Cupid Day Deck List and Guide | UNION ARENA
Looking for an almost net-new deck in Code Geass Vol. 2 that’s exciting and a little bit different? Why not try the Cupid Day Crisis deck?
The Cupid Day deck play
First let’s, look at the card that really sets the tone for this deck: Cupid’s Day.
Other than being a memorable episode in Code Geass, Cupid Day is a handy card for this deck’s strategy, letting you draw a card for free while also fulfilling two other requirements:
carrying this deck’s color trigger
fueling your sideline with events.
Indeed, having events in your sideline is this deck’s bread and butter, much like it is with other event-focused decks like the Psychic Sisters from the One Punch Man set.
Not only does having events in your sideline unlock key buffs for your characters, it also means enabling those cards to be brought back to be used again via your Shirley Raid.
Shirly is a character that was available in set one but really didn’t have a cohesive strategy backing her until now. While her 3000 BP makes her less handy as an attacker, the fact that she doubles as an event retrieval (even for special trigger cards) and another draw engine makes her pivotal for this deck’s success.
Shirley is a great card to raid letting you bring back any of the three different events back from sideline depending on your need – AP extension, removal, or card draw.
Also, you’ll need a Shirley and a Lelouch on the field to use your Cupid’s Day for free, making running a good number of each a must for this deck.
Two-cost Lelouch is excellent for added draw
Keeping with the event card theme which is this deck’s backbone, two-cost Lelouch works well here, unlocking incremental draw for your deck, as long as you have just two event cards in the sideline. You also have the one-cost Shirley which can help you draw more cards. However, doing so sidelines her, plus it’s harder to hit the four events in sideline. Of the two, two-cost Lelouch is the more reliable.
Two is the first threshold you’re going to look to meet, as it’s the basis for two of your stronger event-focused effect. Not only does Lelouch boost, but so does your four-cost Anya who acts as this deck’s closer.
Anya is your closer
Anya is a deceptively good card. At two events in the sideline she’s becoming a 4000 BP attacker. At four events she’s a 4000 BP attacker with Impact – an impressive feat for just a four-cost character. She also has the Active trigger, making her an easy add to this deck as you won’t have to sacrifice anything to include her.
The best strategy here is to just fill up your board with a bunch of Anya characters relatively early on. That way she’s available to apply pressure to your opponent when it matters most.
The Lelouch event-based removal is incredibly strong
Finally, before moving on from this deck’s core strategy, we have to talk about Lelouch. Anyone who has played my Pizza deck from the first set should know how deadly this guy can be. Indeed, getting access to remove a 4000 BP character by just having four events in sideline is crazy strong, and highly underrated.
Between five-cost Lelouch and his insane removal capabilities and four-cost Anya and her Impact, and lastly your Shirley and her versatility in bringing back events from sideline, you’re able to put incredible pressure on your opponent that actually is strong enough to sway the tide of battle in your favor reliably.
Cupid’s Day deck supporting cards and strategies
While we’ve covered the main cards that are essential to this deck’s strategy, let’s look at a few peripheral cards that – while not core – are helpful in making this deck function a little more smoothly.
First, the card I’ve found that helps give this deck the little extra kick it needs is four-cost Raid C.C.
In some ways, this Raid C.C. works better in this deck than it does in the Pizza deck as you can easily discard events from your hand and then bring them back to use over again via Shirley. Sure, in Pizza you can discard your Pizza cards to use this effect which feels really good. However, sometimes you’ll be forced to discard cards you really would rather not do so, and having Shirley makes it easier to get those events back. It’s also a great way to hit your events-in-sideline threshold a little earlier while simultaneously unlocking additional draw.
The other card I’ve found helpful in just about any red Code Geass deck is the three-cost Kallen energy generator. While typically she’s going to sit on the energy line to help you hit your curve, she can be used as an attacker in a pinch, and has the very handy Active trigger.
While not necessarily the strongest Code Geass Vol. 2 deck, Cupid’s Day is a fun new strategy for the Code Geass set. Its combination of event-focused power, removal and decent finisher in the form of Anya make it a viable strategy easily competitive within the tier two decks.
