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Tinkering after the latest points update. I’ve been using the Kewl Tune package for some months & swear by it. Hypernova is a meme but occasionally is very useful.

I was watching a Williamsweeb video on Wuchang lore & was surprised there was another bit of data mined content aside from the alternate Bo Sorceress: Bieling, whom is mentioned in game as the leader of the Avian faction who opposed Duyu (Duryal). Who is the game version of the historical King ruling after Duyu & the founder of the Kaiming Dynasty. Which the Bo people essentially are remnants of. In game lore Duryal sealed Bieling & the divine staff split into the 5 chisels.

Apparently it’s accessible with console commands. Williamsweeb points out plot wise, it is likely the first Wuchang incarnation fought Bieling, as Xuanyangzi merging with Bieling into Feathery Ambition can’t be during the first cycle. We know Bieling was in the Forbidden Lands chamber based on the Plumed Grace item text & context clues of Avians kneeling while facing the chamber in a similar fashion to the Avians kneeling towards Duryal in the white chamber earlier.

Swordsoul/Xiangjian is aesthetically a really cool archetype. So I tried building it for locals. Unfortunately they are still pointed in ways that absolutely gimp internal archetype consistency. Like how is Longyuan worth 5 points when this isn’t OCG Advanced or MD with Baron? Chixiao 20 & Emergence 10 is way too much, which makes it even crazier they were originally 33.

I’ve settled on leaning hard into Branded while cutting out Chixiao & Emergence completely to put points elsewhere. Cocatorium can banish Mercourier from deck to tutor Walbaz. Small World easily bridges into Walbaz. Mirrorjade can be used for High Spirits if necessary as well. Obviously Ecclesia summons her husbando. So there’s several ways into Walbaz to start plays.

Unfortunately by leaning into a grindy Branded game plan, Chengying & Qixing are rarely relevant. I still run them for niche situations off of a single Longyuan in the list. On the other hand you get to use & recycle Mirrorjade. Typical line is to have Quem on board after synchro Ecclesia so you can revive Albaz to fuse into Mirrorjade by removing a key extra deck monster your opponent summons. Sometimes you want to block synchro Ecclesia from summoning herself back to field from banishment so it puts her in GY to do the bounce & recycle. Branded in White is just an extra way into Mirrorjade alongside Albaz & Cartesia’s respective effects.

The standard fairy shell with Heralds & shufflers is probably a stronger side engine but I’m expecting them to be pointed this month. I’ll replace Illusion Gate in the side with Dark Hole/Lightning Vortex most likely. Stardust is niche tech I’m testing & normally Snake Eyes Vengeance Dragon is a better use of that extra deck slot.

I wasn’t playing when Swordsoul was more relevant in Advanced & only been playing Branded almost a year, so if anyone has advice I’m all ears.

https://youtu.be/wGkWVgGEYtE

https://ygorganization.com/genesys-points-list-june-1st-2026-onwards-ocg/?fbclid=IwdGRjcARz4nVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEea4v1pjl-FtagUODEJfNWbYUO071mnH01BwR7Tg7afvRbb9cTodgD6QmM\_JM\_aem\_hkVc9Vv56Z4dsAliCijEjA

Finally getting around to testing the new cards despite getting them a week ago. This is not meant to be a competitive list, just one of the few I’m switching between while getting a feel for the new cards. I think leaning into Jurrac provides the most competitive value but I’m trying out a UCT focused build that sets up Comprex late game to sweep.

The new fusion spell Experiment Report is great for unbricking a starting hand & effect dodging. 2 copies is better for unbricking but 1 is better overall to minimise clogging up your opening hand.

Selandea is a good extender & an additional way to special summon a Daneen from hand. 1-2 copies seems like the sweet spot.

Suppression Squad is a good extender for adding more consistency to making Evolved Daneen & Evolzars. Pretty good at 1 copy.

Evolved Daneen is great. Tutors a GMX card. Gives you LP & can revive from GY when you excavate via GMX cards. Can fusion into Velox with Experiment Report to dodge an effect & give you an additional 1-2 interactions on the opponent’s turn.

Comprex is not a turn 1 card. It’s easiest to summon with 4 dino minimum by using Noma (material from field, GY or banishment!). Summoning Dogoran to the opponent’s field triggers Noma. Lost World tokens do as well but I’m not running it or using Kaito, Horned & Deployment get it on field. Or Metamorphosis & Geo Kraken alternatively.

UCT & Comprex on field together uninterrupted means you win unless they have a tower monster unaffected by other cards or monster effects. 1000-5000LP from UCT clearing monsters & 3700x3 from Comprex directly attacking is overkill.

I’ve been running x2 Nibiru, x3 D.D Crow. x3 Illusion Gate, x3 Mask of Restrict, x3 MST & x1 Jurrac Impact in the side deck atm.

Overall GMX isn’t going to be a tier 0 threat. Still fun & has new tricks. Much easier to set up a decent board now.

Brought RDA to locals after testing a little online recently with all new stuff. Deck feels really good & the added consistency is wonderful. Against decks like Blackwing & BEWD for example I just demolished with typical RDA aggro. More layered boards were an issue to play into going 2nd. Magnets for example were especially difficult to play against since they can turn all face up monsters into Earth, having bounces, monster pops (with steal) & negates.

As usual, not running Illusion Gate since I expect it to be pointed soon. Was sorely missing the play-set of Raigeki the previous deck build had. Book of Eclipse was decent & Gravity Collapse in main deck can be a rude shock for the opponent.

Hypernova doesn’t seem worth the resource investment after testing, despite the lines barely being harder than for Supernova. Which is why I didn’t opt to run it.

Overall I didn’t do much testing of the new stuff prior to it coming out TCG side, so there’s optimisations to be made. I did try Branded synchro package in testing but the conflicting locks & points made it not worthwhile if trying to use synchro Ecclesia. Without that card, FotWD & x3 Ecclesia & x1 Kitt is fine for extra engine into Crimson King.