Gishki - Hybrid Build 1

I now have 3 Zealgigas to use at my disposal! So, I've decided to stray away from the hand control build I've played for so long to instead try out a Zealgigas Control Hybrid build.

 








23 Monsters

3x Ritua Vision
3x Ritua Shadow
2x Ritua Beast
2x Ritua Abyss
2x Ritua Arial
1x Ritua Emilia
1x Ritua Diviner
2x Deep Sea Diva

2x Eviritua Gustkrake
2x Eviritua Levianima
3x Eviritua Zealgigas

13 Spells

1x Heavy Storm
1x Dark Hole
3x Ritua Aquamirror
2x Salvage
2x Surface
2x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Monster Reborn
1x Preparation of Rites

4 Traps

2x Compulsory Evacuation Device
1x Mirror Force
1x Torrential Tribute

I run Surfacing because I run Deep Sea Diva and Diviner, the latter because it is both a Beast and Diva target. 4 + 3 + 2 = 9, which allows me to bring out Trishula.

Compulsory Evacuation Device is run over Bottomless/Solemn/Warning/D-Prison because it is a cost-free chainable defense card. And it is especially useful against Inzektors because I can delay their +4 combo for 1 turn and Gustkrake their Dragonfly back to the deck to prevent overbearing plays the deck cannot recover from. It is the best trap of the format in my humble opinion.

I'll be uploading a short section on doing the Zealgigas OTK, but the basic skeleton is:

1. Get 2 Zealgigas in hand.

2. Get Mirror.

3. Tribute 1 Zealgigas, bring out other with Mirror.

4. Mirror returns to deck, grab Zealgigas back.

5. Draw 1 with Zealgigas on field, shuffle 1 card on field back.

6a. If more methods of searching for Mirror are available: Tribute field Zealgigas, summon Zealgigas in hand. Repeat steps 4-5-6a until only 1 mirror is available, then go to 6b.

6b. If you only have 1 Mirror left, continue from here. Mirror again, this time tributing something else (you would have drawn quite a few cards with Zealgigas' effect, so this should not be a problem. Draw 1 more with the Zealgigas you just summoned.

7. Attack with both Zealgigas. The field should be clear since you were able to use Zealgigas' effect at least twice.

8. Main Phase 2, XYZ summon Super Dreadnought Gustaph Cannon with both Zealgigas, and activate Rank 10 XYZ's effect to burn 2000 for game.

3200 + 3200 + 2000 = 8400

This is a relatively easy play to set up, and there are variants of it which I shall discuss more in-depth as I uncover more combos. It is also possible to loop Gustkrake instead of Zealgigas for Turn 1 plays, both going by the same concept.