That’s why we’ve listed out three fantastic meta decks we’ve seen highlighted in the YuGiOh community. that you can build and play right now. All three are distinct in playstyles but are all able to carry you up the ranked ladder if played correctly. We’ve listed what cards each deck uses, as well as what each deck does so you can get right into duels with a solid game plan. If you’re like many of us at VG247, you may be a tad overwhelmed at the sheer number of new cards and decks with their own unique play styles. Even for someone experience with card games, it can be daunting to create a powerful deck. While the game is still fresh, a hard meta is yet to form, but some experienced and ingenious players have used their prior knowledge of previous formats and the physical card game to bring some powerful strategies to Master Duel right from the beginning. If you’re right at the beginning of your journey though, check out our page on the best starter deck in YuGiOh Master Duel.
What are the best meta decks in YuGiOh Master Duel?
High cost: Virtual World + True King of All Calamities Prank-Kids Tri-Brigade
Virtual World + True King of All Calamities - High cost ramp meta deck
Monsters
3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 2x Nibiru, the Primal Being 2x PSY-Frame Driver 2x PSY-Framegear Gamma 3x Virtual World Hime - Nyannyan 3x Virtual World Kirin - Lili 3x Virtual World Mai-Hime - Lulu 3x Virtual World Roshi - Laolao 3x Virtual World Xiezhi - Jiji
Spells
1x Emergency Teleport 3x Foolish Burial Goods x 3x Pot of Desires 3x Virtual World City - Kauwloon 3x Virtual World Gate - Qinglong
Traps
3x Virtual World Gate - Chuche
Extra Deck
1x Chaofeng, Phantom of the Yang Zing 2x Cloudcastle 1x Constellar Ptolemy M7 1x Coral Dragon 1x Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder 1x Number 49: Fortune Tune 1x Number 75: Bamboozling Gossip Shadow 1x Ravenous Crocodragon Archethys 1x Stardust Charge Warrior 1x True King of All Calamities 1x Vermillion Dragon Mech 1x Virtual World Beast - Jiujiu 1x Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen
This deck focuses on getting a single, incredibly powerful card, called True King of All Calamities out on the board and causing trouble. This XYZ card is absolutely wild, due to its ability to shut down anything your opponent is able to do with ease. To help you achieve this, Virtual World cards make up the vast majority of the deck. Put simply, this card type allows you to easily special summon nine star cards through cycling through and reviving virtual world cards. Here’s how it works - the early game consists of you playing three star Virtual World monsters that get the ball rolling. Once you have a Virtual World card on the board, other virtual world cards in your hand can be special summoned through sending other Virtual World cards to the graveyard (which can later be summoned to the field). This makes it easy to fill the board, and summon nine star monsters. At the cost of two nine star monsters you’ve rather easily summoned, you can then play True King of All Calamities. This card has an incredibly strong ability which allows you to declare an attribute (fire, wind, water etc…). Immediately afterwards, all face up cards become that attribute, and any enemy cards with that attribute cannot attack or activate any effects. Since your opponent can’t do anything, they’re unable to deal with this 3000 ATK monster you’ve dropped on the board, essentially ending the game.
Prank-Kids - easy and cheap fusion monster meta deck
Monsters
3x Prank-Kids Fansies 3x Prank-Kids Dropsies 3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Prank-Kids Lampsies 3x Prank-Kids Rocksies 3x Thunder Dragon
Spells
1x Raigeki 3x Polymerization 1x Monster Reborn 3x Prank-Kids Place 2x Prank-Kids Pranks 2x Twin Twisters 3x Prank-Kids Pandemonium
Traps
3x Infinite Impermanence 3x Skill Drain 1x Prank-Kids Plan
Extra Deck
2x Prank-Kids Rocket Ride 2x Prank-Kids Weather Washer 1x Thunder Dragon Colossus 1x Prank-Kids Battle Butler 1x Toadally Awesome 2x Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu 3x Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo 1x Prank-Kids Bow-Wow-Bark 1x Prank-Kids Rip-Roarin-Roaster 1x Accesscode Talker
This deck focuses around easy and consistent combos, where you make use of the powerful Prank-Kids abilities to bring out powerful fusion monsters. Through flooding the board with Prank-Kids cards, which provides you with more than enough materials to create the fusion monsters you want, this deck is borderline relaxing to play. This deck is also peppered with additional cards meant to counter any answers your opponent has to your Prank-Kids combos. This includes Raigeki, Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, and Twin Sisters. Here’s how the deck works. You start by rushing to fusion and link summon Prank-Kids monsters which then activate a myriad of abilities built into the Prank-Kids archetype. This can be done the classic way through Polymerization, or through Prank-Kids spells such as Prank-Kids Pandemonium or Prank-Kids Place. Then you essentially do this on repeat to consistently make us of your Prank-Kids abilities. If you see an opportunity, you can discard Thunder Dragon and use Prank-Kids Fanses to fusion summon Thunder Dragon Colossus. This is likely the most powerful card in the deck, with 2600 ATK and an ability making it hard to remove from the field.
Tri-Brigade - Link Summon centric meta deck
Monsters
1x PSY-Frame Driver 3x Effect Veiler 3x Tri-Brigade Nervall 2x Psy-Framegear Gamma 2x Tri-Brigade Kerass 3x Tri-Brigade Kitt 3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 2x Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion 3x Rescue Cat 3x Tri-Brigade Fraktall
Spells
3x Pot of Desires 1x Lightning Storm 3x Fire Formation - Tenki 2x Called by the Grave
Traps
3x Infinite Impermanence 2x Tri-Brigade Revolt 1x Imperial Order
Extra Deck
1x PSY-Framelord Omega 1x Sky Cavalry Centaurea 1x Downerd Magician 1x Divine Arsenal AA-Zeus - Sky Thunder 1x Salamangreat Almiraj 1x Ancient Warriors Oath - Double Dragon Lords 2x Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom 1x Tri-Brigade Bearbrumm the Rampant Rampager 1x Hraesvelgr, the Desperate Doom Angel 1x Tri-Brigade Rugal the Silver Sheller 1x Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess 1x Accesscode Talker 2x Tri-Brigade Shuriag the Ominous Omen
This deck is all about setting up massive combos, sending cards to your graveyard where they can activate their abilities, and summoning powerful link monsters that can take over the game. A lot of the strength of this deck is owed to the Tri-brigade card type, which allows you to pick out specific cards from your deck, sacrifice them, and easily set up link summons. This deck also contains numerous universally powerful negate cards, such as Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess, and Infinite Impermanence. This allows you to essentially cancel out a vast amount of your opponent’s moves, and occasionally making the duel basically single-player. At the start of a duel, you’ll want to use cards like Tri-Brigade Fraktall or Rescue Cat to special summon other Tri-Brigade monsters. Then, use these to link summon cards like Tri-Brigade Ferrijit the Barren Blossom and Tri-Brigade Bearbrumm the Rampant Rampager. With a lot of cards in your graveyard, you’ll then use abilities on hand to summon Tri-Brigade Fraktall to banish cards for a powerful link summon like Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess or Tri-Brigade Rugal the Silver Sheller. Your win condition is with link monsters like Tri-Brigade Shuraig the Ominous Omen and Accesscode Talker. These incredibly powerful cards are strong enough to totally overwhelm opponents - and getting them on the board is your main goal in duels. That wraps up our guide for the best meta decks to play in YuGiOh Master Duel! To get your hands on all the cards needed for these decks, you will have to get to grips with how to craft cards in YuGiOh Master Duel. And if your looking more YuGiOh help, we’ve got a how to syncro summon guide, and an up-to-date Master Duel’s Banlist.
