✂︎ Performice ⚘ Redux ✂︎ [Written]

[Snatch Steal]

The Grim Oktoberfest

 

 

"Performince" is a deck of Plant- and Zombie-Type monsters who are all Level 2 ✪✪ and DARK attribute. They use the Excavate mechanic to Special Summon monsters used for Xyz Summon and to fill their Graveyard. Additionally, they all have protection in battle, in spite of their low ATK and DEF. This allows them to swarm the field but maintain numbers if they cannot accomplish everything they need to. 

 

I intended to provide these cards with the support necessary to allow for swarming the field which Zombies and Plants provide. Lonefire Blossom, Miracle Fertilizer, Mezuki, Zombie Master, and Book of Life give easy Special Summons to these monsters, allowing them to form combos. Additionally, cards like Armageddon Knight and Allure of Darkness speed up the deck due to its reliance on DARK monsters. Other cards that fit in this deck include Sylvan Peaskeeper, Super Solar Nutrient, World Carrotweight Champion, Twilight Rose Knight, Uni-Zombie, and Caligo Claw Crow. 

 

When using Performince, the player can keep their opponent at bay because the monsters can only be removed by card effects. Decks that rely on using battle to destroy monsters will struggle to keep up with the summoning of monsters that are invulnerable to destruction. However, Performince can do little damage on its own if faced with such decks; it has removal, but the monsters cannot safely change to Attack Position or else the player will take battle damage. Luckily, to remove the lesser Performince cards is to waste resources which could have more application against other monsters during the same duel.

 

Some Xyz Monsters that would supplement this deck include Cat Shark, Number 45: Crumble Logos the Prophet of Demolition, Number 96: Dark Mist, Paleozoic Anomalocaris, and Sky Cavalry Centaurea.  Not many Synchro Monsters have synergy with this deck since it requires lots of laddering, but Plants and Zombies open up much of the Extra Deck simply by nature.

 

[spoiler=Monsters]

 

Performince Butterfingers

✪✪

DARK

[ Plant / Effect ]

Cannot be destroyed by battle, also it can attack your opponent directly. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can excavate the top 4 cards of your Deck, Special Summon 1 revealed "Performince" monster, also send any remaining cards to the GY. If this card is sent to the GY: You can pay 800 LP; place 1 “Performince” monster from your Deck or GY on top of your Deck. 

ATK 200 / DEF 300

 

Performince Whirlwind

✪✪

DARK

[ Plant / Effect ]

Cannot be destroyed by battle, also it can attack your opponent directly. If this card is sent to the GY, except by its own effect: You can excavate the top 4 cards of your Deck, add 1 excavated "Meat" Spell/Trap Card to your hand, also send any remaining cards to the GY. While you control a “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster: you can send this card from your hand to the GY, then target that monster; Detach 1 Xyz Material from that target, then add to your hand or send to the GY 1 “Performince” monster from your Deck.

ATK 300 / DEF 200

 

Performince Clear-Cut

✪✪

DARK

[ Zombie / Effect ]

Cannot be destroyed by battle, also it can attack your opponent directly. If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can target 1 "Performince" monster in your GY; place it on top of the Deck. If this card is sent to the GY: You can target 1 "Performince" monster in your GY, except "Performince Clear-Cut"; Add it to your hand. 

ATK 100 / DEF 400

 

Performince Cutthroat

✪✪

DARK

[ Zombie / Effect ]

Cannot be destroyed by battle, also it can attack your opponent directly.  During the Battle Phase: You can target 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster you control; Banish this card from your GY, then immediately after this effect resolves, Xyz Summon 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster using the targeted monster as the Xyz Material (Xyz Materials attached to the targeted monster also become Xyz Materials attached to that card).

ATK 400 / DEF 100

 

Performince Chicken Scratch

✪✪

DARK

[ Zombie / Effect ]

Cannot be destroyed by battle, also it can attack your opponent directly. If this card is Normal Summoned: You can send 1 "Performince" card from your hand to the GY; Draw 2 cards. If this card declares an attack against an opponent's monster: Halve the targeted monster's ATK (even if this card leaves the field). If this card is sent to the GY: You can Special Summon 1 “Performince” monster from your hand. You can only use each effect of “Performince Chicken Scratch” once per turn.

ATK 0 / DEF 500

 

Performince Swallowtail

✪✪

DARK

[ Plant / Effect ]

Cannot be destroyed by battle, also it can attack your opponent directly. This card can attack twice during each battle phase. If this card is Special Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 “Performince” monster from your hand. During your Battle Phase, while you control a "Performince Forbidden Arts" monster: You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 "Performince" monster in your GY; Special Summon that target. 

