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The "Nekroz" Ritual Monsters are counterparts of existing Synchro Monsters (with the exception of "
Nekroz of Sophia") and feature similar effects. The non-Ritual Monsters serve as conventional ritual support,
fulfilling tribute requirements and/or
fetching key cards to maintain consistency.
Primarily, the "Nekroz" Ritual Monsters ATK or DEF stats are the same as their Synchro counterparts, while also having the same Level. The effects of those ones with Level from 3 to 6 are used to suppress monsters Summoned from the Extra Deck, while the effects of those ones whose Levels range from 7 to 11 give to the player more card advantage, mainly by destroying and/or banishing other cards. In addition, all of them feature a second ability that can be activated by discarding them; these effects range from protecting and empowering on-field "Nekroz" monsters to reviving them and searching for resources. This remarkable property alleviates the recurring problem with Ritual monsters becoming
dead draws when the player does not have means of Ritual Summoning them. In addition, the discard-based effects of those ones with Level from 3 to 6 are
Spell Speed 1, while the ones with Level 7 and above can be activated during either player's turn.
The archetype's Ritual Monsters are all
Nomi monsters that can only be Special Summoned by Ritual Summon. Additionally, all of them (with the exception of "
Clausolas" and "
Unicore") have restrictions regarding the requirements that can be used for their Ritual Summons. "
Catastor" and "
Brionac" prohibit the usage of other copies of themselves as Tributes in their Ritual Summons, while one cannot Tribute monsters that share the same Levels as "
Gungnir", "
Valkyrus", "
Trishula", and "
Decisive Armor" to Ritual Summon them. "
Sophia" can only be Ritual Summoned from the hand Tributing 3 monsters on the field with different Types.