Raging Mad Plants in…

Love them or hate them, the Plant type as we know it has been around for quite some time ever since the infamous Plant Synchro era. With decades of support, it’s about time that we got to see some potential come back from the bulb and reenter the game. In particular, there will be a suite of new Plant-type support cards in the near future, as the latest Duelist Pack approaches both the TCG and the OCG. Let’s check out what the garden has in store. As you probably guessed, this is intended to be the first of multiple articles showcasing the versatility and power of some of the new cards unleashed in the newly revealed Duelist Pack: Legend Duelist 4 that was just released to the OCG. However, this site is not YouTube; therefore, I have no interest in spamming in all caps about how broken a Black Garden-searching generic Synchro can be or showing various decks hard-committing to the field only to be OTK’d on turn two by a perfect hand and a ridiculous chain of Plants. Instead, I will be trying to show just how non-linear these themes can truly be, despite what replays may want you to believe. With each article, I will be doing my best to show unique variants with additional or varied win conditions and strategies. In other words, we’re just putting the name Creative Deck Strategy and backing it up with some actual creativity. That being said, if other article ideas come up that seem more intriguing, I may choose to focus on some other archetypes rather than just limiting myself to Harpies, Railway, Lunalight, or Cyber Angel. But today, let’s bring out the roses.

The Carnivorous Garden:

Combos and Strategy:

• A Black Rose Nuke does not leave you defenseless…

• Breaking Boards faster than roots on concrete…

• Opening going first…

• Ending with a White Rose dragon on your field…

Summon Limits and Utility Shifts with gametime…

Sample Decklist:

Themed Tech Options:

Conclusion:

If you’re still sticking around watching the flowers grow, thanks! You made it, the garden is in peak bloom. If you’ve skipped down to the bottom looking for a TL;DR, sorry, but this type of article doesn’t have one of those. As for this deck strategy, the Rose cards now offers a really cool synergy with Black Garden that can then respectively boost up the unloved and under-performing recent Plant archetype, the Predaplants. With field nukes, searching, and versatility, alongside  Fusions, Synchros and Link monsters, you will definitely have the opportunity to have a fun time with these plants. And at the end of the day, this strategy is something pretty unique, mixing non-negation disruption with extremely open turn 1 plays. Oh and the ability to include non-Kaiju tributing monster removal should not be overlooked as well! All things considered, this Garden originally introduced by Akiza Izinski is set to grow!