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| caption       = [[Thelonious Viper]] with "[[Venom Boa (anime)|Venom Boa]]", "[[Venom Serpent (anime)|Venom Serpent]]" and "[[Venom Snake (anime)|Venom Snake]]".
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| ja_name        = ヴェノム
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| romaji        = Venomu
| kanji                =  
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| fr_name        = Venin
| romanji              =  
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| de_name        = Gift
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| it_name        = Veleno
| english              = Venom
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| ko_name        = 베놈
| french              =  
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| ko_romanized  = Benom
| german              = Gift
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| sc_name        = 猛毒
| italian              = Veleno
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| sc_pinyin      = Měngdú
| korean              =  
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| sc_trans      = Venom
| spanish              = Venenosos
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| pt_name        = Peçonha
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| es_name        = Venenoso/a
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| sets           =
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* [[Tactical Evolution]]
 
* [[Tactical Evolution]]
| anime               = [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX|Yu-Gi-Oh! (Duel Monsters) GX]]
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* [[Invasion: Vengeance]]
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* [[Code of the Duelist]]
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* [[Dimension Force]]
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* [[Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years Mega Pack]]
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* [[Fusion Enforcers]]
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* [[Battles of Legend: Light's Revenge]]
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* [[2017 Mega-Tin Mega Pack]]
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* [[Legendary Dragon Decks]]
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* [[Fists of the Gadgets]]
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* [[Legendary Duelists: Immortal Destiny]]
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* [[Booster SP: Fusion Enforcers]]
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* [[Invasion of Venom: Giant Edition]]
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* [[Dimension Box Limited Edition]]
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* [[Collectors Pack 2017]]
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* [[Dimension Force +1 Bonus Pack]]
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* [[History Archive Collection]]
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* [[Animation Chronicle 2023]]
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* [[Classic Pack 02]]
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]
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* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]
 
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"'''Venom'''" (ヴェノム ''Venomu'') is an [[archetype]] consisting of two distinct categories of [[Monster Card|monsters]]; [[EARTH]] [[Reptile]]s (except "[[Venom Serpent]]") used by [[Thelonious Viper]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' anime and introduced in ''[[Tactical Evolution]]'', and [[DARK]] [[Dragon]]s used by [[Yuri]], [[Z-ARC]] and [[Yuya Sakaki]] in the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V]]'' anime which are primarily of the "[[Starving Venom]]" sub-archetype (except "[[Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon]]").
 
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==Playing style==
'''Venom Monsters,''' featured in the release of "[[Tactical Evolution]]," are a small series of [[Reptile]]-type monsters intended to be used alongside the Field Spell card, "[[Venom Swamp]]." These cards have been used by [[Professor Viper]] within the anime. "Venom Swamp" places "[[Venom Counters]]" upon all monsters except Venom Monsters at the End Phase of each player's turn, weakening them dramatically and destroying them once their ATK hits 0.  The penultimate Venom monster (though not technically a member of the archetype due to name spelling), "[[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]", is easily summoned and gains ATK for each [[Reptile]]-type monster in the Graveyard, and if it is destroyed by a card effect, the Trap Card "[[Rise of the Snake Deity]]" can replace it with "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]", a card that is practically ''invincible'' once in play and which can initiate its own special victory condition, by inflicting Battle Damage to the opponent three times (which, given Vennominaga's ability to increase its own ATK, might not even take that long).
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The Reptile monsters focus on the distribution of [[Venom Counter]]s via "[[Venom Swamp]]", while their strongest monsters (which are not technically a part of the archetype, but related to it) gain [[ATK]] for each [[Reptile]] [[monster]] in the [[Graveyard]]. "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]" gives an alternate win condition via its [[Hyper-Venom Counter]]s.
 
