They're stupid lists that work off a gimmick your opponent doesn't see coming, because they're stupid lists.
Succeeding an epic prank at someone like making them eat a horseradish flavored Ice cream. SML is at that position.
Red Veil and Beyond is a great start honestly. I've been using it for about a year ( With minor "This Zhanying is actually a Hacker" things ) to decent effect. Granted this might have just been due to HI heavy lists making a meteoric entry into an HI sparce meta, causing a bit of a shell shock... Otherwise, supports and REMs go without mention here. After those, I'd say either grab the Kuangs or start looking into deciding what flavour of HI/TAG beatstick you want. Or specialist. We have both. Welcome to the best empire.