Gimmick Puppet Deck Breakdown

DARK 8

You can Special Summon this card (from your hand) by discarding 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster. You can banish this card from your GY; your opponent cannot target "Gimmick Puppet" monsters you control with card effects this turn.

DARK 8

You can detach 1 material from an Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon this card from your hand or GY, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Cattle Scream" once per turn. A "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster that has this card as material gains this effect. ● Once per turn: You can target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to your opponent's field in Defense Position.

DARK 4

If this card is in your hand: You can target 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster in your GY or 1 monster in your opponent's GY; Special Summon it to its owner's field in Defense Position, but its effects are negated, then Special Summon this card. If this card is sent to the GY, except from the hand: You can add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Fiendish Knight" once per turn, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck the turn you activate either of this card's effects, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters.

DARK 4

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster with a different Level than this card from your Deck to the GY; this card's Level becomes that monster's. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers" once per turn. You can banish this card from your GY, then target up to 2 "Gimmick Puppet" monsters you control; increase their Levels by 4 until the end of this turn.

DARK 8

If this card is in your hand: You can reveal 1 "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster in your Extra Deck; Special Summon both this card, and 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster with the same Level as the revealed monster's Rank from your Deck. If this card is sent to the GY, except from the hand: You can add it to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll" once per turn, also you cannot Special Summon from the Extra Deck the turn you activate either of this card's effects, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters.

DARK 4

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard.

DARK 4

When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster in your GY, except "Gimmick Puppet Terror Baby"; Special Summon it in Defense Position. You can banish this card from your GY; your opponent cannot activate cards or effects in response to the activation of your "Gimmick Puppet" monster effects this turn.

EARTH 2

During either player's turn: You can send this card from your hand to the Graveyard; this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons a monster(s), immediately draw 1 card. You can only use 1 "Maxx "C"" per turn.

EARTH 4

During either player's turn, when your opponent activates a Spell Card that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): You can Special Summon this card from your hand. If Summoned this way, while this card is face-up on the field, any card sent to the Graveyard is banished instead. If this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can add 1 EARTH Insect-Type monster with 1500 or less ATK from your Deck to your hand, except "Retaliating "C"".

FIRE 3

When a card or effect is activated that includes any of these effects (Quick Effect): You can discard this card; negate that effect. ● Add a card from the Deck to the hand. ● Special Summon from the Deck. ● Send a card from the Deck to the GY. You can only use this effect of "Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring" once per turn.

Spell Quick

Target 1 monster in your opponent's GY; banish it, and if you do, until the end of the next turn, its effects are negated, as well as the activated effects and effects on the field of monsters with the same original name.

Spell Normal

Send "Gimmick Puppet" monsters with different names from your Deck to the GY, up to the number of monsters your opponent controls that were Special Summoned from the Extra Deck +1. You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 Machine Xyz Monster you control; it cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects while face-up on the field. You can only use each effect of "Condolence Puppet" once per turn.

Spell Normal

Send 1 monster from your Deck to the GY.

Spell Quick

Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.

Spell Normal

Destroy all Spell and Trap Cards your opponent controls.

Spell Field

When this card is activated: You can add 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck to your hand. "Gimmick Puppet" monsters you control cannot be destroyed by battle, and are unaffected by the activated effects of your opponent's monsters, except their Xyz Monsters. Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from an Xyz Monster you control, then target 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster in your GY; Special Summon it to your opponent's field in Defense Position. You can only activate 1 "Mansion of the Dreadful Dolls" per turn.

Spell Normal

Target 1 Rank 5 or higher Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number C" or "CXyz" monster that is 1 Rank higher than that monster you control, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) When a Rank 5 or higher Xyz Monster(s) is Special Summoned to your side of the field while this card is in your Graveyard (except during the Damage Step): You can add this card from the Graveyard to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Rank-Up-Magic Argent Chaos Force" once per Duel.

Spell Normal

Target 1 face-up Xyz Monster you control; Special Summon from your Extra Deck, 1 "Number C" monster with the same Type as that monster you control, but 1 Rank higher, by using it as the Xyz Material. (This Special Summon is treated as an Xyz Summon. Xyz Materials attached to it also become Xyz Materials on the Summoned monster.) Then, if any face-up cards are on the field other than this card and the monster Summoned by it, negate the effects of those other cards.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during your Main Phase this turn: Activate 1 of these effects; ● Draw 2 cards. ● Take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the End Phase. ● Look at your opponent's hand, and choose 1 card from it to shuffle into the Deck. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Talent" per turn.

