Deck Guide: Azamina Snake-Eye

Snake-Eye features creatures from "Eglė the Queen of Serpents", a Lithuanian folk tale. In this tale, the Queen of Serpents turns her children into an oak, an ash, a birch, and a poplar. It is represented by a shining gem with red eyes surrounded by colorful flames. All monsters in this archetype are Pyro and have the Fire attribute.

This deck has been at the top of the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG metagame for months now, and, even after the banlist (which limited its main cards and banned generic monsters that were part of its final board), has remained strong. A big reason why is the Azamina engine, which is also tied to the Sinful Spoils archetype and improves this deck's consistency and resilience. It also improves its ceiling.

Check out below how Azamina Snake-Eye works!

Main Deck

Currently, Diabellstar the Black Witch, WANTED: Seeker of Sinful Spoils, and Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye are this deck's main starters, considering Snake-Eye starters were limited.

Deception of the Sinful Spoils is the last starter in the Sinful Spoils engine. It ties the Azamina engine to this deck's strategy because it accesses The Hallowed Azamina.

Bonfire and One for One can be considered starters or extenders, considering they can access Snake-Eye Ash and Snake-Eyes Poplar. These cards work as combo pieces most of the time nowadays (because they were limited), but they can still act as starters.

Snake-Eye Oak is the most critical card in this deck in a grind game, but it is still a vital combo piece, just like Snake-Eyes Diabellstar and Divine Temple of the Snake-Eye. Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon is still this archetype's boss monster, and is the main source of interactions in this deck's strategy.

Angel Statue - Azurune is this deck's garnet. It is one of its main interactions and the only target for Silhouhatte Rabbit.

Called by the Grave and Crossout Designator are this strategy's anti-hantraps. They're critical, as they make this deck even more resilient to your opponent's interactions.

The other tech cards in this deck are the main handtraps in the current format, and work really well against meta decks.

Extra Deck

Azamina Mu Rcielago makes this deck more consistent. It searches for cards in the Azamina and Sinful Spoils archetypes. As for Azamina Ilia Silvia, it can be considered this archetype's boss monster as well because it is an omninegate.

Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames is still vital for this deck because it is essential in the initial combo and is a powerful interaction.

Silhouhatte Rabbit is also fundamental now that Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess has been banned, and is responsible for putting Angel Statue - Azurune in your back row.

I:P Masquerena is still this deck's main generic interaction. It accesses S:P Little Knight during your opponent's turn.

Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy is one of the best rank 8 monsters in the game. You can access it in this strategy with combos that summon Puzzlomino, the Drop-n-Deleter, as this card lets you change a monster's rank to 8.

Relinquished Anima, Knightmare Phoenix, Dharc the Dark Charmer, Gloomy, and most importantly Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze are very useful in this deck, but are not part of the main combo. You'll use them whenever you need to go out of the script.

Salamangreat Raging Phoenix, Worldsea Dragon Zealantis, and Accesscode Talker are this deck's main offensive weapons, considering they're the ones that will OTK your opponent.

Snake-Eye spams monsters quite consistently, and the goal is to spread its interactions well, usually like this: Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon, Silhouhatte Rabbit, and Azamina Ilia Silvia will usually be in your monster zone; I:P Masquerena and Angel Statue - Azurune will be in your backrow; and, finally, Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames will be in your graveyard.

Standard Combo

I'll leave the standard combo below if you open with Diabellstar the Black Witch and 1 random card you'll need to "discard":

> First, summon Diabellstar the Black Witch by sending a random card in your hand to your graveyard. Then, activate its effect to play Deception of the Sinful Spoils from your deck to your backrow;

> Activate Deception of the Sinful Spoils by tributing Diabellstar the Black Witch to get The Hallowed Azamina from your deck and add it to your hand;

> Now, activate The Hallowed Azamina by revealing Azamina Mu Rcielago from your extra deck and sending Deception of the Sinful Spoils from your deck to your graveyard. Then, summon Azamina Mu Rcielago;

> When you summon Azamina Mu Rcielago, use its effect to get Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye from your deck and put it in your hand;

> Next, activate The Hallowed Azamina's effect from your graveyard to return Azamina Mu Rcielago to your extra deck and return The Hallowed Azamina to your hand;

> Now, activate The Hallowed Azamina again by revealing Azamina Ilia Silvia from your extra deck and sending Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye to your graveyard. Then, summon Azamina Ilia Silvia;

> Activate Original Sinful Spoils - Snake-Eye's effect to banish it from your graveyard and return Diabellstar the Black Witch to your deck. Then, get Snake-Eye Ash from your deck and add it to your hand;

> Now, normal-summon Snake-Eye Ash and activate its effect to get Snake-Eyes Poplar from your deck and add it to your hand. Next, activate its effect so it can summon itself, and then get Divine Temple of the Snake-Eye and add it to your hand;

> Activate Divine Temple of the Snake-Eye to put Snake-Eyes Diabellstar in your back row. Then, use Snake-Eye Ash's effect to send it and Snake-Eye Ash to your graveyard. Next, summon Snake-Eye Oak from your deck;

> When you summon Snake-Eye Oak, use its effect to summon Snake-Eye Ash from your graveyard. Then, activate its second effect by sending it and Snake-Eye Ash to your graveyard. Next, summon Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon from your deck;

> Use Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon and Snake-Eyes Poplar as material to summon I:P Masquerena;

> Set up the chain this way: Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon as your chain link 1 (to summon Snake-Eye Ash and Snake-Eye Oak from your graveyard); and Snake-Eyes Poplar as your chain link 2 (to put Snake-Eyes Diabellstar in your backrow);

> Now, use I:P Masquerena and Snake-Eye Oak as material to summon Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames, and use its effect to summon Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon from your graveyard;

> Next, use Snake-Eyes Flamberge Dragon's effect to get I:P Masquerena from your graveyard and put it in your backrow;

> Use Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames and Snake-Eye Ash as material to summon Salamangreat Raging Phoenix;

> Now, activate Snake-Eyes Diabellstar's effect and summon it from your spell/trap zone by getting Snake-Eye Oak from your graveyard and putting it in your backrow;

> Next, use Snake-Eyes Diabellstar and Salamangreat Raging Phoenix as material to summon Silhouhatte Rabbit. When you summon the Rabbit, use its effect to get Angel Statue - Azurune from your deck and put it in your backrow.

This is your final board:

Azamina Snake-Eye is one of the best decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG nowadays. When you're going first, it is strong enough to beat any deck in the game, including the other tier 1 decks, such as Snake-Eye variants, Tenpai, and Yubel. Furthermore, when you go second, it can break fragile boards. Against decks with a higher ceiling, its great number of handtraps is incredibly useful.

So, if you want a fun deck that is also competitive, it is an excellent choice. It is an incredibly powerful archetype as well as very versatile and resilient, which means you'll be able to get more out of it the more you play it.

So, what did you think of this deck? I hope you enjoyed learning how to play it, and that you have a lot of fun with it.

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