Gimmick Puppet

Master I from on June 23rd, 2025
cp-ur 960 + cp-sr 420
40 cards

Notes & Combos

So... I know what you're thinking: "Why not the Horus engine?". Well, while it's much more consistent when we talk about combos and probably a tiny little bit better when searching for the field spell, you'll find decks where the probability of you not being able to play is drastically increased too because by increasing the number of Horus monsters, you'll also need to cut out handtraps, there's no other way to put little soliders or Rouge Doll in 2 copies, for instance. TIPS - with this build make sure:

  1. Before committing to Dominus, use your Maxx C in hand or wait for Nibiru unless their special summon is vital for their board and you can play around it during your turn.
  2. Going second you'll have many more options to go through. Sometimes it's easier to go for Puppet of Strings and wipe their board with Puppet of Dark Strings. Btw, Puppet of Dark Strings effect doesn't work on tokens like Nibiru's. It only works on monsters that go to the GY. So make sure of that before calculating a win.
  3. Feel the vibe of your opponent's handtraps: use condolence doll FIRST, if the light is red on their side, they have either Maxx C or Ash. You'd hate Ash, so send Terror Baby to the GY (we can take the Maxx C challenge most of the times). If not, send Bisque Doll. Then finally start your combo.
  4. If you can't KO your opponent, try to leave 2 xyz monsters + the trap to break any of their chances. If possible, leave rouge doll as material of an xyz monster. If they're destroyed, rouge doll will come back to your hand and you can restart your combo next turn.
  5. For an FTK you'll need either: the field spell, little soldiers or a starter + another puppet in hand. Rouge Doll alone can't complete the combo. Then, you go for tip number 4.
  6. Worst opponents: Bystials (you need Dominus to escapte this one) and Blue-Eyes. Ideal opponents: Branded and Snake-Eyes (if your field spell resolves, they can't literally do anything most of the times).
  7. Don't underestimate the power of Gigantes Doll. It saved my duels so many times, I love it!!!!
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Replays

ID: 144-623-543

There are lots of replays, including one from YCS where I made it to lvl 20. There are replays against our worst counters, going second or first, maxx c challenges. Feel free to watch them all and ask my thought process behind each win!