Executive Summary

The Zombie World strategy is a resilient, mid-range control deck that thrives on attrition. Its foundation is not a single card, but a symbiotic triumvirate: the Field Spell that reshapes the duel, the boss monster that endlessly returns, and the Graveyard itself, which serves as a second hand and command center. The core interaction between Zombie World and Doomking Balerdroch transforms your boss monster into a universal disruption tool that feeds off the opponent's own plays, creating a powerful and persistent loop of control.

The Undead Arsenal

The Core Engine

Zombie World

The keystone. Turns all monsters on field and in GYs into Zombies, enabling all your effects and disabling many opponent strategies.

Doomking Balerdroch

The unkillable king. Revives itself every turn and provides a monster negate or a banish whenever a Zombie monster activates an effect (which, thanks to Zombie World, is *any* monster).

Glow-Up Bloom & Necroworld Banshee

The harbingers. Banshee searches/protects Zombie World from the GY, while Bloom summons Doomking directly from the deck when sent to the GY.

Starters & Extenders

Uni-Zombie

The primary enabler. A one-card engine that sends combo pieces (like Bloom or Banshee) from your deck to the GY. The deck's most important Normal Summon.

Shiranui Solitaire

Effectively acts as 3 more copies of Uni-Zombie by Tributing itself to summon Uni-Zombie from the deck.

Mezuki

The recursive extender. Banishes itself from the GY to Special Summon any Zombie from your GY, enabling Synchro plays and field swarming.

Choreography of the Damned

The primary objective is establishing the Doomking lock. This "Balerdroch Turbo" combo demonstrates the most direct path using your key starter.

Uni-Zombie
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The Enabler

Normal Summon Uni-Zombie (or access it via Shiranui Solitaire). Activate its effect, sending Necroworld Banshee from Deck to GY.

Zombie World
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Activate the World

Activate Banshee's effect from the GY by banishing it. Activate Zombie World directly from your Deck.

Doomking Balerdroch
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Summon the King

Activate Uni-Zombie's second effect, discarding a card to send Glow-Up Bloom from Deck to GY. Since Zombie World is active, Bloom's GY effect triggers, letting you Special Summon Doomking Balerdroch from your Deck.

The Final Board

The Zombie World end board is not a static wall of negates, but a dynamic, recursive system designed to out-grind the opponent through persistent threats and resource generation.

The Core Lock

Doomking Balerdroch
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  • Zombie World: Active on the field, turning all monsters into Zombies.
  • Doomking Balerdroch: Revives himself during the Standby Phase.
  • The Interaction: Provides a negate or banish in response to *any* opponent's monster effect.

The Value Engine

Vampire Sucker
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  • Vampire Sucker: Link monster that provides continuous card advantage.
  • The Loop: When Doomking revives himself, Vampire Sucker triggers, allowing you to draw a card.
  • Layered Disruption: Can be supplemented with Synchros like Red-Eyes Zombie Dragon Lord or Skeletal Dragon Felgrand.

Competitive Analysis

Strengths

  • Resilient Grind Game: The Doomking/Sucker loop can out-resource many decks.
  • Anti-Meta Power: Zombie World single-handedly shuts down Type-reliant decks (Dragons, Tri-Brigade, Floowandereeze, etc.).
  • Powerful Board Breaker: Access to Super Polymerization + Zombie World is a game-winning combo.

Weaknesses

  • Choke Points: Extremely reliant on its Normal Summon (Uni-Zombie/Solitaire). A single negation here can end the turn.
  • GY Hate: Vulnerable to widespread banishing effects like Dimension Shifter or Bystials.
  • Backrow Removal: Relies on its Field Spell. Cosmic Cyclone or Harpie's Feather Duster can be devastating.

Key Tech & Variants

  • Super Polymerization: Combos with Zombie World to remove any 2 opponent monsters for Dragonecro Nethersoul Dragon.
  • Rivalry of Warlords: A devastating floodgate. With Zombie World, it locks the opponent from summoning *any* non-Zombie monster.
  • Eldlich Engine: The most popular variant, adding another layer of recursive threats and trap-based control.

Banlist Impact

MODERATE IMPACT: The Zombie World archetype has been moderately restricted by the TCG banlist, with 3 cards limited.

Archetype Cards

Limited

  • • Rivalry of Warlords
  • • Gozen Match
  • • Called by the Grave

Meta Implications: Thanks to its Good resilience due to Graveyard recursion and milling mechanics that maintain resource availability. The archetype can recover from disruption through repeated Zombie World activations and monster revival effects., Zombie World remains playable despite the limitations.

Banlist Status Summary

analyzed • 3 total restrictions found • 3 archetype cards

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