Evilswarm: deck recipe [Jan 15]

Focusing on the "lswarm" monsters that can give additional summons, it makes it easy to go for a rank 4 XYZ, including Evilswarm Bahamut so that they can take control of the opponent's monster. And since there's also a Rock-type monster, Adusted Gold and Dark Gaia can be slotted in to have another high ATK monster for some OTK plays.

This can help make your turn 1 play a little better/safer/faster since you can special summon 2 Heliotrope from the deck, allowing you to Xyz into Evilswarm Nightmare for a somewhat "safe" turn 1 play.

You can run multiple copies to increase the odds of getting it earlier, but this can end up bricking you after its first use, which is why Unexpected Dai can be more preferred.

These are added because they can be a quick and easy way to perform a fusion, being able to bring out a high attack monster to help with the offensive.

Once you get Adusted Gold, activate its effect to search Dark Calling from your deck. You can only fuse into Dark Gaia with Adusted Gold and Heliotrope, and they need to either be in the hand or grave.

Use Unexpected Dai to get Heliotrope from the deck to the field. Then XYZ into any rank 4 with any other level 4 monster that can activate its effect right away. Abyss Dweller is one of the better option that you can use since it's a quick effect. Send the Heliotrope from a material to the grave so you can activate Dark Calling.

Dark Gaia summoned using Adusted Gold and Heliotrope will be 4050, which is high enough to beat over most monsters, and can OTK if you can get a direct attack. Its attack helps when going against defensive decks that often sets their monster.

Useful to help trigger the skill without ending up with low LP. Being special summonable and a level 4 monster is useful for making rank 4 XYZ play as well.

Living up to their name, Evilswarm decks are great at swarming the field with level-4 monsters. This trait allows them to function as an effective Rank-4 spam deck. Among them, Castor might be the simplest to use; simply Normal Summon Castor then use the extra summon to put another level-4 onboard, giving you the materials needed for a Rank-4 play.

Kerykeion is another monster that gives you extra Normal Summons. However his effect requires a bit more graveyard setup. This does not reduce from his overall usefulness, only that he won't be as useful early game.

The graveyard recovery essentially makes him a one-card Xyz enabler because you can immediately Normal Summon the monster you recovered. This makes him better than Castor when you're low on hand resources.

You can use Kerykeion's effect alongside Castor to Normal Summon 3 monsters in a single turn.

1. Normal Summon Castor then Normal Summon Kerykeion.
2. Kerykeion recovers an lswarm monster and immediately Normal Summons it.

This is to help bring out a monster from the deck to make a rank 4 XYZ play. It's also the only Rock type monster in the deck, which is what's needed to fuse into Dark Gaia with Adusted Gold. Heliotrope's ATK is also decent enough for a level 4 which contributes to Dark Gaia's ATK.

Heliotrope is also part of the "lswarm" archetype, so it has some synergy with the other cards. Switching it with another level 4 Rock type normal monster won't work as well.

To be used when your LP gets low. Its effect can be used more than once per turn. With 3 materials, it will end up with 4000 ATK and -3000 ATK on your opponent's monster, potentially getting an OTK.

Only go into this when you want to go into Utopia Ray, which is only when your LP is 1000 or lower.

Bahamut's on-demand monster stealing effect is great for breaking enemy boards while also increasing your field presence. Stealing enemy monsters is just as strong as it sounds, unless their boss monster is immune to targeting.

Has a quick effect so you can reliably send Heliotrope to the grave to fuse for Dark Gaia. Its effect is also very useful to stop cards from activating in the grave.

Just keep in mind that you'll want to activate the effect before your opponent's card activate, instead of chaining after it happens.

Effective when going against only 1 strong boss monster. The banish effect is only temporary, but it can be enough to win some games.

Banishing XYZ monsters will also remove all their materials, and some monsters can't be special summoned back if it says they can't be special summoned in their text, making it a permanent banish.

