Zombie Synchro and Vayu Turbo

A duel featuring Zombie Synchro, courtesy of Neuxcharge:



Currently known as Synchro Undead in the OCG, Zombie Synchro is an up-and-coming deck type. The reason that it hasn't made much of a showing in the TCG is the lack of Brionac (and to a lesser extent other Duel Terminal Synchro Monsters).

Zombie Synchro has some similarities with Vayu Turbo, such as their reliance on dumping everything in the Graveyard to swarm and such. There's only two advantages Vayu Turbo has that I can think of: Icarus Attack and the immunity to Royal Oppression.

Otherwise, Zombie Synchro is better. Instead of getting improperly Special Summoned beat-sticks of Blackwing Synchro Monsters, Zombie Synchro gets multiple, properly summoned Synchro Monsters that actually have their effects. They also get free cards from using Goblin Zombie as Synchro Material and have easy access to Ally of Justice Decisive Arms, which hates on Lightsworn like no other card.

Shadow-Imprisoning Mirror does almost nothing to Zombie Synchro, just stopping them from using Goblin Zombie's effect, Zombie Master's effect, and Plaguespreader Zombie's effect. They don't even need those monsters' effects half of the time, since they are using Mezuki (an Earth Monster) to Special Summon stuff. Vayu Turbo gets stopped dead by one Shadow Imprisoning Mirror. No Vayu, Dark Grepher, Armageddon Knight, Necro Gardna, Dark Armed Dragon, Dark Creator, etc.

Zombie Synchro also has the advantage of Tragoedia, which prevents them from being OTK'd by their opponent, while also allowing them to steal opposing monsters.

Of course, something like Dimensional Fissure could stop them, but most (if not all) decks have ways around stuff like that.