FaB: Pro Quest Yokohama - Top 4 with Oscilio

On October 4th and 5th, 2025, I played the Pro Quest Yokohama hosted by Cidadel Hobby Store. I managed to finish the Swiss rounds in 4th place and got to the Top 4 on the second day.

In today's article, we'll go over my journey, my mindset going in, and how I prepared to play it!

Unfortunately, I don't have all the decks in the meta, so I can't just grab the best one and play it. I do have some close friends that could loan me a few cards, but, for this tournament, I only had my own cards and decks at hand. That's why I only had four heroes in mind going in:

Maxx and Puffin were on my radar mainly because of Hit the Gas and Backspin Thrust, which just came out, but, after playing a few events, I realized they didn't make these heroes truly competitive. Even though Puffin performed really well, I didn't feel comfortable bringing her precisely because I found her a bit inconsistent at times. So, the choice was now between Dash I/O and Oscilio.

Dash was excellent last season (I even played her at Nationals and got a 5-1), but she relies a lot on the meta: the slower the meta, the worse she is. Not that she doesn't have the tools to deal with slow decks, but that would certainly demand more of me as a player. At the end of the day, I decided to go with Oscilio.

Why Oscilio?

For a long time, Oscilio was what we called an "underdog". Underdog heroes are decent, but very few players use them, usually because of two things: they don't want to risk getting hands with no blocks and/or find those heroes very difficult to play.

However, Oscilio got four incredible cards in the last months: Cap of Quick Thinking, Burn Bare, Consign to Cosmos // Shock, and Old Knocker. Each of them fixed a problem this hero had.

Currently, Oscilio only has a few extremely unfavorable matchups and is very consistent. While Dash fears slow metas, Oscilio thrives in them. That is why I picked him.

But did I make the right choice?

My Oscilio List

If you'd like to know more about this deck, I highly recommend you check out my Oscilio deck tech.

I was highly inspired by an Oscilio list by Kalle Kivilahti (also known as "Yuuto"), the Finland National champion and one of the most dedicated Flesh and Blood players around.

It isn't too different from the list I covered in the deck tech above, but I did add something critical for this season: Pop the Bubble (1), to deal with Pleiades, Superstar. Otherwise, the two lists are quite similar and follow the same game plan and style.

Out of the most popular heroes at this event, only Kayo, Armed and Dangerous was dangerous for Oscilio. Cindra isn't exactly an easy opponent, but she's not too bad either. Verdance and Florian are easy to beat, and Arakni is a fair opponent.

So, I considered my choice to be the right one, but I would have still liked to avoid aggressive decks as much as possible.

Let's see how my first rounds went.

Round 1: Cindra

Of course, I had to face an aggressive list straight away, and I lost on the dice (which was quite dangerous for me). Luckily for me, though, on turn 0 all my cards could block, and my opponent didn't start too fast.

On my first turn, I already had the combo in my hand (Gone in a Flash, two instants, and Consign to Cosmos // Shock), but I knew this deck could deal more damage. In slow matchups, I would have definitely kept this combo, but, as I was facing a Cindra, I decided to go all in and break nearly all my equipment cards.

My second turn was a lot better than my first one. I managed to play an even more devastating combo (with Blast to Oblivion (1) and Sigil of Brilliance) and brought my opponent to 1 HP. Then, I drew a Shock, so I just had to wait for my opponent to activate their Cindra (in an attempt to get Claw of Vynserakai back) and kill them with arcane damage.

That was my first victory of the day.

(1-0)

Round 2: Kayo, Armed and Dangerous

Once again, I was a bit unlucky and had to face another aggressive opponent. To make things worse, Kayo is one of the worst opponents for Oscilio. The best plan for this battle is to try to find Gone in a Flash as fast as possible and play the combo before Kayo kills you.

I did find Gone in the first few turns, but my opponent played a Command and Conquer I couldn't block, removed Gone from the arsenal, and destroyed all my plans for the combo. In the following turns, two Bloodrush Bellow on the same turn and the third one on the next turn were too much for me, and I ended up losing.

(1-1)

Round 3: Puffin, Hightail

Puffin might seem like a bad hero, but her boost version has been performing decently in competitive events. She is actually a difficult opponent for Oscilio because she can deal a lot of damage early on.

