The best Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links decks
If you’re into card collecting, the chances are you’re a Yu-Gi-Oh fan, which means you likely enjoy mobile games such as Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links. It’s a collectable card game that tasks you with collecting monsters to make your deck as powerful as it can be. Of course, some potential Duel Links decks are more powerful than others, ones that are more likely to secure your victory.
Therefore, we’ve taken it upon ourselves to look at some of the Duel Links decks that we feel are worth a shot in the mobile card game. Naturally, you’re likely to go into the title with some sort of preference, much like people preferring certain types in Pokémon. As such, we dive into a range of choices. Besides, it’s always better to have a contingency plan.
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Without further ado, here are the best Duel Link decks.
Harpies
Let’s kick things off with the harpies deck. This is a terrific beginner deck, especially if you happen to have an aggressive playstyle – we can relate to this. We also like taking the fight to the opposition. Not only is this deck highly aggressive, but it’s also relatively cheap to create, which will help you in the early going.
Recommended cards:
- Harpie Channeler x3
- Book of Moon x3
- Cyber Slash Harpie Lady x2
- Harpie Perfumer x2
- Hysteric Sign x3
- Raigeki Break x1
- Cyber Harpie Lady x2
- Harpie Harpist x2
- Heraldry Patriarch x1
- Harpie Lady x2
- Elemental Hero Neos x1
- Forbidden Chalice x2
- Hysteric Sign x2
- Fiendish Chain x2
- Abyss Dweller x1
- Diamond Dire Wolf x1
- Forbidden Lance x2
- Harpie’s Feather Rest x1
Magnet Warriors deck
If you’re after a deck that offers you versatility when it comes to monsters, we suggest giving the Magnet Warriors deck a try.
Not only that, but the deck has the consistency that others lack, offering you stability that can help you achieve victory over your adversaries. Oh, and we should mention that it’s one of the few decks that allow you to use an increased number of cards, helping you to conquer most of what is thrown your way.
Recommended cards:
- Delta the Magnet Warrior x3
- Alpha the Electromagnet Warrior x2
- Berserkion the Electromagna Warrior x1
- Gamma the Electromagnet Warrior x2
- Beta the Electromagnet Warrior x3
- Cosmic Cyclone x2
- Enemy Controller x2
- Magnetic Field x3
- Book of Moon x3
- Fiendish Chain x2
- Diamond Dire Wolf x2
- Leviair the Sea Dragon x1
- Powerful Rebirth x3
- Gamma the Electromagnet Warrior x2
- Mystical Space Typhoon x3
- Gorgonic Guardian x2
- Number 20: Giga Brilliant x1
Abyss Actor deck
This is a great deck that utilises your side deck perfectly.
On top of that, it has a heavy emphasis on pendulum summons, a feature that not many other decks dive into. As such, you can transcend your monsters to XYZ summons that bit easier.
Recommended cards:
- Abyss Actor – Mellow Madonna x3
- Abyss Actor – Wild Hope x3
- Malevolent Sin x1
- Rise of the Abyss King x2
- Abyss Actor – Sassy Rookie x2
- Opening Ceremony x1
- Abyss Dweller x1
- Steelswarm Roach x1
- Fire Dragon’s Lair x2
- Abyss Actor – Superstar – x2
- Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation x1
- Mystical Space Typhoon x2
Melodious deck
The Melodious deck is a great option if you’re looking to counter some decks that rely heavily on special summons. More than that, the boss fusion monster card is incredibly difficult to remove from the battlefield. In fact, the chances are that it will remain in battle for the duration of the match, unleashing havoc on the opposition.
- 1st Movement Solo x3
- Schuberta the Melodious Maestra x3
- Soprano the Melodious Songstress x2
- Drowning Mirror Force x2
- Bloom Prima the Melodious Choir x2
- Mozarta the Melodious Maestra x1
- Treacherous Trap Hole x2
- Karma Cut x2
- Unending Nightmare x2
- Bloom Diva, the Melodious Choir x2
- Book of Moon x1
- Mystical Space Typhoon x2
- Super Team Buddy Unite Force x2
- Enemy Controller x1
- Score the Melodious Diva x3
- Shopina the Melodious Maestra x1
Gaia deck
Okay, so you might notice that we tend to lean towards an aggressive playstyle, so here’s another deck that provides you with ample opportunity to cause some damage. The Gaia deck features many hard-hitting monsters that are sure to leave a mark on the opposition. More than that, the conditions in which they need to be summoned tend to be easier to achieve, meaning you’re going to have an attack-heavy force in no time.
