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[Pharaoh Atem]

The September 2011 format is coming. We had best be prepared.

In the half-year to come, we as DGZ must do our best to prevail:

so, we will do our best.


Grant's remarks on the subject are as follows:

If there's an archetype you feel ought be represented, make your case here. If it's deemed a good idea, a thread will be posted in due time.

The odds of your thread suggestion being approved are GREATLY increased when you write a legible and informative intro post for said thread and post it here.

There will be significant penalties for those that try to avert quality control.

[Pengwan]

Infernity

Spoiler

Infernity - Discussion

Infernity is a deck that emerged in May of 2010 with the release of The Shining Darkness. Ever since then, the arch-type has been a dreaded match-up to face when wielded by a skillful player. At its prime, the deck lost to almost nothing if played flawlessly. With Book at 1 and nobody prepared for this match-up, it might be its time to shine once again.

Monsters commonly used in the deck:


Without this card, this deck would be non-existent. The heart of the deck, this card is what starts your loop and keeps it going. Being able to search any Infernity card instead of having a monster, spell, or trap restriction is a huge boon to this deck. Once you special summon this card, you use it to search Infernity Launcher or Infernity Mirage, then synchro with it. Then you play your Launcher or Mirage and special summon it again, continuing the combo until you're out of said cards. Then you start searching Infernity Barriers and turn your favorable board position into an unbreakable field.


A huge recursion card in the deck, this card lets you synchro with Archfiend and Avenger into Hundred-Eyes and start the Barrier loop. It allows you to play out of hard situations and let's you play a grind game. It gives you access to powerful synchro monsters like Ally of Justice Catastor and Black Rose Dragon with Beetle, and even gives you access to Armory arm when combined with Avenger, allowing you to perform the Colossal/Armory OTK without fear of Gorz, Tragoedia or Battle Fader.


Once considered a staple, this card fell out of popularity once Infernity Launcher got limited and the deck was move focused on using Infernity Avenger to synchro summon instead. This card alone helps you win the grind games, and can make Level 6/8 Synchros with Archfiend and Level 5/7 Synchros with Necromancer.


This card is now considered the staple tuner in the deck. This card alone gives the deck access to the powerful synchro monsters Stygian Sergeants, Hundred-Eyes Dragon and Armory Arm. The Hundred-Eyes/Barrier loop is considered the most powerful and game-breaking loop the deck has, and people have even bumped up to 2 copies of this card to more consistently pull it off.


This card resembles the powerful spell card Infernity Launcher, and is definetly a huge card in the deck. This card can start loops and just win you games.


This was a card introduced to the archtype after Infernity Launcher got restricted. It kind of fills the void of the missing Launchers, letting you special summon extra Mirages and you otherwise couldn't have got onto the board. It can even special summon Archfiend from your hand and start a loop that way.


Infernity can arguably abuse Leviair better than another deck with Hundred-Eyes and Infernity Mirage, and with Sangan and copies of Infernity Necromancer you have many targets for your Tour Guide. It also gives the deck a nice Veiler magnet.


With Gold Sarcophagus, Hundred-Eyes Dragon, and Infernity Break this deck can set up Leviair plays very easy. If you choose to go the Tour Guide route this is an incredible bonus for Infernity.


This card is definitely one of the best level 5 synchros this game has to offer. Being able to attack over a monster and then directly for a whopping 3000 damage is something that definitely should not be ignored. The ability for this card to attack over a bigger monster like Stardust Dragon or Dark Armed Dragon is also possible by swinging on a smaller monster first, then running over the bigger threat with the attack boost.


Resembling cards like Chaos Sorcerer and Dark End Dragon, this card is an absolute powerhouse. With its huge attack power, it's definitely a difficult task to get rid of one of these backed by Barriers. A staple in Infernity decks, for sure.


