TPC Analysis on Balance Impact
Deck Changes
Giorfioperis2Traptrix got Loading... limited to 3 alongside Loading... and Loading... . This will likely mean the deck is gonna keep 3 Loading... and move to the Loading... build, and play other techs instead of Loading... . This will have an impact on some other decks; for example, Galaxy Photon and probably even Red-Eyes are gonna benefit from this. Maybe this hit is enough to make Traptrix lose their tier 1 spot, but we'll see how it performs in the upcoming tournaments.
GiorfioThe limit 1 of Loading... basically forces this deck to remove Loading... , making its turn 1 way more beatable for most decks.
The turn 1 combos of Beetrooper now can’t search twice with Loading... unless they decide to run Loading... and Level 4s that allow it to summon it.
The deck’s turn 2 also got hit, as it can’t send Loading... and banish it to send Loading... as one of its first actions, and then also use it later to search, which it usually did with Loading... .
I expect the deck to get much worse, as Traptrix and Galaxy-Eyes now aren’t forced to draw specific cards to play into its board and can do it with full engine openers.
GiorfioLoading... was already not played in the standard lists of Gimmick Puppet, this is only a nerf to the FTK combo with Loading... and Loading... .
I think Gimmick Puppet might rise because the main issues the deck had against Traptrix were Loading... (paired with Loading... removing Loading... ) and Loading... , Loading... is much easier to deal with because this deck can play up to 9 outs (Loading... , Loading... and Loading... ) and drawing any of these makes you otk traptrix pretty easily, the deck also has a decent matchup against all rank 8 decks (unless they make Loading... ) and in general it has one of the best engine turn 2 in the entire format, especially after the Beetrooper nerf, so I wouldn’t be surprised if this deck rises in popularity now.
GiorfioSome decks did not get directly affected by the banlist, but their position in the meta could change because of the hits received by other decks, Shaddoll is probably the main example: Traptrix now will play mainly Loading... , Beetrooper were a good matchup for Shaddolls and got nerfed, Galaxy-Eyes might rise and that's the worst Shaddoll matchup in the tier list, so I expect the deck to struggle a lot more now.
On the other hand, P.U.N.K. might rise because it has a pretty hard Traptrix matchup (especially the Loading... version, Loading... doesn't do much) and in general the deck struggles with Loading... a lot, but it deals pretty well with all the rank 8 combo decks thanks to Kaijus, so I expect this deck to increase in popularity.
I think Lyrilusc and Orcust are completely power crept so the unlimits of their cards are basically irrelevant, they won’t really see play anyway, Loading... could see some plays in the future because it’s a pretty good rank 5 for light decks, and especially light/machine decks can now play both Loading... and Loading...
Skill Changes
