"The Phantom Knights (with launch)" Deck 2016

Playing

Finally, "Dark Requiem Xyz Dragon", the orthodox evolutionary form of Dark Rebellion following Crystal Wing, and "The Phantom Knights' Rank-Up-Magic Launch" to summon it came out. Requiem is an excellent monster that has higher attack performance than Rebellion from which it evolved, and also handles countermeasures against monster effects and subsequent aftercare. And the launch to bring it out is conditional that he is DARK and has no materials, but he can rank up anything as long as he is DARK, so some monsters other than Requiem are also applicable. In this Deck, we are trying to make the break sword die from overwork as before, and connect it to rank up.

Strength

As a preparation, fertilize his GY with Dante, place one of the three types of Phantom traps (sword, wing, fog sword) in his GY in advance, and put Silent + Ragit in your hand. Start with either dusty or dusty.
Dusty NS→Silent SS→Break Sword XS, Sword effect destroys 1 card of yourself and opponent, Sword effect revives Dusty & Silent, Rebellion XS with 2 bodies, Trizen Discharge with Rebellion effect, Dusty who fell into GY as a material? Exclude Silent and search for Launch, Requiem XS for yourself and Rebellion materials in Launch, exclude those who weren't excluded earlier and search for the second Launch, exclude one of GY's Trap and break Sword revival, Opion XS to yourself and break sword material at launch
With the above flow, you can lay out a lineup of SS sealing of level 5 or higher + one-time monster effect sealing and resurrection. Without making a Requiem and having 0 materials, he set the Launch with Rebellion up and ended it, and in the main phase of the next opponent's turn, Ranked up Rebellion to Azathoth and completely blocked the monster effects during that turn. You can also Placing Opion next to it will increase the control even more. By the way, Azathoth's X-summoning effect doesn't form a chain due to rule effects like Kali Yuga, so even Veiler can't stop it unless the X-summoning itself is negate. This is because the effect will be applied when the X Summon is successful. Also, unlike Rebellion, Requiem states that it "increases the original ATK." ATK of 3000 is added to your own ATK, so you can hit 6000 damage as it is.

Weakness

Excluded, SS sealed. He can deal with Requiem, Azathoth, and Fog Sword as countermeasures against monster effects, and Tomb Shield as countermeasures against Trap, but his spells and pen effects are untouched. Even if you build a lineup of Requiem and Opion, you may be able to break through with a single black hole. It's painful that Seal Eel, which appeared in the same pack, has a rather troublesome performance.

Customize

The deployment speed is inferior to SR Illusion Malebranche of the Burning Abyss, but I think it's useless to compare it because it's a strategy that ranks up while it's solidified at rank 3. It is important to take care of the late Trap. As for the extras, there are also restrictions on the break sword, so it's mostly solidified in the dark. I didn't mention it above, but Rhapsody Inversark is used as his DARK X monster that consumes materials easily. Requiem, if Opion's lineup survives for one turn, it will develop in the same way on the next turn, and while excluding his GY with Rhapsody, in the third launch, Requiem of Funeral Overlord will be issued, and cards on the field will also be excluded. The ideal flow is to equip Requiem or Opion after that. You can remove 3 cards from the opponent's field, including the sword part, and 2 GY cards.