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Genius Invokation TCG Meta (Best Decks) Summary
Multiple Cards Added & Adjusted in Ver. 5.8
Added Cards
Balance Adjustments
| Buffs Details | |
|---|---|
| Frost Operative | 【Frost Operative】: Character Card - Initial HP increased from 10 to 11. - Elemental Burst DMG increased from 4 to 5. |
| All Reprisals and Arrears, Mine to Bear | 【All Reprisals and Arrears, Mine to Bear】: Talent Card (Arlecchino) - Dice cost reduced from 2 to 1. |
| Edict of Absolution | 【Edict of Absolution】: Event Card - Dice cost changed from 0 to 1. - Added effect: Heals 1 of your characters for 2 HP. - Effect on active character changed from "cannot be switched" to "lasts for 2 Rounds". |
| Nerfs Details | |
| Mavuika | 【Mavuika】: Character Card - Skill Dice cost increased from 2 to 3. |
| Kinich | 【Kinich】: Character Card - Skill DMG reduced from 2 to 1. |
| Mamaloaco's Frigid Rain | 【Mamaloaco's Frigid Rain】: Talent Card (Citlali) - Dice cost increased from 1 to 2. |
| Night Realm's Gift: Heart Of Unity | 【Night Realm's Gift: Heart Of Unity】: Talent Card (Kachina) - Effect can now only be triggered once per Round (previously twice). |
| Marcotte Sillage | 【Marcotte Sillage】: Talent Card (Emilie) - Dice cost increased from 1 to 2. |
Current Meta: Increase in Gluttonous Yumkasaur / Lan Yan Decks
| Character Cards | |
|---|---|
| Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King | Lan Yan |
In the new meta, decks centered around Gluttonous Yumkasaur and Lan Yan are on the rise. When building a deck for the current environment, consider including cards that synergize with these characters or counter them.
Best Cards Summary HereHow to Build a Yumkasaurus Burning Deck
Deck Build
| Yumkasaurus Deck Code |
|---|
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Character Cards
| Character Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King | Kuki Shinobu | Hu Tao |
Action Cards
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| The All-Devourer x2 | Rightful Reward x2 | Maiden's Fading Beauty x2 |
| Support Cards | ||
| Katheryne x2 | Chef Mao x2 | Xudong x1 |
| Liben x1 | Dunyarzad x2 | Serene x2 |
| Event Cards | ||
| Fight For Death x1 | Strategize x2 | Tada! x2 |
| Art of Sleepy Meditation x2 | Harvest Time x2 | Puff Pops x1 |
| Mystique Soup x2 | Glorious Season x2 | - |
Initial Cards to Get
| Card | Reason |
|---|---|
| The All-Devourer | - Buffs itself when you play a card that wasn't in your starting deck. - Top priority as this effect is used frequently. |
| Chef Mao | - Using a Food card creates 1 die of the active character's element and lets you draw a Food card. - Play this early as you'll use Food often. - Also thins your deck. |
| Maiden's Fading Beauty | - Can heal high-damage characters with non-Artifact healing sources. - Provides extra healing when using Food. └ Easy to trigger when equipped on Yumkasaur. |
| Harvest Time | - Gives you 1 Food card and adds another Harvest Time to your deck. - Can choose Food not in your original deck, synergizing well with Yumkasaur. |
How to Play
Starting Moves: Equip Cards and Use Shinobu's Skill
In the early game, equip Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King with its Talent/Artifact card, then use Kuki Shinobu's Skill. Ideally, use any remaining Dice on Support and Food cards as well.
Mid-Game: Use Hu Tao or Yumkasaur to Sustain and Chip Away HP
After the opening, use Food and Event cards with Hu Tao or Yumkasaur to balance survivability and damage. Equipping Hu Tao with Rightful Reward makes it easier to use her Burst, balancing offense and defense.
