Notes & Combos

Hello everyone! It's your favorite Altergeist one trick here back with another decklist update. I managed another KC Cup MAX with my favorite deck, Altergeists! I have a lot to talk about, so buckle up. This might make for an interesting read. To start, this climb was pure torture and a lot of suffering. I kid you not, Horus was everywhere and that deck is an inherent auto-loss for Altergeists if you go second into them. You just cannot break the recursion from King's Sarcophagus and Canopic Protector. Even going first, it's not guaranteed since you have to pray they didn't Precious Cards into Lava Golem. If no Lava Golem, you at least have a chance since Hexstia can just negate the King's Sarcophagus and the other Horus backrow they throw out.

Handrip HERO is an auto loss going second because you have no cards to play your turn. Just scoop vs HERO if you didn't win the coin toss. Icejade falls in the same boat. I got denied TWO KC MAX rankups to Icejade because I went second and couldn't break the Icejade Curse + Kosmochlor + Icejade Erosion lock. I got denied a third KC MAX rankup to Vaalmonica, but that was on me because I got greedy for an extra Hexstia negate with Manifestation (reviving Primebanshee) when it was better to revive Silquitous to bounce the Duralume. But hey, on the fourth KC rankup attempt, we got it. My KC Max rankup duel was vs Red-Eyes Armament. I faced Tachyon before that, which was an easy win once I baited Tachyon Transmigration. Red-Eyes was easy since Altergeist naturally farms that deck.

Overall, this format was a mess. Altergeist is also in such a dire state to the point where I feel like it needs a better Skill than Odion. Odion is too easily countered going second, but what I hate most about it is how the deck forces you to run two stupid bricks in Sphere Mode and Jizukiru. The amount of duels where I hard opened one, or both, of the bricks is astronomical. I was also previously on Magic Deflector (to counter Dark Magician), but that came at a cost of me having a harder time going second. Magic Deflector was quickly cut for a third Imperm to help me go second better.

But yeah, where is the missing Altergeist support Konami? Where is my exclusive Ghost Gal Skill? Stop treating Ghost Gal as a throwaway character and actually give her new Altergeist support and a Skill. Altergeist is so unplayable right now. I don't think Altergeist can even get KoG anymore. The deck is outdated and needs support and a Skill. Hopefully soon!