This card creates the most powerful loop the deck has. By tributing Mirage and bringing back Archfiend/Necromancer/Avenger, you can then synchro into this. From there you can use it to copy the in-grave Mirage to tribute itself and summon Archfiend and Necromancer. You search Launcher and use Necromancer to summon Avenger. you make another Hundred-Eyes and just keep on going. By the end of the loop you should control Stardust Dragon, Infernity Doom Dragon, Hundred-Eyes Dragon, a level 5 Synchro of your choice, and 3 Barriers.


This card starts your combo without using up your normal summon. That lets you search Mirage and use it to act like a 2nd Launcher to keep the loop going.


This TCG Exclusive has made Infernities what they are today. Summoning a bunch of synchros and searching anywhere from 1-3 copies of this card is devastating and game-breaking. Fields like that are usually impossible to break so once you've accomplished your combo you've pretty much won the game. This card also makes it possible for this deck to play a slow and controlled game.


This card, usually played in 1s is some nice removal that the deck needs. Again, it helps and deck play a control game and is an alternative and sometimes better search than Barrier if you have a read on what they have or you've ran out of Barriers to search for.


Probably the best card in the deck. This card is the fastest and most effective way to load up your graveyard and dump your hand. Getting one of these off and freezing your opponent's backrows means you've won the game via Mirage or Launcher.

Any super aggressive deck is a hard matchup for this deck, but you should be prepared for that with your sidedeck. Any slow deck or deck that plays no backrows (Frogs, Fish) should be a very easy win for this deck.

[Exiled]

I'll have the Karakuri thread up by tomorrow hopefully.

[cum]

With the release of Trishula on the horizon, expect this card to start seeing more play in this decktype again.

Oh, ok.

There are a few other anachronisms, but this is the most glaring.

[Nate the Awesome]

A topic like this should be pinned imo.

[realrarehunter]

With the release of Trishula on the horizon, expect this card to start seeing more play in this decktype again.

Oh, ok.

There are a few other anachronisms, but this is the most glaring.

The starting post on each thread is for the basics of the deck...You know so any 10 year old can read it and understand it....You dick.

[cum]

With the release of Trishula on the horizon, expect this card to start seeing more play in this decktype again.

Oh, ok.

There are a few other anachronisms, but this is the most glaring.

The starting post on each thread is for the basics of the deck...You know so any 10 year old can read it and understand it....You dick.

Except for it doesn't help a 10-year-old out when you make them think that Trishula isn't released yet.

The whole point of this thread is Quality Control. I was helping with that goal.

[realrarehunter]

my bad i didn't read his post close enough lol...

you are no longer a dick. you are awesome.

[cum]

Um, thanks.

Back on topic, the part of the Infernity thread mentioning Colossal Armory Arm OTK needs to be removed.

[Monolightning]

I should have the Gladiator one done within the new couple days.

[Pengwan]

@ the Trishula thing; I just copied the last one I wrote, updated it for current format but missed that. Will remove it.

[freiser]

T.G. needs to be moved from rogue to here, deck didn't get touched. Best deck to combat the meta too.

[Pengwan]

T.G. needs to be moved from rogue to here, deck didn't get touched. Best deck to combat the meta too.

[freiser]

T.G. needs to be moved from rogue to here, deck didn't get touched. Best deck to combat the meta too.

As much as I appreciate the Slowpoke gif, it doesn't change my statement.

[Pudgy White Infinite]

T.G. needs to be moved from rogue to here, deck didn't get touched. Best deck to combat the meta too.

As much as I appreciate the Slowpoke gif, it doesn't change my statement.

There isn't a "Rouge" forum anymore.

[freiser]

T.G. needs to be moved from rogue to here, deck didn't get touched. Best deck to combat the meta too.

As much as I appreciate the Slowpoke gif, it doesn't change my statement.

There isn't a "Rouge" forum anymore.

Ah, you're right, it's been archived.

[Slowpoke]

T.G. needs to be moved from rogue to here, deck didn't get touched. Best deck to combat the meta too.

As much as I appreciate the Slowpoke gif, it doesn't change my statement.

Hi.

[freiser]

The Tech Genus (T.G.) monsters are an archetype introduced the 5Ds series, used by the character Bruno, or better known as Antinomy. This deck has the ability to churn out synchros and their best non-synchro monsters have Darksoul-esque traits, giving them the ability to grab out their other T.G. brethren.

