1.5-card - Ponix + any FIRE monster

Requirements

• Cards in hand:
  • Legendary Fire King Ponix
  • 1 FIRE monster (ideally a Fire King, if not, you will also need Salamangreat Almiraj in your Extra Deck.)
• Cards in Main Deck:
  • Fire King Sanctuary
  • Fire King Island
  • Sacred Fire King Garunix
  • Fire King Avatar Arvata
  • For follow-up, one or both of:
    • Fire King Courtier Ulcanix
    • Fire King High Avatar Kirin
• Cards in Extra Deck:
  • Salamangreat Almiraj (optionally, if the FIRE in hand is not a Fire King)
  • Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf
  • Relinquished Anima
  • Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames
  • Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale (optionally, if you don't want to end on Princess + Arvata)

When to perform this combo

This is the most common combo you will perform if Fire King Courtier Ulcanix is not in your hand.

NOTE: Depending on what the FIRE monster is, this line can branch out into multiple routes, the one detailed below is the one you can expect to perform most of the time.

Steps

Your turn

1. Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
2. Activate Ponix's effect to search Fire King Sanctuary.
3. Activate Sanctuary from hand, place Fire King Island in Field Zone.
4. If the FIRE monster on your hand is NOT A Fire King, Link Summon Salamangreat Almiraj using Ponix as material.
   • You can still Link Summon Almiraj if you have a Arvata or High Kirin, and this will let you Special Summon Ponix from GY using their effects.
5. Activate Island's effect to destroy the FIRE monster in your hand, and search Sacred Fire King Garunix.
   • If the destroyed monster was a Fire King, like Arvata and Kirin, you may be able to use their effects.
6. Activate Sacred Garunix's first effect to Special Summon itself from hand.
7. Activate Sacred Garunix's second effect to destroy Fire King Avatar Arvata from deck.
   • NOTE: If the FIRE monster in your hand was Arvata already, destroy Fire King High Avatar Kirin instead, as Arvata cannot Special Summon itself.
8. Activate Arvata/Kirin's effect to special summon a Fire King from GY (either Ponix or the card you destroyed from hand)
9. Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf using either Sacred Garunix + Almiraj, or Sacred Garunix + the Fire King destroyed from hand.
10. Link Summon Relinquished Anima using Ponix, in the zone directly under Sunlight Wolf.
11. Activate Sunlight Wolf's effect to add a FIRE from your GY to your hand (except Arvata!).
12. Link Summon Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames using Sunlight Wolf and Anima.
13. Activate Princess's effect to Special Summon Arvata/any FIRE from GY.
14. Optionally, Link Summon Amphibious Swarmship Amblowhale using Princess and the FIRE you revived.

Notes

• If you opt to stay on Princess + Arvata, you can expect to have the following interruptions:

  • A monster negate off Arvata, destroying Princess,
  • Sacred Garunix Special Summoning itself from GY, destroying a Fire King from deck.
    • You could go for High Kirin to revive another Fire King and destroy a card on the field.
    • Or you could go for Ulcanix to Special Summon a Fire King High Avatar Garunix, to set up the Xyz Summon of Hyang via Sanctuary later on.
  • Princess' effect to Special Summon herself by destroying 1 card on each side of the field.
    • You can pop your Arvata here after it used its negate, to revive another Fire King.
  • If you have Kirin in hand, you can use its effect to Summon itself by destroying a FIRE monster.
  • If you have two Level 8s on your side of the field, you can activate Sanctuary and Xyz Summon Hyang using them as material, then using its effect to destroy all monsters on the field.

• If you end on Amblowhale, you have the following:

  • Princess effect to pop Amblowhale and an opponent's card to Special Summon herself,
  • Amblowhale effect to Special Summon a Link-3 or lower, probably Sunlight Wolf or Almiraj.
  • Sacred Garunix Special Summoning itself from GY, destroying a Fire King from deck.
    • If you pop High Kirin here, you can revive Arvata for a monster negate.
    • Or go for Ulcanix to set up 2 Level 8s via Fire King High Avatar Garunix.
  • If a Link-3 or lower is destroyed, Amblowhale can banish itself from GY to destroy a card on the field.
  • If you have Kirin in hand, you can use its effect to Summon itself by destroying a FIRE monster.
  • If you have 2 Level 8s, you can make Hyang to clear the board.

Chokepoints

• This combo goes past Nibiru, the Primal Being's 5 summon threshold, making this combo potentially risky.
  • If the FIRE monster you destroyed from hand is Arvata, Special Summon it when using High Kirin's effect (step 8.). This provides you with a monster negate exactly on the 5th summon (assuming you also used Arvata to summon back a card), but at the cost of another Fire King from hand or field.
• As with the 1-card Ponix combo, a negate resolving on Ponix or Island can stop you entirely.
• If Sacred Garunix's 2nd effect gets negated, you will have only 2 bodies on the field. If Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring was used against you, you could Link Summon Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze and steal their Ash Blossom so you can still make Princess, then Amblowhale.