Lore Archive
"The Enneacraft are nine autonomous mecha that watch over the city of Enneapolis, each one judging a different sin. With the advent of the Blazing Dominion protocols, their formations have evolved from reactive traps into a formalized doctrine of applied statistics—reducing opponent actions to mathematically zeroed variables."
The futuristic city of Enneapolis established nine sins: anger, arrogance, deception, envy, greed, dread, gluttony, longing and sloth. Nine autonomous mecha, the Enneacraft, watch its residents at all times. Each sin moves a sin count forward, and when it builds up, the Enneacraft that governs that sin manifests in the city, its octahedron expanding into an animal form, and begins disciplining mankind (The Valuable Book EX 6).
The 2nd Enneacraft, which judged those arrogant enough to interfere with the sublime Enneacraft disciplining program.
The 3rd Enneacraft, which judged the deceitful, smeared in ostentation and suppression.
The 5th Enneacraft, which judged the greedy, whose exploits for profit knew no boundaries.
The 6th Enneacraft, which judged those who recklessly caused terror on feebler lifeforms.
The 8th Enneacraft, which judged those who longed for salvation greater than they deserved.
A sin is detected, an Enneacraft deploys, and the sinner is disciplined, then reset: a future monitored from top to bottom, from beginning to end.
Executive Summary
Phase 1: Reactive Obscurity
The original Enneacraft archetype functions as a psychological minefield. By fusing Pendulum Summoning and Flip Effects, the deck subverts the "Face-Up" nature of modern play. Threats are hidden in Face-Down Defense Position, effectively "blanking" common interactions like Infinite Impermanence. Every monster flipped face-up puts an E.C. Counter on each Enneacraft in your Pendulum Zones, and Enneapolis turns them into 900 damage each in the End Phase.
Phase 2: Blazing Dominion Advancements
The recent Blazing Dominion core expansion elevated the deck into a "Full Gas" engine of attrition. The strategy pivots sharply away from probability toward a doctrine of "applied statistics". Utilizing the new multi-layered tools, the deck calculates interactions as a "Simultaneous Equation Canon"—systematically nullifying opposing variables, dictating Chain Links, and evading targeted removal entirely.
Core Operational Mechanics
The Face-Down Lock
"You cannot Special Summon... except in Face-Down Defense Position."
Every Enneacraft reveals itself from the hand to Special Summon a monster face-down, and for the rest of that turn you can only Special Summon face-down, which shuts off your Extra Deck. In return, the monsters arrive face-down, where effects that need a face-up monster, like Infinite Impermanence or Effect Veiler, can't touch them. The searches can still be hit by Ash Blossom.
The Sinquisition Economy
Formula: D = 900 × n (where n = E.C. Counters)
Each time a monster is flipped face-up, every Enneacraft in your Pendulum Zones gets 1 E.C. Counter. In the End Phase, Enneapolis removes them all and deals 900 damage for each, so two Enneacraft scales count every flip twice.
Deterministic Searching
The Illusion of Probability (Rule of Threes)
Every Level 1 Enneacraft, exapatisIA included, has the same Pendulum Effect: pay 900 LP, reveal 3 Enneacraft cards from your Deck, and your opponent picks 1 at random for your hand. Nothing stops you revealing three copies of the same card, which makes the pick certain. Each Level 1 can do it once per turn.
Sovereignty Over The Stack
Chain Link Erasure & Response Lock
Atil.SPIA punishes long chains. When your opponent activates a card effect as Chain Link 3 or later, it flips face-up and negates and destroys every effect they had already activated on that chain. While it stays face-up, they can't chain effects to their own effect activations.
System Components
Update Briefing: Blazing Dominion adds a chain-breaking Level 9, a fifth Level 1, and Enneacraft Reset, which fetches Enneapolis and can turn your monsters face-down again from the GY.
Missing: 44716748
Trito Enneacraft - "exapatisIA"
LVL 1 | SCALE 0 | CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Pendulum: Pay 900 LP; reveal 3 Enneacraft cards, opponent randomly picks 1 to add to hand.
- Hand: Reveal to SS 1 monster Face-Down.
- Quick Effect: When your opponent activates an effect that Sets a card -> flip face-up, search 1 Enneacraft card.
- FLIP: Destroy 1 S/T, SS 1 from hand Face-Down.
Missing: 71801447
Enneacraft - Atil.SPIA
LVL 9 | SCALE 0 | APEX PREDATOR
Pendulum: End of Battle Phase, if an Enneacraft is in your other Pendulum Zone: destroy 1 opponent's monster with less than 3000 ATK. Every Level 9 has this.
