Lavals, an archetype that depends of the GY to do combos and effects, a deck with barely any support by the Fire/Pyro Element/type archetype with the only beneficial support being Rekindling and Birth of the Prominence Flame.
I love Lavals, and I would like it to have some good support, but there's barely any without sacrificing spaces or augmenting the possibility of a brick. I have to admit that the last help that had in Lightning Overdrive and Ghost From The Past was a good support (a negate and a hand Shuffle/discard), but it was too late for it to enter the Meta and with Lavalval Chain being banned cause it doesn't specifies for lavals how it should be, there's less options for the deck. So I want to share what I've found through all this time with the current cards for anyone who wants to try it.
The idea of this deck is that you can do a plague in 1 turn with the correct setup. here are some examples of combos. (You can do a rekindling or Birth of The Prominence Flame after any of the next moves):
1) Molten Conduction Field + Rekindling:
- The classic combo that can be stopped with a single Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring. The idea is:
- 1 Laval Archer and 1 Laval Volcano Handmaiden.
- Then with effect of Laval Volcano Handmaiden search for the 2 copies and do the same.
- At the 3rd copy, you can send a Laval Archer or Laval Lakeside Lady (if you already have a level 4 monster in the hand for normal summon).
- Rekindling
- Synchro summon T.G. Hyper Librarian.
- Then, you can go for Crystron Halqifibrax with both Laval Volcano Handmaiden and search for a Laval Lakeside Lady and do a Synchro summon of Lavalval Salamander.
- For next turn activate Crystron Halqifibrax in the opponent main phase to Synchro summon T.G. Wonder Magician
- After you draw the card for the synchro summon, you can activate the effect of Wonder Magician to Summon Baronne de Fleur or Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying.
- go crazy.
At the end you should have at least 1 negate monster. If you are lucky, you can draw another Rekindling, Birth of the Prominence Flame or Left Arm Offering so you can extend the combo.
2) Special summon True King Agnimazud, the Vanisher/ Nine-Tailed Fox:
- The condition for special summon from Agnimazud/Nine-tailed fox triggers the search for destroying Laval Volcano Handmaiden if you send it with another or have a Laval in the GY besides Handmaiden. Plus, you can vanish a card with Agnimazud from the Field or GY. You can even normal summon if you have a level 1 tuner in the hand (or Jet Synchron in the GY) for a quick 7 or 10 Synchro summon.
*Note: if you destroy Agnimazud from the hand or field with another card (Laval Archer effect from GY for example), it triggers the effect to add from the GY to the hand a "Non- fire Wyrm" so, in this case you can add Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda to the hand. In the case of Nine Tailed fox, Generates two tokens.
3) Tenyi Spirit - Mapura/ Laval Lakeside Lady,
Laval Archer/ Laval Lakeside Lady
or
Tenyi Spirit - Mapura/ Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring:
- The idea is that you can do the synchro summon of Lavalval Salamander, send Laval Volcano Handmaiden (if it's in the hand) to the GY and do the combo or you can clean your hand for better cards. You can even do a little gamble looking for Handmaiden/Rekindling, but beware, cause you need at least 1 Fire Monster in the hand or say goodbye to it.
*Note: I know using Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring that way is not the best, but is a possibility for desperate times.
4) Gold Sarcophagus + Laval Cannon
or
Foolish Burial + Searing Fire Wall + Laval Cannon:
- Banishing Laval Lakeside Lady with Gold Sarcophagus and with a normal summon of Laval Cannon you can do a easy level 7 synchro. Same with Searing Fire Wall and Foolish Burial, but you can go for a level 8 synchro thanks to the token.
5) Tenyi Spirit - Vishuda + Any Tuner:
- A no brainer for a fast level 8 or 10 Synchro summon, just special summon Vishuda, then normal summon the tuner.
*Some notes or clarifications:
- Mistake: there's only one card in the whole deck that search's and add to the hand so it's a good way to make them play at your level.
- Dustflame Blast: Panic button. Bear in mind that it doesn't let you chose how many monster you want to banish for the effect to work, so make it your last resort.
- Saryuja Skull Dread: if you want to and have the resources, you can clean your hand like with salamander, same but +1 in hand and the buffs and effects of saryuja are a great add on. You can even search draw for rekindling like this.
- Pot of Desires: YOU NEED THE EXTRA DECK, so other pots like duality, extravagance and Prosperity are not the best option. The idea is to play it once you have all the lavals on the GY, so you don't lose resources, but beware of banishing Rekindling, which is the main card for the deck. Once you have all the cards you need it doesn't matter what you banish. or in the worst case you can use it to try to save those bricks.
- Pot of Avarice: simple, handtraps and some synchro, DON'T TOUCH THE LAVALS. Remember that you need the resources for the panic button and the Rekindling, unless you have almost no cards in the hand.
- Searing Fire Wall: Used mostly as a second panic button for a defensive wall. Unlike Dustflame Blast you can choose what card you want to banish and how many so it's a plus in terms of strategic banish, like the example before with Laval Cannon. In case you want to play Quasar/Blazar, this is the replacement of boost warrior, why?, because it has so much potential and use unlike boost warrior who is only used for the combo, at least like these you have more opportunities for plays.
- Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying: The alternative to Baronne de Fleur, this card with Dustflame Blast, Searing Fire Wall, Gold Sarcophagus, Agnimazud, Pot of Avarice, Lakeside Lady, Birth of the Prominence Flame, Called by the grave or any card that banish does a good match for this card, and you end up banishing so much things that you can even go over some 4500 monster, plus, the banish to prevent destruction effect doesn't specify if it has to be a wyrm like the swordsoul archetype, so you can select a laval or any magic/trap card that you don't need.
Some alternatives:
-Number 60: Dugares The Timeless: For those 2 lvl 4 monster at first hand. Watch out for those ash blossom and remember that if you use the "draw 2, discard 1" you won't be able to draw in your next draw phase.
-Nine-Tailed Fox: Same use as Agnimazud, but it doesn't destroy from the hand so it a little hard to make it work. But you can play it with Agnimazud so you can Generate the tokens.
-Cosmic Blazar Dragon/Shooting Quasar Dragon: Being my preference Blazar, you can still make a spot for this card, but I don't play it cause uses too much resources for the little that does as 2-3 negates in field. I'm not saying is bad, but for me it's better to have 2 Negates than 1 omni negate.
-Flamvell Counter: being a card that says "NOPE" to spell/trap cards a cost from your resources is a good alternative, if you like to play Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon in the spot of F.A. Dawn Dragster you can use it. Even better, it works with Chengying.
-Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon: I Love this card, is a good way to make some defense if you don't have a good start, and it has 2 negates, 1 from a monster and 1 if a level 5 or higher monster will be targeted cause of a monster effect, Both effects which can help you in early or late game. You can switch it with F.A. Dawn Dragster, but you will have less defense against spell/traps.
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