So the event didn't go as well as I hoped, BUT I was still happy that the deck was definitely strong enough to combat the current meta post ban list! I faced 4 Maliss and 3 Ryzeal throughout the tournament. My two losses (one Ryzeal, one Maliss) definitely still felt winnable as well (especially the Maliss one, as I lost because of their LP gain in time even though my hand going second was CRACKED)! They finished 8th and 12th respectively, and were great people :) Overall, I'm just glad that Branded is not dead (yet lol) and I hope to keep getting better at the deck with all your help!
Thank you so much for your input, I faced Ryzeal with 60 card branded and my god it was so overwhelming. I think I'll go back to 50. This really helped
Hey man, I've been following your channel for awhile now. Especially love all your Branded content! I've been playing the deck for almost 2 years now and i still find new lines for the deck. Glad to know the deck can still perform well this format! Where did you get your extra deck oversleeves from? Those look sick! Keep doing what you're doing man. Love all your videos!
Impressive content, HakunaMyData. Looking forward to your next video! I smashed that thumbs up button on your upload. Keep up the fantastic work! Your insights on the Branded Despia deck adjustments were really insightful. Have you considered how the evolving meta might influence the viability of other tech choices in the future?
Awesome deck list and we'll done on the result. If you could possibly make a series regarding the data and simulations behind decks such as that one that you used for your cyber dragons deck. If possible you could try to make the code available to users and on a accessible language such as python or any other languages that don't need to pay or have a subscription. This would change the way people look at deck building and especially if the program could work with any decks and still get all the data and be able to visualize. Thanks in advance. Love your content
For Evenly, realistically LADD will still be able to take care of that if they go into BP. For Kashtira, I would personally think it is not worth it because there are hardly any dedicated Kashtira decks out there, only as an engine. So I wouldn't want to waste my Branded Fusion to stop a small engine of theirs and they just carry on doing anything else haha
I'd love to get this deck another regional top this format, I'll be competing in two regionals in January, and I am deciding what to bring. I would love to bring Branded as I've had success getting my invite with it a few months ago, but it is super rough into dim barrier being at 3 in most sides. I get dim barriered in half of my games going 2nd post side with pure Ryzeal and Maliss both getting 3 draws every single time in their turn 1 combo (which will be uninterrupted since I'm on branded). I love the deck and breaking boards with it but I feel so unmotivated to continue playing the deck at events when so many games will be out of my control due to barrier, too many times ill break a board until they have no interactions except a set and I activate BF into a barrier 🤦♂. Did you have this large of an issue with it during the WCQ?
Ahh ya, honestly it's all a blur now between what happened at the regional vs. on DB lmao. But yes, way too much D Barrier and it sucks, wish it got banned already
love the super poly in the main, what targets would u recommend in this format for a non fusion deck? i’m running garura and mudragon but considering dracostapelia too
If you’re running super poly in other decks, yes, I’d definitely recommend those three! The Dragostapelia comes up against Fiendsmith boards and can be clutch
@@saadeeniii Depending on the hand Duo drive may not even be on the field, as they can send it to summon from GY, the big play here would be, you super poly them using detonator and one of your monsters, something like, branded opening summon aluber, aluber effect, chain super poly, this clears the detonator so your aluber resolves if they can't detach from detonator as it would be off the field, and you can go into Masquerade with aluber and detonator
You know man i was just about now to finish my branded despia deck build. I am playing 60 pile cause it the only deck now I feel confident playing at 60 and its my only deck out of all my decks that am playing now at 60 because I really want to try out a pile deck. That why 60 and not 40 standard build. My build is merge with the synchro version playing dis pater and chaos angel with the hearatic seal btw that link is broken in this deck. Reason why is because now because of ryzeal I dodge d barrier much more easily and also that archfiend trap also play around it. And also my build plays a lot of bystial cause it destroy fiendsmith decks so yeah what you think of my build.
Yeah I like that build for now plus Synchro build plus playing Bystial package don't you feel like you respect the lore even more ah what a great feeling also you saw we getting the branded lore in April 2025 so excited and you?
Haha well I’ve really toned down on the amount of IRL Yu-Gi-Oh nowadays. Sadly not much interest anymore in travelling for events (not that I did much to begin with). Will definitely miss meeting new players though!
So the event didn't go as well as I hoped, BUT I was still happy that the deck was definitely strong enough to combat the current meta post ban list! I faced 4 Maliss and 3 Ryzeal throughout the tournament. My two losses (one Ryzeal, one Maliss) definitely still felt winnable as well (especially the Maliss one, as I lost because of their LP gain in time even though my hand going second was CRACKED)! They finished 8th and 12th respectively, and were great people :)
Overall, I'm just glad that Branded is not dead (yet lol) and I hope to keep getting better at the deck with all your help!
Ty. Siding patterns arent talked about enough. Even if it is statistically negligible, it helps to know how everyone plays against certain matchups.
Glad you liked it!
Why do you think it’s statistically negligible? Siding is probably the most important aspect of the game since 2/3 games are played sided.
