Infernity

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Infernity

"Infernity Archfiend" and "Infernity Avenger".
"Infernity Archfiend" and "Infernity Avenger".

Japanese

インフェルニティ

Japanese (romanized)

Inferuniti

Japanese (translated)

Infernity

English

Infernity

English (anime)

Infernalty

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Appears in (anime)

Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's

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Infernity, a portmanteau of the words "Infernal" and "Infinity", are all DARK monster cards with effects activated when a player has no cards in their hand. This archetype resembles much of the wild west, with cards such as "Infernity Archfiend", "Infernity Necromancer", and "Infernity Mirage" alluding to the native Americans while cards like "Infernity Avenger", "Infernity Randomizer", and "Infernity Launcher" (whose original Japanese name was Infernity Gun) relate to the cowboys. This archetype was used by Kalin Kessler in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. In episodes 33, 34, and 35 in the English version of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, these Infernity Monsters, Spells and/or Traps were known as Infernalty.

The first Infernity cards were released as promotional cards in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator: "Infernity Archfiend", "Infernity Dwarf", and "Infernity Guardian". Infernity Destroyer was released in the Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Stardust Accelerator - World Championship 2009 Game Guide in Japan.

The first Infernity card released in a booster set was "Infernity Beast" in Ancient Prophecy. Two additional Infernity cards soon followed with the release of Stardust Overdrive: Infernity Necromancer and the first Infernity trap card Infernity Force. With the release of The Shining Darkness, fifteen more cards were added to the Infernity archetype for further support. The Shining Darkness also includes an Infernity synchro monster known as Infernity Doom Dragon.

Playing style

As the monster's Effects imply this deck is focused on having no hand. Using discarding effects, such as "Raigeki Break" and "Phoenix Wing Wind Blast" is the fastest way to empty your hand while setting up your Graveyard for cards like "Infernity Archfiend" and "Infernity Avenger".

You can add "Fabled" cards to an "Infernity" deck. Notable cards are "Fabled Raven" (a Level 2, 1300 ATK Tuner monster which lets you discard any number of cards to increase its Level by 1, and its ATK by 400 for each card). This lets you empty your hand to have a high Level, high power Tuner monster) and "Fabled Soulkius" (a Level 6, 2200 ATK monster which lets you discard two cards to Special Summon it from the Graveyard, fitting perfectly into both the themes of the "Infernity" cards). On top of that, the "Fabled" are all LIGHT monsters, while the "Infernity" cards are all DARK monsters so "Chaos Sorcerer" can be splashed into this deck and you can use "Chaos Emperor Dragon - Envoy of the End" and "Black Luster Soldier - Envoy of the Beginning" in Traditional Format.

As of The Shining Darkness release, the "Infernity" archetype has become much more Graveyard based. Both "Infernity Mirage" and "Infernity Launcher" can quickly and effectively Special Summon your monsters from your Graveyard. Because the most common way of emptying your hand is discarding you'll have plenty of "Infernities" in your Graveyard to Special Summon. "Infernity Avenger" can also Special Summon himself and become one of the only Level 5+ tuners. Because of new Graveyard tactics, the "Infernity" have become less and less reliant of top decking, turning this rather risky deck type into a much more consistent deck type.

Even though "Infernity" decks can manipulate the number of DARK monsters in their Graveyard at ease, "Dark Armed Dragon" is not a good card to use due to the possibility of it getting stuck in your hand, hindering the entire deck, and you don't want your "Infernities" Removed from Play.

It's usually not good to use cards such as "Full Salvo", "Fine" and "Rope of Life", since, while they empty your hand, they also give very small benefits and most times the loss outweighs the gain.

A well-built "Infernity" deck can summon several high-level Synchro Monsters every turn, providing the right cards exist on the field or in-hand. A popular choice is "Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier" and a cheaper alternative is "Mist Wurm". You can also Synchro Summon "Red Nova Dragon" with "Red Dragon Archfiend" and 2 "Infernity Beetles". "Infernity Launcher" (whether in the hand or on the field) will allow the player to summon a second "Wurm" via "Infernity Necromancer", "Infernity Archfiend", "Infernity Beetle" and another copy of "Infernity Launcher", to clear the opponent's field, hand and Graveyard of any cards blocking a direct attack. Another good Synchro Monster is "Hundred-Eyes Dragon" due to the fact that it can copy most of the ability's used by a "Infernity" deck. However, you want your "Infernity" monsters in the Graveyard so it can be a double-edged sword. Another option is "Infernity Doom Dragon".