Endgame: Use Yumkasaur to Endure and Finish the Opponent
In the endgame, use Food on Gluttonous Yumkasaur Mountain King while using its Skill and Elemental Burst to finish the opponent. Prioritize using Food from Harvest Time or Mystique Soup to reduce Skill/Burst costs or increase their damage for an efficient takedown.
How to Build a Lan Yan Freeze-Swirl Deck
Deck Build
| Lan Yan Freeze-Swirl Deck Code |
|---|
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The code above is for ASIA Server.
Character Cards
Action Cards
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mamaloaco's Frigid Rain x1 | A Thousand Floating Dreams x1 | Tenacity of the Millelith x2 |
| Veteran's Visage x2 | Golden Troupe x2 | - |
| Support Cards | ||
| Timaeus x2 | Chef Mao x2 | Xudong x1 |
| Dunyarzad x2 | Forest Blessing x2 | - |
| Event Cards | ||
| Day Of Resistance x1 | Strategize x2 | Leave It to Me! x2 |
| Harvest Time x2 | Rainbow Macarons x2 | Mystique Soup x2 |
| Glorious Season x2 | - | - |
Initial Cards to Get
| Card | Reason |
|---|---|
| Timaeus | - Allows you to play Artifact cards for 1 less Die. - Also lets you draw an Artifact card, which is powerful. |
| Golden Troupe | - Reduces the Skill cost for the equipped standby character. - Equip early as you will use skills frequently. |
| Chef Mao | - Using a Food card creates 1 die of the active character's element and lets you draw a Food card. - Play this early as you'll use Food often. - Also thins your deck. |
How to Play
Starting Moves: Place Supports, then use Mona's Skill
On Turn 1, equip any Talents or Artifacts you have, and play any Support cards. If you have dice to spare, use Mona's skill. If not, attack at the beginning of Turn 2.
Turn 2: Stall with Hydro Swirl or Freeze
On Turn 2, use Lan Yan's Skill to trigger a Hydro Swirl, or if there's a character you need to stop, use Citlali's Skill to Freeze them. After attacking, use Swirls or attacks to maintain Hydro/Cryo application, while also playing Support and Event cards.
Finish the opponent using Swirl/Freeze
From Turn 3 onwards, aim to finish the opponent by leveraging Swirl and Freeze. Using a Fast Action to switch to a character that can trigger Freeze on an enemy with Hydro/Cryo is a good way to deal damage while denying their actions.
How to Build a Mavuika Crystallize Deck
Deck Build
| Mavuika Crystallize Deck Code |
|---|
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The code above is for ASIA Server.
Character Cards
Action Cards
| Equipment (Talent) Cards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Undisclosed Distribution Channels x1 | Night Realm's Gift: Heart Of Unity x2 | Gambler's Earrings x2 |
| Golden Troupe's Reward x2 | Conductor's Top Hat x2 | - |
| Support Cards | ||
| Gandharva Ville x2 | Atea x2 | - |
| Event Cards | ||
| Stone And Contracts x1 | Woven Stone x2 | Enduring Rock x2 |
| Strategize x2 | The Boar Princess x2 | Crossfire x2 |
| Saurus Crackers x2 | Mystique Soup x2 | Glorious Season x2 |
Initial Cards to Get
| Card | Reason |
|---|---|
| Night Realm's Gift: Heart Of Unity | - Draw 1 card when Turbo Twirly/Exit triggers. - Powerful as it combines action and card draw. - Top priority as you use Special Skills often. |
| Stone And Contracts | - Creates 2 Dice when you have 0. - Increases your action options. - Keep if you have a Talent card. |
| Atea | - Reduces the cost of a Special Skill by 1, once per turn. - Playing it early gives long-term value. |
| Conductor's Top Hat | - Discard 1 high-cost card. - Convert 2 Dice to Omni Element. - Skill and Talent cost -1. - Mavuika can discard a 3-cost card for damage while gaining this benefit. |
| Gambler's Earrings | - Creates 2 Omni Dice when you defeat an opponent's character. - Powerful as it increases your number of actions. - Keep if you have a good hand. |
How to Play
Turn 1: Mavuika 3-Cost Skill → Kachina Skill
On Turn 1, if you have Conductor's Top Hat, equip it to Kachina, then attack in this order: Mavuika's 3-cost Skill → Kachina's Skill. Before attacking, equip any other Artifacts like Night Realm's Gift: Heart Of Unity and play Atea or Gandharva Ville.
