Introduction to Lunalight

Lunalight Kaleido Chick

The default Normal Summon of the deck, as on a soft once per turn, Kaleido Chick has the ability to send a Lunalight monster from the Main or Extra Deck to the GY as a cost for the effect of treating her name as that sent monster if she is used for a Fusion Summon. If she is banished, her last effect can stop the opponent from activating any cards or effects during the Battle Phase. This is good in metas where opponents are likely to be playing decks with Battle Phase effects or when Loading... 's play rate increases. Thanks to Loading... , this effect is now easier to activate during the opponent's turn than ever before.

The main monster to send to the GY with her first effect is Loading... .

Lunalight Yellow Marten

On a hard once per turn, while in the hand or GY, Marten can return a Lunalight card to the hand to Special Summon herself, but she is then banished if she leaves the field. Additionally, if sent to the GY by a card effect, she can search a "Lunalight" Spell/Trap.

The most common target to return to hand with her first effect is Loading... .

Lunalight Tiger

The whole reason this Deck functions. While in the Pendulum Zone, on a SOFT once per turn, she can summon a Lunalight from the GY but it has its effects negated and cannot attack and dies at end of turn. Additionally, on a hard once per turn, if she is destroyed, her monster effect allows summoning a Lunalight monster from the GY without negating its effects.

Since putting a Pendulum Monster in hand face-up into the Pendulum Zone is an unrestricted action, returning Tiger to hand allows her Pendulum Effect to be activated multiple times in one turn to resummon multiple Lunalight monsters.

Lunalight Serenade Dance

This card has two useful properties, although neither one justifies running more than one copy of this card. First, it is a valid target for Loading... since it is a "Lunalight" Trap. While this does not sound very exceptional, it is an important distinction. Additionally, while in the GY, this card can banish itself to send a card from hand to GY as effect and summon a Lunalight monster from the deck.

Luna Light Perfume

Yes, that's right, "Luna Light". A singular space stops this card from being part of the Lunalight archetype and being searchable by Loading... . Although, in return this card lacks any form of restriction, allowing both of this card's wonderful effects to be used multiple times per turn.

If played from the hand, it summons a Lunalight monster from the GY. While in the GY, the card can banish itself and discard a card as cost to search a "Lunalight" monster from the Deck.

Lunalight Emerald Bird

While not extremely useful and therefore not mandatory, Loading... still has useful effects and can be used as a 1-of. If Summoned, she can send a "Lunalight" card from hand to GY as effect to draw 1 card.

If she is sent to the GY by effect, she can, on a hard once per turn, summon a different Lunalight monster from the GY but negates its effects.

Fire Formation - Tenki

On activation, this card searches any Level 4 or lower Beast-Warrior from the deck. Since it is a Continuous Spell, however, it is vulnerable to destruction effects that can be chained to its activation, such as Loading... .

Foolish Burial Goods

Sends a Spell/Trap from deck to GY, most commonly Loading... .

Tearlaments Scheiren

A DARK Level 4 Aqua that can special summon herself from the hand by sending another monster from your hand to the GY by effect, and then milling 3 more cards from the top of your Deck. Even without running the rest of her archetype, she is a good generic extender.

Foolish Burial

This card sends a monster from Deck to the GY as effect. This means Loading... or Loading... get the chance to use their second effect. Additionally, it is effective in baiting opponents to use their Loading... negation.

Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King

A Rank 4 that requires two Beast-Warriors as material. On summon, he searches a copy of Loading... and has the ability to negate the effects of all monsters on the field except Beast-Warriors until the end of the opponent's next turn, which is useful if going 2nd.

Loading... does have some problems, however. The main thing is that since he requires two Beast-Warriors as material, you already need at least a semi-playable hand to summon him. Additionally, since the mass negate effect only detaches one material, there is a tendency for one of the two materials to be trapped underneath this card, requiring a Link monster that can use FIRE Beast-Warriors as material, which can be solved by running a copy of Loading... , but is generally not worth the Extra Deck space investment. As for requiring two Beast-Warrior monsters as material, if running a copy of Loading... , a hand containing Loading... and a second Level 4 Lunalight monster becomes able to summon Loading... to search Loading... .

Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir

Being just about the opposite of an extender, this card functions as a Plan B. In case something goes horribly wrong (such as a resolved Loading... ), any two Level 4 monsters can make this card in Defense Position. While in Defense Position, Loading... forces all other face-up monsters on the field (except Link Monsters) to be in Defense Position and negates their activated effects. Since it detaches one of its own materials each turn, this card will destroy itself after three of your Standby Phases.

The usefulness of this card depends on the opponent's ability to prevent this card from stopping their combos. Decks that mainly rely on monster effects being activated somewhere other than the field, decks that mainly rely on the effects of Link monsters, decks that can remove this card before beginning their plays, or generic cards such as Loading... can easily deal with Loading... . Despite these shortcomings, it is still capable of single-handedly turning around what would have otherwise been a lost game against opponents who fail to draw the out.

That Grass Looks Greener

The iconic payoff of 60 card decks, Loading... is capable of sending up to 20 cards from the Deck to the GY as an effect. The maximum allowed copies of this should be ran in 60 card decklists.

Raider's Knight & Arc Rebellion Xyz Dragon

Requiring two Level 4 DARK monsters as material, Loading... can then detach a material from himself to summon the Rank 5 Loading... on top of itself. The Dragon can then detach the other Level 4 material (not the Loading... ) to negate the effects of all other face-up monsters and gain ATK equal to the original ATKs of all other face-up monsters on the field, but for the rest of the turn you can only declare an attack with Loading... . After activating this effect, Loading... will usually have enough ATK to kill the opponent.

Fairy Tail - Snow

Generally used in 60 card lists or otherwise mill heavy decks, Loading... banishes 7 cards (usually from the GY) to Special Summon herself from the GY and can then flip an opponent's monster to face-down Defense Position. Besides being usable as interruption, since her ability to Special Summon herself is not restricted by a once per turn, she can be repeatedly summoned and used as Link Material as long as there are enough cards for her to banish.

Note also that if Loading... banishes Loading... during the opponent's turn, they will not be able to activate cards or effects during their own Battle Phase, preventing the activation of Loading... .

S:P Little Knight

An Extra Deck card that, besides being a good generic monster and an overall good summon off of Loading... , she can also be used to banish Loading... on your opponent's turn, preventing your opponent from activating things during the battle phase, very effective against Tenpai Dragon.