2 post-STON Ritual decks. (Kind of a long one...)

[Wilren]

I know STON's still about a month away from hitting the shores, but I've been trying to get some suggestions for the 2 decks I've had in mind for when the set is finally released. Both are focused on one of the 2 new Ritual Monsters coming out in the sets, and both utilize the Ritual user's dream spell, Advanced Ritual Technique.

For anyone not familiar with Strike of Neos, here's a description of the cards from the set included in this deck:


LYCANTHROPE
EARTH/6/2400/1800
Beast-Warrior/Ritual/Effect

This card can only be Ritual Summoned with "Synthetic Sorcery". Whenever this card deals Battle Damage to your opponent's Life Points, it also deals 200 damage for every Normal Monster in your Graveyard.

AWAKENED WARRIOR CUCHULAINN
LIGHT/4/500/1000
Warrior/Ritual/Effect

This card can only be Ritual Summoned with "Proof of Awakening". Once per turn, during your Main Phase, you can remove a Normal Monster in your Graveyard from play to increase this monster's ATK by the removed monster's ATK until your next Standby Phase.

GENETIC WARWOLF
EARTH/4/2000/100
Beast-Warrior

FROSTSAURUS
WATER/6/2600/1700
Dinosaur

ANCIENT RULE
Spell

Special Summon one 5-star or higher Normal Monster from your Hand.

ADVANCED RITUAL TECHNIQUE
Ritual Spell

Send, from your Deck to your Graveyard, Normal Monsters whose total Star Level is equal to the Star Level of a Ritual Monster in your hand, and Special (Ritual? I hope so) Summon that Ritual Monster to your side of the field.

Okay, now that that's out of the way...on to the decks.

--KÃœNSTE VERBOTEN--
-The Ritualist's Nightmare-

-MONSTERS-
Lycanthrope x2
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands x3
King of the Skull Servants x2
Sangan
Mystic Tomato x2
Magician of Faith
Exodia the Forbidden One
Left Arm of the Forbidden One
Right Arm of the Forbidden One
Left Leg of the Forbidden One
Right Leg of the Forbidden One
Skull Servant x3
Genetic Warwolf x3

-SPELLS-
Advanced Ritual Technique x2
Nobleman of Crossout
Mystical Space Typhoon
Giant Trunade x2
Messenger of Peace x2
Swords of Revealing Light
Dark Factory of Mass Production x3
Graceful Charity
Pot of Avarice

-TRAPS-
Call of the Haunted
Mirror Force
Ring of Destruction
Torrential Tribute
Magic Cylinder
Sakuretsu Armor x3

--END--​

As you can probably tell, this deck is designed to do something Exodia decks generally don't do: GO ON THE OFFENSIVE. Lycanthrope loads my Graveyard with Skull Servants and the Exodia Pieces upon its summoning, readying King of the Skull Servants for dealing extra damage and prepping my Dark Factories for an out-of-nowhere victory should my opponent survive the beatings.

--THE ROAR OF AVALON--
-The Ritualist's Awakening-

-MONSTERS-
Awakened Warrior Cuchulainn x2
Paladin of White Dragon
Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands x3
Sangan
Magician of Faith
Sabersaurus x2
Luster Dragon x3
Genetic Warwolf x3
Frostsaurus x2
Blue-Eyes White Dragon x3

-SPELLS-
Premature Burial
Ancient Rule x2
Advanced Ritual Technique x3
Smashing Ground x2
Fissure x2
Nobleman of Crossout
Mystical Space Typhoon
Heavy Storm
Graceful Charity
Pot of Avarice

-TRAPS-
Call of the Haunted
Return from the Different Dimension
Torrential Tribute
Ring of Destruction
Mirror Force
Magic Cylinder

--END--​

With this one, the idea is simple: Using high-ATK normal monsters to boost Cuchulainn to ridiculous amounts of ATK for a 4-star (easily started right away, even, as he'll have a 1900 or 2000 ATK boost in the GY the moment he's summoned by ART), pound the enemy flat. If they manage to survive that, Return all the monsters he used to power his effect and let them finish the job.

So, any thoughts on either/both of these?

NOTE: Please do not suggest any of the following:
SAMSARA - This would completely KILL both decks!
EXODIA NECROSS/CONTRACT WITH EXODIA - I'm considering sidedecking it in the Lycanthrope deck. Might be fun to surprise a Gadget deck with.
DRAGON'S MIRROR - I intend to sideboard it in the Cuchulainn deck.
HEART OF THE UNDERDOG - I want the Normals to go from Deck to GY. The Rituals will thin them out. This would be counterproductive.
JUSTI-BREAK - The Normals generally shouldn't be on the field except for a post-RftDD slaughter in the Cuchulainn deck, so this would generally be a dead pull.

(...Told ya!)

 

[drzero7]

ADVANCED RITUAL TECHNIQUE is a proper ritual summon. (At least in the japanese text. So it should be the same in USA version as well)

It seriously is the best Ritual Spell card ever. All other Ritual Spell cards are meaningless with exception of stuff maybe for Relinquished since that only needs a level 1 monster, and thus adding normal monster in that deck isn't too nessessary.

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Awakened Warrior Cuchulainn deck, I don't know. Advanced Ritual Technique should only chuck in LV 4 monsters from deck to your grave. Unless you got BEWD + Paladin/Ancient Rule combo right off the bat, it'll be hard to put it into your graveyard. IMO, ignore Frost Saurus/BEWD in your deck. (unless you want to run Future Fusion, targetting FGD and sending 3x BEWD that way) You don't have to run Dragon's Mirror. Your Cuchulainn is using the normal monsters anyway. (Of course, if your gunna add Future Fusion, run more then just Luster/BEWD)

 

[Wilren]

Dragon's Mirror and Future Fusion are already scheduled to be sidedecked in the Cuchulainn deck. A lot of people on other forums I go to keep telling me to run this one over the Lycanthrope deck...kinda makes me wonder, seeing as I'm personally liking the Lycanthrope deck more.

Thanks for clearing up ART's ruling, by the way. *squeals with happiness inside*