Chapter 22: Degenerate Combo 1! Repeatedly Reviving to Clear the Board and Generate Resources!

That's right! The duelists across the six worlds had all realized an incredibly disgusting combo! And this combo only required Eldlich the Golden Lord and a few Spells/Traps to be fully effective!

The video blogger, "I Want to be an Eldlich Master," immediately began his explanation.

I Want to be an Eldlich Master: "I believe anyone who has played Eldlich knows the value of this monster."

I Want to be an Eldlich Master: "To put it simply, this card is known for 'repeatedly reviving to clear the board and generate resources!'"

I Want to be an Eldlich Master: "As for why? Follow me and let's savor the details!"

"First, Effect 1 is a board-clearing effect, no problem there, right?"

"The key is Effect 2. After recovering it to your hand, you can Special Summon a Zombie monster, which gains 1000 ATK and effect destruction immunity."

"Well, this Eldlich the Golden Lord is itself a Zombie, and it doesn't say you can't summon itself, right?"

"So, Eldlich first activates Effect 1 to clear the board, then activates Effect 2."

"In one smooth motion!"

"You'll have a 3500 ATK / 3800 DEF Eldlich the Golden Lord on your field with effect destruction immunity until the end of your opponent's turn."

"..."

Silence.

A dead silence.

Even Yusei Hoshi, who didn't understand the Eldlich deck, now grasped the disgusting nature of this card!

In the other six worlds...

ZEXAL World

Yuma Tsukumo's eyes widened in disbelief after he processed it. Holy cow! It's true! This card could repeatedly loop its first and second effects! And what if the opponent deals with it and sends it to the Graveyard? No problem! On your turn, you can just use its second effect to recover it again! If that doesn't work, you can use it to summon another Zombie monster! Eldlich uses its first effect to clear the board!

"Hiss! What a strong single card!" Even Tori Meadows, who wasn't a veteran duelist, understood the importance of this card after seeing its quality. "The quality is off the charts! The key is that both effects are a hard once per turn! So good!"

"So, that's the reason for so many Spells and Traps," Bronk Stone mused, rubbing his chin. "After all, this card relies on using them." At this moment, he had to change his opinion of the Eldlich archetype. Perhaps a deck full of Traps wasn't so bad after all?

...

ARC-V World

The person who could best understand why the deck ran so many Traps was none other than Gong Strong!

"Hahaha! I told you!" Gong boasted. "This archetype isn't simple, is it? When my Superheavy Samurai deck ran so many monsters, you all laughed at me for not running Spells and Traps! Now you understand, right? Not only are there monster-focused decks like mine, but there are also Trap-focused decks!"

Gong's words flowed one after another, recalling the times his Superheavy Samurai were looked down upon. He felt a deep sense of empathy for Eldlich. But what he didn't know was that Eldlich was designed to be played this way. His Superheavy Samurai, on the other hand, couldn't run Spells and Traps due to their own restrictions!

"Alright, alright," Zuzu Boyle said, pouting at Gong. "That's enough. Look how excited you are. We've only seen one card, there are other combos that haven't been explained yet!"

And that was the case! How could the Eldlich archetype run only one monster like the Golden Lord? It surely had to run other Zombies!

...

I Want to be an Eldlich Master: "After seeing this, the next question is what to fill the other monster slots with."

I Want to be an Eldlich Master: "If you want to be even more degenerate, you can run Lava Golem. Tribute your opponent's ace monsters to clear their board, and it even burns them for 1000 damage. If they attack your 2500 ATK Golden Lord with its 3000 ATK, you don't lose out. And if it's your boosted Golden Lord, they can't get over it anyway. The sheer frustration and disgust it causes... you have to use it to know."

"If you want disruption, run Doomking Balerdroch, with 2800 ATK / 2000 DEF!"

"Effect 1: If another Zombie monster's effect is activated, you can choose one of two effects! Choice 1: Negate that effect. Choice 2: Banish 1 monster from either player's field or Graveyard."

"Effect 2: If a Field Spell is face-up on the field, during the Standby Phase: You can Special Summon this card from your GY in Defense Position."

"Zombie revival, and combined with the Golden Lord, you can even pick apart their Graveyard. Add in a Zombie World Field Spell to turn all monsters into Zombies, and you're all set!"

"You'll be ecstatic with how good it feels, you know?"

Ecstatic? What does that mean? The duelists across the six worlds were baffled by the blogger's string of explanations! How is this ecstatic? Why is it ecstatic?

DM World

Bonz, the expert on Zombies, however, showed an expression of terror and excitement!

Yes! Yes! That's it! This Eldlich archetype! It's so damn perfect for him!

"Hahaha! Don't you all get it yet?" Bonz cackled. "Think about it! The Field Spell, Zombie World! Effect 1 turns all face-up monsters on the field and all monsters in the Graveyards into Zombie-type. Effect 2 means both players can only Tribute Summon Zombie monsters. Once your opponent is playing a different Type, you slap down this Field Spell, and they're in for a world of pain, right? And then, you combine it with Doomking Balerdroch! You get its infinite revival from Effect 2, and you unlock its Effect 1, which gives you a negate! You can negate an opponent's effect, or you can pick apart their Graveyard! It feels so good! So good!"

With Bonz's explanation, everyone in the DM world finally understood the ridiculous and disgusting nature of this combo! No way! You can play like that?! If your opponent isn't a Zombie deck, your Balerdroch can't negate their effects! But once you play Zombie World, their monsters become Zombies! Then Balerdroch can negate! And Balerdroch can revive itself! Combine that with Eldlich the Golden Lord... this deck... isn't it just disgustingly good?!

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