Monsters



These two monsters are very good in their own right. With Striker, you essentially have a Cyber Dragon that is a tuner. Warwolf can special summon itself when any level 4 monster is special summoned, meaning you can summon it right after Striker if you wanted to or in your opponent's turn. The great thing about these two is that they don't eat your normal summon, so you can proceed to normal something else and continue to make plays such as Normal Summoning a level 4 Monster and synchro summoning Trishula.



The beater of the deck, rises to 2000 when attacking, so is auto-win against the popular 1900 attack Level 4's, always a great thing to grab off Warwolf or Striker and together with Striker makes Naturia Barkion or any other level 6 synchro you desire.



An excellent floater: 1700 attack, replaces itself when it's removed from the field, and is compatible with Horn of the Phantom Beast. What else is there to say?

Synchros



Librarian needs no explanation. This card is so horrendously broken and is an Extra Deck staple. Wonder Magician is just like Formula Synchron as it's another Synchro tuner, it has the nifty ability to pop a S/T upon its summon. And, if it's destroyed, you get to draw a card. Win-win. Perfect synchro to make with T.G. Striker and T.G. Warwolf without using your Normal Summon.



Another option for a Striker-Warwolf combo. Has a Piercing effect and replaces itself when destroyed by drawing a card.

Spells/Traps



TG1-EM1 is flat out ridiculous. You swap whatever T.G. monster you want with your opponent's and proceed to run over your T.G. monster in order to search during the End Phase. This is also a great defensive card because you can easily disrupt your opponent's momentum with it.



A great trap card to use in this deck. Your Tengus suddenly jump up to 2500, and your Rhinos turn into 2800s on your turn, matching and exceeding some of the best Synchros today. Flip this during Damage Calc, and draw a card? Yes, please. Equippable by Reborn Tengu, T.G. Warwolf, T.G. Rush Rhino.



A perfect answer to the upcoming meta, barely touches your own Monsters as they all activate in the Graveyard near enough while negating all of your opponent's Monster effects stopping a LOT of decks in it's tracks.

Optional Choices



Protect your Skill Drains and Horn of the Phantom Beasts from Heavy Storm and mass destruction and get a free Stardust Dragon in return? Nice.



Unsure how effective this card will be coming into the new format, but time will tell, compatible with Horn of the Phantom Beast.



Becomes a 3000 attack monster you can Normal Summon with Skill Drain up and is compatible with Horn of the Phantom Beast, what more could you want?


Example List

3x T.G. Rush Rhino
3x T.G. Striker
3x T.G. Warwolf
3x Reborn Tengu

1x Book of Moon
1x Heavy Storm
1x Pot of Avarice
1x Monster Reborn
1x Dark Hole
3x Pot of Duality

3x Starlight Road
3x Skill Drain
3x TG1-EM1
1x Solemn Judgment
1x Dimensional Prison
3x Horn of the Phantom Beast
2x Bottomless Trap Hole
1x Torrential Tribute
1x Mirror Force
2x Solemn Warning

[interstellar]

Will there be no LS discussion?

[Pengwan]

That one had already been rewritten and shouldn't be archived.

[freiser]

That one had already been rewritten and shouldn't be archived.

Pengwan, updated T.G. good enough for you bro?

[Pengwan]

I cannot approve them, but it looks fine although iirc they have 1 Quick-Play that isn't completely terrible and could be mentioned since it's a T.G. card.

[freiser]

I cannot approve them, but it looks fine although iirc they have 1 Quick-Play that isn't completely terrible and could be mentioned since it's a T.G. card.

The half a TG, blow up a spell or trap? Seems bad when the deck doesn't run mst a lot of the time.

[Pengwan]

Yeah I know, just a thought

[freiser]

Yeah I know, just a thought

I axed Cyber Magician from the old thread too, janky card.

