Box Review: Aerial Assault
This is the 24th Main Box and was released on November 11th, 2019. Aerial Assault adds support for Blackwing, Batteryman, Inzektor, and Monarch decks.
Blackwings are here and they’re definitely top tier!
Blackwing - Simoon the Poison Wind is busted, can’t believe we actually got the thing. As if 3 Black Whirlwind in a 20 card format wasn’t enough, it boosts having Whirlwind in hand Turn 1 from 50% to 80%
Simoon is an Ultra Rare as well as Blacking - Gale the Whirlwind and Blackwing - Zephyros the Elite in this box. Whirlwind and Blackwing - Bora the Spear are Ultra Rares in a different Main BOX, which results in this deck being very expensive as you need 3 Simoon, 3 Whirlwind, 3 Gale, 2-3 Bora and 1 Zephyros.
Lists are yet to be optimized, but we are testing more and more for further improvements
I’d say the deck has great Tier 1 potential. Consistency, negation, and the ability to easily pump out big Synchro Monsters with great effects are reasons to back this up. Only it would be difficult to prove standings in tournaments due to the deck’s overall price
Blackwings obviously the main archetype of this box and they got so many amazing cards such as Blackwing - Simoon the Poison Wind, Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind and Blackbird Close. What remains to be seen is how this deck will behave versus combo disruption such as The Sanctified Darklord or even Invoked Caliga.
Invoked also got a gigantic boost in Invoked Purgatrio which can: go to 3500 ATK easily, attack all opponent monsters, do piercing damage, see the future, solve a Rubik’s cube in 5 seconds…
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier is also a really great addition as a generic Level 6 Synchro!
Do not sleep on Landrobe the Rock Vassal which will definitely boost any Tribute Summon-dependent deck such as Monarchs
Milliardo
Specific Cards
Invoked Purgatrio: This card is incredible, but the only problem is that we only have 1 Fire monster in current meta in Lava Golem
Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier: We lack good level 6 synchros, this will be the best generic level 6, since it allows good board control. Only downside is that it costs a lot of resources.
Jet Synchron: Overall a good tuner, but due to the Beatdown nerf most Synchro decks struggle.
Mind Drain: A card that everyone should get. This is an awesome sidedeck card against Darklords.
Archetypes
Blackwings are probably the archetype most of you guys are interested in. The biggest problem for Blackwings are their ATK stats, any monster that has 2800 ATK/DEF will cause problems problems. They have options to lower a monster’s ATK/DEF, increase their own, and effects that change battle position, etc. The only problem is that all of these effect target, so a card like Invoked Cocytus can wall Blackwings. They do have Assault Blackwing - Onimaru the Divine Thunder that can raise its ATK to 6000, but this card might be hard to bring out to the field. The advantage that Blackwings have is that they can spam the field with monsters and Synchro Summon easily. They even have an opton to search monsters cards and many of them can be Special Summoned. Their Darklords matchup will determine how effective this deck will be. Their answer to monster effects is Blackbird Close, if this Counter Trap proves itself good, Blackwings will have an amazing Darklord and Ritual Beast matchup. Another problem that Blackwings might have is they may brick a lot and consistency may lead to less options for the deck. In theory the deck is strong, practice will prove how good it is. The most interesting cards are Blackwing - Simoon the Poison Wind, Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind and Blackbird Close (might suck, requires testing).
The Monarch support is good, but the big problem of the deck is that their effects are outdated and the monster stats are low. They will struggle against Invoked and Darklords, because their monsters are not strong enough and they will get walled easily. They are also somewhat slow.
Inzektor Hornet is an amazing addition to the deck, the only downside is that it can’t destroy everything. The biggest problem that this deck will have is that its backrow will get clogged. An advantage it has is that it is one of the few decks that can run Parasite Infestation. When combined with the fact that Inzektors can attack directly, this can be a true menace. The new equip skill also gives them enough attack to swing over monsters.
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