God-Sechs (and HeavenlyDemon)

God-Sechs (ゴッド・ゼクス) is an archetype introduced in SD32. All the cards in this archetype are also in the Heavenly Demon King family, except The HeavenlyDemonKing God-Sechs -Type Shadow-; and have their own Six Heaven Rush, except The HeavenlyDemonKing Pentan -Type God-Sechs-, which has Six Pentan Rush instead. This archetype also shares cards with the HeavenlyDemon (天魔；tenma) archetype, which is a specific title for God-Sechs. In the card lore, rather than a group of beings, God-Sechs is one person, the main antagonist during the Burning Soul era, also a tribute to Oda Nobunaga in the Sengoku period of Japan. In the anime, Dairokuten Maou is the main user of this archetype.
== Play Style ==
Due to the conditions of Six Heaven Rush, most God-Sechs decks depend on at least two colors, usually White and Purple, as most God-Sechs cards have Purple and White symbols and reduction symbols, and the two colours have one of the best combinations in the game. Before SD57 was released, the deck leans towards a control play style, with The HeavenlyDemonKing God-Sechs (to be referred as OG God-Sechs below) preventing the opposing Spirits and Ultimates from refreshing, and cards like The Floating Island on the Mercury Sea to control the opposing hand. With Red reductions on some of the cards, the deck can also make use of Red cards, especially Burst cards for destruction effects and offensive power. The HeavenlyDemonKing God-Sechs -Type Souldragon- is often the finisher. One weakness of the deck was facing Ultimates, and during the time of its release, The SengokuSixGeneral Mudou, an Ultimate, was dominating the meta, so people might put The AriesAstralArmored AriesBrave in the God-Sechs deck to counter that. Using the draw power of Purple and the defence of White, the deck could easily stabilise itself during the game.
The deck could also attempt to gather all six symbol colors in order to fulfil the Six Heaven Rush of The HeavenlyDemonKing God-Sechs -Type The End-, which was released at the start of God-King era, and go for a six-symbol kill. However, during that time, there was little to no support for decks using all colors. Furthermore, Type The End is an XX-Rare, and the easiest way to gather all six symbol colors was to use The Wanderer Lolo, which was a Promo card. The price for this variant was high enough to be removed from consideration.
Later on, Flame Demon-God was released. Its Red and White reduction symbols and Red symbol proved to be useful in the deck by securing a third symbol color besides Purple and White. Players might also put in Garnetdragon and The SixthArtifactBeastman Blockade-Tiger to secure a board in the early game. The main way to finish the game was to attack with OG God-Sechs or Type Souldragon braved to Flame Demon-God. The decline of Ultimate decks in the early stage of the era and the stability of the deck caused it to secure a place in the environment. However, later on, The Hellsoil FourDemonLord Magnamiser and other faster decks like the Winged Beast deck were released, which were hard countering the God-Sechs deck.
As the deck is slow in nature, and since the game developed further, it could barely catch up with the new meta, especially since the archetype was lacking new support. The Advent era had increased the speed of the game, and up till the Ultra Advent era, there was an increase in Braves with Accel, Ultimates, and the introduction of Grandwalker Nexuses, which could all counter God-Sechs. However, due to the popularity of God-Sechs, cards such as The HeavenlyDemonGodKing God-Sechs -Type God-, Turn End, Worm. End your Turn., and Dairokuten Maou were released as potential support.
During Rebirth era, SD57 was released, and The HeavenlyDemonKing God-Sechs -Type Earth-/The HeavenlyDemonKing God-Sechs -Type Heaven- became the new finisher of the deck. Type Earth can actively destroy the opposing Burst, and also deal a life burn on flip; then Type Heaven can remove cores to trash and also make all Spirits unblockable. There are also more cards to decrease the summon cost and to maintain the level cost, leading to the deck becoming ever more offensive than before. Due to the increase of draw power and low cost God-Sechs, Type The End can also be sent out more easily, and the Six Heaven Rush condition can also be fulfilled more easily due to the deck adapting to mix all six colors. Being a fairly passive card, OG God-Sechs is barely needed in the deck now.
== Trivia ==
* In the card lore, God-Sechs was referred as "The Master" until his identity was revealed.
* God-Sechs has a sister called Queen Oichi.
*"Sechs" is German for "six".
== See also ==
* List of "God-Sechs"-named cards
*List of "God-Sechs" support cards
*List of "HeavenlyDemon"-named cards
*List of "HeavenlyDemon" support cards
Category:Archetype