Neo New Trains

[VCR_CAT 19]

Monsters
Night Express Knight x2
Speedy Express Bullet Train x3
Heavy Freight Train Derricrane x3
Machina Fortress x3
Infinitrack Roadheader x2
Machina Gearframe x3
Ruffian Railcar x3
Flying Pegasus Railroad Stampede x3

Spells
Revolving Switchyard x3
Pot of Desires x2
Terraforming x2
Urgent Schedule x3
Special Schedule x2
Monster Reborn x1
Called by the Grave x2
Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! x3
Sky Striker Maneuver - Afterburners!! x1
Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones x1

Extra Deck
Number C9: Chaos Dyson Sphere x1
Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebel x1
Number 81: Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Super Dora x2
Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max x1
Number 35: Ravenous Tarantula x1
Number 11: Big Eye x1
Infinitrack Reverstorm x1
World Regalia Demiurgear x1
Double Header Anger Knuckle x1
Qliphort Genius x1
Sky Striker Ace - Kagari x1
Sky Striker Ace - Kaina x1
Sky Striker Ace - Hayate x1
Infinitrack Goliath x1

 

Honestly still very much annoyed by how Infinitrack turned out. I'm pretty desperate to replace Symphonics and Sky Strikers in this case, but really if you want self-summon EARTH Machines your pool of options is painfully slim. Unless anyone has better ideas, this is what I'm working with.

Edited February 17, 2019 by VCR_CAT

[Tinkerer 42]

Could I suggest maybe trying out Infinitrack Rock Anchor over the Symphonics? While the second effect will be practically useless in Trains, Anchor is summonable off Switchyard and it turns your monsters in hand into "self-summon EARTH Machines". It removes a Garnet from your Deck, it isn't Ash bait, and it gives you more total resources (even if its payoff is slightly weaker).

Possible thoughts on using Summon Sorceress? If you resolve 1 Hornet Drones, it looks like the deck is capable of going into Summon Sorc to "fix" pretty much any field. It's more of a conditional power play though, so it probably isn't worth it.

Other than that, the deck looks like it could really use some draw power somewhere. But I dunno; you've run the deck for years now, right? Would you consider trying to find space for Desires?

[Summer Darj 292]

x3 Engage but only 1 search target in Drones. Maybe try 1 Afterburner and/or 1 Widow Anchor as secondary targets? Trains shouldn't have too many issues with sitting on a single Xyz monster for a couple of turns, so those 2 Striker Spells can be more live than in other decks that tech Drones. I do know that Switchyard can make use of any dead Engages as discard fodder, but if you have 3+ Spells in GY already, then you would be getting an extra card. Likewise, Switchyard can use as fodder any dead Afterburner/Anchor.
I would find space for a 3rd Called by the Grave. IIRC the deck is too vulnerable to Ash (e.g. Ash on Switchyard), although with the new support IDK if that's not much of an issue anymore.

[VCR_CAT 19]

17 hours ago, Tinkerer said:

Could I suggest maybe trying out Infinitrack Rock Anchor over the Symphonics? While the second effect will be practically useless in Trains, Anchor is summonable off Switchyard and it turns your monsters in hand into "self-summon EARTH Machines". It removes a Garnet from your Deck, it isn't Ash bait, and it gives you more total resources (even if its payoff is slightly weaker).

Possible thoughts on using Summon Sorceress? If you resolve 1 Hornet Drones, it looks like the deck is capable of going into Summon Sorc to "fix" pretty much any field. It's more of a conditional power play though, so it probably isn't worth it.

Other than that, the deck looks like it could really use some draw power somewhere. But I dunno; you've run the deck for years now, right? Would you consider trying to find space for Desires?

Summoning from-hand is nice and all, but the deck is too resource intensive to really justify having something that doesn't help keep the economy rolling. This did get me thinking, however, and I did replace the Symphonics to bring Gearframe back, though I'm not fond of having another normal summon in the deck to use. At least with him I can bring Machina Fortress out for some more economic setup and a bit more versatility what with the 2500 beatstick I can search.

Running Summon Sorc is too much Extra Deck commitment. I'd need to run one more Sky Striker Ace to make that combo work, and I don't exactly have links to spare. Summon Sorc combos with machines are only especially worth it within the Needlefiber combos anyways, and this deck doesn't have the space to run the tuners to make that work very well.

With the Symphonics removed and another Sky Striker spell in, I think I'm down enough 1-of's to justify bumping the deck to 42 cards w/ Desires. That's more or less the best you can do with good draw power, outside the Roadheaders I put in. If I had more space I would want to fit Scrap Recycler back in, though.

 

11 hours ago, Darj said:

x3 Engage but only 1 search target in Drones. Maybe try 1 Afterburner and/or 1 Widow Anchor as secondary targets? Trains shouldn't have too many issues with sitting on a single Xyz monster for a couple of turns, so those 2 Striker Spells can be more live than in other decks that tech Drones. I do know that Switchyard can make use of any dead Engages as discard fodder, but if you have 3+ Spells in GY already, then you would be getting an extra card. Likewise, Switchyard can use as fodder any dead Afterburner/Anchor.
I would find space for a 3rd Called by the Grave. IIRC the deck is too vulnerable to Ash (e.g. Ash on Switchyard), although with the new support IDK if that's not much of an issue anymore.

Not enough space to really fit a 3rd Called in. I went with Afterburner since Widow Anchor is only really good if you have three spells in the grave already, and this deck isn't great at getting them in there efficiently. At least with cards like Urgent Schedule I at least have a potentially easier time going second. In testing, I might just end up cutting Afterburners for a third Called, though.

 

Also, misc. change because I forgot it existed: switched out Megaton Gale (looks like an awesome card but too impractical to summon with these combos) for Demiurgear, because that's a much easier card to summon with still a solid impact.