Violet Corpse

Violet Corpse (紫骸 ; shikai) is an archetype introduced in BS42. All of them are Purple, and all are in the Death Dragon family, with most of them also in the Zombie family. As the families suggest, their aesthetics linger between the appearances of dragons and skeletal features like corpses. In the card lore, the Violet Corpse Brigade is an army led by The DarkStones VioletCorpseDragonGod Daimezak, who was one of the people who stole the power of the pyroxene stones.
== Play Style ==
In general, the Violet Corpse plays around Purple Accel. Except for flavor, their common name has little influence to the deck. The name only matters for the anti-bounce effect of The VioletCorpseBrigade Bonehead-Drago. Just like in the lore, the deck functions around Daimezak. While recycling Purple Accel cards from trash, it can also reduce the cost of the Purple Accel cards, as well exerting the deadly effect of Dark Esoterica - Heaven, which on attack can give two lives to its player, while dealing two lives to the opponent. However, as the effect has a very high condition of having a total of ten Purple-only cards on the field and the removed zone, it is natural for the deck to depend on using a lot of Accel cards to stack up the removed zone. Some variants also play a lot of Purple Nexuses to stack up the requirement on the field, especially the ones that can draw one on deploy, namely The Brigade's Skyscraper, No. 32 Island Root, and The Purple World. Some decks may also use The DarkStoneMaiden Alice to ignore the condition. Overall, the deck focuses on stalling by hindering the opponent with field effects and Purple Accel, until the set up is ready for Daimezak to activate its Dark Esoterica - Heaven.
The deck is so far the only deck that truly plays around Purple Accel, making it a unique deck that attracts players' attention. One can often see this deck being played in tournaments. Purple Accel also has some of the most versatile removals in the color, such as The WarOgre Murciela and The ClownDeity Lady-Frankelly. Many Violet Corpse cards also focus on both the Death Dragon and Zombie families, so they can always benefit from general support of both families. However, due to being a link between the two families, and a risk of over-exploitation from Daimezak, the most recent supports of the families do not favor to their play style. The Death Dragon deck with The DestroyerGrandwalker Shiva focuses on face-down cards, and face-down cards cannot be counted towards the condition for Dark Esoterica - Heaven; while the Zombie deck with The Grandwalker Dionysus limits the trash recycle to the Nether archetype. Though at the end, some players still put Daimezak itself in those decks for some extra life gains and life burns.
== See Also: ==
*List of Violet Corpse cards
*List of Violet Corpse support
Category:Archetype