Notes & Combos
I think it’s valuable to show imperfect gameplay — I don’t want to create the impression that I play every match flawlessly. It’s far from that — and honestly, I think that’s part of the charm.
What I do want to show you is that even when things look rough, there’s still a way to win!
_________________________________________________
I've been trying out a new line that puts 3 materials on Ultimate Falcon, giving it 5500 ATK. I figured it's safer to just finish the opponent on my turn using its effect — and so far, it’s been working great!
I also added Maxx “C”, Fuwa, Crossout, and swapped in Forbidden Droplet instead of Dark Ruler No More.
I still run Droll, even though I play Maxx “C” and Fuwa, for a few reasons:
1st I usually don’t want too many cards in hand — it gets overwhelming. Raidraptors special summon and search a lot, so over-thinning the deck isn't always ideal. Plus, the opponent can’t deck me out from my draws.
2nd Droll is still a really strong hand trap going second.
_________________________________________________
Since I now run a second Rank 5 to make Ultimate Falcon, I had to decide between Stranger Falcon, Blaze Falcon, or another Brave Strix.
I initially went with Blaze Falcon since it can destroy all Special Summoned monsters, but I ended up preferring Brave Strix for several reasons:
1st If you get Ash’d during your initial combo, having two Brave Strix lets you start over next turn.
2nd Unicorn can’t banish Brave anymore since I run two — you’ll still have one left.
3rd Ultimate Falcon gains 5500 ATK thanks to Brave’s effect: it grants 100 ATK × the Rank of the Xyz monster it’s attached to — and it stacks. So yeah… big bird.
_________________________________________________
I now prefer Ultimate Falcon over Final Fortress Falcon (FFF) because:
1st FFF can be hit by Super Poly.
2nd If I’m forced to rank up it always felt very bad for some reason.
You can still end on Ultimate Falcon + 1 nuke + Glorious Bright you just need to make sure you detach 1 Brave from Ulti (that would make it have 'only' 4.500 ATK. _________________________________________________