Chimera

Master V from on November 23rd, 2024 • 9 comments
cp-ur 1110 + cp-sr 720
60 cards

Notes & Combos

  • Initially I was climbing with an 45 deck variant till I had a mirror match with another Chimera deck that performed an Chimera/Yubel Beatrice combo on me. I was instantly sold and during solo play testing I noticed I could take the combo a little further, which eventually led me to using an 60 card variant. Results were not bad at all and made it pretty far up a few times, but kept deranking due to consistency issues, which was expected.
  • Few comments for certain cards in the deck.
  • Tour Guide From the Underworld / Sangan / Fiendish Rhino Warrior : a small engine I use time to time if I don't open any of my Chimera cards.
  • Nightmare Apprentice Its amazing how one card can change a whole deck. This card raised the power level of Chimera to an ladder threat.
  • Beatrice Lady Of The Eternal: I fully understand now why people are calling for this card to be banned. Sending any card from the deck to the graveyard on demand is insane.
  • Nightmare Magician/ Talons of Shurilane / Vouiburial the Dragon Undertaker: I played the different illusion cards and got "relatively" best results from these three cards. Quick fun facts: Talons effect can trigger Nightmare Throne's effect if the selected monster is an Yubel monster, Nightmare Magician effects occur in the damage step similar to Tenpai, and Undertaker effect must lower the ATK of the monster to work, so it doesn't work on 0 attack monsters.
  • Mirage Mirror Force: Funny little tech card that I didn't used much during my climb. Yet, I know I caught people off guard when played though. It has a graveyard effect that can save you from being OTK at the right moment too.
  • Rainbow Bridge of Salvation / Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger: This is used to bridge into your Yubel cards. Either send Rainbow bridge to the graveyard via Foolish Burial Goods or Beatrice Lady Of The Eternal. WARNING: You need an Crystal beast in the deck for Rainbow bridge to work, so if you have Topaz tiger in your hand before using Rainbow Bridge then it becomes a dead card. I learned this the hard way.
  • Spirit Of Yubel / Yubel - Terror Incarnate: In theory you can just run one Spirit Of Yubel, but I like the option of having another one in your hand as backup. Meanwhile Yubel - Terror Incarnate has to be used to pull off putting an Nightmare Pain on your initial end board.
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  • I play tested different tech cards along the way till I settled on list that is shown. So sometimes you will see cards not on the list in the duels, but the core of the deck remains the same. Duels with some flavor of the Beatrice Bridge Combo was marked too.
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMpLNJ6YcIg

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3 months ago

I appreciate the effort you put into documenting your deck!

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3 months ago

Thanks for the Kudos. It is a habit that I acquired when I was trying to get better with Branded. Sometimes writing (or rewriting if a combo sheet exists already) things down in your own personal writing style helps things click faster.

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3 months ago
  • For anyone interested, below are my personal notes (separate comment reply) to get the end board that I used to climb the ranks. Maybe someone else gets inspired and takes the endboard even further or have a better idea. Heads up though, It wouldn't surprise me in the future that Beatrice Lady Of The Eternal gets banned, so better use the card and have fun till then!
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMpLNJ6YcIg best examples of the end board being setup are marked in the video.

Roughly the ideal End Board:

Field:

  • Muckraker From the Underworld: Battle/Destruction Protection
  • Phantom of Yubel: Monster Effect Protection, including unaffected monster effects
  • Beatrice Lady Of The Eternal: Able to send Barrier Statue of The Abyss / The Black Goat Laughs.
  • Big-Winged Berfomet:Special Summon any Illusion monster from the GY when fused
  • Nightmare Throne:Special Summon Yubel monster if a Yubel monster leaves the field
  • Chimera Fusion : Fusion summon Guardian Chimera , Magnum The Reliever, or any of the chimera monsters.
  • Nightmare Pain: Redirect attacks to Yubel monsters

Hand:

  • Spirit Of Yubel: Special summon from the hand to the field, adds another Nightmare Pain to the hand, saves you from an OTK, and Attacks can be redirected to it if Nightmare Pain is on the field.
  • Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws : Fusion Material that can allow you to add Vouiburial the Dragon Undertaker or Talons of Shurilane from the hand to the deck for more disruption.

