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legendarylemur posted...

They have a slightly more lenient banlist. But the big difference is that they have Maxx C, and Tears can actually play around Maxx C

The OCG banlist also has stricter hits to Sprights (Blue, Jet, and Starter all limited, TCG only has Starter semi'd), Floowandereeze (Map limited and Shifter at 2 in OCG but neither of those apply in TCG), Branded (Fusion and Opening at 1 in OCG while TCG's only hit is Expulsion being banned), and Kashtira's main deck (Fenrir and Unicorn limited while TCG has Unicorn semi-limited and Arise-Heart in the extra deck limited), as well as four Bystials limited that aren't hit at all in the TCG yet. So other decks around Tearlaments as well as their #1 counter all being weaker in the OCG is another big factor of why Tearlaments are still able to stick around even in their now severely weakened state.

That plus other tools like Grass, Chaos Ruler, Curious, Fairy Tail Snow and the recently unbanned Glow-Up Bulb being legal in OCG (while they're all banned in the TCG) and abusable by Tearlaments. It's no wonder why the deck is still alive and fairly viable.