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Chimera, known as Chimaera (キマイラ, Kimaira) in the Japanese version[1][2], is a series of monsters consisting of "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast", "Chimera Fusion", and cards that mention, or are mentioned by, either of them.
Its first members are "Chimera the Flying Mythical Beast" and its two materials: "Gazelle the King of Mythical Beasts" and "Berfomet". They were used by Yami Yugi in the Yu-Gi-Oh! manga and anime.
Its second wave of members, which are focused on "Chimera Fusion", retrains of the original members, and the Illusion Type, were introduced in Duelist Nexus.
Playing style
The Chimera series focuses on Fusion Summoning "Chimera the Illusion Beast", while setting up several negations and a resource loop every turn.
The standard Chimera opening play requires only "Mirror Swordknight". Its effect can be used to Special Summon "Big-Winged Berfomet" from the Deck, which can add "Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws" and "Chimera Fusion" to the hand. The latter can then be used to Fusion Summon "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts" by using both "Gazelle" and "Berfomet", which also triggers their effects to add 1 Illusion monster to the hand (usually "Cornfield Coatl"), Special Summon another from the GY (usually "Mirror Swordknight"), and send an opponent's card from the hand to the GY during the End Phase. Next, the effect of "Chimera Fusion" can return itself to the hand. If the turn player can conduct their Battle Phase this turn, "Chimera Fusion" can use "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts" and the 2 Illusion monsters to Fusion Summon "Chimera the Illusion Beast". This 1-card combo Summons the series' boss monster, while having both "Cornfield Coatl" and "Mirror Swordknight" in the GY, from where they can negate one monster effect activated on the field and one targeting effect. If "Chimera the Illusion Beast" is removed from the field by other means which cannot be negated, it can be Special Summoned back with the GY effect of "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts".
If the player is in their first turn, "Chimera Fusion" can instead be Set. During the opponent's turn, "Mirror Swordknight" can Tribute itself to Summon another "Big-Winged Berfomet" from the Deck, adding yet another "Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws" and "Chimera Fusion" to the hand. At any moment during the Main Phase, "Chimera Fusion" can Fusion Summon "Guardian Chimera" using "Berfomet", "Gazelle" and the Illusion monster added to the hand. This will allow the player to draw 2 cards, destroy 1 card the opponent controls, trigger the effects of "Berfomet" and "Gazelle" again, all while having the previously mentioned benefits of "Cornfield Coatl" and "Mirror Swordknight" in the GY.
This combo can be repeated by having "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts" Special Summon "Mirror Swordknight" back from the GY, thus creating a resource loop that continues to generate card advantage every turn. Since "Mirror Swordknight" can also be searched by "Cornfield Coatl", and "Big-Winged Berfomet" and "Chimera Fusion" can also be searched by "Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws", the Deck is very consistent in opening with this combo or other ways to end on the same result.
"Chimera the Illusion Beast" is a resilient boss monster that cannot be destroyed by battle, is often protected by both "Mirror Swordknight" and "Cornfield Coatl", and can be revived with "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts". Thanks to its effects of making the opponent's monsters' ATK 0 after it battles, while not allowing them to be destroyed by battle, and also being able to attack multiple times, "Chimera the Illusion Beast" can often deal enough damage to win the Duel in a single turn, as even monsters with more ATK than it will be reduced to 0 after its first attack, and its second and third attack on that same monster will deal at least 6200 damage. If a third Illusion monster was used as material, or if the player controls another monster, the Duel can be swiftly finished in a moment.
In addition to "Chimera the Illusion Beast", the Deck can also make use of other Fusion Monsters that can be Summoned with "Chimera Fusion". This includes "Magnum the Reliever", which can be Fusion Summoned in the mentioned combo instead of "Chimera the Illusion Beast" in order to destroy and draw cards, and "Predaplant Dragostapelia", which can be Summoned by using "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts" and a DARK monster such as "Big-Winged Berfomet", which serves as an additional monster effect negation.
Due to its support to the Illusion Type, monsters other than "Mirror Swordknight" and "Cornfield Coatl" can be used in the Main Deck, since they can be used as material for "Chimera the Illusion Beast" and be Special Summoned from the GY with "Chimera the King of Phantom Beasts". This can even be applied to high Level Illusion monsters, such as "Nightmare Magician".
This series also has synergy with the "Branded" archetype, another Fusion-focused strategy. "Branded Fusion" can be used to Fusion Summon "Rindbrumm the Striking Dragon" by using "Fallen of Albaz" and "Gazelle the King of Mythical Claws" from the Deck. This serves as another form of negation, but most importantly, it triggers the effect of "Gazelle" to add "Cornfield Coatl" to the hand, thus becoming another starter for the Deck. In addition, "Branded Fusion" (or other "Branded" cards) can be searched by "Springans Kitt", which is a Level 4 Beast, thus being searchable by "Big-Winged Berfomet".
Recommended cards
References
- ↑ "【公式】「遊戯王OCGタイムズ」～ 「DUELIST NEXUS」の最新情報をお届け！". Official Yu-Gi-Oh! OFFICIAL CARD GAME Channel (YouTube) (Japanese). April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ↑ "【公式】「遊戯王OCGタイムズ」～ 「DUELIST NEXUS」の最新情報をお届け！ (Screenshot)". Official Yu-Gi-Oh! OFFICIAL CARD GAME Channel (YouTube) (Japanese). April 18, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
