PvP Best decks [18 Feb Updated]

• Vampire promoted as Tier 1 Deck
• Koaki Meiru Decklist Updated
• Tier 1,2 and 3 Deck description added

Koaki Meiru

Decks in Tier 1 and 2 are ones that are known to have achieved good success against other decks/players.

Meta decks are decks that are often commonly used by players in PvP. Meta decks will often change depending on newer cards or strategies, so we will keep updating this page often to keep everyone informed of newer decks.

Tier 0 decks are decks that completely dominate a meta and you either play the same deck or a deck that completely counters it (but loses to almost any other deck).

No deck can currently be classified as Tier 0: even Koa'ki Meiru, the most popular one at the moment, has very clear flaws and quite a few unfavorable matchups.

These decks are very well rounded. They have ways to deal with almost every deck and have very few weaknesses themselves.

Koa'ki Meiru

	Tier
	1
	Cost
	Expensive

Koa'ki Meiru is a very explosive and aggressive deck that can usually OTK most opponents on Turn 2. The fact that this deck is so popular right now should come as no surprise: the ability to end games so quickly and its overall consistency makes it a perfect pick for climbing in PvP. The deck can struggle to put up a decent board on Turn 1, which makes it an easy target for other aggressive decks.

Vampire

	Tier
	1
	Cost
	Expensive

Although it’s not among the most popular decks in PvP right, Vampire is still a very solid pick. Gozuki and Samurai Skull make this deck incredibly consistent, Vampire Vamp provides an easy way of getting rid of high ATK monsters such as Koa'ki Meiru Maximus and Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon and, since no core card is featured in the Forbidden/Limited List right now, this deck can freely run cards like Hey, Trunade! and Enemy Controller.

Quick chart

Deck	Cost	Tier
Koaki Meiru	Expensive	1
Vampire	Expensive	1

Tier 2 decks have a bit more weaknesses than tier 1 decks but your opponent needs to draw them early on.

Buster Blader DNA Surgery

	Tier
	2
	Cost
	Expensive

Buster Blader is able to directly counter Koa'ki Meiru and Blue-Eyes thanks to Destruction Swordsman Fusion. DNA Surgery also allows this deck to significantly hinder, if not completely shut down, Silent Spellbook, Silent Swordsman, Karakuri Synchro and other popular decks. Consistency can still be an issue for Buster Blader

Geartown Turbo

	Tier
	2
	Cost
	Expensive

Geartown Turbo is a very recent addition to the game. This deck is able to Summon multiple 3000 ATK monsters that can almost completely ignore back row and Hand Traps in a single turn. The deck struggles with consistency and can easily fall prey to other aggressive decks.

Masked HERO

	Tier
	2
	Cost
	Expensive

Masked HERO is another deck that didn’t really get any worse: Mask Change and Masked HERO Anki are able to generate early OTKs and Destiny HERO - Decider is a fantastic card against Geartown Turbo, Blue-Eyes and even Buster Blader. Destiny HERO - Celestial’s presence in the Semi-Limited List makes this deck unable to run cards such as Hey, Trunade! and Enemy Controller freely.

Silent Spellbook

	Tier
	2
	Cost
	Expensive

Silent Spellbook is one of the few decks that really doesn’t mind going first in the current meta. Silent Magician and Spellbook of Fate are an incredibly solid combination to start with and Silent Magician LV8 can be a quite problematic card for Koa'ki Meiru and Geartown Turbo decks due to its high ATK. When the deck doesn’t open with Silent Magician, it is notably weaker and going second can actually be detrimental in certain matchups.

Quick chart

Deck	Cost	Tier
Buster Blader DNA Surgery	Expensive	2
Geartown Turbo	Expensive	2
Masked HERO	Expensive	2
Silent Spellbook	Expensive	2

These decks are very strong but have either one big, or a lot of weaknesses.

Karakuri Synchro

	Tier
	3
	Cost
	Expensive

Karakuri Synchro is a remarkably powerful and consistent deck, but, without backrow, it struggles to deal with high ATK monsters, which are quite common in the current meta. Diamond Core of Koa'ki Meiru and Ancient Gear Fortress can make Offerings to the Doomed completely useless and Karakuri Gold Dust is a very situational card that, when added via Karakuri Merchant mdl 177 "Inashichi", has to revealed to the opponent and that Sphere Kuriboh, Paleozoic Canadia and other cards can easily prevent.

Silent Swordsman

	Tier
	3
	Cost
	Expensive

Another relatively recent addition to the game, Silent Swordsman is a pretty powerful deck that, similarly to Silent Spellbook, can deal well with Koa'ki Meiru. Geartown Turbo can give this deck quite a hard time and, without Silent Swordsman out, most aggressive decks can deal with it.

Quick chart

Deck	Cost	Tier
Amazoness (Banish Control)	Expensive	3
Armades Control	Expensive	3
Karakuri Synchro	Expensive	3
Silent Swordsman	Expensive	3

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