Chaosdramon VS NEO D-Brigade!! | Digimon Card Game: EX-03 Dragon's Roar Arena (SEMIFINAL 1) 

You should have played the crimson blaze for 2 memory. Wipe all of the low level digimon, with maybe 1 surviving to be popped by the megadramon effect. attack darkdra. The other Board would be emptied and chaosdra could have cleaned up the the following turn.

@baby freed I alrdy considered that while playing - wouldnt have worked. Decoy Commandra protects the Blocker. Blocker is Play Cost 4 so it cant be popped by Megadra's inheritable. Darkdra survives either way.

@@rustmarrow was still a the better play.

@@babyfreeD not really since the result would still be the same except with maybe the d brigade having more memory. So either way, chaosdramon lost

@Demenos Great question man, it was honestly a really tough decision, but 2 key reasons: (1) I think Machinedra couldnt really afford to drop 2 evolution cards in that situation. Let's say DP+ MetalGreymon is picked. What about the 2nd one? Small body deletion, SA+, Blocker, Reboot - all key functions that, if lost, could cause them to lose advantage or lose the game next turn. SA+ was big in that situation cos their wincon was to clear Security with Machinedra and win with a 2nd attack. They also didnt have Chaosdra in hand so no expectation to replenish sources. (2) At that moment, D-Brigade had 2 Memory and 3 Brigade members in Trash (4 if you count BT-4 Darkdra going to Trash from being blocked). They could pull off EX3 Darkdra with or without Guils deletion. If Machinedra had blocked and become suspended, EX3 Darkdra could have taken Machinedra out with a follow-up double attack. *While editing, I was actually pretty concerned about this move being a misplay as well so I tried replaying the match and blocking instead, but the match flow and outcome turned out to be almost the same. Losing any of its inheritables so early hit Machinedra hard. I feel the key deciding factor of this match was ultimately them not drawing into Chaosdra early enough.

I thought it was a nice showcase of how certain decktypes can have matchup-specific interaction. Not sure if the other Guilmon would have been better tho. Although it doesnt Trash, the D-Brigade would have had no reason to block its attack early on so they would have an additional body, though 1 less Security as well

@@rustmarrow True, but the D-Brigade took full advantage of Guilmon's second effect, letting them set up their full-on attack. While it can be helpful, if you can get rid of Guilmon right away, it will hurt you later. Thou, that just depends on the deck it's fighting. In this case, it was the wrong choice.

Or rather, the only choice based on hand haha, very unfortunate

@@rustmarrow True

Analog Youth only triggers when a Lv.5 or higher Digimon is deleted!

@@rustmarrow oh right I forgot about the level 5 or higher part

Unfortunately, it chooses all at the same time so decoy can guarantee 1 survivor among the targets

@@rustmarrow Ah damn, a man can dream

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@@rustmarrow thanks!!

Yes

Pretty sure these are all scripted.

@Vanguard Jossu it was a tough decision but the Machinedra player chose not to block cos: (1) Machinedra was tied with Darkdra at 11k. So they would have to drop 2 evolution cards to survive. Let's say DP+ MetalGreymon is picked. What about the 2nd one? Small body deletion, SA+, Blocker, Reboot - all key functions that, if lost, could cause them to lose advantage or lose the game next turn. SA+ was big in that situation cos their wincon was to clear Security with Machinedra and win with a 2nd attack. They also didnt have Chaosdra in hand so no expectation to replenish sources. (2) At that moment, D-Brigade had 2 Memory and 3 Brigade members in Trash (4 if you count BT-4 Darkdra going to Trash from being blocked). They could pull off EX3 Darkdra with or without Guils deletion. If Machinedra had blocked and become suspended, EX3 Darkdra could have taken Machinedra out.

@Zeek Sutton I don't mind if you have issues with my plays as im trying to improve as a player myself, but id appreciate if you try to consider the potential rationale of each move before making such claims. I dont believe in scripting and put in a lot of effort trying to strategise out the best move in each situation. From your other comment, it seems you might have misunderstood some of the rulings involved in todays match as well, so you might want to be careful about that giving you the wrong conclusions

@@rustmarrow I wasn't meaning it as an insult, I mainly meant with the production value, these plays and videis seem scripted to show off both decks total potential. If they are not then I apologize.

@@rustmarrow Ohh I get it now. Thank you so much!

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@@rustmarrow oh thanks man!

Did you not read my popup on why that wouldnt have worked? Decoy would have protected the Blocker. The Blocker is Play Cost 4 so it cant be popped by Megadramons inheritable - outcome is the same

LOL I will see, things are extremely tight right now