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The Deck focuses on lowering the opponent's monsters' [[ATK]] with "Venom Swamp" and Summoning "[[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]" or "Vennominaga". Since the ATK of both cards are dependent on the number of Reptiles in your Graveyard, cards like "[[Foolish Burial]]" and "[[Snake Rain]]" are important in this Deck. Also, there are not many "Venom" monsters, so a hybrid with other Decks is inevitable.
Since they rely upon Reptiles being sent to the Graveyard, Venom decks are at their most vulnerable when remove-from-play strategies are used, like "[[Dimensional Fissure]]".  Venom deck users are also at risk of losing Life Points early, since the only reliable methods for quickly summoning "[[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]" from the Deck involve taking Life Point damage (either via "[[Damage = Reptile]]" or "[[Damage Condenser]]".) All other Venom monsters happen to have low ATK for their level as well, so it is difficult for a Venom user to take the offense to the opponent early, especially if "[[Venom Swamp]]" is not yet on the field.
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"Venom Swamp" is able to quickly weaken and eventually [[destroy]] any non-"Venom" monster. Also, even if "Venom Swamp" is not on the field, "[[Venom Burn]]" can inflict serious [[effect damage|damage]] to a player's [[Life Points]]"
 
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===Weaknesses===
If you combined these cards with the other [[Reptile]] [[Archetype]], [[Aliens]], you might get a powerful Deck Type. It may also be a good idea to combine them with the recently released [[Reptilianne]] Archetype since both strategies involve lowering the opponent's attack points to 0. However, take care, as if a monster has it's attack at, or reduced to 0, due to anything other than "Venom Swamp", its effect to destroy them will not activate.
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* The Deck relies on "Venom Swamp" for Venom Counters to have any effect on monsters, so if "Venom Swamp" is destroyed, Venom Counters are almost useless. This bad situation can be avoided by "[[Spell Reclamation]]".
 
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* Summoning "Vennominaga" is difficult since you need to Summon it with "[[Rise of the Snake Deity]]", meaning that "[[Seven Tools of the Bandit]]" or "[[Wiretap]]" can halt the Summon.
You can also use Venom monsters with Worms. By using "[[Future Fusion]]" to send all Worm monsters from your Deck to the graveyard, the ATK of "Vennominon" and "Vennominaga" will easily rise to 4000 or 5000 points.
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* The main weakness of the "Venom" Deck is the low ATK points of most "Venom" monsters. This means that your opponent can easily just Summon a monster to destroy your "Venom" monster.
==Playing Style==
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* Another weakness of this Deck is "[[Zombie World]]". This card makes the ATK of "Vennominaga" become 0, and when it is destroyed by battle there are no Reptile monsters in the Graveyard to banish in order to Special Summon it again.
 
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* The Deck relies on "Venom Swamp", so "[[Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell]]" will shut this Deck down.
The Venom deck is a powerful deck that focuses on lowering the opponent's monsters' ATK with Venom Swamp and summoning "[[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]" or "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]". Since both Vennominon and Vennominaga's ATK are dependent on the amount of reptiles in your graveyard, cards like "[[Foolish Burial]]" and "[[Snake Rain]]" are important in this deck, and the deck is vulnerable to cards like "[[Big Burn]]", "[[Macro Cosmos]]", "[[Dimensional Fissure]]" and "[[Soul Release]]". Also, there are not many Venom Monster Cards in the game, so a hybrid with other decks is inevitable.
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* Since the Deck relies on Reptile monsters being sent to the Graveyard, it is at its most vulnerable when [[banish]] strategies are used, like "[[Dimensional Fissure]]".
 
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* "Venom" Decks are at risk of losing [[LP]] early, since the only reliable methods for quickly Summoning "Vennominon" from the Deck involve taking damage (either via "[[Damage = Reptile]]" or "[[Damage Condenser]]").
==Strengths==
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===Recommended cards===
 
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{{Decklist|Recommended cards
"[[Venom Swamp]]" is able to quickly weaken and eventually destroy any monster. Also, even if "[[Venom Swamp]]" is not on the field, "[[Venom Burn]]" can inflict serious damage to a player's [[Life Points]].
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<!-- This is not an exact Decklist. Do not add multiples or staples.-->
 
