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"Mesmerizing Maneater"(蟲 (こ) 惑 (わく) 魔 (ま) Kowakuma) is an archetype of 2 Insect-Type and 1 Plant-Type EARTH monsters that debuted in "Judgment of the Light". Their ATK and DEF stats all sum up to 2800. They visually resemble young girls in their own artworks, but based on the artwork of "Mesmerizing Trap Hole", either they are vicious creatures in disguise or baits to lure prey for their pets.

Playing Style

The archetype is centered around using "Trap Hole" and "Hole" cards to activate various effects. Each "Mesmerizing Maneater" is immune to Trap Hole cards themselves, while also adding support by tutoring "Trap Holes" or each other. with the "Mesmerizing Maneaters" supporting the "Trap Holes" as they remove monsters that the opponent Summons.

Note that "Atra the Mesmerizing Maneater" also extends her anti-negation protection to other Normal Traps, so the Deck can also run "Mirror Force", "Dimensional Prison", and even make a temporary one-sided anti-Trap lock using "Trap Stun".

Further useful yet indirect support exists for the archetype through the use of their types. Insect and plant support cards may be sufficient to satisfy the deck's hunger for competitiveness. An example to this is "Gigaplant", "Doom Dozer", or "Aztekipede, the Worm Warrior". Also the fact that they are all "EARTH" monsters are useful since "Grandsoil the Elemental Lord" or "Gigantes" can fit in.

Weaknesses

"Royal Decree" can severely hinder the Deck unless you control a face-up "Atra the Mesmerizing Maneater", who prevents the activation AND effects of your Trap Cards from being negated. "Jinzo", "Goblin Pothole Squad", "Forced Ceasefire" and any other cards that bar the activation of Trap Cards cripple these Decks since they cannot be circumvented with "Atra" and so lock the Deck down completely. Also more indirectly, the fact that they don't have much potential Beatdown-wise or DEF-wise means that a Deck running "Forbidden Lance" can evade their Traps easily and still destroy their monsters.

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 ==Weaknesses==
-"[[Royal Decree]]" can severely hinder the Deck unless you control a face-up "Atra the Mesmerizing Maneater", who prevents the activation AND effects of your Trap Cards from being negated. "[[Jinzo]]", "[[Goblin Pothole Squad]]", "[[Forced Ceasefire]]" and any other cards that bar the ''activation'' of [[Trap Card]]s cripple these Decks since they cannot be circumvented with "Atra" and so locks the Deck down completely. Also more indirectly, the fact that they don't have much potential [[Beatdown]]-wise ''or'' [[DEF]]-wise means that a Deck running "[[Forbidden Lance]]" can evade their Traps easily and still destroy their monsters.
+"[[Royal Decree]]" can severely hinder the Deck unless you control a face-up "Atra the Mesmerizing Maneater", who prevents the activation AND effects of your Trap Cards from being negated. "[[Jinzo]]", "[[Goblin Pothole Squad]]", "[[Forced Ceasefire]]" and any other cards that bar the ''activation'' of [[Trap Card]]s cripple these Decks since they cannot be circumvented with "Atra" and so lock the Deck down completely. Also more indirectly, the fact that they don't have much potential [[Beatdown]]-wise ''or'' [[DEF]]-wise means that a Deck running "[[Forbidden Lance]]" can evade their Traps easily and still destroy their monsters.
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