CDP: Memento Fusion with Thunder Dragons, ft. INFO Support

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The Combined Conqueror has arrived!

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Today’s CDP features the return of the Memento strategy to my channel, so if you missed my last pass at the theme, be sure to check it out here first: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u3PwhfxMYI

The Memento archetype consists of monsters of various Types, Levels, Attributes, all with the overarching gameplan of destruction. You see, Mementotlan Tatsunootoshigo, Mementotlan Dark Blade, Mementolan Angwitch, Mementotlan Goblin, and Mementotlan Mace each destroy a monster you control to activate their effects. On the other hand, the deck also has some monsters that want to be destroyed, such as Mementotlan-Horned Dragon, Mementotlan Ghattic, and the newest addition, Mementotlan Mystical Sheep (YGOrg Translation)! Sheep is a great addition, because it immediately triggers a Fusion Summon of a Memento monster when Summoned, but it also gets to send a Memento card from your Deck to the GY when destroyed. Speaking of Fusion Summoning, that’s something new for the theme since the last time I’ve covered them, and the archetype now has two Fusion Monsters! The first is yet another consistency boost for the archetype, Mementotlan Tecuhtlica – Combined Conqueror (YGOrg Translation). This Level 9 Illusion Fusion sends 3 Memento cards to the GY on Fusion Summon, plus it carries a Quick Effect to destroy Memento monsters you control and cards your opponent controls! This is a major consistency boost to unlocking the full might of Mementotlan Tecuhtlica – Combined Creation, the theme’s 5000 ATK boss!

But what’s really cool about the new Fusion support is the other new monster, Mementotlan Twin Dragon! This Thunder Fusion is made with 2 Memento monsters, and when summoned, lets you destroy a Memento in hand or on field to tutor 2 Memento monsters. If Twin Dragon itself is destroyed, it also happens to Special Summon a Level 6 or lower Memento back from the GY. Why this is so cool is its Type – you see, since it’s a Thunder monster, you can access it via Thunder Dragon Fusion. Even if your opponent happens to use Dimension Shifter against you and banish your key Mementos, this Fusion Spell can get your key monsters back into the Deck for re-use. If they’re in the GY, that’s where Mementotlan Fusion comes into play, as it can use materials from the GY during the turn at which any monster in your possession was destroyed by card effect! Which, as mentioned earlier, is quite easy. A select few Thunder Dragons also make an appearance here to keep the grind game at top of mind, but ultimately, this is a lean and mean Memento deck, through and through!

Provided Decklist:

Monsters: 27
| Mementoal Tecuhtlica – Combined Creation
| Mementotlan-Horned Dragon
| Thunder Dragonroar
| Thunder Dragondark
||| Mementotlan Tatsunootoshigo
||| Mementotlan Dark Blade
|| Mementotlan Angwitch
||| Mementotlan Mystical Sheep
||| Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
||| Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
| Mementotlan Ghattic
| Mementotlan Goblin
| Mementotlan Mace
||| Effect Veiler

Spells: 12
| Gold Sarcophagus
|| Thunder Dragon Fusion
| Mementotlan Bone Back
||| Mementotlan Fusion
||| Mementotlan Bone Party
|| Mementomictlan

Traps: 4
||| Infinite Impermanence
| Mementotlan Fracture Dance

Extra Deck:
| Thunder Dragon Titan
|| Mementomictlan Tecuhtlica – Combined Conqueror
| Thunder Dragon Colossus
||| Mementotlan Twin Dragon
| Accesscode Talker
| Knightmare Unicorn
| Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians
| Knightmare Phoenix
| Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy
| S:P Little Knight
| I:P Masquerena
| Relinquished Anima

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: Fluffal, Valkyrie, Flame Swordsman, White Woods, XYZ, Buster Blader, Lunalight, Spirit Converter, Trap Monster

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