Combo Orcust ft. Mekk-Knight.
Instructions for playing Orcust - Part 4
Orcust Mekk-Knight Strategy
Effects of Mekk-Knight monsters in the main deck
Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse
ATK:
2400
DEF:
2400
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse" once per turn this way. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster you control; move that target to another of your Main Monster Zones.
Mekk-Knight Blue Sky
ATK:
2000
DEF:
2500
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Blue Sky" once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned from the hand: You can add "Mekk-Knight" monsters with different names, except "Mekk-Knight Blue Sky", from your Deck to your hand, equal to the number of your opponent's cards in this card's column. You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight Blue Sky" once per turn.
Mekk-Knight Red Moon
ATK:
2300
DEF:
2600
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Red Moon" once per turn this way. You can banish 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your GY, then target 1 face-up monster in this card's column; destroy it.
Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall
ATK:
2500
DEF:
2000
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall" once per turn this way. (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster you control; banish it (until the Standby Phase of your next turn), and if you do, add 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall". You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall" once per turn.
- Purple – Remove 1 Mekk-Knight monster on your field (with target) (until the standby phase of your next turn), add 1 Mekk-Knight monster from your deck to your hand – Play 3.
- Blue – When this monster is Normal or Special Summoned, you can add from your Deck to your hand a number of Mekk-Knight monsters with different names, equal to the number of cards in the same column as this card on your opponent's field – Play 3.
- Indigo – Move 1 Mekk-Knight monster to another space in the main monster zone (with target) – Play 2 or 1.
- Red – Destroy 1 face-up monster in the same column as this monster (with target) by removing 1 Mekk-Knight monster from the Graveyard - Play 1.
Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star, Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax, Girsu and the Orcust Mekk-Knight (Other Mekk-Knight monsters)
Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star
ATK:
2000
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 monsters, including a "Mekk-Knight" monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster or 1 "World Legacy" card; add 1 "World Legacy" card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star" once per turn. If your "Mekk-Knight" monster battles a monster in a different column than it, your monster cannot be destroyed by that battle, also you take no battle damage from that battle.
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax
ATK:
3000
LINK-4
Link Arrow:
Left
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
Right
2+ monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck While this Link Summoned card is on the field, your opponent cannot target this card with card effects, also their monsters cannot target monsters for attacks, except this one. Once per battle, during damage calculation, if this card battles a Special Summoned monster (Quick Effect): You can make this card gain ATK equal to that opponent's monster's ATK during that damage calculation only. If this Link Summoned card you control is sent to your GY by an opponent's card: You can shuffle 1 card on the field into the Deck.
Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight
ATK:
1800
DEF:
0
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Orcust" or "World Legacy" card from your Deck to the GY, then, if there are 2 or more other cards in this card's column, treat this card as a Tuner this turn. If you control no other monsters: You can Special Summon 1 "World Legacy Token" (Machine/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) to both players' fields in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight" once per turn.
Girsu is a familiar monster in the Orcust combo, this monster is also a Mekk-Knight monster. With Girsu's effect of being able to summon more tokens to the opponent's field, you can breathe easier in Mekk-Knight's board setup steps if you go first.
Morning Star helps you get more World Legacy cards from your deck. This is a 2nd link monster summoned with materials containing at least 1 Mekk-Knight monster. Because it is a link monster, Morning Star will be able to stay in the extra monster zone to avoid blocking the slots of other Mekk-Knight monsters as well as help create more columns for Mekk-Knight. In addition, this monster can also protect other Mekk-Knight monsters in battle.
Avramax is a boss monster that can be used in many other decks. Monsters have the ability to protect themselves and can increase their ATK when fighting special summoned monsters.
Spells and traps that support Mekk-Knight
World Legacy's Secret
When this card is activated: You can target 1 Level 5 or higher monster in your GY; Special Summon it. When this card leaves the field, destroy that monster. Negate any opponent's monster effect that activates in the same column as a "Mekk-Knight" monster you control.
World Legacy's Memory
Special Summon 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your hand or Deck in Defense Position, but return it to the hand during the End Phase. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except "Mekk-Knight" monsters. You can only activate 1 "World Legacy's Memory" per turn.
World Legacy's Memory helps you summon 1 Mekk-Knight directly from your hand or deck onto the field. However, until the end of your turn, you are only allowed to special summon Mekk-Knight monsters.