[chaos_creator11]

I think there should be a fableds descussion. the deck is still really good. the hardest part of the deck is knowing ur options and how to play ur hand to give u the best field. its alot like plants were the last two formats. it has crazy synchro potential with tengu and can run tour guide/sangan combo. u can search kushano with tourguide if uve already went thru ur sangan giving u another target and u can also effectively run bls in the deck as a boss monster. the deck gained alot with the format change because of oppression being banned and i think it can abuse an oppression-less format best.

also theres alot of synergy between ganashia and leviair.

[antispiral]

http://duelistground...howtopic=137358
Yah, my LS Sept. 2011 Deck Discussion got archived. Please restore it?

[Wumbologist]

Restored it.

[Sanjura]

I'll get around to writing a Chaos discussion thread within the next couple days provided I'm not beaten to it.

[Goblin]

No Wormies? o3o

I'm working on a discussion for them and will post it here tonight.

[Goblin]

"It was a terrible, indescribable thing vaster than any subway train—a shapeless congeries of protoplasmic bubbles, faintly self-luminous, and with myriads of temporary eyes forming and un-forming as pustules of greenish light all over the tunnel-filling front that bore down upon us, crushing the frantic penguins and slithering over the glistening floor that it and its kind had swept so evilly free of all litter."
- H.P. Lovecraft (At the Mountains of Madness)

[ WORM - Discussion ]

Like the Shoggoths of H.P. Lovecrafts writings, the Worm archetype is a series of formless space creatures of great variety trademarked by their multiple eyes, insectoid bodies, blob-like nature, various tendrils, or their vertical mouths (some of which have been editted out in the TCG versions of the cards.)

Worms are a Light reptile-type archetype, similar to the earlier "Alien" monsters that specialize in Flip-effect related mechanics. There are 26 Worms in all, each with a name that begins in an ascending letter of the alphabet. Only an outstanding few of the "Wormphabet" is actually used in the deck, and they are as follows:

[ THE WORMS ]

Worm Xex & Worm Yagan

Xex, along with its sister card Yagan, make up the main combo of the deck. When you summon Xex to an open field, you can drop Yagan into the grave and then Special Summon it. This is an instant +1 that ends you with two monsters for a single summon. Yagan's bounce effect is vital because it can remove huge threats like Synchro and Xyz monsters in a manner that can skirt around the defensive effects of cards like Stardust Dragon. Its also worth noting that Xex cannot be destroyed in battle while Yagan is face-up, which could force your opponent to deal with Yagan first, leaving you a turn to special summon another graved Yagan with Xex's effect.

Worm Cartaros

A floater that nets you another Worm to your hand. Cartaros is an invaliable way to search Xex from your deck. If your opponent does not attack into Cartaros (since you need an open field to summon Xex), you can also flip it yourself and net a second Cartaros to thin your deck, then set it down next to the original.

Worm King

An important component to Worm's ace trap card, "W Nebula Meteor". Worm King is a fairly solid card in its own. With a 2700 ATK body and requiring on a single tribute, it can successful beat over a lot of heavy hitters. The fact that you can tribute Worm monsters to destroy cards on your opponent's field cannot be ignored either. With a well placed Worm King drop the game can be easily won.

Worm Linx

Once the sole reason for the decks existence, Worm Linx has fallen out of style lately, but is still run in a single copy in most Worm builds. With the right setup and protection, Linx allows you to draw a card during each players End Phase, which can quickly build up the resources you need to continue defending Linx. If you can get past the tricky initial setup Linx makes overwhelming your opponent with advantage a simple manner within several turns.

Worm Apocalypse

Apocalypse has a small body and its ability to destroy an m/t on the field is only so useless. It can be combo'd with "W Nebula Meteor" to use its effect more than once, and is also searchable by Cartaros, making it a removal you can call upon when needed. Apocalypse can be worth maining or siding to get rid of cards like Decree that may be sided in game 2 and shut down your plays.