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In addition, the ace card of this deck, "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]", is almost invincible since it cannot be destroyed by any means except by battle, and can only be removed from the field by the effects of "[[Volcanic Queen]]" and "[[Lava Golem]]".
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* [[Venom Cobra]]
 
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* [[Alien Shocktrooper]]/[[Gagagigo]]
==Weaknesses==
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The deck relies on "[[Venom Swamp]]" for [[Venom Counter|Venom Counters]] to have any effect on monsters, so if "[[Venom Swamp]]" is destroyed, Venom monsters' effects are useless. In addition, summoning "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]" is difficult since you need to summon it with "[[Rise of the Snake Deity]]", meaning that a mere "[[Seven Tools of the Bandit]]" or even "[[Malfunction]]" can ruin your chance to summon "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes|Vennominaga]]".
 
 
 
Also, "[[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]" and "[[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]" are weak unless there are [[Reptile]] monsters in the graveyard, so cards such as "[[Dimensional Fissure]]" and "[[Macro Cosmos]]" can easily ruin the entire deck strategy. So It's good to include "[[Imperial Iron Wall]]".
 
 
 
The main weakness of the Venom deck, however, is the low ATK points of most Venom monsters. This means that your opponent can easily just summon a monster to destroy your Venom monster, ignoring "[[Venom Cobra]]". Because of this, cards like "[[Ambush Fangs]]" and "[[Negate Attack]]" are essential to this deck.
 
 
 
Another weakness of this deck is the "[[Zombie World]]". This card should make Vennominaga's ATK 0, plus when destroyed there would be no reptile monsters to remove for bringing her back. To stop this its important to have a "[[Field Barrier]]" protecting your "[[Venom Swamp]]".
 
 
 
==Tips==
 
 
 
It may be wise to include "[[Evil Dragon Ananta]]" in case too many monsters are removed from play.
 
 
 
To protect "[[Venom Swamp]]", it is important to include cards like "[[Field Barrier]]". "[[Terraforming]]" can also help increase the chances of drawing out "Venom Swamp".
 
 
 
Include at least 1 copy of "[[Snake Rain]]". This card allows you to potentially send 4 (5 if you discard one as a cost) reptiles to the graveyard, strengthening "Vennominon" and "Vennominaga" by at least 2500 ATK points. Since most Venom monsters are weak, "[[Damage = Reptile]]" is a great addition to this deck.
 
 
 
To protect "Vennominaga" from "[[Lava Golem]]" and "[[Volcanic Queen]]", "[[Mask of Restrict]]" is also a great card to include.
 
 
 
You can use "[[Solidarity]]" if you need more ATK power for your Venom monsters.
 
 
 
You can also use this archetype with an "[[Aliens]]" deck since all "Alien" Monsters are [[Reptile]]-type.
 
 
 
==Recommended cards==
 
 
 
===Monsters===
 
* [[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]
 
* [[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]  
 
* [[Venom Serpent]]  
 
 
* [[Venom Boa]]
 
* [[Venom Boa]]
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* [[Venom Serpent]]
 
* [[Venom Snake]]
 
* [[Venom Snake]]
* [[Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua]]
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* [[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]
* [[Venom Cobra]]
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* [[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]
 
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* [[Yamorimori]]
===Spells===
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* [[Evil Dragon Ananta]]
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* [[Kagetokage]]
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* [[Lion Alligator]]
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* [[Reptilianne Naga]]
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* [[Rescue Rabbit]]
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* [[Therion "Empress" Alasia]]
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* [[Night Sword Serpent]]
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* [[Lamia]]
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* [[Black Mamba]]
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* [[Raika no Himejanome]]
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* [[Ragnaraika Armored Lizard]]
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* [[Starving Venom Fusion Dragon]]
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* [[First of the Dragons]]
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* [[Extox Hydra]] (with "Instant Fusion")
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* [[King of the Feral Imps]]
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* [[Alien Shocktrooper M-Frame]]
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* [[Reptilianne Echidna]]
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* [[Missus Radiant]]
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* [[Union Carrier]] (OCG or Traditional Format only)
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* [[Haggard Lizardose]]
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* [[Raika no Kurokamitsuki]]
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* [[Ragnaraika Chain Coils]]
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* [[Venom Shot]]
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* [[Snake Rain]]
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* [[Ogdoadic Water Lily]]
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* [[Foolish Burial]]
 
