Gimmick Puppet Deck Breakdown

DARK 8

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster. You can banish this card from your GY; your opponent cannot target "Gimmick Puppet" monsters you control with card effects this turn.

DARK 8

You can detach 1 material from an Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon this card from your hand or GY, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Cattle Scream" once per turn. A "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster that has this card as material gains this effect. ● Once per turn: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your opponent's field in Defense Position.

DARK 4

If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster in your GY or 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to its owner's field in Defense Position, but its effects are negated, then Special Summon this card. If this card is sent to the GY, except from the hand: You can add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Fiendish Knight" once per turn, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck the turn you activate either of this card's effects, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster with a different Level than this card from your Deck to the GY; this card's Level becomes that monster's. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers" once per turn. You can banish this card from your GY, then target up to 2 "Gimmick Puppet" monsters you control; increase their Levels by 4 until the end of this turn.

DARK 8

If this card is in your hand: You can reveal 1 "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster in your Extra Deck; Special Summon both this card, and 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster with the same Level as the revealed monster's Rank from your Deck. If this card is sent to the GY, except from the hand: You can add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll" once per turn, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck the turn you activate either of this card's effects, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters.

DARK 4

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard.

DARK 4

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster in your GY, except "Gimmick Puppet Terror Baby"; Special Summon it in Defense Position. You can banish this card from your GY; your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of your "Gimmick Puppet" monster effects this turn.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, or if this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa". If another Reptile monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute this card instead. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Aramasa" once per turn.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned, or if this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. If another Reptile monster(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can Tribute this card instead. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi no Mikoto, Saji" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Mitsurugi Ritual". Monsters your opponent controls lose 800 ATK. You can reveal this card in your hand; Special Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck, then Tribute 1 monster you control. You can only use this effect of "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi" once per Duel. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi", then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi" once per turn.

DARK 8

You can Ritual Summon this card with "Mitsurugi Ritual". If this card is Special Summoned: You can destroy all monsters your opponent controls. When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can activate this effect; your opponent can discard 1 card, or that effect is negated. If this card is Tributed: You can add 1 "Mitsurugi" card from your Deck to your hand, except "Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi", then you can Special Summon this card. You can only use each effect of "Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi" once per turn.

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Normal

Send "Gimmick Puppet" monsters with different names from your Deck to the GY, up to the number of monsters your opponent controls that were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck +1. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Machine Xyz Monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects while face-up on the field. You can only use each effect of "Condolence Puppet" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck to your hand. "Gimmick Puppet" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle, and are unaffected by the activated effects of your opponent's monsters, except their Xyz Monsters. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from an Xyz Monster you control, then target 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster in your GY; Special Summon it to your opponent's field in Defense Position. You can only activate 1 "Mansion of the Dreadful Dolls" per turn.

Spell Quick

During the Main Phase: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Tribute 1 Reptile monster, then target 1 face-up card your opponent controls; destroy it. ● Ritual Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing monsters you control whose total Levels equal or exceed its Level. You can only activate 1 "Mitsurugi Magatama" per turn.

Spell Normal

This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Reptile Ritual Monster from your hand or GY. You must also Tribute Reptile monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal or exceed the Level of the Ritual Monster. If "Ame no Murakumo no Mitsurugi", "Futsu no Mitama no Mitsurugi", or "Ame no Habakiri no Mitsurugi" you control is Tributed, while this card is in your GY: You can shuffle this card into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi Mirror" once per turn.

Spell Quick

When you activate this card, you can also Tribute 1 Reptile monster in your hand or field; apply 1 of these effects, or if you Tributed a monster at activation, you can apply both effects in sequence. ● Add 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your Deck to your hand. ● Take 800 damage, then you can Special Summon 1 "Mitsurugi" monster from your hand or GY, but it cannot attack directly. You can only activate 1 "Mitsurugi Prayers" per turn.

Spell Normal

This card can be used to Ritual Summon any Reptile Ritual Monster. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of "Mitsurugi Ritual" once per turn); ● Ritual Summon 1 Reptile Ritual Monster from your Deck, by Tributing Reptile monsters from your hand or field whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster. ● Ritual Summon 1 Reptile Ritual Monster from your hand, by Tributing up to 2 Reptile monsters from your hand, Deck, or field, whose total Levels equal the Level of the Ritual Monster.

Spell Quick

Target 1 Spell/Trap on the field; destroy that target.

