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Executive Summary

The Atlantean archetype, historically inseparable from the Mermail engine, is a high-velocity combo strategy focused on resource generation and controlled discard loops. The deck's primary goal is to rapidly fill the Graveyard to summon Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord, stripping the opponent?s hand before establishing a powerful control board. Its mechanics are deeply tied to the lore of a powerful undersea army, leveraging strict card text rulings and chain link theory to guarantee effects and overwhelm opponents.

Core Components: The Atlantean Army

The Soldiers

Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince

The primary combo starter. Sends an Atlantean from Deck to GY as cost to search another, generating multiple resources at once.

Atlantean Dragoons

The main searcher. When sent to the GY as cost for a WATER monster's effect, it adds any Sea Serpent from Deck to hand.

Atlantean Heavy Infantry

Provides spot removal, destroying a face-up card when sent to the GY as cost. Also grants an extra Normal Summon.

The Engines of the Deep

Mermail Engine

Mermail monsters like Abyssteus and Abyssmegalo provide the necessary discard outlets to trigger your Atlantean effects.

Deep Sea Engine

Deep Sea Diva is a one-card starter, while Deep Sea Minstrel enables hand-ripping combos.

Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord

A powerful boss monster that discards two cards from the opponent's hand upon being summoned.

Core Combo: The Deep Sea Diva Hand Loop

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This walkthrough demonstrates the primary one-card combo that establishes the deck's hand-ripping strategy and endboard.

Deep Sea Diva
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Normal Summon Diva

Normal Summon Deep Sea Diva. Use her effect to Special Summon Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince from your Deck.

Neptabyss, the Atlantean Prince
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Activate Neptabyss & Dragoons

Activate Neptabyss, sending Atlantean Dragoons from Deck to GY as cost. This triggers both effects, allowing you to search for two different cards.

Moulinglacia the Elemental Lord
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Hand Rip & Build Board

Continue the combo to summon Deep Sea Minstrel to banish a card from the opponent's hand, then summon Moulinglacia to discard two more before building your final board.

The Final Board: Establishing Dominance

Currently Banned in TCG

Abyss Dweller is currently banned. Use Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir or Tornado Dragon as alternatives.

Preemptive Control

Abyss Dweller
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The endboard focuses on crippling the opponent's resources before they can play.

  • Hand Rip: A combination of Deep Sea Minstrel and Moulinglacia removes 2-3 cards from the opponent's hand.
  • Graveyard Lock: Abyss Dweller (currently banned) prevents the opponent from activating effects in their Graveyard.

Layered Disruption

Icejade Gymir Aegirine
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The board is protected by multiple layers of negation and removal.

  • Omni-Protection: Icejade Gymir Aegirine protects all your WATER monsters from destruction or banishment.
  • Flexible Negation: Monsters like Adamancipator Risen - Dragite provide Spell/Trap or monster effect negation.

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • High Consistency: Multiple one-card starters like Deep Sea Diva lead to the full combo.
  • Resilient to Disruption: Uses mandatory effects and chain blocking to protect key searches from hand traps.
  • Powerful Control: The combination of hand-ripping and a graveyard lock can shut down many strategies.

Weaknesses

  • Vulnerable to Floodgates: Susceptible to hand traps like Maxx "C" (currently banned) and Droll & Lock Bird that stop searching.
  • Linear Combo: While resilient, the main combo has key choke points that a knowledgeable opponent can exploit.

Key Tech

  • Abyssrhine, the Atlantean Spirit: Provides Quick Effect disruption on the opponent's turn by discarding Heavy Infantry.

Banlist Impact

Fully Unrestricted

The Atlantean archetype, with its water discard, operates at full power with no restrictions on the current TCG banlist.

Maximum Consistency

Play any card at your preferred ratio without restrictions

Full Strength Plays

Access to all archetype synergies without limitations

Strategic Freedom

No banlist constraints holding back your strategy

Banlist Status Summary

+ analyzed • 0 restrictions found • All cards legal at 3 copies