Ponix + Ulcanix
When opening both starters, you have to pick which one to use depending on the goals you want to achieve.
Starting with Legendary Fire King Ponix over Fire King Courtier Ulcanix offers you two lines:
- a Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames + Fire King Avatar Arvata setup, when you need an early monster negate
- a Fire King High Avatar Garunix setup with Promethean Princess in GY, when having two board wipes would be advantageous
On the other hand, starting with Ulcanix allows you to pivot if Droll & Lock Bird hits.
Promethean Princess + Arvata setup (with Ulcanix in GY)
This combo stops Nibiru, the Primal Being, as Arvata is the 5th summon.
Under Mulcharmy Fuwalos, your opponent draws 2 cards.
Steps
- Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
- Activate Ponix: add Fire King Sanctuary from your Deck to your hand.
- Activate Sanctuary: place Fire King Island in the Field Zone.
- Activate Island: destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix, then add Sacred Fire King Garunix from your Deck to your hand.
- A chain forms:
- CL1: Activate Sacred: Special Summon it from your hand.
- CL2: Activate Ulcanix: Special Summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix from your Deck.
- Activate Sacred again: destroy Fire King Avatar Arvata in your Deck.
- Do not activate Arvata's effect here! Instead, Link Summon Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames.
- Activate Promethean Princess: Special Summon Arvata from the GY.
High Garunix setup (with Promethean Princess + Ulcanix in GY, High Kirin in your hand)
This is a cute line that ignores Nibiru, the Primal Being entirely. You make full use of Ulcanix and High Garunix's effects to get a Fire King High Avatar Kirin + a FIRE target in your hand, and set up Promethean Princess in the GY, while still having a FIRE on the field so her effect is live.
This combo plays into Nibiru, the Primal Being - read the section at the end for more details on how to recover.
Under Mulcharmy Fuwalos, your opponent draws 3 cards.
Steps
- Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
- Activate Ponix: add Fire King Sanctuary from your Deck to your hand.
- Activate Sanctuary: place Fire King Island in the Field Zone.
- Activate Island: destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix, then add Sacred Fire King Garunix from your Deck to your hand.
- A chain forms:
- CL1: Activate Sacred: Special Summon it from your hand.
- CL2: Activate Ulcanix: Special Summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix from your Deck.
- Activate Sacred again: destroy Fire King High Avatar Kirin in your Deck.
- Activate High Kirin: Special Summon Ulcanix from the GY.
- Activate Ulcanix: destroy High Garunix and add a second High Kirin from your Deck to your hand.
- Link Summon Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames.
- Activate Promethean Princess: Special Summon any FIRE monster from the GY, except High Garunix!
- Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf.
- Pass turn.
Opponent's turn
- In the Standby Phase, activate High Garunix: Special Summon it from the GY, under Sunlight Wolf's link.
- A chain forms:
- CL1: Activate High Garunix: destroy all other monsters on the field.
- CL2: Activate Sunlight Wolf: add Ponix from the GY to your hand. (Remember you cannot summon Ponix this turn!)
If Nibiru hits
Nibiru will prevent you from summoning Sunlight Wolf, if activated on the 5th summon at Step 9, or from using it if held until the end of the Main Phase.
That said, High Garunix will Special Summon itself in the Standby Phase, ensuring you can use Promethean Princess' GY effect to start an interruption sequence.
Why not summon High Garunix?
If High Garunix leaves the GY, it cannot activate its Standby Phase effect unless it is destroyed by card effect again.
Special Summoning it and then using it as Link Material would turn off its effect, causing you to miss out on using Sunlight Wolf.