DDD Smith Cook-1 12.2025

use this hybrid deck to take opponents by surprise!  

there is an earlier version of this deck which I based this deck's idea off of- in that, nightmare throne is used as a garnet to search kepler and normal summon it from hand.  I felt the new DDD support makes nightmare throne irrelevant, since dc zero king summons kepler to the field, which then activates kepler to get your first search off (dc zero king cannot be drolled unlike nightmare throne), while keeping your normal summon. there is an upside to nightmare throne without machinex + dc zero king - it doesnt lock you, can be used to bait ash if you got kepler already, but nightmare throne being ashed or drolled when you need it is worse than getting your kepler ashed or drolled.

optimal opener is 1 gate / machinex, 1 fiendsmith monster (if not, its okay, we can make moon first).   

first goal is to make desirae equipped with sequence, then scale machinex, activate effect, place dc zero king (zk) on the field, zk effect pop machinex, then (evaluating hand), either [A.] summon kepler (searching dc gate, to get scale surveyor or gryphon into hand -- or dc swamp king if you already drew 1 of them),  or [B.] summon copernicus (sending lance soldier, activate lance soldier to pop dc zk to synchro into clevis, special back lance)  in order to link gilgamesh and get into your DDDs comboing under desirae's quick effect target-negate protection. 

Summary:  This deck is structured to summon your fiendsmiths first before committing to pivoting to DDD's, and includes newer DDDs for fans of this deck.

strategy:  this deck does not expect to particularly keep its contracts until the next turn (using deviser's effects to stop the opponent from making board presence with monsters)

I like putting scale surveyor and copernicus into scale zone if I did not summon copernicus yet.  I also put gryphon and scale surveyor in too. 

so if you can't make moon or requiem, then just pivot.  an end-board looks like: zeus ragnarock, deviser king machinex, high king caesar, cursed king siegfried, +/- desirae with sequence equipped, +/- set ddd headhunt. 

you can't activate Machinex's effect in scale zone if placed there by Gilgamesh, it must be placed there by you - just thought that would be an important note.

send any thoughts or points, the handtraps could be replaced.  side deck is customizable, I just included some cards you may want to consider, and others I like.