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How to Unleash the Full Potential of “Magical Musket”? | Archetype Starter Guide
Welcome, duelists, to the ultimate guide for crafting your Magical Musket deck! If you’re ready to wield the power of the musket and outsmart your opponents with style, you’ve come to the right place.
Whether you’re a seasoned duelist or a newcomer looking to make a splash, this guide will help you assemble a formidable and fun deck now that it’s available in Asian English from INFINITE FORBIDDEN!
So, grab your deck box, shuffle those cards, and let’s dive into the world of Magical Muskets! Ready, aim, duel!
Here’s a quick guide to get you started with building your own Magical Musket deck:
Introducing the “Magical Musket” cards!
Tech Cards and Engines
Sample Decklists
Summary
Introducing the “Magical Musket” cards!
The Magical Musket archetype in Yu-Gi-Oh! is a fascinating and strategic set of cards that revolves around LIGHT Fiend monsters. Its core strategy involves using its themed monsters to accumulate and activate Magical Musket Spell/Trap cards instantly from your hand, making the deck unpredictable and versatile.
Let’s talk about the key cards in this strategy.
Note: All their archetype monsters continuously allow Magical Musket Spell/Trap cards from your hand to be activated during either player’s turn. They are also LIGHT Fiend monsters, making all their monsters an instant bridge to the Fiendsmith engine.
Magical Musketeer Caspar
Caspar is your go-to Magical Musketeer who can search any other Magical Musket card when a Spell/Trap card is activated in its column except the card that was activated.
Ratio: Run 3 copies.
Magical Musketeer Starfire
Starfire fetches the Magical Musketeer of preference when a Spell/Trap card is activated in its column. Like Caspar, Starfire is one of your preferred starters.
Ratio: Run 3 copies.
Magical Musket Doc
Magical Musket Doc is one of the ways you can recycle a Magical Musket card from your Graveyard. It isn’t a starter and can only generate an advantage mid to late-game.
Ratio: Run 1-3 copies.
Magical Musket Kid Brave
Kid Brave is your draw power, allowing you to generate card advantage when a Spell/Trap card is activated in its column. Unlike the other starters, it’s reliant on having (1) a Magical Musket to discard for its draw and (2) a Spell/Trap to activate, which makes Magical Musket Doc better at times.
Ratio: Run 1-3 copies.
Magical Musketeer Calamity
Calamity is your go-to monster to revive your fallen Magical Musket monster.
Ratio: Run 0-1 copy.
Magical Musket Wild
Magical Musket Wild is here to help you recycle your bullets (Magical Musket Spell/Trap) and draw 1 card.
Ratio: 0-1 copy.
Magical Musket Mastermind Zakiel
Zakiel is the archetype’s boss monster, and it’s here to replenish your hand cards up to the number of Magical Musket Spell/Trap cards you activated during that turn. Other than that, it requires a monster for its tribute summon and doesn’t do anything extra for its comrades.
Ratio: Run 0-1 copy.
Magical Musketeer Max
Max is a themed link one monster of Magical Musketeers and has the powerful effect of generating a huge amount of card advantage depending on your choice.
You can either add Magical Musket Spell/Trap cards with different names from your deck to your hand up to the number of monsters your opponent controls when it is linked summoned or special summon Magical Musket monsters with different names from your deck to your field up to the number of Spell/Trap cards your opponent controls. The best part about it is it’s a LIGHT Fiend, and you can use it to climb the Fiendsmith engine.
Ratio: Run 1-3 copies in the Extra Deck
Magical Musket - Cross-Domination
Cross-Domination is your go-to Quick Play Spell Card to negate the effects of 1 face-up monster on the field and weaken its ATK/DEF to 0 until the end of the turn.
Ratio: Run 1-3 copies.
Magical Musket - Steady Hands
This Spell Card makes your Magical Musket monsters bigger regarding ATK/DEF. However, it prevents that monster from attacking directly. In the current metagame, this card is outclassed by Cross-Domination.
Ratio: Run 0-1 copy.
Magical Musket – Desperado
It is one of my favorite Magical Musket traps that can help you clear your opponent’s board or disrupt their strategy.
Ratio: Run 3 copies.
Magical Musket – Last Stand
This trap card negates your opponent’s Spell/Trap card and destroys them. Aside from Desperado and Cross-Domination, this will be one of your go-to Magical Musket searches via Caspar or Max.
Ratio: Run 1-3 copies.
Magical Musket – Dancing Needle
When it resolves, this trap card allows you to banish up to 3 cards in any Graveyard. This trap can also be chained against the opponent’s Called by the Grave when they attempt to banish your Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring or Maxx “C”.
Ratio: 1-3 copies.
Magical Musket – Fiendish Deal
Magical Musket relies on your monsters staying on your field, and this card can protect them from being destroyed by card effects. Like the rest of the Spell/Trap cards of the archetype, you can activate this card right away from your hand, making it a searchable protection. When destroyed, it lets you fetch any Magical Musket from your Deck or GY to your hand.
Ratio: Run 0-1 copy.
Magical Musket – Crooked Crown
This card can help you swarm the field with additional Magical Musket monsters. It has another effect that prevents the opponent from using the empty main monster zone from the column of the newly summoned monster, which is neat but not that impactful in today’s metagame.
Ratio: Run 0-1 copy.
Tech cards and Engines
Magical Musket is home to different engines or tech cards that you can use to strengthen your deck. Whether you are going pure or Fiendsmith route, there’s a perfect game plan for you.
Fiendsmith Engine
Fiendsmith and Magical Musket have a common denominator: LIGHT Fiend. All your Magical Musket are LIGHT Fiend which makes them perfect with Fiendsmith to add additional consistency or fire power.
Generic Cards
Generic cards such as Pot of Prosperity and Ties of the Brethren can help tutor your Magical Musket cards. Forbidden Droplet can help aid potential threats going second, and Dominus Purge is an additional interruption that works perfectly in an all-LIGHT deck.
Decklists
Below are sample Magical Musket decklists in Asian English format post INFINITE FORBIDDEN. Customize the decks according to your preference.
Note: These decklists follow the November 2023 AE Forbidden & Limited List
Deck: Magical Musket (Pure)
Details: This deck shines best when played second to maximize Magical Musketeer—Max. It can also be played first, depending on the match-up.
Deck: Fiendsmith Magical Musket
Details: This build incorporates the Fiendsmith engine to climb to powerful link monsters or Fiendsmith Desirae.
Summary
The Magical Musket archetype offers a dynamic and engaging playstyle, perfect for duelists who enjoy strategic depth and quick, reactive gameplay.
If you’re looking to try a new Asian English deck from INFINITE FORBIDDEN, Magical Musket could be one of your options. Ready to start building your deck? This has been ArcKnight of RespectYGO. Happy Dueling!
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