Machina Gadget Deck, Still Strong in 2013!

Welcome all! Today I’ve got a deck that combines the searching power of the Machina and Gadget cards with the consistent pressure created by Rank 7 monsters. This deck has many plays that leave the field with a large monster and allows the player to plus in the process. So let’s dive in and take a look at my Machina and Gadget Deck!

 

To start let’s look at the main deck. Here’s the current deck list:
Monsters (22):
1x Machina Cannon
3x Machina Fortress
3x Machina Gearframe
2x Green Gadget
2x Red Gadget
2x Yellow Gadget
1x Genex Ally Birdman
3x Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders
2x Maxx “c”
2x Tragoedia
1x Gorz, The Emissary of Darkness

Spells (18):
1x Dark Hole
1x Double Summon
1x Fissure
1x Gold Sarcophagus
2x Instant Fusion
1x Lightning Vortex
1x Mind Control
3x Mystical Space Typhoon
1x Night Beam
3x Sacred Sword of Seven Stars
3x Smashing Ground

Extra Deck:
2x Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack
2x Number 11: Big Eye
1x Black Rose Dragon
2x Karbanola Warrior
2x Gear Gigant X
1x Daigusto Emeral
Whatever other 5 cards work best for you!

Traditional Traps Vs. Hand Traps

So the first thing you may notice is that the deck contains no trap line-up. As useful as traps are, in today’s meta-game they can be sitting ducks with so many cards with widespread destruction and negating effects. Even with both Heavy Storm and Giant Trunade being banned, I find that if you don’t fill your backrow with traps they can easily be picked off one by one.

So this deck utilizes hand traps (Maxx “c”, Tragoedia, and Gorz) to stop OTK’s and regain any card advantage lost on the opponent’s turn. Because of the pure advantage this deck can already make, Maxx “C” is an amazing addition allowing you to gain resources even on your opponents turn! Tragoedia and Gorz can save you from an OTK while setting up XYZ plays. Just remember you can’t use Gorz’s token, or any token for that matter, for an XYZ summon.

Mechanical Soldiers Lead Your Assault

Now let’s look at the monster choices. Before I discuss the Machina pieces I want to go through the 6 gadgets. I’ve always found 6 gadgets (two of each) to be more consistent then 9 gadgets (three of each).

In a perfect duel you only need to draw one gadget of any color to have access to all of the other ones. Therefore you just need enough to start with one in your opening hand. Since the gadgets themselves are a means to an end, only adding consistency by awarding a +1 for each summon you don’t want to lose precious deck space by adding 3 more pieces to a working engine.

We have a basic Machina Engine, consisting of 3 Gearframe, 3 Fortress, and 1 Cannon. Machina Gearframe can search either Fortress or Cannon upon his summon. Therefore summoning Machina Gearframe will net you a +1.

Gearframe is also a Union monster and once per turn can attach to a Machine-type monster and provide “union protection”. Notice he can equip to a MACHINE-type, not just MACHINA. This is critical as he can equip himself to the deadly Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack and add even more protection to it.

Next is Machina Fortress, and although he is level 7 and therefore can be considered a piece in creating a Rank 7 XYZ, we can still consider him a boss monster. Fortress can be easily special summoned from the hand or graveyard by discarding machine type monsters whose combined levels equal 8 or more.

What makes Fortress even better is that you can use the fortress you plan on summoning for the discard. This effectively makes Fortress summoning conditions in your hand to simply be any other machine-type monster (as even a level 1 plus Fortress’ own 7 will produce the eight needed).

Machina Fortress also has two effects which help curb the resource battle in your favor. The first ability triggers if Fortress is destroyed by battle. Upon being destroyed you can target 1 card your opponent controls and destroy it.

If your opponent attempts to target Fortress with a monster effect, he’s got something for that too! You can look at your opponents hand and discard 1 card to the graveyard. Aside from a few archetypes like Dark World, looking at your opponents hand and discarding a card is a huge advantage, even if you lose Fortress in the process.

Machina Cannon serves little purpose other than being Level 8 making it able to revive Fortress. However Machina Cannon, searchable by Gearframe, is also an EARTH attribute monster (as is most of the deck) making it food for the Dragon Ruler of Boulders.

Dragon Rulers Strike again!

Redox, Dragon Ruler of Boulders gives this deck so much versatility. For starters Redox allows you to double up on your gadget pluses. After you’ve summoned a Gadget and searched for the next, once it goes to the graveyard you can discard Redox and any other EARTH monster to revive the Gadget and search again. This play can easily lead into Rank 4 XYZ monsters such as Daigusto Emeral and Gear Gigant.

Our Dragon Ruler also opens up the Level 7 market. Being Level 7 itself you can easily special summon Redox, then special summon Fortress and XYZ summon Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack or Number 11: Big Eye. The playbook gets larger and larger as the game progresses and these XYZ plays begin to open up.

A True Duelist Masters Their Spells

The spell line-up is fairly standard for gadget builds. A lot of 1 for 1 monster removal in the form of Smashing Ground and Fissure. Spell and trap removal in Mystical Space Typhoon and Night Beam, and these cards are very important because this deck battles for field control while slowly gaining a huge lead on your opponent in resources.

Don’t be afraid to use Sacred Sword of Seven stars on Machina Fortress or Gorz, Emissary of Darkness. Although they are important monsters the deck can dig so quickly that more often then not giving up that monster for two more cards on the turn is much more useful.

One spell I do want to highlight is Instant Fusion. Instant Fusion allows you to XYZ summon as early as your first turn by summoning a Machina Gearframe or Gadget monster and then bringing out Karbanola Warrior from your extra deck.

This card also supports another play if you are holding Genex Ally Birdman. With the same cards as before rather than XYZ summoning you can return the Gearframe or Gadget to your hand to special summon Birdman. Now you can Synchro summon a level 7, supporting Rank 7 XYZ summons, as well as double up on the card you brought back to your hand. Remember the more resources the better!

Let’s Make This Deck Better!

This deck is pretty consistent with a myriad of interesting late game plays that allow you to push for game. But with your help it can be even better! Test it out! Build it and let me know how it works for you in a comment below! Thanks for visiting, I’ll see you next time!