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Clown Control: deck recipe

update 08/04/2017

Overview

Popular skill
Essential cards
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Example deck

Sphere KuribohSwift Gaia the Fierce KnightLeotaurSergeant ElectroDiskblade RiderSwarm of Locusts
4-Starred Ladybug of DoomAmazoness Chain MasterPossessed Dark SoulDream ClownDream ClownEnemy Controller
Enemy ControllerEnemy ControllerMirror WallSecurity OrbSecurity OrbCurse of Anubis
Windstorm of EtaquaTragedy--------

Set skill

[Skill] descriptionUser
Bandit
Can be used if your Life Points are at 1500 or below. Select and take control of 1 card Set in your opponent's Spell & Trap Zone. This skill can only be used once per Duel.

Keith

How to use this deck

Starting Hand

This often determines how you will be playing the deck. Each monster have their uses, and are helpful in certain situations.

  • Dream Clown is a safe choice to summon when you have some decent spell/trap cards, but this will let your opponent know that you plan on playing defensively.
  • Swarm of Locusts is very good if you get first turn. If your opponent only summons 1 monster, then you only need to use 1 card to protect it, ensuring that you can flip summon on the next turn.
  • Cards like 4-Starred Ladybug of Doom or Amazoness Chain Master are also good at the early turns. You don't need to risk setting a spell/trap card since they are the disposable ones.

Playing Defensively

Almost all of the cards in the deck are usable right away. This will make sure that your monsters have a high chance of surviving for at least a turn, even against Harpie decks.

  • If you are not at risk of losing the duel, you can hold on to the spell/trap cards to save your other monsters next turn.
  • Saving your cards like Enemy Controller can allow you to take control of your opponent's monster later.
  • You can purposefully take some damage so you can use Bandit to take control of your opponent's spell/trap card, or use cards like Mirror Wall, or Amazoness Chain Master to lower your LP.
  • If your opponent has multiple spell/trap cards, it's recommended to not risk getting Mirror Wall'ed by attacking blindly into your enemy unless you have some protection.
  • Tragedy can destroy all defense position monster your opponent controls, even if they are face down. This can help prevent their flip effects or destroy all their monsters.

Other useful cards

CardExplanation
Skull Lair
Skull Lair
It will be hard to fully utilize this card due to tons of support for your cards in this deck, however if you find your monsters easily destroyed you can fully utilize this card's effect.
Labyrinth of Nightmare
Labyrinth of Nightmare
Helpful to activate effect of your clowns the turn they're summoned.
Desert Sunlight
Desert Sunlight
Can trigger clowns effect to counter your opponents attacking monster.

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Comments

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Anonymous
This deck idea is pretty neat. Use the Bite Shoes to change the battle positions of your Clowns, because after switching the positions with Labyrinth you will not be able to use the Desert Sunlight. Also, use Tragedy to destroy your opponents defense position monsters after their end phase. I haven't tried it on Ranked yet. Please give some ideas!
<< Anonymous(Anonymous)
Anonymous Reply
is this deck any good? i dont get what stone peeps do to help
<< Anonymous(Anonymous)
Anon Reply
Pro tip: Ditch the rabbits. Dream clown is weak enough already. I'm not a fan of that statue either. Although it can be good, its not a flip effect (IE: hane-hane), so you need to pray it isn't swung at. If you use it, among other things, you should put more defensive choices in such as econ, mirror wall, sphere kuri, ext. Even if they're expensive, right now you have virtually no defensive cards
<< Anonymous(Anonymous)
Anonymous Reply
i dont see any reason for statue if you cant even protect it
there is literally no card that saves him
<< Anonymous(Anonymous)
Anonymous Reply
For all the people asking what the Statues are for,
A. I needed filler.
B. It worked out a lot better than I expected, because your opponent will always be distracted with killing the clowns/rabbit, so they usually won't bother the face down Statue, giving you the opportunity to flip him face up, then attack directly, and if you've been drawn labyrinth switch him to defense position.
lol
This deck seems more like Stun/Anti-Meta than it does Clown Control. That being said, shouldn't it be ran as such? Running cards that counter the meta, rather than just solely cards to protect your monsters so you can resolve their effects-- because sometimes those cards won't be enough to secure the game.
<< Anonymous(lol)
Anonymous Reply
the thing is....with the protect cards to help resolve their effects, the deck runs really well and has multiple options to answer to your enemies plays
Anonymous
My deck is not ready yet need 1 Gaia 1 sergeant and enemy control
Anonymous
Is this deck really a 9.5/10? I'm​ not saying it shouldn't be tier 1 or 2, but is it seriously better than HHG, Venus, and Relinquished? Deck seems kinda all over the place, doesn't really look like a clown deck either consider there's only 2...
<< Anonymous
Inti Reply
Its called Clown Control due to Dream Clown being the decks main monster focuser.
<< Anonymous(Inti)
Anonymous Reply
True, but wouldn't a third dream clown improve the deck's consistency?
anonymous
What are some thoughts on running Goblin Recon Squad in this deck? I don't own a single Econ so I need some substitutes and in the variation deck I have been running it just seems like it could take good advantage of Labyrinth of Nightmare as well as give some power, despite the fact this deck isn't really meant for that.
<< Anonymous(anonymous)
Anon Reply
Wouldn't recommend. The issue is that you should be running Desert Sunlight 99 times out of 100 because it's basically a "destroy 1 monster and pop off flip effs on the OP's turn" in clowns. D-sunlight ruins him, and going against mirrors hurts it too. Overall the 0 def really crushes him. I'd more recommend cards like kaiser and whiptail for beaters w/ high def, or talwar for possible tribute S.
Anonymous
Hate to be that guy but technically you need to reset once to get a second Sergeant Electro (unless you get lucky with the specials)
Anonymous
why is Interdimensional Matter Transporter in this deck? what can we banish and bring it back in the end of turn... i mean what to banish and what we gain by doing it in this deck?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
It's to let the clown survive that turn and not get destried to use his wtf I'm guessing
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Also it protects that monster from relinqueshed, michuzure, soul exchange, e-con and much more
deck hater
I like to try to build my own decks and I have been fairly successful at building simple strong decks with high win ratios, but I absolutely hate dueling this deck or any variation of it. It seems right around the transition from gold to platinum everyone uses this damn deck.
Anonymous
Suddenly everybody is using Suijin or whatever its called that green stuff wtf
<< Anonymous
Anonymous. Reply
" anoymous 9days ago
Suddenly everybody is using Suijin or whatever its called that green stuff wtf"
--
That green one is KAZE-jin (wind). Suijin is the water one. Sanga is the light/thunder one.
Anonymous
This is my twist on tragedy
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I'd run another gravity axe and possibly another E.con. cut one earthquake and one
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
dont care this post is about clown :/
Anonymous
Recomend half shut and desert sunlight
NateDubz
This is my current variant on this deck. It suits my play style a bit and may not look as good or as consistent as the example list in the forum. I'm currently Plat 3 and I am going to change this up a bit soon by replacing 1 Sphere and add Possesed Soul and 4 starred lady bug.
<< Anonymous(NateDubz)
Natedubz Reply
Literally switched it to JPEG and it's still not uploading. They need to fix their website protocol or just make a post on how to effectively upload a pic.
<< Anonymous(NateDubz)
Slooper Reply
Unfortunately this has been a constant problem here. Can you upload to imgur?

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