Editing Clown Control

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The '''Clown Control Deck''' gets its name from the main [[Monster Card|monsters]] of the Deck, "[[Dream Clown]]" and "[[Crass Clown]]". It focuses on the [[effect]]s of those two monsters and "[[Blade Rabbit]]", in conjunction with cards that switch [[Battle position]]s, such as "[[Stumbling]]", "[[Spirit Burner]]", "[[Zero Gravity]]" and "[[Labyrinth of Nightmare (card)|Labyrinth of Nightmare]]". These cards allow immediate and recurring [[activate|activation]] of the monster effects, which grants [[field advantage]].

==Playing Style==

Clown Control decks often revolve around ''either'' "Stumbling" or "Labyrinth of Nightmare" as the Deck works differently depending on which is chosen. Builds that use both should focus the deck around one of them, using the other for support purposes.

*"Stumbling" lets the player stall from opponent [[attack]]s and trigger the effects of "Dream Clown" and "Blade Rabbit", thereby protecting his or her monsters and [[Life Points]] while maintaining field presence. The strategy at large is to get any two of a "Dream Clown", "Blade Rabbit" or "Crass Clown" on the field (with one in [[Attack Position|each]] [[Defense Position|position]]) so you can use one to destroy or return a monster, while the other attacks.

*"Labyrinth of Nightmare", on the other hand, doesn’t switch monsters to Defense Position until the [[End Phase]] of the turn, allowing un-delayed attacks from both players. Monsters that inflict [[Piercing]] damage like "[[Enraged Battle Ox]]" and powerful [[beatstick]]s, such as "[[Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke]]", are welcome in Clown Control Decks that utilize "Labyrinth of Nightmare". Monsters such as "[[Goblin Attack Force]]", "[[Spear Dragon]]", and "[[Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress]]" should be included, since they switch to Defense Position after they attack or activate their effects, and they will be switched back to [[Attack Position]] during your End Phase, ready for use again during your next turn.

Stumbling based decks in particular may want to include additional stall cards to protect the monsters from being trampled, thereby keeping them alive long enough to trigger their effects. Such cards include "[[Gravity Bind]]", "[[Messenger of Peace]]" and "[[Level Limit - Area B]]". [[Equip Spell Card]]s such as "[[Gravity Axe - Grarl]]" can be used in conjunction with the stall cards to further enhance the control aspect.

The [[Rat Toolbox|Rat]] and [[Warrior Toolbox|Warrior]] [[Toolbox]]es are used to search out "Dream Clown", which is arguably the decks most important monster. Furthermore, the Rat toolbox allows one to search for helpful monsters that support the deck, such as "[[Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 "Nishipachi"]]", "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]" and "[[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]]". Ideally, the monsters used in a clown control deck should have good synergy with the continuous cards the deck focuses on. However, "[[Zero Gravity]]" and "[[Forbidden Lance]]" can be used to prevent them from becoming a hindrance to XYZ and Synchros.

Clown control does very little special summoning in relation to most decks, allowing it to use various Anti-meta cards to slow down the opponent and increase field control. These include "[[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]", "[[Jowgen the Spiritualist]]" and "[[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]". Whether to use Fossil Dyna or Jowgen, depends on preference and play style. Jowgen the Spiritualist is faster at getting rid of the Special Summoned monsters than Fossil Dyna, but Dyna is more guaranteed to succeed than Jowgen. [[Grave of the Super Ancient Organism]] is another excellent anti meta card, for use against decks that make extensive use of nomi and non-xyz semi-nomi monsters.

==Detail on additional tech options==
*"[[Don Zaloog]]" and "[[Spirit Reaper]]" can take advantage of the opponent's open [[Playing Field|field]] for hand disruption. This is especially useful if the opponent saves their cards in their hand for explosive plays later on. 