ATK 500 / DEF 0

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Spells]

 

A Cut Above

[ Spell Card ]

Special Summon 1 “Performince” non-Xyz Monster from your GY. You cannot Special Summon other monsters during the turn you activate this effect, except “Performince” monsters. 

 

Meat Mania

[ Spell Card ]

Target up to 3 “Performince” cards in your GY and place them on top of the Deck. During either player’s turn (except the turn this card was sent to the GY): You can banish this card from your GY, then target 1 “Performince” card you control; Return it to the hand, then draw 1 card.

 

Meat Waterloo

[ Field Spell ]

When this card is activated: You can select up to 5 “Performince” monsters in your Deck, then place them on top of your Deck in any order. If you Xyz Summon a “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster: You can target 1 “Performince” monster in your GY; attach it to the summoned Xyz Monster as Xyz Material.

 

Meat and Greet

[ Continuous Spell ]

If a “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster is Special Summoned to your side of the field: You can excavate the top 2 cards of your Deck, attach any excavated “Performince” cards to the summoned monster as Xyz Materials, also send any remaining cards to the GY. Once per turn, during either player’s Battle Phase: You can target 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster you control; Detach all Xyz Materials from that target, and if you do, Xyz Summon 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster, using that target as Xyz Material.

 

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Traps]

 

More than Meats the Eye

[ Continuous Trap ]

Target 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster in your GY; Special Summon that target, and if you do, you can attach 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” monster from your GY to that card. If that monster leaves the field, destroy this card. Whenever a “Performince” monster you control would be destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from a “Performince Forbidden Arts” Xyz Monster you control instead.

 

 

 

 

[spoiler=Extra]

 

Performince Forbidden Arts: Twist the Knife

✪✪

DARK

[ Zombie / Xyz / Effect ]

2 level 2 DARK monsters

Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon “Performince Forbidden Arts: Twist the Knife” by using a Rank 2 DARK Xyz Monster as the Xyz Material (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials attached to this card). You can only control 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” monster. This card can attack twice during each Battle Phase. During either player’s turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 “Performince” monster in your GY; Place that target on top of the Deck, then shuffle 1 card your opponent controls into the Deck. You can only use this effect of “Performince Forbidden Arts: Twist the Knife” once per turn. 

ATK 1300 / DEF 1200

 

Performince Forbidden Arts: Against the Grain

✪✪

DARK

[ Plant / Xyz / Effect ]

2 level 2 DARK monsters

Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon “Performince Forbidden Arts: Against the Grain” by using a Rank 2 DARK Xyz Monster as the Xyz Material (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials attached to this card). You can only control 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” monster. During either player’s turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card; add 1 “Meat” Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand. You can only use this effect of “Performince Forbidden Arts: Against the Grain” once per turn. 

ATK 200 / DEF 2300

 

Performince Forbidden Arts: Cut To the Chase

✪✪

DARK

[ Plant / Xyz / Effect ]

2 level 2 DARK monsters

Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon “Performince Forbidden Arts: Cut To the Chase” by using a Rank 2 DARK Xyz Monster as the Xyz Material (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials attached to this card). You can only control 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” monster. Your opponent cannot activate cards or effects during their Main Phase 2. During either player’s Battle Phase: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card, then target 1 face-up card on the field; Send it to the GY. It cannot activate its effects in the GY. You can only use this effect of “Performince Forbidden Arts: Cut To the Chase” once per turn. 

ATK 2300 / DEF 200

 

Performince Forbidden Arts: Measure Twice Cut Once

✪✪

DARK

[ Zombie / Xyz / Effect ]

2 level 2 DARK monsters

Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon “Performince Forbidden Arts: Measure Twice Cut Once” by using a Rank 2 DARK Xyz Monster as the Xyz Material (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials attached to this card). You can only control 1 “Performince Forbidden Arts” monster. Unaffected by card effects during your opponent’s Main Phase 1. Cannot be tributed. Whenever a “Performince” or “Meat” card you control would be destroyed, you can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card instead. If this card is sent to the GY: Target 1 “Performince” or “Meat” card in your GY; Add it to your hand.

ATK 1200 / DEF 1300

 

Performince Ultimate Forbidden Arts: Cream of the Crop

✪✪✪✪✪✪✪✪

DARK

[ Plant / Xyz / Effect ]

4 level 8 DARK monsters

Once per turn, you can also Xyz Summon “Performince Ultimate Forbidden Arts: Cream of the Crop” by using 1 “Performince” Xyz Monster with 7 Xyz Materials with different names as Xyz Material (Xyz Materials attached to that monster also become Xyz Materials attached to this card). This card gains the combined ATK and DEF of all Xyz Materials which are Xyz Monsters with different names attached to it, as well as their effects on the field. Cannot be tributed. Once per turn: You can detach any number of Xyz Materials from this card; Send that many cards from your opponent’s hand and their side of the field to the GY (or their entire hand or side of the field, if fewer). 

