Dark World: deck recipe [May 7]

Discard Grapha to make use of its targeted removal effect. Then Grapha can revive itself by returning a Dark World monster to the hand; a low-Leveled Dark World monster you can Normal Summon would be most cost efficient for this. So in one easy combo you destroyed an enemy card and got a strong beater on board for minimal cost; this powerful combo is why turbo-ing out Grapha is Dark World's best strategy.

Always prioritize searching Grapha. If you already have Grapha then search something that can discard Grapha, like Gates of the Dark World. Lastly, you might need to fetch a low-Level Dark World monster for reviving Grapha.

Run Beiige to have some more Normal Summonable monsters you can use to revive Grapha. Beiige revives also itself when discarded, which is another way you could swarm the field.

Charge Into a Dark World combos really well with Snoww. First discard Snoww with another card effect to search Grapha. Then use Charge Into a Dark World to revive Snoww and discard Grapha, Grapha's removal effect also activates. Lastly, return the revived Snoww to the hand to revive Grapha.

Discard Broww when using the other cards in your draw engine to efficiently dig into your Deck. For example you can discard Broww with Dark World Dealings to draw a total of 2 cards.

Gates of the Dark World is the archetype's Field Spell that allows you to banish a Fiend in your graveyard to draw and then discard a card from your hand. It also gives all your Fiend monsters a small 300 attack boost which puts Grapha at a respectable 3000 ATK.

The monster banished by Gates of the Dark World can later be recovered by Trance Archfiend.

Dark World Dealings allows you to draw a card and then discard a card.

For both Gates of the Dark World and Dark World Dealings the best card to discard are Snoww and Broww so you do not lose resource count.

Dragged Down into the Grave is somewhat like a more nuanced Dark World Dealings. Both cards force both players to discard and draw but the difference lies in who chooses the card to discard. The best time to play this card is after you've played everything else and you only have a Dark World monster left on hand, so your opponent won't have any other choice. On your side, you can force your opponent to discard a Spell/Trap card because these are usually harder to recover.

Graveyard disruption is very effective against Decks that recycle from the graveyard. You can even use Dark Smog in response to something that targets a card in the graveyard, banish that target to waste your opponent's recovery. Then the discard effect is generally good for activating your Dark World monsters' effects.

Brainwashing is a bit unconventional, but changing an opponent's monster effect is quite an effective way of negating it. Because the discard effect is treated as something activated by the opponent, this allows the discarded Dark World monster to activate their full effect. For example, a discarded Goldd will not only revive itself but will also destroy two enemy cards.

The downside is you need 3 cards on hand to activate this effect. Meaning you'll need to manage your hand a bit more, and there will be more randomness to which card will be discarded.

Grapha is very easy to summon after you get it in your graveyard, and if you manage to get two Grapha on the field you can make Heliopolis. And after detaching Grapha, you can revive it just as easily. This card has a powerful multi-card removal effect which can potentially wipe out the enemy field.

Since you can only use Utopia Ray's effect when down to your last 1000 LP, he is best used to clutch the game. The ATK manipulation can help you get rid of a powerful enemy monster and deal massive damage. Keep in mind this effect can be activated multiple times per turn as long as you have the materials.

Utopia should always be upgraded to Utopia Ray immediately after summoning.

You can make Dire Wolf if you need a quick way of removing any enemy card. Dire Wolf destroys any opponent's card along with itself.

Summon Gagaga Samurai to deal massive damage to your opponent. If your opponent is open to a direct attack, Samurai can attack twice to deal a total of 3800 damage on his own.

Malevolent Sin is an anti-Xyz tech. Summon Malevolent Sin and use its effect to temporarily banish an enemy Xyz monster. The Xyz monster will return with no materials attached to it.

Roach is great for monster suppresion, much like a Trap Hole card. When your opponent summons a boss monster, use Roach's effect to immediately destroy it. This is an especially good counter against Synchro Decks. But most of the time, just Roach's presence on the field is enough to deter the opponent from making big monsters.

Some of the Dark World effects can be confusing, for example players might wonder why they can’t activate a Dark World effect when they discard a monster with Tribute to the Doomed. The reason for this is that the discard with Tribute to the doomed is a cost, not an effect. Compare it to Dark World Lightning, this card says “then discard 1 card” after you destroyed a set spell/trap, this part is written after the semi-colon (“ ; “) , while the “discard 1 card” on Tribute to the Doomed is written before the semi-colon. This also means that if you activate Tribute to the doomed, and someone uses Magic Jammer, you will still discard 1 card (because that’s the cost for its activation), but when someone uses Magic Jammer on Dark World Lightning, you won’t discard 1 card (because its effect was stopped).

• Don’t forget for a Dark World card’s effect to activate the card you used must clearly say “discard” (sending to the graveyard is not the same as discarding), and the discard must be an effect and not a cost to activate that card!

• The reason Floodgate Trap Hole is preferred over other defensive spells/traps is because of the synergy with Dark World Lightning. If you target one of their set monsters with it, you have the advantage that they can’t flip over your target which would prevent you from using Dark World lightning’s discard effect.

• The current playstyle of this deck feels a bit like OTK Ice Barriers. Just like Ice Barriers you prefer to go second , and if you aren’t able to finish your opponent in one turn, chances are you can’t climb back.

Trance Archfiend synergizes very well with the Dark World archetype because it discards as an effect, not a cost. This means Trance Archfiend can be the trigger to Dark World monsters' effects. The Deck doesn't have much interaction with the Banish Zone but having Trance Archfiend as possible Banish Zone recovery can be useful just incase.

Maestroke flips monsters face-down, which is a good way of turning off effects and exposing weak DEF stats. It can also spend its materials to protect itself from destruction.

Sanaphond is another powerful Rank-8 you can make. The Deck does a lot of discarding, so late game Sanaphond should easily reach 3000+ ATK. The detach effect is also very powerful, doubling as both protection and graveyard control. Be careful because this also prevents you from reviving Grapha.

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