Gimmick Puppet Deck Breakdown

WIND 4

When this card is Summoned: You can place 1 "Crystal Beast" monster from your hand, Deck, or GY, face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell. If this face-up card is destroyed in a Monster Zone, you can place it face-up in your Spell & Trap Zone as a Continuous Spell, instead of sending it to the GY.

WIND 1

If a card(s) is added from the Main Deck to your opponent's hand, except during the Draw Phase (Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY; for the rest of this turn, cards cannot be added from either player's Main Deck to the hand.

WATER 8

If you control "King's Sarcophagus", you can Special Summon this card (from your GY). You can only Special Summon "Duamutef, Blessing of Horus" once per turn this way. Gains 1200 ATK/DEF for each "Horus" monster you control. If another card(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can draw cards equal to the number of monsters with different names in your Main Monster Zone. You can only use this effect of "Duamutef, Blessing of Horus" once per turn.

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.

WIND 8

If you control "King's Sarcophagus", you can Special Summon this card (from your GY). You can only Special Summon "Hapi, Guidance of Horus" once per turn this way. If another card(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can target 2 cards that are banished and/or in the GYs; either add both to the hand or shuffle both into the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Hapi, Guidance of Horus" once per turn.

DARK 8

If you control "King's Sarcophagus", you can Special Summon this card (from your GY). You can only Special Summon "Imsety, Glory of Horus" once per turn this way. You can only use each of the following effects of "Imsety, Glory of Horus" once per turn. You can send 2 cards from your hand to the GY, including this card; add 1 "King's Sarcophagus" from your Deck to your hand, then you can draw 1 card. If another card(s) you control leaves the field by an opponent's card effect, while this card is in your Monster Zone (except during the Damage Step): You can send 1 card on the field to the GY.

WIND 4

If you control no cards (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; apply these effects this turn. ● Each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) from the Deck and/or Extra Deck, immediately draw 1 card. ● Once, during this End Phase, if the number of cards in your hand is more than the number of cards your opponent controls +6, you must randomly shuffle cards from your hand into the Deck so the number in your hand equals the number your opponent controls +6. You can only activate 1 other "Mulcharmy" monster effect, the turn you activate this effect.

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.

EARTH 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that activation. ● Add a card(s) from the GY to the hand, Deck, and/or Extra Deck. ● Special Summon a Monster Card(s) from the GY. ● Banish a card(s) from the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion" 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 Normal

Send 1 Spell/Trap from your Deck to the GY. You can only activate 1 "Foolish Burial Goods" 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 Continuous

"Horus" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by card effects that do not target them. You can send 1 card from your hand to the GY; send 1 "Horus" monster from your Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "King's Sarcophagus" up to four times per turn. Once per turn, at the start of the Damage Step, if your "Horus" monster battles an opponent's monster: You can send that opponent's monster to the GY.

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 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 Quick

During the Main Phase: Target 1 DARK Xyz Monster you control with no material; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 DARK Xyz Monster that is 1 Rank higher than that monster you control, by using it as the Xyz Material, and if you do, attach this card to it as additional material. (This is treated as an Xyz Summon. Transfer its materials to the Summoned monster.) During your Main Phase: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 DARK Xyz Monster you control; attach 1 "The Phantom Knights" monster from your hand to that monster as material.

Trap Counter

When a Spell/Trap Card, or monster effect, is activated while you control an "Orcust" Link Monster: Negate the activation, and if you do, banish that card. You can banish this card from your GY; add to your hand 1 of your DARK Machine monsters that is banished or in your Deck. You cannot Special Summon monsters the turn you activate this effect, except DARK Machine monsters. You can only use 1 "Orcust Crescendo" effect per turn, and only once that turn.

Trap Normal

If there are 2 or more different Monster Types among the Level 10 or higher monsters on the field: Shuffle all cards except this one from both players' hands, fields, and GYs into the Deck, then each player draws 5 cards. You can banish this card from your GY; add 1 "Crystal Beast" monster and 1 Field Spell from your Deck to your hand. You can only apply each effect of "Rainbow Bridge of Salvation" once per Duel.

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

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.

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.

LIGHT

2 Level 8 monsters Once per turn, when a Spell Card or effect is activated on the field (Quick Effect): You can negate that effect, and if you do, attach that card to this card as material. When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can detach 1 material from this card; change the attack target to this card and perform damage calculation. If a face-up Xyz Monster(s) you control is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control; it gains ATK equal to 1 of those destroyed monster's 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 8 monsters Once per turn, if you have no cards in your Spell & Trap Card Zone: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, and if you do, place 1 Destiny Counter on this card. You cannot conduct your Battle Phase the turn you activate this effect. When 3 Destiny Counters are on this card, you win the Duel.

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.

DARK

4 Level 9 monsters Must be Special Summoned with a "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell Card targeting "Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo", and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card cannot be targeted by card effects. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; inflict 1000 damage to your opponent. During your End Phase, if your opponent's Life Points are 2000 or less, and this card has no Xyz Materials, you win the Duel.

DARK

2+ Level 10 monsters When your opponent activates a card or effect (Quick Effect): You can detach 1 material from this card; negate the activation, then you can detach 1 material from this card, then destroy 1 card on the field. At the start of the Damage Step, if this card attacks while it has material: You can destroy 1 card on the field. If this Xyz Summoned card is destroyed: You can destroy 1 card on the field. You can only use each effect of "Varudras, the Final Bringer of the End Times" once per turn.