Labyrinth is just better traptrix

[Thegreninjagal]

I'm playing traptrix in plat, and I see a ungodly amount of Labyrinth meta slaves. I hate Labyrinth and prefer to use traptrix... but I just keep losing to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ meta slaves. Traptrix has too many ways to fail imo, and either Labyrinth needs limits/bans, or Traptrix needs more support to help them special summon more, other than the inconsistency of getting traptrip Garden.

[Thegreninjagal]

if anyone has recommendations to help me with this issue I'd be glad to know them.

[JayDee Phoenix]

I dunno what to say. I'm kinda new but beating Labyrinth doesn't seem too hard for me and I don't even know what all their cards do. I think who ever goes 1st wins normally. If the Lab has a brain (but this doesn't seem too hard to figure out anyways) they will not let you play the game and stop you before you get your Links/Xyzs out. I normally lose because I can't put my foot in the door and after you do it's normally easy because from then it's easy to apply pressure and generate advantage which Is what Traptrix is good at once you get rolling.

Traptrix has no problem against meta mostly it's just the early parts of the match and setting up a good board which is a very important part of the game as it doesn't matter if you scale if you can't scale and get your ass kicked in. Running other stuff will help alot but gravediggers and flood still. I was trying stuff out and was trying chain and that worked out nicely lol.

I dunno maybe running more of the following or something similar:
Evenly, Duster, Solemn, Iron thunder, DD Crow. Don't forget different Xyzs techs like Utopia and Redoer (better with shade lol)

Maybe you don't need to SS more rather stop them from SS or anything else. Also watch out for D Cannon.

[JayDee Phoenix]

Also I forgot to mention Dweller prob good if you can make it.

[Fatality]

The biggest advantage labrynth has over traptrix is that it can play any good generic normal trap depending on the meta and set/activate it directly with arias or cooclock. Traptrix mainly relies on its own traps, which are not enough in most cases. You can play trap trick, but it's still slower than arias/cooclock + lady setting every turn.

[¿¡Kloey!?²]

"Labyrinth is just better traptrix"
Short answer: Yes.

Long answer: The thing is, all Labrynth really is, is just an updated Traptrix deck that focuses on disrupting your opponent with traps. It's basically like how Tearlaments is just 'better' lightsworn. Instead of trying to add on a bunch of support to update the archetype to the point where the main cards aren't even used anymore, they instead re-imagine the playstyle to be more streamlined for modern and competitive play while still adding the occasional support for those older decks. While Traptrix does have it's unique usages in certain metas, Labrynth is a lot more flexible, reliable and more resilient and I don't think it's particularly fair to blame others for playing a playstyle in a way that works because you willingly choose to play an inferior (for lack of a better term) form of that playstyle. If you want to play Traptrix for whatever reason that's perfectly fine, but understand that even if Labrynth didn't exist, it doesn't magically fix the problems Traptrix would still have in the current day.

To answer your particular question as I am not quite a traptrix expert or player, try and see what trap cards would be relevant and useful in the current metagame. Unfortunately iirc since the deck focuses around 'hole' cards, your options are limited so I do wish you luck on finding a solution. The only thing I can particularly think of is maybe adding 'Lord of the Heavenly Prison' if you find your backrow being destroyed too often if you haven't already.

[HeraldOfOpera]

With 10k+ cards made over the course of 25 years, some cards are going to be better than other cards. Especially when all you care about is making more money off of people with gambling addictions. Even MtG, which has set rotation and designers who give a damn, can't escape this fact. What chance did you think Yugioh had?

[Tunnel Sharks Rule!!!]

It's just better Traptrix which is why it loses to Traptrix

[76561199543893354]

They aren't even in the same weight class and the only similarities are using traps and being able to search traps, and even at the latter part they diverge hard since Lab doesn't have the "hole" limitation.

[JKArtorias]

Originally posted by Thegreninjagal:

I'm playing traptrix in plat, and I see a ungodly amount of Labyrinth meta slaves. I hate Labyrinth and prefer to use traptrix... but I just keep losing to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ meta slaves. Traptrix has too many ways to fail imo, and either Labyrinth needs limits/bans, or Traptrix needs more support to help them special summon more, other than the inconsistency of getting traptrip Garden.

