Subterror Behemoth
10 cards in this archetype
Playing Style
Every Subterror Behemoth shares the same two-part text: when a face-up monster you control is flipped face-down and you control no other face-up monsters, the Behemoth Special Summons itself from the hand in face-down Defence Position, and once per turn it can flip itself back down. The engine exploits this loop continuously. Subterror Behemoth Fiendess ties it together — during the Main Phase it sends a Flip monster from the Deck to the Graveyard and Special Summons a monster from the hand face-down into its linked zone, then recovers a Flip monster to the hand whenever that pointed-to monster is flipped face-up. In practice this means Fiendess can load the Graveyard, plant a Behemoth face-down, trigger its FLIP effect, and search a replacement all within a single turn sequence.
The FLIP effects themselves cover a wide range of disruption and resource generation. Subterror Behemoth Umastryx banishes an opponent's monster outright, Ultramafus forces every other face-up monster on the field face-down, Voltelluric steals a Set monster until the End Phase, and Speleogeist zeroes out a monster's ATK after forcing it to Attack Position. Stalagmo replaces itself with two draws after discarding a Subterror, and Stygokraken destroys Set cards equal to the number of Behemoths present. Subterror Behemoth Burrowing supports the set-up by flipping a Behemoth face-down at will from the Graveyard and shielding face-down monsters from targeting and destruction, while also searching a Subterror if it is destroyed — giving the deck meaningful insulation against spell and trap removal.
Archetype Relationships
Members(10)

Subterror Behemoth Dragossuary

Subterror Behemoth Phospheroglacier

Subterror Behemoth Speleogeist

Subterror Behemoth Stalagmo

Subterror Behemoth Stygokraken

Subterror Behemoth Ultramafus

Subterror Behemoth Umastryx

Subterror Behemoth Voltelluric

Subterror Behemoth Fiendess

Subterror Behemoth Burrowing