The Man With the Mark - Odion, has certainly "hit the mark" in the competitive scene lately! Maze of the Master has been a massive boon for this seemingly forgotten Ishtar sibling, granting Odion a powerful combo trap deck! Able to play comfortably into Mulcharmies, Droll, Nibiru and even Dimension Shifter, while being ultra consistent and packing 20+ staple slots... Odion's strategy has surprised many duelists as being the most powerful strategy to come out of this MAZE set!
Not only do you get to spam the field repeatedly with 2-3 Apophis the Swamp Deity's omni-negates, when paired with Statue of Anguish Pattern all these trap monsters become "pops!" All these cards are searchable and summonable turn 1 thanks to Odion's signature strategy, activating trap cards the same turn they were set with "Temple of the Kings," another iconic piece of Yugioh anime history now suddenly made competitive!
Odion can also search and activate ANY trap card too, thanks to a easily accessible Lord of the Heavenly Prison - which in turn sets any trap card from deck! Need Different Dimension Ground to render the GY inaccessible for a turn? Need Imperial Iron Wall so Maliss cannot play? Need Dimensional Barrier to lock your Ryzeal opponent from XYZ summoning? It's all searchable and usable in the same turn thanks to Heavenly Prison + Temple of the Kings!
How about going second? Due to the extremely consistent nature of Odion's strategy (Anubis, Man with Mark, Treasures of the King and Serket al kind of searches each other), you can play this deck with 18-21 staple cards!
First it was Ishizu responsible for creating the strongest Yugioh deck of all time, Ishizu Tearlament... Now is it Odion's turn to dominate competition like he did in Battle City?
Here is the main combo for the deck:
Man with the Mark + 1 card to set = Apophis the Swamp Deity (omni-negate),
Normal summon Man with the Mark. Search Treasures of the Kings.
Activate Treasures of the Kings and set from deck Apophis the Serpent.
Set another card from your hand in the backrow.
Activate Treasure of the King's effect to search for Merciless Scorpion of Serket from deck.
Summon Serket by banishing a level 10 (usually Nibiru) from deck.
Activate Serket's effect to search for Temple of the Kings from deck.
Activate Temple of the Kings.
Activate Apophis the Serpent to summon itself and set Apophis the Swamp Deity from deck.
XYZ summon Gallant Granite using Man with the Mark + Apophis the Serpent.
Detach Apophis the Serpent from Gallant Granite to search for Lord of the Heavenly Prison from deck.
Activate Lord of the Heavenly Prison's effect to reveal itself and to protect your face-down cards.
Activate Apophis the Serpents trigger effect in the GY to search for Embodiment of Apophis from deck.
Link summon Silhouhatte Rabbit and set from deck Statue of Anguish Pattern.
Set your cards in the backrow, especially the Embodiment of Apophis you searched.
As soon as possible during your opponent's turn, activate Statue of Anguish Pattern to summon it.
Activate Lord of the Heavenly Prison's trigger effect to summon itself from hand and set any trap card from deck (usually Verdict of Anubis).
GLHF Duelists!
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