Hieratics: Are they competitive?

So I've heard everyone hyping up the new Hieratic monsters. It seemed that everything was gonna lose to them and what not. Well, I built a deck on DN based on these new monsters, and I managed to win the majority of my matches. I'll just give you all the deck.

So this is how the deck works. I'll list it step by step so you all can understand how to do it.

1. Normal Summon Eset or Special Summon Tefnuit from your hand, depending on the situation.

2. Tribute the monster to Special Summon Su from your hand. The Hieratic Seals in the deck should help you search for these monsters if the situation doesn't fall in your favor.

3. Use the Tributed monster's effect to Special Summon either Wattaildragon OR Luster Dragon #2 from your hand, Deck, or Graveyard. Not suggesting that you Special Summon Red-Eyes Darkness Metal Dragon unless you need a Dark in your grave, but not the best choice.

4. Xyz summon using the two Level 6 monsters to Xyz Summon Hieratic Dragon King Of Atum from your Extra Deck.

5. Use it's effect to Special Summon a Level 6 Monster from your deck. If you can tribute for Su again, repeat steps 2 and 3. If you have a Dark in your grave, then you can Special Summon Chaos Sorcerer if your opponent has a monster that you can banish.

6. Special Summon Number 25: Force Focus, or Photon Strike Bounzer from your Extra Deck, laying it on your 2 Level 6 monsters.

7. Xyz Summon Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger from your Extra Deck, laying it on your Hieratic Dragon. This will get around the inability to attack after using it's effect, and it has piercing.

If you have a REDMD in your hand, you can banish the 0/0 Level 6 monster to Special Summon it, then use it's effect to Special Summon a Level 6 monster. This will put a bonus 2800 ATK points on the field.


Now that I've explained how the deck works, lets get to the weaknesses of the deck!

It's easy to destroy your opponent's field due to the lack of protection against mass destruction. This is why I added 3 My Body as a Shields in the deck over the Solemn brigade.

One problem with the steps above can lead to disaster. Effect Veiler is completely inevitable, unless you run Constellar Belt, which prevents your Light Monsters' effects from being negated. However, as long as you have a My Body as a Shield in hand, you can get around any Torrential Tributes, and Bottomless Trap Holes that try and beat you down.

Chain Disappearance wrecks this deck. Using the effects to Special Summon your Level 6 Dragons from your deck will break your chain, and rid the other card(s). This is why you run both Wattaildragon and Luster Dragon #2.

In all, it's a fun deck, but it's not good enough in tournaments as far as I'm concerned. I'd still make this for when Gustaph Max comes out. It's the Rank 10 Xyz monster that does 2000 damage to your opponent by detaching 1 Xyz Material from it.

Have fun, and don't get too mad when you lose! =D