*"[[Construction Train Signal Red]]" can be used to protect dream clown from a single attack allowing its battle position to be changed to defense next turn. They can then be used to rank 3 xyz, still leaving the turn players normal summon unused. Alternatively, it can be summoned on direct attack, protecting lifepoints and xyz next turn with a normal summoned dream clown.  It can also be used to protect crass clown or flip summon monsters after they have been set. The usage of this card is more difficult to anticipate and stop than regular backrow protection.

*[[Horus the Black Flame Dragon LV6]]" as it is unaffected by  "Stumbling", "[[Earthquake]]" and "[[Messenger of Peace]]".

*[[Black Salvo]]" is used to summon "[[Karakuri Shogun mdl 00 "Burei"]]". Its effect can then be used to manipulate positions once per turn, allowing it to attack the same turn it is summoned in stumbling builds. Its effect can also be used to make sure it changes to attack position at the end phase in labyrinth builds. An additional position change and possibly synchro can occur if a "[[Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 "Nishipachi"]]" was summoned by its effect. 

*"[[Cloudian - Eye of the Typhoon]] switches the battle positions of all non-"[[Cloudian]]s", thereby triggering clown card effects. It is destroyed when it's switched into defense, but can be used with Stumbling and Labyrinth of Nightmare if combined with [[Raging Cloudian]].

*"[[Level Limit - Area A]]" and [[Level Limit - Area B]] allows one to reuse Dream Clowns and Crass Clowns effects respectively.
*Dragoedies, The Empowered warrior can be used to search the clowns and protect them from destruction by battle using its pendulum effect.

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==Recommended cards==

== Stumbling Clown Control ==
{{Decklist|Recommended Cards
|effect monsters =
* [[Dream Clown]]
* [[Crass Clown]]
* [[Blade Rabbit]]
* [[Giant Rat]]
* [[Neo-Spacian Grand Mole]]
* [[Performapal Turn Toad]] (Position Changer)
* [[Black Brachios]] (Position Changer)
* [[Karakuri Strategist mdl 248 "Nishipachi"]]
* [[Ryu-Kishin Clown]]
* [[Crane Crane]] 
* [[Construction Train Signal Red]]
* [[Dragonox, The Empowered Warrior]]
* [[Dekoichi the Battlechanted Locomotive]]
* [[Black Salvo]]
* [[Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind]]
* [[Card Guard]] (Stumbling)
* [[Guardian Sphinx]]
* [[Flip Flop Frog]] ([[Bouncing]])
* [[Golem Sentry]] ([[Bouncing]])
* [[Tsukuyomi]] (Position change on Flip Summon)
* [[Gogogo Gollum]] (Summons in ATK with Stumbling)
|fusion monsters =
* [[Bickuribox]] 
|synchro monsters =
* [[Ally of Justice Catastor]]
* [[Scarred Warrior]]
* [[X-Saber Wayne]]
* [[Vulcan the Divine]]
* [[Flamvell Uruquizas]]
* [[Naturia Barkion]]
* [[Naturia Beast]]
* [[Naturia Landoise]]
* [[Karakuri Shogun mdl 00 "Burei"]]
* [[Stardust Dragon]]
* [[Red Dragon Archfiend]]
|xyz monsters =
* [[Number 39: Utopia]]
* [[Maestrok the Symphonic Devil]]
* [[Wind-Up Zenmaister]]
* [[Photon Papilloperative]]
* [[Wind-Up Zenmaines]]
* [[Mechquipped Angineer]]
* [[Soul of Silvermountain]]
* [[Tri-Edge Levia]]
* [[Fairy King Albverdich]]