ATK 0 / DEF 0

 

 

 

 

I had first created this deck last year without posting it but decided that it would be interesting to give it a chance to shine. I have not tested it in a long time but I do believe it needs testing. Feel free to import it, although I do not have images.

[Dova]

Now that's what I call formatting.

 

The first thing that really comes to mind is the ease of Summoning the boss. In any Deck where you can Summon Dark Mist, such as in Burgesstoma, you then have 1 Xyz monster with 3 materials. Then you go through all of your other Rank 2s in this archetype, resulting in 1 Xyz Monster with 7 Materials, meaning you immediately go into the boss which now has all of the attached Performince monsters' effects AND Dark Mist's. You don't even have to play the archetype to get access to it.

 

Another thing, more directly related to the set as a whole, is the lack of speed. Butterfingers and Chicken Scratch are the main enablers within the set, with extremely powerful on-field/Summon effects, and Swallowtail can help if you open a Lonefire. The monster's themselves aren't terrible, as when you get the ball rolling, most of them have their uses at some point or another. The main problem is in the S/T which are almost entirely late game. A Cut above is outshone by Monster Reborn, even with this one at 3, and Meat Mania needs 3 monsters in your GY to be even playable. Meatmania sets up your cards for milling in a really helpful, but only the Xyzs and 3 MD cards actually mill (Butterfingers, Whirlwind, Meet and Greet). So, rather lacking in support there tbh. It's not extremely cohesive, but its functional.

 

There's nothing incredibly out of place at the moment, particularly among the Xyz Monsters which I rather like save for our easily you can spam them out (Yes, Zoodiac does it better, but their boss is much more situational), but these are two main problems that I think your cards have to get around. But otherwise, I really don't have any complaints. Decent set.

[Snatch Steal]

Now that's what I call formatting.

 

The first thing that really comes to mind is the ease of Summoning the boss. In any Deck where you can Summon Dark Mist, such as in Burgesstoma, you then have 1 Xyz monster with 3 materials. Then you go through all of your other Rank 2s in this archetype, resulting in 1 Xyz Monster with 7 Materials, meaning you immediately go into the boss which now has all of the attached Performince monsters' effects AND Dark Mist's. You don't even have to play the archetype to get access to it.

 

Another thing, more directly related to the set as a whole, is the lack of speed. Butterfingers and Chicken Scratch are the main enablers within the set, with extremely powerful on-field/Summon effects, and Swallowtail can help if you open a Lonefire. The monster's themselves aren't terrible, as when you get the ball rolling, most of them have their uses at some point or another. The main problem is in the S/T which are almost entirely late game. A Cut above is outshone by Monster Reborn, even with this one at 3, and Meat Mania needs 3 monsters in your GY to be even playable. Meatmania sets up your cards for milling in a really helpful, but only the Xyzs and 3 MD cards actually mill (Butterfingers, Whirlwind, Meet and Greet). So, rather lacking in support there tbh. It's not extremely cohesive, but its functional.

 

There's nothing incredibly out of place at the moment, particularly among the Xyz Monsters which I rather like save for our easily you can spam them out (Yes, Zoodiac does it better, but their boss is much more situational), but these are two main problems that I think your cards have to get around. But otherwise, I really don't have any complaints. Decent set.

 

From this I take away that the boss needs more strict summoning condition and that the deck needs more combo starters. This could manifest in more Special Summons from excavation as well as giving some of the spell cards more immediate effects.

 

I had actually forgotten than Monster Reborn was allowed again and did not consider that A Cut Above would be underwhelming. 

 

I think the main thing this deck needs is more things that activate in the Graveyard, since there's enough excavation between the field spell and some of the monsters to catalyze the deck. Problem is, it doesn't do anything once you start it. 

 

I will update the topic shortly.

[Dova]

I think the main thing this deck needs is more things that activate in the Graveyard, since there's enough excavation between the field spell and some of the monsters to catalyze the deck. Problem is, it doesn't do anything once you start it. 

 

I still disagree that there's enough excavation. The Field Spell doesn't even excavate; it sets up for excavation. You only have 3 cards in the main deck that excavate and send to the GY, meaning if you don't open them (exception is Chicken Scratch) you have to wait until you do. And the lack of real searching means that you can't grab them when you need to.

[Snatch Steal]

I still disagree that there's enough excavation. The Field Spell doesn't even excavate; it sets up for excavation. You only have 3 cards in the main deck that excavate and send to the GY, meaning if you don't open them (exception is Chicken Scratch) you have to wait until you do. And the lack of real searching means that you can't grab them when you need to.

 

It was supposed to excavate....

Perhaps I just forgot what it did then. Anyway I'm still busy so I'll change it later

[Snatch Steal]

I think I may as well bump this?