Karakuri Synchro: deck recipe [Dec 2020]

“Karakuri” is an archetype of EARTH Machine-Type monsters that was originally released in Valiant Souls and that has now, after several months, finally received further support.

“Karakuri” monsters have quite unique effects: as long as they are able to, most of them, with the exception of the Synchro monsters, are forced to attack and, when they are attacked, they change their battle position.

Normal Summon Inishichi first and use its effect to search Kunamzan. Then Special Summon Kunamzan to make Burei or Samurai destroyer. If you already have the monsters onhand, you can Normal Summon Sazank instead then Special Summon Kunamzan to make Bureido. The battle position changing is not really a cost so you essentially Special Summon Kunamzan for free, on the contrary changing your Karakuri monster's battle position is actually helpful to activate Anatomy.

Ninishi is a Level 3 Tuner that, once per turn, allows you to Normal Summon a “Karakuri” monster in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. Since she is a Tuner, her effect that puts another monster on the field is great for Synchro plays.

1. Normal Summon Ninishi and increase its Level by 2 by revealing a Inashichi in your hand (Level Augmentation).
2. Normal Summon Inashichi to use its search effect. Synchro Summon Burei pairing your level augmented Ninishi and Inashichi.
3. If you want to change a monster's battle position, Special Summon Nishipachi with Burei's effect; If you do not want to change an opponent's battle position, Special Summon Nisamu as a small beater with a floating effect.

If you do not have a Karakuri Merchant mdl 177 “Inashichi” in your hand, you can use Karakuri Cash Cache to search it. Alternatively, you can still get to Burei using Ninishi and with paired with any level-4 Karakuri.

Inashichi and Cash Cache are great consistency boosters. They fetch any Karakuri monster you need to make your plays, with Inashichi also being able to fetch Karakuri Spell/Traps like Cash Cache. Cash Cache should prioritize searching Ninishi which is your only Tuner. If you already have Ninishi on hand, go for your non-Tuners prioritizing Inashichi to perform the combo mentioned in the previous section.

Inashichi should always search Cash Cache whenever possible. When you want to search a Karakuri monster with Inashichi, search Cash Cache first then use Cash Cache to search the intended monster to cycle more cards out of your deck. Cash Cache also changes Inashichi to its less vulnerable defense position.

The removal effect is a welcome addition to the deck. How you'll usually activate it is by setting Sazank and fliping it face-up with Burei's effect. You can also set Sazank and wait for the opponent to attack into it.

Being a level-3 monster, you can pair Sazank with a Special Summoned Kunamzan to make Bureido.

Righty Driver is a good Synchro enabler because it fetches a non-Tuner to to pair with itself.

You only really need to run one copy of Lefty Driver because Righty Driver can Special Summon it from anywhere. Lefty Driver's level modulation gives you a ton of flexibility on what you can make, usually with Righty Driver, Lefty Driver, plus one more monster.

Cash Inn is a great turn one set to negate searchers such as Blackwing - Simoon the Poison Wind and Aleister the Invoker. This won't get rid of the opponent's monster, but the free negate should be enough to hinder your opponent from building their ideal board.

Cash Inn's graveyard effect can be used to change the battle position of an opponent's monster, letting you attack over powerful monsters.

Bureido is an amazing resource generator. Karakuris are known for battle position changing so the draw effect is very easy to activate. Upon Synchro Summoning Bureido, you can Special Summon Nishipachi in attack position. Target Nishipachi with his own effect and this will also trigger Bureido's draw effect, replenishing your resource count after summoning such a costly Synchro monster.

Cash Cache is also a good way of triggering Bureido's draw effect, but make sure you control another Karakuri monster or put Bureido in defense position first. Attack position Karakuri monsters are automatically changed to defense position when attacked, letting you also use the once per turn draw effect on your opponent's turn.

Burei is the Synchro monster you want to make when going first. You mostly want him to Special Summon Nisamu from your deck for increased field presence. When your Nisamu is destroyed by battle, you can keep up field presence by Special Summoning another Nisamu or Special Summoning Ninishi to make a Synchro on your next turn.

The battle position changing effect can be used on your opponent's monster to expose their weaker stat. Good against monsters with high ATK but low DEF like Shiranuis, or monsters with high DEF but low ATK like Superheavy Samurai. You can also use this effect on your monsters that have been hit with Floodgate Trap Hole.

Summon Samurai Destroyer as an offensive option. He prevents your opponent from activating effects when he battles, stopping battle traps and disruption like Sphere Kuriboh and Kiteroid, letting all of Samurai Destroyer's attacks go through.