|spells =
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* [[Stumbling]]
* [[Draw Muscle]] (Draw power)
* [[Guard Penalty]] (Draw power)
* [[Pot of Duality]]
* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]
* [[Book of Moon]]
* [[Heart of Clear Water]]
* [[Spider Web]] (Position Change)
* [[Spirit Burner]] (Position Change)
* [[Curse of Fiend]]
* [[Earthquake]]
* [[Book of Eclipse]]
* [[Fusion Conscription]] ([[Bickuribox]])
|traps =
* [[Labyrinth of Nightmare (card)]]
* [[Zero Gravity]] (Position change)
* [[No Entry!!]] (Position change)
* [[Desert Sunlight]] (Position change)
* [[Ordeal of a Traveler]]
* [[Safe Zone]]
* [[Curse of Royal]]
* [[Dark Bribe]]
* [[Starlight Road]]
* [[The Huge Revolution is Over]]
* [[Tragedy]]
* [[Compulsory Evacuation Device]]
* [[Call of the Haunted]]
* [[Robbin' Goblin]] (Hand Disruption)
* [[Fusion Reserve]] ([[Bickuribox]])
* [[Gorgon's Eye]] (Effect negation)
}}
== {{Ln}}Labyrinth Clown Control ==
{{Decklist|effect monsters = *[[Crass Clown]]
*[[Dream Clown]]
* [[Goblin Attack Force]] 
* [[Indomitable Fighter Lei Lei]]
* [[Masked Chameleon]]
* [[Goblin Elite Attack Force]]
* [[Giant Orc]]
* [[Spear Dragon]]
* [[Power Breaker]]
* [[Lyla, Lightsworn Sorceress]]
* [[Ninja Grandmaster Sasuke]]
* [[Cameraclops]]|traps = * [[Labyrinth of Nightmare (Card)]]
* [[Zero Gravity]]|spells = * [[Draw Muscle]] (Draw power)
* [[Guard Penalty]] (Draw power)
* [[Pot of Duality]]
* [[Reinforcement of the Army]]}}

==Anti-Meta Tech==
{{Decklist|Recommended Cards
|effect monsters =
* [[Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo]]
* [[Jowgen the Spiritualist]]
* [[Thunder King Rai-Oh]]
* [[Banisher of the Radiance]]
* [[Banisher of the Light]]
* [[Justice Bringer]]
* [[Kycoo the Ghost Destroyer]]
* [[Psi-Blocker]]
|xyz monsters =

|spells =
* [[Dimensional Fissure]]
* [[Kaiser Colosseum]]
|traps =
* [[Macro Cosmos]]
* [[Grave of the Super Ancient Organism]]
* [[Vanity's Emptiness]]
* [[Lose 1 Turn]]
* [[Soul Drain]]
}}

==  Stalling tech and stall specific==
{{Decklist|effect monsters = * [[Swarm of Scarabs]] (Monster control)
* [[Swarm of Locusts]] (Spell and Trap control)
* [[Des Lacooda]] (Draw power)
* [[Worm Linx]] (Draw power)
* [[Injection Fairy Lily]] (Messenger of Peace)
* [[Spirit Reaper]]
* [[Junk Synchron]]
* [[Debris Dragon]] (Moonlight Rose)|spells = * [[Level Limit - Area B]]
* [[Swords of Revealing Light]]
* [[Messenger of Peace]]
* [[Vengeful Bog Spirit]]
* [[Gravity Axe - Grarl]] (Lock position)
* [[Swords of Concealing Light]] (Lock position)|traps = * [[Gravity Bind]]
* [[Scrap-Iron Scarecrow]]
* [[Abyssal Stungray]]
* [[Wall of Revealing Light]]|synchro monsters = * [[Junk Gardna]] (easy with [[Crane Crane]])
* [[Junk Berserker]] 
* [[Junk Destroyer]] 
* [[Frozen Fitzgerald]] ([[Blade Rabbit]])}}[[Category:Deck Type]]

==Weaknesses==
The deck uses its backrow to trigger effects and slow down the opponent, making spell destruction such as [[Mystical Space Typhoon]], [[Twister]], Galaxy Cyclone and [[Spell Shattering Arrow]] an effective counter strategy. Cards with field destruction effects such as Black Rose Dragon and Exciton are also deadly.

[[King Tiger Wanghu]] and [[Deck Devastation Virus]] can potentially lockdown the deck as most of the monsters have 1400 ATK or less.

[[Skill Drain]] and [[Majesty's Fiend]] as the deck uses monsters effects to gain advantage and field control.

Ice Hand and Fire Hand.