1-card - Ponix

Requirements

• Cards in hand:
  • Legendary Fire King Ponix
• Cards in main deck:
  • Sacred Fire King Garunix
  • Fire King High Avatar Kirin
  • Fire King Avatar Barong
  • Fire King Sanctuary
  • Fire King Island
• Cards in extra deck:
  • Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings

When to perform this combo

Generally you'll only want to go this route if Ponix is the only FIRE monster in your hand, otherwise the Ponix + any FIRE monster combo is preferred.

You could also go this route if you suspect your opponent has Nibiru, the Primal Being as we perform only 2 Special Summons. However you will need to draw sufficient interruptions to assist Hyang's board clear against most meta decks.

Steps

Your turn

• Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
• Activate Ponix's effect to search Fire King Sanctuary.
• Activate Sanctuary from hand, place Fire King Island in Field Zone.
• Activate Island's effect to destroy Ponix and search Sacred Fire King Garunix.
• Activate Sacred Garunix's first effect to Special Summon itself from hand.
• Activate Sacred Garunix's second effect to destroy Fire King Avatar Barong from deck.

Opponent's turn

• In Standby Phase:
  • Activate Ponix's effect to add itself back to hand.
  • Activate Barong's effect to add Fire King High Avatar Kirin from deck to hand.
• During Main Phase 1:
  • Activate High Kirin's effect to destroy Ponix from hand and Special Summon itself.
• Whenever your opponent Special Summons and you're ready to clear the board:
  • Activate Sanctuary's effect to Xyz Summon Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings by overlaying Sacred Garunix and High Kirin.
  • Activate Hyang's effect to destroy all monsters on the field.

Notes

• This is the most basic combo of the deck, and most other combos build on top of it.
• This combo plays under Nibiru, the Primal Being's 5 summon threshold, making it an option if you drew into multiple interruptions (handtraps or trap cards) and you suspect your opponent might have Nibiru in their hand.

Chokepoints

• This combo ends immediately if either Ponix or Island get negated.
  • If you have High Kirin in hand, you can dodge targeting negation on Ponix (think Effect Veiler or Infinite Impermanence) by chaining High Kirin's effect to destroy Ponix before the negation resolves.
• If Sacred Garunix's 2nd effect gets negated, you will be unable to search High Kirin, and thus summon Hyang. You will need other methods to reach High Kirin, or rely on the interruptions you have in your hand to survive until the next turn.