Makima strategy

Purple Makima in Chainsaw Man is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as a control list, Standard tier 2. This site is hosting 21 public 50-card lists, including 7 recent top 8s. The tier list has Makima in A.

How the raid face works

UE22BT/CSM-1-024 · cost 5 · 4000 BP · Purple

The printed trigger on Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-024) is: [Raid] Add this card to your hand, or if you have the required energy, perform Raid with it. Raid printings in the current 50: Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-024) and Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-023). 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 only true dedicated control shell with above-average disruption (58) in the Tier 2 field. The same snapshot flags that slow, reactive tempo (50) leaves it vulnerable to explosive Tier 1 aggro before disruption sets up.

The current 50-card core

From 21 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Angel Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-010), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-004), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-007), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-018), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-020), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-021), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-023), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-024), I'm Quite Fond of the Country Mouse, Too (UE22BT/CSM-1-040), and Yes, You Do (UE22BT/CSM-1-034). Three-ofs: Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-008), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-019), and A Movie Date (UE22BT/CSM-1-037). That average is taken from the featured list on Chainsaw Man - Makima, then checked against the 21 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-004), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-018), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-020), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-021), and Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-019) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Angel Devil (UE22BT/CSM-1-010), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-007), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-023), Denji (UE22BT/CSM-1-008), Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-022), and I'm Quite Fond of the Country Mouse, Too (UE22BT/CSM-1-040) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Makima (UE22BT/CSM-1-024). 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 Makima, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Angel Devil (010) 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

Flex is whatever the latest event 50 on the hub is playing that the consensus is not.