Graveyard:

  • Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts: Special summon any illusion, beast, or fiend from the graveyard to the field. Works best with Barrier Statue of The Abyss against non-Dark Decks, while Nightmare Magician for dark decks.
  • Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts: Special summon any illusion, beast, or fiend from banishment to the field.
  • Cornfield Coatl : Targeting protection when you have Chimera The Flying Mythical Beast on the field.
  • Mirror Swordknight: Field Monster effect negation when you have Chimera The Flying Mythical Beast on the field.
  • Polymerization: Makes your Guardian Chimera untargetable if summoned.
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3 months ago

- General notes on Beatrice/Chimera/Yubel Bridge combo steps

  • Multiple ways to get a similar end board, so just using the best example starting cards: Nightmare Apprentice & Frightfur Patchwork
  • Main Phase
  • NOTE: Special Summon all Monsters in the main monster zone till told.
  1. Activate Frightfur Patchwork to add Edge Imp Chain and Polymerization from the deck to the hand.
  2. Special summon Nightmare Apprentice by discarding a card (NOT EDGE IMP CHAIN) and add Cornfield Coatl from deck to the hand.
  3. Activate Cornfield Coatl effect in the hand to discard it to the add Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws from the deck to the hand.
  4. Normal Summon Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws and use its effect to add Chimera Fusion from the deck to the hand.
  5. Activate Polymerization to fusion summon Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts by using Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws on the field and Edge Imp Chain in the hand as material.
  6. Chain Link Activation: Link 1: Activate Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts effect to send 1 random card from the opponent hand to the graveyard during the end phase Link 2: Activate Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws effect to add 1 illusion monster from the deck to the hand. Link 3: Activate Edge Imp Chain effect to add 1 Frightfur card from the deck to the hand.
  7. Chain Link Resolution:Link 3: Use Edge Imp Chain effect to add Frightfur Patchwork from the deck to the hand. Link 2:Use Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws effect to add Mirror Swordknight from the deck to the hand Link 1: Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts effect is resolved.
  8. XYZ Summon Beatrice Lady Of The Eternal by using Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts and Nightmare Apprentice
  9. Activate Beatrice Lady Of The Eternal effect by detaching Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts to send Rainbow Bridge of Salvation from the deck to the graveyard.
  10. Activate Rainbow Bridge of Salvation in the graveyard to add Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger and Nightmare Throne from the deck to the hand.
  11. Activate Nightmare Throne and select to destroy Yubel in the deck.
  12. Activate Yubel effect to special summon Yubel - Terror Incarnate from the deck to the field.
  13. Activate Chimera Fusion to fusion summon Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts by using Yubel - Terror Incarnate on the field and Mirror Swordknight in the hand as material.
  14. Chain Link Activation: Link 1: Activate Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts effect to send 1 beast, Fiend, or Illusion monster from the deck to the graveyard Link 2: Activate Nightmare Throne to add 1 Yubel monster from the deck, graveyard, or banishment, whose original level 1 higher or lower than 1 of those monsters, then you can special summon it, ignoring its conditions.
  15. Chain Link Resolution: Link 2: Use Nightmare Throne effect to Add Spirit Of Yubel from the deck to the hand and special summon it to the field. Link 1: Use Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts effect to send Big-Winged Berfomet from the deck to the graveyard.
  16. Activate Spirit Of Yubel effect to add Nightmare Pain from the deck to the hand.
  17. Activate Nightmare Pain effect to destroy the Spirit Of Yubel on the field to add Spirit Of Yubel from the deck to the hand.
  18. Activate Spirit Of Yubel effect to special summon Yubel from the graveyard to the hand.
  19. Link Summon Muckraker From the Underworld to the Extra Monster Zone using Yubel and Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts as material.
  20. Activate Muckraker From the Underworld effect to special summon Big-Winged Berfomet from the graveyard to the field by discarding Crystal Beast Topaz Tiger from the hand.
  21. Activate Big-Winged Berfomet effect to add Chimera Fusion and Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws from the deck to the hand.
  22. Activate Chimera Fusion effect in the graveyard to add itself back to the hand.
  23. Set both Chimera Fusion facedown on the spell/trap zones.
  24. Special Summon Phantom of Yubel by shuffling Yubel and Spirit Of Yubel from the graveyard to the deck.

