Remember my OTT deck? It's an Imouto deck, basically focusing on Sakuya and Koko, complementing each others and drawing cards continuously. Being a non-meta deck, not many played this deck. The deck appeared lesser in tourneys after the release of BT03 onwards, due to the stability Eclipse deck, which focuses on both Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu. The reliability and strength adding on with versatility Eclipse deck offered pushes Imouto deck off the scene of Vanguard.
I'm not suggesting that no one's playing Imouto deck, but around my area, only around 2 to 3 players still kept their Imouto deck intact, and that includes me. Kinda sounds sad, eh? Well, I had faith in Bushiroad, hoping that someday Imouto deck will get a boost from new BT's.
With the upcoming BT07, my wish came true. Behold, new cards for OTT on BT07!
Looks like more Battle Sisters, and the best part, WITCHES! We'll be having Koko's sisters on BT07.
From all the previews given, it seems that OTT has taken more of a "soulless" approach on BT07, which means Imouto deck will gain a huge boost. That being said, with the release of BT07, Imouto deck will probably become a meta deck, and it might even surpass Eclipse deck itself.
What made me gave such bold statement, anyway? This:
Enter Little Witch, Lulu, the loli who will make Koko your nightmare. For those who doesn't know how to read Japanese, lemme throw in the translation below.
- 自 【ｓｏｕｌ】: When a Grade 3 or higher 《Oracle Think Tank》 appears on 【Ｖ】, you may call this card to 【Ｒ】.
- 自: (Choose 2* 《Oracle Think Tank》 in your Soul and send them to the Drop Zone) When this unit appears in on 【Ｒ】 from the Soul, and if you have an 《Oracle Think Tank》 Vanguard, you may pay the cost. If you do, draw 1 card.
Basically, she's making Koko's ability easy to be activated. How so? By riding Koko, you'll be activating both Koko and Lulu's abilities at the same time. According to the official ruling (read the playbook, if you can't read those on the official site), you'll need to resolve an activating ability first, if there are two abilities activated at the same time. This means, you may opt to resolve Lulu's first ability first, when you ride Koko. But, as you superior call Lulu to a Rearguard circle, her second ability activates and again, you may opt to resolve either Lulu or Koko's ability. The obvious choice is to resolve Lulu's ability, Soul Blast *2, and draw a card. After that, you'll be resolving Koko's ability, which allows you to draw two cards by Counter Blast *2 if you ride Koko on the Vanguard Circle, provided you have one or no Soul.
See the combo there? You'll be drawing up to four cards indirectly. One from Draw Phase, one from Lulu's skill, and two from Koko's skill. What's more, you could ride Koko again next turn, and gain two more cards. Sounds profit, doesn't it? So, in two turns, you may have already draw up to 7 cards, and we're not even counting the cards from Twin Drive!! yet.
Of course, this is not yet confirmed, so we're still waiting for the official statement from Bushiroad. However, if what I said above is approved, Imouto deck will surely become one of the best deck out there, changing the whole game.
Now, since we are anticipating the release of OTT, I've proxy Lulu just to try to the skill. The result is pretty optimistic, trashing most clans on tier 2 and even up to tier 1. So, I hope the abilities will be used just like what I've said *finger crossed*.
Anyway, this is all for now, till next time!
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