- I definitely want to be playing an abrasion deck and go aggressive in order to put stride decks under heavy pressure and fully take advantage of the benefits of G-assist.
- I will need a good amount of draw power in order to hit my perfect guards reliably to protect me against stride.
- With Kagero and Gear Chronicle both about, I will also want to be playing a deck that is resilient to retire - in particular I need to be able to recover my field if ever Chronos Command manages to hit.
From all of those criteria I have settled on an updated Silver Thorn deck to take me into G-BT-01. Back in BT-15 it was one of the most powerful early game decks and the ability of Dragon Empress Luquier to recover the full field if required is heavily appealing.
The basic Cray Elemental stride units add a lot to the deck as its main weakness was a lack of finishing power, now with stride, that problem is heavily reduced and if you lack the cards in hand to stride you still have Upright Lion to create a large attack with. So let's take the basic Silver Thorn deck template from BT-15 by taking Jeremie Raso's winning deck from France's regional qualifiers:
Grade 3
4x Silver Thorn Dragon Empress, Venus Luquier
2x Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier
2x Miracle Pop, Eva
Grade 2
4x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Maricica
4x Silver Thorn, Upright Lion
3x Silver Thorn, Rising Dragon
Grade 1
4x Silver Thorn Hypnos, Lydia
4x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Ana
4x Silver Thorn Assistant, Zelma
2x Silver Thorn, Breathing Dragon
Grade 0
1x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Emile
4x Silver Thorn Juggler, Nadia (Heal)
4x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Serge (Stand)
4x Silver Thron, Barking Dragon (Crit)
2x Poison Juggler (Crit)
2x Silver Thorn Marionette, Natasha (Draw)
First things first, we can cut the grade 3 count down to just six thanks to G-Assist so Miracle Pop is out, freeing up two slots in the deck.
The initial instinct with those two slots is to straight away go for a 4-4-4 split on the grade 2's and have one floating slot free. However i'm going to push a different route - the true power of Silver Thorns comes from the combination of Maricica/Ana and having a Zelma in the soul; if you lack Zelma, it doesn't work anywhere near as well so i want to boost the consistency of Zelma.
Two copies of Dancing Princess of the Night Sky will help with that consistency challenge by being able to force a Zelma in the soul for the cost of a counter-blast. Now counterblasts are at a bit of a premium in the deck, particularly if you have to ride the original Luquier but being able to make your core work is vital.
The final thing to review is the triggers as right now they are set up for almost pure offense - we do however need to hit our perfect guards so a little more draw power is desirable, as such the quantities of draw and stand trigger will switch to 4x draw and 2x stand. Finally as a matter of personal taste, the quantities of Upright Lion and Rising Dragon will also switch.
With the addition of some Cray Elementals in the G-Zone, this gives a final list of:
Grade 4
4x Heat Element, Magum
4x Miracle Element, Atmos
Grade 3
4x Silver Thorn Dragon Empress, Venus Luquier
2x Silver Thorn Dragon Tamer, Luquier
Grade 2
4x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Maricica
3x Silver Thorn, Upright Lion
4x Silver Thorn, Rising Dragon
2x Dancing Princess of the Night Sky
Grade 1
4x Silver Thorn Hypnos, Lydia
4x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Ana
4x Silver Thorn Assistant, Zelma
2x Silver Thorn, Breathing Dragon
Grade 0
1x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Emile
4x Silver Thorn Juggler, Nadia (Heal)
2x Silver Thorn Beast Tamer, Serge (Stand)
4x Silver Thron, Barking Dragon (Crit)
2x Poison Juggler (Crit)
4x Silver Thorn Marionette, Natasha (Draw)
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