This weekend was all about Abyss Rising, so we approached a wide array of Duelists to ask them to name their favorite cards from the new set. The answers were pleasantly all over the place, so check ’em out!
What are your favorite cards from Abyss Rising?
With Abyss Rising making such an impact on the field this weekend, alot of Duelists had differing opinions on what the biggest threats were in this tournament. We now know that Agents, Wind-Ups, Dino Rabbit, and Mermails took the most spots in the Top 16, though it was Inzektors that won it all. That said, we hit the tournament floor Saturday to ask competitors what they were running, and what they were siding for this weekend! Here’s what they had to say…
Abyss Rising really changed the field here this weekend: the metagame here at YCS Seattle is vastly different from what we saw a month ago at YCS Providence, so earlier on Saturday we decided to ask Duelists from all walks of life what they felt would win the Championship. The top pick?! You get one guess…
The Mermail monsters are just making their debut in Abyss Rising, but they were already the most feared and hyped Deck coming into this weekend. With incredible consistency and terrifying combos, Mermails are explosive and specialize in wiping the opponent’s cards off the field. Combined with Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord, your opponent’s cards aren’t safe no matter where they try to hide them!
With at least three major Decks coming out of Abyss Rising, we hit the tournament floor to ask Duelists from all walks of life whether they believed the new and revamped strategies would make it to the Top 32 this weekend. First up? Madolches!
Madolche Ticket and Madolche Messengelato add more consistency and search power to the Madolche strategy, but the biggest new addition to the Madolche arsenal is Madolche Queen Tiaramisu! A stunning boss-level monster, Tiaramisu’s dangerous because she’s an Xyz Monster – you don’t have to draw her. Unleashing the Queen is as easy as overlaying two Level 4 Madolche monsters, and from there her effect can send up to two of the opponent’s cards from the field back to their Deck. Add in Madolche Chateau and Madolche Ticket, and her effect can return cards to your hand and Special Summon a Madolche from your Deck, too.
Next up, we wanted to know whether or not Duelists believed that the Prophecy monsters would make it to the Top 32 this weekend! The Prophecy archetype gets an all-new search monster to search out High Priestess of Prophecy, Justice of Prophecy; new Spellbook Spell Cards; and a new Field Spell, The Grand Spellbook Tower. Bretween Justice and Grand Spellbook Tower, a Prophecy Duelist can stack up alot of free cards over just a few turns, and then outmaneuver the opponent with strong removal effects and the crushing power of High Priestess!
