CDP: Post-AGOV Tistina, Hybrid Decks: Volcanic, Dinosaur, Ghostrick, & Firewall
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Today's CDP follows up on the reveal of the newest members of the Tistina archetype, making their debut to the TCG in the next core set, Age of Overlord. If you missed my initial profile, be sure to check that out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGgRfGdK7rI . Now that you're caught up to speed on a pure build, let's take this flexible archetype and mesh it with a bunch of other decks, and see how everything shakes out!
Build One: Tistina Volcanic
I'll start with the clash between Aqua and Pyro, as the Tistina theme takes on burn damage and additional destructive capabilities. The Volcanic archetype, especially following the FIRE Duelist pack, has a lot of potential, but it needs a bit more beef behind its plays to truly work out. In this build, watch as the Tistina can easily bridge to the Volcanic archetype using their newfound ability to Xyz Summon. With the help of Hound of the Tistina and Returned of the Tistina combining to make a Rank 4, this deck uses another new card from AGOV, Infernal Flame Banshee, to tutor any Pyro monster from your deck. With the consistency offered by the Tistina, the Volcanic theme can have its ideal pairing of Volcanic Rocket and Volcanic Trooper to set-up Blaze Accelerator Reload with a Volcanic Scattershot in hand.
Build Two: Tistina Dinosaur
With inspiration from the comments section of my last Tistina profile, I embarked on enabling Ultimate Conductor Tyranno with the Tistina cards, as setting your opponent's monsters face-down sure left a ripe niche for UCT to run amok. The engine being employed today is slightly more built out than it could be, as the minimum requirement is to have Souleating Oviraptor (and Fossil Dig to tutor it), as Ovi will send Overtex Qoatlus to the GY, tutoring Double Evolution Bill, and bingo bango bongo, you have yourself everything you need for UCT. In my take, I've also included Miscellaneousaurus and Animadorned Archosaur, as I also wanted to include Beta Evolution Pill - Ultransendance, as it can be used to bring out a strong floodgate option in Dinomorphia Rexterm, especially later in the duel. Either way, your Normal Summon goes to Dinos in this hybrid!
Build Three: Tistina Ghostrick
It's spooky season, so let's bring on the Ghosts! This Xyz archetype is best known for flipping up and down to Scare the opponent with FLIP effects and direct attacks, but it also makes for a decent pairing with the Tistina. Whether it is Swords of Concealing Light, Destructive Daruma Karma Cannon, or even the effect of Ghostrick Fairy, your Tistina will have plenty of help flipping your opponent's monsters face-down. The benefit of the Ghostrick engine is that it offers easy access to Number F0: Utopic Future Dragon, by combining two Ghostrick Angel of Mischief, easily accessed by Ghostrick Shot. This combo also happens to tutor you a copy of Ghostrick or Treat, giving you yet another disruption going into the opponent's turn!
Build Four: Tistina Firewall
Taking inspiration from Chris Lin's Tistina Mathmech combo theory that made the rounds before the AGOV support was even revealed, this theme takes the Tistina archetype out of the Xyz space and into the Link space. Remember, the Tistina archetype gives you no restrictions for using their effects or abusing all of their Special Summoning potential, therefore they can make for great link fodder, especially if going for a big LINK-5 summon such as Firewall Dragon Darkfluid - Neo Tempest Terahertz. Building out from a base Tistina core, I've included the option of going for either primary Mathmech Circular combo, whether it is the OTK with Geomathmech Final Sigma or the T1 disruption offered by Primathmech Laplacian summoned via Mathmech Superfactorial, as well as a few copies of Cynet Mining to make both possible. However, if all else fails, you can always turn to Primathmech Alembertian to tutor out your copy of Circular, like I do in the replay in this video. Beyond that, it's all Cyberse Links looking to carry you to victory with this build.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - Build One: Tistina Volcanic
4:20 - Build Two: Tistina Dinosaur
6:57 - Build Three: Tistina Ghostrick
9:53 - Build Four: Tistina Firewall
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