But this time, the idea isn’t mine: YouTube commenter @EditKingNumber5 astutely observed that there might be some synergy between Bohrok and the newly released Enneacraft archetype, both being Machine-Type Flip Monsters that Special Summon in face-down Defense Position.
So once I had an opportunity to slot in a little side task, I looked into that and cooked up an Enneacraft variant using the Bohrok as basically a self-recycling and self-replacing removal package.
The design of Enneacraft itself is such that it’s very hard to make a lot of room for other things in the deck, so I ended up including just the three Bohrok that instantly shuffle themselves back for their effects, at one copy each – there isn’t much benefit to be gained from keeping bodies on the field since we’re basically always locked out of face-up Special Summons. To ensure somewhat consistent access, triple Beware the Swarm is a must, while Bohrok Invasion is a more optional tech that gives us a way to get the engine back online if a Bohrok lands in the GY. Another one I considered for a bit was Bohrok Counterattack just as a general negation backrow, but the fact that it needs a Krana somewhere and is dead as soon as you flip an Enneacraft makes it impractical.
Due to the aforementioned lock, the Extra Deck also consists entirely of things that we could theoretically make in some scenario but probably won’t, including the special spice of Nuhvok-Kal and Kohrak-Kal to broaden our removal options if two Bohrok ever stick around at the same time. Don’t count on it.
A quick test match against the AI proved reasonably successful:
The Bohrok cards actually came up more consistently than I would have expected, probably due to the Enneacraft searches thinning the deck a lot, making it that much more likely to find one of our 6 hits. Of course, if you weren’t playing Bohrok that would instead apply to generic power cards, so who knows if this really is a worthwhile way to build the deck. In any case, it activates the plastic crack neurons, and that’s all we’re here for anyway.