Thank you so much for your input, I faced Ryzeal with 60 card branded and my god it was so overwhelming. I think I'll go back to 50. This really helped
LOL true, up to personal preference but I agree that I think Branded works best with larger counts
Hey man, I've been following your channel for awhile now. Especially love all your Branded content! I've been playing the deck for almost 2 years now and i still find new lines for the deck. Glad to know the deck can still perform well this format!
Where did you get your extra deck oversleeves from? Those look sick!
Keep doing what you're doing man. Love all your videos!
Amazing, thank you! The Extra Deck sleeves are from Imperium Duelist (you can use code hakuna10 for 10% off hehe)
I would love a video with some combos with this deck it looks really fun
Haha I can try if I have the time
Impressive content, HakunaMyData. Looking forward to your next video! I smashed that thumbs up button on your upload. Keep up the fantastic work! Your insights on the Branded Despia deck adjustments were really insightful. Have you considered how the evolving meta might influence the viability of other tech choices in the future?
Thank you so much! Admittedly I’m never good at preparing for future formats lol so I just adapt when the time comes
Awesome deck list and we'll done on the result. If you could possibly make a series regarding the data and simulations behind decks such as that one that you used for your cyber dragons deck. If possible you could try to make the code available to users and on a accessible language such as python or any other languages that don't need to pay or have a subscription. This would change the way people look at deck building and especially if the program could work with any decks and still get all the data and be able to visualize. Thanks in advance. Love your content
Thanks! But as mentioned before, that takes way too much work for very little pay-off on TH-cam :)
Hi Love the deck profile also where can i get those Sleeves for the extra Deck they look sick! 8:05
Thank you! The Extra Deck outer sleeves are from Imperium Duelist (code hakuna10 for 10% off mwaha)
I like sanct still to play around evenly and kash cards. Could also play khaos or sprind for another albaz fusion target.
For Evenly, realistically LADD will still be able to take care of that if they go into BP. For Kashtira, I would personally think it is not worth it because there are hardly any dedicated Kashtira decks out there, only as an engine. So I wouldn't want to waste my Branded Fusion to stop a small engine of theirs and they just carry on doing anything else haha
@ I get that. I think a lot of decks are playing kash rn so it’s a good option still. Kash ryz, kash maliss, fs kash, kash tenpai.
I'd love to get this deck another regional top this format, I'll be competing in two regionals in January, and I am deciding what to bring. I would love to bring Branded as I've had success getting my invite with it a few months ago, but it is super rough into dim barrier being at 3 in most sides. I get dim barriered in half of my games going 2nd post side with pure Ryzeal and Maliss both getting 3 draws every single time in their turn 1 combo (which will be uninterrupted since I'm on branded). I love the deck and breaking boards with it but I feel so unmotivated to continue playing the deck at events when so many games will be out of my control due to barrier, too many times ill break a board until they have no interactions except a set and I activate BF into a barrier 🤦♂. Did you have this large of an issue with it during the WCQ?
Ahh ya, honestly it's all a blur now between what happened at the regional vs. on DB lmao. But yes, way too much D Barrier and it sucks, wish it got banned already
love the super poly in the main, what targets would u recommend in this format for a non fusion deck? i’m running garura and mudragon but considering dracostapelia too
If you’re running super poly in other decks, yes, I’d definitely recommend those three! The Dragostapelia comes up against Fiendsmith boards and can be clutch
@ sounds good, what does it actually hit against ryzeal? aren’t duodrive and detonator different attributes
@@saadeeniiithey are different types, but detonator is a light
@@AntCommando but isn’t duodrive fire? or do they usually end on detonator and something light
@@saadeeniii Depending on the hand Duo drive may not even be on the field, as they can send it to summon from GY, the big play here would be, you super poly them using detonator and one of your monsters, something like, branded opening summon aluber, aluber effect, chain super poly, this clears the detonator so your aluber resolves if they can't detach from detonator as it would be off the field, and you can go into Masquerade with aluber and detonator
You know man i was just about now to finish my branded despia deck build. I am playing 60 pile cause it the only deck now I feel confident playing at 60 and its my only deck out of all my decks that am playing now at 60 because I really want to try out a pile deck. That why 60 and not 40 standard build. My build is merge with the synchro version playing dis pater and chaos angel with the hearatic seal btw that link is broken in this deck. Reason why is because now because of ryzeal I dodge d barrier much more easily and also that archfiend trap also play around it. And also my build plays a lot of bystial cause it destroy fiendsmith decks so yeah what you think of my build.
Hey that’s awesome! The Branded Synchro deck never quite clicked with me but glad you’re able to find success with it :)
Yeah I like that build for now plus Synchro build plus playing Bystial package don't you feel like you respect the lore even more ah what a great feeling also you saw we getting the branded lore in April 2025 so excited and you?
Why will you not be attending any wcq? 😢
Haha well I’ve really toned down on the amount of IRL Yu-Gi-Oh nowadays. Sadly not much interest anymore in travelling for events (not that I did much to begin with). Will definitely miss meeting new players though!
How many cards in the deck ?
This was 55
Nice.
Thanks for watching!
Staples tier list
Its getting late
Lmao