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"The Megaliths are stone monoliths that perform Ritual Summons during either player's turn using their own effects—no Ritual Spell required. This unprecedented self-sufficiency makes them the most autonomous Ritual archetype ever designed, each stone monument serving as both tribute and summoner in an ancient ceremony of living rock."

Megalith Ophiel
I · The white angel
  1. Ancient times left many monumental stone structures, and other worlds have colossal ones of their own, such as the grand stones called the Megalith. Megalith Ophiel is a white statue like an angel, her eyes closed in a gentle expression and wings on her back: a radiant holiness that inspires reverence.
  2. On the other hand is the black demon, Megalith Hagith: a haggard devil crouching with contorted limbs, its face hidden behind a mask, thorns driven into its side.
  3. Megalith Och is a lovely pair of twin children, one white and one black: by their wings, an angel and a demon, wearing contrasting expressions.
  4. Their pedestals are not natural stone but an unknown material, with a heptagonal decoration and a mystic pattern that gives off a gentle light. They may be a door to another world, or a stake that binds another creature.
  5. From Ophiel's pedestal appears Megalith Phaleg, with two pairs of wings: a far cry from the gentle Ophiel, a ferocious angel with helmet, shield and spear.
  6. From Hagith's pedestal appears the great four-winged devil Megalith Bethor, formidably built, with glaring golden horns.
  7. And from Och's pedestal blazes the many-headed dragon Megalith Aratron, its momentum threatening to flatten the earth and swallow everything.
  8. Yet that is only one form of the Megaliths' power. Even destroyed, they can create a kind of force field. How were they made, and what is their hidden power?
  9. The key to the mystery may be a truth that emerges from beyond the Megaliths themselves.

Executive Summary

The Megalith archetype is a unique EARTH Rock Ritual strategy that revolutionizes Ritual Summoning by foregoing traditional Ritual Spells. Instead, the monsters themselves act as the catalysts for their summons. This creates a self-contained engine where every monster is either a starter, an extender, or a powerful boss monster. The core gameplay revolves around a loop of summoning, searching, and recycling resources to control the board. With the release of support in Doom of Dimensions, the deck has overcome its historical issues with resource management and fragility, transforming into a resilient and powerful combo-control strategy.

Core Mechanics

Ritual Summoning Without Spells

Megalith monsters have built-in effects to perform Ritual Summons. The Level 8 monsters can be discarded from the hand to initiate a summon, while the Level 4 monsters can perform a Ritual Summon from the field, creating a chain of summons.

Resource Recursion Loop

Through their support cards like Megalith Portal and the new Megalith Phuloch, the deck excels at recycling its monsters from the Graveyard, enabling a relentless, long-term grind game.

The Monolithic Pantheon: Core Cards

Megalith Anastasis

The new heart of the deck. This Continuous Spell is a 1-card starter that discards 1 to search 2 Megaliths. It also provides a free "Draw 2, Discard 1" or a non-targeting Tribute of an opponent's monster when you Ritual Summon.

Megalith Notrah Plura

The new boss monster. From the hand, it protects your Megalith monster effects from being responded to for the turn. On the field, it's a powerful omni-negate that can also Tribute an opponent's monster.

Megalith Phuloch

The new recursion engine. On summon, it adds any Megalith card from the GY to the hand. As a Quick Effect, it can Ritual Summon a Megalith from the GY, enabling a devastating "double Bethor" loop.

Megalith Phul

Still the keystone. This Level 2 monster can summon any Megalith Ritual monster from the Deck as a Quick Effect, enabling powerful interruptions on the opponent's turn, now protected by Plura and recurred by Phuloch.

Megalith Bethor

The primary disruption tool. When Ritual Summoned, Bethor destroys cards your opponent controls. The new support allows you to trigger this effect multiple times per turn, from both the Deck and GY.

Megalith Phaleg

The deck's primary OTK enabler. Phaleg grants a massive ATK boost to all your monsters, turning your board into a game-ending threat after you've dismantled the opponent's field.

Megalith Ophiel & Hagith

The main searchers. Ophiel searches monsters, while Hagith searches Spells/Traps. They are now even better, as they can be searched by Anastasis and help build your board.

