This Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel decks guide will list the best decks that are currently dominating the meta. Although some of the cards have been specifically augmented for the Master Duel game and differ in one way or another from their physical counterparts, there is still a lot of power in many of these cards and decks.
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Best Pendulum Deck
Crafting Points
Normal: 120 Rare: 450 Super Rare: 570 Ultra Rare: 390
The pendulum mechanic, which allows cards to be played as both a monster and a spell, is one of the latest additions to Yu-Gi-Oh! card game now getting a lot of attention from many top-tier players.
This deck is built around Heavymetalfoes Electrumite deck master, a card that can summon Pendulum monsters from your Extra Deck. The best part is that this action cannot be negated by your opponents.
Here, both your main and extra decks include a whole variety of Pendulum cards to help you win in matches. The two biggest Pendulum monsters in the deck are Performapal Skullcrobat Joker and Wisdom-Eye Magician that each can summon various types of Pendulum cards from your deck.
If you feel that you need more Pendulum cards, then use the following two spells in the deck: Duelist Alliance and Pendulum Call. Both of these can easily add extra Pendulum cards to your existing roster, thus increasing your chances of winning.
Pendulum Decklist
Deck Master
Heavymetalfoes Electrumite
Monsters
3x Performapal Skullcrobat Joker 3x Wisdom-Eye Magician 3x Performapal Pendulum Sorcerer 3x Abyss Actor - Curtain Raiser 2x Dragonpit Magician 2x Oafdragon Magician 2x Harmonizing Magician 1x Endymion, the Mighty Master of Magic 1x Astrograph Sorcerer 1x Mythical Beast Jackal King 1x Chronograph Sorcerer 1x Double Iris Magician 1x Performapal Celestial Magician 1x Purple Poison Magician 1x Timegazer Magician 1x Tuning Magician
Spells
3x Duelist Alliance 3x Pendulum Call 3x Pot of Desires 1x Star Pendulumgraph
Traps
3x Time Pendulumgraph
Extra Deck
2x Supreme King Dragon Starving Venom 1x Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon 1x Odd-Eyes Meteorburst Dragon 1x F. A. Dawn Dragster 1x Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon 1x Norito the Moral Leader 1x Timestar Magician 1x Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir 1x Evilswarm Nightmare 1x Accesscode Talker 1x Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians 1x Heavymetalfoes Electrumite 1x Crystron Halqifibrax 1x Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Best Virtual World Deck
Crafting Points
Normal: none Rare: 420 Super Rare: 180 Ultra Rare: 240
Since its introduction, Virtual World has quickly become one of the most popular archetypes in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. This deck focuses on banishing monsters from graveyard, and summoning monsters from both hand and graveyard.
The master of the deck is Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen, a powerful monster who can do all the above mentioned tricks. It also banishes enemy cards and it can be special summoned from graveyard, which is super convenient for this type of deck.
Other cards like Virtual World Kirin - Lili and Virtual World Roshi - Laolao allow you to quickly swarm the field with monsters, which can be a big surprise for your opponents that will suddenly face a huge number of threats.
This chain reaction can get a serious boost from such continuous spells like Virtual World Gate - Qinglong and Virtual World City - Kauwloon, making things even harder for your opponents to deal with.
Virtual World Decklist
Deck Master
Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen
Monsters
3x Nibiru, the Primal Being 3x Virtual World Kirin - Lili 3x Virtual World Roshi - Laolao 3x Virtual World Mai-Hime - Lulu 3x Virtual World Xiezhi - Jiji 3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx “C” 3x Droll & Lock Bird 2x Virtual World Hime - Nyannyan
Spells
3x Virtual World Gate - Qinglong 3x Virtual World City - Kauwloon 2x Foolish Burial Goods 2x Pot of Desires 2x Emergency Teleport
Traps
3x Virtual World Gate - Chuche 1x Virtual World Gate - Xuanwu
Extra Deck
1x Geomathmech Final Sigma 1x Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen 1x Vermillion Dragon Mech 1x Cloudcastle 1x Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon 1x Virtual World Beast - Jiujiu 1x Coral Dragon 1x Stardust Charge Warrior 1x Ultimaya Tzolkin 1x Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder 1x True King of All Calamities 1x Gaia Dragon, the Thunder Charger 1x Number 39: Utopia Beyond 1x Constellar Ptolemy M7 1x Virtual World Phoenix - Fanfan
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Best Eldlich Trap Zombies Deck
Crafting Points
Normal: 180 Rare: 570 Super Rare: 240 Ultra Rare: 180
Traps and zombies are a powerful combination, which is evident by the sheer number of Eldlixir spells in this deck that summon zombies.
In this case, you need to put out Eldlich the Golden Lord on the field as soon as possible, using summoning spells, and start swarming the field with an army of zombies.
There are also plenty of defense spells, such as Forbidden Chalice and Forbidden Droplet, in here that will protect your gameplan, and allow you to build up a lot of power relatively quickly.
The deck plays out in a really straightforward way, which makes it not only one of the most powerful decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel, but also one of the easiest to play.
