CDP: Amazement P.U.N.K. Phantom Knight, ft. QCTB Support

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Welcome to today’s Creative Deck Profile, and this time we have another 60-card deckbuild that probably throws too many things together, but it somehow works. Let’s start with the Amazement and Attraction archetypes, since they were the impetus for putting the build together. Led by Amazement Abomination Arlekino and Amazement Administrator Arlekino, this theme leverages Attraction Normal Traps that Equip themselves either to an Amazement monster you control or an opponent’s monster, granting a different effect depending on what it is equipped to. For example, Amaze Attraction Horror House offers a targeted monster negate when equipped to your monster, but when it is equipped to your opponent’s, it can flip the equipped monster face-down. Since they are Normal Traps, they also synergize well with Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle, letting you generate even more card advantage while controlling the duel with Traps. But Traps alone aren’t enough to win the duel, so let’s talk about the monster-based engines backing them up.

First up is the P.U.N.K. archetype, loudly and proudly jumping into the fray with both of their new QCTB support cards. You may already know the P.U.N.K. engine better for its ability to setup The Zombie Vampire quite easily, but it can do more than that now with the addition of Noh-P.U.N.K. Rising Scale (YGOrg Translation), a Level 8 WATER Sea Serpent that Special Summons itself from the hand by banishing another P.U.N.K. card from your GY and that Special Summons a non-Level 8 P.U.N.K. from your Deck or GY on summon. This enables you to run the full P.U.N.K. engine, from Joruri-P.U.N.K. Madame Spider and her Joruri-P.U.N.K. Dangerous Gabu to Gagaku-P.U.N.K. Wa Gon and her P.U.N.K. JAM Extreme Session. Add in their new R8NK Xyz Monster, P.U.N.K. JAM FEVER! (YGOrg Translation), and you’ll be drawing even more cards! All of this draw and mill power leads great into the final theme of today’s build, the Phantom Knight archetype. This theme of Level 3 DARK monsters also dabbles in the Trap space, setting Traps like Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade to equip to an opponent’s monster and negate its effects. Since most of the Phantom Knight cards also have GY effects, the mills from the P.U.N.K. engine can even be leveraged further for your benefit, allowing you to generate absurd card advantage in all aspects of the game! Hope you enjoyed my ‘Amaze’-ing build, and be sure to leave your thoughts/requests in the comments below!

Provided Decklist:

Monsters: 33
||| Lady Labrynth of the Silver Castle
||| Noh-P.U.N.K. Rising Scale
||| Noh-P.U.N.K. Foxy Tune
|| Amazement Abomination Arlekino
||| Amazement Administrator Arlekino
| Noh-P.U.N.K. Deer Note
||| Amazement Assistant Delia
||| Amazement Attendant Comica
| Gagaku-P.U.N.K. Wa Gon
| Joruri-P.U.N.K. Madame Spider
||| The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak
| The Phantom Knights of Torn Scales
||| Noh-P.U.N.K. Ze Amin
||| The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots

Spells: 7
||| Emergency Teleport
||| Amazing Time Ticket
| P.U.N.K. JAM Extreme Session

Traps: 20
| Amazement Family Faces
|| Amaze Attraction Thrill Train
| Full-Armored Xyz
| Joruri-P.U.N.K. Dangerous Gabu
| The Black Goat Laughs
| Amaze Attraction Cyclo-Coaster
| Titanocider
| Lost Wind
||| Amaze Attraction Horror House
|| Amaze Attraction Viking Vortex
| Phantom Knights’ Wing
| The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine
||| Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade
| Phantom Knights’ Sword

Extra Deck:
| Psychic End Punisher
| Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Amazing Dragon
| P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive
| The Zombie Vampire
| P.U.N.K. JAM FEVER!
| Full Armored Dark Knight Lancer
| Xyz Armor Fortress
| Xyz Armor Torpedo
| Number 3: Cicada King
| The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche
| S:P Little Knight
| Sky Striker Ace – Azalea
| I:P Masquerena
| Cherubini, Ebon Angel of the Burning Abyss
| Salamangreat Almiraj

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Shoutout to my friends who manage the Chaos Replayer channel – they provided valuable input into this build, and I’m looking forward to sharing more of these collab builds throughout 2025. Their channel shares a ton of cool content and creative deckbuilding, so I highly encourage you to check them out as well and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcdm0UBPdj2iJc96g9R9IfQ

If anyone else is interested in collaborating on a specific concept, please feel free to contact me!

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: Valkyrie, Dragonmaid, Crystal Beast, Ursarctic, Amorphage, Dragon Ruler, Ice Doll, Fire Fist, Misturugi, Eldlich, Ancient Fairy Dragon, Heraldic Beast, Motor, Vendread

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