Spell Normal

If your opponent has activated a monster effect during this turn: Set 1 Normal Spell/Trap directly from your Deck, except "Triple Tactics Thrust", or if your opponent controls a monster, you can add it to your hand instead. That Set card cannot be activated this turn. You can only activate 1 "Triple Tactics Thrust" per turn.

Trap Normal

Declare 1 monster card type (Ritual, Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, or Pendulum); for the rest of this turn, neither player can Special Summon monsters of the declared type, also negate the effects of all monsters of that type while they are on the field. You can only activate 1 "Dimensional Barrier" per turn.

Trap Normal

If your opponent controls a card, you can activate this card from your hand. When a card or effect is activated that includes an effect that Special Summons a monster(s): Negate that effect, then if you have a Trap in your GY, destroy that card. If you activated this card from your hand, you cannot activate the effects of LIGHT, EARTH, and WIND monsters for the rest of this Duel. You can only activate 1 "Dominus Impulse" per turn.

Trap Counter

When your opponent activates a Trap Card: Negate the activation, and if you do, Set that card face-down, then they can Set 1 other Trap directly from their Deck. For the rest of this turn after this card resolves, your opponent cannot activate Trap Cards. You can activate this card from your hand by paying half your LP.

Trap Normal

Target monsters your opponent controls, up to the number of "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monsters you control; take control of those monsters until the End Phase. If this card is in your GY, except the turn it was sent there, and you control a "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster: You can banish this card, then target 1 Xyz Monster in either GY; Special Summon it to either field in Defense Position. You can only use each effect of "Service Puppet Play" once per turn.

DARK

2 Machine monsters During your Main Phase, if you control this Link Summoned card: You can activate this effect; you cannot Special Summon monsters from the Extra Deck for the rest of this turn, except Machine Xyz Monsters, also take 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or send it to the GY, then, if all monsters you control are "Gimmick Puppet" monsters (min. 1), you can Special Summon 1 "Gimmick Puppet" monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll" once per turn.

DARK

3 Level 9 monsters If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Puppet" Trap from your Deck to your hand. You can detach 1 material from this card; Special Summon 1 monster from either GY to your opponent's field in Defense Position. If a monster(s) is Special Summoned to your opponent's field (except during the Damage Step): You can target 1 of them; destroy it, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to half its original ATK. You can only use each effect of "CXyz Gimmick Puppet Fanatix Machinix" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 8 monsters You can detach 1 material from this card; add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell from your Deck to your hand, also, you can Normal Summon 1 Machine monster during your Main Phase this turn, in addition to your Normal Summon/Set. (You can only gain this effect once per turn.) If you Special Summon a "Gimmick Puppet" Xyz Monster(s) (except during the Damage Step): You can Special Summon this card from your GY to either field in Defense Position, then you can add 1 "Rank-Up-Magic" Spell from your GY to your hand. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 4 "Gimmick Puppet" monsters You can detach 2 materials from this card, then target up to 2 monsters your opponent controls; gain control of them until the End Phase, also for the rest of this turn you cannot Special Summon monsters, except "Gimmick Puppet" monsters, nor declare an attack, except with Xyz Monsters. You can Tribute this card; all monsters you currently control become Level 8 until the end of this turn. You can only use each effect of "Gimmick Puppet Gigantes Doll" once per turn.

DARK

2 Level 8 monsters Up to twice per turn, during your Main Phase 1: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 Special Summoned monster your opponent controls; destroy it, then if it was an Xyz Monster, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.

DARK

2 Level 8 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 material from this card; place 1 String Counter on each face-up monster on the field, except this card. Once per turn, during the next End Phase of the opponent of the player who placed a String Counter(s) by this effect: Destroy the monsters with String Counters, and if you do, inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each monster destroyed.

DARK

3 Level 9 monsters Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it, and if you do, and it was a monster, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.

DARK

3 Level 9 monsters When this card is Special Summoned: Destroy the monsters with String Counters, and if you do, draw 1 card, then inflict damage to your opponent equal to the highest original ATK among those destroyed monsters in the Graveyard (your choice, if tied). Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; place 1 String Counter on each face-up monster your opponent controls.