Playing the Deck

Now that we discussed all the cards we need to know about, let's see the deck in action!

The Fire King strategy, as it's currently played by most people, focuses on going first and setting up layers of interaction with which to disrupt the opponent during their turn, then pushing to win the game during the third turn. If that fails, we outgrind the opponent using the multiple ways we have to revive cards out of the GY, until they can no longer keep up with us.

In practice, it all starts by setting up the Fire King engine and getting cards like Sacred Fire King Garunix in the GY and Fire King Sanctuary on the field. This enables you to build board presence and prepare to blow up your opponent's field with Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings when they summon anything you might consider a threat.

You can add more layers of interaction with cards like Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale and Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames. This gives you multiple opportunities to destroy your opponent's cards before nuking the field with Hyang, allowing for more control over the game.

Going second, we attempt to disrupt the opponent with the non-engine we have available, then attempt to clear their board and push for an OTK on the 2nd turn. This can mean turboing out Hyang and/or using cards like Fire King Sky Burn and Circle of the Fire Kings to dismantle your opponent's board and cycle through enough monsters to deal 8000+ damage.

Keep in mind that this deck performs its best when going first because we need to be able to set up our engine, and going first means fewer interruptions to worry about. When going second we're very vulnerable to many more interruptions and we struggle against boards with multiple negates, for example.

However, we have a very strong grind game - if correctly piloted, the deck can keep reusing resources from the GY for multiple consecutive turns while also consistently destroying cards on both sides of the field. Thus, surviving past the first few turns significantly tips the scales in our favor - keep this in mind as you learn the deck, and recognize when you should go for less explosive but safer plays so you can grind your opponent out later.

In this section, we'll take a look at some play patterns you will find yourself doing often, then integrate those patterns into a few complete combo lines to showcase what the deck can do.

Finally, we'll discuss various options for handling interruptions and common situations you might find yourself in, so you're prepared for anything that might come your way.

Let's dive in!