Athena OTK

This deck is considered a Classic Deck, this page is used to tell the history of a deck rather than how it is played now. This can happen either from mechanics of the game changing, changes from the "TCG" or "OCG" Forbidden/Limited List, or the deck has slowly lost it's ability to be played over time due to years of no support or neglect.

The Athena OTK is achieved by the effect of "Honest" and "Athena", while you have "Ultimate Offering" on your side of the field. While you will pay 500 Life Points each time you summon "Honest", your opponent will take 600 points of damage, so by doing it 14 times, your opponent will have lost 8400 points of damage, while you have lost only 7000.

It is advisable to do this OTK only when both players' Life Points are at 8000, or when your Life Points are reasonably higher than your opponents (for example, your opponent has 3400, and you have 4000). Some of the cards that might be useful are "Mysterious Puppeteer" or "Spring of Rebirth", which take out the damage from "Ultimate Offering", and "A Cat of Ill Omen", which helps bring "Ultimate Offering" closer to your side of the field. You could also use "Dark Room of Nightmare" to bring your opponent's Life Points down faster. "Hecatrice" and "Valhalla, Hall of the Fallen" are also helpful.

This combo makes use of many LIGHT monsters, such as Lightsworn, since they work well with Fairies. They fit well with "Athena" and "Honest" as a support, making this Deck very consistent. It was technically even possible to turn this combo into an FTK by including "Temple of the Kings". However, the combo is currently not possible in Advanced Format because "Ultimate Offering" is Forbidden.

Weaknesses

• Since the combo relies on the usage of Trap cards, "Royal Decree", "Jinzo" or similar cards will destroy any chances of performing this OTK.
• Counter Traps, like an opponent's "Divine Wrath", can be deadly when placed right.
• "Torrential Tribute" or other board wipes are potentially deadly, since it kills the necessary combo pieces.
• "Chain Energy" will flatout defeat this Deck by making the damage to you higher than the damage the opponent takes. This is where "Mysterious Puppeteer" comes in.
• Cards that prevent your opponent from taking Effect Damage like "Prime Material Dragon", "Des Wombat", and "Hanewata" counter the OTK.
• "Degenerate Circuit" counters the strategy by removing "Honest" right at the first bounce.
• "Effect Veiler" or any other monster effect negation stops the combo immediately.