End Phase

  1. Chimera The King of Phantom Beasts effect will randomly discard 1 card from the opponent's hand.
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3 months ago

What does the tour guide engine do exactly? Sangan searched monster can't be activated.

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3 months ago
  • Sangan: I got the idea in using this card from this deck list (https://www.masterduelmeta.com/top-decks/master-i/may-2024/unchained/sauron-the-dark-lord/KoMGn). Pretty much a tech card used to grab Ash Blossom, Maxx C, or even Spirit Yubel that I can use on the opponent's turn if I knew I wasn't going to win the duel that turn. Also, not only being a secondary target for Tour Guide, but it can be triggered by Nightmare Pain and Chimera Fusion as well. Even though I wasn't able to pull it off often, I am confident I surprised a few people with the random Ash Blossom/Maxx C being search when I actually did pull it off.

  • Tour Guide From the Underworld / Fiendish Rhino Warrior: Tour guide was mainly used along with Rhino most of the time. This engine at least gets you an Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts on the field. I went for this line if I had none of my chimera cards. You end up barely a board, but at least it is something rather then nothing at all. Roughly, you'll end with Muckraker From the Underworld/Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts on the field, 1 face down Chimera Fusion, Cornfield Coatl/Mirror Swordknight in the GY, and Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws in the hand. The rest is whatever you "bricked" with at the time. Below is what I did to roughly to pull it off.

  • Tour Guide Engine for Chimera notes

  1. Normal Summon Tour Guide From the Underworld and activate her effect to special summon Fiendish Rhino Warrior from the deck to the field.
  2. Link Summon Muckraker From the Underworld to the Extra Monster Zone by using Tour Guide From the Underworld and Fiendish Rhino Warrior as material.
  3. Fiendish Rhino Warrior effect will be triggered and use it to send Big-Winged Berfomet from the deck to the graveyard.
  4. Activate Muckraker From the Underworld effect to special summon Big-Winged Berfomet from the graveyard to the field by discarding 1 card from the hand.
  5. Activate Big-Winged Berfomet effect to add Chimera Fusion and Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws from the deck to the hand.
  6. Activate Chimera Fusion to fusion summon Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts by using Big-Winged Berfomet on the field and Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws in the hand as material.
  7. Chain Link Activation: Link 1: Activate Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts effect to send 1 Beast, Fiend, or Illusion from the deck to the graveyard. Link 2: Activate Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws effect to add 1 illusion monster from the deck to the hand.
  8. Chain Link Resolution:Link 2: Use Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws effect to add Cornfield Coatl from the deck to the hand Link 1: Use Berfomet The Mythical King Of Phantom Beasts to send Mirror Swordknight from the deck to the graveyard.
  9. Activate Cornfield Coatl effect to add Gazelle The King Of Mythical Claws from the deck to the hand.
  10. Activate Chimera Fusion in the graveyard to add itself from the graveyard to the hand
  11. Set Chimera Fusion face down in the spell/trap zone.
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3 months ago

Thank you very much for the detailed explanation.

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3 months ago

very excited to test this out! i dont have the URs for underworld, so im gonna exclude them & sangan. would you also take out fiendish?

what else would you run in place of those 3-4 cards?

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3 months ago

The "TourGuide Engine" (TourGuide/Sangan/Fiendish) is mainly a "place holder engine" till something else better comes along. I was hoping Fiendsmith to come in the December 2024 pack, but it doesn't look like the case. You can almost make the argument to cut the engine to lower the card count, but at 56 cards you might as well go the full 60, lol. If you really want to replace them, you can add in more Yubel cards (i.e. Samsara Lotus/One For One/Squirmer ) as an possible alternative suggestion. Yet, I would wait crafting those Yubel cards till we see what does the new upcoming pack has to offer outside of "Diabellze the Original Sinkeeper".