This is the star of my main deck right now.(other than Komachi, of course)
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| I'm ready to f*** you up |
In my quest to battle the meta of Dragons, Magicals, 3-axis, and Verz (and a lot of rogue decks, since PH meta is too diverse), I realized maining 1-2 of this bird makes sense. From a Karakuri player perspective, I can afford to main 2 copies of this without losing consistency. I also prefer hand traps as my source of defense and Maxx C is out of my budget. Also, as a karakuri player, Maxx C doesn't really hurt Verz(the up-and-coming whore deck of PH, probably next to Gadgets and BKs) and Dragons can just negate the 4 cards I drew with LADD(unless I drew Komachi+lv 4 Karakuri), so stopping the field flood seems to be the only way to stop them.
Here are some matchup analysis for Karakuris with Crow:
- Dragons - banishing a Dragon that activated its effect to summon itself from the grave will buy you one more turn, enough to OTK them unless they had the veiler to stop the flood or you drew bad. Also banishes eclipse wyvern before it can take LADD.
- Spellbooks - the only matchup where Crow does no good. Still, Karakuris already have a good Spellbook matchup due to the high OTK rate of Karakuri and the lack of defense of Spellbooks.
- Verz - stops Cercyon from making the 2nd Ophion. The 1st Ophion can be taken down easily with Strategist+Redox+Ninja or Book of Moon or Compulse. It's the second one that hurts a lot.
- 3-Axis FF - stops Chouten from making synchros.
- Mermails - stops Fishborg, Tidal summon from grave and Moulin if you hate him. Although I think Mind Crush seems to be a better choice against them.
- Gadgets - banishes Fortress. Though I would concentrate more on stopping their backrow more than the fortress.
- Agents - prevents the 4th fairy from making its way to the grave. Although Kristya can be taken care of with anti-Ophion tactics anyway.
- Dark World - Crow is a bitch to Grapha.
TL:DR?
Try maining 1-2 crows in an OTK deck in Dragon Meta. Works wonders.
