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BurningAbyss
"BurningAbyss"isoneoftwoTCGexclusivearchetypesthatdebutedinDuelistAlliance,alongsidethe"U.A."archetype.

BurningAbyss

Althoughthehyphenin"Abyss"doesnotexistintheOCG,the"BurningAbyss"havenonamenortranslationintheOCG
asofyet,andarethusnotcurrentlyitssubarchetype.

Contents

Design
ThearchetypeisbasedonInferno,thefirstpartofDanteAlighieri's14thcenturyepicpoemDivineComedy.Thecurrent
MainDeckmonstersarenamedaftermembersoftheMalebranchewhoguardtheMalebolgethefifthBolgiaoftheEighth
CircleofHell.Theyareknownfortheirruthlesscruelty,andareresponsibleforthepunishmentofcorruptpoliticiansby
holdingthemunderaboilinglakeofpitch.

Malebranche
"BurningAbyss"Monster
Alich,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

"Alich,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss"and
"Calcab,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss"in
theartworkfor"FireLakeoftheBurning
Abyss"

OriginalcharacterfromInferno
Alichino,the"Harlequin"

French

AbyssesArdents

German

BrennendenAbgrunds

Italian

AbissoBruciante

Portuguese

AbismoArdente

Spanish

AbismoArdiente

Barbar,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss Barbariccia,the"CurlyBeard"
Cagna,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Cagnazzo,the"NastyDog"

Calcab,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss Calcabrina,the"GraceStomper"
Cir,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Ciriatto,the"WildHog"

Draghig,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss Draghignazzo,the"BigNastyDragon"
Farfa,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Farfarello,the"Goblin"

Graff,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Graffiacane,the"DogScratcher"

Libic,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Libicocco,the"LibyanHothead"

Malacoda,NetherlordoftheBurningAbyss Malacoda,the"EvilTail"
Rubic,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Rubicante,the"RedFacedTerror"

Scarm,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss

Scarmiglione,the"Troublemaker"
Sets

Other

DuelistAlliance(TCGonly)

"BurningAbyss"Monster

OriginalcharacterfromInferno

Dante,TraveleroftheBurningAbyssandDante,PilgrimoftheBurningAbyss DanteAlighieri
Virgil,RockStaroftheBurningAbyss

PubliusVergiliusMaro"Virgil"

Playingstyle

TheNewChallengers(TCGonly)
SecretsofEternity(TCGonly)
CrossedSouls(TCGonly)

Members

Sofar,allMainDeck"BurningAbyss"monsters,withtheexceptionoftheLevel6RitualMonster"Malacoda",areLevel3

Support

DARKFiendTypemonsters,andsharethreeeffects:theyaredestroyediftheplayercontrolsamonsterotherthana
"BurningAbyss"monster,canbeSpecialSummonedfromthehandiftheplayercontrolsnoSpell/TrapCards,andhaveaneffectthatisactivatedwhenitissenttothe
Graveyard("Rubic,MalebrancheoftheBurningAbyss"isanexceptionasitlacksthethirdeffect).
Use"TourGuideFromtheUnderworld"tosearchoutany"BurningAbyss"monsteroruse"CraneCrane"toSummonthemfromtheGraveyard.Theireffectswillbe
negatedsotheywon'tbedestroyedbytheirowneffect.ThisensuresthatyoucanoverlayintoRank3monsterslike"Dante".
Thearchetype'sswarmingabilitiesmakeitapotentRank3XyzDeck.TheycanperformRank3XyzSummonsquicklywhilemaintainingtheplayer'shandadvantage.
Similarto"Lightsworns",thisDecktypeisallaboutgettingmonstersintheGraveyardforitseffects,butitsmillingisfarmorecontrollablethanwith"Lightsworns".This
actuallymakesitpotentwith"RankUpMagicAstralForce"asyouwouldmilliteasily.Withtheconstanthandadvantage,losingadrawdoesn'thurtanditgivesyou
accesstotoolboxcards.

Recommendedcards

Weaknesses
BeinganarchetypeofprimarilyDARKmonsters,theyaresusceptibleto"ShadowImprisoningMirror".
SincetheyallhavedecenteffectsthatactivateintheGraveyard,cardslike"MacroCosmos","AbyssDweller","DimensionalFissure","SoulDrain"and"Debunk"
arepotentialthreats.
TheLevel3"BurningAbyss"monstersdestroythemselvesiftheircontrollercontrolsanon"BurningAbyss"monster,soyouropponentmightdisruptyouwith
cards/effectsthatgiveyoumonsters,suchas"OjamaTrio","SantaClaws","CreatureSwap","Flying"C"",etc.,although"Libic"and"Farfa"canhelpmaneuver

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Youropponentusing"FireFormationGyokkou"canpreventyoufromusingyourmonsters'SpecialSummoningeffectsfromyourhand.
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