Post-Banlist Meta Analysis [Aug Banlist]

Two months after their release in Clash of Wings, Fur Hires, the deck that has been completely dominating the meta, will be officially hit for the first time by the Forbidden/Limited List.

As expected, Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire, the only SR in the archetype, will not be affected by the Banlist, whereas Dyna, Hero Fur Hire and Donpa, Marksman Fur Hire, the two most popular Monster Cards will end up in the Limited and Semi-Limited List respectively.

In addition to this, Beatdown!, the most popular Skill, will also suffer from some changes: it will now only increase the ATK of the Level 5 or higher monsters on the field rather than of all of the monsters on the field. This last change affects Fur Hire, Vampire, Inzektor and even two decks that are not in the game yet: U.A. and Mermail.

Amazoness will get hit for the second time as Amazoness Baby Tiger will join Amazoness Onslaught in the Semi-Limited List.

Having an important card such as Donpa in the Semi-Limited List means that Fur Hires will not be able to run Enemy Controller, unless they want to sacrifice copies of one of their lower level monsters, but neither Wall of Disruption nor Treacherous Trap Hole will be touched, so the deck will still have access to some of the best backrow in the game.

Here's an example of a Post-Banlist Fur Hire Deck:

• Beat, Bladesman Fur Hire becomes even more valuable as he can search the now limited Dyna, Hero Fur Hire to apply pressure and possibly finish off the opponent.
• Mayhem Fur Hire becomes more valuable too as it allows you to potentially revive your monsters.
• Seal, Strategist Fur Hire supports Wiz, Sage Fur Hire with his ability to add back to the hand cards from the Graveyard for the negation effect.
• The deck can still OTK turn 2 with just Beat, Recon, Scout Fur Hire and Wiz, even with the nerfed Beatdown!, so Hey, Trunade! is still a viable card.
• Sphere Kuriboh can prevent a Turn 2 OTK in the mirror match when you go first.

Not all Amazoness decks used to run Amazoness Baby Tiger, but it can't be denied that it was a very good and versatile card: being able to Special Summon it from the hand or Graveyard and just crash into an opponent's monster thanks to Holy Guard and Amazoness Onslaught or just send it to the Graveyard to activate Amazoness Princess’ effect on Attack Declaration were both common plays.

Here's an example of a Post-Banlist Amazoness Deck:

Not much has changed: Amazoness Baby Tiger can be substituted for Amazoness Paladin, Amazoness Tiger or just more backrow; Amazoness Sage doesn't offer much, even with the backrow removal effect;

Amazoness Sage is literally a worse version of Swords Woman both in terms of effect and stats; Amazoness Chain Master is an interesting card, but the cost for its effect and the requirement are bit too high and specific; the rest of the archetype is not worth mentioning.

An interesting option would be Amazoness Spy since it can be Special Summoned from the hand and even add back to the hand an Amazoness card from the Graveyard when it's destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard.

Fur Hires are still viable and will likely be a good contender for the next month with three copies of Beat, Amazoness will likely rise in popularity and so will Masked HERO.

Vampire may seem a slight decrease in popularity because of the changes to Beatdown! whereas the number of Spellbook decks will probably stay the same rather than increasing because of how expensive the deck is.

It's odd that neither Wall of Disruption nor Treacherous Trap Hole are planned to be touched by the Banlist, but they might end up in it if they don't decrease in popularity after Fur Hires are hit.

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