Strengths

Currently, the most noticeable strength of an "Infernity" deck is its ability to Synchro Summon quickly thanks to cards like "Infernity Launcher" and "Infernity Necromancer", which allow for very fast Special Summoning from the Graveyard. Similarly to "Launcher", "Infernity Mirage" can Special Summon two more "Infernity" monsters simply by being Tributed and it's easy to keep a hand empty thanks to many cards such as "Raigeki Break", "Phoenix Wing Wind Blast", "Into the Void" and so on. Also, the "Infernity" archetype has its own specific Counter-Trap in the form of "Infernity Barrier", a card that can Negate almost anything by itself.

If properly used it can use the many ways it has to Special Summon from the Graveyard to provide material for Synchro Summons without having to rely on big plays.

Weaknesses

"Infernities", despite their enormous Synchro Summoning ability, have a number of crucial weaknesses. Of course, the foremost one is the one shared among most of today's competitive decks. Cards such as "Royal Oppression", "Macro Cosmos", "Dimensional Fissure", "Crevice Into the Different Dimension" and any other that could lock down the main assets of the deck are the most dangerous threat, with "Skill Drain" placing just after them in terms of threat. Side-Deck "Chaos Hunter" to combat against the removal cards, and "Twister" to deal with "Royal Oppression". Cards like "Effect Veiler" and "Battle Fader" that can be activated in your hand can prevent and "Infernity" combo. Cards like "Threatening Roar" and "Waboku" can slow down "Infernity" decks for a turn, giving the player time to counter.

Also, by themselves they are a fairly weak archetype, with the most powerful non-Synchro card being "Infernity Destroyer", which only has 2300 ATK and an effect that works once. Hindering the key cards of the deck with "Prohibition" and "Discord" and the like can also disrupt their strategy dramatically since this will leave cards in hand, stopping the effects of "Infernity" monsters.

"Infernity" monsters are also severely affected by "Consecrated Light". This monster prevents the Summoning of DARK monsters; therefore disabling Synchro-Summoning. Be careful, Dark monsters can be Flip-Summoned. "Consecrated Light" will only stall for a turn or two. "Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror" can also stop "Infernities".

Some good cards to side against "Infernities" include "D.D. Crow", "Crevice Into the Different Dimension" and likes shuts down any "Infernity" OTK move.

The fact that this deck depends on having no cards in your hand can be a weakness itself. If you play a large number of cards and then your opponent plays a field-clearing card such as "Judgment Dragon" or "Black Rose Dragon" you may find yourself without options. To keep this from happening, "Infernity Guardian" is a great defense since it can't be destroyed by effects. Use "Infernity Force" to bring back "Infernity Doom Dragon" and counterattack. Another weakness of an "Infernity" deck is that it can be completely shut down by "Ambitious Gofer" due to the fact that it takes advantage of an empty hand.

Post-September 2010 Strategy

After the September 2010 Forbidden list, the "Infernity" strategy became less OTK oriented and more control oriented. The place of primary Tuner, once held by "Infernity Beetle", now belongs to "Infernity Avenger". In addition, the loop is now about summoning level eight Synchro Monsters, not level nines.

"Hundred-Eyes Dragon" has become a much more important card. It is used to remove "Infernity Mirage", summon "Infernity Archfiend" and "Infernity Necromancer". This is to obtain an extra search with "Infernity Archfiend", usually for "Infernity Barrier" or "Infernity Break". Another major level eight Synchro Monster is "Infernity Doom Dragon" which not only gives you a 3000 attacker with a Burn and destruction effect but also a name for "Infernity Barrier". "Infernity Necromancer" is then used to retrieve "Infernity Avenger", which is used to Synchro Summon for another level eight. "Stygian Street Patrol" is now being used to Special Summon "Infernity Archfiend" while it is the last card in hand, and thus generates a search. It is also used to Special Summon searched "Infernity Mirages" to continue the combo or search "Infernity Necromancers" and "Infernity Avengers" to obtain missing pieces of it. "Armageddon Knight" has replaced one "Dark Grepher" as it's worse to discard "Infernity Archfiend" now. If you start the loop while your opponent has a monster with or more 1900 ATK you can OTK by Synchro Summoning "Colossal Fighter" and "Armory Arm". Simply perform the loop as normal but leave "Infernity Archfiend" out of the last Synchro Summon. Equip their monster with "Armory Arm" and attack it with "Colossal Fighter" until they lose.

