Tier 0
peris2Therion sets up so many negates and insulates itself from hand traps that competing in this format means playing Therion, or playing floodgates and hoping Therion doesn't draw an out. Or you are FTKing; another thing Therion can do.
Therion is busted, expect the meta to remain the same as long as Loading... is legal.
zaidkingTherion has an insane going-second engine, and being a Rank 8 deck means it has access to all the broken tools Konami has introduced in the last few months (Loading... / Loading... ).
It's simply too strong.
With breakers such as Loading... and Loading... becoming popular, Therion can resort to a pretty consistent FTK that can play through one hand trap with the right hand.
If the meta shifts away from those breakers and toward hand-trap spam, then Therion can also go back to its regular build-a-board version and still create a very oppressive endboard through various hand traps.
Basically, it’s fair to say that Therion has warped the entire meta around it due to its oppressive turn 1 and explosive turn 2.
Tier 2
MParadoXytzaidkingWith the release of the new box, Destiny HERO got huge new support, allowing it to make a board consisting of:
- Loading... - a Skill Drain-like floodgate.
- Loading... - able to pop cards on both players’ fields.
- Loading... - able to pop a card on the opponent’s field.
- Targeting protection, which also protects Loading... from being destroyed by card effects due to the effect of Loading... .
The deck also doesn’t just do that. There is now a combo that can shuffle the opponent’s entire hand and stop them from drawing cards due to Loading... and Loading... . There are also some FTK variants for the deck (same for Therion).
Destiny HERO can search any 2–3 cards in the entire game with the help of Loading... , Loading... and Loading... , and still end on Loading... and Loading... , so it can either FTK you or floodgate you.