Bigmamemon—One bean to rule them all…

You could use [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/167-Mutate.png” name=”Mutate”] to pile several permanent effects into the active stack, so long as you don’t mind the extra time it takes to evolve to the Big Mam pirates. If you want a shortcut to unlocking extra permanents that doesn’t set you back a turn, try throwing [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/130-Etemon.png” name=”Etemon”] onto your active. If you can trap Etemon in the active zone, it’s gross, because now your opponent can’t use evo-bonuses and you can use a lot. With [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/041-Starmon.png” name=”Starmon”], you can easily increase all the trash you inflict on your opponent. Alternatively, [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/039-Thunderballmon.png” name=”Thunderballmon”] gives a passive trash 1 every strategy phase (opponent’s included). Be on the lookout for champions with generic but solid Power boosts, especially Power +50 since it applies to every attack. [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/082-Revolmon.png” name=”Revolmon”] may be super-effective in this deck since you get cross 1st Attack and circle +150 Power. After a Mame bomb, that’s 510 1st Attack (a nearly guaranteed KO on opponent’s turn, with unopposed victory bonus paying back your discard); or 950 circle just because ouch.

Superstarmon from TOY is a significant evolution setback, greater than Etemon: their DP costs are +10. If you’re at Level M, denying evolution to the opponent is devastating. They will have a hard time reaching Level U, and may even eat a few bricked hands as they mulligan for a  way to get to Level C. If you used Mamemon in the active stack, KOing (either digimon) forces your opponent to trash 7 (8 if Starmon is present). This is a game-ending ability that also shuts down mulligan like a low-orbit ion cannon. Similarly, Tekkamon is in-network for the evo-box and gives “If any KO’d, recycle any 1″; that’s right, you don’t shuffle. You can just throw your Ace back on your deck every time you get a KO. Sounds like a good opportunity for [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/063-Ground.png” name=”Ground”] 3070 Power triangle, more than enough power to kill anything that moves. Piximon or Giromon are sufficient to permanently supply the Mame-bomb devastation. This is unsurprising since both of these tiny bois throw bombs for a living. If you don’t like giving up the Level U spot for Bigmamemon (U) in order to have uncounterable because you’re like me and prefer crazy combos, don’t worry because TOY [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/027-Centaurmon.png” name=”Centaurmon”] is in-network and gives uncounterable.

As with all Rulers, the evolution is much easier if you cheat with [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/026-Masquerade.png” name=”Masquerade”]. For Big Mam, this also means greatly extending the combos with its evo-box bonuses. Remember: it doesn’t say you have to have ever activated those bonuses, nor that they exist on cards printed with its names. The possibilities are limitless as the game continues to grow. If you think Mutate and Masquerade are mean, try [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/067-DarkEvolve.png” name=”Dark Evolve”], since you can use it to essentially mutate and it won’t even cost DP or set you back much from eventually evolving to Big Mam. Additionally, it ignores DP so you can rack with ease and treat it like an HP reset and extra permanent.

To abuse the ① effect, just spam draw. Since Superstarmon, Giromon, and every Mamemon are , you can attach [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/017-Purity-Crest.png” name=”Purity Crest”] for an every-turn draw effect. Alternatively, play one [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/048-ToyMarch.png” name=”Toy March”] early, select “Players always draw 2 during Prep Phase” and be done with it. Who cares if the opponent always gets draw 2 if you’re a living swarm of suicide-bombing cuties? Just keep using your forever-replenishing hand to chuck more tiny mamemon bombs at the opponent, effectively making your base Power +200 to start with. When accounting for this sort of combo, Big Mam easily beats everything else in its weight class and above. You really want the Purity Crest combo fast? Just evolve from Metalmamemon 07 and get the permanent triangle ability “Attach T”. If the crest is in your trash, boom, you got it. If you also have the Mastery [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/004-ToyChest.png” name=”Toy Chest”], you can attach [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/024-Miracles-Crest.png” name=”Miracles Crest”] too and just ignore the Trash 5 on Bigmamemon U. The real secret though, is not just Piximon’s Cross Draw 1, it’s Giromon’s Circle draw 1! This effectively gives you permanent Circle 800 with “oh lord he comin” HP.

A weird way to abuse the ② passive is support with [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/016-Tropiamon.png” name=”Tropiamon”]! You can attach it to the opponent and void every attack ability without “to zero” or “counter”. But ② also voids circle to zero, and Bigmamemon U’s permanent also makes you uncounterable. This is an infuriating combination to fight against, likely to provoke table-flipping in response. If the only cross abilities that are legal are triangle and cross to zero, the opponent essentially has nothing. Another way is either more or less BS depending on your perspective: simply attach [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000-Clearagumon.png” name=”Clearagumon”] when facing an opponent with “Circle to zero”. I don’t even know how you would handle passive void and “when voided”; why did I make this? Probably once at the start of every turn, since the End Phase clears effects and refreshes them. So let’s make a ruling in this random COTD article that’s what happens and Clearagumon does Static 3 at the start of every player’s turn. Goodnight trash. Goodnight moon.

This card is definitely not invincible. In fact, while its possibilities are nearly unlimited, Big Mam can be dismantled almost trivially. Be incredibly wary of [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/047-Clearwall.png” name=”Clear Wall”]! This card will ruin all your plans at once. Hell, a well-timed TOY [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/039-Armadillomon.png” name=”Armadillomon”] can be pure suffering. One problem you will face is “heavy is the head that wears the crown”—a stupid saying for stupid bourgeoise people. Nevertheless, Big Mam is very strong, so an obvious and common thing you will encounter the moment it achieves 1 KO: the opponent mulligans for their partner. You can counter most partner-reliant or [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/013-BlueComet.png” name=”Blue Comet”] comebacks with [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/005-HeartsAttack.png” name=”Hearts Attack”]. They might never make it to Level U for use with [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/068-Silver-Ball.png” name=”Silver Ball”], so it’s better to prey on the Destiny Zone instead. Don’t forget its name is still just “Bigmamemon”, so you can absolutely cheat with [card img=”https://www.v-mundi.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/06-SilverMirror.png” name=”Silver Mirror”] and get the other Bigmamemon for “Trash 5. Triple own Circle.”—1800 Power, can’t be to-zero from a cross ability. 2400 Power if you also discard for the Mame-bomb effect first.

Listen, this has to stop. My entire life can’t be “here’s every way to use big chungus, the memehive with a shit-eating grin”. I need space, and lately it seems like you’re distant anyway. What I’m trying to say is, I think we should see other blogs.