Apolith

The Apolith is an archetype of Level 3 EARTH monsters created by LHK. It is an archetype that focuses on quickly Synchro and Contact Fusion Summoning. They represent bionic versions of fossils, most commonly Dinosaur fossils.

Play Style
The Apoliths are focused on Contact Fusion and Synchro Summoning. Thus, they need some monsters that can help you perform the Synchro part of the Deck. The Tuners, which are non-Dinosaur fossils, are most probably Rock-Type and Winged Beast-Type, and they are the combo creators of the Deck. They allow you to Synchro Summon quite fast at times, while they allow you to Synchro Summon with weird ways (e.g. Synchro Summoning using Synchro Materials from the hand, Synchro Summoning on your opponent's turn). The Dinosaur-Types, though, rely on two things. They are the non-Tuners used for the Synchro Summon portion of the Deck, while they serve as powerhouses for the Contact Fusion part of the Deck, with some of them having effects that enhance the Fusion or Synchro that was Summoned using this card. They help you Xyz Summon Rank 3 Xyz Monsters, if you desire some Xyz action in the Deck.

Pros
First things first, the Contact Fusion part can be nice, but not much preferred in the Deck. Tylanne is the one and only of the Contact Fusions we need, but, trust me, it can serve as a trigger for a bunch of combos, since it holds the flexibility similar to that of the s, which can turn into a Synchro or Xyz Summon ability when you feel to. Regarding the Synchro portion, an important boost is, which is a strong nominee when deciding for the Synchro Summon. Also, its Synchro monster, Gegas, can be considered one of the strong nominees. Despite being limited to 1, is a decent card, since the Deck is full of EARTH monsters. You can use Redox as a strong wall or as a resurrection tool, using his effect to discard with another EARTH monster.

Cons
As said previously, the Contact Fusion (Tylanne), is a strong monster that can lead to many important combos. can be a nice counter to it. Cards that can block Special Summons, like, and  are cards that can make the Deck useless and its combos vain.

Trivia

 * The Apolith monsters are named after a corruption of a fossil of a mythological beast or dinosaur.


 * Apolith comes from the Greek word "Απολίθωμα", which is the Greek translation to the English word "fossil", hence the fossil appearance.