One year later, Sapphire Surprise is bigger and weirder than ever.

Every card mentioned in this video: [ Ссылка ]
A comprehensive guide on how to build and pilot this deck (which is currently being updated from last year's draft--I'm very sleep-deprived from making this video!): [ Ссылка ]

This is an updated deck profile / combo tutorial for Sapphire Surprise, the deck whose prototype once took me to the national championship. It combines Tri-Brigade and Albaz/Branded by using Crystal Beast and Springans engines... plus it works great with Horus and Diabellestar/Azamina. You can also take Nemeses in any direction you want, and Master Duel players still have Verte, Apollousa, and more. The possibilities are limitless! (But your Extra Deck is not.)

Huge thanks to everyone who encouraged me to take the YouTube thing seriously this year. With my challenge completed, I will no longer be pushing myself to meet weekly uploads, but I still have a long list of videos to make in 2025! Maybe I'll sleep in the meantime. Maybe.

Watch some commentated replays of this deck in action: [ Ссылка ] (This is the older version of Sapphire Surprise, but on Master Duel where Apollousa & Borreload haven't been banned.)

Here are my tournament vlogs. These were pre-2024, so they're more for general audiences, about what it's like to play a competitive card game.
YCS Hartford 2022: [ Ссылка ]
2022 North American Championship: [ Ссылка ]

00:00 intro
02:30 example turn (Quem combo)
07:17 example turn (Goods)
09:54 how to play this deck
13:20 Crystal Beast engine
16:15 Tri-Brigade engine
20:42 Branded/Albaz engine
23:47 Springans engine
26:37 Dogmatika saints
29:29 Horus engine
30:38 Azamina engine
31:20 Nemeses engine
32:02 other techs & side deck
33:12 outro

Music is from Duel Links and Incompetech

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