Beetrooper gameplay guide

Finally, the bees have landed! Today we're unleashing one of the most explosive, aggressive, and utterly insane swarms of insects ever created: Beetroopers. Beetroopers have arrived, and they're top tier. And why are they top tier? Let's find out!

Sections covered in this guide:

1/ Introduce

2/ Monsters in the Main Deck

Introduce

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Beetroopers ' playstyle is relentless. Special Summons? Yes. Link Summons? Yes. Looping effects not limited to one use per turn? Absolutely . This deck doesn't play cards, it overwhelms them. If your opponent isn't ready, they're pretty much dead. And listen, we're not stopping there. We're bringing the blockade threat of Scary Moth and the game-breaking Beetrooper Raid to turn the entire match into your battlefield.

Monsters in the Main Deck

This is the "engine" that powers the deck, generating resources and setting up field-locking strategies.

Resonance Insect (x2)

The MVP of the deck, the most important card for creating combos.

Ability:

When sent from the Field to the Graveyard: Add 1 Level 5 or higher Bug card from your Deck to your hand (usually Doom Dozer or Sting Lancer ).
When Banished: Move 1 Insect card from your deck to the graveyard (similar to Foolish Burial).

Strengths: This card's effect isn't "One per turn ." You can reuse it repeatedly within a turn (summon, send to graveyard, banish, fill graveyard) to thicken your graveyard and hand.

Beetrooper Sting Lancer (x1-2)

This card is undoubtedly the strongest monster in the deck: it adds a Spell/Trap Beetrooper, such as Beetrooper Landing or Beetrooper Descent . This card is also a great counter to Branded in Red . I recommend playing both of these cards in your deck.

Doom Dozer (x0-1)

The piece of meat is used for punching and can activate Resonance Insect. This card has a special summoning ability by expelling 2 Insect cards from the graveyard.

Combo: When banishing Resonance Insect to summon Doom Dozer, you activate Resonance Insect's graveyard effect (sending Gokipole to the graveyard).

Scary Moth (x1)

The infamous Floodgate of this deck, which is also its incredibly frustrating win condition.
This card limits both players to only one Special Summon per turn .

The strategy would be: "Drop" this monster onto the field after you've set up your formation. Your opponent will be locked down and unable to execute their combo. Use resurrection cards to summon it back from the graveyard.

Beetrooper Scale Bomber (x1)

This card is special-summoned to perform combos, and Beetrooper Scale Bomber can sit on your endboard because it sacrifices an insect monster to react to the effect of a monster on the field and destroy it.

Beetrooper Scout Buggy (x1)

This card allows you to summon another copy of yourself from anywhere except banish. This card is crucial; you must play it at x2 to utilize its effect. Don't play it at x3 as it's easily summoned by Giant Beetrooper Invincible Atlas , or you can send it to the graveyard with a skill.

Beetrooper Light Flapper (x1)

This is a card you really don't want in your Opening hand because you primarily want to summon it using Giant Beetrooper Invincible Atlas or Ultra Beetrooper Absolute Hercules in some cases.
It allows you to add 2 Beetrooper monsters from the graveyard or banish area to your hand, but you won't be able to activate their effects (unless they are Extra Deck monsters). Play this card at x2 if you're afraid to have it in your starting hand or to draw it with Inzektor Picofalena .

Beetrooper Assault Roller (x1)

Extend combo & Attack.

Ability:

Easy Summon: You can Special Summon this card from your hand by Banishing 1 Insect card from your Graveyard.
Attack Boost: Increases ATK by 200 for each other Insect leaf you control.

Use:

Used to have an extra "body" on the field for free to Link Summon or Xyz Rank 4.
Removing an Insect card from the Graveyard can trigger the effect of Resonance Insect (if you respawn it) or activate Beetrooper Cruel Saturnas (recalling the respawned Insect).

Heavy Beetrooper Mighty Neptune (x0-1)

Resource Recycler & Sub-Boss.

