Clownblade The Clownblade Deck is based around recurring Rank 4 Xyz Summon s . Its main monsters are " Performage Trick Clown " and " Heroic Challenger - Thousand Blades " , whose synergy allows the player to Xyz Summon every turn by Special Summon ing themselves from the Graveyard . Backed up by numerous other Level 4 monsters , they are a reactive Deck that relies on generic Rank 4 monsters to break the opponent ' s strategies , such as " Tellarknight Ptolemaeus " and " Castel , the Skyblaster Musketeer " . Playing Style . During the first turn of the Duel , Clownblade Decks aim to setup their Graveyard with " Trick Clown " and " Thousand Blades " . The easiest way to do so is by using " Lavalval Chain " . Having either monster in your hand with another Level 4 monster that helps with Xyz Summons , such as " Goblindbergh " and " Photon Thrasher " , lets the player immediately Summon " Lavalval Chain " an get both Materials in your Graveyard . After doing so , the player will have 2 Materials for their Xyz Summons nearly every turn . Whenever " Trick Clown " is sent to the Graveyard , its effect lets you Special Summon a " Performage " monster from your Graveyard ( including " Trick Clown " itself ) , but its ATK and DEF become 0 , and you take 1000 damage . Since you take damage , you can also activate the effect of " Thousand Blades " in your Graveyard , to Special Summon itself in Attack Position . This loop can be broken by sending " Trick Clown " to the Graveyard twice in the same turn , but this can be fixed by using " Elder Entity Norden " . If they don ' t succeed in getting both monsters in the Graveyard early in the Duel , the player can also opt to wait a few turns to get the needed Materials , protecting themselves with a great lineup of Trap Card s . They also make use of their main monsters ' archetype support . Being a " Heroic " monster , " Thousand Blades " can be searched by " Heroic Challenger - Assault Halberd " , who has the ability to Special Summon itself from your hand . You can also search for another copy of " Assault Halberd " to use later . And both are Warrior - Type monsters , so " Reinforcement of the Army " greatly increases the consistency of the Deck , especially considering that it also searches " Goblindbergh " and " Photon Thrasher " . " Performages " monsters also get a lot of support . " Performage Damage Juggler " can send itself from your hand to the Graveyard to avoid taking damage once per turn . Additionally , you can banish itself from your Graveyard to add a " Performage " monster from your Deck to your hand , such as " Trick Clown " itself . But you can also choose " Performage Hat Tricker " , who can Special Summon itself if there are 2 or more total monsters on either side of the field . Not only this gives you a free Summon , but it also helps with Xyz Summons with 3 Materials . Additionally , being Spellcaster - Type , the " Performage " can make use of monsters like " Nefarious Archfiend Eater of Nefariousness " , " Inari Fire " and " Jigabyte " , who Special Summon themselves from your hand if you control a Spellcaster - Type monster . Many other Rank 4 supporters can be used . Having both Warrior and Spellcaster - Type monsters , " Dragonox , the Empowered Warrior " and " Dragodies , the Empowered Warrior " can make great additions , while also enabling Pendulum Summon s . " Summoner Monk " can instantly setup the Clownblade combo by Summoning either monster from your Deck . " Fire Hand " and " Ice Hand " serve as ways to get rid of your opponent ' s cards without resorting to your Extra Deck , since cards like " Flying " C " " and " Vanity ' s Emptiness " can shut you down . Finally , their Xyz Monsters can be divided in 3 sections :