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99% of PendMages is spamming Astrograph + Electrumite

You can go balls deeps MAHVELBABEH wombo combos, which I think is the strongest version of the deck. Though its arguably the least fun, unless you like yugioh "combo solitaire" gameplay.

Or you can attempt to play a more mid-range control style deck that focuses on abusing the Pendulumgraph cards. The main difference is that instead of putting all your eggs in your opening board, you're praying that you survive turn 1 with fewer boss monsters (having at least the graphs in your ST zone) and then being able to outgrind your opponent.

The basic combo is:

Any two Pendulums into Electrumite, E activates and sends Astro. Electrumite blow up a scale (ideally Double Iris) and add Astro.

CL 1 Electrumite (draw 1), CL 2 Double Iris (add Graph spell) CL 3 Astro (add either Wisdom Eye or Double Iris)

Now activate Graph and another Pendulum scale. Then turn Astro + one Dark pendulum into Supreme King Venom, copying Electrumite, and repeat the above steps one more time, adding the Graph Trap.

Thats it. That's the bread and butter. After you're comfortable with that, you can build more complex combos and learn alternate routes.

Try to end with either Purple Poison on a scale, or TimeStar Xyz, so your Graph trap can pop two of your opponent's monsters.