Chaos Daryll Berck

2x One Who Comes From HAvoc

2x A Ruler’s Privledge

4x Population Reduction

4x Machining Sacrifice

Buddyfight Malaysia and Australia Autumn circuit results

Hey Buddyfighters! Today we bring you a double post with both the Malaysian and Australian Autumn Circuit results. As we can see from the below lists, Black Dragons have dominated atleast 2 out of the top 3 spots in both the tournaments. With cards such as Ganmaru, Zem Seven and Elgod, Black Dragons can control the game according to their will. With such high amounts of control, they managed to take 1st place in Malaysia.  However, Australia's Champion managed to fend off the heavy control aspect of Black Dragons using his almighty Thunder Empire and bought glory to Batzz and his army! Below are the top 3 deck lists of both the tournaments!

Malaysia Champion

Malaysia runner up 

Malaysia 2nd runner up

Australian Champion

Australian runner up

Australian 2nd runner up

With this article, The Bushiroad Spring and Autumn Circuits have ended and we hope that you have enjoyed these type of posts. Be sure to follow us on facebook as we will be bringing you live updates from Tokyo for the Bushiroad World Finals held on 21st January 2018! 

As always, Keep on Buddyfighting! 

Signing off, Avengingknight~

Building the "Perfect" deck

Hey Buddyfighters, We are here today bringing you an article about deck building.

When the words "deck" and "building" are seen together, the first thing that should come into your mind is consistency. A good deck has to be consistent regardless of the game plan. When you are planning to build a deck for regionals or a big event, you have to make sure your deck can perform well in all the round if you want to make it all the way. Lets look at some key factors to consider when building a deck and making it consistent.

1) Draw power
2) Toolboxing
3) Is it a mono strategy?
4) Defensive capability
5) Offensive capability

Draw power is an absolute necessity in every deck as drawing into your key cards are very important if you are aiming to consistently win every round. It is advisable to have atleast two different cards that gives you draw for a very low cost.

Toolboxing is basically having the ability to search your deck for your key cards. Especially important if you are running One Turn kill decks that require combo pieces. If you wish to make your deck consistent, then you should always run cards that searches your deck for your key cards at 4. By maxing out cards that search your deck,you can run less inconsistent cards in your deck and you will have lesser chance to draw cards that will get stuck in your hand.

Does your deck rely on a single way to win or does it have multiple ways? It is never advisable to build a deck that relies on a single strategy as if you were to get matched up against a deck that unintentionally counters your deck then you are going to have a hard time. For example, if you choose to play Shadowshades which rely on a center monster and you get matched up against Black dragons which has the ability to rest your monster then you  are basically in a loosing end.  It is key to have a deck build with multiple Boss monsters. And if all your Boss monsters focus on the same strategy then you should play cards that counters your counters which comes under "Tech" cards which we will be discussing in another article.

Next is having enough defensive capability. Shields are not the only defensive cards when it comes to Buddyfight. A defensive card can be in many shapes and forms. Like calling a monster via the Ambush ability is considered as a defensive capability. A deck must be able to defend without losing cards. What that means is that, the cards you play to defend must be able to defend without reducing your hand size. For example, Oni Assasins defend by using the ambush ability and Chaos defends by using the Chaos Drain ability. Both of which do not use up hand size. Thunder empire deck has arc dragon shields which draws back the card used for defending effectively making them free.

Lastly is the offensive capability of the deck. In the current Meta, any deck that you build must be able to do an average of 15 damage in one battle phase with multiple attacks. There is no point in having immense draw and search power when you cant deal the damage required to win. And another thing to consider is to have "Cheap" damage such as Overturn which give you additional 10 damage most of the time for a very low cost. In a format where almost every deck can perform One turn kills with ease, its important to have your deck built in a way that it can keep up with them.

In conclusion, Consistency is always the key to winning in any match. It is important to practice your deck untill you have mastered it and to a point where you wont do any missplays.

"Im more afraid of a Buddyfighter who has played 1 deck a 100 times rather than a Buddyfighter who has played 100 decks 1 time."- Buddyformula

Bushiroad Championship Series Autum Circuit - Phillipines Buddyfight Top 3 Decklists

Hello Buddyfighters! The qualifiers the Philippines wrapped up and we were able to get the top 3 decklists!  The total player count of this tournament was 63 and a deck no one would have ever expected made it to the position of Champion for this tournament.  That deck was none other then Professor Menjo the deck!  This is a very impressive feat as although the deck does have power plays there are a ton of other decks that can annihilate the competition in a single turn or out-resource the Menjo deck so being able to get 1st place at a BCS tournament is very impressive.  We have also seen the rise of a deck that is very popular over in japan which is a mix of EDD support (mainly gaen) with black dragons to create a very strong control deck which got 3rd place!  Only time will tell if the rise of this new deck which can be referred to as Abygaen is just a craze or if it is actually the next big meta deck!  Not forgetting second place we got Neo Zwei which continues to show its prevalence.  Now for what you guys truly came to see; here are the top 3 decklists!

Josel's 1st Place Menjo Decklist

Joshua's 2nd Place Neo Zwei Decklist

Firdaus' 3rd Place Abygaen Decklist!