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40 cards, 14 handtraps, 19 total nonengine, 7 starters, 1 hard brick (Azurune)
Main problem imo is Bystials are not starters. Even Lubellion is not a starter and you cannot cook unless you get Lubellion or Saronir in rotation with hard draws.
Mitsurugi is accessible through Herald which is insanely easy to summon if you open either of the level 2 tuners, but even at 48-50 cards it bricks like a motherfucker, you have 3 hard bricks in Murakumo, Kusonagi, Azurune and cannot run SuPo anymore
40 cards was a necessity last format VS Maliss, Ryzeal because you wanted to reach drolls.
Running the bricks I routinely got endboards like picrel but it didn't feel worth it, you lost more going second