Carnival of the Lost

[Toffee.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9WOr-9BCZY



Pros:
Prone to more shenanigans then the Seraph version of Mages
Plays Yamata Dragon

Cons:
Wonkier then the Seraph version, if only because Niki/Ara are Nomis.
Plays Yamata Dragon

[TheTurtleOnceCalledGod]

The Yamata Dragon engine really is the least consistent part from testing.

[Toffee.]

You could, honestly, swap the Yamatas with Dust Spirits, or whatever Level 5+ Spirit you wanted to use.
Niki + Kage/Clown/Hat/Stormforth/etc is just a means of making it live, among other things.

'Course, you can also swap said Yamatas and Stormforths for 5x of whatever else you wanted to use, and you can still achieve the same sort of results.

[byak]

Why does it feel necessary to run 3 Yamata Dragon when it's searchable and sticks in your hand? The battle damage effect doesn't seem that great either, personally. I'd honestly drop it and Stormforth, it diverts your strategy far away from the rank 4 synergy between Spirits and Performages.

 

Why do you need three of each Performage? They tend to reach a point where they clog, and if you've seen one you've effectively seen them all.

 

What does Chicken Race offer in this deck? I don't like the idea of giving my opponent a +1 to simply outgrind what my deck does.

 

It would be a good idea to play at least one Thousand Blades for combo.

 

Also, I always thought Yamato-no-Kami was pretty important with Aratama, because once you run out with Nikitamas you can just fetch free 2.2k-4.4k damage and potentially make a Ptolemy.

 

You should probably be playing real traps, like BTS, Emptiness, Ring, etc.. You can also use CCV with Aratama but that is probably too situational.