Other permanent World Legacy cards that support Mekk-Knight are World Legacy's Secret , World Legacy Whispers , and World Legacy Key, which have the effect of neutralizing card type effects (monsters, spells, traps) when resolved together. Column with 1 Mekk-Knight monster.
World Legacy's Secret is the most used card because it can neutralize monster effects, along with monster revival effects.
Combo of 2 cards
Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight and Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall (Cards in hand)
Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight
ATK:
1800
DEF:
0
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Orcust" or "World Legacy" card from your Deck to the GY, then, if there are 2 or more other cards in this card's column, treat this card as a Tuner this turn. If you control no other monsters: You can Special Summon 1 "World Legacy Token" (Machine/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) to both players' fields in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight" once per turn.
Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall
ATK:
2500
DEF:
2000
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall" once per turn this way. (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster you control; banish it (until the Standby Phase of your next turn), and if you do, add 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall". You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall" once per turn.
1 Purple and 1 Girsu .
Cards related to Mekk-Knight in combos
Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star
ATK:
2000
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 monsters, including a "Mekk-Knight" monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster or 1 "World Legacy" card; add 1 "World Legacy" card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star" once per turn. If your "Mekk-Knight" monster battles a monster in a different column than it, your monster cannot be destroyed by that battle, also you take no battle damage from that battle.
Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse
ATK:
2400
DEF:
2400
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse" once per turn this way. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster you control; move that target to another of your Main Monster Zones.
Mekk-Knight Blue Sky
ATK:
2000
DEF:
2500
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Blue Sky" once per turn this way. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned from the hand: You can add "Mekk-Knight" monsters with different names, except "Mekk-Knight Blue Sky", from your Deck to your hand, equal to the number of your opponent's cards in this card's column. You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight Blue Sky" once per turn.
World Legacy's Secret
When this card is activated: You can target 1 Level 5 or higher monster in your GY; Special Summon it. When this card leaves the field, destroy that monster. Negate any opponent's monster effect that activates in the same column as a "Mekk-Knight" monster you control.
Cards related to Orcust in combos
Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2100
2 Level 8 monsters You can only Special Summon "Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star(s)" once per turn. You can also Xyz Summon this card by using an "Orcust" Link Monster you control as material. If a card(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can detach 1 material from this card instead. If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Send 1 card your opponent controls to the GY. ● Attach 1 of your banished Machine monsters to this card as material.
Orcust Harp Horror
ATK:
1700
DEF:
1400
You can banish this card from your GY; Special Summon 1 "Orcust" monster from your Deck, except "Orcust Harp Horror", also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can only use this effect of "Orcust Harp Horror" once per turn.
Galatea, the Orcust Automaton
ATK:
1800
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Top-Right
2 Effect Monsters, including an "Orcust" monster This linked card cannot be destroyed by battle. You can target 1 of your banished Machine monsters; shuffle it into the Deck, then you can Set 1 "Orcust" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Galatea, the Orcust Automaton" once per turn.
Orcust Knightmare
ATK:
100
DEF:
2000
Cannot be destroyed by battle with a Link Monster. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 face-up monster on the field; you cannot Special Summon monsters, except DARK monsters, for the rest of this turn, also send 1 DARK Machine monster from your Deck to the GY, except "Orcust Knightmare", and if you do, the targeted monster gains ATK equal to the Level of the monster sent to the GY x 100, until the end of this turn. You can only use this effect of "Orcust Knightmare" once per turn.
Orcustrated Babel
You can activate the effects of "Orcust" monsters in your GY, or of Link Monsters you control with "Orcust" in their original names, as Quick Effects. During your Main Phase, if this card is in your GY, except the turn it was sent to the GY: You can send 1 card from your hand to the GY; add this card to your hand.
Orcust Cymbal Skeleton
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1500
You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Orcust" monster in your GY, except "Orcust Cymbal Skeleton"; Special Summon it, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can only use this effect of "Orcust Cymbal Skeleton" once per turn.
Linkuriboh (Support monsters)
Linkuriboh
ATK:
300
LINK-1
Link Arrow:
Bottom
1 Level 1 Monster When an opponent's monster declares an attack: You can Tribute this card; change that opponent's monster's ATK to 0, until the end of this turn. If this card is in your GY (Quick Effect): You can Tribute 1 Level 1 monster; Special Summon this card. You can only use this effect of "Linkuriboh" once per turn.
Perform combos:
- Normal Summon Girsu . Activate Girsu 's effect when summoned, sending Orcust Knightmare from the deck to the grave.
