Devoured - Relinquished Deck

[Dinner]

Monsters: 21
3 Relinquished
3 Manju of the Ten Thousand Hands
2 Senju of the Thousand Hands
2 Magical Exemplar
2 Lava Golem
1 Grinder Golem
1 Dark Magician of Chaos
1 Jinzo
1 Snipe Hunter
1 D.D. Warrior Lady
1 Sangan
1 Spirit Reaper
1 Morphing Jar
1 Magical Merchant

Spells: 20
3 Black Illusion Ritual
2 Ritual Foregone
1 Scapegoat/Fires of Doomsday?
2 Book of Moon
1 Dark Eruption/Recurring Nightmare?
1 Trade-In
1 Pot of Avarice
1 Monster Reborn
1 Premature Burial
1 Giant Trunade
1 Heavy Storm
1 Mystical Space Typhoon
1 Brain Control
2 Enemy Controller
1 Swords of Revealing Light

Traps: 6
1 Limit Reverse
1 Ceasefire
2 Threatening Roar
1 Compulsory Evacuation Device
1 Dust Tornado

Total: 47

Okay, so I decided to revisit this after over a year just having the components collecting dust. I've been missing this deck for a long while now, and been thinking about it ever since Magical Exemplar came out. I really like that unless it gets discarded, Relinquished in my graveyard has been Ritual Summoned properly--so it can be revived ad nauseam!

This morning I thought maybe I ought to add some more Level 8's and toss in another Trade-In since it would take a lot of effort to use Allure of Darkness considering both that the deck's not completely DARK and that I don't have a reassuring way to get back what I would remove for Allure's cost. I don't have the money or the desire to try to do a D-Draw build because it's against all my principles as a cos-duelist to use Aster's cards; despite this, the thought of building it conceptually (like, for YVD) has haunted me since I started putting the deck back together. I think it would probably work very well to synthesize a Plasma build with Relinquished since they both serve the same purpose of eating the opponent's monster and putting them in a predicament that makes it pivotal to get rid of the monster.

I'm also considering a Kinka-Byo since Relinquished's a Level 1, and Relinquished has always had an affinity of playing off of Spirits, apparently. lol I don't have one though, so I'd have to get one. I'd love to see what anyone thought of using *it* in here, see if it's worth even getting. (Again, it would certainly be worth it if I hybridized the D-Heroes into this, with Discommander.)

I have two main concerns. One is RFG (Book of Life, Dimensional Prison, etc), which I think could be solved with some Kycoo sided? The other more pressing problem is draw power. Sure, the ritual-searchers are +1, but what about drawing into the Rituals Foregone or the staples? The only other option I'm really seeing is to add more Level 8's so I can use more Trade-Ins. If I did add more Level 8's, what would they be, though? Another Grinder Golem? (Since Grinder gives me the ability to summon Relinquished without monsters on my field, would it be a good idea to drop a Lava for another Grinder anyway?)

I'm also having the problem, as I always do, with dropping the deck to a manageable size. I think I ought to:
-1 Magical Merchant (in all the playtesting I've been doing he mills at least four monsters before giving me something crappy like Goats)
-1 Spirit Reaper (field clogging, but I'd keep it if I opted for Fires over Goats)
-1 Swords
That'd drop it to 44, but beyond that I'm just not sure. Also wondering if I should use a third Ritual Foregone, since I can easily resummon the Relinquished later.

[nomadnostrebor]

I think that Fires of Doomsday would work better for this decks purpose. Also if have recurring nightmare that it works here, but dark eruption is easier to get. I also think that it would be really interesting to see relinquished used fluidly with the Plasma strategy. It would allow the increased speed of Allure of Darkness and Trade-In. Just a thought though.

Nice deck. It needs some thinning out, but since I've never played a relinquished deck I'm not sure what would be the areas that are most important to keep in tact. I'll think about it some more.

8/10 Yay!

[Dinner]

I'll try the Fires over Goats for a bit and see how much less clogged the field looks. Thanks for taking a look!

Additional Comment:

*Bump?*

It's doing well against my little brother's Zombies and Mystic Swordsmen. I haven't drawn the Fires since I put it in, but it hasn't really hurt me. Considering dropping it.

Additional Comment:

Hello....?

Additional Comment:

*ba-dump!*

[Revol]

lets see the main thing i would worry about are: Solem Judgment and Royal Oppression.
I know this cause i also use a Relinquish Deck
take out ritual Forgone, cause apparently the ritual monster cannot be summoned form the grave after being use due to the ruling
I would comment more, but i don't know the exact text of the grinder golem.