A structure deck gives you a playset of every card in that deck, and from that you can usually make a fully-fledged deck that’s tournament ready.
The best structure decks in Yu-Gi-Oh’s history are those that use a combination of cards and strategies to win games. This list will break down some of the best decks in the game, and what sort of strategies they can be built from. Some of the most popular structure decks in Yu-Gi-Oh’s history include the Blue-Eyes White Dragon deck, which uses a combination of Blue Eyes White Dragon and Black Luster Soldier Dragon cards to win games. Other popular decks include the Red-Eyes Black Dragon deck, which uses Red Eyes Black Dragon and Dark Rebellion Dragon cards to win games.
10. Dinosmashers Fury
Dinosaurs are a great deck for beginners looking to build a semi-competitive deck. They are easy to play and offer a lot of options for cards.
The main goal of this deck is to get Ultimate Conductor Tyranno onto the field as quickly as possible. ..
This powerful dinosaur can Book of Moon all of your opponent’s monsters at once, then attack each of them all by itself.
The downside to this deck is that it requires you to buy additional cards outside of the deck in order to complete the full strategy.
9. HERO Strike
This is an absolute gold mine of nostalgia for anyone who grew up watching Yu-Gi-Oh GX. The show was a huge hit in Japan and spawned a number of sequels and spinoffs over the years. This compilation features all of the best episodes from the first two seasons, as well as some new ones that weren’t aired in those seasons.
This deck is designed to fusion summon the Masked HERO’s, a powerful new type of monster that can be used to take down even the most powerful monsters.
Masked HERO Dark Law is a one-sided Macro Cosmos that banishes every card your opponent sends to the graveyard.
The deck is built around the HERO Strike card, which allows you to play 3 copies of it for free. This makes the deck incredibly versatile, as you can play it in any matchup where you need a card that can help your team win.
8. Pendulum Domination
This deck is all about using Extra-deck summoning methods to get the most out of your strategies. By using Pendulum, XYZ, Synchro, Fusion, and Link monsters all in the same deck, you can create a powerful combo that can take down your opponents.
This deck features a continuous spell and trap called ‘Dark Contracts’. This allows the player to control the game in their favor, by preventing their opponents from making any moves.
These cards will allow you to access your extra deck boss monsters even faster, at the cost of taking 1000 points of damage during the standby phase.
D/D/Ds are a challenging deck to master, but definitely one worth doing. The deck has a variety of combo options, making it difficult to predict what will happen next. ..
7. Lair of Darkness
This deck is built to take advantage of the new card, “Gideon, Ally of Zendikar”. This card allows you to play two cards at once and gain an extra life. This deck also uses “Liliana, the Last Hope” as its main creature.
The Lair of Darkness expansion for Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME features iconic Virus trap cards that tribute a Dark monster with a certain amount of attack points to destroy cards in your opponents hand and field every single turn. These trap cards are sure to add an extra layer of strategy to your games, as players will need to weigh the benefits and risks of using them. ..
Lilith, the Lady of Lament can search your deck for cards with the monster name “Lilith” and put them into your hand. The field spell Lair of Darkness allows you to tribute your opponent’s monsters for your traps.
6. Cyber Strike
This deck is designed to get large Fusion monsters on the field as quickly as possible. Cards such as Power Bond can allow you to fusion summon a Machine monster, which will then have its attack doubled. This deck can reach incredibly high attack stats ..
This deck has a great structure that allows you to access an essential staple card in the format- Infinite Impermanence.
The trap card can negate the effects of any monster on the field, as well as negating any spells or traps in the same column.
5. Rokket Revolt
The Rokket Revolt structure deck can take you in many different directions. It has a variety of cards that can help you build your strategy, as well as cards that can help you disrupt your opponents.
The Rokket deck is a versatile deck that can be built around a variety of engines and tech cards. ..
The Rokket monsters all have effects that trigger when they’re targeted by a Link monster effect. These effects do all sorts of things – you can burn your opponent for 2000 damage, send monsters on the field to the graveyard, or even remove cards from your opponent’s Extra deck.
A fully fledged Dragon Link deck can be built with just three copies of this structure deck and a few additional cards. This deck is one of the best Link summoning decks out there, able to summon powerful dragons quickly and easily.
4. Emperor of Darkness
The structure deck absolutely destroyed the meta game on release.
The Emperor of Darkness deck is all about using the Monarchs to control the game. With cards like Dark Hole and Ritual, you can easily take over the board and control your opponents.
This deck allows you to build a Domain-Monarch deck, utilizing the powerful field spell Domain of the True Monarchs to lock your opponent entirely out of the Extra deck.
If you can get your opponent to overreact by pulling off an extra deck lock before they have a chance to react, then the game is as good as yours.
3. Soulburner
This deck features the Salamangreats, a series of Cyberse monsters that can Link summon again and again and again.
The Salamangreat Link monsters gain an extra ability when they’re Link Summoned using a copy of themselves. This is usually not easy, but the field spell Sanctuary of the Salamangreat allows you to summon these Link monsters using themselves as the entire material.
This deck contains Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring, a powerful hand trap that is an essential for any deck.
2. Albaz Strike
The latest structure deck to hit Yu-Gi-Oh, Albaz Strike gives players access to the Branded/Albaz series of monsters.
This deck is focused on summoning powerful monsters using spells such as Branded Fusion to send materials straight from the deck to the graveyard. ..
The Albaz Strike deck is a great starting point for any player looking to get into the game. With some of the best fusion monsters in the game, you’re sure to find something that works for you.
Albaz Strike includes cards that draw you additional cards, Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit that can deal with face-up cards, and Dark Ruler No More that can negate all of your opponent’s effects all at once.
1. Shaddoll Showdown
Fusion summoning is a deck all about using two cards from the same set to create a new card. The most common fusion summonings are the Spellcaster and Darkrai decks, but there are many other possibilities as well. Shaddolls are one of the most popular fusion summonings because they offer a lot of options for creating powerful cards.
The main deck Shaddolls have effects that trigger when they’re sent to the graveyard by card effect. This is because they are used as materials for a fusion summon.
Their fusion spell, Shaddoll Fusion, is a powerful spell that allows you to fusion summon using monsters from your deck as fusion material.
This deck has some powerful fusion monsters that can best any special summoned monster in battle. El Shaddoll Construct can best any special summon monster in battle, El Shaddoll Apkallone can negate the effects of any face-up card on the field, and El Shaddoll Winda is a floodgate that prevents either player from special summoning more than once per turn.
