21/05/2020
RECKLESS EXPRESS, THE CORE SPIKE BROS GRADE 1 BOOSTER
It's been a while since my last post, but I haven't had worthwhile tech to share until now. Spike Bros are one of the most popular clans at the moment, and players would often tend to build their decks around the Sky Diver + Goblin Assault Squad combo where you get to superior call cards from your hand (note: to any space, not just open Rs) to string Sky Divers into a Juggernaut Maximum that can hit past defensives. It is a really potent combo that can often push to 5 damage quite easily. Because of this, most early lists I've seen (shoutout to Living Proof, I learned quite a lot of Spike Bros from watching his YT channel) would run 4x Goblin Assault Squad or 4x Dudley Dan (another core card, one of the 2 ways that you could shuffle the deck to hopefully bring Juggernaut Maximums from the bottom of your deck closer to the top) for consistency. With this iteration of the deck, I specifically chose to instead run 4x Reckless Express for several reasons:
1. While you want to draw at least one of both Goblin Assault Squad and Dudley Dan in every game, you really don't want to superior call into multiples;
2. Mecha Trainer and could easily fetch either one from the deck if need be;
3. Spike Bros have a lot of decent unboosted attackers, but there are instances where a 7k is needed to reach the magic numbers (16k and 21k) against 11k base vanguards. Yes, I'm looking at you Brakki. Lol;
4. General Seyfried requires open front row Rs to utilize its superior call ability. In order to get attacks 4-5, re-shuffling attackers are needed; and
5. The Sky Diver + Goblin Assault Squad combo, while a good comeback play, is "Magical Christmas Land". It is really difficult to pull off successfully given that it only takes 1 defensive trigger to wreck your play. Being that it also requires Sky Diver to hit, the combo is no longer viable once the opponent is at 5 damage because of how sentinels work in the Zero format. Because of this, I would say that non-restanding boosters can get the job of re-standing boosters most of the time.
Reckless Express, I humbly submit, is the card that enables Spike Bros the most and deserves to be played as a 4-of. It can be a right-sized booster or a 12k re-shuffling attacker (that gets rid of the tallest of intercepts) as the case may be. It's a true workhorse and it gets the job done.
(Btw, I'm also thinking about giving away my other account as I can only keep 1. Yes, the one that I took to Legend 60 w/ a complete Tsukuyomi deck [4x full ride chain, 4x CEO, 4x Tom, etc.] If you want it, just give my page a like and share this post, and let me know how unlucky you are at gacha. I'd select the funniest comment. Good luck!)
