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Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Deck List and Card Guide

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Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Deck

Strike fear into your opponent in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel with the Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Aggro Deck, now supported with the Supreme King archetype. We've got the full deck list breakdown, combos, and more!

Pendulum Decks
Pendulum Magician Odd-Eyes Performapal Z-ARC Pendulum Magician

Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
Maxx "C" x3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring x3 Performapal Skullcrobat Joker x3 Supreme King Dragon Darkwurm x3 Supreme King Gate Magician x3
Odd-Eyes Revolution Dragon x3 Double Iris Magician x2 Supreme King Dragon Lightwurm x1 Astrograph Sorcerer x1 Supreme King Gate Zero x1
Odd-Eyes Arc Pendulum Dragon x1 Dragon Shrine x3 Wings of Light x3 Called by the Grave x2 Crossout Designator x1
Star Pendulumgraph x1 Triple Tactics Talent x1 Infinite Impermanence x3 Soul of the Supreme Celestial King x1 -
Extra Deck: 15 cards
Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon x1 Starving Venom Fusion Dragon x1 Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom x1 Supreme King Z-ARC x1 Odd-Eyes Arcray Dragon x1
Clear Wing Synchro Dragon x1 Supreme King Dragon Clear Wing x1 Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon x1 Odd-Eyes Rebellion Xyz Dragon x1 Beyond the Pendulum x1
Heavymetalfoes Electrumite x1 I:P Masquerena x1 S:P Little Knight x1 Exceed the Pendulum x1 Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess x1

Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Breakdown

Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

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The main goal of this deck is to Fusion Summon Supreme King Z-ARC onto the Field.

Theoretically, players need to send a "Fusion Dragon", a "Synchro Dragon", a "Xyz Dragon" and a "Pendulum Dragon" to the GY, while having an Astrogaph Sorcerer on the Field.

With Astrogaph Sorcerer on the Field, you can activate its effect to Banish itself as well as the four aformentioned cards to Special Summon Supreme King Z-ARC onto the Field.

And with Supreme King Z-ARC, you effectively destroy all the cards your opponent controls as soon as it is Special Summoned. Aside from that, it cannot be destroyed nor targetted by Card Effects.

Now, this Deck is further supported with more support for the "Supreme King" cards that provide additional support, like Supreme King Dragon Lightwurm wehich serves as a Tuner monster, and Supreme King Gate Magician which can make getting the cards needed to summon Z-ARC easier.

