I think we may have finally found a viable Nokia deck boys! [and girls....but only Nokia matters as a girl.] I will be furiously playtesting because I plan on entering a nationals qualifier in September with this list unless I find that Nokia-Shout does better ? I will try to upload a video going over some gameplay and updating this list + description as I find new things. Play test with me on my Discord at eddiesaturn.com/homies !
EDIT: So I played a locals night + found that my ratios were a little off + I relied too much on certain board states. I needed more control against non-digivolving rush decks including Mega Zoo + Rookie Rush. I also wanted to splash yellow. So naturally control plus yellow meant Shakkoumon. Then, the best option for control yellow on top in my head was Kentaurosmon. I didn't really need Recovery and the other sixes other than SlashAngemon were either not strong enough or on plays + I think On Deletion effects are underrated. I added Tobiumon not just for 1 to evolve but 3 to play which is insane for a 4 drop + that can get you out of trouble + back into your digivolve climb. I had to unfortunately cut Nokia to one. She is still very viable in this list so taking her out altogether feels bad BUT having too might feel worse. You'll often see all your tamers and the only tamer that feels good seeing again, even though Davis scouts, is Sora & Joe.
EDIT 2: So I'm still heavy in the playtest phase, I'll be going to locals this weekend BUT so far the Kentaurosmon hasn't felt too bad. I dropped down to one though before it does ? Then I added a Nokia in place of a Kentaurosmon + upped my Gabumon searcher by one to make my Omni more consistent, see more Garuru + well, let's face it, added more of the best girl. Lastly, I added one Paledramon [-1 Coelamon] to help against Green Digi-Burst. Two Pales can work BUT the consistency of the Nokia-Garuru package is still being tested. If one finds that Garuru is coming up enough, you can go -1 Garurumon BT5 for Paledramon. More playtesting on the way!
EDIT 3: So I think I need 4 Shakkoumons but I'm playtesting adding 2 P-003 Gabumon. Instead of focusing my list to essentially be a counter to Rookie Rush, I'm gonna help it do well against everything else. And just play better around Rookie Rush by essentially making sure that I have a Shakkou + an attacker on board before I try to do anything else. I could potentially drop a Nokia for a Shakkou BUT that makes my 3s way worse. Maybe drop a CrysPale?
Let's playtest + talk strats on my Discord | eddiesaturn.com/homies.
[Nokia is best girl.....right?]
