Since the release of the Masterduel pack "Beginning of the Next Journey," Dogmatika has received two incredible pieces of support - Quem and Luluwalilith. Previously used as an engine, Dogmatika can now stand on it's own two legs and play toe-to-toe vs. meta decks in higher ranks!
Nadir Servant is now at 3 and functions like a similarly extremely busted card - Sky Striker Mobilize Engage, since the card searches then draws one if it sends Garura to the GY!
The strategy also has a surprising amount of synergy with Iblee. She simultaneously locks out your opponent from summoning while giving your Dogmatikamatrix an extra search. This one smug anime villain grants another way to floodgate and out-resource your opponent while turning on Dogmatika effects!
With recent support, the full wrath of the corrupt church of eldritch origin is now available to unleash abyssal judgment on your opponent!
Want to see the deck in action? Scroll to the very bottom for the Youtube video!
ARCHETYPES AND DECKBUILDING
This Dogmatika is now good enough to be played "pure" for once, not needing any other archetype to prop it up due to it's recent support. The distribution of Dogmatika cards are fairly standard - except this time the ritual package for the deck is extremely small. Only 2 Dogmatika Alba Zoa, 1 White Relic, 1 Dogmatikalamity and 1 Dogmatikamacabre are used. The rest of the ritual cards are omitted in favour of staples that are required in Masterduel like the "Maxx C" package and the "TTThrust" package.
A small cybverse package is played with x3 Iblee and x2 Cynet Mining, enabling the "Iblee lock" where your opponent can only special summon Link Monsters. The combo also leaves Extra Deck monsters in the field and GY, enabling the special summon of the Dogmatika monsters. Iblee is also on the opposite side of the field, allowing Dogmatikamatrix an additional search upon activation.
Quem allows Albaz to be played in this deck, since Quem can potentially summon from the GY Albaz during the opponent's turn and Albaz can fuse away your opponent's monsters. Cartesia can also fusion summon during the opponent's turn.
COMBOS AND GAMEPLAN
In addition to Dogmatika's traditional win condition which is milling out the opponent's Extra Deck, the strategy now can easily generate giant beatsticks, lock your opponent out and reliably field boss monsters like Mirrorjade and Alba Zoa. This is best done going first, but is also possible when going second thanks to many handtraps and boardbreakers.
The following is the deck's main combo:
Nadir Servant + Iblee = Mill most of your opponent's Extra Deck (2-4 left in opponent's Extra), Alba Zoa (4K beatstick and towers), Fleurdelis (monster negate), Swordsoul Iris (variety of effects when opponent special summons), Secure Gardna (battle dmg protection) and +1-2 draw.
- Normal summon Iblee.
- Link summon Almiraj using Iblee. Iblee's trigger effect will summon her to your opponent's side of the field (turning on the "Iblee Lock").
- Link away Almiraj to summon Secure Gardna.
- Activate Nadir Servant sending Garura to the GY searching Ecclesia from deck. Garura draws you 1 card.
- Special summon Ecclesia. Ecclesia searches for Dogmatikamatrix. (If you already have Matrix, search Dogmatika Punishment instead).
- Activate Dogmatikamatrix, searching first for Alba Zoa, then Maximus.
- Special summon Maximus by banishing Almiraj from the GY.
- Activate Maximus' effect, sending Herald of the Arc Light and Titaniklad (while also milling two of your opponent's Extra Deck). (If you have Duality, you can now turn your Maximus into Dragoon to protect your further plays).
- Herald of the Arc Light searches for Dogmatikalamity.
- Activate Dogmatikalamity to ritual summon Alba Zoa by sending to GY Luluwalilith.
- Activate Alba Zoa to mill/handrip your opponent's hand/Extra Deck.
- Activate Dogmatikamatrix to mill either your Extra Deck for more resources or your opponent's Extra Deck to snipe an important combo piece/boss monster
- (depending on the matchup/situation).
- At the End Phase, activate Titaniklad's effect to either summon from deck Quem (sending to GY Albaz/Cartesia) or add to hand Fleurdelis.
- At the End Phase, activate Luluwalilith's effect to summon from deck Swordsoul Iris or Cartesia.
With two cards, the Dogmatika duelist has simultaneously plus'd extremely hard and severely limited the opponent's plays. Giant hard to kill monsters that control the board, coupled with most of the opponent's Extra Deck out of action means that it is a functional FTK vs. most decks of the format! Oh boy, Dogmatika certainly has come a long way!
Of course, Dogmatika has a bit of a harder time going second, but that is helped by the deck that the deck fields many handtraps and several going-second cards (Triple Tactics). This deck also naturally generates easy to summon giant beatsticks like Ecclesia + Fleurdelis and a 4k Alba Zoa so you can beat over your opponent's board. Nadir Servant is also an excellent all-purpose removal spell, since N'Tss can destroy a card and the recently released Malong can return a card to the hand.
GENERAL TIPS
- When milling your opponent's deck, you may inadvertently benefit them since their milled Extra Deck monsters may grant them resources. Decks like Branded and Kashtira often have Extra Deck monsters they would love to send to the GY - be careful!
- Even though your Dogmatika cards lock you from the Extra deck the turn you use them, you can still fuse during your opponent's turn! That's why Cartesia is in the deck, so you can possibly summon Mirrorjade or Granguignol during your opponent's turn. You can also synchro summon using your level 8s + Cartesia/Quem for Luluwalilith to push for game on turn 3.
- The best cards to side out other than your staples when going-second is the cyberse package of x3 Iblee and x2 Cynet Mining.
- If you make room for Bystial cards, Dogmatika can easily make Chaos Angel with all its effects active.
- Summon Dragoon and Granguignol in the Extra Monster Zone. This strategy spams out monsters so much that you'd quickly find your Main Monster Zones full!
Want to see the deck in action? Scroll to the very bottom for the Youtube video!
CONCLUDING REMARKS
Ever since playing games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Darkest Dungeon, the "eldritch abomination corrupted church" aesthetic has always interested me. Imagine my joy when Dogmatika was introduced back at 2020! Your chance to roleplay as the stereotypical "religious bad guy villain" is now available in Yugioh with Dogmatika! Now 3 years later in 2023 with the support from PHHY, CYAC and BLMR, Dogmatika has reached it's most competent mature form.
Quem, Luluwalilith, Duality, Garuda, Dogmatikamatrix, Alba Zoa and most of all, Nadir Servant's relatively recent unhit to UNLIMITED are all great boons for the strategy.
Dogmatika's ability to lock the opponent out, mill Extra Decks and break boards are stronger than ever. I'd say it's like a boneless, fusionless form of Branded - a deck able to field giant boss monsters with ease with it's spell playstarter Nadir Servant.
Piety and judgment is in your opponent's prophesied future when you pilot Dogmatika! Eliminating heretics (in-game of course) has never been easier!
GLHF Duelists!
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