If Labrynth is just better Traptrix and you prefer using Traptrix. Why do you want Traptrix to be stronger than Labrynth when you're calling them meta slaves.

You will become the meta slave.

Just say you like Traptrix's art and want it stronger, dawg.

[e-dood]

Originally posted by JKArtorias:

Originally posted by Thegreninjagal:

I'm playing traptrix in plat, and I see a ungodly amount of Labyrinth meta slaves. I hate Labyrinth and prefer to use traptrix... but I just keep losing to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ meta slaves. Traptrix has too many ways to fail imo, and either Labyrinth needs limits/bans, or Traptrix needs more support to help them special summon more, other than the inconsistency of getting traptrip Garden.

If Labrynth is just better Traptrix and you prefer using Traptrix. Why do you want Traptrix to be stronger than Labrynth when you're calling them meta slaves.

You will become the meta slave.

Just say you like Traptrix's art and want it stronger, dawg.

Honestly, if Traptrix got a reusable Hole trap card that can add another form of disruption could be pretty fun for them.

[G3]

Originally posted by JKArtorias:

If Labrynth is just better Traptrix and you prefer using Traptrix. Why do you want Traptrix to be stronger than Labrynth when you're calling them meta slaves.

You will become the meta slave.

Just say you like Traptrix's art and want it stronger, dawg.

"Y...You see. I was playing them before they were meta. I'm n..not a meta slave. I'm based."

I get wanting to succeed with your favorite pet deck. But, understand that newer cards are going to beat you because that's how the game is designed. Rarely does an old deck get modern support that pushes it to the top of the meta game. Yubel being the most recent example.

Personally, I like playing against Traptrix. Maxx "C" on normal because they HAVE to go into Sera if they want to set up. V-Linking them locks them out of their main plays.

[¿¡Kloey!?²]

Originally posted by G3:

Originally posted by JKArtorias:

If Labrynth is just better Traptrix and you prefer using Traptrix. Why do you want Traptrix to be stronger than Labrynth when you're calling them meta slaves.

You will become the meta slave.

Just say you like Traptrix's art and want it stronger, dawg.

I get wanting to succeed with your favorite pet deck. But, understand that newer cards are going to beat you because that's how the game is designed. Rarely does an old deck get modern support that pushes it to the top of the meta game. Yubel being the most recent example.

It's why I always joke about the two words YGO players hate, set rotation. Cause if YGO decided to move onto that, no one really wins yet it would solve a decent number of problems. But back to the topic at hand, I remember in Duel Links when Harpies became meta. I played harpies not because they were meta but because their playstyle was a more powerful version of my other main pet deck at the time Yosenju, it just felt like a more aggressive play style to Yosenju's defensive one with both of them focusing around bouncing your opponent's cards. I personally felt it was a unique strategy not many people knew to expect or play around until Harpies became the new thing on the block. Problem about Harpies was they were released WAY too soon for the meta game at the time as they were actually a recent addition to the TCG at the time when the game was still years behind. But the beauty of YGO was that I was able to enjoy and play both cause they both had their unique identities outside of their playstyle, it was just learning when and where they were efficient to be used.

[Zelwy]

I mean I suppose? although Traptrix is quite decent also, the trapholes are quite versatile, I sometimes wonder how good would lab be if they had a Sera, because I think she is what makes all the difference for the deck.

[itzRiceKrispies]

Just because someone plays Lab doesn't mean they r a "meta slave".

For what its worth Traptrix are considered tier 3 in power. Technically that means they r meta. So by playing them, what does that make u?

[Thegreninjagal]

to explain my position, ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ SUSHIPS have less support than traptrix and is infinitely more successful. I do not care that traptrix is less powerful, I care because the meta is becoming incredibly stale with these past months I constantly see the same 3 archetypes all over ranked for the past months. Yubel, Tearlaments, Centur-Ion, and Labyrinth. is it bad that I want a very powerful deck that has been well-known to be very hard to fight against with non-meta decks to be nerfed, while a archetype that is weaker but loved by a lot of people to be buffed?