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Monsters: 14
2 Fire King High Avatar Garunix
1 Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys
3 Fire King Avatar Yaksha
3 Fire King Avatar Barong
3 Flamvell Firedog
1 Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Bear
1 Flamvell Magician
Spells: 17
3 Onslaught of the Fire Kings
3 Rekindling
3 Mystical Space Typhoon
3 Fire Formation - Tenki
3 Circle of the Fire Kings
1 Book of Moon
1 Dark Hole
Traps: 9
3 Fiendish Chain
2 Mirror Force
1 Solemn Warning
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Bottomless Trap Hole
1 Compulsory Evacuation Device
Extra Deck: 15
1 Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis
1 Scrap Dragon
1 Stardust Dragon
1 Stardust Spark Dragon
1 Crimson Blader
1 Colossal Fighter
1 Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King
1 Bujintei Kagutsuchi
1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
1 Gagaga Cowboy
2 Abyss Dweller
2 Diamond Dire Wolf
1 Number 50: Blackship of Corn
This Fire King build made 2nd Place at a "large" new format tourney in Germany, almost half of the top 16 were Mermails:
Monsters: 17
3 Fire King High Avatar Garunix
3 Fire King Avatar Yaksha
3 Fire King Avatar Barong
3 Coach Soldier Wolfbark
1 Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Bear
3 Maxx "C"
1 Swift Scarecrow
Spells: 16
3 Fire Formation - Tenki
3 Onslaught of the Fire Kings
3 Circle of the Fire Kings
3 Mystical Space Typhoon
2 Rekindling
1 Book of Moon
1 Pot of Duality
Traps: 7
3 Fiendish Chain
1 Torrential Tribute
1 Mirror Force
1 Solemn Warning
1 Bottomless Trap Hole
Side Deck: 15
2 Fencing Fire Ferret
1 Neo-Spacian Grand Mole
1 Battle Fader
3 Dust Tornado
2 Debunk
2 Imperial Iron Wall
1 Eradicator Epidemic Virus
1 Overworked
1 Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror
1 Light-Imprisoning Mirror
Extra Deck: 15
2 Diamond Dire Wolf
2 Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Tiger King
2 Abyss Dweller
1 Bujintei Kagutsuchi
1 Photon Papilloperative
1 Number 50: Blackship of Corn
1 Maestroke the Symphony Djinn
1 Lavalval Chain
1 Daigusto Emeral
1 Gagaga Cowboy
1 Number 85: Crazy Box
1 Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder
Another deck that went untouched by the Banlist are Fire Kings. The deck never took off, mainly because of Yaksha's later release in the TCG and because more powerful deck types like Dragons existed.
The deck gained a Tenki and while it has bad matchup against Prophecy and isn't on par with decks like Infernities or Mermails, it can still sneak away wins when you pilot it properly, especially against strategies that rely on swarming the field.
Another characteristic is the ability to side Skill Drain and Gozen Match, as well as Sacred Phoenix of Nephtys (against backrow heavy decks).
Fire Kings, in short , operate as a control deck which uses it's destruction floaters and cards like Brotherhood of the Fire Fist - Bear to blow up the opponent's cards and gain massive card advantage.One important thing to remember is that you run 4 Dark Holes in this deck, so don't use them if you don't have to. Use Barong and friends to bait out some backrow, then slam down Garunix when your opponent is least prepared for it.
Techs you can try out: Forbidden Lance, Earthbound Immortal Ccarayhua (extra deck King of the Feral Imps if you run him), Blaster, Dragon Ruler of Infernos, Call of the Haunted, Safe Zone,The Seal of Orichalcos
Have Fun!