[ WORM ALLIES ]

Ananta the Evil Dragon

All of the Worm monsters are reptile-type, so that makes Ananta a great ace in the hole for the deck. Late game it can drop with huge attack, but early on you can summon it as a wimp just to make use of its destrruction ability. It can be useful in a bind, and when combo'd with Offerings to the Snake Deity, you can effective clear an entire field with two cards without difficulty.

Genex Ally Birdman

Birdman is a great tuner for the Worm deck because he can help you make use of the Worms effects more than once. You can bounce a flipped up Worm monster to your hand and then reset it, or return Xex and summon him again for another Yagan drop. Birdman also allows easy access to a certain Synchro...

Genex Ally Triforce

Simply by combining Birdman and any level 4 Worm you can summon Triforce. All of its effects should be ignored for this deck, other than its last one. The ability to reset a Light each turn can quickly build back your Worms and allow them a chance to flip back up again.

Wind-up Zenmaister

Nearly all of the Worm monsters are level 4, which makes summoning Zenmaister as easy as Xex + Yagan. Zenmaister can reset a Worm and then flip it back up, allowing it to reuse its effect immediatly. This cannot be overlooked in certain situations.

[ TRAP CARDS ]

Offering to the Snake Deity

The "Icarus Attack" of this deck. Its a useful backbone and provides invaluable removal. Offerings has been ruled to only be able to hit face-up Worms, so you may find yourself summoning a Worm to destroy with this card rather than setting it for its flip in a bind. The best targets would be Worms that are already face-up like King or Xex. Ananta works equally well here.

W Nebula Meteor

The Ace card of the deck. Meteor does everything the Worm deck wants to do, all for a single costless card. It flips all of your face-down Worms up (which can dodge your opponent's attempts to destroy them without their effects activated, with cards such as "Nobleman of Crossout".) Then you get to reset them and reuse them, draw cards, and summon Worm King from your deck. Some fun ways to use this card would be to follow it up after Xex is summoned and Yagan is set for an instant monster bounce and a draw 2. When the monsters are flipped up it gives you a chance to play Offerings on a face-up Worm too.

Other Note-worthy Cards:

Worm Tentacles
Worm Solid
Worm Jetelikpse
Worm Zero
Effect Veiler
Future Fusion
Pot of Duality
Dimensional Prison
Starlight Road
Fiendish Chain
Safe Zone

[ WEAKNESSES ]

Since summoning Xex and going into Yagan is the decks bread-and-butter play, cards like Solemn Warning or Bottomless Trap Hole that would hinder Xex being on the field, or D.D. Crow removing Yagan from the grave, are the biggest hurt to this deck. Effect Veiler can also stop Xesx dead in its tracks, with a similar ability to stop King or Ananta. Nobleman of Crossout is the biggest enemy of FLIP monsters, and in this deck getting all of your Cartaros removed could definitely hurt. With the current formats top tiers leaning towards LIGHT angles, Light-Imprisoning Mirror may be sided more and more, which completely shuts down all of this decks plays. Royal Decree shuts down Offerings, Nebula, and most of this decks defensive lineup.

The following is a sample deck built with the cards and combos showcased in this thread.

[ SAMPLE DECK ]

[MONSTERBOARD - 16]

[3] Worm Xex
[3] Worm Yagan
[3] Worm Cartaros
[2] Worm King
[2] Evil Dragon Ananta
[1] Worm Linx
[1] Worm Apocalypse
[1] Genex Ally Birdman

[ MAGICBOARD - 10]

[3] Pot of Duality
[2] Mystical Space Typhoon
[1] Dark Hole
[1] Heavy Storm
[1] Book of Moon
[1] Monster Reborn

[TRAPBOARD - 13]

[3] W Nebula Meteor
[3] Offerings to the Snake Deity
[3] Fiendish Chain
[2] Solemn Warning
[2] Starlight Road
[1] Mirror Force
[1] Solemn Judgment

[EXTRABOARD - 15]

