Elemental HERO Stratos‘ status in the TCG Forbidden List has always been a controversial one.

The recent Premium Pack 19 brought Vision HERO Vyon to the OCG. With the help of Elemental HERO Stratos, a single card can now extrapolate into two Beatrice, The Eternal Lady summoned onto the field, via a series of combos.



Vision HERO Vyon

Effect Monster

Level 4 / DARK / Warrior

ATK 1000 / DEF 1200

If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 “HERO” monster from your Deck to the Graveyard. You can only use this effect of “Vision HERO Vyon” once per turn. Once per turn: You can banish 1 “HERO” monster from your Graveyard; add 1 “Polymerization” from your Deck to your hand.

The Combo

Method 1

Activate A Hero Lives to Special Summon Elemental HERO Stratos. Trigger Elemental HERO Stratos‘ effect upon its summon, searching out Vision HERO Vyon. Normal summon Vision HERO Vyon. Trigger Vision HERO Vyon‘s effect upon its summon, milling Elemental HERO Shadow Mist. Elemental HERO Shadow Mist‘s effect activates in the graveyard, allowing you to search out Destiny HERO Malicious. Activate the effect of Vision HERO Vyon, banish Elemental HERO Shadow Mist to search out Polymerisation. Activate Polymerisation, fusing Vision HERO Vyon and Destiny HERO Malicious to summon Destiny HERO – Deadlyguy. Activate Destiny HERO Malicious‘s effect from the graveyard, special summoning another copy of itself from the deck. Xyz summon Beatrice the Eternal Lady, by using Destiny HERO – Deadlyguy and Destiny HERO Malicious as Xyz Materials. Activate the effect of Beatrice the Eternal Lady, detaching Destiny HERO Malicious sending Carboneddon from your deck to the graveyard. Activate Destiny HERO Malicious‘s effect from the graveyard, special summoning another copy of itself from the deck. Activate the effect of Carboneddon from the graveyard, special summoning Labradorite Dragon the deck. Xyz Summon a second copy of Beatrice the Eternal Lady, by using Labradorite Dragon and Destiny HERO Malicious as Xyz Materials.

Method 2

Alternatively, if you have an extra card in hand, diverge at step 10.

Activate the effect of Beatrice the Eternal Lady, sending Plaguespreader Zombie from your deck to the graveyard. Using the extra card in hand, special summon Plaguespreader Zombie by sending it to the top of your deck. Synchro Summon Stardust Charge Warrior using Plaguespreader Zombie and Elemental HERO Stratos. Draw back the card you returned to the top of your deck, with the effect of Stardust Charge Warrior. Activate Destiny HERO Malicious‘s effect from the graveyard, special summoning another copy of itself from the deck. Xyz summon Beatrice the Eternal Lady, by using Stardust Charge Warrior and Destiny HERO Malicious as Xyz Materials.

This second method does not require Carboneddon and Labradorite Dragon to be played, which may be more preferred by players as those two might end up being ‘dead cards’ if they are drawn into, although there is a need to have a card in hand to special summon Plaguespreader Zombie via its own effect.

Nevertheless, Stardust Charge Warrior will elicit a draw upon its summon, recovering that card back into your hand. The second Xyz Summon can be used to summon other Rank 6 monsters as well, such as Constellar Ptolemy M7.

With the first method, since the Tuner monster Labradorite Dragon is involved, one can even summon out Ultimaya Tzolkin.

Conclusion

This play may be riskier in the OCG, as it requires the limited Elemental HERO Shadow Mist to be banished. Thankfully, Pot of Acquisitiveness is available to bring it back to the game.

Nearing two decades, the Yu-Gi-Oh! Original Card Game has over 8000 cards in its database. With that many cards, with the right ones interacting with each other, deck engines can be developed to accelerate summons and progress a deck’s win condition(s).

Perhaps, Elemental HERO Stratos ought to stay Forbidden?

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