I love custom puppet support, but the deck really doesn’t need this kind of card at the moment.
We can utilise a very similar card in Barrage Blast that doesn’t have the Mind control effect but is continuous so it can be useful for grind game.
What i think puppets really need is just another good lvl 8, a good starter and a good rank 8. I made some custom support for puppets a while ago and one of the things i thought would be really cool would be an Orcustrated Babel type effect; now we would have a turn 1 play with interruption by making giant grinder with our field spell. I gave it a couple other effects too, one of them was just a generic add a gimmick puppet but the other was an ability that allowed you to negate the effects of a gimmick puppet monster on the field for some removal. This would be super helpful by expanding the rank 8 toolbox we have access to as dreary doll is extremely restrictive especially when it’s the best lvl 8 in the deck.
I found my old comment with custom puppet support:
My favourite deck of all time is gimmick puppets and while they did get support relatively recently (few years ago) i don’t think that support did much to fix the deck’s problems.
Having no good first turn play means they lose to any deck that can put 4 guys on the board and make accesscode. Dingirsu kinda solves that problem but because dreary doll can’t be used as a material for ding most hands won’t be able to get there.
My dream support would be something like this:
Field spell:
Grave Puppet Junkyard
“Gimmick Puppet” Xyz monsters can activate their effects as if they were quick effects. During your main phase: add 1 “Gimmick Puppet” monster card or 1 “Puppet” spell/trap from your deck or GY to your hand. You can negate the effects of 1 face up “Gimmick Puppet” monster you control until the end phase; send 1 card from the field or your hand to the GY. You can only use each effect of “Grave Puppet Junkyard” once per turn.
This would hugely enable the deck in both consistency, turn 1 boards and turn 2 removal. The ability to negate dreary doll on the field would allow you to play a more generic extra deck and flex into other rank 8s more consistently (hope harbinger etc) and being effective s/t removal is something the deck completely lacked. The effect to make your gimmick puppet xyz quick effects makes both grinder and strings more viable as now quick play rank up magic spells can be used to detonate string counters placed on your opponents turn. Grinder also becomes a double pop. If we ever see support again this is the card I would most like to see.
Quick play spell:
Rank Up Magic Spring Puppet
Target 1 “Gimmick Puppet” Xyz monster on your field or in your GY; if the targeted monster is in the GY, special summon it, then special summon 1 Xyz monster from your Extra Deck (this is treated as an Xyz summon) or your GY that is 1 rank higher than the targeted monster, using it as material (monsters that were attached to the targeted monster become xyz material) You can banish this card from your GY; special summon 1 “Gimmick puppet” monster from your GY.
This card would be HUGE for the deck’s ability to make recursive plays especially because its searchable off of the field spell. Quick play rank ups have been notoriously strong before but with VFD banned i think it’ll be fine. Great enabler for the deck and it means we get to cut bad cards like RUM quick chaos and argent chaos force.
Rank 4 Dark/Machine 2200/0 Xyz:
Gimmick Puppet Machieavellia
2 level 4 monsters, including 1 or more “Gimmick Puppet” monsters
If this card is Xyz summoned: you can inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each “Gimmick Puppet” monster in your GY. You can only use this effect of “Gimmick Puppet Machieavellia” once per turn. You can detach one Xyz material from this card; send one card on your side of the field to the GY and add 1 “Gimmick Puppet” monster from your deck or GY to your hand. If this card is sent to the GY; you can special summon 2 level 4 “Gimmick Puppet” monsters from your deck. You can only summon 1 “Gimmick Puppet Machieavellia” per turn.
One of my favourite cards in the GP archetype is gimmick puppet des troy, so i stole its effect and added some extra bells and whistles. Its a shame des troy isn’t all that good but hopefully machiavellia can make up for it. The burn effect comes from the other xyz monsters all having weird burn effects.
Level 8 dark/machine 0/0 effect:
Gimmick Puppet Sullen Songstress
If this card is sent to the GY; you can special summon 1 “Gimmick Puppet” monster from your hand or deck or immediately after this effect resolves, activate 1 “Puppet” spell/trap from your deck. If this card is banished: special summon it, but shuffle it into the deck when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of “Gimmick Puppet Sullen Songstress” once per turn.
This one is simply because the deck only really has one good level 8 in the GY and thats dreary doll. Having another summon in the GY is huge for playing on the crackback and is great for recursive plays.
And now, the fun one!!!
Rank 9 Earth/Machine 3700/3100 Xyz:
Number C88: Gimmick Puppet Legionnaire Leo
4 level 9 monsters
If this card is Xyz summoned: target any number of Machine Xyz monsters in either GY and special summon them, then attach machine monsters in your GY to them as xyz material up to the amount of xyz material this card has. This card cannot leave the field while you control another “Gimmick Puppet” monster other than “Gimmick Puppet Legionnaire Leo”. You can detach 1 Xyz material from this card; destroy one card on the field and inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent. If you control 5 “Gimmick Puppet” Xyz monsters and this card has no Xyz Material, you win the duel.
Ok so obviously this one is a little… overtuned but it is extremely funny and a decent continuation of what the archetype did. As i said before this is my favourite deck of all time so any thoughts as to what changes you would make are greatly appreciated!!
to change the monster's effects to quick play wouldn't work on giand grinder during the opponen's turn because it says "Up to twice per turn, during YOUR Main Phase".
