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Also, since the "T.G." cards share the ability to search once they are [[destroy]]ed, support cards such as "[[Kuraz the Light Monarch]]" and "[[Needle Ceiling]]" can be used with little or no drawbacks. While "Kuraz's" effect might seem too good to pass up on your own cards, remember that you can use it selectively: for example, you can choose to destroy your opponent's "[[Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]]" and not target any of their other monsters. | Also, since the "T.G." cards share the ability to search once they are [[destroy]]ed, support cards such as "[[Kuraz the Light Monarch]]" and "[[Needle Ceiling]]" can be used with little or no drawbacks. While "Kuraz's" effect might seem too good to pass up on your own cards, remember that you can use it selectively: for example, you can choose to destroy your opponent's "[[Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En]]" and not target any of their other monsters. | ||
| + | Because of the use of level 5 synchros, a T.G. Deck can use Ally of Justice Catastor, Hyper Librarian, and in some cases Nuturia beast. | ||
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Since this archetype is one of the most Synchro-focused archetypes, rivaling [[Yusei]]-themed and [[Inca]] Decks, all [[List of Anti-Synchro Monster Support Cards|anti-Synchro]] support ("[[Discord]]", "[[Synchro Control]]", "[[Greed Grado]]", "[[Meklords]]", "[[Shiny Black "C"]]", etc.) can kill the Deck, in addition to all the typical [[Anti-Meta]] strategies that most Decks fall prey to. None of the non-Synchro Monsters provide any offensive capabilities, barring "[[T.G. Rush Rhino|Rush Rhino]]" with "[[TGX300]]" on the field. [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]] can also stop their searching. Use "[[TG1-EM1]]" to take control of your opponent's monster when you don't have strong attack power. Also, nearly all monsters have effects that ease the Synchro Summons while wrecking havoc on the player's hand. Therefore, field clearing becomes even more important so protect your monsters with "[[Starlight Road]]" or "[[My Body as a Shield]]". | Since this archetype is one of the most Synchro-focused archetypes, rivaling [[Yusei]]-themed and [[Inca]] Decks, all [[List of Anti-Synchro Monster Support Cards|anti-Synchro]] support ("[[Discord]]", "[[Synchro Control]]", "[[Greed Grado]]", "[[Meklords]]", "[[Shiny Black "C"]]", etc.) can kill the Deck, in addition to all the typical [[Anti-Meta]] strategies that most Decks fall prey to. None of the non-Synchro Monsters provide any offensive capabilities, barring "[[T.G. Rush Rhino|Rush Rhino]]" with "[[TGX300]]" on the field. [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]] can also stop their searching. Use "[[TG1-EM1]]" to take control of your opponent's monster when you don't have strong attack power. Also, nearly all monsters have effects that ease the Synchro Summons while wrecking havoc on the player's hand. Therefore, field clearing becomes even more important so protect your monsters with "[[Starlight Road]]" or "[[My Body as a Shield]]". | ||
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T.G., short for Tech Genus is an archetype used by Antinomy in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's. They are all bionic in appearance to reference the identity of their master. In the Japanese anime, each of them has a code in their name which references their Type, followed by a number. Also at the end of their names, their Synchro Monsters have an X while "T.G. Blade Blaster" has XX and "T.G. Halberd Cannon" has XXX. They made their debut in Extreme Victory.
They are high tech monsters from the future and they share a variation of this effect in anime:
This card can also be treated as a Machine-Type monster. When a Spell or Trap Card you control targets this card, you can halve this card's original ATK and DEF. When this card is destroyed, you can add 1 "T.G." monster card from your Deck to your hand. You cannot Summon it this turn.
In Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Tag Force 5, it is possible to use the card obtained during the same turn, and the ATK and DEF reduction is not present among their effects.
The real life version of the "T.G." cards consist of monsters who can "replace" themselves with different monsters when they're destroyed. Most of the non-Synchro monsters search for other "T.G." monsters besides ones that share their name (for example, a "T.G. Warwolf" can search for any "T.G." monster besides "T.G. Warwolf"), while all of the Synchro monsters (except "T.G. Recipro Dragonfly") draw cards or Summon monsters.
Despite their bionic appearance and names, the only existing Machine-Type T.G. monsters are Accel Synchro Monsters. All "T.G." supporting Spell and Trap Cards have an initialism in their names.
Playing Style
The goal of the archetype is to Accel Synchro Summon "T.G." monsters to control the field. "T.G. Blade Blaster" can negate Spells and Traps while "T.G. Halberd Cannon" can negate Summons. Due to the ease of low-level Synchro Summons, Summoning the two aforementioned monsters is a matter of summoning and protecting the Synchro Material Monsters.
"T.G. Striker", "T.G. Warwolf", and "T.G. Catapult Dragon" are the best cards to swarm with; the first two have easy Summoning requirements while "Catapult Dragon" can Summon more monsters and give "Warwolf" an opportunity to be Summoned by its effect. At the very least, in case you cannot Synchro Summon, you can build a defense and let your opponent destroy them, giving you plenty of cards to add to your hand at the End Phase.
Some good support cards are "Junk Synchron", "Kinka-byo", and "Mischief of the Yokai".
- When Normal Summoned, "Junk Synchron's" effect can Special Summon "Catapult Dragon" from the Graveyard so you can Synchro Summon any of the Level 5 "T.G." Synchro Monsters. Be sure that at least one of those monsters is "T.G. Hyper Librarian", to gain extra draw power.
- Because there are no Level 1 "T.G." non-Tuner Monsters for "Recipro Dragonfly", you can use "Kinka-byo's" effect to summon "T.G. Cyber Magician" from the Graveyard. This combo can also Synchro Summon "Formula Synchron" so you can draw 1 card.
- "Mischief of the Yokai" can be used offensively or defensively. Since the non-Synchro Monsters are for Synchro Summoning Level 5 Synchro Monsters, using "Mischief" reduces the Levels of "Striker", "Warwolf", and "Catapult Dragon" to 1 without any drawback to "T.G. Blade Blaster", since it will most likely be on the field first.
Also, since the "T.G." cards share the ability to search once they are destroyed, support cards such as "Kuraz the Light Monarch" and "Needle Ceiling" can be used with little or no drawbacks. While "Kuraz's" effect might seem too good to pass up on your own cards, remember that you can use it selectively: for example, you can choose to destroy your opponent's "Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En" and not target any of their other monsters.
Because of the use of level 5 synchros, a T.G. Deck can use Ally of Justice Catastor, Hyper Librarian, and in some cases Nuturia beast.
Weaknesses
Since this archetype is one of the most Synchro-focused archetypes, rivaling Yusei-themed and Inca Decks, all anti-Synchro support ("Discord", "Synchro Control", "Greed Grado", "Meklords", "Shiny Black "C"", etc.) can kill the Deck, in addition to all the typical Anti-Meta strategies that most Decks fall prey to. None of the non-Synchro Monsters provide any offensive capabilities, barring "Rush Rhino" with "TGX300" on the field. Thunder King Rai-Oh can also stop their searching. Use "TG1-EM1" to take control of your opponent's monster when you don't have strong attack power. Also, nearly all monsters have effects that ease the Synchro Summons while wrecking havoc on the player's hand. Therefore, field clearing becomes even more important so protect your monsters with "Starlight Road" or "My Body as a Shield".
