[News] (April 3rd, 2016) Asmodai Tops Card Kingdom Akihabara's ABC Tournament

The first set in the Buddyfight Triple D series, D-BT01, was released in Japanese on the first of April. Yesterday, Card Kingdom Akihabara held the Aso Buddy Cup (ABC), a series of official Buddyfight shop tournaments sanctioned by Bushiroad. The tournament saw a turnout of 30, and it gave some insight on the metagame post-DBT01.

The champion was Takanashi, who piloted a Magic World ‘Asmodai’ deck. The deck incorporated several D-BT01 cards, namely, Lie-Spitting Shux, Hot-blooded Demon King Teacher, Asmodai, Emergency Treatment, Neverland and Magical Book, Theurgy.

03/04/16 Card Kingdom Akihabara Aso Buddy Cup (Turnout 30) 
First Place: Takanashi 

Flag: Magic World

Buddy Monster: Art of Body Duplication! Asmodai
Size 0: 5
x3 Boy Transformation! Asmodai
x2 Demon Musician, Amdukias
Size 1: 14
x4 Art of Body Duplication! Asmodai
x3 Lie-Spitting Shux
x3 Hot-blooded Demon King Teacher, Asmodai
x2 Let’s Play! Asmodai
x2 Street Racer, Eligos
Size 2: 5
x4 Dance! Asmodai
x1 Third Omni Water Lord, Miserea 
Size 3: 2
x2 Champion Wrestler Asmodai
Spells: 13
x4 Nice One!
x4 Hardcore of Mind
x4 Magical Goodbye
x3 Solomon’s Shield
x2 Emergency Treatment, Neverland
x2 Never Say Never
x1 BAR King Solomon     
Items: 2
x2 Magical Book, Theurgy
Impacts/Impact Monsters: 2
x2 Gatling Hardcore!!

The control deck used the Asmodai utility engine as its core. With Body Duplication Asmodai acting as an all-purpose toolbox, Takanashi had easy access to card draw, life gain, item break and monster removal. 

The main focus of the deck, however, was Gatling Hardcore. The deck aimed to keep a closed-center, triple-monster formation at all times, thus maximizing the damage output of Gatling Hardcore. 72 Pillars set spells and items also count towards the ability of Gatling Hardcore, so Emergency Treatment, Neverland, BAR King Solomon, and Magical Book, Theurgy all help to increase the impact card’s damage.

Complementing the theme of 72 Pillars field swarm, Teacher Asmodai, Hardcore of Mind and Lie-Spitting Shux added much-needed value to keep the deck running. Magical Book, Theurgy’s monster defense reduction ability helped the deck’s monsters to reach better numbers during attacks. This was especially important against deck types where monster removal was ineffective, i.e. Jackknife Aster and Arc-En-Ciel.

The peculiar tech choice of Third Omni Water Lord, Miserea may have been attributed to the recent dominance of Jackknife Aster decks, since Miserea can clear two Aster souls in one fell swoop. Of course, there is also a possibility that Takanashi had simply wanted an efficient attacker in the ranks of his size 2s.

(Source: Card Kingdom Akihabara's Twitter)

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