We are here with? "Dark."
Hi, Dark. What are you sharing with us today?
"Phantom Knight Orcust."
Nice. so what's special about the deck?
Nothing particular I suppose?
"You build a board going first."
Build a board? Sounds nice.
Can we check out the deck?
Alright, here we start with...
"The Orcust and PK stuff"
For the Orcusts, we got 2 Knightmares, 2 Harps, 2 Cymbals, 1 Brass, and 1 Wand.
Why Brass tho?
"It helps with Synchro plays."
"Also the effect sometimes comes in handy considering the amount of Orcust monsters I run."
Cool. Forgot it has the effect that lets you special summon an Orcust from hand.
By the way, I've seen many players cut Cymbal to 1. Why do you prefer a second copy?
"It's a level 3, which I need for one of my strategies. You want a second copy in case you open one."
Fair enough.
Here we got a very standard PK line-up.
Also may I ask if you run Needlefiber in your version.
"I do. But the way I utilize it is a bit different."
Cool. And I notice you only run 1 copy of Armageddon Knight. You consider it inferior to Dark Grepher?
"I prefer Grepher since you got lots of stuff to discard for its special summon."
"On the other hand, Armageddon Knight is guaranteed to eat your normal summon."
Fair enough.
So basically here are all the starters and extenders for the deck.
"Pretty much."
Why 2 copies of Destrudo tho?
"Why 2?"
"I feel more than 1 copy is needed but running 3 is overkill."
True that.
So that's all the monsters for the main combos. The rest are handtraps?
"yep."
Looks pretty standard....
...except the two Phantazmays. You like it in the current meta?
"Decent."
"It does work against Salamangreat and in mirrors."
"Even decks that don't focus on link summoning make Knightmare Phoenix from time to time."
Sure. And it also...
"It also lets you shuffle back Malicious."
Yeah, it helps with that, which is nice.
And why no Effect Veiler? Most lists I've seen play the card.
"Cause I am already running more than 40 card and don't feel like increasing the number."
"And most lists run only 1 copy anyway."
3 Called by the Grave, pretty standard.
And also the one of's.
How do you like Monster Reborn?
"Not bad."
"Comes in handy If they have Ogre or something else that can remove your monster."
"And also you can steal opponent's stuff. It gives you more options."
Nothing feels better than Monster Reborn Armageddon Knight, does it?
"Well, that does happen once in a while."
"Overall, the card is quite versatile and worth the slot."
How about Soul Charge? Completely unnecessary?
"The board you can make after Soul Charge isn't always strong enough. You'd rather have the Battle Phase."
"Plus you are likely to pay your life points early for Destrudo, in which case Soul Charge might get way less value if not completely dead."
True that.
Apparently, you still play the field spell.
"I do."
As far as I know, many people have cut the field spell.
In most cases, you still go for the counter trap over field spell, right?
"It depends. Right now I actually prefer the draw spell most of the time."
Good to know.
Have you ever considered cutting the field spell?
"To tell the truth, I have. But it can be useful in certain match-ups."
"In that sense, I just leave it there just in case."
Is maximizing Fog Blade necessary?
"I always open at least one copy. If I don't max it out, I am afraid to have nothing for the PKs to search."
I know that feel.
"And also 3 Fog Blade...." That feel when you have nothing to search
"...can do work against decks that run Inspector Boarder or other walking floodgates."
I see.
Let's check out the extra deck.
Here we have the Knightmares and a Salamangreat Almiraj.
The Almiraj, in case you guys aren't aware, allows you to make a Knightmare with any of the PKs.
You simply normal summon the PK and turn it into Almiraj.
And then banish the PK to search Brigandine. Now you got yourself a Knightmare.
Pretty nice addition to the deck
How about the Orcust monsters?
"Nothing special."
The link 3 Orcust is no longer played?
"That one just feels dispensable."
"Never really need to make him."
Agree.
Would you max out the link 2 Orcust girl if you had space?
"I probably would. I do sometimes miss the third one."
Let's see what we have left. Borrelsword, a very obvious one.
Also the Needlefiber package.
But what I am curious about is the PK Xyz. That's not usual.
What's it for?
"As you saw earlier, I run 2 copies of Cymbal, which is a level 3."
"Often, I find myself have access to Rank 3 Xyz, mainly with these two."
"This, again, gives me more options and enables more plays."
So, you think the PK Xyz is worth an extra deck slot.
"Depends on your play style. I feel this one suits me well."
I am asking cause I notice that you are not running Linkuriboh.
That means you give up the Needlefiber into Jet Synchron
into Linkuriboh into a Knightmare combo.
"Not a big fan of that one." You think it's bad?
"Well, again, it depends on your play style. I find myself not used to that kind of plays."
Then what's the best turn 1 board for you?
Is it Rusty Bardiche plus the Orcust Link 2 plus the Orcust Xyz with 2 Fog Blades and the counter trap?
"Well, best case scenario I would have a Borreload Savage Dragon alongside what you just said."
Borreload Savage Dragon on top of that? Nice.
So that's in total...
"Two Fog Blades, the counter trap, the link 2 girl, Borreload Savage, and Rusty Bardiche. That's it."
So overall, what do you think of Phantom Knight Orcust in the current meta?
How strong is the deck?
Do you consider it top tier? Or it still needs more to meet the criteria.
"Of all the decks that focus on Extra deck summoning,
I can see PK Orcust as well as Salamangreat being the strongest."
I feel these two decks, especially PK Orcust, somehow, have a lower ceiling,
but the overall consistency really makes up for that.
After all, all you need is a Knightmare to begin with, no?
'"Pretty much."
Alright, thanks for the awesome deck profile.
Hope everyone enjoyed it.
Who are you again? "It's Dark."
Thank you very much, Dark. See you next time.
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