Crystron SSA: deck recipe [Post-Banlist]

Get your plays going by summoning Genex Undine or Scrap Recycler and putting the non-Tuner Crystrons in your graveyard. Crystron non-Tuners have effects that activate in the graveyard, which either give deck searching or field presence. More on the non-Tuners' effects will be explained in the section below, but generally you want to pitch Crystron Thystvern first.

Of the two, Undine is the better setup card because aside from pitching Crystrons she can also pitch Citadel Whale to start your SSA setup. Additionally she searches Genex Controller for free which is the only reason we run Genex Controller in this deck. Genex Controller an be used as Synchro material, or occasionally as discard fodder to Special Summon Sulfefnir if you don't have non-Tuner Crystrons on hand.

Of the two, Undine is the better setup card because aside from pitching Crystrons she can also pitch Citadel Whale to start your SSA setup. Additionally she searches Genex Controller for free which is the only reason we run Genex Controller in this deck. Genex Controller an be used as Synchro material, or occasionally as discard fodder when Special Summon Sulfefnir if you don't have non-Tuner Crystrons on hand.

These monsters are combo pieces to lead into your SSA board setup or a Synchro Summon. All of them, except Sulfefnir, share the effect of Special Summoning a Crystron Tuner from your deck and a unique effect that activates while in the graveyard.

Crystron Thystvern should always be the monster you pitch to the graveyard whenever possible, and you should always banish it from the graveyard to search Sulfefnir.

Sulfefnir is a combo extender generally played after you search him out with Thystvern. You will usually Special Summon him with his own effect to destroy himself and Special Summon another Crystron from your deck. Because Crystron monsters share the same effect on the field, the one you Special Summon with Sulfefnir will only depend on their graveyard effect or the level of Synchro you want to make. The discard cost when Special Summoning Sulfefnir can load Crystrons from your hand into the graveyard.

The rest of the Crystron non-Tuners are used for level and effect variety. Get them into the graveyard with Undine/Recycler, Sulfefnir's cost, or by using them to summon Citadel Whale or a Synchro monster. Crystron Smiger lets you search Crystron Impact, Crystron Prasiortle puts a Crystron on the field to extend combos, and Crystron Rosenix puts a token on the field to destroy with Crystron effects, use as Citadel Whale fodder, or synchro material.

Special Summon Citadel Whale which searches Sea Stealth Attack to establishes a powerful board state. Citadel Whale is a decent beater which also provides your WATER monsters protection against single target effects such as Dark Magic Circle, Raigeki Break, and Karma Cut. SSA essentially gives non-targeting removal effects to all high-leveled WATER monsters, while also protecting itself and Umi. SSA can also be used to protect your weaker monsters by banishing them with its first effect.

Your bread-and-butter combo would go something like this: Normal Summon Undine/Recycler and pitch Crystron Thystvern to the graveyard. Banish Thystvern to search Sulfefnir. Special Summon Sulfefnir which will target himself for destruction.

Special Summon Smiger from your deck with the destroyed Thystvern's effect and use Smiger's effect to destroy Umi and Special Summon a Tuner of your choice. (The destroyed Umi can be retrieved by SSA.)

At this point you have two choices: Ideally you have a Citadel Whale which you can Special Summon to search SSA. If not, use the monsters you have on the field to make a Synchro monster. In both cases banish Smiger in your graveyard to search Crystron Impact.

Crystron Tuners are very self sufficient and unconventional. They Special Summon non-Tuners to pair with themselves, but do this during the opponent's turn which can be great disruption with their in-archetype Synchros.

Crystron Citree banishes the monsters she uses as Synchro materials which set you up to use Citree for Crystron Impact and the non-Tuner to be used with Crystron Rion. When using Citree's effect, you usually want to revive Sulfefnir to go into Samurai Destroyer or revive Undine/Recycler to go into Ametryx. This is because most non-Tuner Crystrons want to be banished by their own effect.

Crystron Rion serves as a recovery card by returning banished Crystrons to your deck, which you can later pitch to the graveyard with Undine/Recycler. Without Citadel Whale on hand/graveyard or if it is already on your field, You can use Crystron Rion along with the Crystron Smiger that Special Summoned him to make a level-6 Synchro such as White Aura Dolphin or Nekroz of Brionac.

Crystron Impact combos really well with Crystron Ametrix especially during your opponent's turn. Citree is an ideal monster to revive with Impact because she already puts herself in the banish zone. So the combo would be to revive Citree with Impact, and reduce your opponent's DEF to 0 at the start of their Battle Phase. Then use Citree to revive Undine/Recycler to make Ametrix and effectively end their Battle Phase and leaving their monsters exposed.

Crystron Impact can also be used to revive a banished Sulfefnir and using Sulfefnir as a removal card with SSA.

Crystron Entry's first effect is for enabling Synchro plays. Simply putting Crystron Tuners on the field is enough to setup a Synchro Summon with their inherent effects. This can also set you up to make Crystron Quariongandrax.

Another way to use the Special Summoned Crystrons is tributing them to Special Summon Citadel Whale, setting up your SSA combo.

The graveyard effect of Crystron Entry lets you adjust a Crystron monster's level for summoning a specific Synchro monster. More importantly this mills a Crystron to your graveyard, setting up Thystvern or Smiger's search effect.

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