Hololive – Pacts with the Devil (G/Y) [08/30/2023]

Ever consider signing off a deal with a demonic spirit? A common misconception is that the devil is solely after your soul, a binding contract where you will spend the rest of your afterlife burning in pitiful hell for a short termed reward. The reality is that, as it turns out, you can simply pay the devil with cold hard cash instead.

Our little angelic devil is our finisher here. By paying her costs when her climax is in play, Towa allows you to discard the Gen 4 event when she attacks to deal two damage to your opponent twice.

The aforementioned event is shown above. You may play this card from hand by discarding three characters in addition to paying the heavy costs to deal four damage to your opponent twice. There is quite a hefty requirement for this card; however, thanks to the newest Hololive set, we now have additional tools to cheat some of the costs. Since we are running Towa’s finisher, we have a modular finish in either burning our opponent out with Towa or dropping this event directly to catch up in damage.

Luna is our early combo of choice. Like all the other Lunas, she’s a level zero character persistently on field. Luna is a modular combo that lets you provide another character and herself the ability to salvage either the Gen 4 event or a character on reverse when she attacks with her climax in play by either burning the top card of your stock or sacking the climax.

To aid in generating our large pile of stock, we have the following members above. Kanata lets you stock up to two cards from hand to stock on play, turning excess hand into stock advantage. Watame in the center plays a minigame with your opponent where if you win, you get to blind stock from the top of your deck (she also has a surveil ability to give you a slight advantage). Lastly, Watame on the right is a climax swapper that goes to stock when her damage is cancelled.

On top of our stock charger cards, we have the two above as further discounts for our event. Kanata is a salvage brainstormer that lets you stock a character underneath her from your waiting room when you reveal the Gen 4 event using her brainstorm effect (you can stack up to four or less). These markers can then be used to pay for the Gen 4 event as substitutions for stock. Watame reprises her role as a sacrificial sheep. Watame can be discarded in hand to count for two characters for the Gen 4 event’s costs. Furthermore, she’s a runner that dashes away to an empty slot in your front row if there is a character opposing her during your opponent’s turn.

To further disrupt our opponent and save hand, we have the lovely girls shown above. Watame is a burst power beater with a unique ability to mill the top two cards of your deck and grant three characters a soul each for the turn if you mill a climax. This works very well with that of the climax swapper Watame, making it more likely for your opponent to cancel and move her to stock. Towa is a time machine profile when you have a climax in play, letting you preserve your hand and supplying yourself with another attacker your following next turn.

Here is a special shoutout to the lovely lamb chops Watame above. Watame is an early play if you fulfill her full field condition. On play, she lets you reveal the top card of your deck, and if that card is a character, you may choose one of your opponent’s front row characters that is level three or lower and place it at the bottom of your opponent’s deck. Watame can get rid of any annoying opposing threats for a rather cheap gamble that’s highly in your favour.

If you choose to run any backups, Watagoat about is highly suggested as she’s a counter that refunds your stock. Simple and clean, Watame gets the job done. ばあああああああああ！

There’s tons of support for the generation four girls. Play around with the circus of friends as you barrage your opponent with heavy damage through the generation’s event. Have a load of laughs as you work around Towa’s devilish smile and reduce your opponent to ash.