About the archetype

Gimmick Puppet is a Yu-Gi-Oh! archetype with 30 cards: 25 monsters, 4 Spells and 1 Traps. Its first card came out in 2012 and the latest in 2025.

Its monsters are mostly DARK and EARTH and Machine-type. 9 of them go in the Extra Deck (Xyz and Link).

The archetype's most popular card is Gimmick Puppet Nightmare. 3 cards are on the Forbidden & Limited List.

Monsters (16)

• Gimmick Puppet Nightmare⊘ Forbidden
• Gimmick Puppet Bisque Doll
• Gimmick Puppet Terror Baby
• Gimmick Puppet Dreary Doll
• Gimmick Puppet Rouge Doll
• Gimmick Puppet Little Soldiers
• Gimmick Puppet Magnet Doll
• Gimmick Puppet Scissor Arms
• Gimmick Puppet Humpty Dumpty
• Gimmick Puppet Cattle Scream
• Gimmick Puppet Des Troy
• Gimmick Puppet Egg Head
• Gimmick Puppet Shadow Feeler
• Gimmick Puppet Gear Changer
• Gimmick Puppet Twilight Joker
• Gimmick Puppet Fiendish Knight

Extra Deck (9)

• Number 15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Grinder
• Number 40: Gimmick Puppet of Strings1 Limited
• Number C40: Gimmick Puppet of Dark Strings1 Limited
• Number C15: Gimmick Puppet Giant Hunter
• Gimmick Puppet Chimera Doll
• Gimmick Puppet Gigantes Doll
• Gimmick Puppet Fantasix Machinix
• Number 88: Gimmick Puppet of Leo
• Number C88: Gimmick Puppet Disaster Leo

Spells (4)

• Condolence Puppet
• Junk Puppet
• Perform Puppet
• Puppet Ritual

Traps (1)

• Puppet Parade