Therein lies the issue imo in terms of the 'slower' pace of the deck. With Baronne and Savage banned, people are underestimating how much it cripples Snake Eye/Fire King and other combo deck like Mannadium in terms of both the end board and follow up plays. I prefer the handtrap line up because there are so many good targets to hit. Ghost Ogre (because she deals with Fire King island in addition to dealing with the Tenpai Field Spell as well as the Voiceless spell cards Barrier and Blessing). DD Crow and Ghost Belle helps against a lot of decks that essentially uses their graveyard as essentially a second hand and Imperm and Ash Blossom are still great cards especially when you use them in conjunction with the other hand traps for as much stranglehold as possible. Something like Forbidden Droplet is nice to have on paper, but in the current format especially, I just feel it is best to try and choke the opponent out of their own plays especially with a grind heavy deck like Striker. Without Savage or Baronne, dealing and preparing for something Apollousa becomes a whole lot easier and the grind game becomes more favourable.
Great comment! Thanks! As for the HT part, I am torn. Most if not all decks run cards like TTT or Thrust, so I want those to be dead going 2nd. That being said, I do like HT"s in striker. i just hate opening hands where I just see a bunch of HT, opponent passes and then I need to pass because I don't have any spells to play :/
Therein lies the issue imo in terms of the 'slower' pace of the deck.
With Baronne and Savage banned, people are underestimating how much it cripples Snake Eye/Fire King and other combo deck like Mannadium in terms of both the end board and follow up plays.
I prefer the handtrap line up because there are so many good targets to hit. Ghost Ogre (because she deals with Fire King island in addition to dealing with the Tenpai Field Spell as well as the Voiceless spell cards Barrier and Blessing). DD Crow and Ghost Belle helps against a lot of decks that essentially uses their graveyard as essentially a second hand and Imperm and Ash Blossom are still great cards especially when you use them in conjunction with the other hand traps for as much stranglehold as possible.
Something like Forbidden Droplet is nice to have on paper, but in the current format especially, I just feel it is best to try and choke the opponent out of their own plays especially with a grind heavy deck like Striker. Without Savage or Baronne, dealing and preparing for something Apollousa becomes a whole lot easier and the grind game becomes more favourable.
Great comment! Thanks! As for the HT part, I am torn. Most if not all decks run cards like TTT or Thrust, so I want those to be dead going 2nd. That being said, I do like HT"s in striker. i just hate opening hands where I just see a bunch of HT, opponent passes and then I need to pass because I don't have any spells to play :/
This comment didn't age well lol