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VeggetaX posted...

Are hand destruction decks still viable?

No, because ripping cards from the opponent's hand is considered too powerful these days (especially with the speed of the game and how card advantage is so important) so any cards that can do it are either banned outright or have strict restrictions that make them hard to use/abuse. Some decks might have individual hard-once-per-turn effects that can rip one card in the opponent's hand (like Labrynth having Lovely Labrynth's effect that can destroy a card on the field or in the hand) but it's basically impossible to build a deck focused around ripping cards out of the opponent's hand.

The only deck that can kind of sort of pull off a good hand destruction combo some of the time is Trickstars, with the meme-worthy combo of Trickstar Reincarnation (their limited-to-1 trap card) and an unsearchable handtrap in Droll & Lock Bird.

https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Trickstar_Reincarnation
https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Droll_%26_Lock_Bird

If the opponent adds a card to their hand during their turn to make your Droll live, you can activate your set Reincarnation, then chain Droll to it. Doing it that way, they banish their hand due to Reincarnation, but Droll makes it so they don't draw to replace their hand. But this combo only works well in Trickstars because they can search Reincarnation (other decks would need to hard draw a limited to 1 card) and that deck is terrible these days outside of this one meme combo. Plus, this combo only works when going 1st, only works if you hard draw Droll, only works if your opponent plays an effect that makes Droll live, and can still easily be countered by the commonly seen Ash Blossom even if everything sets up perfectly.