Despite the massive wave of old archetype support announced for Monster Mayhem, Konami isn't done yet. In this new reveal for Doom of Dimension, the Pendulum-focused Solfachord archetype is receiving three new cards to add to their roster.
Solfachord Primoria
Pendulum Scale: 0
[Monster Effect]
You can only activate the (1)st and (3)rd monster effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 “Solfachord” card from your Deck to your hand, except “Solfachord Primoria”.
(2) Your activated “Solfachord” cards’ effects cannot be negated while you have “Solfachord” cards with even and odd Pendulum Scales in your Pendulum Zone.
(3) If you Link Summon a “Solfachord” monster: You can add 1 “Solfachord” card from your GY or face-up Extra Deck to your hand.
[Pendulum Effect]
(1) When you Pendulum Summon a monster(s): You can target 1 “Solfachord” card in your Pendulum Zone; return it to the hand.
Once again, Konami is giving an archetype their very own ‘Stratos’ to help with deck consistency. Starter, extender, Solfachord Primoria is the all-in-one package all archetypes would love to have.
Solfachord Primoria even has the archetype’s lowest Pendulum scale to help bring out one of the Solfachord main deck boss monsters, TiSolfachord Beautia.
The card advantage Primoria generates is immense. Search, recursion, a bounce of a Pendulum scale, this card would definitely draw the opponent’s ire and be an instant target for any staple hand trap (e.g. Droll & Lock Bird).
Primoria also acts as a bulwark for negates that target any Solfachord activated effects with its second monster ability. Unfortunately, this particular effect is locked behind needing both an odd and even Pendulum scale present.
The required Pendulum scales are already a huge investment of resources. Add Primoria’s need to be a continued presence on the field, and her protection is looking more and more inefficient to use.
We can easily see this card as an automatic three-of for any Solfachord deck. But, how to use her? Where to place her in the combo-sequence? Those questions solely rests on the skill of the player. And they’re not easy to answer.
Solfachord Solfeggia
Pendulum Scale: 9
[Monster Effect]
You can only use the (1)st and (2)nd monster effect of this card's name each once per turn.
(1) If you control no monsters, or all monsters you control are “Solfachord” monsters: You can Special Summon this card from your hand.
(2) (When you activate this effect, you can also Tribute this card.) During your Main Phase: You can Special Summon 1 “Solfachord” monster from your hand, except “Solfachord Solfeggia”, or, if you Tributed this card at activation, you can Special Summon that monster from your GY or face-up Extra Deck instead.
[Pendulum Effect]
You can only use the Pendulum Effect of this card’s name once per turn.
(1) When a monster effect activated by your opponent on the field resolves, if you control a “GranSolfachord” monster, you can negate that effect, then destroy this card.
Representing the other end of the Solfachord Pendulum scale, Solfachord Solfeggia allows the controlling player to Pendulum summon any of the Solfachord main deck monsters when paired with Primoria.
And if a GranSolfachord monster manages to hit the field, Solfeggia can double as an on-field monster negate.
Solfachord Solfeggia can start or extend a normal combo as it can bring out a sister Solfachord monster from the hand. Interestingly enough, Solfeggia can double as a form of recursion if tributed for its second monster effect.
This can bring any of the GranSolfachord monsters back onto the field before a round of Pendulum summoning commences.
GranSolfachord Coolia can effectively become an omni-negate while you still have an odd pendulum scale on the field. GranSolfachord Musecia acts as another play at recursion combined with a search function, making it excellent hand trap bait or a very powerful grind game tool.
Solfachord Happiness
(1) Activate 1 of these effects (but you can only use each effect of this card’s name once per turn);
● Discard 1 card, and if you do, add 2 “Solfachord” Pendulum Monsters with different Pendulum Scales from your Deck to your hand, then you can Special Summon “Solfachord” Pendulum Monsters from your hand up to the number of monsters your opponent controls +1.
● During your Main Phase this turn, you can conduct 1 Pendulum Summon of a “Solfachord” monster(s) in addition to your Pendulum Summon.
● Special Summon 2 “Solfachord” cards from your Pendulum Zone.
This is single-handedly one, if not the, most powerful support option the Solfachord archetype has in its arsenal.
Happiness’ first effect makes it an automatic hand trap magnet. For the cost of one card, you can immediately add a pair of scales and summon an in-archetype monster right away for whatever purpose you may need.
And as an added kicker, the first effect’s discard cost isn’t even an actual cost. Should Happiness get negated, the controlling player doesn’t even need pitch a card anymore.
The card advantage doesn’t end there, as Happiness’ second and third effect just puts more bodies on the board. It doesn't even fully lock you into any special summon conditions. The second effect does by technicality, but it’s only for the additional Pendulum summon you’d be doing.
And all of this is wrapped in a card that has a ‘soft’ once-per-turn clause. If the player happens to have more than one copy of this Spell card in hand, then they can essentially use all of the effects.
As far as Solfachord is concerned, all three of these cards are very powerful boosts to the archetype’s consistency.
The real question now is, what kind of endboard can the Solfachord create?
Solfachord is a rogue archetype through and through. Many community members are unsure what kind of extra deck pieces these fairies can be combined with for a potential board to end on.