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Genius Invokation TCG Meta (Best Decks) Summary
Ver.6.2 New Card Additions & Adjustments
New Cards
Balance Adjustments
Show Balance Adjustments Details| Buffs Details | |
|---|---|
| Furina Pneuma | Furina Pneuma: Character Card - Max HP changed 10->12 |
| Varesa | Varesa: Character Card - Elemental Skill DMG changed 2->3 |
| Nerfs Details | |
| Iansan | Iansan: Character Card - Max HP changed 12->11 - Elemental Burst DMG changed 3->2 |
| Citlali | Citlali: Character Card - Elemental Skill DMG changed 2->1 |
| Arlecchino | Arlecchino: Character Card - 'Blood-Debt Directive' generated by Elemental Skill changed 5->3 |
| Sing Your Heart Out | Sing Your Heart Out: Event Card - Cards drawn changed 3->2 |
| Fell Dragon's Awakening | Fell Dragon's Awakening: Event Card - Max stacks of 'Fell Dragon' changed 5->4 |
Damage-Resistance Decks Are Increasing in the Current Meta
With decks centered on Escoffier and Gaming is a game-changer in TCG meta since they are incredibly hard to take down due to their amazing damage resistance. It is a good idea to include cards that have good synergy with them or cards to counter them.
Best Cards Summary HereHow to Build an Escoffier Freeze Deck
Build
| Escoffier Freeze Code |
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Character Cards
Action Cards
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rightful Reward x2 | Veteran's Visage x2 | Maiden's Fading Beauty x2 | - |
| Support Cards | |||
| Chef Mao x2 | Liben x2 | Xudong x2 | Dunyarzad x2 |
| Event Cards | |||
| Fight for Death x1 | Elemental Resonance: Soothing Water x2 | Leave it to Me! x2 | Strategize x2 |
| Harvest Time x2 | Fell Dragon's Awakening x1 | Rainbow Macarons x2 | Mystique Soup x2 |
| Sing Your Heart Out x2 | - | - | - |
Cards to Aim For First
| Card | Best Reason |
|---|---|
| Rightful Reward | - While increasing Elemental Burst DMG, it also provides energy support upon taking DMG. - Prioritize this card to cycle Escoffier’s Burst for heals and damage output. |
| Xudong | - Reduces Food card costs by 2 dice. - Since this deck relies mostly on food, it is recommended to use Xu Dong in the 1st or 2nd round. |
| Chef Mao | - Generates Elemental Dice and allows you to draw a Food card whenever a Food card is used. - Same with Xu Dong, it is highly recommended to use the Chef Mao card during the 1st or 2nd round. |
How To Play
Use Furina's Skill → Wait for Next Turn
For the first round, start by using Furina’s Skill. Then, use your remaining points to give Escoffier a weapon or artifact to utilize her damage, and also, it is highly recommended to use Xu Dong and Chef Mao cards during this same turn.
Turn 2: Use Escoffier's Skill & Burst
For round 2, use Escoffier’s Skill and Elemental Burst to lower the enemy's HP. If there is a specific card from your opponent that you want to attack, you can use the 'Leave It to Me!' card to switch characters quickly, then use Kokomi’s Normal Attack to freeze them.
Turn 3: Aim to Survive and Use Freeze To Finish The Battle
As for round 3, use the Skills and Bursts of all three character cards in order to survive the current round. Next, use quick switches to freeze the opponent's cards to prevent them from counter-attacking you back. Make sure to use your food cards properly to slowly corner the enemy and win the game.
How to Build a Lyney Vaporize Deck
Build
| Lyney Vaporize Code |
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The code above is for ASIA Server.
