YRS43 - Top 3 - Diva Hero

Written by: fluffaldog

fluffaldog's Top 3 decklist from YRS43 (a Format Library Edison Format tournament).

Diva Hero is a deck I have been playing for a while now. I think it has one of the highest ceilings in Edison. It has access to some of the best cards in the format: "Future Fusion", "Elemental Hero Stratos", and "Dark Armed Dragon". The deck is centered around summoning "Elemental Hero Absolute Zero": one of the toughest boss monsters to deal with because of its ability to "Raigeki" the opponent's board when it leaves the field. This usually results in gaining card advantage and can prevents OTKs. Summoning an Absolute Zero for 1 card ("Miracle Fusion") is a powerful play that is good on almost any board state.

A lot of my main deck is pretty standard in terms of Diva Hero deck. I chose to play an "Elemental Hero Ocean" because having a water searchable by "Elemental Hero Stratos" and "Reinforcements of the Army" can be very important to making my fusion plays live; also, in the graveyard it acts as both a water and a Hero monster which allow me to play around "D.D. Crow". I chose to play "Gold Sarcophagus" and not "Upstart Goblin" because I don't like giving my opponent 1000 Life Points. This deck finds it a lot easier to deal 8000 damage as opposed to 9000 damage. "Future Fusion" is a card that is worth waiting 2 turns for; it creates Synchro plays, creates pressure to remove it, and sets up the graveyard for "Miracle Fusion".

The MVP of my Main Deck, fusion spells aside, would have to be "Snipe Hunter" for its ability to take over a late game state. Trading dead cards in hand for spot removal pairs well with cards that possess Graveyard synergy (ex: "Destiny Hero Malicious", "Plaguespreader Zombie". The Deck can struggle with floodgates such as "Vanity's Fiend" and "Royal Oppression", thus increasing the expected value of "Snipe Hunter's" effect. Additionally, "Snipe Hunter" is just a good card in a format filled with Flip monsters like "Ryko, Lightsworn Hunter". Beware though, you will roll 1 or 6 sometimes.

In terms of the side deck, Monarchs can be a tough match-up because they do not commit monsters to the board. To counter this, I have 3 "Mask Of Restrict" which shut down the majority of their plays as well as a "D.D. Crow" to remove "Treeborn Frog". I side a "Twister" and a "Dust Tornado" for Decks with "Royal Oppression". The "Doomcaliber Knights", "Neo-Spacian Grand Mole", and second "Snowman Eater" are cards I swap in for some of the low attack monsters like "Destiny Hero Diamond Dude" and "Treeborn Frog" that are sitting ducks in the Gladiator Beast match-up (remember to side out your "Destiny Draw" with "Destiny Hero Diamond Dude"). The 4 monster are versatile enough to be sided in against other match-up as well, and the "Doomcaliber Knights" keep my DARK count sustainable for "Dark Armed Dragon" when removing other DARK monsters. 
 
Diva Hero is a deck that is very fun to play and suits my play style very well. I am very happy with the way it performed as well as the versatility it showed in dealing with a very diverse field of decks.