Thunder Dragon Punk Synchron (May 2023)

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Deck Primer

Thunder Punk Synchron (Known hereafter as "TPS") is a mishmash of different synergetic archetypes - Spright, Thunder Dragons, PUNK and Synchron. These cards come together to form a fairly competent combo midrange combo deck, able to field boss monsters such as Baronne De Fleur and Thunder Dragon Colossus. Taking advantage of the new support from the newest selection pack, "The Synchronized Cosmos," TPS utilizes Assault Synchron to it's full potential, since it interacts with Chaos ruler beautifully.

When Chaos Ruler banishes itself after you use it as material on the field, Assault Synchron can recycle it from the Banished pile! This means that Chaos Ruler can be used as combo material a whopping three times (Once on original summon, second when it resurrects itself from the GY, and a third when Assault Synchron summons it from the banished pile). 3 level 8 bodies can make multiple level 10 synchros like Baronne and Chengying, while providing material for your Spright combo afterwards! Chao Ruler's mill + banish also facilitates the Thunder Dragon cards, enabling you to also end on Thunder Dragon Colossus as part of your end board!

TPS might not be the best deck during "Tear 0" format, but it is well positioned to take tier 1-1.5 status once Ishizu Tearlaments finally get the ban hammer!

Want to see the deck in action? Scroll to the very bottom for the Youtube video!

ARCHETYPES AND DECKBUILDING

Four archetypes come together in this deck to form TPS.

The PUNK cards are mainly to turbo out Chaos Ruler. Ze Amin + Deer Note make Chaos Ruler, while Deer Note revives a level 3/8 punk from the GY for further Synchro/XYZ plays.

The Spright cards add extra negation and extension on-board. Spright Elf can also re-summon Assault Synchron from GY, allowing you to make another level 10 synchro with it, or go further into your Spright combo since its a level 2.

The Thunder Dragon cards turbo out Colossus in this deck, a game winning force to reckon with all on it's own. Thunder Dragon cards mesh well when banished and milled by Chaos Ruler. Also in a pinch, the Dragondark (level 5) + Ze Amin (level 3) create either Chaos Ruler or Accel Synchro Stardust. A cool interaction that Thunder Dragons have with Spright is that if you use a Thunder Dragon's effect in the hand, it fulfills the condition for one of your Sprights on board to turn into Thunder Dragon Colossus since they are also Thunder monsters!

The last archetype in this deck are the Synchrons. Assault Synchron is the heart and soul of the deck, and seeing this card (either by drawing it, Tuning or milling it) is integral to the strategy. Assault Synchron is the main way the duelist makes Cupid Pitch and multiple level 10 Synchro monsters.

Despite the four archetypes in this deck, TPS has room for 12 generic cards! I opted to use anti-Tear cards in this strategy, playing 3 D.D. Crow and 1 Ghost Belle. Going-second cards like Evenly Matched, Triple Tactics Talent and Nibiru help even out the game state so you can start comboing off.

COMBOS AND GAMEPLAN

The strategy of TPS is to simply summon powerful boss monsters and defeat your opponent. Baronne, Chengying, Colossus and Avramax are all heavy hitters that end games pretty fast. The hard part is comboing to get to your boss monsters! This deck isn't linear, and the combos/endboard vary greatly depending on what cards you draw and mill in your strategy.

Basically, you turbo out Chaos Ruler either by using Punk cards, or through Spright + Assault Synchron and you go from there. Depending on your mills, you get endboards of differing strength, but generally they have 1-2 level 10 synchros, Colossus, I:P Masquerena and Spright Elf with a packed GY of targets.

Here are the combos of this deck to summon Chaos Ruler:

Assault Synchron + Spright Blue = Chaos Ruler + search for Ze Amin/Caligo Crow

Special Summon Assault Synchron with it's own effect.
Special Summon Spright Blue. Search Spright Jet.
Special Summon Spright Jet. Search Spright Starter.
Synchro summon Cupid Pitch using Spright Blue + Assault Synchron. Increase Cupid Pitch's level to 6.
Synchro summon Chaos Ruler using Cupid Pitch + Spright Jet.
CL1 Chaos Ruler to mill 5 cards, CL2 Cupid Pitch to search for either Ze Amin (PUNK combo) or Caligo Claw Crow (Level 2 extender for Spright plays). This was done without your normal summon!

PUNK Ze Amin = Chaos Ruler + Level 3 tuner/level 8 on board

Normal/Special summon Ze Amin.
Activate Ze Amin’s search effect to get Foxy Tune from deck.
Activate Foxy Tune from hand and discard a card to summon Deer Note from deck.
Synchro summon Chaos Ruler using Ze Amin + Deer Note.
CL1 Chaos Ruler to mill 5 cards, CL2 Deer Note to resurrect Ze Amin (If you want to make a rank 8 XYZ monster, resurrect Foxy Tune instead).

When banishing cards in your GY with Chaos Ruler, it is ideal to banish Thunder Dragon cards so you can eventually create Thunder Dragon Colossus.

To learn all the nuances of this deck, you will have to keep experimenting with the combos. There lack of linear combo lines in this deck make it difficult to create a guide for it, since not once simple combo exists due to the randomness of mills and the first hand.

After all your combos, you should have a mix of level 10 synchros, Colossus, I:P Masquerena and Spright Elf with Spright Red/Carrot!

GENERAL TIPS

Keep in mind that Spright Starter and Gigantic Spright lock you into only level/rank/link-2s! Don't lock yourself out of your combos!
Once the Bystial cards come out in Masterduel, this deck reaches its full potential. Until then, this deck is a weaker strategy. This deck will only get better in the future!
The 12 staple slots in this deck are designed specifically to counter the Tear 0 meta. Feel free to exchange them to relevant cards that pertain to whatever meta is active.
Psychic End Punisher is an auto-win for vs. many decks, including Tearlaments. Once it gets to ridiculous levels of attack, they literally have no out to it. Try to make this guy as much as possible!

Want to see the deck in action? Scroll to the very bottom for the Youtube video!

CONCLUDING REMARKS

Assault Synchron is a game-changer for many strategies. Thunder Punk Synchron takes full advantage of the sheer combo capability that Assault Synchron offers by looping Chaos Ruler who was once inaccessible when it entered the banished pile!

Thunder Punk Synchron is positioned to be a top meta contender once Tearlaments get the ban hammer, since this deck is held back by the Ishizu cards. Also, once the Bystial cards come out in Masterduel, this deck reaches its full potential. This deck will only get better in the future, so I highly recommend you begin piloting and learning this really fun deck!

GLHF Duelists!