Character Cards
| Character Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Lyney | Escoffier | Hydro Tulpa |
Action Cards
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambler's Earrings x2 | Heart of Khvarena's Brilliance x2 | Gladiator’s Triumphus x2 | |
| Support Cards | |||
| Chef Mao x2 | Liben x1 | Silver and Melus x1 | - |
| Event Cards | |||
| Lost Legacies in the Sand x1 | The Bestest Travel Companion! x2 | Leave it to Me! x2 | Strategize x2 |
| The Boar Princess x1 | Ultimate Surfing Buddy! x2 | Narration Footnotes x2 | Fell Dragon's Awakening x1 |
| A Blessing from M x2 | Hot Spring O'Clock x2 | Mystique Soup x2 | - |
Cards to Aim For First
| Card | Best Reason |
|---|---|
| Ultimate Surfing Buddy! | - Can activate your summons for 0 points. - Changes how much total damage you can deal in a single turn. |
| Narration Footnotes | - Can pull a summon that deals 1 damage. - Useful for building stacks for powerful cards like Fell Dragon's Awakening card. |
How to Play
Use Escoffier's Skill → Then Switch To Lyney Using His Normal ATK
For the first round, use Escoffier’s Skill, then switch to Lyney and use his Normal Attack. Use any remaining points to use a Support or Event card in order to prepare for the following rounds.
Turn 2: Use The Character Cards Utilizing Vaporize Reaction
For round 2, use Escoffier, Lyney, and Hydro Tulpa to trigger Melt, Vaporize, and Freeze reactions. Ensure that your summons remains on the field at all times. To get the most out of the Hydro Tulpa’s skills and the Fell Dragon's Awakening card, let your summons disappear naturally after usage, rather than trying to extend the duration of their stay in the battle.
Turn 3: Aim to Finish The Battle Using Hydro Tulpa or A Blessing from M Cards
As for round 3, aim to finish the battle using the Hydro Tulpa’s Burst or Fell Dragon's Awakening. You can use Hydro Tulpa's Burst while your summons are on the field, and as for the Fell Dragon's Awakening, once its power is at its maximum. You can also trigger the Fell Dragon's Awakening card with the Ultimate Surfing Buddy! card or Tulpa’s Skill and Burst to deal even more damage to your opponents.
How to Build an Gaming Crystallize Deck
Build
| Gaming Crystallize Deck |
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Character Cards
Action Cards
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Ultimate Overlord’s Mega Magic Sword x2 | Veteran's Visage x1 | Nymph's Dream x2 | - |
| Support Cards | |||
| Scions of the Canopy x2 | Seymour x2 | ||
| Event Cards | |||
| Lost Legacies in the Sand x1 | Elemental Resonance: Woven Stone x2 | Elemental Resonance: Enduring Rock x2 | Strategize x2 |
| Machine Assembly Line x2 | Sunyata Flower x2 | Countdown To The Show: 3 x2 | Eremite Teatime x2 |
| Art of Sleepy Meditation x2 | An Ancient Sacrifice of Sacred Brocade x2 | The Narzissenkreuz Adventure x2 | - |
Cards to Aim For First
| Card | Best Reason |
|---|---|
| Ultimate Overlord’s Mega Magic Sword | - Always pick these generated cards first to maximize your total damage for the current round. - Prioritize this card since it will help you to deal more damage. |
| Nymph's Dream | - After activating the skill, where you have completed the Adventure, you can increase the damage dealt by 1. - Prioritize this to stack Adventure as quickly as possible. |
| Scions of the Canopy | - Reduces the cost of cards that is/are not in your starting deck. - Use this card in the earlier rounds as much as possible, since this card will have priority in Turn 1 or Turn 2 to get the most value over time. |
How to Play
After Using an "Adventure" Type Card, Use Chenyu Vale Via Gaming’s Skill
For the 1st round, use Nymph’s Dream or any Adventure type card, then Gaming’s Skill, and when his effect triggers, make sure to choose Chenyu Vale card. Use any extra points to play more Adventure cards. You should also try to equip Gaming with the Ultimate Overlord's Super Mega Magic Sword during this round.
Turn 2: Switch Back to Gaming and Continuously Use His Skills
For round 2, if your character was switched out by a skill, you can switch back to Gaming and continuously attack using his skill. Use any extra points to play Adventure-type cards and other cards, not just from your starting deck, hence it will increase your damage and build up your Adventure points. Also, start equipping Noelle with some equipment cards to get her ready for the end of the match.
Turn 3: Use Noelle and Gaming and Try To Survive While Waiting To Finish the Final Round
For the final round, try your best to survive, and use the healing and shields to defend/counter the opponent's attacks. Crystallize will be amazingly good here, because it gives you a shield every time Geo hits an element. Since both Gaming and Noelle have strong Bursts, use them to wipe out the remaining HPs of your opponent. Also, choosing the Tower of Ipsissimus card for your Adventure effect will boost your damage.
