Notes & Combos

Game Plan & Win Condition

• Gimmick Puppet is a control deck that aims to owerwhelm the opponent with big beatsticks, take advantage through battle and Extra Deck monster effects and slow down the opponent with instant speed backrows. The deck likes to drag duels longer than usual, abusing Chimera Doll to have a second draw every turn
• Going first the deck wants to summon Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll backed up by a 3 material Dingirsu and all the backrow you saw in your starting hand
• Going second the deck has a hard time OTKing because of the lock on Gigantes Doll, so if you can't end the duel that turn abuse the protection from Bisque Doll to set up the resource loop and start eating your opponent's resourcers in battle little by little

Ratio Explanation

• Terror Baby: mandatory 3 of. It's the best starter as well as the only 1 card Chimera Doll + Dingirsu. The deck has no other lvl 4 Gimmick Puppet, so it's important to be very mindful of banishing Des-Troy because that might cut you off any rank 4 for the rest of the duel
• Bisque Doll: I like 2 because the first is most of the times used to make the turn 1 Dingirsu or to protect your plays, while the second is the extender That allows you to summon Strings while Dingirsu is on the field
• Magnet Doll: it's the best extender, turns Advance Draw in Trade-in and is another lvl 8 for Dingirsu
• Advance Draw: 3 is too bricky and the deck can easily summon 2 lvl 8s in the same turn for 2 to be not too bricky
• Cosmic Cyclone: I'm not a fan of backrow hate in Gimmick Puppet, CC was more used as a control tool to remove recursive S/T (Babel/Poly) and to "MST negate" continuous S/T
• Barrage Blast: awesome card for the deck, it turns Dingirsu and Strings unused materials into destruction and it sets up the graveyard too. If I had two I would probably play another copy over one CC
• Staples: you already know them
• Dingirsu: the second one never came up with this few lvl 8s, it can be replaced by whatever you want
• Strings and Giant Grinder: never missed the 2nd one of either
• Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon: you're not aiming at OTKing, so having a bigger body is better than Malevolent Sin's effect
• Chimera Doll: the second one rarely came up, but it can clear a Dingirsu and if your board gets wiped it turns Terror Baby + Dreary Doll in grave into an OTK on an empty board