Notes & Combos
From Essence of Combustion, comes the Azure of Destruction! Burst from the Flames, Analyze Phlogiston!
About 90% of my climb was with 2 Phlogistons and 1 Salamander which is why this took longer than I hoped for. But thanks to this, I was able to get a whole lot of replays either with or without Phlogiston.
Why 40 cards? It started as a 30 card build but trying to make Phlogiston work more consistently had me adding and removing cards and before I knew it I maxed out on space. (It also felt better in the grind games as you wouldn't have to worry about decking out as much).
Why this many backrow? You probably already guessed this one. Since we're playing a 40 card deck we need to play more to see more. But there's also the case where Phlogiston always needs to rip a spell/trap from your hand as a cost. So not seeing one when you need it most can suck.
And lastly, why play Phlogiston? I can't really justify playing it over your other boss monsters. For whatever reason, I had trouble getting Chemicalize Salamander and it started off as a replacement. But I ended up enjoying the games where I pulled off it's effect. It can really pop off vs decks like Gaia (especially pure and Hero variants) where most of the bosses are Lv7 and below.
Note Flavor Inspector and Nitro hound in this list are meant to make Phlogiston more flexible to use. Also Inspector gets the skill live too.
Enjoy the replays.
Replays
https://duellinks.konami.net/att/00ad3f3e65c46fd9bdbe783bafef97d775892fbbd2 Phlogiston loop vs Gaia Hero https://duellinks.konami.net/att/0221f24d8c70d6ee0663f6ccd0959ae1c9b6917dda vs Gaia Metarion https://duellinks.konami.net/att/07c9b277ceb9aa308c77ed55b22bebc659392a0c32 vs Mirror w/ Phlogiston https://duellinks.konami.net/att/04466445240e103bf0522640315d4b9ebe51ac4f56 Very funny duel vs Dragons https://duellinks.konami.net/att/07294ad9da68eb1d6014f11789dc4bd32c73452a09 KoG rankup vs Dragons