Executive Summary

The Invoked archetype stands as a testament to elegant design, a hyper-consistent engine built not on a swarm of monsters, but on a perfect, recursive loop between three core cards. Centered around the Normal Summon of Aleister the Invoker, the engine generates sustained advantage turn after turn. Its true power lies in its compact nature and versatility, acting as a powerful supplement to a myriad of strategies and allowing for a toolbox of powerful Fusion Monsters to be summoned by manipulating the attributes of monsters in either player's Graveyard.

The Alchemist's Circle: Core Engine

Aleister the Invoker

The prime mover. A simple Normal Summon searches the key spell, Invocation, initiating the entire combo. It is the single most critical choke point of the strategy.

Invocation

The grand spell. Fuses using monsters from hand, field, or crucially, by banishing from either player's GY. Its own GY effect recycles itself and returns a banished Aleister to hand.

Magical Meltdown

The protected sanctum. This Field Spell searches Aleister on activation and protects the activation and resolution of your Fusion Summons from being negated, ensuring your plays go through.

The One-Card Path to Mechaba

This walkthrough demonstrates the engine's supreme efficiency, converting a single Aleister into an on-field omni-negate while recycling all resources.

Aleister the Invoker
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Summon & Search

Normal Summon Aleister the Invoker. Activate its effect to search Invocation from your deck.

Salamangreat Almiraj
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Link Climb for Setup

Link Summon Salamangreat Almiraj using Aleister, then Link Almiraj into Secure Gardna. This places Aleister in the GY and puts a required LIGHT monster on the field.

Invoked Mechaba
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Fuse & Recycle

Activate Invocation, banishing Aleister from your GY and Secure Gardna from the field to Fusion Summon Invoked Mechaba. Finally, use Invocation's GY effect to return it to the deck and add Aleister back to your hand.

The Resulting End Board

Invoked Mechaba
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A Formidable Position

  • On Field: One Invoked Mechaba, ready to negate a monster, spell, or trap effect.
  • In Hand: Aleister the Invoker, returned to hand and ready for next turn or to be discarded for Mechaba's cost.
  • In Deck: Invocation, shuffled back and ready to be searched again.

The Invoked Grimoire: Fusion Toolbox

Invoked Mechaba (LIGHT)

Control: The premier omni-negate and the deck's primary turn-one objective.

Invoked Purgatrio (FIRE)

Offense/OTK: Attacks all opponent's monsters and inflicts piercing damage. A devastating board-breaker.

Invoked Caliga (DARK)

Floodgate: Restricts both players to one monster effect and one attack per turn, crippling combo decks.

Invoked Raidjin (WIND)

Disruption: A quick-effect "Book of Moon" to flip an opponent's key monster face-down.

Invoked Cocytus (WATER)

Defense/Wall: Cannot be targeted or destroyed by card effects, making it incredibly difficult to remove.

Invoked Augoeides (LIGHT)

Removal/Offense: Destroys monsters and gains massive ATK, designed to close out games.

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • Hyper-Consistency: Multiple searchers for Aleister lead to the same powerful opening play with remarkable reliability.
  • Compact Engine: Requires very few main deck slots, leaving ample room for other engines or powerful generic staples ("hand traps").
  • Resource Recursion: The Aleister-Invocation loop generates advantage every turn, excelling in simplified game states.

Weaknesses

  • Normal Summon Dependency: The entire engine hinges on Aleister's on-summon effect resolving. A single negate can end the turn.
  • Vulnerability to Banishment: Cards like Called by the Grave or D.D. Crow can sever the recursion loop by banishing Aleister from the GY.
  • Attribute Dependent: The toolbox is only as good as the attributes available in the Graveyards.

Live TCG Banlist Status

Banlist Impact

Fully Unrestricted

The Invoked archetype, with its Fusion-based engine with perfect resource loop via Aleister, 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