Abyss Actor: deck recipe [Mar 22]

Abyss Actor is a pendulum-based deck with a beatdown playstyle that has good OTK potential when going second. Its main way of doing so is by swarming the field, including at least 1 Superstar to search for an Abyss Script (in-archetype spells), which is usually Rise of the Abyss King, allowing the deck to destroy multiple face-up cards that can't be responded with.

Additionally, the Abyss Script spells have some strong effects when destroyed by your opponent's card effects. This can give them some good advantage since backrow removal cards like Mystical Space Typhoon or Harpies' Hunting Ground are pretty common.

The 2 pendulum cards often used for pendulum summoning are Madonna and Wild Hope, and they're also both kind of the searchers for the deck.

Use Madonna's pendulum effect to search for Wild Hope so you can pendulum summon, or Superstar if you already have Hope in hand. Sassy Rookie is also a good option if you get first turn since it has a good defensive effect.

Wild Hope's search effect only works when it gets destroyed, which you can manually trigger by using Mystical Space Typhoon when it's in the pendulum zone. You have the option of using MST on Wild Hope after using its pendulum effect to change the other pendulum scale to 9 so you can search for Superstar, Madonna, or Sassy. Then use any other low scale so you can pendulum summon Superstar to fetch Rise of the Abyss King.

Not being able to use cards against it when it's summoned means that it can't be Floodgate Trap Hole'.

Since the monster effect is not hard once per turn, you can special summon multiple Superstar so you can get multiple Abyss Script. Rise of the Abyss King is often the main priority because it's a monster removal that also can't be responded to once activated.

Comic Relief's Pendulum Effect is a key combo for this Deck that can lets you swap 1 of your "Abyss Actor" monster for a monster you opponent controls. Ideally, you should swap Wild Hope, who can searches an "Abyss Actor" card when he is destroyed by battle or card effect. Don't worry about that destroyed Wild Hope since it can be Pendulum Summoned back from your Extra Deck after this.

Helps you beat over high ATK monsters if you can't destroy with Rise of the Abyss King.

It works better as a follow-up turn since you can tribute Superstar so you can pendulum summon her back to get another Abyss Script search from the deck. This will let you re-use her effect without needing to put multiple copies of Superstar.

It's a pretty good defensive card, especially for turn 1 plays. With just 1 sassy rookie, you can end up blocking 3 attacks, and if you special summoned Wild Hope when Sassy is destroyed, Wild Hope can get its search effect off when destroyed. However, just 1 of it is not enough if you go against Cyber Slash Harpie Lady.

Its pendulum effect is also pretty nice, but being a low scale makes it a problem since Madonna is usually the top priority.

With Wild Hope, Madonna, and MST: you can use both Madonna and Wild Hope's effect first, then MST the Wild Hope so you can pick up Sassy from the deck. Doing this will let you get a search from Madonna and Hope so you can get a Superstar from the deck and Sassy as one of the scales.

It's a top priority to search for with Superstar's effect. And with Superstar on the field, using this will mean your opponent can't respond to it when you activate this card.

This card can still be targeted after the activation of Superstar to set this from the deck, so just relying on 1 Superstar for 1 Rise of the Abyss King isn't a sure-fire thing.

It's only an issue to consider if your opponent has something like Cosmic Cyclone since your opponent will most likely not want to destroy it with cards like MST to avoid the last effect.

You can also recover this back from the grave by using Superstar's pendulum effect.

Deals with your opponent's backrow so that you can more safely summon your monsters, or to manually trigger Wild Hope's search effect.

Dark Hole's effect to destroy all monsters on the field can provide a significant advantage in many situations.

A budget version compared to MST, but this can destroy multiple backrow cards with a single use.

You can destroy 3 backrow cards by activating this with 1 set spell/trap or pendulum card on your field, then chain MST to the Storm.

The extra deck cards are mostly optional and won't be used that much. This is because activating Madonna and/or Wild Hope will lock you out of summoning any other monster other than "Abyss Actor" pendulum monsters.

However, there will be times where you might still have monsters on your field at the start of your turn. You can then use them to Xyz summon a monster before activating Madonna or Wild Hope again.

General Rank 4 Xyz Monster for players to use so far. Its effect essentially lets you deal 2500 (its own ATK) damage if this attacks the monster you targeted. The advantage is that your opponent's monster's ATK is also lowered, allowing you to attack over it with your other weaker monsters.

Useful to have in case you go against decks that rely on effects that activate in the graveyard. But this deck doesn't have any WATER monsters, so Dweller will only have 1700 ATK.

Gives the deck another OTK potential, but there isn't a good way to bring this out since the only ways to special summon is to pendulum summon. This relies on Wild Hope's effect, which will end up locking you out of summoning monsters other than Abyss Actors.

Mainly to be used to rank up into Utopia Ray for an OTK potential.

Works well against opponents that only have 1 monster on the field. Temporarily banishing them will allow you to attack directly, which can end up securing some games.

Even better if it's an XYZ monster since it will remove all their materials, or if it's a monster that says that it can't be special summoned in the card text.

Steelswarm Roach's effect to negate the special summon of a level 5 or higher monster can be very useful in disrupting your opponent's plays and maintaining control of the field.

Useful 1 for 1 removal. Destroy your opponent's backrow before you commit to other plays so you can more safely do the combos.

Giving a Piercing ATK Damage effect to your Linked Monster will help to deal more amount of Battle Damage.

Preventing the activation of monsters will pretty much disable most combos that involve monster effects, especially ones that needs to activate in order to special summon. This can be considered the ultimate counter to decks like D/D/D or Burning Abyss that heavily rely on them.

Handtrap cards will also be unusable, ensuring that you can deal damage when you attack directly without getting stopped by cards like Kiteroid, Sphere Kuriboh, or Battlin Boxer Veil.

Its biggest downside is that it will return to your hand in the end phase, but thanks to Smile World Skill, you can make it stay on the field since it's return effect will not be activated.

Works best if you are using more cards that is more towards a classic beater playstyle. Gives the deck a decent OTK potential with any other monster, as long as you have high ATK or some ATK increasing cards.

Mostly to be used for a spell/trap removal, but it's also useful for turns where you have the advantage and your opponent keeps setting monsters.

Necrovalley is a good addition to this type of play since it can prevent many different decks that uses the graveyard at all especially The Phantom Knights Deck.

Very powerful monster removal cards that the deck can use since it doesn't rely on other semi-limited cards or even traps.

Has a card removal effect that you can use multiple times in a turn, up to however many materials you use to make it which is a good follow-up after Superstar + Rise of the Abyss King. Needing to banish a card in your grave won't be a big issue since you can use it on the used spells/traps like MST/Book of Moon.

Only consider going into this if you have the zones to spare and need the defensive effect. Otherwise, this can end up clogging your field because of the tokens.

A good card to bring out if you find that your opponent is playing defensively/slow/stall.

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