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===Wicked Worm Beast Loop===
If "[[Wicked Worm Beast]]" is Special Summoned in the [[End Phase]] of the turn it is automatically returned to the hand. Therefore, if a player has 7 or more cards in their hand in the End Phase of the turn and "[[Dark World Grimoire]]" active, they can discard "Wicked Worm Beast", Special Summon it with "Grimoire", and return it to the hand again. Although this has limited value, if the opponent activated "[[Maxx "C"]]", they could Deck out. Similar strategies can occur using "[[DNA Surgery]]" and "[[Cyber Summon Blaster]]" or "[[Soul-Absorbing Bone Tower]]", the latter of which works with "[[Zombie World]]". This loop is more easily achieved using "[[Silent Wobby]]" with a card that takes control of it.
===ABC Loop===
This loop uses two copies of "[[A-Assault Core]]" and "[[Firewall Dragon]]". When "A-Assault Core" is sent from the field to the [[GY]], its effect can be activated in order to add the second "A-Assault Core" from the GY to the hand, while also triggering the effect of "Firewall Dragon" as Chain Link 2, allowing the player to Special Summon "A-Assault Core". This can be abused by using "[[Cannon Soldier]]" in order to Tribute "A-Assault Core" every time it is Summoned, inflicting as much damage as needed in order to win. In order for it to work, the player must have at least one other monster in their hand that can be Special Summoned by "Firewall Dragon", otherwise its effect cannot be activated.
This strategy was adopted by some ''[[OCG]]'' players during April 2018, being easy to pull off, but also because they were able to perform other plays if the FTK was stopped.<ref name="abc loop">[https://roadoftheking.com/ocg-2018-04-metagame-report-9-10/ Road of the King]</ref>
===Samsara Lotus Loop===
"[[Samsara Lotus]]" can Special Summon itself from the GY during the End Phase as long as the player does not control any Spell/Trap Cards. This can be combined with three other cards: "[[Topologic Bomber Dragon]]", "[[Knightmare Cerberus]]", and "[[Trickstar Black Catbat]]". "Topologic Bomber Dragon" must be in the [[Extra Monster Zone]], while "Knightmare Cerberus" is [[co-link]]ed with "Trickstar Black Catbat". By Special Summoning "Samsara Lotus" to the zone pointed to by "Black Catbat", the effect of "Topologic Bomber Dragon" is triggered, destroy all monsters in the [[Main Monster Zone]]s. Since "Cerberus" and "Black Catbat" are co-linked, neither of them are destroyed because of the effect of "Cerberus", and only "Samsara Lotus" is destroyed. When that happens, the effect of "Black Catbat" inflicts 200 damage to the opponent. This can be repeated any number of times, none of these cards have restrictions to how many times they can be used.
Despite requiring this many monsters on the field, there are several ways to perform this with 1 or 2-card combos by Summoning monsters like "[[Aromaseraphy Jasmine]]", "[[Crystron Needlefiber]]" and "[[Summon Sorceress]]".
===In the anime===