- Activate Girsu 's effect, summon 2 tokens to 2 parts of the field, the opponent's token needs to be summoned to the correct column of 1 extra monster zone.
- Summon Linkuriboh with your side's token in the same column as the other side's token.
- At this time, there is a column on the field with 2 cards ( Linkuriboh and token), special summon Purple from your hand to that column.
- Activate Purple 's effect, target and discard Purple , and add Blue from your deck to your hand.
- Special summon Blue to the same space where you summoned Purple . Activate Blue 's effect when summoned, take Indigo from the deck to your hand (because the opponent's side of the field has 1 token and is in the same column as this monster).
- Use Blue and Linkuriboh as ingredients to summon Morning Star . Activate Morning Star 's effect when summoned, discard Indigo from hand to grave, and add World Legacy's Secret from deck to hand.
- Activate Ocust Knightmare 's grave effect, target 1 monster on the field to increase ATK, send Harp Horror from deck to grave.
- Remove Harp Horror from the grave to summon Cymbal Skeleton from your deck.
- Use Girsu and Cymbal Skeleton to summon Galatea. Using Galatea's effect, return the discarded Harp Horror to the deck and place Babel directly from the deck onto the field.
- Re-summon Girsu from the grave with Cymbal Skeleton .
- Summon Dingirsu with Galatea , use Dingirsu 's effect to regain the discarded Cymbal Skeleton as material for this monster.
- Finally, activate Babel and place World Legacy's Secret face down from your hand, ending the combo.
End combo
Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2100
2 Level 8 monsters You can only Special Summon "Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star(s)" once per turn. You can also Xyz Summon this card by using an "Orcust" Link Monster you control as material. If a card(s) you control would be destroyed by battle or card effect, you can detach 1 material from this card instead. If this card is Special Summoned: You can activate 1 of these effects; ● Send 1 card your opponent controls to the GY. ● Attach 1 of your banished Machine monsters to this card as material.
Galatea, the Orcust Automaton
ATK:
1800
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Top-Right
2 Effect Monsters, including an "Orcust" monster This linked card cannot be destroyed by battle. You can target 1 of your banished Machine monsters; shuffle it into the Deck, then you can Set 1 "Orcust" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck. You can only use this effect of "Galatea, the Orcust Automaton" once per turn.
Orcustrated Babel
You can activate the effects of "Orcust" monsters in your GY, or of Link Monsters you control with "Orcust" in their original names, as Quick Effects. During your Main Phase, if this card is in your GY, except the turn it was sent to the GY: You can send 1 card from your hand to the GY; add this card to your hand.
Orcust Cymbal Skeleton
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1500
You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Orcust" monster in your GY, except "Orcust Cymbal Skeleton"; Special Summon it, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters. You can only use this effect of "Orcust Cymbal Skeleton" once per turn.
Orcust's combo ends with monsters, the deck's usual winning conditions:
Babel turns the effects of Orcust monsters in the grave into quick effects.
Dingirsu on the field with 2 ingredients can protect your cards from being destroyed up to 2 times.
Support from the Mekk-Knights
Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star
ATK:
2000
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 monsters, including a "Mekk-Knight" monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster or 1 "World Legacy" card; add 1 "World Legacy" card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star" once per turn. If your "Mekk-Knight" monster battles a monster in a different column than it, your monster cannot be destroyed by that battle, also you take no battle damage from that battle.
Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse
ATK:
2400
DEF:
2400
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Indigo Eclipse" once per turn this way. Once per turn (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster you control; move that target to another of your Main Monster Zones.
World Legacy's Secret
When this card is activated: You can target 1 Level 5 or higher monster in your GY; Special Summon it. When this card leaves the field, destroy that monster. Negate any opponent's monster effect that activates in the same column as a "Mekk-Knight" monster you control.
Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall
ATK:
2500
DEF:
2000
If 2 or more cards are in the same column, you can Special Summon this card (from your hand) in that column. You can only Special Summon "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall" once per turn this way. (Quick Effect): You can target 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster you control; banish it (until the Standby Phase of your next turn), and if you do, add 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your Deck to your hand, except "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall". You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight Purple Nightfall" once per turn.
You will get a board with additional monster equipment:
Purple, after being removed by Purple 's effect, will return to the field during your next turn's standby phase and you can continue to take other Mekk-Knight monsters.
Morning Star protects Mekk-Knight monsters if battle with a monster located in a different column from a Mekk-Knight monster, that Mekk-Knight monster cannot be destroyed by battle, you will not take damage from that battle.
