Standard Budget Deck: Divine Gauge (Genesis)

   

There's more than one Genesis player here

Did you ever want to build a deck with reasonably affordable waifus tied to Greek and Norse mythology? Have you ever wanted to call down a board but were in fear over your opponent's control options against it? Have you ever thought to yourself, "Man, wouldn't it be cool if my board couldn't be touched whilst still allowing me to get the big swings and restands other popular decks have?" Well do I have the deck for you!

Standard Budget Deck: Dimension Police (Metalborg Mashup)

I dislike having to remember Legion

With Silverdust Blaze recently released it's a good time to talk about the new giant robots from this round of Dimension Police support. While the support in this set has been mixed, a good amount of options have been provided to the regular and budget playstyles. Bradblack is an outstanding addition to several variants within the clan due to it's ease of use. It being a RRR also means it can find its way into many budget builds and can give them a boost of power needed to make them more viable. With that in mind, one of these options is Metalborgs, which will be the focus of this post. 

Standard Budget Deck: Murakumo (Weasel Gang)

Assemble!

Occasionally, Bushiroad will gift us with a package that is absolute gold for budget play. This time around, we got the WEASEL GANG.

Aside from being the absolute goodest bois, they have legitimate use. Weasel Red creating an easy-bake board with 30k+ units is neat, especially on turn two. Even if it's at the cost of what's usually going to be your entire hand, this rushdown is well worth it.

Luckily, Murakumo has a decently large cardpool in Standard, and we have access to multiple boss units that we can try out. Since the goodboi engine and triggers take up over half your deck, Weasels are super easy to build, and they're one of the most beginner-friendly decks I've seen in a while.

Standard Budget Deck: Nubatama (Kujikiricongo)

Discard No Jutsu!! 

Nubatama has always been a fun clan for me to brew, even since the original series. Controlling cards in the opponent's hand was something I never really tried in card games prior to Vanguard, and when V-BT03 came around I was looking forward to seeing how Bushi would adapt the clan for Standard. 

I was initially confused when the VR was revealed to be Magatsu Storm, alongside the rest of his ride chain. However, and more importantly, Shura Stealth Dragons returned to Standard alongside the mainline Magatsu set. Let's talk about them for today.

Standard Budget Deck: Pale Moon (Nightmare Doll)

Special thanks to James/Fenrir for allowing me to contribute to Budgetfight! As for me, I'm Nem. I've been a contributor to the local St Louis Cardfight community ever since the start of 2016, helping with playtesting for locals/regionals (even got a couple Top 8s under my belt!) and providing proxy decks to try out for every clan in the game starting from the beginning of Standard Format. Breaking out into content creation and contributing further to a wider audience are always things I've liked/wanted to do, and I've done a couple clan primers in previous formats for our team on Youtube (Team Hivemind).

I've always been a fan of this blog because it lowers the barrier required to get into this game (money can always be an issue with TCGs) by providing easily accessible deck lists for decks that have the potential to contend with the meta!

Couldn't find the ENG version on Google images :/

Once such deck that can contend post-Phantasmal Steed Restoration meta is none other than Nightmare Dolls from the Pale Moon clan! Slightly overshadowed by the more popular Silver Thorns, a diamond in the rough of Pale Moon's previous Standard Format life cycle has emerged in the form of a new boss: Nightmare Doll, Carroll.


Carroll's main utility is in her ability to put combo pieces into soul, call it out if it was a Grade 3 Workeroid, and get a psuedo-restand VG ability by reriding herself or Alice from the soul. If enough CBs are available, she can do this multiple times in one battle phase!

Standard Budget Deck: Nova Grappler (Hero)

Our lord and savior

With our most recent set, The Heroic Evolution, Miwa's Heroes finally became a full deck. They have an actual wincon, and a variety of support cards that share the >Hero< race. The deck in its entirety should run you less than $40, Perfect Guards included, and although they're far overshadowed by Beast Deities, they can still put in a ton of work. If you're looking for the most bang for your buck, I highly recommend picking up Heroes.