He Almost Won the NAWCQ With Branded (Phara Maindecked?!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwKkRZczbCw The best Branded player at NAWCQ 2026 mained Phara — and it worked. I'm reacting to Thomas Paine's 12th place NAWCQ 2026 Branded deck profile: the European commentary team member took Branded Despia further than anyone at the North America WCQ, with a maindeck built around Forbidden Droplet, Pot of Sloth, and Phara the Primordial Goddess alongside the Branded Fusion core into Mirrorjade the Iceblade Dragon. My honest thoughts on every choice, what I'd steal, and what I still don't believe. Subscribe if you want every big Branded top broken down the day it happens. Grab the full 220+ Combo Branded spreadsheet: www.metagamesgx.com (updated weekly) chapters intro - 00:00 #yugioh #brandeddespia #nawcq2026 #yugiohtcg Subscribe for competitive Branded content, deck profiles, and Master Duel gameplay checkout my main youtube channel for weekly live streams and daily uploads https://www.youtube.com/@MetaGamesGX/videos Check out these links if you'd like to support my content! Spreadsheet https://metagamesgx.com/products/yugioh-spreadsheet Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/metagamesgx X / Twitter https://twitter.com/metagamesgx Discord https://discord.gg/pvuCRZGGSA Classroom https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8M7OtpSbtdU4DQQv9AoRXA/join Merch https://www.metagamesgx.com Main Channel https://www.youtube.com/@MetaGamesGX TCGPLAYER Affiliate link https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/Pyg4EQ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metagamesgx/ whatnot affiliate https://www.whatnot.com/invite/metagamesgx JUNGCards 10% off OCG Accesories using code "Branded10" https://www.jungcards.com/ Check out these links if you'd like to support my content! ► Spreadsheet https://metagamesgx.com/products/yugioh-spreadsheet ► Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/metagamesgx ► X / Twitter https://twitter.com/metagamesgx ► Discord https://discord.gg/pvuCRZGGSA ► Classroom https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8M7OtpSbtdU4DQQv9AoRXA/join ► Merch https://www.metagamesgx.com ► Main Channel https://www.youtube.com/@MetaGamesGX ► TCGPLAYER Affiliate link https://tcgplayer.pxf.io/Pyg4EQ ► Instagram https://www.instagram.com/metagamesgx/ ► whatnot affiliate https://www.whatnot.com/invite/metagamesgx ► JUNGCards 10% off OCG Accesories using code "Branded10" https://www.jungcards.com/ HOW TO PLAY BRANDED IN 2026 - https://youtu.be/Es0OPdftmdo