Spell Normal

Add 1 Ritual Spell from your Deck to your hand, and add 1 Ritual Monster from your Deck or GY to your hand whose name is listed on that Ritual Spell. You can only activate 1 "Pre-Preparation of Rites" per turn.

Spell Quick

If this card is destroyed by the effect of "Mystical Space Typhoon": You can Set this card. Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each of these effects of "Radiant Typhoon Vision" once per turn); ● Draw 2 cards, then if you have a "Radiant Typhoon" card or a Quick-Play Spell in your hand, discard 1 of them, or your entire hand if you don't. ● Add 1 "Mystical Space Typhoon" from your Deck or GY to your hand.

Spell Normal

Target 1 Rank 5 or higher Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number C" or "CXyz" monster that is 1 Rank higher than that monster you control, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) When a Rank 5 or higher Xyz Monster(s) is Special Summoned to your side of the field while this card is in your Graveyard (except during the Damage Step): You can add this card from the Graveyard to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force" once per Duel.

Spell Normal

Target 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number C" monster with the same Type as that monster you control, but 1 Rank higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) Then, if any face-up cards are on the field other than this card and the monster Summoned by it, negate the effects of those other cards.

Spell Quick

(This card is always treated as a "Branded" and "Dogmatika" card.) Activate 1 of these effects; ● Send 1 monster that mentions "Fallen of Albaz" from your Extra Deck to the GY, then target 1 face-up card on the field; destroy it. ● If you have an "Ecclesia" monster in your field or GY: Target 1 monster in either GY; Special Summon it to your field. You can only activate 1 "The Fallen & The Virtuous" per turn.

Trap Normal

Target monsters your opponent controls, up to the number of "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monsters you control; take control of those monsters until the End Phase. If this card is in your GY, except the turn it was sent there, and you control a "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster: You can banish this card, then target 1 Xyz Monster in either GY; Special Summon it to either field in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Service Puppet Play" once per turn.

DARK 8

"Fallen of Albaz" + 1 LIGHT monster If this card is Fusion Summoned: You can Fusion Summon 1 Level 8 or lower Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, except "Albion the Branded Dragon", by banishing Fusion Materials mentioned on it from your hand, field, and/or GY. During the End Phase, if this card is in the GY because it was sent there this turn: You can add to your hand or Set 1 "Branded" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. You can only use each effect of "Albion the Branded Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

2 Machine monsters During your Main Phase, if you control this Link Summoned card: You can activate this effect; you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Machine Xyz Monsters, also take 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or send it to the GY, then, if all monsters you control are "Gimmick Puppet" monsters (min. 1), you can Special Summon 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll" once per turn.

LIGHT 8

1 Tuner + 1+ non-Tuners During the Main Phase (Quick Effect): You can banish this card (until the End Phase), and if you do, Special Summon 1 "Fallen of Albaz" or 1 Level 4 or lower monster that mentions it from your Deck or GY. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 Level 8 Fusion Monster in your GY or banishment and 1 card on the field; shuffle both of those cards and this card into the Deck. You can only use each effect of "Ecclesia and the Dark Dragon" once per turn.

DARK

3 Level 9 monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Puppet" Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon 1 monster from either GY to your opponent's field in Defense Position. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your opponent's field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of them; destroy it, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to half its original ATK. You can only use each effect of "CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 8 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card; add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell from your Deck to your hand, also, you can Normal Summon 1 Machine monster during your Main Phase this turn, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) If you Special Summon a "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your GY to either field in Defense Position, then you can add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell from your GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 4 "Gimmick Puppet" monsters You can detach 2 materials from this card, then target up to 2 monsters your opponent controls; gain control of them until the End Phase, also for the rest of this turn you cannot Special Summon monsters, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters, nor declare an attack, except with Xyz Monsters. You can Tribute this card; all monsters you currently control become Level 8 until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Gigantes Doll" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 8 monsters Up to twice per turn, during your Main Phase 1: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; destroy it, then if it was an Xyz Monster, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.

DARK

2 Level 8 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; place 1 String Counter on each face-up monster on the field, except this card. Once per turn, during the next End Phase of the opponent of the player who placed a String Counter(s) by this effect: Destroy the monsters with String Counters, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each monster destroyed.

DARK

3 Level 9 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it, and if you do, and it was a monster, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.

DARK

3 Level 9 monsters When this card is Special Summoned: Destroy the monsters with String Counters, and if you do, draw 1 card, then inflict damage to your opponent equal to the highest original ATK among those destroyed monsters in the Graveyard (your choice, if tied). Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; place 1 String Counter on each face-up monster your opponent controls.