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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!

Explore the depths of the “White Forest”! | Archetype Starter Guide Ready to branch out and dominate your duels? The White Forest archetype, straight from the new INFINITE FORBIDDEN set in Asian English, is here to root itself in your strategy and grow into a powerhouse of synchro summoning! Combining the heart of the cards with strategic plays, this deck can potentially turn the tide of any duel. So, get ready to branch out and grow your way to success with the White Forest archetype starter guide! Here’s a quick guide to get you started with building your own White Forest deck: Introducing the “White Forest” cards! Sample Decklists Summary Introducing the “White Forest” cards! The White Forest deck is a new archetype in INFINITE FORBIDDEN, known for its unique synergy and powerful synchro-summoning capabilities. The deck has a unique gameplay that maximizes their themed spell and traps that can recycle themselves, making the cost to activate the White Forest monster effects almost free. Combined with various support engines, White Forest can create a formidable strategy to outpace opponents in card advantage and field presence. Let’s discuss the core cards of the strategy! Astellar of the White Forest Astellar is a key starter card, allowing you to special summon any 1 LIGHT Spellcaster monster from your deck by sending any 1 Spell/Trap card from your hand or field to the graveyard. This card’s ability to summon itself and a LIGHT Spellcaster Tuner from your Deck makes it essential for setting up synchro plays. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies. Elizette of the White Forest Elzette of the White Forest serves as another searcher and extender, summoning itself and searching another White Forest monster straight from your deck at the cost of sending any 1 Spell/Trap from your hand or field to the graveyard. It also has the effect of recycling itself from the Graveyard, helping you with grind games. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies. Silvy of the White Forest Silvy of the White Forest is a versatile card that can search your White Forest Spell/Trap from your Deck to your hand. It also has the effect of recycling your fallen White Forest synchro and summoning itself for free from the Graveyard as a potential material for a Synchro summon. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies. Rucia of the White Forest Rucia of the White Forest is another extender of the theme and draw power. Like Silvy, it can also summon itself from the Graveyard by returning 1 White Forest Synchro Monster you control or in your Graveyard to your deck, making it a perfect fodder for your next synchro summon. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies. Diabell, Queen of the White Forest Diabell, Queen of the White Forest is one of your go-to Synchro monsters to set up your combos and add additional interruption by being able to bring out any 1 Level 7 or lower tuner Synchro monster from Extra Deck, Graveyard, or banishment in response to your opponent’s activation of a card or effect a cost of sending any 1 Spell/Trap card from your hand or field to the Graveyard. It can also recycle 1 Spell/Trap when summoned using a Tuner Synchro monster to help you recover your card advantage. Ratio: Run 1-2 copies. Silvera, Wolf Tamer of the White Forest Silvera is one of your go-to Synchro-tuner monsters to special summon via Diabell. It can effectively shut down your opponent’s strategies by flipping all face-up monsters they control face-down when this monster graces the field. The synchro material is also generic, making it a breeze to summon in White Forest, and it also boosts your Illusion and Spellcaster Synchro monster with 500 ATK and piercing damage. Ratio: Run 1-2 copies. Rciela, Sinister Soul of the White Forest Rciela is your go-to Synchro to help set up Diabell and can also help you fetch the missing White Forest or LIGHT Spellcaster monster from your deck at the cost of sending 1 Spell/Trap from your hand or field to the Graveyard. LIGHT Spellcaster? Reminds me of Effect Veiler. It also provides a 500 ATK boost and card destruction immunity for Illusion and Spellcaster Synchro monsters you control. Ratio: Run 1-2 copies. Beware of the White Forest This spell card allows you to either act as an instant card removal or a reusable cost for your White Forest monster effect cost. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies. Tales of the White Forest This spell card can search any 1 White Forest monster from your deck to your hand on activation for as long as you control an Illusion or a Spellcaster monster. Like the rest of the White Forest Spell/Traps, this can also set itself back when sent to the Graveyard to activate a monster effect. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies. The Fiend of the White Forest The newest White Forest Spell card from RAGE OF THE ABYSS. This spell card acts as an instant face-up card negate by tributing 1 Synchro monster. If you tributed a White Forest Synchro monster, you can also special summon 1 Illusion monster from the Graveyard, such as Diabell. It can also set itself once again when sent to the Graveyard to activate a monster effect. Ratio: Run 0-1 copy. Susurrus of the Sinful Spoils This spell card can help you either dodge a targeting effect or replace 1 Illusion or Spellcaster monster you control back to your hand or Extra deck to revive another Illusion or Spellcaster from your GY or banishment. Like the rest of the White Forest Spell/Traps, this Sinful Spoil spell card can set itself, too. Ratio: Run 0-3 copies. Woes of the White Forest This trap can tutor any White Forest monster from your hand or Deck and help facilitate an instant synchro summon of 1 White Forest monster on resolution. It can also be set again as a cost like the other White Forest Spell/Trap cards. