Yu-Gi-Oh!: How To Play Eldlich

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Eldlich rules over the Golden Land, using powerful alchemical artifacts called Eldlixirs to summon armies of golden foot soldiers and expand the reach of his empire. Inspired by the Age of Discovery and the mythical golden city of El Dorado, the Eldlich archetype aims to control the board by steadily accruing resources and outlasting the opponent. Just as any great ruler would, Eldlich plays the long game.

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Since its release, Eldlich has consistently been one of the best control strategies in Yu-Gi-Oh!. If you enjoy restricting your opponent's actions and whittling them down slowly more than flashy ten-minute combos, then Eldlich is definitely a deck for you to keep an eye on. It's also good for anyone who loves gold.

The Eldlich deck is primarily composed of three archetypes: Eldlich, Eldlixir, and Golden Land. The main card in the Eldlich archetype is the lynchpin of the entire deck, Eldlich the Golden Lord himself. He can send a card your opponent controls to the Graveyard by discarding himself and a spell/trap card, and he can also return himself from the Graveyard to the hand (by sending a spell/trap you control to the Graveyard). And that's not all: he can Special Summon a Zombie monster from your hand, which can be Eldlich himself, and then augment the summoned monster's attack and defense by 1,000 each. There is also an Eldlich Fusion monster, Eldlich the Mad Golden Lord, although it is rarely played. Even when taken in isolation, Eldlich is an incredibly strong and resilient boss monster, but when supported by the Eldlixir and Golden Land cards, he becomes truly menacing.

Both Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine and Eldlixir of Black Awakening can Special Summon Eldlich