So, I played this round as I had played the last two rounds: I tried to play the combo as fast as possible. Nonetheless, my opponent played an unexpected card: Null Time Zone (which we usually see a lot more with in Dash I/O lists), naming Gone in a Flash. Because of this disruption, my only option was to play slower and deal damage to them bit by bit.

This was my closest match of the day, but, in the end, as my opponent had no way to protect themselves from arcane damage, I just had to find a Shock to kill them at instant speed.

(2-1)

Round 4: Florian, Rotwood Harbinger

This matchup is the standard Flesh and Blood "value battle" I enjoy playing so much. As Florian isn't that aggressive (though my opponent played cards like Channel Mount Heroic and some attacks with go again), I don't need to dig for my combo. I can use my hero's ability to fix my hand, block a little bit more, and play slower.

The best game plan for this matchup is to deal damage to the opponent bit by bit and then, when they're almost gone, deal so much arcane damage that they can't survive (with Comet Storm // Shock or Burn Bare). That was precisely what happened.

It was pretty straightforward. I just had to be careful with Felling of the Crown and not put myself in critical situations. It would have been pretty difficult to block their Runechants and Reaping Blade at the same time if I had less life to work with.

(3-1)

Round 5: Victor Goldmane, High and Mighty

In this matchup, Victor won't be able to stop Oscilio from dealing arcane damage, but it could still go sour really fast. Thanks to Visit Goldmane Estate, Victor can play pretty powerful disruptive attacks (like Command and Conquer and Boulder Drop (1)), which could ruin Oscilio's combo turns completely.

I played this round the same way I played the Florian round, but I couldn't give them too much space because I had to try to prevent them from disrupting me. Furthermore, Florian is always going to win every Clash, which could give him a second wind and allow them to come back into the game.

Overall, it was a very value-based matchup, and a Burn Bare for 7 arcane damage ended up giving me the win.

(4-1)

Round 6: Florian, Rotwood Harbinger

I played this matchup the same way I played round 4, and my opponent did the same. The only difference was that I had a really weird start, with lots of arcane damage and just a few Lightning cards. This widened the difference between my HP and my opponent's, but, as I used Oscilio's ability, I "fixed" that and ended up winning with a combo and a lot of arcane damage.

(5-1)

Swiss Rounds final placement: 4th place.

The Top 8 included the following decks:

- 3 Cindra, Dracai of Retribution;

- 2 Verdance, Thorn of the Rose;

- 1 Oscilio, Constella Intelligence;

- 1 Kassai of the Golden Sand;

- 1 Florian, Rotwood Harbinger.

The one deck I feared the most from the ones above was Cindra because she is the most unfavorable opponent for Oscilio. Luckily, I had to face Kassai first.

Top 8: Kassai

Kassai is a reasonably easy opponent for Oscilio, but this duel could still go very wrong if I wasn't careful. As I was ahead in my Swiss placements, I decided to start the game so I could start setting up and dig for my combo pieces. Fortunately, I found everything quite fast and managed to win with a decent amount of HP on their turn (thanks to Shock and my opponent's AB 0). That put me in the Top 4.

Top 4: Cindra

My opponent decided to start the match, and turn 0 was quite chaotic for me. Because I had so many instants in hand, I had to destroy my Cap of Quick Thinking to soak some damage and dig for my combo pieces. I found Gone in a Flash early, but I couldn't find arcane damage, so I couldn't deal enough damage to them in time. I lost after drawing basically instants and nothing else.

Overall score: 7-2

At the end of the day, picking Oscilio was a great call. He proved to be quite resilient and consistent and dealt a very large amount of damage. This list does include a lot of instants, but at no point did I feel betrayed by it - on the contrary, really.

Because he performed so well for me, I intend to keep playing him in the next tournaments. The main list seemed consistent to me, but I could still swap a few cards in the sideboard, like add Shock Charmers and Rewind, remove Battlefront Bastion if Prism isn't a threat in the meta, and Pop the Bubble (1) if Pleiades doesn't show up, as well as many other small changes.

But, in the last minute, I could still back away, who knows...

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Thank you for reading, and see you next time!