Denji strategy

Purple Denji in Chainsaw Man is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as an aggro list, Standard tier 2. This site is hosting 56 public 50-card lists, including 22 recent top 8s. The tier list has Denji in A.

How the raid face works

UE22BT/CSM-1-008 · cost 3 · 3000 BP · Purple

The printed trigger on Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-008) is: [Get] Add this card to your hand. Raid printings in the current 50: Bomb Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-017) and Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-031). In Union Arena, [Raid] lets you add the card to your hand or perform Raid if the energy is there. The expensive copy is the ceiling. The cheaper copies with the same name are the steps. Contender's snapshot calls out that highest disruption (52) of the pure CSM aggro sub-archetypes via Bomb Devil's burst effects. The same snapshot flags that low back-row/blocker density leaves it exposed to being raced by faster Tier 1 tempo decks.

The current 50-card core

From 56 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Bomb Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-016), Bomb Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-017), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-003), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-004), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-006), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-008), Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-025), Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-028), Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-030), and Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-031). Common two-ofs: Ro (UE16BT/KGR-1-033). That average is taken from the featured list on Chainsaw Man - Denji, then checked against the 56 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-003), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-004), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-006), and Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-025) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-008), Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-028), Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-030), Reze (UE22BT/CSM-1-031), It's Because I Like You (UE22BT/CSM-1-036), and Boom (UE22BT/CSM-1-039) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Bomb Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-016) and Bomb Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-017). This is read off the hosted 50, not a hidden playbook. If your locals file plays a different 3-of, trust that file.

Mulligan

What the 50 implies

Keep a Raid Denji, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Denji (008) if the cheap card missed. Ship a hand of only 7+ cost finishers. That is inferred from costs in the hosted list, not a coach sheet from a hidden room.

Tech and flex

First cards to argue about

Ro (UE16BT/KGR-1-033) are the first slots to shave if your room is all one matchup.