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Scrap Guide
By BobaFett2

"Scraps" were introduced in Duelist Revolution. At first, they were a mediocre archetype with an extremely powerful and splashable card, "Scrap Dragon". They couldn't benefit from Machine-type support due to them being Beasts, Winged-Beasts, and other Types. They are all EARTH, allowing for some benefits from other cards, but outside of that, they were just a self-supporting archetype without a lot of power. They could do well, perhaps rank in tiers, but not beat top-tier decks.

This changed with Extreme Victory. A powerful new "Scrap" monster, "Scrap Orthros", was introduced. A common trait of the core "Scrap" monsters ("Scrap Goblin" and "Scrap Beast") is that when they are destroyed, they can add another one to your hand from your graveyard. Not only did "Orthros" have this effect, but he facilitated this destruction-you can Special Summon "Scrap Orthros" if you control another "Scrap" monster, at the cost of having to destroy a "Scrap" monster. This results in adding a "Scrap" monster to your hand-namely, "Scrap Chimera", the keystone of "Scrap" tactics.

Variants
"Scrap" decks all share the same core, but usually there are a few variants.

Pure Scraps
Pure Scrap decks are entirely made of "Scrap" monsters with a few support cards (such as "Effect Veiler"). These decks make full use of "Scrap Chimera", "Scrap Goblin", "Scrap Orthros", and "Scrap Beast" as well as using one "Scrap Golem". The decks are powerful but they can be made much more powerful. "Scrap Goblin" is often only used at two, but it's far more effective at three-it self-destructs at the end of the Battle Phase, allowing you to add a "Scrap" monster to your hand as well as being indestructible in battle. "Scrap Golem" is amazingly powerful-after a "Scrap Dragon" or a "Scrap Twin Dragon" you control is destroyed you can Special Summon "Scrap Golem" and on your turn Special Summon a Level 3 or 4 "Scrap" Tuner and Synchro Summon yet another "Scrap Dragon" or "Scrap Twin Dragon". In addition to that, if either is destroyed by having it's Special Summon negated, you still get "Scrap Golem". "Royal Oppression" is also very useful for "Scraps"-while the archetype relies entirely on Special Summoning, you can flip it to negate your opponent's Special Summons and then destroy it for "Scrap Dragon's" effect when you need a Special Summon.

Scraplords and Tengu
At a YCS Orlando, a Scraplord deck made it into the top 16. This deck used "Scraps" but also added in "Meklord" monsters and the new "Reborn Tengu". "Meklord Emperors" can be incredibly powerful-when a monster you control is destroyed by a card effect and sent to the Graveyard, you can Special Summon them from your hand. In addition to that, they steal Synchro Monsters-some gain power-ups from doing so while others can Special Summon them to their controller's side of the field. "Reborn Tengu", on the other hand, is the perfect "Scrap" fodder-it can be destroyed for "Scrap Dragon's" effect and replaces itself instantly. This combination of cards allowed the deck to do extremely well and has caused the popularity of "Scrap" monsters to rise. Also, if you use "Effect Veiler" you can Synchro Summon "Formula Synchron" which in turn will allow to Synchro Summon "Brionac, Dragon of the Ice Barrier", "Orient Dragon", and "Shooting Star Dragon".