Turn 2: Use Kachina's Skill and Special Skill
On Turn 2, use Kachina's Skill and Special Skill to chip away at the enemy's HP. Feel free to use cards like Crossfire, Saurus Crackers, and any Dice-generating cards to attack as much as possible. If Mavuika's Stratagem is at 6 and there's a priority target, using her Burst is a viable option.
Turn 3+: Finish with Kachina/Mavuika
From Turn 3 onwards, just like Turn 2, use Kachina's Skill/Special Skill/Burst to aim for the finish. If Kachina is defeated, use Mavuika's Burst followed by a Normal Attack to take down the enemy. If the duel drags on, pressure the opponent with Mavuika's Skill/Burst followed by Navia's Skill/Normal Attack.
Best Beginner Decks for Genius Invokation TCG
Electro-Charged Swirl Deck
※Features 2 free characters, so you only need to obtain Mona to build it.
※If you're 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 | - |
Initial Cards to Get
| Card | Reason |
|---|---|
| Stellar Predator | - Best because it enhances Fischl's Skill while also attacking. - Fischl's skill is crucial to this deck's strategy. |
| When The Crane Returned | - Lets you attack and switch characters with one action. - Allows you to immediately switch to Sucrose after using Fischl's skill. |
| Leave It to Me! | - Makes your next character switch a Fast Action for 0 cost. - Best for setting up Elemental Reactions more easily. |
| Chang The Ninth | - Lets you draw two cards for 0 cost after triggering 3 Elemental Reactions. - Thins your deck. - A good card to aim for as this deck can trigger reactions from turn 1. |
1. On Turn 1, use Fischl then Sucrose to spread Electro
Start by using Fischl's Elemental Skill to apply Electro to the opponent. Then, switch to Sucrose and aim to trigger an Electro Swirl to spread Electro to all enemy characters. Summoning Oz with Fischl at the start allows for an Electro application during the End Phase, making it easier to set up a Swirl.
2. Aim to use Sucrose's Burst on Turn 2
If the situation allows, using Sucrose's Elemental Burst on the second turn is an ideal move. Her Burst creates a summon that can trigger Swirl and potentially spread the element of your next attack to all enemies.
3. On Turn 3, use Mona's Elemental Skill for AoE damage
On the third turn, use Mona's Elemental Skill to trigger Electro-Charged for AoE damage. From this point on, focus on spreading elements with Swirl before dealing damage to win.
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 | - |
Initial Cards to Get
| Card | Reason |
|---|---|
| Thundering Penance | - Keqing's Talent Card. - Best because her skill is crucial for this deck. |
| Undivided Heart | - Ganyu's Talent Card. - Best because her skill is crucial for this deck. |
| When The Crane Returned | - Lets you attack and switch characters with one action. - Allows you to immediately switch to Mona after using Keqing's skill. |
| Leave It to Me! | - Makes your next character switch a Fast Action for 0 cost. - Best for setting up Elemental Reactions more easily. |
| The Bestest Travel Companion! | - Creates 2 Omni Dice. - Best to have when you draw the high-cost Undivided Heart. |
Decide whether to Freeze or aim for AoE based on your opponent
The strength of this deck is its ability to choose between "Freezing an enemy" and "dealing AoE damage with Superconduct or Electro-Charged." Decide whether to play offensively or defensively based on your opening hand. If you're unsure, starting with Mona offers the most flexibility a key point to remember.
Be mindful of Ganyu's AoE damage
A key strategic point is when to use Ganyu's attack, which deals piercing damage to all standby characters a key strategic point. Chip away at all enemies' HP with reactions like Electro-Charged, then manage your hand to set up a finishing blow with Ganyu.