World Legacy's Secret is an annoying set up for the opponent that can negate the effects of monsters activated on the field. This card's summon target when activated is Indigo . Indigo can change the position of the Mekk-Knight monster and is a quick effect so it can be combined with World Legacy's Secret.
World Legacy Key, World Legacy's Memory and World Legacy Succession (Other options for Morning Star's effects)
World Legacy's Memory
Special Summon 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your hand or Deck in Defense Position, but return it to the hand during the End Phase. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except "Mekk-Knight" monsters. You can only activate 1 "World Legacy's Memory" per turn.
Orcust Crescendo and Orcustrated Return (Other options for Galatea's effects)
Orcust Crescendo
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.
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax and I:P Masquerena (Choose another boss for combo)
Mekk-Knight Crusadia Avramax
ATK:
3000
LINK-4
Link Arrow:
Left
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
Right
2+ monsters Special Summoned from the Extra Deck While this Link Summoned card is on the field, your opponent cannot target this card with card effects, also their monsters cannot target monsters for attacks, except this one. Once per battle, during damage calculation, if this card battles a Special Summoned monster (Quick Effect): You can make this card gain ATK equal to that opponent's monster's ATK during that damage calculation only. If this Link Summoned card you control is sent to your GY by an opponent's card: You can shuffle 1 card on the field into the Deck.
I:P Masquerena
ATK:
800
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 non-Link Monsters During your opponent's Main Phase, you can (Quick Effect): Immediately after this effect resolves, Link Summon 1 Link Monster using materials you control, including this card. You can only use this effect of "I:P Masquerena" once per turn. A Link Monster that used this card as material cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects.
Combine card effects together
Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star
ATK:
2000
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Bottom-Left
Bottom-Right
2 monsters, including a "Mekk-Knight" monster If this card is Link Summoned: You can discard 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster or 1 "World Legacy" card; add 1 "World Legacy" card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Mekk-Knight of the Morning Star" once per turn. If your "Mekk-Knight" monster battles a monster in a different column than it, your monster cannot be destroyed by that battle, also you take no battle damage from that battle.
Lib the World Key Blademaster
ATK:
2000
LINK-2
Link Arrow:
Left
Bottom-Left
2 monsters Can only be Link Summoned while you have a "World Legacy" card in your GY. You can only use each of the following effects of "Lib the World Key Blademaster" once per turn. ● During your Main Phase: You can Set 1 "World Legacy" Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, but it cannot be activated this turn while you have no "World Legacy" monster in your GY. ● If this Link Summoned card is sent to the GY as Link Material: You can shuffle 1 card on the field into the Deck.
Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight
ATK:
1800
DEF:
0
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Orcust" or "World Legacy" card from your Deck to the GY, then, if there are 2 or more other cards in this card's column, treat this card as a Tuner this turn. If you control no other monsters: You can Special Summon 1 "World Legacy Token" (Machine/DARK/Level 1/ATK 0/DEF 0) to both players' fields in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Girsu, the Orcust Mekk-Knight" once per turn.
World Legacy's Memory
Special Summon 1 "Mekk-Knight" monster from your hand or Deck in Defense Position, but return it to the hand during the End Phase. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, you cannot Special Summon monsters, except "Mekk-Knight" monsters. You can only activate 1 "World Legacy's Memory" per turn.
World Legacy - "World Wand"
ATK:
500
DEF:
2500
This Normal Summoned/Set card cannot be destroyed by battle with a monster Special Summoned from the Extra Deck. You can only use each of the following effects of "World Legacy - "World Wand"" once per turn. ● If this card is sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 "World Legacy" monster from your hand. ● You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 of your banished "Orcust" monsters; Special Summon it, also you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except DARK monsters.
Thanks to Girsu , you can expand your strategy and link the World Legacy, Orcust, Mekk-Knight archetypes together.
Girsu can send World Wand from the deck to the grave so you can extend the combo, combined with Lib the World Key Blademaster .
As both a Mekk-Knight monster and an Orcust monster, Girsu can be summoned from the deck in two directions: with World Legacy's Memory or Harp Horror , however you will be subject to summoning limits.
The World Legacy Key can reclaim the discarded World Wand to further help you recover more discarded Orcust resources.
How Mekk-Knight monsters are summoned
Morning Star's influence in battle
Impact of Indigo and World Legacy's Secret
Locations to summon your monsters to your opponent's field
Conclusion
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