"Gimmick Puppet" monsters don't have high [[ATK]] (the strongest being the level four "[[Gimmick Puppet Egg Head]]"), but have [[card effect|effects]] ranging from [[stall]]ing, [[swarm]]ing and even Summoning monsters to the opponent's side of the field for effect manipulation. Their main strategy seems to be taking advantage of the opponent's monsters with high ATK to deal [[Effect Damage]] with their ace monsters, "[[Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings]]" and "[[Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder]]". "[[Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo]]" offers an [[Victory Condition#Special Victory conditions|alternate victory strategy]] with its effect. "Gimmick Puppet" monsters tend to be high [[Level]]ed and can easily Special Summon themselves while maintaining a strong defense, enabling the Xyz Summon of the [[Rank]] 8 "Numbers" that part of the archetype. However, many Gimmick Puppet monsters have effects which greatly restrict the summoning of their player's monsters, forcing the player to summon them in very specific ways.

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*[[Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll]]

*[[Machina Gearframe]]

*[[Shreddder]]

*[[Chaos-End Master]]

*[[Dark Armed Dragon]]

*[[Dark Grepher]]

*[[Mystic Tomato]]

*[[Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder]]

*[[Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings]]

*[[Gear Gigant X]]

*[[Trashy-Eyes Fat Dragon]]

*[[Celestial Dragon]]

*[[Karakuri Shogun mdl 00 "Burei"]]

*[[Chimeratech Fortress Dragon]]

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