Card Tips:Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes

"Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes":

To quickly Special Summon "Vennominaga", make sure you have "Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes" and a Set "Rise of the Snake Deity" on your side of the field. You can then use any number of destructive effects upon "Vennominon" to force the Summon of "Vennominaga". "Offering to the Snake Deity" is designed for this purpose and is therefore the most efficient card to use for this effect. Other cards that work are "Hammer Shot", "Tribute to the Doomed", "Offerings to the Doomed" or "Snipe Hunter".
- Use "Limit Reverse" to Special Summon "Vennominon" from your Graveyard, then change it to Defense Position to destroy it, allowing you to easily Special Summon this card with "Rise of the Snake Deity".
- Chain "Torrential Tribute" to the Summon of "Vennominaga", clearing the field and allowing "Vennominaga" to place its first Hyper-Venom Counter much more easily. Or, even better, chain "Torrential Tribute" to the Summoning of "Vennominon", which would destroy him, then activate "Rise of the Snake Deity" to Summon "Vennominaga", thus securing a clear field for her to attack and consequently place Hyper-Venom Counters.
- Use "Viper's Rebirth" to Special Summon "Vennominon" from your Graveyard, then during your End Phase it will self-destruct, allowing you to easily Special Summon this card with "Rise of the Snake Deity".

If you have "Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes" on the field, the effect of "Trap Track" can be used to both search "Rise of the Snake Deity" from the deck and destroy "Vennominon", thus allowing the Summon of this card.

To make sure to have some Reptile-Type monsters in your Graveyard for reviving and increasing the ATK of "Vennominon the King of Poisonous Snakes" and "Vennominaga", you can use "Viper's Grudge", "Snake Whistle", "Snake Rain", "Damage = Reptile", "Card Trooper", "Magical Merchant", etc. "Damage = Reptile" is also helpful to quickly Summon "Vennominon", which can later be sacrificed to summon "Vennominaga".

This card works well with any Reptile-type monsters in your Graveyard regardless of archetype, such as the Reptile-type "Alien" monsters. For this reason, this card could potentially work just as well in an "Alien"-based Deck as well as a "Venom" Deck. More recent Reptile support in "Worm", "Reptilianne", "Ogdoadic", "Danger!? Tsuchinoko?" and "Therion "Empress" Alasia" all present options that could help put Reptiles in the Graveyard as fast as possible.

"Final Attack Orders" forces all face-up monsters to go into Attack Position. This can help you put Hyper-Venom Counters more easily or simply allow you to finish off your opponent's Life Points. "Ojama Trio" can allow you easy access to the opponent's Life Points if used alongside "Final Attack Orders". You can use "Battle Mania" during your opponent's turn to force the "Ojama Tokens" to attack "Vennominaga".

Because this card stays unaffected by all effects, you could use mass-removal cards that affect you and your monsters as well like "Dark Hole", "Volcanic Eruption", "Nibiru, the Primal Being", "Topologic Zeroboros", or "Final Destiny" to remove as many cards on the field as possible except "Vennominaga the Deity of Poisonous Snakes".

"Imperial Iron Wall" can prevent all your Reptile-type monsters from being banished, although it makes your "Vennominaga" vulnerable to be destroyed by battle, since you can't banish your monsters to revive her: stall cards like "Red Screen", "Swords of Revealing Light", "Waboku", and "Threatening Roar" can help with preventing attacks.

To counter it

While this card is unaffected by all card effects, it can still be Tributed for cost by a "Kaiju", "Santa Claws", "Volcanic Queen", "Lava Golem", or "The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode". A "Mask of Restrict" would be handy to prevent this.

Remember that "Zombie World" and even "Rebirth Judgment" can be fatal for this card. All of the Reptiles in the Graveyard will become Zombies or non-Reptile and the ATK of "Vennominaga" will fall to 0. Any monster could destroy by battle and she wouldn't be able to resurrect. Keeping some Spell/Trap removal in "Mystical Space Typhoon", "Cursed Seal of the Forbidden Spell", "Cosmic Cyclone", etc. in the Deck can be crucial.

This card cannot be affected by card effects, but it is still dependent upon Reptiles being in the Graveyard to have any ATK and it can be destroyed by battle. Cards that boost ATK by an enormous amount, such as "Metalmorph" or "The Wicked Avatar" can allow the opponent to overwhelm it, or any card effect that would move Reptiles away from the Graveyard is highly devastating to "Vennominaga": such cards include banishing by "Fiend Comedian", "Big Burn", "Soul Release", or "Ruddy Rose Dragon", and shuffling by "The Transmigration Prophecy", "Mudora the Sword Oracle", "Keldo the Sacred Protector", or even "Rainbow Neos".

As long as "Skill Drain" is not negated and face-up on the field when "Vennominaga" comes back from the Graveyard, "Vennominaga's" effects no longer apply on the field and its ATK becomes 0. "Vennominaga" can still be brought back every time from the Graveyard under no other interruptions.

Effects that prevent "Vennominaga" from activating immediately after being destroyed by battle stop the card from coming back. "Necrovalley", "Soul Drain", and "Abyss Dweller" can stop Graveyard activations, while "Dimension Shifter", "Different Dimension Ground", "Dimensional Fissure", and "Macro Cosmos" banish it before reaching the Graveyard. Since "Vennominaga" cannot be targeted, target-specific cards like "Called by the Grave", "D.D. Crow", and "Mudora"/"Keldo" will not directly work.

Attack with a monster that can attack all monsters your opponent controls and ensure that you can overpower "Vennominaga" in ATK. Any such LIGHT monster under the effect of "Honest" like "Asura Priest", "Bujintei Susanowo", and "Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon" will work, while non-LIGHT monsters like "King Beast Barbaros", "Number 5: Doom Chimera Dragon" and "Borrelend Dragon" can rely on "Moon Mirror Shield". Since "Vennominaga" must either come back as soon as she is destroyed or remain in the Graveyard, these monsters can then destroy "Vennominaga" each time she returns until the player runs out of Reptiles.

By using "Painful Choice", you can dump up to 4 "Reptile"-type monsters from your Deck to give this card a boost of 2000 ATK.