[1] Chimeratech Fortress Dragon
[1] No. 39 Utopia
[1] Wind-Up Zenmaister
[1] Steelswarm Roach
[1] Leviar the Sea Dragon
[1] Black Rose Dragon
[1] Genex Ally Triforce
[1] Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier
[1] T.G. Hyper Librarian
[1] Ally of Justice Catastor
[1] Scrap Dragon
[1] Stardust Dragon
[1] Ancient Fairy Dragon
[1] Gaia Knight, the Force of Earth
[1] Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier

[Pengwan]

Took the Miracle Hero discussion and started again from scratch:

Spoiler

Elemental Hero - Discussion

Elemental Heroes are a deck that originally revolved around Miracle Fusion alongside the vanilla Hero monsters to create powerful Fusion monsters. Today the most popular Variant plays Elemental HERO Stratos alongside 3 Elemental HERO Neos and 3 Gemini Spark, with various other HERO monsters for Miracle Fusion. This deck is also knows as Miracle Hero, Hero Beat, Light Gemini Stun, and etc. The deck fared extremely well last format, even winning a YCS, before completely falling off the map with the release of Extreme Victory. However, the deck gained a few new cards in Generation Force, has more coming this format, and can use Rank 4 Xyz Monsters extremely well.

Monsters commonly used:


1800 Normal Summon, highly searchable, searches every HERO Monster in my deck and can double as S/T removal when necessary? Yes please. Play the 1 copy you are allowed.


Neos Alius is used as a 1900 LIGHT that fuels Gemini Spark and Elemental HERO The Shining. Most builds use 3 copies, although the deck could go down in the future if it moves away from Gemini Spark variants.


Ocean is a card that never gets enough credit. It is a WATER for Absolute Zero that has solid stats, and if you can just manage to protect it for a turn it lets you reuse Stratos, get back Alius for Gemini Spark, etc.


Ice Edge is a nifty little card. If your opponent ends without a monster and a few backrow, summoning Ice Edge is good to force out backrows. Also worth mentioning you can now swing direct with Ice Edge, destroy a backrow then activate Mask Change to Special Summon Masked HERO Vapor while still in the Battle Phase.


1800 Normal Summon that gives you access to Elemental HERO Nova Master. Probably only 1 copy is needed just to toolbox it out when its wanted.


Another LIGHT for The Shining and the effect is quite nice if you can get a swing in, bringing back Monsters that have been banished. Might not be worth playing but at the very least its worth trying out.


Wildheart is nice in Trap heavy formats, but this does not look to be one of those. You can use it fuel Miracle Fusion for Gaia, but you will almost never want to use Miracle Fusion to summon Gaia over one of the other HERO fusions. Probably not worth the spot.

Other monsters worth consideration:
Banisher of the Radiance
Beast King Barbaros
Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind
Breaker the Magical Warrior
Crusader of Endymion
Cyber Dragon
D.D. Crow
D.D. Warrior Lady
Doomcaliber Knight
Ehren, Lightsworn Monk
Effect Veiler
Exiled Force
Genex Ally Duradark
Gorz the Emissary of Darkness
Honest
Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer
Maxx "C"
Morphing Jar
Mystic Swordsman Lv2
Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
Reborn Tengu
Sangan
Snowman Eater
Thunder King Rai-Oh
Tour Guide From the Underworld


Spells & Traps


A game changing card, Miracle Fusion is generally used to seal the game after your Hero monsters have traded off resources with the opponent. Card explains itself for the most part, most builds now use 2-3 copies.


Themed Reinforcement of the Army, very nice card. Most builds last format played 1-2 copies alongside 3 Pot of Duality. Running these allows you to use a lower monster count to get around Royal Tribute and Gemini Spark.


Most builds last format used 3 of these alongside 3 Neos Alius. This card is invaluable at breaking up plays and is an excellent card to chain to removal used on Neos Alius.


This card is very nice because you can chain it to removal on a HERO to get a Masked HERO of the same attribute.
Notable plays:
Ice Edge attack directly, activate Mask Change for Masked HERO Vapor.
Mask Change on Absolute Zero, Raigeki the opponents field and get Masked HERO Vapor.


