Introduction:
Welcome to my first deck analysis. The first archetype I'll be discussing is the Madolches. The term "Madolche" is derived from "magic" and "dolce", or the French word for "sweet." The deck's monsters consist of figures of royalty from French culture or a pet/animal, along with some sort of French delicacy (i.e. Puddingcess = Princess + Pudding).
Enough about the names. All Madolche monsters have the effect of returning to your hand when destroyed by your opponent. In OCG rulings, Madolche monsters would still return even if destroyed by Solemn Warning, Solemn Judgment, or the virus cards. But with the TCG release of the Madolches, the phrase "you control" has been placed in the effects, meaning their effects will not activate under these circumstances. This may either be a mistranslation or a TCG-OCG ruling difference. Once this gets cleared up I'll post here.
The Madolche cards of REDU consist of Madolches Puddingcess, Magileine, Butlerusk, Chouxvalier, Mewfeuille, Baaple, Chateau, Lesson, Waltz, and Tea Break. I'll further discuss these cards a little later. Without all of the support, Madolches need to rely on Puddingcess Control to competitively compete with the current meta. This means monsters that will hit the Graveyard do not work with this deck because it interferes with Puddingcess.
Madolche Chateau is the key card of the deck, as it boosts your monsters attack be 500, clears your Madolches from the Graveyard, and returns your Madolches to yout hand instead of the deck. This deck would not live without this card, so getting to this as fast as possible is needed.
The Monsters:
Madolche Puddingcess
The Puddingcess is the key monster to a REDU Madolche deck. Despite being a Level 5 fairy and only having 1000 ATK and DEF, her effects is what make her shine. When there are no monsters in your graveyard, she gains 800 ATK, so 2300 under Chateau. After damage calculation, when she battles a monster, she can destroy any card on the field, regardless if she lives the battle or not. With these powerful effects, you must "Protect the Princess" at all costs. I'd suggest running 2 for the time being.
Madolche Magileine
Magileine is your Stratos of the deck. She's a level 4 Spellcaster Earth monster with 1400 ATK and 1200 DEF. When she's Normal of Flipped Summoned, you can add any Madolche monster from your Deck to Hand, including herself. Being able to grab Puddingcess, Butlerusk for the Chateau, Mew for summoning Puddingcess, or even another copy of herself is too good to pass up. An easy 3 of in the deck.
Madolche Chouxvalier
Chouxvalier is your big beater of the deck, with 1700 ATK and a level 4 Warrior, he goes to 2200 under Chateau and is also a RotA target. His effect only allows your opponent to attack him. Overall solid card. I'd say run 1-2.
Madolche Mewfeuille
Mew is rather weak and is level 3, only having 500 ATK. However, his effect is a Marauding Captain,but you can special summon any Madolche to the field from your hand, including Puddingcess. Using Mew is the most effecient way to get Puddingcess to the field. Even 2 Mewfeuille's can overlay into Invoker, which can bring out Chouxvalier, but puts a monster into your graveyard. Overall, Mew is very important to the deck, Run 2-3, although I'd suggest 2.
Madolche Butlerusk
Butlerusk is a Level 4 spellcaster with 1500 ATK. When he's Normal summoned, if you have another Madolche out, you can search for ANY field spell and add it tour hand. This combos well with Magileine if you search for him. However, since he takes up the normal summon, Terraforming outclasses him. I'd still suggest running 1 though.
Madolche Baaple
Baaple is... an interesting card. With 0 ATK and 1900 DEF, he's a good wall. His effect allows him to switch the position of 1 Madolche card you control and 1 monster your opponent controls. It's an okay card, but I would'nt recommend it. Tech 1 if you feel like trying him out.
Conclusion:
This ends part 1 of the REDU-Madolche discussion. Stay tuned for part 2 where I will discuss the Madolche Spells, Traps, tech cards, and the usage of an Extra Deck.
~Shadow
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