Sample FTK Combo

Sample Hand
Tuning Magician Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser Performapal Skullcrobat Joker Black Fang Magician Astrograph Sorcerer
Step Description
P-Scale Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser → Activate Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser's Effect to Summon itself onto the Field.
Normal Summon Performapal Skullcrobat Joker → Activate Performapal Skullcrobat Joker → Search for Wisdom-Eye Magician from the Deck and send it to the Hand.
Link Summon Heavymetalfoes Electrumite using both the Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser and Performapal Skullcrobat Joker on the Field.
Activate Heavymetalfoes Electrumite's Effect → Search for Harmonizing Magician in the Deck and send it to the top of the Extra Deck.
P-Scale Wisdom-Eye Magician and Black Fang Magician → Activate Wisdom-Eye Magician's Effect to destroy itself and search for Oafdragon Magician in the Deck and set it in the P-Scale.
Heavymetalfoes Electrumite Effect triggers, and trigger Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect from the hand as Chain Link 1 & 2 respectively → Chain Link 2: Special Summon Astrograph Sorcerer onto the Field. → Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect triggers, searching for another Wisdom-Eye Magician from the Deck and send it to the hand. → red]Chain Link 1:[/red] Heavymetalfoes Electrumite's Effect triggers, adding a card from the Deck to the Hand.
Activate Oafdragon Magician's Effect to add Harmonizing Magician from the Extra Deck back to the Hand.
Activate Heavymetalfoes Electrumite's Effect and target the Astrograph Sorcerer on the Field to Destroy it → Add Astrograph Sorcerer back from the Extra Deck to the Hand.
Activate Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect from the hand → Special Summon Astrograph Sorcerer onto the Field. → Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect triggers, searching for another Wisdom-Eye Magician from the Deck and send it to the hand.
Nibiru Check Link Summon Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians using both the Heavymetalfoes Electrumite and Astrograph Sorcerer on the Field. → Your opponent should use this time to use Nibiru, the Primal Being.
Pendulum Summon Wisdom-Eye Magician, Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser from the Extra Deck, and Harmonizing Magician from the Hand.
Activate Harmonizing Magician's Effect on the Field → Search for White Wing Magician from the Deck and send it to the Hand.
Xyz Summon Timestar Magician using the Wisdom-Eye Magician and Harmonizing Magician, making sure that one of the Zones that Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians is free.
Activate Timestar Magician's Effect and detach Harmonizing Magician and search for Chronograph Sorcerer and send it to the Hand.
Activate Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians's Effect → Remove 3 Spell Counters → Special Summon Harmonizing Magician from the GY to one of the zones Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians is pointing to.
Xyz Summon your second Timestar Magician using the White Wing Magician and the Harmonizing Magician on the Field as Material.
Activate Timestar Magician's Effect and detach Harmonizing Magician and search for Double Iris Magician and send it to the Hand.
Fusion Summon Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom using both the Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser and the Performapal Skullcrobat Joker on the Field.
Activate Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom's Effect → Target the Heavymetalfoes Electrumite in the GY to copy its Effect → Activate Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom's Effect → Target the Black Fang Magician in your P-Scale to destroy it, sending it to the top of the Extra Deck → Add back Astrograph Sorcerer from the Extra Deck to the Hand.
Activate the Effect of Black Fang Magician form your Extra Deck and Astrograph Sorcerer in your Hand as Chain Link 1 & 2 respectively → Chain Link 2: Activate Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect from the hand → Special Summon Astrograph Sorcerer onto the Field. → Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect triggers, searching for another Black Fang Magician from the Deck and send it to the hand. → Chain Link 1: Special Summon Harmonizing Magician from the GY onto the Field.
P-Scale Wisdom-Eye Magician where Black Fang Magician used to be → Activate Wisdom-Eye Magician's Effect to Destroy itself → This triggers the Effect of Timestar Magician → Activate the Effect of Timestar Magician to protect it by searching for Purple Poison Magician from the Deck to the GY.
Activate Wisdom-Eye Magician's Effect to Destroy itself again → This triggers the Effect of your second Timestar Magician → Activate the Effect of Timestar Magician to protect it by searching for Black Fang Magician from the Deck to the GY.
Xyz Summon Number F0: Utopic Future using both Timestar Magicians as Material to clear some space on your Monster Zone as well as effectively sending the White Wing Magician to the GY. → Xyz Summon Number F0: Utopic Draco Future using the Number F0: Utopic Future as Material.
Link Summon Apollusa, Bow of the Goddess using the Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians and the Harmonizing Magician on the Field.
Activate Wisdom-Eye Magician's Effect to Destroy itself again → Search for Purple Poison Magician from the Deck and set it in the P-Scale.
Activate the Effect of Chronograph Sorcerer to Special Summon itself as well as the Black Fang Magician in your Hand onto the Field.
Fusion Summon Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom using both the Astrograph Sorcerer and the Black Fang Magician on the Field.
Activate Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom's Effect → Target the Heavymetalfoes Electrumite in the GY to copy its Effect → Activate Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom's Effect → Target the Oafdragon Magician in your P-Scale to destroy it, sending it to the top of the Extra Deck → Add back Astrograph Sorcerer from the Extra Deck to the Hand.
Activate Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect from the hand → Special Summon Astrograph Sorcerer onto the Field. → Astrograph Sorcerer's Effect triggers, searching for another Oafdragon Magician from the Deck and send it to the hand.
Xyz Summon Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy using both Supreme King Dragon Starving Venoms on the Field.
P-Scale Oafdragon Magician once more → Activate Tuning Magician's Effect from the Hand to Special Summon it onto the Field.
Synchro Summon Borreload Savage Dragon using both the Astrograph Sorcerer and Tuning Magician on the Field. → Activate Borreload Savage Dragon's Effect → Target the Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians in the GY to equip it to your Borreload Savage Dragon, effectively giving it 3 Borrel Counters as well as an additional 925ATK.
Activate the Effect of Chronograph Sorcerer to Banish itself from the Field, as well as the Purple Poison Magician, White Wing Magician, Black Fang Magician and Double Iris Magician from the GY, Special Summoning Supreme King Z-ARC.

