Notes & Combos

We FINALLY got dark spirits so I will experiment in the next few seasons how best we can abuse them with Empress to create floating chains.

My first experiment is using Shining Sarc engine since it can easily make Beatrice which is full setup alone. The skill provides more tools like handtraps protection and fiend boss monster that also make Glitch live.

First turn, assuming you have S, X, Y, Z where S is Magician of Black Magic:

• use skill to add Sarcophagus and Gandora
• activate Sarcophagus then ss Gadora and Magician of Black Magic
• activate Gandora effect to pop Magician of Black Magic and summon Trio. Trio will add Future and Magician of Black Magic will ss itself and set Gaze
  • if your starting hand can lead to 2 combo pieces so you don't need Future, ss Swordsman instead
• banish Magician of Black Magic to ss Dark Magician of Destruction that add Curtain, then overlay Gandora and Dark Magician of Destruction to Photon Lord
• Curtain ss Beast then overley it with Trio to Marksman and then Machinex
  • if you have Swordsman, ss fully protected Chaos Angel instead
• Sarcophagus add Advent and Future add Apprentice
• ss Advent and Apprentice (that add another Sarcophagus) and oveylay to Beatrice
• Beatrice dump Heiress to add Glitch
• endboard is Photon Lord + Machinex / Chaos Angel + Beatrice + Glitch + Gaze + Sarcophagus.
  • after opponent draw use Beatrice to dump Spirit. later when you pop something with Glitch you dump Empress. Spirit will be added to hand and you have full Spirit -> Empress -> Advent (and sometimes Chaos Angel) setup

When Photon Lord negates detach Dark Magician of Destruction to make Gaze live.

When Machinex absorbs detach Beast to draw a card.

Glitch is usefull against both Sarcophagus decks that are very popular on ladder. it also help dodge Droplet (most opponents dont discard traps so you can pop your monster after it activate her effect) and Eclipse (pop Photon Lord to free Dark Magician of Destruction).

Illusion help you get a starter while return garnets like Trio to deck.

Shadowknight is the best Small World bridge between all fiends and Apprentice, but there are more specific bridges you can use.

You have basically 5 copies of Lava Golem which really help going second. After you opponent get rid of him it ALSO help you recycle Spirit.