Are your gardens in bloom yet?
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Strategic Summary:
Welcome back for another Creative Deck Profile, and in today’s build, the new wave of Predaplant support joins the Aroma archetype to create a wonderous garden of potential. The Predaplant archetype, or really ‘Predap’, consists of DARK Plant monsters that may primarily aim to Fusion Summon, but now they have a Synchro Monster as well, so let’s introduce that first! Predaplant Baalthea (YGOrg Translation) is up first, a Level 4 Synchro that Special Summons a Predaplant or Starving Venom monster from your GY on Synchro Summon, then while it is in the GY, it can banish itself and Polymerization to Fusion Summon when your opponent Special Summons. This is clearly meant to synergize well with Predaplant Lilizard (YGOrg Translation), a Level 3 extender that nets you a free draw when it is Special Summoned from the GY, but it also happens to be enabled by the last new monster, Predaplant Longinephilia (YGOrg Translation), which is a Level 1 Tuner that tutors any Predap card on summon. Ideally you will tutor Predaprimitive (YGOrg Translation), a new Spell Card that sends any Predap card (aka Predaplant Byblisp for a free search) from the Deck to the GY, then tutors any Polymerization or Fusion Spell. While there’s a lot to offer, both Apex Polymerization (YGOrg Translation) and Ultra Polymerization are great choices, as either can unlock the floodgates for the Plant monsters to start flowing!
Once the Plants become overgrown and spam your board, it’s time to turn to the other engines in the deck, such as the Aroma monsters! Aromaseraphy Jasmine is up first, the LINK-2 that can summon any Plant from the deck as well as tutor any Plant when you gain LP. Then there’s Aromalilith Rosemary, a LINK-3 that tutors an Aroma card on summon, then summons Aroma monster(s) from your hand when you gain LP. You can also turn to other Plant Links, like Sylvan Dancepione, to help spam your board along the way! Ultimately your goal is to put out the theme’s most powerful monster, Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram, because it tutors one of your Winds Continuous Traps that will help you maintain control over the duel for turns to come. The other choice you can turn to is Bramble Rose Dragon, a great option that burns your opponent for every monster effect they activate.
Now all of these Plants are great, but this deck is truly the sum of all of its individual components. You have the Predaplants, which enable access to removal and disruption via Super Polymerization and their Predator Counters, you have the Aroma, which give you additional LP, consistency, and protection as you gain it, and then you have the generic support which fills in any remaining gaps. One such important support card is Draselea the Blood Tree Dragon Princess (YGOrg Translation), a Level 1 Plant Tuner that not only summons itself from the hand while sending another Plant to the GY, but it also recovers a Dragon monster from your GY later on, such as Starving Venom Fusion Dragon of the Four Heavenly Dragons (YGOrg Translation). In turn, this enables even more Fusion Summons, especially once you factor in the Lair of Darkness tech. Stop to smell the roses or they might just eat you, and join forces with the Predaplant and Aroma today!
Provided Decklist:
Monsters:
1 Aromage Marjoram
2 Predaplant Lilizard
1 Predaplant Ophrys Scorpio
1 Predaplant Darlingtonia Cobra
3 Aromage Jasmine
1 Aromage Laurel
3 Predaplant Longinephila
1 Predaplant Byblisp
2 Aromaseraphy Angelica
1 Aromalilith Rosalina
3 Draselea the Blood Tree Dragon PrincessSpells:
1 Polymerization
3 Aroma Blend
1 Ultra Polymerization
3 Predaprimitive
1 Apex Polymerization
3 Super Polymerization
1 Aroma Gardening
1 Predaponics
3 Lair of DarknessTraps:
1 Aroma Healing
1 Blessed Winds
1 Dried Winds
1 Humid WindsExtra Deck:
1 Starving Venom Fusion Dragon of the Four Heavenly Dragons
1 Predaplant Dragostapelia
1 Aromalilith Magnolia
1 Predaplant Chimerafflesia
1 Garura, Wings of Resonant Life
1 Predaplant Ambulomelides
1 Bramble Rose Dragon
1 Periallis, Empress of Blossoms
1 Aromaseraphy Sweet Marjoram
1 Lycoris Lilyreaper
1 Predaplant Baalthea
1 Aromalilith Rosemary
2 Aromaseraphy Jasmine
1 Sylvan Dancepione
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