Shin Asakura strategy

Yellow Shin Asakura in Sakamoto Days is the raid face this page is about. TCG Contender files it as an aggro list, Standard tier 1. This site is hosting 128 public 50-card lists, including 10 recent top 8s. The tier list has Shin Asakura in S.

How the raid face works

UE19BT/SMD-1-017 · cost 4 · 4000 BP · Yellow

The printed trigger on Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017) 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: Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-008), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-025). 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 best matchup spread among Tier 1 aggro decks (63) thanks to strong performance vs control. The same snapshot flags that declining meta share (3.9%) despite strong factor scores suggests newer tempo shells are catching up.

The current 50-card core

From 128 lists on this site

Four-ofs: Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-004), Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-006), Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-008), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-013), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-014), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-024), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026), and The Legendary Man (UE19BT/SMD-1-038). Three-ofs: Lu Shaotang (UE19BT/SMD-1-030), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-023), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-025), and An Ordinary Everyday Life (UE19BT/SMD-1-039). That average is taken from the featured list on Sakamoto Days - Shin Asakura, then checked against the 128 hosted files.

The curve

Energy line · hosted 50

Energy 0-2. Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-004), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-013), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-014), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-024), and Aoi Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-019) keep the early turns honest. Energy 3-4. Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-006), Shin Asakura (UE19BT/SMD-1-017), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-026), Lu Shaotang (UE19BT/SMD-1-030), Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-023), and Taro Sakamoto (UE19BT/SMD-1-025) are the mid-curve bodies. Energy 5-6. Heisuke Mashimo (UE19BT/SMD-1-008). 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 Shin Asakura, at least one 0-2 cost setup card, and one Heisuke Mashimo (006) 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

An Ordinary Everyday Life (UE19BT/SMD-1-039) is the 3-of most lists will argue about.