Ability:

Special Summon: You can Return 3 Exiled Insect cards to your Main Deck to Special Summon this card from your hand.
Immortal: During its turn of being summoned, it is unaffected by the effects of monsters already active on the field.
Attack Power Boost: Increases ATK by 200 for each insect you control.
Place Trap (End Phase): At the end of your turn, you can choose 1 Beetrooper from the Graveyard to return to your deck -> Set 1 Spell/Trap Beetrooper from your deck to the field.

Use:

Use this when you've banished too many resources (due to using Armor Horn , Doom Dozer , or Landing ). Neptune helps return them to your deck for reuse.
This is a 3000 ATK boss that's easy to summon and helps you find traps ( Beetrooper Fly & Sting ) to prepare for the next turn.

Supply Soldier of the Indestructible Insects (x1)

This card is perfect for Insect decks. Besides being an easy-to-summon Extender, while you activate its summoning effect from your hand and Chain it after 1 opponent's effect is activated, negates that effect.

Additionally, it helps in Fusion Fusion, not just relying on Spell cards.

Traptrix Myrmeleo, Gokipole and Retaliating "C" (Other supporting cards)

Gokipole: When sent to the graveyard, add 1 Level 4 Bug (usually Retaliating "C" or Traptrix Myrmeleo ). If you add a Normal Monster, you can detonate a card on the field.

Retaliating "C": When the searcher is destroyed, it helps recover resources.

Traptrix Myrmeleo: When normally summoned, look for Void Trap Hole .

Spell/Trap

Support build helps revive, protect, and interrupt opponent's combos.

Beetrooper Formation (x0)

The Beetrooper Raid skill places the cards directly onto the field from outside the deck.

Ability:

Revive 1 Beetrooper from the graveyard (but it loses its life points and cannot attack this turn).
If an Insect card is destroyed, summon 1 Beetrooper Token.

Benefit: A free Monster Reborn card per turn to use for Link Climbing.

Beetrooper Landing (x1)

Ability: Fusion of Insect Monsters. Can be automatically retrieved from the Graveyard by banishing 1 Insect Monster and 1 Beetrooper Monster.
Use this to summon Cruel Saturnas or Absolute Hercules . Its reusability ensures you'll never be short of fusion spells.

Beetrooper Fly & Sting (x1)

This is definitely a good card: you can disable your opponent's monster effects (without any chance of chaining since it's a Counter Trap) and it will return on each of your Endphases. Just play it at level 1 because you can add it to your deck and can only use it once per turn.

Beetrooper Descent (x1)

Create more tokens to Link Summon; with a bit of luck, you might be able to destroy a pretty good enemy Spell/Trap.

Extra Deck

A place that holds ultimate offensive power and control.

Ultra Beetrooper Absolute Hercules (x1)

This card is primarily used to buy time . You use it for two reasons:

You need an unaffected, powerful monster that can help you break through your opponent's field.
Your opponent has activated a Handtrap, which is frustrating you, and you've decided to stall for time because you have no other option.

This card is excellent because it can summon almost any monster from your graveyard at the end of the battle phase. You should only play one card, no more, no less.

Giant Beetrooper Invincible Atlas (x1)

This card allows you to Special Summon a Beetrooper monster from your deck, similar to Beetrooper Light Flapper mentioned earlier . The best thing about this monster is that it cannot be targeted and is immune to card effects as long as its base attack power is not exceeded. You can also use this monster to instantly finish off your opponent (OTK), but that's not crucial.

Beetrooper Armor Horn (x2)

This card is incredibly overpowered. It allows you to Normal Summon one more time (even if your deck doesn't require two Normal Summons) and Special Summon yourself at a very low cost. You absolutely must have it in your Extra Deck.

Beetrooper Cruel Saturnas (x1)

This card is crucial. It reuses a banished Beetrooper monster and adds any Beetrooper cards from your deck to your hand. You almost never need to summon it twice, and you don't have much space in your Extra Deck, so one card is enough.

Inzektor Picofalena (x2)

This card is a versatile Link card (deck only) that equips a Bug monster from your deck, such as a Search or Inzektor Hornet , to another Bug monster you control by simply discarding one card from your hand to the graveyard. It can also shuffle three Bug monsters from your graveyard into your deck to draw one card. This is one of the most important monsters in the deck, giving you a card advantage and destroying your opponent's cards when you go second.

