CDP: Trickstar Live Link Burn, ft. DP29 Support

Burn until the Blue Tears roll.

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Welcome back to my channel for the first real profile of April 2024, this time returning to one of my favorite archetypes: The Trickstars. This LIGHT Fairy theme aims to Link Summon and whittle away the opponent’s LP through a flurry of effect damage, 200 LP at a time. If this build looks familiar, that’s because it’s an updated version of one of my most popular profiles, which you can find here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAyuiG1vc18

Now that we’re back to my modern Trickstar build, let’s talk about the 5 of the new cards from the upcoming Duelists of Brilliance support suite that I chose to include. First up is Trickstar Hoodie (YGOrg Translation), a new Level 2 that’s yet another extender for the theme that also happens to tutor Trickstar Fusion or Trickstar Diffusion (YGOrg Translation). Diffusion is another new card, it lets you Fusion Summon using material from your GY or Link Summon using monsters you control, but it’s mainly here to be another search target for Hoodie. As for the Extra Deck, this is where things truly get spicy. Trickstar Noble Angel (YGOrg Translation) is up first, a LINK-2 that tutors a Blue Tears card, or specificially in my build, Angel of Blue Tears. Next, if you control a Fusion or have one in your GY, it also can extend by Special Summoning back a Trickstar from the GY. And lastly, it can even chainblock by destroying a face-up card on the field when the opponent takes effect damage. Speaking of Fusions, the Trickstar also received Trickstar Band Drummatis (YGOrg Translation), which tutors any Trickstar card not on your field or in your GY, plus it can also chainblock by changing the ATK of a monster to 0. The final new card is another LINK-1, Trickstar Colchica (YGOrg Translation), which burns the opponent whenever a Trickstar is destroyed in battle.

Overall, this support just hones the original Link burn theme of the Trickstar archetype. You see, if you have Trickstar Light Stage out, and you Special Summon monster(s) to a zone Trickstar Holly Angel points to, you will quickly rack up effect damage like noone’s business. If you add Dark Room of Nightmare to the list, that’s even more damage – only 8 summons will net you 8K damage. While that’s the primary win condition, this deck also sneakily has a second win condition: Droll & Lock Bird + Trickstar Reincarnation. Whenever your opponent adds a card from the Main Deck to hand, outside of their draw phase, this combination can wipe away their entire hand. Either way, that’s another win condition, and one I fully endorse, since there are no dirty tricks when you play with the Trickstar. Anywho, hope you enjoy my take on Trickstar in 2024, at least until the last Blue Maiden is revealed!

Provided Decklist:

Monsters: 14
| Trickstar Corobane
||| Trickstar Candina
||| Trickstar Lycoris
| Trickstar Lilybell
|| Trickstar Hoodie
| Trickstar Mandrake
||| Droll & Lock Bird

Spells: 22
||| Trickstar Festival
| Terraforming
| Monster Reborn
| Trickstar Fusion
| Angel of Blue Tears
| World Legacy Succession
||| Chain Summoning
| Set Rotation
||| Dark Room of Nightmare
| Trickstar Magical Laurel
||| Trickstar Light Stage
|| Trickstar Live Stage
| Trickstar Light Arena

Traps: 4
||| Trickstar Reincarnation
| Trickstar Diffusion

Extra Deck:
| Trickstar Band Sweet Guitar
| Trickstar Band Drummatis
|| Trickstar Bella Madonna
| Trickstar Delfiendium
|| Trickstar Foxglove Witch
|| Trickstar Holly Angel
| Trickstar Crimson Heart
| Trickstar Noble Angel
| Trickstar Divaridis
| Trickstar Colchica
|| Trickstar Bloom

Note: This is continuing the style of Creative Deck Profile articles, designed to showcase a build through replays and an attached summary. If you wish to see a CDP for an archetype, theme, or strategy you love, feel free to private message me on the YGOrg Discord server, the comments section of any of my YouTube videos, or just post a comment in response to this article on our Facebook page or through the site with your ideas for me to keep under consideration! On most YGO-related communities my username is Quincymccoy, so feel free to reach out. Current pending requested profiles include: Fluffal, Aroma, Valkyrie, Drytron, Trickstar, Exodia, Fiendsmith, Magikey, Vaalmonica

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