- Quick Effect: Opponent activates a card effect as Chain Link 3+ -> flip face-up; negate & destroy every effect they already activated on that chain.
- Continuous: Opponent cannot activate cards/effects in response to their own activations.
Missing: 19504025
Enneacraft Reset
NORMAL SPELL
Primary: Place Enneapolis from your Deck or GY in your Field Zone. If you already control Enneapolis, instead negate the effects of face-up cards your opponent controls, up to the number of cards in your Pendulum Zones.
GY Reset: When your opponent activates an effect, banish it from the GY to turn your Enneacraft monsters face-down, up to the number of cards in your Pendulum Zones. They can flip again, and effects that need a face-up monster no longer apply to them.
// BLAZING DOMINION FEATURE MATRIX
| Feature | Trito - "exapatisIA" | Atil.SPIA |
|---|---|---|
| Deployment | Reveal: SS 1 monster from hand face-down | Reveal: SS 1 monster from hand face-down |
| Pendulum Zone | Reveal-3 search (900 LP) | End of BP: destroy < 3000 ATK (needs a 2nd Enneacraft scale) |
| Interrogation | Opponent's effect that Sets a card | Opponent's effect at Chain Link 3+ |
| Lethal Payload | S/T Removal + Board Swarm | Negates their chain + response lock |
Tactical Sequences
The Atil.SPIA Lock
Starting hand: Enneacraft Reset and Enneacraft Release. Everything else comes from the Deck; run three copies of Atil.SPIA so the reveal-3 search is certain.
Missing: 19504025
Activate Enneacraft Reset
Place Enneapolis from your Deck face-up in your Field Zone.
Activate Enneacraft Release
Place exapatisIA from your Deck in your Pendulum Zone. Placing a card isn't adding it to your hand, so Droll & Lock Bird can't stop this.
Missing: 44716748
Search with the Pendulum Effect
Pay 900 LP and reveal three copies of Atil.SPIA from your Deck: whichever one your opponent picks at random, it's Atil.SPIA. Ash Blossom can negate this search.
Enneapolis Returns exapatisIA
Use Enneapolis to return exapatisIA from your Pendulum Zone to your hand.
Missing: 44716748
Summon Atil.SPIA Face-Down
Reveal exapatisIA to Special Summon Atil.SPIA from your hand in face-down Defense Position; for the rest of the turn you can only Special Summon face-down. Then place exapatisIA back in your Pendulum Zone: its search is spent, but it collects E.C. Counters, and Enneacraft Reset counts it.
Missing: 71801447
Opponent's Turn — React
When your opponent activates a card effect as Chain Link 3 or later, flip Atil.SPIA face-up: every effect they already activated on that chain is negated and destroyed, and while it stays face-up they can't chain effects to their own. The next time they activate an effect, banish Enneacraft Reset from your GY to turn Atil.SPIA face-down again, ready for the next long chain. Each flip puts an E.C. Counter on exapatisIA, worth 900 damage in the End Phase.
Strengths
- Face-down setup: Monsters summoned face-down can't be hit by Infinite Impermanence or Effect Veiler.
- Chain control: Face-up, Atil.SPIA stops your opponent chaining effects to their own.
- Second flip: Enneacraft Reset in the GY turns your Enneacraft face-down again in response, so they can flip a second time.
Weaknesses
- Droll & Lock Bird: Remains a critical chokepoint if searching starts early.
- Non-destruction removal: Banishing, bouncing or shuffling gets around Archa.TAIL, which only stops destruction.
- Pacing/Time: Highly reactive nature makes it vulnerable to tournament end-of-match procedures.
Deck Showcase
See Enneacraft in action
Regulation Status
Banlist Impact
LOW IMPACT: The Enneacraft archetype has minor restrictions on the TCG banlist, with 1 card semi-limited.
Archetype Cards
Semi-Limited
- • Droll & Lock Bird
Meta Implications: Thanks to its Absolute immunity to targeting via Reset; highly resilient stack manipulation, Enneacraft remains playable despite the limitation.
Banlist Status Summary
Core cards checked:
• Deftero Enneacraft - "alazoneIA"
• Droll & Lock Bird
• Enneacraft - Atil.SPIA
• Enneacraft - Atori.MAR
• Enneacraft - Release
• Enneapolis, the Sinquisition City
• Pot of Extravagance
• Proto Enneacraft - "orgIA"
• Trito Enneacraft - "exapatisIA"
• Zaborg the Mega Monarch
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1 total restriction found
• 1 archetype card