It's a very strong defensive effect since it doesn't target and can be used twice in a single turn, giving the deck a somewhat safe turn 1 play.

If it doesn't get disrupted, there's a pretty high chance of it being able to use its effect since most decks special summons monsters to make strong plays.

One of the good turn 1 options XYZ monsters that you can do. Doing this on first turn can essentially change how your opponent plays their first turn, making them more defensive and not summon their boss monsters right away. You can then follow up with Dark Gaia next turn.

Can be a good follow-up after flipping your opponent's monsters to face down from Nightmare's effect. It's mainly worth it if you think you really need the removal since you will need to use Malevolent Sin to go into this and Corebage's effect can only be used once.

Incredibly useful against decks that use the same name monsters like Harpies or Cyber Dragons, especially since it doesn't even target and is a quick effect.

Mandragora's inherent Special Summoning effect is fairly easy to activate since you'll be combining your monsters a lot for Rank-4 plays. Also going second almost always guarantees you to Special Summon Mandragora. This makes Mandragora a great field extender.

A full combo can go something like this:

1. Special Summon Mandragora.
2. Normal Summon Castor then Normal Summon Kerykeion.
3. Make a Rank-4 with Mandragora and Castor. Use the Rank-4 monster's effect to spend an Xyz material.
4. Use Kerykeion's effect to recover and Normal Summon an lswarm monster.
5. Make your second Rank-4 Xyz for the turn.

Unlike your other Main Deck lswarm monsters, Hraesvelg doesn't have a swarming effect. Instead it has a removal effect which can be used for stalling. Set Hraesvelg when you go first; this should be enough to get rid of boss monsters like Shiranui Sunsaga. Other than that Hraesvelg being a level-4 makes him useful as Rank-4 material.

Dark Gaia can be a threatening card, which will often make your opponent focus on it. Having Lance prevents your monsters from being hit with dangerous spells/traps, but also lowers your opponent's ATK.

It has more value if the meta has plenty of decks that use powerful spells/traps, but even if not, Lance still isn't a dead draw if you get it to help with damage calculation.

The Spell/Trap cards in this deck are mostly generic tech options with control effects, useful in almost any deck. Terminus however, is a powerful removal card exclusive to lswarm decks.

It essentially works like an improved Ballista Squad, freeing up a monster zone while also removing enemy cards. Use this to get rid of your monsters afflicted with a debuff. Also it's best to target enemy Extra Deck monsters and other monsters that are difficult to get back on the field.

Since this is an XYZ focused deck, there's a decent chance you'll be able to use this in a duel. While most of the rank 4s aren't super impactful, being able to bring back Bahamut to take control of your opponent's monster again can instantly turn around a duel.

If you don't have chalice, you can consider bringing this instead. There will be many powerful monster effects that you'll need to stop to prevent their combo. The downside compared to chalice is that this will end up stuck in your field if your opponent simply goes into an XYZ or synchro with their locked monster.

Helps stop enemy combos, similar to Fiendish Chain. The additional effect of being able to special summon it is a nice bonus, but this deck has no ways to take advantage of it, especially since this isn't a trap heavy deck.

Cowboy in defense position lets you burn the opponent's last 800LP to steal some wins. Other than that, the attack position effect is pretty good for beating down powerful enemy monsters.

Works similarly to Bahamut, but this one is more resource heavy. Unexpected Dai and Castor can make you end up with 3 level 4 on the field, but it's often better to go Bahamut and have another monster on your field in case something happens.

Unlike Kachi Kochi Dragon, Samurai's multi-attack effect can be used without battling an enemy monster. This way you can use both attacks to hit directly and push a ton of damage.

You can summon Samurai alongside Cowboy and give Cowboy the double attack. Cowboy with his attack position effect can then attack over two enemy monsters.

One of the options to deal with opponent's back row. This can be useful if you want to just destroy 1 card so you can follow up with a Dark Gaia and go for OTK.

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