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies   Sample Decklists Below are some sample decklists you can use to inspire your building. Test your deck to get the perfect ratio. Observe your local meta and adapt as necessary. Note: These decklists follow the July 2024 OCG Forbidden & Limited List Deck: White Forest Centur-Ion Deck: White Forest Runick Deck: White Forest Azamina Deck: White Forest Allure Queen Deck: White Forest Toy Summary The White Forest deck generates card advantage and maintains field control through its synchro summoning strategy and versatile spell and trap support. By combining the White Forest archetype with engines like Centur-Ion, Runick, and Toy engine, players can create a powerful and adaptable deck. Whether you’re a seasoned duelist or a newcomer, the White Forest deck offers a fresh and exciting way to dominate opponents. Are you ready to explore the depths of the White Forest and unleash its full potential in your next duel? This has been ArcKnight of RespectYGO. Happy Dueling! 😊   Image Source: Yu-Gi-Oh! Asia Facebook Page

Soar to New Heights with “Floowandereeze”! | Archetype Starter Guide Ready to take your game to the skies? Meet Floowandereeze, the deck that’s all about birds with big dreams and even bigger combos! Whether you’re a seasoned duelist or just winging it, Floowandereeze is here to make your dueling experience soar. It’s time to spread your wings and show everyone who’s the real top bird in the nest with our newest Floowandereeze starter guide! Here’s a quick guide to get you started with building your own Floowandereeze deck: Meet the “Floowandereeze” cards! Honorary “Floowandereeze” tech cards Sample Decklist Basic Strategy and Gameplay Summary   Meet the “Floowandereeze” cards! The Floowandereeze monsters are currently composed of Level 1 and Level 10 monsters. The Level 1 monsters have similar effects where they are banished when they leave the field face-up and can return themselves back to hand when a Winged-Beast monster is Normal Summoned making them great in grind games. Your goal is to bring out the level 10s or other higher-level Winged-Beast monsters to provide card advantage, additional interruption, or card removal. Let’s discuss the core cards of the strategy! Floowandereeze & Robina Floowandereeze & Robina is one of the basic starters of the deck. Your go-to search is Floowandereeze & Eglen so you can easily climb to your level 10s. Ratio: Play three copies.   Floowandereeze & Eglen Floowandereeze & Eglen is your usual follow-up search from Floowandereeze & Robina. It is your gateway to access any level 7 or higher Winged-Beast monster from your deck to your hand. Ratio: Run three copies.   Floowandereeze & Stri Floowandereeze & Stri is your go-to bird to banish a card from either GY. It combos well with Floowandereeze & Toccan to help you banish the Floowandereeze cards in your graveyard if they happen to be placed there. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies.   Floowandereeze & Toccan Floowandereeze & Toccan allows you to recycle your banished Floowandereeze card, whether a monster or a Spell or Trap. Ratio: 1-2 copies.   Floowandereeze & Empen Floowandereeze & Empen is your go-to boss monster in this deck as it fetches your Floowandereeze Spell/Trap cards and acts as a floodgate for attack position special summoned monsters. This disables link monsters from attempting their effects as they are always summoned in attack position, and Empen ensures he’s the king of the battlefield as it can reduce the attack/defense of the opponent’s monster it is battling to half at the cost of banishing a card from your hand! Ratio: Run 1-3 copies.   Floowandereeze X Snowl Floowandereeze X Snowl is your secondary boss monster that could turn all your opponent’s special summoned monsters face-down on their turn at the cost of banishing a card from your hand on their turn. It can also help in dealing piercing battle damage while it is face-up. Ratio: 0-1 copy.   Floowandereeze and the Magnifent Map Floowandereeze and the Magnificent Map helps you search the required Floowandereeze card that fits your scenario and helps you land your combos safely. By banishing another level 1 Floowandereeze monster from your deck, your first Floowandereeze level 1 normal summon that searches (Robina or Eglen) are safe from a potential Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring for as long as you place the triggering effect of the banished level 1 as chain link 2. On your opponent’s turn, it allows you to immediately Normal Summon 1 Floowandereeze monster when your opponent Normal summons a monster. Ratio: Run 3 copies.   Floowandereeze and the Advent of Adventure Floowandereeze and the Advent of Adventure has three purposes: Search a Floowandereeze monster or Floowandereeze Field Spell, help you gain additional 500 life points, and allow you to dodge a potential targeting hand trap by banishing the Floowandereeze monster you summoned that you need to trigger to continue your combo. It’s a versatile spell card that boosts your deck’s consistency. Ratio: Run 3 copies.   Floowandereeze and the Unexplored Winds Floowandereeze and the Unexplored Winds is a nice addition to the deck to help you use your opponent’s card as a material for your Tribute summons. Since this (1) effect doesn’t activate, it can help you clear your opponent’s Expurrely Noir, as Noir is only unaffected by activated effects. Its second effect allows you to shuffle back up to 2 Winged-Beast monsters in your hand to the bottom of your deck to draw additional cards, allowing you to dig for better cards to start your flight and unbrick your hand from high-level Winged Beast monsters. Ratio: Run 0-1 copy in the main or side deck.   Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town is your go-to trap card to search from Floowandereeze & Empen. It provides additional interruption by allowing you to normal summon 1 Level 4 or lower Winged Beast monster when activated (preferably on your opponent’s turn) to bring out interruptions such as Raiza the Mega Monarch or Mist Valley Apex Avian. It also has a graveyard effect that can change all the monsters your opponent controls to face-down defense position by banishing itself when you tribute summon a Level 7 or higher monster. Ratio: Run 1-2 copies.   Floowandereeze and the Scary Sea Floowandereeze and the Scary Sea can help shut down all the special summons of your opponent’s monsters if it successfully negates the special summon of a monster in exchange of allowing them to Normal summon/set up to 3 times that turn. However, it can only negate special summons that do not start a chain (aka inherent special summons), so the activation window is quite limited, and you would want to prioritize searching Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town instead. Ratio: Run 0-1 copy.   Honorary “Floowandereeze” tech cards One strength of the “Floowandereeze” strategy lies in the tech cards you can run in this deck. Aside from your immunity to Maxx “C”, below are additional cards that you can consider: Raiza the Mega Monarch This is your go-to Winged Beast monster for card removal and can potentially block your opponent’s next good draw by placing one of the targeted cards on the top of their deck. Ratio: Run 1-2 copies.   Mist Valley Apex Avian This provides an instant omni-negate, especially when your opponent forces your Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town to be activated (when they are about to enter the battle phase for Evenly Match or they activate board wipes). Ratio: Run 1 copy. (Main Deck or Side Deck)   Dimension Shifter Aside from using Dimension Shifter to tame Snake-Eyes and other graveyard-reliant decks from progressing, it can also prevent your opponent from using popular interruption cards such as Effect Veiler, Droll & Lock Bird, and Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit. It also provides additional utility to Floowandereeze & Toccan, allowing it to recycle more targets. Ratio: Run 2-3 copies. (Asian English allows up to 3 copies, the more the merrier :D)   Harpie’s Feather Storm Harpie’s Feather Storm allows you to shut down your opponent’s monster effects for the turn it resolves for as long as you control a WIND Winged Beast monster. This can easily be achieved as Eglen, Empen, Mega Raiza, Apex Avian, and Toccan. Ratio: Run 1-3 copies in the main deck or side deck.   Sample Decklist Since “Floowandereeze” is now available in Creation Pack 05, below is a sample list using the Asian English format. Main Deck: 40 Monsters: 23 3 Floowandereeze & Robina 3 Floowandereeze & Eglen 2 Floowandereeze & Stri 1 Floowandereeze & Toccan 2 Floowandereeze & Empen 1 Raiza the Mega Monarch 1 Mist Valley Apex Avian 3 Maxx “C” 3 Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3 Dimension Shifter 1 Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo   Spells: 13 3 Floowandereeze and the Magnificent Map 3 Floowandereeze and the Advent of Adventure 1 Floowandereeze and the Unexplored Winds 2 Pot of Extravagance 2 Pot of Duality 2 Pot of Prosperity   Traps: 4 1 Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town 3 Infinite Impermanence   Extra Deck: 15 3 Downerd Magician 3 Divine Arsenal AA-Zeus – Sky Thunder 1 Super Starslayer TY-PHON Sky Crisis 2 Drytron Fafnir 1 Tantrum Toddler 1 S:P Little Night 1 Accesscode Talker 1 Underworld Goddess of the Closed World 2 Linkuriboh   Basic Strategy and Gameplay   Basic Combo: Normal summon Floowandereeze & Robina> Use its effect to add Floowandereeze & Eglen Immediately normal summon Floowandereeze & Eglen > Use its effect to add Floowandereeze & Empen. Tribute summon Floowandereeze & Empen> Use its effect to add Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town> Chain Robina and Eglen from banished and recycle them back to your hand (or leave one of them as banished for potential chain block next turn. On your opponent’s turn. Activate Floowandereeze and the Dreaming Town to normal summon Floowandereeze Robina/Eglen> Eglen search Raiza the Mega Monarch or Mist Valley Apex Avian and tribute summon them using your Robina and Eglen etc. Tip: When using the effect of Raiza the Mega Monarch, you can target itself and return it to hand when it effects resolve. This ensures that when you use Floowandereeze and Dreaming Town, you can tribute summon the same Raiza the Mega Monarch in your hand and use its effects again.   Summary Understanding the current meta and knowing how to counter popular decks will give you an edge when using Floowandereeze. Adjust your deck and side deck accordingly to handle different matchups. The more you play, the better you’ll understand the nuances of your deck. Playtest against various opponents to refine your strategy and improve your decision-making. Floowandereeze deck offer a lot of versatility, so use that to your advantage. Remember, the most important part of any game is to enjoy yourself. Floowandereeze is a fun and unique deck, so have a blast experimenting with different strategies and combos. I hope this guide captures the spirit you’re looking for! This has been ArcKnight of RespectYGO. Happy Dueling! 😊