Eldlitch Decklist
Deck Master
Eldlich the Golden Lord
Monsters
2x Eldlich the Golden Lord
Spells
3x Forbidden Chalice 2x Pot of Prosperity 2x Called by the Grave 2x Cursed Eldland 1x Eldlixir of Black Awakening
Traps
3x Eldlixir of Scarlet Sanguine 3x Bottomless Trap Hole 3x Paleozoic Dinomischus 3x Torrential Tribute 3x Lost Wind 3x Dogmatika Punishment 3x Conquistador of the Golden Land 3x Horn of Heaven 2x Huaquero of the Golden Land 1x Solemn Judgment 1x Golden Land Forever!
Extra Deck
2x Five-Headed Dragon 2x Shiranui Shogunsaga 2x ZW - Leo Arms 1x Invoked Mechaba 1x PSY-Framelord Omega 1x Number 84: Pain Gainer 1x Number 35: Ravenous Tarantula 1x Number 61: Volcasaurus 1x Cyber Dragon Nova 1x Knightmare Unicorn 1x I:P Masquerena 1x Link Spider
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Best Thunder Dragon Deck
Crafting Points
Normal: 30 Rare: 210 Super Rare: 510 Ultra Rare: 210
If you enjoy drawing a lot of cards, then this archetype will fit you the best as it is intended to thin your deck by discarding and banishing cards.
All iterations of Thunder Dragon cards in the deck, including the master deck card, trigger different effects when being discarded. Of course, Thunder Dragon Colossus can be fusion summoned in a more traditional way as well, if you wish to do so.
Your spells, such as Allure of Darkness and Chaos Space, allow all your Light and Dark monsters to get banished, thus triggering their own effects.
There are no traps in this deck, as many discard effects have protective abilities of their own.
Thunder Dragon Decklist
Deck Master
Thunder Dragon Colossus
Monsters
3x Thunder Dragon 3x Thunder Dragondark 3x Aloof Lupine 3x Maxx “C” 3x Thunder Dragonmatrix 2x Thunder Dragonroar 2x Batteryman Solar 1x Thunder Dragonlord 1x Chaos Emperor, the Dragon of Armageddon 1x Thunder Dragonduo 1x The Chaos Creator 1x Thunder Dragonhawk 1x Black Dragon Collapserpent 1x White Dragon Wyverburster 1x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Spells
3x Allure of Darkness 3x Chaos Space 3x Book of Moon 2x Thunder Dragon Fusion 1x Instant Fusion 1x Raigeki
Extra Deck
3x Thunder Dragon Titan 1x Thunder Dragon Colossus 1x Twin-Headed Thunder Dragon 1x Sea Monster of Theseus 1x Kaminari Attack 1x Thunder Dragon Thunderstormech 1x Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior 1x Triple Burst Dragon 1x Some Summer Summoner 1x Geonator Transverser 1x Cross-Sheep 1x Predaplant Verte Anaconda 1x Linkuriboh
Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel Best Sky Striker Deck
Crafting Points
Normal: 150 Rare: 390 Super Rare: 270 Ultra Rare: 180
This deck revolves around Sky Striker Ace - Kagari master card, which allows you to put any other Sky Striker spell from your graveyard back into your hand. This lets you recycle plenty of cards until you find one you need the most at the moment, and then bring all other Sky Strikers back into the game.
Obviously, the deck includes several Sky Striker monsters and plenty of Sky Striker spells, such as Mecha, Maneuver, and Airspace.
You can start the game with Sky Striker Ace - Raye, a card that can summon any other Sky Striker Ace monster from your extra deck, and you’ve got plenty of those in there.
In case your monsters get swiped off the field, your biggest savior is going to be Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Cannon, which can put any monster from your opponent’s graveyard and make it protect you instead.
Sky Striker Decklist
Deck Master
Sky Striker Ace - Kagari
Monsters
3x Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring 3x Maxx “C” 3x Sky Striker Ace - Raye 2x Effect Veiler 2x Sky Striker Ace - Roze
Spells
3x Sky Striker Mecha - Shark Cannon 2x Lightning Storm 2x Sky Striker Mecha - Widow Anchor 2x Sky Striker Mecha Modules - Multirole 2x Sky Striker Mobilize - Engage! 2x Mind Control 1x Chicken Game 1x Sky Striker Airspace - Area Zero 1x Sky Striker Maneuver - Afterburners! 1x Sky Striker Maneuver - Jamming Waves! 1x Sky Striker Mecha - Eagle Booster 1x Sky Striker Mecha - Hornet Drones 1x Raigeki 1x Terraforming 1x Upstart Goblin 1x Reinforcement of the Army
Traps
2x Infinite Impermanence 2x There Can Be Only One
Extra Deck
3x Sky Striker Ace - Hayate 3x Sky Striker Ace - Shizuku 1x Sky Striker Ace - Kagari 1x Sky Striker Ace - Zeke 1x Crystron Halqifibrax 1x Knightmare Phoenix 1x Sky Striker Ace - Kaina 1x Hiita the Fire Charmer, Ablaze 1x Ningirsu the World Chalice Warrior 1x Access code Talker 1x Selene, Queen of the Master Magicians
Those are the best decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. If you’re wondering how to unlock secret packs, we’ve got you covered here.