We are still missing 2 attributes for this card in the TCG, but once we get Elemental HERO Escuridão this deck will be able to Super Poly with any attribute monster your opponent controls. Since we currently are still missing the WIND and DARK Fusions multiple Super Polymerization might not be worth maining, but it will someday be something players have to be highly concerned about.


A Field Spell that allows you to pump out HERO fusions. Builds focusing on Hero Gate are generally built differently from the Hero Beat variants but Fusion Gate has a lot of potential.

Other Spell and Trap options:
Dark Bribe
Future Fusion
Hero Blast
Skill Drain
Starlight Road


Extra Deck Options


This HERO will probably be the monster you drop the most off of Miracle Fusion. He is always at least a 2900 beatstick you can Special and when he leaves the field you can get back 2 Heroes that are banished, including the ones you used to Summon him in the first place.


In my opinion Absolute Zero is the best HERO Fusion. Unlike The Shining, Absolute Zero doesn't care how he leaves the field, your opponent's field is getting Raigeki'd regardless. None of the WATER Heroes are great but Absolute Zero more than makes up for it.


And Gaia is probably the worst of the HERO Fusions. It's not that the effect is bad, because its not, its that Wildheart is the only Earth worth playing and this card just isn't good enough to focus around unlike The Shining and Absolute Zero. If you use Super Polymerization in the Main or Side you need at least 1 of every HERO Fusion though so Gaia should always be included.


Very decent effect and just the right amount of ATK to go along with it. Run 1 for Super Polymerization and maybe main 1 copy of Heat to Miracle Fusion it out.


1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 WIND monster
This card cannot be Special Summoned except by Fusion Summon. When this card is Fusion Summoned, halve the ATK and DEF of all face-up monsters your opponent controls.

The TCG gets this card in Legendary Collection 2 in October. It is a very nice addition because Elemental Hero Stratos fills either requirement. Great Tornado himself has excellent stats and is basically a souped up Gaia. Run 1 copy.


1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 DARK monster
Effect: Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card gains 100 ATK for each "Elemental HERO" monster in your Graveyard.

The effect is not that great but that is irrelevant for the most part. The point is with Super Polymerization this deck will be able to Super Polymerization DARK monsters, the final piece to the puzzle of Super Polymerization. There is currently no release date or known release plans for this card in the TCG.


The main target for Mask Change, great to bring out off a chained Mask Change and has an excellent effect to go along with it.


Gives you another Mask Change option if you use Heat. Not as good as Vapor but still decent.


Future Fusion this guy, Miracle Fusion is instantly live. The effect is situational but 1 card 2800 beatsticks are always nice.


Can also be summoned with Future Fusion as a 5000 ATK beatstick, but requires 1 more HERO and cannot attack directly.

Both Vision HEROes can also be used with Fusion Gate.

Other Extra Deck necessities:
Chimeratech Fortress Dragon (if you have room and Main or Side Cyber Dragon)
Number 39: Utopia
Steelswarm Roach
other Rank 2/3 Xyz monsters if you use Lv2/Lv3 Monsters.


This deck has a chance to come back this format with the addition of the Masked Monsters and Great Tornado, but only time will tell if that is enough.

[Goblin]

What made you want to leave out Adoration and Trinity? They may be at least worth mentioning, hee.

[Pengwan]

They can only be summoned with Future Fusion or am I missing something? I'll add them though.

[Lamp]

Future Fusion and Worm Zero should have a place under 'Other noteworthy cards', if you ask me. It's one card in your entire deck and not in any way a necessary or 'amazing' addition.
I think it's just flat-out sub-par this format, but no one can argue that they're must-haves for a Worm Deck.

[Goblin]

Then should I remove all of the bit about Zero and such and just shorten it?

[Lamp]

Yeah, that was what I meant to say.

[Goblin]

Okay, updated it. I'll just wait for permission to make the thread.

[hipster_marshmallow101]

They can only be summoned with Future Fusion or am I missing something? I'll add them though.

fusion gate also, make combos by banishing a stratos in hand, attack with him, attack with voltic, summon stratos, pluses
you know....

[calculatinginsect00]

Anybody up to doing one for gb?