General Strategy:
In Trinity, decks with recurring, plus-one effects on both players turns are extremely powerful. With this in mind, it should be no surprise that Megalith Phul is what makes Megalith tick, able to repeatedly ritual summon monsters from your deck for as long as you opponent leaves it around. This deck is playing tons of ways to ensure that you're able to field Megalith Phul early. Most prominent are the two copies of Megalith Unformed, which can turn any four-star monster into Phul. Megalith Unformed is also searchable by Megalith Hagith, who also happens to be level four, serving as another way to access your all-important centerpiece. Beyond these two in-archetype cards, the deck also plays a suite of monsters that lead to ritual searches on normal summon, such as Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands, , Diviner of the Herald (via sending Herald of the Arc Light), and the Preparation of Rites cards.


If Megalith is the meat of the deck, Nouvelles is the backbone. These foodies launch the deck into orbit through the recurring field spell, Nouvelles Restaurant "At Table", which synergizes incredibly well with all the Ritual monsters.


Between recycling your Recipe cards and the steady advantage gained via Megalith Phul, Megalith Portal and Megalith Emergence, this deck has a nearly unmatched grind game once it gets rolling. Although it doesn't have much interruption, Megalith Nouvelles is happy to sit back and watch its opponent spin their wheels while it gradually builds advantage and cycles through its entire deck. By managing Megalith Emergence and Nouvelles Restaurant "At Table" well, Megalith monsters will be continuously shuffled back into the deck, providing an endless stream of targets for Megalith Phul, and an endless stream of defenders for your opponent to founder against.

Opening Plays:
While the deck has a powerful game plan, it also has relatively few ways to inhibit the opponent's. Ritual strategies are inherently combo based, and as such, cannot afford to overly index on generic defensive tools without sacrificing consistency. The game plan here is to get your own engine going at all costs and hope that you can outpace your opponent. Therefore, the best-case opening play involves ending on Megalith Phul with Megalith Portal or Megalith Emergence set, but the deck sometimes must settle for ending simply on a defense-position Nouvelles monster.

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Still, Megalith Nouvelles isn't entirely without disruption. Chef's Special Recipe is a Solemn Judgment searchable by any Recipe searcher, and can make for a formidable setup behind a Defense Position Nouvelles monster. The other Recipe Trap, Recette de Personnel, will allow you to trigger your own Nouvelles Monsters, tributing away your opponent's board while Summoning your own powerful Nouvelles Monsters. Ultimately, though, so long as you open access to your own engine, the deck's somewhat lackluster pool of disruption is likely to be overshadowed by the power of your own engine.

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The Win Condition:
Meet Shinobaron Peacock. This awesome ritual monster blows games wide open, clearing the opponent's board and attacking directly for a cool 3000 damage. Of course, that formidable attack stat also means that he's expensive to summon, costing 8 whole levels.

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...Of course, Ritual Spells aren't our only way of summoning ritual monsters generically. Megalith Och, on which I've yet to touch, is perhaps the decks strongest piece of all, able to ritual summon any ritual monster from your hand... as a quick effect! Indeed, Merely summoning Megalith Och off of a Megalith Phul should be enough to make your opponent quake in fear, as Shinobaron Peacock is a devastating piece of interruption. Due to the very nature of Megalith's defensive nature, the opponent is often forced into the extra deck in order to clear these huge defenders, and can lose the game on the spot to a well-timed Shinobaron.

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Closing Thoughts:

Although this is an enjoyable, snowbally deck to play, Megalith Nouvelles represent one of the most difficult starter decks posted on this website. With an abundance of advantage comes an abundance of options, and all of the deck's generic searches and summons results in a relatively high skill ceiling. Nevertheless, so long as you prioritize setting up your Megalith engine, you're sure to be in for a long, fun game. With the option to extend into the enormous pool of ritual support (Dogmatika, anyone?), Megalith Nouvelles has tons of opportunity for player expression both in deck building and in gameplay. If you're familiar with rituals in the TCG and are looking for a place to start in Trinity, Megalith Nouvelles is a rock-solid foundation.

​List by t1.brazen

Written by WideWalrus

Edited by Stephen Harper