Forum:How are Pendulum Monsters Used?

The Problem
Assume a person has 6 Pendulum Monsters in their deck. They would have a 3 out of 20 chance of drawing one, but then a 3 out of 35 after their first hand. Then finally, the user would require a monster that's summonable with those cards. It just appears too complicated. Contrast this with, say, Tin Goldfish, which just needs a LV 4 card to enable a XYZ summon.

All this considered, is it really worth trying to Pendulum summon monsters? Yes, the duelist could make half their deck out of PMs, but that kinda makes them an Archetype in their own right... Just trying to say, is there a way to make them more viable, to the point where both Synchros and XYZ monsters are (that is, a near requirement for every deck)? Or am I incorrect to say that Pendulum summons are hard to pull off? Chromace (talk • contribs) 01:20, June 10, 2014 (UTC)