Genius Invokation TCG Best Beginner Decks
Electro-Charged Swirl Deck
*This deck uses 2 free characters, so it can be built just by obtaining Mona.
*If you are missing cards, substitute them with what you have.
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Stellar Predator x2 | Chaotic Entropy x2 | |
| Support Cards | ||
| Liben x2 | Knights Of Favonius Library x2 | Liyue Harbor Wharf x2 |
| Liu Su x1 | Chang The Ninth x2 | Katheryne x1 |
| Event Cards | ||
| Quick Knit x2 | Strategize x2 | The Bestest Travel Companion! x2 |
| Toss-Up x2 | Descent Of Divinity x2 | Leave It to Me! x2 |
| When The Crane Returned x2 | Changing Shifts x2 | |
Cards to Aim For First
| Card | Best Reason |
|---|---|
| Stellar Predator | - Can attack while strengthening Fischl's skill. - Best because Fischl's skill is crucial to this setup. |
| When The Crane Returned | - Can attack and switch characters with one skill. - Allows for an immediate switch to Sucrose after using Fischl's skill. |
| Leave It to Me! | - Allows for a 0-cost fast swap. - Best as it makes triggering elemental reactions easier. |
| Chang The Ninth | - Draw two cards for 0 cost after triggering 3 elemental reactions. - Thins your deck. - Aim for this as the deck can trigger reactions from the first turn. |
Turn 1: Fischl → Sucrose to Spread Electro
Start by using Fischl's Elemental Skill to apply Electro to the opponent. Then, aim to use Sucrose to trigger Swirl and spread Electro to all enemy characters. Summoning Fischl's Oz on the first turn allows for an additional element application during the End Phase, making it easier to set up Swirl.
Turn 2: Aim to Use Sucrose's Burst
If the situation allows, using Sucrose's Elemental Burst on the second turn is an ideal move. The burst summons a creature that can trigger Swirl again, potentially spreading the next element you apply to the entire enemy team.
Turn 3: Aim for AoE Damage with Mona's Skill
On the third turn, use Mona's Elemental Skill to trigger Electro-Charged and deal damage to all enemies. From this point on, focus on spreading elements to all opponents with Swirl before dealing damage.
Freeze/Electro-Charged/Superconduct Deck
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Thundering Penance x2 | Undivided Heart x2 | |
| Support Cards | ||
| Liben x2 | Knights Of Favonius Library x1 | Liyue Harbor Wharf x2 |
| Liu Su x2 | Chang The Ninth x2 | Katheryne x1 |
| Event Cards | ||
| Strategize x2 | The Bestest Travel Companion! x2 | Toss-Up x2 |
| Descent Of Divinity x2 | Leave It to Me! x2 | When The Crane Returned x2 |
| Prophecy of Submersion x2 | Changing Shifts x2 | |
Cards to Aim For First
| Card | Best Reason |
|---|---|
| Thundering Penance | - Keqing's skill talent card. - Best because her skill is crucial to this setup. |
| Undivided Heart | - Ganyu's skill talent card. - Best because her skill is crucial to this setup. |
| When The Crane Returned | - Can attack while switching characters. - Allows for a quick swap to Mona right after using Keqing's skill. |
| Leave It to Me! | - Allows for a 0-cost fast swap. - Best as it makes triggering elemental reactions easier. |
| The Bestest Travel Companion! | - Creates 2 Omni Element. - Best when you draw it, as the cost of Undivided Heart is high. |
Decide Whether to Aim for Freeze or AoE Damage Based on Your Opponent
The strength of this Freeze/Superconduct deck is its ability to switch between "freezing enemies with Freeze" and "dealing AoE damage with Superconduct or Electro-Charged." It's best to decide whether to be aggressive or defensive after seeing your opening hand. Don't forget, .
Keep Ganyu's AoE Damage in Mind
When playing, you should always consider . Chip away at the enemy team's HP with reactions like Electro-Charged, set up your hand, and then adjust their HP to a point where Ganyu can wipe them out.
