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Executive Summary

The Bounzer archetype is a niche group of Warrior monsters centered around generating materials for high-impact Rank 6 Xyz Monsters, chiefly their boss, Photon Strike Bounzer. Due to a critical lack of internal consistency, a competitive Bounzer strategy must be paired with external engines that specialize in summoning Level 6 monsters. This has defined Bounzers not as a standalone deck, but as a toolbox for a much larger and more powerful strategy, a squad of inter-dimensional warriors for hire.

Core Components: The Bounzer Arsenal

Main Deck Warriors

Phantom Bounzer

The theoretical resource generator. When destroyed on the field, it adds two "Bounzer" cards from the Deck to the hand.

Blade Bounzer

An outdated beatdown monster focused on the Battle Phase, allowing for a second attack by discarding a card.

Bounzer Guard

A Quick-Play Spell offering protection from targeting and battle destruction for a "Bounzer" monster.

The Rank 6 Toolbox

Photon Strike Bounzer

The archetypal boss. Provides a Quick Effect negation of a monster effect activated on the opponent's field.

Constellar Ptolemy M7

A generic Rank 6 utility monster. It provides resource recovery by returning a monster from the field or GY to the hand.

Hieratic Engine

The most effective partner engine. Hieratic dragons can rapidly summon Level 6 monsters to facilitate Xyz plays.

Core Combo: Hieratic Engine into Bounzer

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This walkthrough demonstrates the standard two-card combo using the Hieratic engine to quickly summon a Rank 6 Xyz monster.

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Summon & Tribute

Normal Summon a Hieratic monster like Hieratic Dragon of Su. Use its effect to Tribute itself, triggering its effect to Special Summon a Level 6 Normal Dragon from the Deck.

Hieratic Dragon of Tefnuit
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Summon Second Body

Use another Hieratic monster or an extender like Hieratic Dragon of Tefnuit to place a second Level 6 monster on the field.

Photon Strike Bounzer
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Xyz Summon

Overlay the two Level 6 monsters to Xyz Summon Photon Strike Bounzer or another powerful Rank 6 monster like Constellar Ptolemy M7.

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • Powerful Toolbox: Provides access to the strong and versatile generic Rank 6 Xyz monster pool.
  • Synergistic Engine: Pairs extremely well with the Hieratic engine for consistent Level 6 monster generation.

Weaknesses

  • Lack of Internal Consistency: The archetype has no reliable starter or searcher, making it entirely dependent on external engines.
  • Vulnerable Negation: Photon Strike Bounzer's negation does not work on hand traps, a critical blind spot in the modern game.
  • Outdated Effects: Many of the main deck monsters have slow, battle-focused effects that are irrelevant in the current meta.

Engine Requirements

  • Hieratics: The premier engine for consistently summoning two or more Level 6 monsters for Xyz plays.
  • Others: While engines like Galaxy/Photon or Heroic Challengers have been considered, they lack the dedicated Level 6 focus of Hieratics.

Banlist Impact

Fully Unrestricted

The Bounzer archetype, with its Xyz summoning with Dragon-type support, 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