4 Support Cards that are intended to fill holes and weaknesses that Abyss Actor as an archetype have or that leave something to be desired.
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Abyss Actor - Tiny StagehandLevel 2
Fiend/Pendulum/Effect
Dark Attribute
1400 ATK / 700 DEF
Pendulum Effect:"You can pay 500 LP; Special Summon 1 "Abyss Actor" monster from your hand. You can only use this effect of "Abyss Actor - Tiny Stagehand" once per turn."
Monster Effect:"Once per turn: You can make 1 monster you control gain 500 ATK for each "Abyss Script" card in your GY. If this card is destroyed: You can target cards that are banished or in the GYs, up to the number of "Abyss Actor" monsters you control with different names; shuffle them into the Deck. You can only use this effect of "Abyss Actor - Tiny Stagehand" once per turn."
This card was made with three main intentions:
1.- Being a way to recicle our own Cards that got lost during our plays, more specifically the "Abyss Script" cards we use as main part of our Arsenal and the Abyss Actor monsters that somehow end up in the GY or banished, like our pendulum and Link monsters.
Up until now, the only way we had to recicle our Abyss Script cards was with the floating effect of "Abyss Actor - Liberty Dramatist", but that card is very lacking in all aspects, and the fact that it can only recover 1 card on a hard once per turn clause makes it usually not worth running in the deck. Tiny Stagehand is meant to expand on what dramatist left to be desired and acts as both a way to not only recover any of our lost cards (even if they are banished face-down), but also as a way to mess with the opponent's GY and Banishment setup if they have any.
2.- Being an extra extender and special summon allows the deck to be able to not rely as much in their normal summon, and turn unfavorable hands in something that is more playable. One example of this is in the case of only drawing 1 of our high level monsters and 1 normal summon, which in normal circumstances would be a detriment because if we cannot resolve the effect our link 1, we pretty much lose. With Tiny Stagehand and the next cards in this list, we will still be able to play even if the link 1 gets negated.
3.- Increase the OTK potential of our monsters and help them beat over Towers-Like monsters with more ease.
Abyss Script - Origin StoryNormal Spell
"Fusion Summon 1 "Abyss Actor" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters you control and/or by using cards in your Pendulum Zones as Fusion Material. If your opponent controls a monster, you can also shuffle "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monsters from the Extra Deck to the Main Deck as Fusion Material. If this Set card in its owner's control is destroyed by an opponent's card effect, and you have a face-up "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monster in your Extra Deck: You can Special Summon 1 of your "Abyss Actor" monsters that are banished or in your Extra Deck, then you can shuffle 1 of your opponent's cards that are banished or in their GY into the Deck."
Abyss Actor - Mellow Maddona has a really detrimental lock for the deck, being unable to summon our link monsters after she resolves results in much weaker boards and awkward situations that really conditions our way to play and prevents her from being a Starter. But what if we had a new boss monster? something that we could still Summon even after we use her effect? That way we could actually use it while it is on the field to generate a new Boss Monster (which we can also summon using this card floating effect) to at least end in something, even after Maddona resolves.
Abyss Actor - Catchy ComposerLevel 8
Fiend/Fusion/Pendulum/Effect
Dark Attribute
3200 ATK / 3000 DEF
Pendulum Effect:"Once per turn, if your "Abyss Actor" monster battles an opponent's monster, during damage calculation: You can make your monster gain ATK equal to half the ATK or DEF (whichever is higher) of the opponent's battling monster, until the end of this turn."
Monster Effect:"1 "Abyss Actor" monster, except a Level 4 or lower monster + 1 "Abyss Actor" monster.
If this card is Special Summoned from the Extra Deck: You can take 1 Spell/Trap that has "Abyss Actor" in its text from your Deck, and either add it to your hand or Set it to your field. When your opponent activates a card or effect while you control another card (Quick Effect): You can add 1 "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monster from your hand or field to the Extra Deck face-up; the activated effect becomes "Your opponent destroys 1 set card they control." You can only use 1 "Abyss Actor - Catchy Composer" effect per turn, and only once that turn."
This new boss monster aims to add a much needed turn 1 endboard piece, by giving the deck a chance to both, set a Any spell/trap from the archetype (yes, even "Abyss Prop - Wild Wagon") and a second effect conversion. But unlike Abyss Playhouse - Fantastic Theater, we actually get to choose which card we want to destroy, giving ourselves the liberty to destroy any set card on our backrow (or monster zone if the chance arises). Being able to transform the effect of any card also give us the chance to survive Evenly matched, one of the deck's main counters going first.
With this card, we are able to finally make some unused cards more useful, Like our 2 Trap cards, and Abyss Script - Romantic Terror, which now can set other useful Abyss Scripts that we can destroy at will. Including the last card of this support Batch.
Abyss Script - Cupid's KissQuick-play spell
"You can activate this card the turn it is Set by a card effect. Target Spells/Traps on the field, up to the number of "Abyss Actor" monsters you control, except Level 4 or lower monsters; destroy them. If this Set card in its owner's control is destroyed by an opponent's card effect, and you have a face-up "Abyss Actor" Pendulum Monster in your Extra Deck: You can take control of 1 monster your opponent controls until the end of your next turn, but its effects cannot be activated, also it is treated as an "Abyss Actor" monster."
Actors tend to struggle with backrow removal, they can destroy as many face-up spell as they want, but more often than not, not having anything to remove our opponent's set cards is bad in the long run. This card aims to be a supplementary card of support when used with Romantic Terror and Rise of the Abyss King to be able to solve this issue. it is limited by the quantity of Link and high level Abyss Actors we control, but even 1 spell/trap destruction can make all the difference in a duel.