Recommended cards:
- Gaia the Magical Knight x3
- Curse of the Dragonfire x3
- Gaia the Magical Knight of Dragons x3
- Sky Galloping Gaia the Dragon x2
- Darkflare Dragon x1
- Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin x1
- Forbidden Chalice x3
- Dark Armed, the Dragon of Annihilation x1
- Santa Claws x2
- Book of Moon x2
- Treacherous Trap Hole x1
- Gaia the Fierce Knight Origin x1
- Lord Gaia the Fierce Knight x1
- Galloping Gaia x2
- Dragon’s Mirror x2
- Ardeus, Keeper of Armageddon x1
Hopefully, these Duel Links decks come in handy and help you secure victory. However, if you need a break from card collecting, you should check out our picks for the best mobile shooters.
15 Best Dragon Decks In Yu-Gi-Oh!, Ranked
Yu-Gi-Oh!’s most supported Type in the entire game is by far Dragons. They are incredibly popular, and thanks to their numerous support cards, are among the best kinds of decks in the game.
There are a ton of Dragon Archetypes that have appeared throughout Yu-Gi-Oh!’s history, with some standing out as the best in the game.
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There have been plenty of strong Yu-Gi-Oh! decks that utilized splashable Dragons, but these decks utilize nothing but Dragon Monsters as their main game plan. Since there have been so many powerful Dragons that have come and gone from the metagame, these decks in particular are the best Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon Decks in the game.
Updated October 3, 2021 by Johnny Garcia: Yu-Gi-Oh! is in the middle of the most exciting time to be a player. After years of waiting for an official simulator, Konami has delivered with the upcoming Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Duel Links has been getting some love as well, with Pendulum Monsters and Arc V World added to the game. Not only that, an entirely new format, Cross Duel, is on the horizon, a new way to play the game with four players.
The physical card game is still going strong as well, with the popular reprint, Mega Tin, releasing plenty of powerful cards from this year’s Sets, including the premiere of Crossout Designator.
15 Armed Dragon
Armed Dragon is one of the earliest Archetypes, released early on during the GX Era. The Armed Dragon Archetype is one that utilizes the LV mechanic and is one of the best Archetypes for it.
Armed Dragon is an iconic Monster, and its deck is a solid choice for any aspiring Dragon duelist. Thanks to its iconic status, Armed Dragon continues to see a ton of new support cards, with the Armed Dragon Thunder series of Monsters modernizing the Yu-Gi-Oh! deck, allowing it to compete in the modern era with faster strategies.
14 Draco
Draco is a series of Dragon Pendulum Monsters that can build you a ton of advantage quickly while locking down the opponent’s board. Draco also has Wyrm Type Monsters in its arsenal, often dubbed as an extension of Dragons.
Dracos tend to want to pop their own cards in order to use effects they get from doing so, or in some cases setting up the Extra Deck for Pendulum Summons. It’s one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! decks for Control strategies, and has spent time on the banlist for how good it is.
13 Rokket
Rokket is a fantastic Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon deck, utilizing both Synchro and Link Monsters. Rokket Monsters and their support cards can easily swarm the field. The Link Monsters can bring out more field presence, to then go into powerful Boss Monsters to shut down the opponent.
Rokket has plenty of ways to recur their Monsters, making it hard to get rid of them permanently. They can constantly bring themselves back out to set their field up all over again. They benefit from the plethora of powerful Cyberse Link Monsters, often synergizing with them and played together.
12 Stardust
Stardust is the ace Monster of Yusei, the protagonist of the 5Ds anime. Since then, Stardust has taken the reigns as one of the best Archetypes that came from a main character of the show.
Stardust Dragon spent a long time as the staple Synchro for almost any deck.
Over the years, Stardust has been given more support cards and upgrades in the Synchro pool. Cards like Shooting Quasar Dragon were meta-defining, and still game-winning to this day. Synchro Monsters have some of the best support cards, allowing for easy Synchro plays to bring out powerful Boss Monsters.
11 Red Dragon Archfiend
Red Dragon Archfiend has a Synchro-focused deck, often used in tandem with Resonators to help bring them out easier. There are plenty of Red Dragon Archfiend Monsters, with nearly all of them appearing in the meta at one point or another.
Red Dragon Archfiend is one of the most iconic Yu-Gi-Oh! dragons and thanks to this has become one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon decks out there. They have no problem wiping a field, with some able to interrupt the opponent with negates. The Synchros are very easy to make, and there’s enough that you’ll have an answer to just about every gamestate.
10 Odd-Eyes
Odd-Eyes is a part of the deck of choice from Arc V’s protagonist Yuya, and is a part of its own larger Archetype. Odd-Eyes utilizes a ton of Pendulum Monsters, and can make use of both generic Dragon and Pendulum support cards in order to make for a consistent strategy.
Odd-Eyes is incredibly versatile, with access to every kind of Extra Deck Monster with the exception of Links. By splashing in some generic Link Monsters, Odd-Eyes decks can flood the field with powerful Extra Deck Monsters to stomp out opponents.
