Raggedy Series: Rise of the Atlanteans

[ragda]

Here's a deck that's been through a few revisions and has gone back and forth two main variants, but I still like how the deck is despite the collateral damage received by way of the banlist hitting some major players in the deck. Part of the deck's existence is owing to my legacy with WATER as a deck, which I've gone through several ideas of in the past (I miss old Rusty), but most of the deck are generally new cards in comparison. Without further ado, here's the re-emergence of the deck from the depths!



Rise of the Atlanteans [Slushy Nimble Frogs] (40 Cards):

Monsters (37):
3 Poseidra the Atlantean Dragon
2 Atlantean Marksman
3 Atlantean Heavy Infantry
1 Atlantean Dragoons
2 Legendary Atlantean Trigon
1 Deep Sea Diva
3 Swap Frog
3 Dupe Frog
3 Ronintoadin
2 Sea Lancer
3 Nimble Sunfish
3 Nimble Manta
2 Nimble Angler
2 Dragon Ice
1 Tidal, Dragon Ruler of Waterfalls
3 Slushy

Spells (3):
1 Salvage
1 Dark Hole
1 Foolish Burial

Side/Extra Deck:
Tentative (you could consider what's on the screenshot as a starting point, though by no means are they final/optimal)

The main has bounced around having the Nimble Fish engine and not. The main con of having them is the lack of protection, and this build is in a bit of a transition where I'm still tweaking ratios so I can eventually get stuff like Gorz, Trag, and such cards in. The main con of NOT having them is that the plays are a bit less impactful. Anglers make each discard a Rank 2 summon, Sunfishes also help retain field presence, they all feed Tidal summons as well, etc.

The deck can also afford to be more than 40 cards, as the deck can easily thin itself out (provided I open the MVP, Swap Frog, which I guess having more cards makes that harder... catch 22). The deck does miss multiple Tidals and access to Stream, since they help fuel Rank 7 plays and pitch cards out of my hand. Oh well, I guess losing that so I don't face DerpDragons is something I can live with.

[Ursiel]

Think I've come against a variant of this against you before. I'm gonna have to post up my Atlantean build now too though.

Mobius the Mega Monarch is a BAMF.

[ragda]

You know what, I haven't really looked into any "new" stuff to consider to add, but Mega Mobius sounds like a great idea! I'll definitely try to work it in. It may deter from the original Atlantean/Rank 7 focus, but I certainly can provide the Tribute fodder, that's for sure!

[Ursiel]

The route I took can actually turn 1 Call of the Atlanteans (I'm using a full set) into a +4/5 scenario.

[Yoh Komori]

Why no moulin glacia??

[thursday]

It seems kind of tough to get exactly 5 waters into the grave.

[ragda]

Yeah, that's the main reason. I do have plenty of avenues to control the grave count however. Usually that's by way of Tidal, Slushy, or Ronintoadin, as well as the occasional Dragon Ice. I'll try one should I pick up a Glacia again.

Ursiel: Hmm, I should look into Call of the Atlanteans again, sounds like something I should've tried more of before but I guess I'll find out why again (maybe) if I re-include it.

[Ursiel]

Might have something to do with the fact you can't SS the same turn you use it.

[ragda]

Could use help fitting in Trap Stuns.

[Ursiel]

First things that I can think of cutting for 2 Stun, is 1 Poseidra and 1 Ronintoadin.

[ragda]

That doesn't sound too bad. Although, I kinda like having three Poseidra. All the banishing can kinda hamper my plays, and I might run out when I get a Trigon.

Do you think it's worth fitting in Burial from a Different Dimension if I don't get those Sea Lancers soon enough? It also helps with banished Poseidras, etc.

I might cut the Fish suite for Traps, if I want this deck to be less explosive but more flexible and consistent.

[Ursiel]

Getting a Tridon won't matter if Poseidra is banished or in grave. If you don't have one in hand/deck Tridon is gonna be dead for anything other than Synchro/Xyz options. Poseidra would be one of the last options for me to banish anyway on the off chance you get enough field presence to trade for the SS of it from grave.

[ragda]

What I meant was that when I do get the lone Trigon, via on its own or via Deep Sea Diva, I'd like to still have at least one copy left in the deck for it.

As for the banish/grave bit, it's more for the Slushy part of the deck. I never banish it if I can help it, but sometimes too the opponent has other plans (see Dimensional Prison, Bottomless Trap Hole, D.D. Crow).

[Ursiel]

Well the only other thing I could think to cut then is one of the Nimble monsters. Whichever is less useful.

[ragda]

Yeah I might revert to a no-Nimble build and from there I'll see what Traps are worth fitting in.