Seraphim Papillion (x1)

This card is primarily used to counter Nibiru. You can Special Summon a Level 4 Bug Monster from the Graveyard with this card, but this cannot be done during the Summon turn. It's decent, but not outstanding.

Heavy Cavalry of the Indestructible Insects (x1-2)

This card is pretty good, capable of banishing one of your insect monsters and one of your opponent's monsters. Most importantly, this effect is a Quick Effect. This card cannot be reused if you discard it yourself. So, play two cards if you intend to.

Traptrix Atypus (x0-1)

This card is very useful in the second turn, disabling your opponent's cards at no cost, simply by targeting them.

Skill

Beetrooper Raid (Skill Card) (100%)

This skill is unique and looks similar to Icejade Ripple , but better. It still sends monsters to the graveyard at the start of your first turn, but instead of just Beetrooper monsters, it sends two INSECT monsters , which is very beneficial for Resonance Insect , allowing you to send Gokipole to add a 4-star monster, such as Traptrix Myrmeleo or Retaliating "C", to your hand.

Furthermore, you have a second effect in the skill that allows you to add a 5-star or higher monster from your Deck or Graveyard, such as Kumongous, the Sticky String Kaiju , or Beetrooper Sting Lancer, for free on the second turn, and at a very small cost on the first turn, and it gives you 3,000 Life Points, which is very useful for survival (and if you want an extra advantage, you can set a Beetrooper card instead of adding a monster).

Combo

This is a Beetrooper combo guide based on an example hand (including Shuffle Reborn):

Step 1: Start & Resonance Insect Loop

First, we will activate Formation.
If starting with Shuffle Reborn, we'll begin by reviving Resonance Insect . (Note: Resonance Insect doesn't care about being disabled on the field; it only activates when sent to the graveyard).
When Resonance Insect is sent to the graveyard, it adds any level 5 or higher insect leaf (like Doom Dozer). When banished, it can send any insect leaf to the graveyard.

Step 2: Summon & Search

We will summon our Stinger (Sting Lancer). Sting Lancer will take our Fusion spell ( Beetrooper Landing ). (It's best to prioritize the Fusion spell first).
Next, Link Summons Armor Horn . Armor Horn grants an additional normal summon.
Exorcise both insects from the grave to summon Doom Dozer .
Activate Resonance Insect (which has just been banished) to bury Gokipole . (Resist the temptation to activate Gokipole right now).

Step 3: Expand & Prepare Resources

We'll add Traptrix Myrmeleo to our hand. (If battling Chimera, add Flying "C" to block it).
Regularly summon Traptrix Myrmeleo to get Void Trap Hole .
Next, Link summons his insect to get Inzektor Picofalena .
From here, equip Picofalena with another Resonance Insect, which will give us another opportunity to search.
Use Picofalena's effect to return Gokipole, Traptrix Myrmeleo, and Doom Dozer to your deck (creating follow-ups for the next turn) and draw one card.

Step 4: Summon the Invincible Atlas Boss

Link Summon Picofalena and Armor Horn to form Giant Beetrooper Invincible Atlas .
Atlas cannot be targeted or destroyed.
Using the Atlas effect: Add any level 7, level 5, or higher Beetrooper insects we want.

Step 5: Optimize the Field & Skills

Summon Armor Horn back from its grave by expelling 3 insects.
Activate Beetrooper Landing , fuse into Cruel Saturnas .
Saturnas activates an effect upon summoning, drawing additional Spell/Trap cards (e.g., Beetrooper Trap).
Sacrifice Doom Dozer (already summoned) using the Atlas effect or use it as material to summon Heavy Cavalry of the Indestructible Insects (Fuse 4000 ATK).
Now activate the Skill: Gain 3000 LP, add necessary cards (such as Kaiju or Flying Sting) or set traps from your deck.

Step 6: End Board

If played correctly, you can end up with: Invincible Atlas, 1 Fusion Monster (Saturnas or Hercules), traps like Void Trap Hole, Flying Sting (Monster Negate), and possibly even Scary Moth (if you use a revive card like World Legacy Succession to summon it back from the graveyard).
If you're playing an optimized variant, you'll have between 6 and 7 interruptions depending on the match.