CDP: Psychic Assault, with Kashtira, Virtual World, P.U.N.K., & Assault Mode

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Welcome back for the fourth Type-centric CDP of the month, and this time we’re venturing into the world of the Psychic Type. Over the game’s existence, there are three primary mechanics associated with the Psychic-Type: LP costs, Synchro Summoning, and banishing, so why not cover all three with today’s profile? Let’s talk LP costs first, and there’s no bigger cost for the Psychic deck than its OG core monster: Overdrive Teleporter. With Overdrive, you can pay 2000 LP to Special Summon 2 Level 3 Psychic monsters from your deck. Options include Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit or Psychic Wheeleder for your Tuner or Hushed Psychic Cleric or Risebell the Star Adjuster for your non-Tuner, giving you everything you need to make a Level 6 or Level 9 Synchro Summon. Or, you can choose the alternate route which is to leverage Psychic Processor to get more of your Psychic monsters out of the hand and onto your field. That’s nothing new, but in today’s build, I take Overdrive up a notch, because I chose to run him alongside Interdimensional Matter Translocator (YGOrg Translation). This Continuous Spell can banish a monster on the field then immediately return it to the Field, and while that’s a mostly useless effect, it does work well with cards that can only activate their effects once while face-up on the Field! With that, we’ve already hit all three characteristics of the Psychic deck, so let’s dive into the assisting archetypes making a cameo appearance here.

First up is the Kashtira, a theme most known for its face-down banishing capabilities, and it is comprised of Level 7 monsters that can Special Summon themselves while you control no monsters. Most also can tutor you a Kashtira card; for example, Kashtira Fenrir tutors a Monster, Kashtira Unicorn a Spell, and Kashtira Ogre a Trap. In this build, once you grab Kashtira Birth, you’ll have a steady flow of non-Tuner material to unlock even bigger Synchro options! Next up is the Synchro-focused theme, the Assault Mode! Led by Psi-Reflector, a Level 1 Psychic Tuner who with Assault Beast can effectively Synchro Summon any monster from Level 6 to 9. Also, Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode makes your deck feel that much more ‘Psychic’, but you can also turn to Assault Reboot to bring out T.G. Halberd Cannon/Assault Mode if you want to feel less Psychic. The last theme is Virtual World, and in here, it’s mainly its Extra Deck monsters making an appearance, as they tend to play better in a pure approach. That said, Virtual World Hime – Nyannyan is a great Level 3 non-Tuner Psychic option as well, as it can Special Summon itself back from the GY as a Tuner whenever a Level 3 monster is Summoned to your field! Oh, and don’t forget P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive as another Psychic Extra Deck option for tutoring any Level 3 Psychic you may need! Emergency Teleport or Emergency Apport, these Psychic monsters come to your field.

Provided Decklist:

Monsters: 28
| T.G. Halberd Cannon/Assault Mode
| Hyper Psychic Blaster/Assault Mode
| Kashtira Ogre
|| Kashtira Unicorn
|| Kashtira Fenrir
| Scareclaw Kashtira
||| Overdrive Teleporter
| Assault Beast
| Assault Sentinel
| Psychic Tracker
| Virtual World Hime – Nyannyan
| Risebell the Star Adjuster
|| Psychic Wheeleder
| Hushed Psychic Cleric
||| Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit
||| Psychic Processor
||| Psi-Reflector

Spells: 9
| Kashtiratheosis
||| Emergency Teleport
||| Interdimensional Matter Translocator
| Kashtira Birth
| Pressured Planet Wraitsoth

Traps: 6
||| Emergency Apport
| Assault Reboot
| Assault Mode Activate
| Kashtira Preparations

Extra Deck:
| Red Supernova Dragon
| Psychic End Punisher
| Ukiyoe-P.U.N.K. Amazing Dragon
| Arms of Genex Return Zero
| Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign – Chengying
| Overmind Archfiend
| Hyper Psychic Blaster
| Virtual World Kyubi – Shenshen
| PSY-Framelord Omega
| P.U.N.K. JAM Dragon Drive
| F.A. Dawn Dragster
| Virtual World Beast – Jiujiu
| Hyper Psychic Riser
| Super Starslayer TY-PHON – Sky Crisis
| S:P Little Knight

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, Illusion, Morganite, Metalmorph, Shiranui, Agent

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