Notes & Combos

Pretty quick climb. The deck has a lot of in-engine ways to play through boards, and I was never feeling like I was playing from behind.

Some notable tips:

• Have your settings to manual chain order. I know it takes more clicks, but it will win you more duels when you can chain block your monster effects after your opponent passes priority on their negate. You can order your important monster first and irrelevant stuff after.
• Consider the impact of Naelshaddoll Ariel and remember that it's one effect per turn and only once that turn. She's the MVP of the deck, being able to bring back banished Shaddolls, OR banish the opponent's 3 best cards in their GY.
• Apkallone cannot be destroyed by battle, and it negates permanently. Very annoying to deal with, and it triggers on SPECIAL Summon, so looping it with Resh Shaddoll Incarnation can eventually hose an opponent's entire board.

Some notable matchups were Speedroid, HEROs, Utopia, and the mirror match.

• Against Speedroid, keep in mind, Shaddoll Fusion is "activate" once per turn, so if you can add another copy or add it back to hand, you can try to activate it again vs Crystal Clear Wing. Remember to Chain block the Crystal Wing from being able to negate Apkallone or Construct on the field.

• Against HEROs, save Apkallone to negate Rainbow Neos, or if they play into it with Polymerization, chain to Special Summon Winda to turn off Super Poly for the turn. Going 2nd is easier, just force Super Poly with Dragon and get your plusses.

• Against Utopia, you hope to go 1st (going 2nd you need Droplet for Dweller, and Schism in hand); an early Winda forces them to start off with the Rank-Up Magic from the skill, but you can also link her off with I:P, then revive her with Resh Shaddoll. From there Leo isn't that hard to beat, just flip Schism before the counter trap is live, WAIT, then on a separate Chain, activate the face-up effect (which cannot be negated).

• Against the mirror match, aim to use Ariel to banish all 3 of their Resh to reduce the grind game (other important targets are Dragon so they can't loop it with Apkallone, and Ariel so they can't recur banished monsters). Use your best judgment and have Apkallone either negate Winda, or Schism, depending on the situation. Take advantage of the fact Schism is Main Phase only, and attack for game with El Shaddoll Fusion if you can trick them.