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Strategic Summary:
Welcome to a new week of Creative Deck Profiles, this time featuring a homebrewed strategy that throws together many different cards that somehow works? The glue holding everyone together today is the Superheavy Samurai, a predominantly EARTH-Machine archetype that doesn’t appreciate the existence of Spell/Trap cards. Led by the Pendulum Monster Superheavy Samurai Prodigy Wakaushi, this theme can combo extremely well to generate tons of materials for Link Summons, Synchro Summons, or more… but to be honest, I just really enjoy using them to go into the other various combo lines that exist in this Monster Mash build. For example, let’s just imagine that you really wanted to build up a few extra Spell/Trap negates on your endboard, such as through Gate Guardian of Wind and Water. To get there, you can use the standard Superheavy Samurai combo; however, you just need to create Beyond the Pendulum along the way. When Link Summoned, Beyond can tutor Majesty Pegasus, the Dracoslayer.
You see, Majesty can tutor any Field Spell when Special Summoned, such as Labyrinth Wall Shadow! Since Shadow does not have a once-per-turn effect, you actually can use its effect multiple times if you gain access to multiple copies. This can be done through the above combo, or by drawing into Shadow Ghoul of the Labyrinth, or by using Blackwing – Zephyros the Elite which can conveniently be sent from the deck to the GY via the effect of Blackwing – Boreastorm the Wicked Wind. You see, this really is a strategy chalk full of crazy, zainy combos just waiting for you to find them. Another example of a combo chain is to embrace the Codebreaker Zero Day engine to not only make the standard co-linked Knightmare Gryphon, but also to make The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche along the way. Rusty can send a copy of The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak to set a Phantom Knights’ Fog Blade, and Ancient Cloak can be banished to tutor The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots, which can tutor another Fog Blade. This build is all about maximizing combo potential and finding the right combo line for the situation – if that sounds enjoyable, this might be the monster mash for you!
Provided Decklist:
Monsters: 35
||| Therion “King” Regulus
| Superheavy Samurai Monk Big Benkei
| Suijin
||| Labyrinth Heavy Tank
| Kazejin
||| Shadow Ghoul of the Labyrinth
| Codebreaker Zero Day
| Ignis Phoenix, the Dracoslayer
| Blackwing – Zephyros the Elite
| Majesty Pegasus, the Dracoslayer
|| Superheavy Samurai Wagon
||| Superheavy Samurai Soulpiercer
||| Superheavy Samurai Prodigy Wakaushi
| Superheavy Samurai Scales
| Ancient Gear Box
| Superheavy Samurai Soulgaia Booster
| The Phantom Knights of Ancient Cloak
| The Phantom Knights of Silent Boots
||| Superheavy Samurai Motorbike
| Superheavy Samurai Soulclaw
| Superheavy Samurai General Coral
| Superheavy Samurai SoulpeacemakerSpells: 3
||| Labyrinth Wall ShadowTraps: 2
|| Phantom Knights’ Fog BladeExtra Deck:
| Gate Guardian of Wind and Water
| Baronne de Fleur
| Ignister Prominence, the Blasting Dracoslayer
| Blackwing – Boreastorm the Wicked Wind
| Abyss Dweller
| Knightmare Gryphon
| Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
| Codebreaker Virus Berserker
| The Phantom Knights of Rusty Bardiche
| Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians
| Codebreaker Virus Swordsman
| Qliphort Genius
| Ancient Gear Ballista
| Beyond the Pendulum
| Superheavy Samurai Scarecrow
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: Volcanic, Crimson Dragon, Salamangreat, Red Dragon Archfiend, Crystron w/Icejade, Supreme King
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