[CFV Standard] Oracle Think Tank

[OmegaWave]

Grade 0 (17):

x1 Lozenge Magus

x4 Weather Forecaster, Miss Mist (Draw, Perfect Guard)

x4 Sphere Magus (Heal)

x4 Psychic Bird (Crit)

x4 Oracle Guardian, Nike (Crit)

 

Grade 1 (15):

x4 Circle Magus

x4 Farfalle Magus

x3 Oracle Guardian, Gemini

x2 Luck Bird

x2 Goddess of Tide of Times, Mizunohame

 

Grade 2 (8):

x4 Promise Daughter

x4 Goddess of Insight, Satoorihime

 

Grade 3 (10):

x4 Imperial Daughter

x4 CEO Amaterasu

x2 Victorious Deer

 

So after winning several Standard tournaments over the last 3 weeks with a combination of Novas, Kagero, and OTT; i've developed an opinion: Grade 2 units are not as important as they used to be. Many Grade 1 units have abilities that allow them to hit crazy high numbers on their own such as Jetraizer. In addition, in a format with 10k Triggers and units like Dragonic Overlord that can Soul Blast 1 for a 10k power buff, or Soul Saver Dragon giving a 30k buff to every column, Grade 2s on defense don't really cut it anymore. Most Grade 2s still have 5k shields and in many situations that doesn't matter. When you guard with multiple Grade 2 units and are still only able to force a 1-pass, you begin to realize just how meaningless they are. The 10k shield of a Grade 1 is super important in Standard format and is why i'm using the numbers I am in this build.

 

Do you agree? Let me know.

[Althemia]

grade 2s are obviously not as good as they used to be, but that doesn't mean that you shouldn't be playing a healthy amount of them. grade 2s have never actually been THAT relevant defence wise in the past, but they were always played for their reasonably good abilities. this is why i do heavily implore you to look into playing either 2 meme or 2 onmyoji, just because they have strong impact skills that help out heavily in the most relevant match-up of the mirror. you can probably cut the babies and bump up luck bird to like 3? and play 2 meme/onmyoji if only because the baby sucks ass.