* [[Allure of Darkness]]
 
* [[Allure of Darkness]]
* [[Venom Swamp]]  
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* [[Dragon's Mirror]]
* [[Viper's Rebirth]]  
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* [[Fusion Substitute]]/[[Polymerization]]
* [[Trade-In]]  
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* [[Terraforming]]
* [[Snake Rain]]
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* [[Trade-In]]
* [[Venom Shot]]
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* [[Viper's Rebirth]]
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* [[Unexpected Dai]]
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* [[Instant Fusion]]
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|field spells =
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* [[Venom Swamp]]
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|continuous spells =
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* [[Ogdoadic Serpent Strike]]
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* [[Ragnaraika Bloom]]
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|quick-play spells =
 
* [[Burial from a Different Dimension]]
 
* [[Burial from a Different Dimension]]
* [[Attack Pheromones]]
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* [[Ogdoadic Daybreak]]
* [[Solidarity]]
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* [[Field Barrier]]
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* [[Rise of the Snake Deity]]
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* [[Alien Brain]]
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* [[Back to the Front]]
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* [[Damage Condenser]]
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* [[Metaverse]]
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* [[Offering to the Snake Deity]]
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* [[Storm Dragon's Return]]
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* [[Ragnaraika Hunting Dance]]
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* [[Trap Tracks]]
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* [[Trap Trick]]
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* [[Damage = Reptile]]
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===Traps===
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===Official Deck===
* [[Offering to the Snake Deity]]  
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{{Decklist|Official Reptile Deck<ref>https://ygorganization.com/obelisk-force-reptile-type-deck/</ref>
* [[Rise of the Snake Deity]]  
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* [[Snake Deity's Command]]
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* [[Absolute King Back Jack]]
* [[Damage = Reptile]]  
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* [[Alien Ammonite]] x3
* [[Limit Reverse]]  
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* [[Alien Shocktrooper]]
* [[Venom Burn]]
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* [[Armageddon Knight]]
 