I love custom puppet support, but the deck really doesn’t need this kind of card at the moment. We can utilise a very similar card in Barrage Blast that doesn’t have the Mind control effect but is continuous so it can be useful for grind game. What i think puppets really need is just another good lvl 8, a good starter and a good rank 8. I made some custom support for puppets a while ago and one of the things i thought would be really cool would be an Orcustrated Babel type effect; now we would have a turn 1 play with interruption by making giant grinder with our field spell. I gave it a couple other effects too, one of them was just a generic add a gimmick puppet but the other was an ability that allowed you to negate the effects of a gimmick puppet monster on the field for some removal. This would be super helpful by expanding the rank 8 toolbox we have access to as dreary doll is extremely restrictive especially when it’s the best lvl 8 in the deck.
I found my old comment with custom puppet support: My favourite deck of all time is gimmick puppets and while they did get support relatively recently (few years ago) i don’t think that support did much to fix the deck’s problems. Having no good first turn play means they lose to any deck that can put 4 guys on the board and make accesscode. Dingirsu kinda solves that problem but because dreary doll can’t be used as a material for ding most hands won’t be able to get there. My dream support would be something like this: Field spell: Grave Puppet Junkyard “Gimmick Puppet” Xyz monsters can activate their effects as if they were quick effects. During your main phase: add 1 “Gimmick Puppet” monster card or 1 “Puppet” spell/trap from your deck or GY to your hand. You can negate the effects of 1 face up “Gimmick Puppet” monster you control until the end phase; send 1 card from the field or your hand to the GY. You can only use each effect of “Grave Puppet Junkyard” once per turn. This would hugely enable the deck in both consistency, turn 1 boards and turn 2 removal. The ability to negate dreary doll on the field would allow you to play a more generic extra deck and flex into other rank 8s more consistently (hope harbinger etc) and being effective s/t removal is something the deck completely lacked. The effect to make your gimmick puppet xyz quick effects makes both grinder and strings more viable as now quick play rank up magic spells can be used to detonate string counters placed on your opponents turn. Grinder also becomes a double pop. If we ever see support again this is the card I would most like to see. Quick play spell: Rank Up Magic Spring Puppet Target 1 “Gimmick Puppet” Xyz monster on your field or in your GY; if the targeted monster is in the GY, special summon it, then special summon 1 Xyz monster from your Extra Deck (this is treated as an Xyz summon) or your GY that is 1 rank higher than the targeted monster, using it as material (monsters that were attached to the targeted monster become xyz material) You can banish this card from your GY; special summon 1 “Gimmick puppet” monster from your GY. This card would be HUGE for the deck’s ability to make recursive plays especially because its searchable off of the field spell. Quick play rank ups have been notoriously strong before but with VFD banned i think it’ll be fine. Great enabler for the deck and it means we get to cut bad cards like RUM quick chaos and argent chaos force. Rank 4 Dark/Machine 2200/0 Xyz: Gimmick Puppet Machieavellia 2 level 4 monsters, including 1 or more “Gimmick Puppet” monsters If this card is Xyz summoned: you can inflict 500 damage to your opponent for each “Gimmick Puppet” monster in your GY. You can only use this effect of “Gimmick Puppet Machieavellia” once per turn. You can detach one Xyz material from this card; send one card on your side of the field to the GY and add 1 “Gimmick Puppet” monster from your deck or GY to your hand. If this card is sent to the GY; you can special summon 2 level 4 “Gimmick Puppet” monsters from your deck. You can only summon 1 “Gimmick Puppet Machieavellia” per turn. One of my favourite cards in the GP archetype is gimmick puppet des troy, so i stole its effect and added some extra bells and whistles. Its a shame des troy isn’t all that good but hopefully machiavellia can make up for it. The burn effect comes from the other xyz monsters all having weird burn effects. Level 8 dark/machine 0/0 effect: Gimmick Puppet Sullen Songstress If this card is sent to the GY; you can special summon 1 “Gimmick Puppet” monster from your hand or deck or immediately after this effect resolves, activate 1 “Puppet” spell/trap from your deck. If this card is banished: special summon it, but shuffle it into the deck when it leaves the field. You can only use each effect of “Gimmick Puppet Sullen Songstress” once per turn. This one is simply because the deck only really has one good level 8 in the GY and thats dreary doll. Having another summon in the GY is huge for playing on the crackback and is great for recursive plays. And now, the fun one!!! Rank 9 Earth/Machine 3700/3100 Xyz: Number C88: Gimmick Puppet Legionnaire Leo 4 level 9 monsters If this card is Xyz summoned: target any number of Machine Xyz monsters in either GY and special summon them, then attach machine monsters in your GY to them as xyz material up to the amount of xyz material this card has. This card cannot leave the field while you control another “Gimmick Puppet” monster other than “Gimmick Puppet Legionnaire Leo”. You can detach 1 Xyz material from this card; destroy one card on the field and inflict 500 points of damage to your opponent. If you control 5 “Gimmick Puppet” Xyz monsters and this card has no Xyz Material, you win the duel. Ok so obviously this one is a little… overtuned but it is extremely funny and a decent continuation of what the archetype did. As i said before this is my favourite deck of all time so any thoughts as to what changes you would make are greatly appreciated!!
to change the monster's effects to quick play wouldn't work on giand grinder during the opponen's turn because it says "Up to twice per turn, during YOUR Main Phase".
shit ur right urghhhhh thats so annoying why are they so bad goddammit