Paleozoic: deck recipe [Nov 2020]

“Paleozoic” is an archetype of mostly Normal Trap Cards that have the ability to Special Summon themselves from the Graveyard as Level 2 WATER monsters. You are probably already familiar with some of these cards: Paleozoic Canadia and Paleozoic Hallucigenia are quite popular in the current meta, but you likely haven’t seen them being played in a dedicated deck.

Paleozoic is a Control Deck that focuses on disrupting the opponent’s plays while keeping card advantage, slowly depleting their resources until they finally succumb to the onslaught of 2400 ATK “Paleozoic” monsters under the Field Spell Wetlands.

Other popular versions of the deck run Vision HERO Witch Raider or Citadel Whale as alternative winning conditions, taking advantage of the fact that “Paleozoic” cards are Trap Cards and WATER monsters respectively.

Dewdark is great card for easily dealing a hefty amount of damage to your opponent. With Sogen active this damage goes up to a huge 2400 hit. Paleozoic Traps are always summoned as level-2 monsters so Dewdark will almaost always be able to attack directly, unless you have Extra Deck monsters onboard.

Aside from being an excellent damage dealer Dewdark is also a Tuner, giving you access to Synchro plays.

Take note that even though they don't have levels, controlling an Xyz monster of any Rank will prevent Dewdark from utilizing its effect.

To incorporate a Ritual Beast Engine, all you really need to do is add Winda to the Main Deck and some Ritual Beast Fusions to your unused Extra Deck space.

Summon then crash Winda into enemy monsters to get the Spiritual Beast Fusions onboard. These Fusion monsters function as stable bodies on the field, because your Paleozoic monsters are pretty easy to run over if you don't have Sogen.

Ulti-Apelio is a powerful offense-oriented monster. The 2600 is a decent amount of ATK for a beater, but what really makes Ulti-Apelio so powerful is his immunity to all card effects during battle. This makes him entirely immune to battle traps such as Drowning Mirror Force and debuffs such as Forbidden Lance.

When the opponent destroys Winda, Special Summon Ulti-Pettlephin to prevent them from getting more damage in. Ulti-Pettlephin's immunity to the most common form of removal combined with its high DEF stat makes it an annoying wall to overcome, especially when factoring in all the backrow used in this deck.

Lava Golem's rare method of removing enemy monsters is the reason why it's so effective and hard to counter. Simply dropping Lava Golem to the opponent's field is enough to get rid of practically any problem monster, subsequently burning 1000LP when the opponent's turn comes around.

The heavy backrow run by this deck is also ideal for getting rid of the 3000ATK monster you put on the opponent's field. Suggested ways to dispose of Lava Golem include Amulet of Ambition on a Paleozoic monster, Wall of Disruption, and Drowning Mirror Force.

Equip this to any Paleozoic monster to instantly turn them into a powerful beater. The Paleozoic monsters are all level-2 so practically anything they battle should give them a significant boost.

Supports Paleozoics extremely well, turning all their monsters into 2400 ATK beaters. This also turns Dewdark of the Ice Barrier into a 2400 ATK monster that can attack directly.

Paleozoic Traps all share a common effect; while they're in the graveyard and either player activates a Trap card, you can Special Summon one Paleozoic Trap as a monster

When on the field as monsters, Paleozoics are immune to monster effects which is a great asset against things like Shiranui Spiritmaster. The low base stats make them difficult to use at first, but once you get a boost from Sogen you'll have an endless army of 2400 ATK beaters.

Use Paleozoic Canadia to disrupt your opponent’s plays: flip their monsters face-down to prevent them from attacking, expose weak DEF stats, and even prevent them from Synchro Summoning if you flip a newly summoned monster face-down.

Even halving the opponent's ATK is a bit useless when your monsters all have a 1200 ATK base. This effect is much more useful with Sogen active, or if you have an Extra Deck monster onboard. However, in terms of survival this does reduce the opponent's damage potential by a lot, hopefully letting you live till your next turn.

Pikaia is a good draw engine. Realistically, you'll only want to discard Pikaia or Marella as cost, because Canadia and Hallucigenia have amazing control effects.

Like Marella, Pikaia's effect is a great way to fill the graveyard with Paleozoics to later Special Summon.

Use Marella to thin your Deck and set up Paleozoics in the graveyard to later Special Summon.

Marella is probably the Paleozoic whose effect works at its best no matter when you activate it. This makes it a great trigger when you want to Special Summon Paleozoics from the graveyard.

Because your monsters are all level-2, you can only really make level-6 or 4 Synchro. But since the level-6 pool is much more versatile, it would be better to allocate Extra Deck space for that.

Brionac is good for field clearing and loading the graveyard with Paleozoics.

Coral Dragon is generally a good option to make. Compared to Brionac, its effect is more effective in single-target situations. The floating effective gives you some refund on resources incase your Coral Dragon is removed.

Summon White Aura Dolphin if you don't have anything onhand to use as cost. The ATK halving effect and decent base stat makes it good for attacking over enemy monsters. White Aura Dolphin also has decent staying power, with its ability to revive itself by banishing Dewdark in your graveyard.

Summon Graydle Dragon by using Dewdark and a level-6 monster as material then immediately destroy two enemy cards. It functions as a 3000 ATK beater onboard, and the floating effect lets you revive whatever Synchro monster you used to make Graydle Dragon.

The Skill Territory of the Sharks makes it possible to make Rank-4 Xyz. Among your options, Spider Shark is definitely the best of the bunch and you should consider making it first. Other than that, fill your Extra Deck with WATER monsters you can occasionally make.

For builds that don't use Territory of the Sharks, Crumble Logos is a decent Rank-2 you can make with your Paleozoic monsters. The targeted effect negation can be used to turn off key enemy cards.

• The deck is fairly slow and can take a while to set up properly, which is definitely not ideal right now. A more aggressive deck can easily get rid of your backrow with a Hey, Trunade!, Cosmic Cyclone or Dragon Spirit of White and OTK you on Turn 2.

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