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* [[Sangan]]
==Important Support==
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* [[Summoner Monk]]
* [[Attack Pheromones]] -- For Vennominaga to inflict battle damage upon the opponent more easily.
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* [[Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes]]
* [[Evil Dragon Ananta]] -- In the event that attempting to summon Vennominon or Vennominaga fails, this card can be very powerful as a backup by removing from play all Reptiles in the Graveyard.
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* [[Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes]]
* [[The Tyrant Neptune]]-- a great backup plan is summoning this card if you find yourself without Venominon. Tribute Summon this card with at least 1 Venom Monster to make this card immune to the effects of Venom Swamp and allow it to distribute venom counters in place of your weaker monsters.
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* [[Snake Rain]] -- Sends 4 Reptiles to the Graveyard from the Deck, powering up Vennominion or Vennominaga by 2000 ATK. In addition, if you discard a reptile monster for the cost, that's another 500 bonus attack points.
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* [[Jet Synchron]]
* [[Damage = Reptile]] -- Allows the easy summon of Vennominon, since its original ATK is 0. Make sure to have at least a few Reptiles in the grave before summoning him with this, however.
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* [[Snake Whistle]] -- Summons another low-level [[Reptile]] when one you control is destroyed by effects, which can be handy.
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* [[Archfiend Eccentrick]]
* [[Damage Condenser]] -- Allows the summon of Vennominon in the event you do not have any Reptiles on the field at all.
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* [[Dragodies, the Empowered Warrior]] x3
* '''Destructive cards that target your own monsters''' -- Since [[Rise of the Snake Deity]] cannot activate in response to cards that would remove Vennominon from the field without destroying it, it is usually more reliable to destroy Vennominion yourself.  The Trap Card [[Offering to the Snake Deity]] was specifically designed for this effect.  [[Tribute to the Doomed]], [[Offerings to the Doomed]] and [[Hammer Shot]] are some of the other better choices for this.  Note that cards like [[Thunder Crash]] won't work, since they cause [[Rise of the Snake Deity]] to miss its timing.
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* [[Performapal Guitartle]] x2
* '''Non-Venom Reptiles''' -- Vennominon and Vennominaga benefit from any Reptile in the graveyard, not just Venoms. Some of the better ones to include in a Venom deck are  [[Reptilianne]] and [[Worm]] monsters.
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* [[Performapal Lizardraw]] x3
* [[Vengeful Bog Spirit]] -- Prevents monsters from attacking on the turn they are summoned. When [[Venom Swamp]] is in play, this will weaken opposing monsters by 1000 ATK before they are able to make their first move. If you have a face-up [[Venom Boa]], this will ensure that almost any non-tribute monster your opponent summons will be destroyed before they even get a chance to use them.
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* [[Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer]]
* [[Stumbling]] -- Another great card like [[Vengeful Bog Spirit]] to make monsters lose 1000 before attacking, and combined with light of intervention means that your opponent can only summon monsters in face up defence position... the downside being so can you. This can cause problems without venom swamp or if they have a monster which can survive long enough with enough attack to destroy your defense position venoms, however unlikely that is.
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* [[Performapal Skullcrobat Joker]]
* [[Light of Intervention]] -- Venom Swamp can't place counters on face-down monsters--with this, even a defending opponent will be losing their monsters rapidly.
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* [[Performapal Swincobra]]
* [[Final Attack Orders]] -- Will allow Vennominon and especially Vennominaga to inflict battle damage upon the opponent most easily, especially since Vennominaga cannot be equipped with a card that would grant it piercing damage. Make sure to activate [[Final Attack Orders]] only when ready, however, as most Venom monsters are quite weak compared to most monsters.
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* [[Solidarity]] -- Boosts the ATK of your "Venom" monsters, which alleviates their main survivability issue. If you use this card, you cannot use non-Reptile-type monsters, although not many would fit into this deck anyway.
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* [[Elder Entity N'tss]]
* [[Viper's Rebirth]] -- If you're using [[Solidarity]], use this card as well. The best use of this card is to summon Vennominon and let it destroy itself, thus triggering [[Rise of the Snake Deity]]. Also, since the effect takes place during the end phase, summoning Vennominaga is faster.
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* [[Venom Burn]] -- Helpful if you're racing your opponent for damage and you need that last little push for the win. A particularly useful strategy is targeting your own monsters. If you're running non-venom beatsticks like [[Evil Dragon Ananta]] or [[Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua]], it instantly brings them back to full strength and hits your opponent hard for damage in a devastating one-two blow.
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* [[Cosmic Fortress Gol'gar]]
* [[Metal Reflect Slime]] -- A very useful stall card. Not only is its 3000 [[DEF]] capable of blocking attacks from most monsters (a trait that is powered up by Venom Swamp's ATK-reducing ability), but its 0 [[ATK]] makes it immune to [[Venom Swamp]]. This will keep it on the field both for defending against your opponent and accumulating Venom counters that you can use as ammo for [[Venom Burn]].
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* [[Formula Synchron]]
 
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* [[Old Entity Cthugua]]
However,adding Reptile-type monsters is a disadvantage because while Venom Swamp is on the field not only your opponent's monsters will have Venom Counters,your monsters will have Venom Counters if the monsters you added aren't Venom.This will cause your monsters to be destroyed.Although,you can use [[Venom Burn]] and take out the Venom Counters from your monsters and inflict damage to your opponent.
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* [[Old Entity Hastorr]]
 
