Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

Unless the coach comes on.

"Wow, this is generating quite a buzz," Luo Bai remarked softly.

Millions of people are showing their understanding on one channel, and the messages are flowing like a river.

[Aromatic fragrances must be banned, they're disgusting...]

No, we can't give the ace tree to the opponent...

[The enemy team wiped out two beetles in one go last time, I guess we need to be on guard...]

[Rumor has it that Sumeru Garden has gone bankrupt to acquire Lei Huo, and it seems she's prepared to fight tooth and nail...]

Will the opposing team ban our Mischievous Star? Coach Mischievous Star is so strong, and with his delicate skin, he must be effeminate...

[Be serious, I have a feeling the other team will ban our water bot...]

Are you alright? Don't we still have a punk track with the same vibe?

【hehe...】

【hehe...】

[It's good enough if she doesn't get killed by the rules, let alone expect her to carry the whole load?]

What followed was a series of sarcastic remarks, and Luo Bai felt he could no longer watch.

"Even experts don't necessarily agree."

The expert's supposedly high emotional intelligence statement is actually just a bunch of rabble making assumptions.

It lacks logic and is merely an outpouring of emotions and intuition.

"Perhaps it's because the match was just announced," Yi Lan said, frowning. "There is indeed a lot of controversy. The commentators and real experts are all hesitant and dare not express their opinions."

Do you have any thoughts?

She looked up and stared at Luo Bai as she asked.

"In my understanding," Luo Bai said, stroking his chin, "there are mainly two approaches to drafting."

"One reason is to make yourself feel better by banning cards you don't want to see."

"One approach is to make things difficult for the opponent by banning cards they are sure to play."

"Hmm..." Everyone nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite, feeling a sense of awe despite their confusion.

Yi Lan pondered these words repeatedly, then glanced up and asked, "So, which path do you think we should take?"

Luo Bai frowned slightly and said, "If we are strong enough, we should choose the first option, ensuring our own comfort and winning through sheer strength."

"If we are weaker, we should choose the second option: weaken the opponent's fighting power and narrow the gap between the two sides as much as possible."

"Oh—" Everyone nodded blankly, stunned.

“It’s obvious.” Luo Bai waved his hands, stating ruthlessly, “We belong to the second category.”

Chapter 325 First BP

Back at the Rebirth Shop, Luo Bai stared at the computer screen, looking troubled.

There aren't enough ban slots.

He doesn't usually play Forest decks.

All I know is that the Beast Card [Little Cactus Encloser] can easily take a single card ban slot.

The single-card ban slot and field ban slot also require further consideration.

Looking at the battle reports and duel videos alone, there is too little information. The match that Sumi-en won only involved three people, and there were also two hidden cards.

"How do I fight?"

Luo Bai's head was spinning the more she looked at it.

Sumi-en has played so many decks: [Aroma], [Nature], [Predator Plant], [Rikka], [Sacred Tree], [Senra], [Beetle Machine], [Beetle Rider], [Machine Monster], [Alien], [Zerg]...

The enemy has a sea of ​​heroes, while our side has a skewer of them.

You can't view the deck builds in the duel replays; you can only manually save the cards.

Fortunately, the opponents were all pure decks, with only [Sacred Tree] and [Fragrance] being relatively complete in the Extra Deck.

One team has a record of 8-2, and the other has a record of 9-3.

There is only one ban field; you can choose one of two.

"Teacher Tony, what do you think?" Luo Bai looked at the fat cat with a sharp gaze.

Which one to ban?

He took out the cards "Fragrant Seraph - Jasmine" and "Young Spirit of the Holy Tree" and waved them in front of the fat cat.

Used as a cat toy.

The old shop owner once said that when you don't know what to do, just ask Tony the hairstylist; he can always help you eliminate a wrong answer.

The big fat cat was lying lazily when the shaking of the cards caught its attention. It struggled to stand up from its slumber, leaped into the air, and swatted one of the cards away with its paw.

"Meow—" Tony the teacher let out a soft meow.

"Impressive skills!" Luo Bai exclaimed.

He picked up the card that Tony had slapped away, and a sense of enlightenment and confidence seemed to well up within him.

"Row!"

"I won the credit."

"If we lose, it's your fault."

Tony gave him a disdainful look and lay back down.

That evening, Bian Yuelong and his team rushed into the conference room. Luo Bai held a tablet, and the display was projected into the void.

I'm going to do a quick chat with the coach of Sumi Garden to get to know him better.

When the time was up, a line of text immediately popped up in the void.

[Bian Yuelong's score is low, please select red or blue side]

"Blue team," Luo Bai said without hesitation.

The red team is only suitable for strong teams, prioritizing locking in one powerful field.

Bian Yuelong doesn't have any decks that he needs to protect; they're all only half-baked.

[Awaiting confirmation from the red party...]

Sumeru Garden is currently considering banning certain items. The options are either to lock in one of their own trump cards, [Fragrance] or [Holy Tree], to prevent them from being banned, or to ban them instead of banning them, thus blocking one of their opponent's items.

The only skills that need to be banned for Bian Yuelong are [Crystal Machine] and the [Mischievous Fairy Star] that made him famous in one battle.

【Ding--】

【Red Square Color Selection Field - Crystal Mechanism】

The pop-up appeared for less than three seconds, then started flashing.

[Please select the field for the blue box]

Yi Lan and the others all cast tense glances their way.

“I choose—” Luo Bai paused for a moment before speaking.

"【Sacred Tree】".

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the crowd varied, ranging from worry and helplessness to sighs and lamentations.

"If the [Holy Tree] is banned, how do we fight [Fragrance]...?"

"There's nothing we can do, there's only one field for the ban field..."

"Let's see what the coach thinks; he must have made this choice after careful consideration."

[Waiting for the red team to disable the single card without fields...]

Luo Bai stared intently at the line of text projected on the screen. Half a minute later, the screen flashed.

【Ding--】

[Red side bans single card - Wan Shou Shen]

"Holy crap!" Jiang Shu exclaimed on the spot, "I'm going to run a market!"

His [Avenger of the Dead] already had a high chance of being a liability, and now he's banned the universally used [God of Ten Thousand Hands] as well.

The atmosphere became very subtle.

To say it's completely unplayable wouldn't be an exaggeration, but to say it's completely undamaged wouldn't be an exaggeration either.

It's in the middle, which is a headache.

Luo Bai frowned and asked Jiang Shu, "Do you know any other card decks?"

"I'm not that dependent on the [Ten Thousand Hands God]."

"Hmm..." Jiang Shu thought for a while and awkwardly said, "I also know [Stone Relic]. This ritual deck doesn't need ritual magic, and [Ten Thousand Hands God] can be replaced by [Thousand Hands God].

"It's just that my skill level is a bit lacking, and I don't have all the cards..."

"I understand, I understand." Luo Bai waved his hand and said, "It seems the other side has studied us."

[Blue team, please disable single cards]

"We definitely need to give some response."

"I have disabled—【Little Cactus Enclosed】."

After Luo Bai pressed the confirm button, the red team clearly lagged for a full two minutes.

They didn't seem to be mentally prepared either.

Just as the countdown was about to end, another "ding" sounded.

Ultimately, the red team decided on the second single-card ban slot—