Mikanko

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Mikanko
"Ohime the Manifested Mikanko", "Ha-Re the Sword Mikanko", and "Ni-Ni the Mirror Mikanko" in the artwork of "Mikanko Kagura".
Japanese
  • 御巫みかんこ
  • 御巫 (base)
  • みかんこ (ruby)
  • Mikanko (romanized)
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Italian
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Korean
  • 미캉코
  • Mikangko (romanized)
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"Mikanko" (御巫みかんこ Mikanko) is an archetype introduced in Deck Build Pack: Amazing Defenders/Amazing Defenders.

Lore

Etymology

"Mikanko" is a complex wordplay with multiples references. It is a play on mikan (蜜柑みかん, "citrus") and ko (, "child"), meaning it effectively sounds like "citrus girl" - this is reflected by the emblem of theme resembling both the Imperial Seal of Japan and a lemon slice.

"Ohime the Manifested Mikanko" is named after the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu, while the other "Mikanko" members are named after descendants of Amaterasu who inherited her three sacred treasures.

Members

Effect Monsters

Attribute Non-Ritual Mikanko Name origin Sacred animal Imperial Regalia Associated Equip Spells
FIRE FIRE.svg Ha-Re the Sword Iwarebiko-no-Mikoto
(磐余彦尊)
Hinezumi ("Fire rat") Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
("Grass-Cutting Sword")
Mikanko Fire Dance
Mikanko Purification Dance
WATER WATER.svg Ni-Ni the Mirror Ninigi-no-Mikoto
(瓊瓊杵尊)
Nekomata ("Forked cat") Yata-no-Kagami
("Eight-Ata Mirror")
Mikanko Water Arabesque
Mikanko Reflection Rondo
WIND WIND.svg Hu-Li the Jewel Hoori-no-Mikoto
(火遠理命)
Yōko ("Fox spirit") Yasakani-no-Magatama
("Eight-Shaku Curved Jewel")
Mikanko Dance - Mayowashidori

Ritual Monsters

Attribute Mikanko Name origin Sacred animal Imperial Regalia
LIGHT LIGHT.svg Ohime the Manifested Ōhime (大日女) Tokoyo-no-Naganakidori
("Long-crowing chicken of Tokoyo")
Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi
("Grass-Cutting Sword")
Yata-no-Kagami
("Eight-Ata Mirror")
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Arahime the Manifested Arahitogami
(現人神, "Living god")
Kyūbiko ("Nine-tailed fox") Yasakani-no-Magatama
("Eight-Shaku Curved Jewel")

Playing style

"Mikanko" is an Equip Spell Card-based theme with some Ritual Monster-based support. Its playstyle revolves around using Equip Spells as combo tools, effect enablers, and disruption. All of its monsters also have effects that can reflect battle damage back at the opponent; the Deck generally aims to go second and set up damage-reflection-based OTKs, but could play a more control-oriented strategy and set up Equip-based disruptions and recursion.

All "Mikanko" monsters have 0 ATK/DEF, and have effects that can prevent battle destruction and reflect battle damage. For the non-Ritual Monsters, this effect is only active if they are equipped with Equip Cards, while the Ritual Monsters always have the effect. Each "Mikanko" non-Ritual Monster also gain additional effects if or while they are equipped with Equips; "Ha-Re" searches "Mikanko" Equip Spells, "Ni-Ni" gains a Quick Effect stealing effect, and "Hu-Li" grants targeting protection and searches "Mikanko" Traps.

The Deck's core searcher is "Ohime the Manifested Mikanko", who can activate its effect in the hand to search any "Mikanko" card. Other important searchers are the aformentioned "Ha-Re" and "Hu-Li", "Water Arabesque" described below, as well as the GY effect of "The Great Mikanko Ceremony", a send-to-GY searcher.

Each of the Deck's Equip Spells have different functions; most also prevent their equipped monster from being destroyed by effects.

Other "Mikanko" Spells and Traps, as well as the on-field effects of "Ohime", provide additional searchable utility across a wide range of effects related to "Mikanko" Main Deck monsters and Equip Spells.

As a go-first control strategy, "Mikanko" aims to tutor out its Spell Speed 2 disruption points (e.g. "Ni-Ni", a summoned "Ohime", "Purification Dance", "Spiritwalk", "Rivalry") and out-grind the opponent over turns 2 and 3. As a go-second OTK strategy, "Mikanko" aims to quickly remove opposing disruptions while leaving behind high ATK monsters, that "Mikanko" monsters can attack into for a damage reflection OTK.

Aside from being a deck on its own, the searching power offered by "Ohime" also means that "Mikanko" can function as a compact engine in other decks, providing various forms of "Mikanko"-based utility (e.g. removal + summon, Spell Speed 2 steal, etc).

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