Stretch out your Scattershots.
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Welcome to the next Creative Deck Profile, this time inspired by the Semi-Limiting of Runick Fountain in the upcoming June 2023 F/L list. Okay, yes, this might be a bit of a stretch considering the Volcanic cards just hit the OCG, but with how cool they are, I couldn’t just do one profile featuring them. If you missed my first attempt to be a bit more creative, be sure to check it out here. And yes, this profile was made before Bonfire was revealed.
As for today’s profile, this takes all of the new Volcanic cards and dials them up to 11 with the consistency and disruption offered by the Runick archetype. The Runick theme is all about using Quick-Play Spells in succession, then triggering the effect of Runick Fountain to return 3 Runick Spells back into your deck and drawing 3 new cards. While the Semi-Limit does hurt if your opponent is able to banish both of your copies of Fountain, it doesn’t really hurt the consistency of that engine in the deck, as every Runick Quick-Play Spell can Special Summon Hugin the Runick Wings and tutor a copy out. Speaking of tutoring and Hugin, it can also be used to discard something from your hand, such as an unneccessary Volcanic Shell or Volcanic Rimfire you were just dying to trigger early. Oh, also on the Volcanic synergy front, you might just find yourself discarding a copy of Blaze Accelerator Reload, a Continuous Trap most known for being able to be banished from your GY to send a copy of Volcanic Scattershot from your Deck to the GY, triggering its effect to destroy your opponent’s monsters and watch them burn baby burn. Why stop at one alternate win condition when you can have two, when you combine Runick and Volcanic cards together?
Provided Decklist:
Monsters: 17
|| Volcanic Emperor
||| Volcanic Rocket
||| Volcanic Trooper
| Tearlaments Merrli
||| Volcanic Scattershot
|| Volcanic Rimfire
||| Volcanic ShellSpells: 24
||| Fire Ejection
| Runick Golden Droplet
||| Runick Freezing Curses
||| Runick Tip
| Runick Dispelling
||| Runick Slumber
|| Runick Flashing Fire
| Runick Smiting Storm
|| Runick Destruction
| Blaze Accelerator
|| Volcanic Blaze Accelerator
|| Runick FountainTraps: 4
| Volcanic Emission
|| Blaze Accelerator Reload
| Volcanic InfernoExtra Deck:
| Sleipnir the Runick Mane
| Predaplant Dragostapelia
| Geri the Runick Fangs
||| Hugin the Runick Wings
| Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS – Sky Thunder
| Downerd Magician
| Gigantic Spright
| Epurrely Noir
| Herald of Pure Light
| Accesscode Talker
| Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze
| Spright Sprind
| 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: Crimson Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, Yubel, Mannadium Yang Zing, Nemleria
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2 Comments
Since you mentioned it, how would you modify it for the 3 bonfires?
Probably -1 Rocket, +3 bonfire, as you don’t need as many Rocket with the existence of Bonfire. But I don’t really have that much more I’d want to cut out of the Runick side of this deck.