Ponix + Sacred

Having Sacred Fire King Garunix in your hand means you can use Fire King Island to add something else from your Deck.

You can take advantage of this and grab Fire King High Avatar Kirin, opening up 3 possible lines of play:

Sacred + High Garunix setup

This is a simpler setup that aims to set up Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings as soon as possible, which can be helpful against certain matchups where clearing their materials early can stop their plays.

Once Hyang hits the field, you can use High Kirin to destroy it, triggering its effect to Special Summon 2 Fire Kings from the GY.

Fire King Courtier Ulcanix and Fire King High Avatar Garunix are good options. The Ponix in your hand would chain to Hyang's effect, allowing you to add a Fire King Sky Burn to your hand. Ulcanix can then destroy Ponix or High Garunix (for turn 3 pressure) to add a Fire King to your hand, triggering Sacred in the process.


This combo plays under Nibiru, the Primal Being, as you only summon 3 times.

Under Mulcharmy Fuwalos, your opponent draws 1 card.

Steps

  1. Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
  2. Activate Ponix: add Fire King Sanctuary from your Deck to your hand.
  3. Activate Sanctuary: place Fire King Island in the Field Zone.
  4. Activate Island: destroy Ponix, then add Fire King High Avatar Kirin from your Deck to your hand.
  5. Activate Sacred: Special Summon it from your hand.
  6. Activate Sacred again: destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix in your Deck.
  7. Activate Ulcanix: Special Summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix from your Deck.
  8. Pass turn.

Opponent's turn

  1. In the Standby Phase, activate Ponix: add it from the GY to your hand.

Sunlight Wolf setup (with Ulcanix in GY, Ponix + High Kirin in your hand)

This is a slight variation on the earlier combo, giving up instant access to Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings in order to set up a Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf recycle, while also triggering Sacred to set up Hyang.


This combo plays under Nibiru, the Primal Being, as you only summon 4 times.

Under Mulcharmy Fuwalos, your opponent draws 2 cards.

Steps

  1. Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
  2. Activate Ponix: add Fire King Sanctuary from your Deck to your hand.
  3. Activate Sanctuary: place Fire King Island in the Field Zone.
  4. Activate Island: destroy Ponix, then add Fire King High Avatar Kirin from your Deck to your hand.
  5. Activate Sacred: Special Summon it from your hand.
  6. Activate Sacred again: destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix in your Deck.
  7. Activate Ulcanix: Special Summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix from your Deck.
  8. Link Summon Salamangreat Sunlight Wolf.
  9. Pass turn.

Opponent's turn

  1. In the Standby Phase, activate Ponix: add it from the GY to your hand.

Remember Sunlight Wolf's restriction! You are not able to Summon the card you recover with it for the rest of the turn. As such, look to add a card that doesn't need to be Summoned this turn (like an Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring) or grab something that can help you prepare for your next turn.

Sacred + High Garunix + High Kirin (with Ulcanix in GY, Ponix in your hand)

Your goal with this setup is to end on 2 Level 8 monsters alongside High Kirin; by letting it get destroyed by Garunix Eternity, Hyang of the Fire Kings, you get to interrupt your opponent further while extending your board.

If you choose to Special Summon Fire King Courtier Ulcanix here, using her effect to destroy Hyang and add a Fire King from your Deck to your hand gives you plenty of flexibility and set-up for your next turn.


This combo plays under Nibiru, the Primal Being, as you only summon 4 times.

Under Mulcharmy Fuwalos, your opponent draws 1 card.

Steps

  1. Normal Summon Legendary Fire King Ponix.
  2. Activate Ponix: add Fire King Sanctuary from your Deck to your hand.
  3. Activate Sanctuary: place Fire King Island in the Field Zone.
  4. Activate Island: destroy Sacred, then add Fire King High Avatar Kirin from your Deck to your hand.
  5. Activate High Kirin: destroy Ponix, then Special Summon High Kirin from your hand.
  6. Activate Sacred: Special Summon it from your hand.
  7. Activate Sacred again: destroy Fire King Courtier Ulcanix in your Deck.
  8. Activate Ulcanix: Special Summon Fire King High Avatar Garunix from your Deck.
  9. Pass turn.

Opponent's turn

  1. In the Standby Phase, activate Ponix: add it from the GY to your hand.

You can also end your turn right after step 4, and only activate High Kirin after the opponent starts playing. This can help you dodge Mulcharmy Fuwalos entirely, and it makes your opponent less likely to be able to interrupt you or break your board.

That said, you are more exposed to 1-for-1 removal that does not start a Chain (like Kaijus), as removing Ponix in this manner will prevent you from starting the interruption sequence.