Despian Predaplant Deck List & Card Guide

Predaplants are extremely good in conduction Fusion Summons, but combined with both the DPE and the Branded Despia engine and it becomes a very potent Fusion Deck, despite the mix-match of archetypes. Read more to learn about how this Deck works, including the Deck list, combos, counters and more!

Despian Predaplant Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
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Extra Deck: 15 cards
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Despian Predaplant Breakdown

Monsters

Spells

Traps

Extra

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Maxx "C"	3
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring	3
	Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio	3
	Aluber the Jester of Despia	2
	Fallen of Albaz	3
	Dramaturge of Despia	1
	Predaplant Chlamydosundew	3
	Despian Tragedy	1
	Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra	1
	Ad Libitum of Despia	1
	Predaplant Bufolicula	3

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Super Polymerization	3
	Called by the Grave	2
	Branded Fusion	1
	Crossout Designator	1
	Predapractice	3
	Predaponics	3
	Branded in Red	1
	Branded Opening	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Branded Banishment	1

Rarity	Name	Qty
	Predaplant Chimerafflesia	1
	Despian Quaeritis	1
	Predaplant Verte Anaconda	1
	Lubellion the Searing Dragon	1
	Masquerade the Blazing Dragon	1
	Albion the Branded Dragon	1
	Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon	1
	Starving Venom Predapower Fusion Dragon	1
	Guardian Chimera	1
	Starving Venom Fusion Dragon	1
	Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon	1
	Predaplant Dragostapelia	1
	Predaplant Triphyoverutum	1
	Predaplant Ambulomelides	2

Tier Evaluation

Tier Ranking
Tier 2
Deck Archetype		Deck Difficulty
Aggro		Medium
Deck Evaluation
Predaplants specialize in Fusion Summons, with monsters strong in battle, disruption and field control Makes use of a Token; Predator Counters enable control and disruption against the opponent Some can even use the opponent's monsters as Tribute or Fusion Material

Despian Predaplant Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

Predaplants normally uses Predator Counters to maximize the effects of the archetype's monsters, which can result in card destruction and even card stealing. However, compared to the more dominant Fusion-based archetypes and engines, they lag a little behind in terms of speed.

To help out, this Deck grabs pieces of the strongest Fusion engines to supplement the Deck: the Branded Despia Engine.

The lack of copies of Polymerization for this Deck comes with the Predaplants, which do have effects that help out with conducting Fusion Summons, may it be through resource managmenet or the Summon itself. Predaplant Chlamydosundew and Predaplant Bufolicula in particular gets special mention for having the ability to conduct a Fusion using its own effect.

The Branded Despia Engine allows additional Fusion Summonings of specific DARK-type Fusion Monsters, and maintaining presence on the field. A simple activation of Branded Fusion can result into a powerful monster in Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon, that can banish a face-up monster, and set up Branded Banishment for the next turn.

Core Combos and Interactions

Boss Monsters

	Predaplant Triphyoverutum
	When Predator Counters are applied onto other monsters, Predaplantt Triphyoverutum becomes ridiculously strong, especially on a field swarmed with monsters for battle. It can also negate Special Summons from the Extra Deck, and this card can also revive itself from the Graveyard so long as there is a monster the opponent controls on the field with a Predator Counter.
	Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon
	Greedy Venom Fusion Dragon is extremely powerful against other boss monsters, being able to negate their effects and drain their ATK to 0 once per turn. It also has a floating effect to replace itself with a Level 8 or higher DARK monster from the Graveyard; something that this Deck has in spades, especially in the Extra Deck.
	Despian Quaeritis
	Despian Quaeritis punishes all non-Level 8 or higher Fusion Monsters on the field by draining all of their ATK to 0. It also has a floating effect if this card leaves the field because of the opponent's card effect, having the option to add to hand or Special Summon a Fallen of Albaz, or a Despia monster straight from the Deck.
	Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon
	Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon still holds credence as a powerful boss monster, able to banish a face-up monster once per turn, and send fellow Fusion Monsters to the GY for it. This provides a good set-up when used in tandem with Albion the Branded Dragon.
	Starving Venom Predapower Fusion Dragon
	By tributing a monster that has a Predaplant Counter, Greedy Venom Predapower Fusion Dragon can negate the activation of a card or effect. It also has a floating effect which can Special Summon a DARK Fusion Monster from the GY should this card be sent there.

Despian Predaplant Counters: How to Beat

Best Decks to Use Against Predaplant

Eldlich Control

The banes of this Deck are having the Summons be bottlenecked, and effects be negated even before they get a chance to be used. Eldlich Control Decks have these in spades, and when set up right can stop any attempts to swarm the field with Fusion Monsters.

All Eldlich Deck Lists
Eldlich Control	Budget Eldlich

Virtual World

Quite a number of cards in this Deck have Graveyard effects, and Fusion Summons are conducted by sending cards as Fusion Material to the Graveyard. Virtual World Decks get to match them, but are far more potent in Extra Deck combos, and can completely deny the Graveyard through the efffect of Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen.

Virtual World Deck List & Card Guide

Swordsoul

Tenyi Swordsoul Decks have gone on to stake its claim as one of the most consistent Decks in game, having been virtually untouched since debuting in Master Duel. A simple one-card combo can result into two monsters that have multiple monster negates, which can mess up Despian Predaplant Decks.

Tenyi Swordsoul Deck List & Card Guide

Exosisters

Moving cards in and out of the Graveyard is something that Despia is known for, and borrowing that strength for the Predaplant monsters makes them susceptible against the Exosisters. It can end up banishing a number of monsters and slow down the Duel to their pace.

Exosister Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Predaplant

	Summon Limit
	The Deck does require quite a number of Fusion Summons to have a strong presence on the field, and Summon Limit aims to bottleneck that chance. Even though it limits both players to two overall summons, this forces the Predaplant player to make their summons count.
	Skill Drain
	Skill Drain negates all monster effects on the field, and nearly all of the monsters in this Deck have effects that trigger only when they are on the field. This cripples even the Fusion Deck monsters, but this also affects your own monsters, so be mindful of what you run on your Deck as well.
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
	There are a couple of search effects for Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring to negate, and deny any of the archetypes in this Deck card advantage to use to commit to Fusion Summons. There are quite a lot, so having three copies should help out a lot.
	Called by the Grave
	While Called by the Grave is an outstanding hand trap Quick-Play Spell that any Deck can run, this card is mainly here to be a hard counter for two specific cards: Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Albion the Branded Dragon.

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