Chimera Deck 🦁🐐🐉

Main gameplan: Utilize Chimera fusion cards for versatile monsters and efficient resource use.
Strengths: Flexible plays, resource recursion, and strong finishers.
Weaknesses: Relies on key combo pieces, vulnerable to negations and disruptions.
Playstyle: Versatile, can go first to control or second to break boards with powerful monsters.
Below are several dropdowns: the first provides the decklist, and the others showcase different combo paths.

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Nightmare Apprentice + 1

Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Add Mirror Swordknight.
Normal Summon: Mirror Swordknight.
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Tribute itself. Special Summon Big-Winged Berfomet.
Big-Winged Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle and Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Gazelle + Mirror Swordknight].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): Big-Winged Berfomet (3): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight. Add Coatl.
GY: Chimera Fusion > Hand. Set it.

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Mirror Swordknight + 1

Normal Summon: Mirror Swordknight.
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Tribute itself. Special Summon Big-Winged Berfomet.
Big-Winged Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle and Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Gazelle + Mirror Swordknight].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): Big-Winged Berfomet (3): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight. Add Nightmare Apprentice.
GY: Chimera Fusion: GY > Hand. Set it
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Add Coatl.

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Coatl (Activate): Discard itself. Add Mirror Swordknight.
Normal Summon: Mirror Swordknight.
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Tribute itself. Special Summon Big-Winged Berfomet.
Big-Winged Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle and Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Gazelle + Mirror Swordknight].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): Big-Winged Berfomet (3): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight. Add Nightmare Apprentice.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Add Coatl.
GY: Chimera Fusion > Hand. Set it.

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Gazelle + Patchwork

Patchwork (Activate): Add Polymerization, Add EIC.
Polymerization (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ EIC + Gazelle].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): EIC (3): Add Patchwork, Add Nightmare Apprentice.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Add Mirror Swordknight.
XYZ: Bounzer - [ Nightmare Apprentice + Chimera tKoPB].
Normal Summon: Mirror Swordknight.
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Tribute itself. Special Summon Big-Winged Berfomet.
Big-Winged Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle and Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Berfomet tMKoPB.
Berfomet tMKoPB (Activate): Coatl > GY.
GY: Big-Winged Berfomet (Activate): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight.
GY: Chimera Fusion GY > Hand. Set it

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Gazelle + Berfomet Path

Normal Summon: Gazelle.
Gazelle (Activate): Add Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Gazelle + Berfomet].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): Add Nightmare Apprentice.
GY: Chimera Fusion: GY > Hand. Set it.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Add Mirror Swordknight.
Link Summon: Muckraker - [ Chimera tKoPB + Nightmare Apprentice].
Muckraker (Activate): Discard Mirror Swordknight. Special Summon Berfomet from GY.
Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle. Add Chimera Fusion and set it.

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Gazelle + Coatl Path

Normal Summon: Gazelle.
Gazelle (Activate): Add Chimera Fusion.
Coatl (Activate): Discard itself. Add Mirror Swordknight.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Berfomet tMKoPB - [ Gazelle + Mirror Swordknight].
Berfomet tMKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): Add Nightmare Apprentice. Send Chanter Deck > GY.
Chanter (Activate): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
XYZ: Bounzer - [ Nightmare Apprentice + Berfomet tMKoPB].
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Special Summon Berfomet.
Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle. Add Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Mirror Swordknight + Berfomet].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Berfomet (2): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight.
GY: Chimera Fusion > Hand. Set it.

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Gazelle + Swordknight Path

Normal Summon: Gazelle.
Gazelle (Activate): Add Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Berfomet tMKoPB - [ Gazelle + Mirror Swordknight].
Berfomet tMKoPB (1): Gazelle (2): Add Nightmare Apprentice. Send Chanter Deck > GY.
Chanter (Activate): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard 1. Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Add Coatl.
XYZ: Bounzer - [ Nightmare Apprentice + Berfomet tMKoPB].
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Special Summon Berfomet.
Berfomet (Activate): Add Gazelle. Add Chimera Fusion.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Mirror Swordknight + Berfomet].
Chimera tKoPB (1): Berfomet (2): Special Summon Mirror Swordknight.
GY: Chimera Fusion > Hand. Set it.

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Apprentice + Berfomet Path

Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Discard one card to Special Summon itself.
Nightmare Apprentice (Activate): Use its effect to add Coatl to your hand.
Coatl (Activate): Discard itself to add Gazelle.
Normal Summon: Gazelle.
Gazelle (Activate): Add Chimera Fusion to your hand.
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Chimera tKoPB - [ Gazelle + Berfomet].
Chimera tKoPB (1), Gazelle (2), Berfomet (3): Special Summon Coatl. Add Mirror Swordknight.
GY: Activate Chimera Fusion. Add itself to your hand.
Link Summon: Cross Sheep - [ Nightmare Apprentice + Coatl].
Chimera Fusion (Activate): Berfomet tMKoPB - [ Mirror Swordknight + Chimera tKoPB].
Berfomet tMKoPB (1), Cross Sheep (2): Send Chanter to GY. Special Summon Mirror Swordknight.
Chanter (Activate): Special Summon Nightmare Apprentice.
XYZ Summon: Bounzer - [ Nightmare Apprentice + Berfomet tMKoPB].
Mirror Swordknight (Activate): Tribute itself to Special Summon Berfomet.
Berfomet (Activate): Add Chimera Fusion and Gazelle.
Set: Chimera Fusion.

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