9 Malefic
Malefic Monsters spent a long time being more of a joke Archetype than anything. Due to their restriction of only being able to have one Malefic Monster on the field, they saw close to no play. However, with recent support, Malefic has become a solid Yu-Gi-Oh! deck choice.
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The Malefic deck uses Dark versions of famous Dragon-Type Monsters by banishing the original counterpart.
Luckily, a lot of these are Extra Deck Monsters, making the deck very consistent. Recent support has allowed more than one Malefic to be on the field, allowing for powerful Malefic Dragons to flood the field.
8 Hieratic
The Hieratic series of Monsters was one of the first solid Rank Eight engines for Xyz Monsters. Rank Eight is one of the best Ranks in the game, the only better one being Four, making Hieratic one of the best Xyz-focused Dragon decks in Yu-Gi-Oh!
Hieratic Monsters can utilize a ton of effects that Special Summon while advancing their game state. They are one of the few decks that want to run Normal Monsters, as the entire deck is focused around them. Since they can cheat out Monsters so easily, they’re the best Rank Eight Xyz deck.
7 Dragonmaids
Dragonmaid is one of the most recent Archetypes, and has become incredibly popular among the player base. Each Dragonmaid card has a human form that can tag into their Dragon selves and vice versa.
The Dragonmaid deck is a solid Link engine, but can be played on its own just as well. Dragonmaids have solid negate effects that can shut down the opponent’s key plays. It takes some patience, but Dragonmaids reward players who hold back negates for when they’ll make the most impact. They’re a new Archetype, meaning they’ll likely continue to see support to improve this Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon deck even more.
6 Dragunity
Dragunity was one of the first powerful Dragon-Type Archetypes that got released into the game and still stands as one of the best. They’re a powerful engine, but equally powerful and capable of performing on their own.
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Dragunity cards can very easily be searched out with generic Dragon support and their Field Spell Dragon Ravine that can also act as a Foolish Burial for Dragon Monsters. Dragunity can Synchro out a ton of their Boss Monsters, and set up a formidable field that’s tough for your opponent to deal with.
5 Red-Eyes
Red-Eyes spent a long time in the shadow of the more popular and powerful Blue-Eyes, but thanks to multiple waves of support, Red-Eyes can stand up to its Blue-Eyes rival. Red-Eyes cards have a lot of ways to be searched out, allowing them the consistency that other Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon decks dream of.
Red-Eyes also have multiple ways to play the deck. It can be played as a burn deck that has the potential to FTK (first turn kill) the opponent, as an aggressive deck, or even a control deck. Having access to Red-Eyes Dark Dragoon is also never a bad thing, as it’s one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! Fusion Monsters.
4 Chaos Thunder Dragon
Thunder Dragons are a Dragon deck in all but name, with the Thunder Dragon part being Thunder Monsters instead. However, the Chaos half of the deck makes up for it, consisting purely of Dragons.
Chaos Thunder Dragons are incredibly consistent, and Chaos support allows them to flood the field with power Dragon Monsters.
Since they’re all either Light or Dark Attributes, as well, they have even more access to some of the best cards in the game. Chaos Thunder Dragons don’t even need their Extra Deck to be good, making them much better than their competition.
3 Blue-Eyes
Blue-Eyes White Dragon has been around since the very first set of Yu-Gi-Oh! It’s one of, if not the most iconic Monster in the game, and as such, as had a ton of support given to it over the years. As such, there’s a ton of cards that led to Blue-Eyes being one of the best Dragon decks, even winning a Worlds event once.
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Cards like Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon and Trade-In, Blue-Eyes decks are one of the most consistent decks in the game. There’s a ton of ways to play the deck, as well, with Ritual, Control, and OTK variants.
The Rokket Archetype was meant to be a Link engine, and it is one of the most playable ones in the entire game.
They are all Dragon Monsters, and can utilize the many Dragon support cards that have been printed over the years like Dragon Ravine and World Legacy Guardragon.
Dragon Link is fantastic going both first and second, as they are capable of building a near unbreakable board with a ton of negates, or swinging in for a bunch of damage for a clean OTK (one turn kill) consistently. Dragon Link rarely gets hit by the banlist, and is one of the best modern Yu-Gi-Oh! Dragon decks out there.
1 Dragon Rulers
The Dragon Rulers are widely considered to be one of the best Yu-Gi-Oh! decks of all time, let alone the best Dragon deck. Dragon Rulers were so powerful, many of them are banned except for the Wind Dragon Ruler Tempest.
Dragon Rulers are one of the most consistent decks of all time, and have been slowly seeing themselves be given more freedom as they get freed from the banlist. They can flood the field easily, and proceed to go into powerful Synchro and Xyz Monsters.
