Hey guys,

So I'm a returning player, and I wanted to get back into the game. Before I quit playing, I ran Satellarknights when Qliphort first was released. I quit back then because I was bored of the game and busy with school. Fast-forward a few months, I got interested in the game again and wanted to start. I wanted a fairly competitive deck because last time I was at my locals, it was extremely competitive as almost everyone used tier 1 decks. I was fiddling around with decks, and wanted to maybe play Burning Abyss. I wanted to grab a PK Fire deck and play it as I thought it wasn't too complicated but the gameplay itself got stale quick. I found Draco Pals later on and I genuinely enjoyed playing this deck and I got some core cards in real life and decided to build it.

I checked online to see multiple decklists and wanted to check out one that didn't use Painful Decision or Odd-Eyes Fusion, since I didn't want to commit so heavily into a deck so quickly, and found a Traptrix variant which looked very solid and I quickly copied and adapted it to a playstyle I liked and this is what I got.

Main Deck
Monsters (29):
3x Master Pendulum, the Dracoslayer
1x Vector Pendulum, the Dracoverlord
1x Luster Pendulum, the Dracoslayer
1x Performapal Monkeyboard
1x Performapal Odd-Eyes Light Phoenix
1x Performapal Skullcrobat Joker
3x Performapal Secondonkey
3x Performapal Guiturtle
3x Performapal Lizardraw
3x Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer
3x Traptrix Myrmeleo
1x Masked Chameleon
1x Archfiend Eccentrick
2x Maxx "C"
2x Effect Veiler
Spells (8):
2x Unexpected Dai
2x Pendulum Rising
3x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Draco-Face Off
Traps (3):
2x Time-Space Trap Hole
1x Bottomless Trap Hole

Extra (15):
1x Dinoster Powerful, the Strong Dracoslayer
1x Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
1x Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer
1x Black Rose Dragon
1x Goyo Guardian
1x Clear Wing Synchro Dragon
1x Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon
1x Performage Trapeze Magician
1x King of the Feral Imps
1x Number 101: Silent Honor ARK
1x Castel, the Skyblaster Musketeer
1x Majester Paladin, the Ascending Dracoslayer
1x Daigusto Emeral
1x Abyss Dweller
1x Traptrix Rafflesia

Side (15):
2x Cyber Dragon Core
3x Twin Twister
3x Imperial Iron Wall
2x Royal Decree
2x Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
1x Raigeki
2x Flying "C"

The problem I'm getting is that I'm not able to create any plays later on into the game, especially when I play with my friend online who plays these Cubic Beasts which I cannot beat. Here's some issues that I've come across that I need to address:
- My hands become bricky really easily when I play against decks like Qliphort. I cannot do anything to get over their monsters if I cannot find outs via Castel or Dark Rebellion XYZ Dragon if Skill Drain or Lose 1 Turn is live.
- I lose completely to Anti-Spell Fragrance. I can't do anything unless I draw into backrow removal.
- I don't know how to combo properly?? I can't create big fields turn 1 that won't get destroyed by anything meta.

I've tried watching videos and whatnot, but I can't seem to improve my play with this deck. What should I do? It feels like I'm brand new since I feel completely powerless against all the other meta decks if the sided cards aren't there. I was wondering if it was my build since it's so different than what's played now, so I was thinking of changing it up. I would love to make small changes that could improve the consistency without breaking the bank, as I spent a lot getting a lot of the core already.

Here's what I have right now in real life, and I would like to know what direction I should go now or just keep to what I am playing

Any help would be great, as I don't really have anyone in real life who plays right now that could help me.