And a good way to save and "re-use" your removed from field monsters would be "Return from the Different Dimension" and "Burial from a Different Dimension" if you are playing with "Allure of Darkness", "Plaguespreader Zombie", "The Dark Creator" and constantly using the effect of "Hundred-Eyes Dragon" to remove your monsters from your Graveyard and gain they're effects such as the effect of "Infernity Necromancer" to Special Summon the "Infernity Archfiend" to bring to your hand an "Infernity Barrier" or a Tuner Monster if you have make a Normal Summon this turn or remove the "Infernity Mirage" after attack to Special Summon "Stardust Dragon".

This archetype can easily Summon "Red Nova Dragon", just by simply using "Infernity Archfiend", "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Avenger" to Summon "Red Dragon Archfiend" then Summon "Infernity Beetle" and activate its effect to Special Summon two more "Infernity Beetles", then tune both with "Red Dragon Archfiend" to Special Summon "Red Nova Dragon".

is also a good idea to use The Transmigration Prophecy for more or least have two Infernity launcher on the deck it also helps you retrieve cards as Infernity mirage that will be a great addition aconcelho also to put at least one dark eruption and no monster reincarnation because there are times when one is not good to lose some cards.

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Infernity Burn OTK

An Infernity Burn OTK Deck is built around dealing 8000 Burn damage to your opponent in one turn. This is done using the overwhelming Swarming capabilities of "Infernity Mirage" and "Infernity Launcher" and Tributing those monsters for "Shadowpriestess of Ohm".

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How it works

The combo starts with a hand consisting solely of "Infernity Mirage" and a field consisting of a "Shadowpriestess of Ohm". You also need "Infernity Archfiend", "Infernity Necromancer", "Infernity Beetle" and "Stygian Street Patrol" in your Graveyard.

  1. Normal Summon "Infernity Mirage".
  2. Tribute it to activate its effect, Special Summoning "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Archfiend" from your Graveyard.
  3. "Infernity Archfiend's" effect activates, searching your deck for any "Infernity" card. Pick "Infernity Launcher".
  4. Activate "Infernity Launcher" (Note that it does nothing at the moment).
  5. Activate "Infernity Necromancer's" effect, Special Summoning "Infernity Beetle" from your Graveyard.
  6. Activate "Infernity Beetle's" effect, by Tributing itself to "Special Summon" two more "Infernity Beetles" from your Deck.
  7. Using the effect of "Shadowpriestess of Ohm", Tribute the 1st "Infernity Beetle", the 2nd "Infernity Beetle", "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Archfiend" for a total of 3200 points of Burn Damage.
  8. Activate "Infernity Launcher's" effect, Special Summoning "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Archfiend" from your Graveyard.
  9. Using "Infernity Archfiend's" Effect, add another "Infernity Mirage" to your hand.
  10. Activate the effect of "Stygian Street Patrol", removing itself from play to Special Summon "Infernity Mirage" from your Hand.
  11. Activate "Infernity Necromancer's" effect, Special Summoning "Infernity Beetle" from your Graveyard.
  12. Using the effect of "Shadowpriestess of Ohm", Tribute "Infernity Beetle", "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Archfiend" for a total of points of 2400 Burn Damage.
  13. Tribute "Infernity Mirage" to activate its effect, Special Summoning "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Archfiend" from your Graveyard.
  14. When "Infernity Archfiend" is Special Summoned, DO NOT use its effect to add an "Infernity" Card from your Deck to your Hand.
  15. Activate "Infernity Necromancer's" effect, Special Summoning "Infernity Beetle".
  16. Using the effect of "Shadowpriestess of Ohm", Tribute "Infernity Beetle", "Infernity Necromancer" and "Infernity Archfiend" for a total of 2400 points of Burn Damage.
  17. By now, you have successfully inflicted 8000 points of Burn Damage to your opponent.

Infernity World

This deck revolves around the not having any cards in your hand as well but use the "Dark World" Swarm.

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Trivia

  • In the Japanese version of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's when Kalin says Infernity, you can hear him mispronouncing it Infinity.
  • The more recent additions of the "Infernity" archetype seem to have a Western Shootout theme to them.
  • The handless effect of the "Infernity" archetype is identical to the "Hellbent" effect of the "Rakdos" related cards from Magic: The Gathering.
    • Additionally, the "Rakdos" cards use Red/Fire and Black/Darkness mana, while the "Infernitys" are DARK-attribute monsters and their artwork generally depicts them with fire.
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