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* [[PSY-Framelord Omega]]
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* [[Vulcan the Divine]]
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|xyz monsters =
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* [[Cairngorgon, Antiluminescent Knight]]
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* [[Leviair the Sea Dragon]]
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* [[King of the Feral Imps]] x2
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* [[Number 13: Embodiment of Crime]]
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* [[Number 31: Embodiment of Punishment]]
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* [[The Phantom Knights of Break Sword]]
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|spells =
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* [[Chicken Game]]
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* [[Harpie's Feather Duster]]
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* [[Mausoleum of White]] x2
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* [[One Day of Peace]]
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* [[One for One]]
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* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
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* [[Terraforming]] x2
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* [[Upstart Goblin]] x2
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|traps =
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* [[Breakthrough Skill]]
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* [[Floodgate Trap Hole]]
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* [[Rise of the Snake Deity]] x3
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* [[Rise to Full Height]] x2
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* [[Solemn Judgment]]
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==References==
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<references />
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{{Venom}}
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[[Category:TCG and OCG archetypes]]

Revision as of 04:53, 17 April 2024

Venom
Thelonious Viper with "Venom Boa", "Venom Serpent" and "Venom Snake".
Japanese
  • ヴェノム
  • Venomu (romanized)
Simplified Chinese
  • 猛毒
  • Měngdú (pinyin)
  • Venom (translated)
French
  • Venin
German
  • Gift
Italian
  • Veleno
Korean
  • 베놈
  • Benom (romanized)
Portuguese
  • Peçonha
Spanish
  • Venenoso/a
Sets
TCG
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Simplified Chinese
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"Venom" (ヴェノム Venomu) is an archetype consisting of two distinct categories of monsters; EARTH Reptiles (except "Venom Serpent") used by Thelonious Viper in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX anime and introduced in Tactical Evolution, and DARK Dragons used by Yuri, Z-ARC and Yuya Sakaki in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ARC-V anime which are primarily of the "Starving Venom" sub-archetype (except "Odd-Eyes Venom Dragon").

Playing style

The Reptile monsters focus on the distribution of Venom Counters via "Venom Swamp", while their strongest monsters (which are not technically a part of the archetype, but related to it) gain ATK for each Reptile monster in the Graveyard. "Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes" gives an alternate win condition via its Hyper-Venom Counters. The Deck focuses on lowering the opponent's monsters' ATK with "Venom Swamp" and Summoning "Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes" or "Vennominaga". Since the ATK of both cards are dependent on the number of Reptiles in your Graveyard, cards like "Foolish Burial" and "Snake Rain" are important in this Deck. Also, there are not many "Venom" monsters, so a hybrid with other Decks is inevitable. "Venom Swamp" is able to quickly weaken and eventually destroy any non-"Venom" monster. Also, even if "Venom Swamp" is not on the field, "Venom Burn" can inflict serious damage to a player's Life Points"

Weaknesses

  • The Deck relies on "Venom Swamp" for Venom Counters to have any effect on monsters, so if "Venom Swamp" is destroyed, Venom Counters are almost useless. This bad situation can be avoided by "Spell Reclamation".
  • Summoning "Vennominaga" is difficult since you need to Summon it with "Rise of the Snake Deity", meaning that "Seven Tools of the Bandit" or "Wiretap" can halt the Summon.
  • The main weakness of the "Venom" Deck is the low ATK points of most "Venom" monsters. This means that your opponent can easily just Summon a monster to destroy your "Venom" monster.
  • Another weakness of this Deck is "Zombie World". This card makes the ATK of "Vennominaga" become 0, and when it is destroyed by battle there are no Reptile monsters in the Graveyard to banish in order to Special Summon it again.
  • The Deck relies on "Venom Swamp", so "Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell" will shut this Deck down.
  • Since the Deck relies on Reptile monsters being sent to the Graveyard, it is at its most vulnerable when banish strategies are used, like "Dimensional Fissure".
  • "Venom" Decks are at risk of losing LP early, since the only reliable methods for quickly Summoning "Vennominon" from the Deck involve taking damage (either via "Damage = Reptile" or "Damage Condenser").

Recommended cards

Official Deck

References