Update 3.3 for Genshin Impact has introduced Genius Invokation TCG into the RPG – in the world of Teyvat, everyone is suddenly completely obsessed with the card game from Sumeru and wants to compete against you in duels. To prevail in these matches, you’ll need the best decks possible in Genius Invokation TCG.
This guide will show you four strong decks with different play styles and concepts.
Xiangling, Fischl and Mona
This deck focuses on triggering a wide variety of elemental reactions and still does damage even at the end of a turn. This keeps up the pressure on the opponent and gives you a lot of flexibility.
Besides Xiangling, Fischl and Mona, this deck needs the following cards:
- 1x Witch’s Scorching Hat
- 1x Heart of Depth
- 1x Thunder Summoner’s Crown
- 1x Magic Guide
- 1x Raven Bow
- 1x Weiße Quaste
- 2x Prophecy of Submersion
- 2x Crossfire
- 2x Changing Shifts
- 2x The Bestest Travel Companion!
- 1x Leave it to me!
- 1x When the Crane returned
- 1x Starsigns
- 1x Calx’s Art
- 1x Strategize
- 1x Dawn Winery
- 1x Mondstadt Hash Brown
- 1x Timaeus
- 1x Katheryine
- 1x Paimon
- 2x Timmie
- 2x Liben
- 2x Chang the Ninth
Fischl, Collei and Keqing
This deck focuses on triggering the Quicken reaction to deal constant damage. It is capable of completing many challenges in the game fairly quickly, as long as you are reasonably lucky with the cards and dice.
Besides Fischl, Collei and Keqing, this deck needs the following cards:
- 1x Laurel Coronet
- 1x Thunder Summoner’s Crown
- 1x Thundering Fury
- 1x Sacrificial Bow
- 1x Aquila Favonia
- 2x Stellar Predator
- 1x Thundering Penance
- 1x Floral Sidewinder
- 2x Strategize
- 2x The Bestest Travel Companion!
- 2x Elemental Resonance: Woven Thunder
- 1x Elemental Resonance: High Voltage
- 1x Toss-Up
- 2x Mondstadt Hash Brown
- 1x Favonius Cathedral
- 1x Dawn Winery
- 1x Liyue Harbour Wharf
- 1x Knights of Favonius Library
- 1x Jade Chamber
- 1x Katheryne
- 1x Wagner
- 2x Timmie
- 2x Liben
Ayaka, Mona and Ganyu
This deck is the counterpart to Freeze teams from the regular game: Mona applies the Hydro effect to opponents, Ayaka and Ganyu freeze them with their Cryo attacks. This allows you to control the tempo of the game and prevent your own cards from taking damage.
Besides Ayaka, Mona and Ganyu, this deck needs the following cards:
- 1x Wine-Stained Tricorne
- 1x Broken Rime’s Echo
- 1x Blizzard Strayer
- 1x Heart of Depth
- 1x Scrificial Sword
- 2x Kanten Senmyou Blessing
- 2x Prophecy of Submersion
- 2x Strategize
- 2x The Bestest Travel Companion!
- 2x When the Crane returned
- 2x Leave it to me!
- 2x Elemental Resonance: Woven Ice
- 1x Paimon
- 2x Dawn Winery
- 2x Liyue Harbor Wharf
- 2x Timmie
- 2x Liben
- 2x Liu Su
Noelle, Barbara and Ningguang
This deck is highly defensive and is designed to help you win a lengthy battle of attrition. A mixture of healing and shield effects will keep your cards alive while you slowly tear your opponent apart.
Besides Noelle, Barbara and Ningguang, this deck needs the following cards:
- 1x Sacrificial Fragments
- 1x Skyward Atlas
- 1x Wolf’s Gravestone
- 1x Strategic Reserve
- 2x I got your back
- 1x Glorious Season
- 2x Changing Shifts
- 2x Leave it to me!
- 2x Elemental Resonance: Enduring Rock
- 2x Liyue Harbor Wharf
- 2x Jade Chamber
- 2x Wangshu Inn
- 2x Iron Tongue Tian
- 1x Wagner
- 2x Timmie
- 2x Liben
- 1x Chang the Ninth
- 1x Ellin
- 2x Liu Su
In general, cards like Dawn Winery or Katheryne, or combos like Shift Change plus Leave it to me! are exceedingly important in the game, allowing you to switch characters without ending your turn and thus trigger strong elemental reactions according to plan.
Also prominent in most decks are cards that give you more control over the dice – even the best-laid plans can get derailed by a bad roll of the dice, after all. Re-rolling or converting useless dice to omni dice remedies this.
To get character cards, you need to invite the playable character to the Cat’s Tail via the board in the tavern and defeat them in a duel. The rest of the cards you can get from Prince’s card store and from adventure challenges in the big cities.
With these decks, you should be ready for any challenge in Genius Invokation TCG!
Written by Marco Wutz on behalf of GLHF.