This is a very very long for a Turn 1 Combo, but leaves you with a very strong board that will take a lot to beat.

All-in-all, you'll have a 3000ATK Number F0: Utopic Draco Future that cannot be destroyed by battle nor card effects, a 3000ATK Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy which gives you negates for any Spell or Effect Activation, a 3925ATK Borreload Savage Dragon with 3 Borrel Counters on it to use as Negates, as well as additional protection via Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess, and most of all, Supreme King Z-ARC itself, with 4000ATK as well as not being able to be targeted nor affected by Card Effects.

Though you are left vulnerable during multiple stages of the combo, with monsters like Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians as well as Timestar Magician, you'll have multiple ways to protect yourself from various hand traps and card effects your opponent may use to stop you from completing the combo.

Final Board

Final Board
Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
Number F0: Utopic Draco Future Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy Borreload Savage Dragon Supreme King Z-ARC
Oafdragon Magician Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians Purple Poison Magician

Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Counters: How to Beat

Deck Counters

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Best Cards to Tech Against Pendulum Magician

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Nibiru, the Primal Being
Nibiru, the Primal Being When users of a Pendulum decks begin their summoning spree, you can quickly tribute as many face-up monsters on the field, and summon this onto your opponent's field.
This will quickly disrupt them from doing any more summons or even stopping them from completing their Pendulum Summons & eventually, their Fusion Summons.
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion Using this card, you can quickly cancel specific effects that are at the core of Z-ARC Pendulum Magician decks by discarding this card.
You can apply this whenever your opponent adds cards from the GY to their hand, Deck, or Extra Deck, whenever they Special Summon a Monster Card from the GY, or whenever they banish a card from the GY.
Summon Limit
Summon Limit A trap card that limits the summon of both parties to a maximum of two times per turn. This will quickly put a halt to chaining Summons that Pendulum users do to quickly bring out perform their OTKs.
Vanity's Fiend
Vanity A monster that can't be special summoned, but locking special summons until he's destroyed. This will quickly put a halt on any and all Pendulum, but do note that you won't be able to do any special summons as well.
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring Similar to Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, this card can be quickly used to cancel specific effects that are at the core of Pendulum decks by discarding this card.

Limit Summons

This Z-ARC Pendulum Magician Deck relies on Summoning strong monsters quickly to deal big damages early in the game.

Using a combination of spells and traps to stop those summons from happening will quickly put the duel in your favor.

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Magician of Pendulum Structure Deck BannerMagician of Pendulum Counterswing MagesCounterswing Mages
Indomitable KnightsIndomitable Knights Shot Through Fiction.PNGShot Through Fiction
Champions of Hope.PNGChampions of Hope Those Who Stand Against Kings BannerThose Who Stand Against Kings
Master Pack Banner.pngMaster Pack

Most of the Pendulum cards can be obtained via purchasing three copies of the Magician of Pendulum Structure Deck. The rest, as well as Supreme King Z-ARC can be found in the Counterswing Mages Secret Pack.

Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom can be found via the Indomitable Knights Secret Pack, while Borreload Savage Dragon and both Number F0s can be obtained via the Shot Through Fiction and Champions of Hope Secret Packs respectively.

Heavymetalfoes Electrumite can be found via the Those Who Stand Against Kings Secret Pack.

You can also find all of these cards in the Master Pack.

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