Defense of the Temple? Nah, let’s go on Offense instead.
Replays:
Strategic Summary:
Today’s CDP features yet another one of my IRL decklists, as we’re combining two of my favorite themes together into one competitive strategy. The Tombkeeper or Odion strategy aims to overwhelm the opponent with Trap cards. Apophis the Swamp Deity and Fists of the Unrivaled Tenyi negate cards, Statue of Anguish Pattern and Divine Serpent Apophis destroy cards, and Temple of the Kings turns Mystical Beast of Serket into a Naturia Exterio to prevent the opponent from playing the game. This might sound familiar – I’ve leveraged this strategy quite a bit before, but now, all of that is backed by a wickedly powerful Gem-Knight engine that just spams the board with additional monsters, material, and threats.
You see, Gem-Armadillo by itself turns into a full combo, setting up Gem-Knight Master Diamond Dispersion and Gem-Knight Hollowcore to negate an opponent’s effect, all while giving you a free Gallant Granite to tutor your Lord of the Heavenly Prison. Add in the additional Normal Summons offered by Gem-Knight Nepyrim and Gem-Knight Seraphantite, and you quickly will have the duel served to you on a silver platter. As I’ve discussed before on my channel, I’m a huge fan of incorporating Defense of the Temple in the Tombkeeper strategy to access Divine Scorpion Beast of Serket, but in here, I’ve taken it further by also including Dangers of the Divine and The Winged Dragon of Ra – there’s nothing quite like the threat of a Monster wipe, after the opponent gets through your monsters, that is still backed by a full backrow of Trap Cards. That’s the power of this deck, and as you’ll see in the replays, I’ve found great success with merging these strategies together as one!
Be sure to check out this and more of my IRL decklists on https://spellbook.life/decks/quincymccoy , the site used to showcase the decklist at the beginning of this CDP!
Provided Decklist:
Main Deck:
1 Lord of the Heavenly Prison
3 Anubis the Last Judge
1 The Winged Dragon of Ra
1 Gem-Knight Hollowcore
1 Merciless Scorpion of Serket
1 Mystical Beast of Serket
2 Gem-Armadillo
3 Gem-Knight Nepyrim
1 Gem-Knight Quartz
3 The Man with the Mark
3 Droll & Lock BirdSpells:
1 Gem-Knight Fusion
2 Gem-Knight Dispersion
1 Terraforming
1 Defense of the Temple
1 Dangers of the Divine
1 Brilliant Fusion
2 Temple of the Kings
3 Treasures of the KingsTraps:
1 Angel Statue – Azurune
1 Tyrant’s Throes
3 Apophis the Swamp Deity
1 Apophis the Serpent
3 Fists of the Unrivaled TenyiExtra Deck:
1 Naturia Exterio
1 Gem-Knight Master Diamond Dispersion
1 Gem-Knight Lady Rose Diamond
1 Divine Scorpion Beast of Serket
1 Divine Serpent Apophis
1 Gem-Knight Seraphinite
1 Gallant Granite
1 Underworld Goddess of the Closed World
1 Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale
1 Sky Striker Ace – Azalea Temperance
1 S:P Little Knight
1 Silhouhatte Rabbit
1 Gem-Knight Phantom Quartz
1 I:P Masquerena
1 Cross-Sheep
Note: This is continuing the style of Creative Deck Profile articles, designed to showcase a build through replays and an attached summary. If you wish to see a CDP for an archetype, theme, or strategy you love, feel free to private message me on the YGOrg Discord server, the comments section of any of my YouTube videos, or just post a comment in response to this article on our Facebook page or through the site with your ideas for me to keep under consideration! On most YGO-related communities my username is Quincymccoy, so feel free to reach out. Current pending requested profiles include: Crystal Beast, Motor, Suship, Flame Swordsman, ‘Spring’, Ghoti, Mikanko, Dark Magician, R.B., Artmage, HERO, Magnifistorm, Onomato
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