Megalith Portal

The Field Spell that fuels the recursion engine. Each time a Megalith is summoned, it allows you to add a Ritual Monster from your Graveyard back to your hand. Works perfectly with Phuloch.

Megalith Unformed

A flexible Quick-Play Spell that can Ritual Summon any Megalith from the hand or Deck. Can be added back from the GY by Phuloch to be used again.

Core Combo: The "Anastasis" 1-Card Starter

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The new support completely changes the deck's combos. Megalith Anastasis is now the deck's premier 1-card starter, creating a resilient, resource-positive board from a single card.

Megalith Anastasis
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Activate the Engine

Activate Megalith Anastasis. Discard 1 card (e.g., a Bethor or other Ritual Monster) to add Megalith Notrah Plura (Level 12) and Megalith Phul (Level 2) from your Deck to your hand.

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Megalith Notrah Plura
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Protect Your Plays

Reveal Notrah Plura from your hand. Its effect makes your opponent unable to respond to your Megalith monster effect activations this turn. This makes your Phul "Ash-proof" and your entire combo "Nibiru-proof".

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Megalith Phul
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Summon and Profit

Ritual Summon Megalith Phul (e.g., by discarding a Level 8 Megalith). This triggers Anastasis, allowing you to "Draw 2, discard 1," making your combo resource-positive.

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Megalith Phuloch
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Build the Loop

Activate Phul's (protected) effect to Ritual Summon Megalith Phuloch from your Deck. Phuloch's effect then activates, adding a key card (like Unformed) from your GY to your hand. You can then proceed to summon Notrah Plura to complete your board.

The New Fortress: The Post-Support End Board

The old end board of "Phul, pass" is gone. The new optimal board is a multi-layered fortress of interruptions that is difficult for any opponent to break.

Megalith Notrah Plura

Plura

Megalith Phul

Phul

Megalith Phuloch

Phuloch

Megalith Bethor

(In GY/Deck)

This board provides 4-5 layers of disruption:

  • Layer 1 (Omni-Negate): Megalith Notrah Plura's on-field Quick Effect negates any card or effect.
  • Layer 2 (Board Wipe 1): During the opponent's Main Phase, activate Phul's effect to summon Bethor from the Deck, destroying multiple opposing cards.
  • Layer 3 (Free Removal 1): When Phul summons Bethor, Anastasis triggers (as Chain Link 2), Tributing an opponent's monster (non-targeting) *before* Bethor's effect resolves.
  • Layer 4 (Board Wipe 2): If the opponent rebuilds, activate Phuloch's Quick Effect to summon Bethor from the Graveyard, triggering a *second* board wipe.
  • Layer 5 (Free Removal 2): When Phuloch summons Bethor, Anastasis triggers again, providing a *second* non-targeting Tribute.

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • Resource Positive: Anastasis turns 1-card combos into a full board while refilling your hand.
  • Combo Protection: Notrah Plura's hand effect makes your key plays immune to common hand traps.
  • Layered Disruption: The new end board provides an omni-negate, two board wipes, and two non-targeting removals.
  • Incredible Recursion: Phuloch and Portal create a sustainable loop that out-grinds most decks.

Weaknesses

  • Key Card Reliance: While protected, the deck is still highly reliant on resolving Anastasis or Phul. Failure to see them can be difficult.
  • Graveyard Hate: Cards that banish from the Graveyard, like D.D. Crow or Dimension Shifter, can shut down the new recursion loops.
  • Spell/Trap Removal: The engine is now more reliant on its Continuous Spell, Anastasis. Removing it quickly can slow the deck down.

Synergistic Engines

  • Impcantation: Still provides free bodies for Ritual Summoning and helps search for key pieces.
  • Drytron: Offers an almost limitless supply of tribute fodder and enables even more explosive and resilient end boards.
  • Fairy/Herald: Using cards like Diviner of the Herald and Cyber Angel Benten turns Ritual Summoning into an advantage-generating machine.

Live TCG Banlist Status

Banlist Impact

Fully Unrestricted

The Megalith archetype, with its Megalith is a Ritual archetype that uses its monsters to Ritual Summon, creating a self-contained engine for swarming and control., 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