Assuming he does not get changed to defense position, your opponent would most likely get rid of Samurai Destroyer with removal effects before he battles. This is where his floating effect becomes useful to float into any of the Machines in your graveyard, including Synchro monsters and Samurai Destroyer himself. This floating effect can be triggered by any form of removal, making it somewhat unavoidable.

Monsters battling Samurai Destroyer have their effects negated. This makes Samurai Destroyer a good way to get rid of monsters without triggering their floating effects. You can also attack into monsters and ignore their self ATK boosts.

Boost Nisamu or Ninishi by 4 levels with your Skill and use both to make Star Eater. Star Eater's effect compensates for this deck's lack of backrow removal similar to Samurai Destroyer. But instead of preventing your opponent from activating effects, Star Eater makes itself immune to all effects during battle.

Balmung is just a weak beater you can make with Lefty Driver plus Righty Driver. The deck has nothing for self-destruction so Balmung's floating effect will practically never be used.

Brionac's mass removal effect can be costly but can clear your opponent's field for an OTK. When using his effect conservatively you want to only target your opponent's boss monsters and Extra Deck monsters for removal.

• Disrupting your plays and preventing you from Synchro Summoning is not that difficult. Treacherous Trap Hole in particular can be devastating but they are definitely not the only threats you have to look out for.
  
  
• Only being able to use Level Augmentation once per Duel can be quite a hindrance.

Nishipachi is usually used when being Special Summoned by Burei or Bureido. Its ability to change the opponnent's battle position upon summoning can have some good utility. Aside from that, Nishipachi can also flip monsters that have been hit with Floodgate Trap Hole or Paleozoic Canadia back up.

Nisamu is an excellent floater letting you Special Summon any of your Karakuri monsters upon battle destruction. You can Special Summon another copy of Nisamu with his effect to stall your opponent until you are sure they have run out of attacks, then Special Summon Ninishi with Nisamu's effect. On your turn you should be able to comeback with a Synchro Summon. This usually comes up when you don't open with Ninishi or Cash Cache.

Nisamu also is the closest thing this deck has to a Main Deck beater to be Special Summoned by Burei or Bureido when pushing damage.

Psychic Tracker is a self Special Summoning monster making him good for Synchro plays. His summoning condition for this deck only require you control a Ninishi. Psychic Tracker can then be paired with Ninishi to make a level-6 Synchro, or you can combine Psychic Tracker, Ninishi, and Inashichi to make Bureido.

Having an EARTH monster Synchro deck gives you access to Naturia Synchros which specialize in negation. Naturia Landoise is a great first turn play if you have Spell cards on hand. Most combo starters are monsters,think Shiranui Squire and Magicians Rod, so a properly timed negation by Landoise can shut down some deck's entire turn.

However one problem with Landoise is its effect cost. This deck doesn't really have any Spells you want to keep on hand, much less discard as cost. Cash Cache will usually be immediately used to fetch a Karakuri, so deciding whether to set your Quick-Play Spells depends on predicting your opponent's deck.

Barkion gives Trap negation which is useful against some decks, particularly control decks. His effect cost is easier to provide compared to Landoise, because this deck does not really have ways to recycle cards in the graveyard except with Samurai Destroyer. Between Synchro Summonings and cycling your deck with Nisamu and Cash Cache, you should have enough cards in your graveyard for multiple Barkion effect cost.

Notable cards you should negate are Magician Navigation, Fiendish Chain, Floodgate Trap Hole, battle traps such as Wall of Disruption, and removal effects such as Raigeki Break.

Karakuri Anatomy is a great representation of the Karakuri playstyle, namely battle position changing and resource gaining. It is very easy to get 2 counters on this card since all your Karakuri monsters have innate effects that change their battle position. Cash Cache is a good search card that also helps fuel Anatomy for efficient deck thinning.

Here is a sample of a full combo you can perform, netting you a total 3 searches and 2 draws!

1. Normal Summon Inashichi and activate his search effect. Activate Karakuri Anatomy.
2. Special Summon Kunamzan and change Inashichi's battle position.
3. Activate Cash Cache to get a search and change Inashichi's battle position.
4. Activate Anatomy to draw 2 cards.
5. Synchro Summon Burei and use his search effect.

This combo involves a lot of cards but is actually quite consistent due to all the searching.

Karakuri decks lack any form of removal including backrow removal. This can be a problem when your boss monster, specifically Bureido, lacks any form of protection. Hey, Trunade gets rid of all your opponent's set backrow giving you an opening to attack safely.

If your Karakuri draw engine is working properly, losing one Draw Phase to Offerings' cost is not really that big of a loss. Offerings helps compensate for Karakuri's lack of removal effects. Activating multiple Offerings on the same turn will still only cost you one Draw Phase, so this is a possible way to minimize resource loss.

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