PvP Best Decks & Tier List [Mar 15]

This page notes decks in Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Links and their rating to help players build their own decks.

update 15/03/2023

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Tier List [Mar 15]

Mekk-Knight and Salamangreat Code Talker are demoted as a Tier 3 Decklist.
Burning Abyss, Madolche, and Rose Dragon are removed from the Tier List.
Crusadia and Rokket/Borrel are removed from the High-Potential List.

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Salamangreat	Salamangreat Code Talker
The Phantom Knights	Rose Dragon

Deck tier list [Post-Banlist Prediction]

NOTES

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Tier list

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

Meta decks

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

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).

There are currently no Tier 0 decks

Tier 1

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

The Phantom Knights

	Cost
	Tier
	1
	Expensive

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Deck	Cost	Tier
Phantom Knights	Expensive	1

Tier 2

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

Infernoid

	Cost
	Tier
	2
	Expensive

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Deck	Cost	Tier
Infernoid	Expensive	2

Tier 3

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

Code Talker

	Cost
	Tier
	3
	Expensive

Gouki

	Cost
	Tier
	3
	Expensive

Mekk-Knight

	Cost
	Tier
	3
	Expensive

Mekk-Knight Code Talker

	Cost
	Tier
	3
	Expensive

Salamangreat

	Cost
	Tier
	3
	Expensive

Salamangreat Code Talker

	Cost
	Tier
	3
	Expensive

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Deck	Cost	Tier
Code Talker	Expensive	3
Gouki	Expensive	3
Mekk-Knight	Expensive	2
Mekk-Knight Code Talker	Expensive	3
Salamangreat	Expensive	3
Salamangreat Code Talker	Expensive	2

High Potential

These decks are high potential as the Top Tier Decklist.

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Deck	Cost	Tier

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Anonymous

So wait... Why did Fur Hire drop to Tier 1?

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Because they shouldn't have been Tier 0 in the first place dude

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

They are definitely Tier 0, but after the banlist, they are definitely Tier 1.

Anonymous

Cards that need to be add to the semi limited list: Dyna, Wiz, amazon princess, vison hero vyon, TTH and spell book of fate.

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

i like this, also lets limit one of every card...

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

make the game balance by only allowing 1 copy of each card in a deck

Anonymous

People complain f2p decks, but also complain konami for nerf gems. the most noobs in this aren't the one who played sylvans or plays fur hire, are the ones that the only word they know is "🔥" thinking that their decks needs a high iq to be played.

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Pattern

This will be the continues pattern.

New box releases a strong deck.
If its f2p or cheap to build,the majority of players move to this box.
Therefore it will be played the most.
It gets nerfed because its played the most.

New box gets released, if its f2p or cheap to make it will take the place of the previous nerfed box as most played.
Etc.

Dont stare 🔥 on most played for nerfs.

Meanwhile georgia and noble knight are super unbalanced but fly under the radar as they are not the most played.

In short.
Dont play decks that the majority plays as those will already get nerfed (up to overnerf possibly) for being seen a lot. Regardless if they are also too strong or not.

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<< Anonymous(Pattern)

Fuyukaze Reply

Geargia and Noble Knights aren't that unbalancef because they rely on one and two things respectively. Geargia needs to be at least getting the first turn if you don't want TTH or SB Banish to slaughter you and get Ties of the Brethren in their opening hand. Noble Knights just need to get Turn 1 as any set of cards, as long as they're running Balance, will grant them disruption the next Turn.

<< Anonymous(Pattern)

Fuyukaze Reply

*unbalanced

<< Anonymous(Pattern)

Fuyukaze Reply

TL;DR: They're coin toss decks to play. If they go first, they have high chances of winning. If they go second, their chances to win fall way beyond 50% because of TTH and Canadia, respectively.

<< Anonymous(Fuyukaze)

Anonymous Reply

Both very expensive. For Geargia you need multiple copies of Ties of Brethen for it to be at least decent. They are URs from different box. As for Noble Knights, there are absolutely mandatory URs and SRs too for it to be decent but at least they are from the same box

Anonymous

This game is very easy to learn,you play decks that konami tells you to play or you never win. simple

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

And thay's why you never have fun and will make complains when current op meta got nerved, pfff typical

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

If you say this before this month's banlist I can understand, but now?

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

He is right to a certain extent. You need to spend so many Gems just to build a decent deck by getting multiple copies of URs/SRs from different boxes. Miss any of those key powerful cards and your f2p deck is thrash at best. Complaining is more enjoyable than playing with f2p decks against super expensive decks. This game is quite p2w, typical of Komoney.

Anonymouse

Imo the fh nerf won't change much, cause people can still run one Dyna and two Donpas (or one Donpa and one E-con). A more punishing nerf would be to semi Donpa and Beat/Wiz and perhaps still limit Dyna. As for the Beatdown nerf, people can run The Tie That Binds instead for the lower level monsters.

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<< Anonymous

Fuck fur hire Reply

It's not about if u can win with mhero or not but using mask change is kinda brainless move all 12 year old hero players use to win in 4klp

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

sorry to say that, but either your deck isn't well built or you are just a bad player, bro. I've been playing MH for the last 4 months and reached KOG every season. MH is by far one of the best decks in the hands of a good player ;)

<< Anonymous

Fuck fur hire Reply

In the hands of a good player?? All you do is use chalice cyclone swithheroo celestial poly trunade and spam mask change so skillfull only those 12 year olds will fail with a broken deck like masked hero...

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Lol 🔥 🔥

Anonymous

New packs come in and form the new meta, while old cards seldom use it that often. YuGiOH supposed to be a mixture of variety card types that have a fair balance to each other. I quitted this game because its boring knowing that the new pack will dominate the meta, whats the point of yugioh then?

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Anonymous

Oooh nooo, vampire is the next on the top tier list. Come on players, ask konami to limit vampires NOW !
Lets 🔥 it when its popular !

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

I hope you dont mean spellbook with silent magician as brain required.
It is among the easiest decks in this game atm.
Spellbook rotations are figured out in a few min.
Silent magician removed all the brain that normal spellbook required to keep its monsters alive.
As silent magician is so durable.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Vampire requires a bit more thinking than Fur Hire.

Plus, it's not cheap at all. Running Vampire in Ranked pretty much requires you to get 2-3 Gozuki and Samurai Skull.
Not only Gozuki is an UR, but also, Gozuki and Samurai Skull are in two different main boxes. So that's three boxes (1 mini and 2 main) you have to open.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

This deck is anything but F2P. Even if you only use one Gozuki, you still have to search through Generation Next and Resonance of Contrast for Samurai Skull and Vampire Grace. Getting 3 cost rare cards easily 100 packs on avg minimum. On top of all the searching through Empire of Scarlets and Crimson Kingdom for Gozuki... one of the most expensive decks tbh. NOT F2P AT ALL.

<< Anonymous

Spellbook f2p player Reply

True my I'm f2p and my 25 card dmoc tricky spellbook needs alot of thinking and they released this p2w version silent spellbook which is super easy to use and too strong my gems on that vision box is now a waste just like sylvan and fur players

Anonymous

I think people complain too much. Personally I think half the game is finding ways to beat the meta without losing to rogue decks. It's not like meta decks are completely unbeatable, but you're too busy whining to make your own deck better.

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<< Anonymous(jack in the box)

Yang Reply

Correct, if FH were suddenly gone, rogue decks in the Tier 2 and 3(as put there by GameA, though I would argue against), would actually be making a comeback(assuming Konami can predict this and nerf all of them to monopolize the meta). Even my research indicates that against Tier 0 decks, Tier 2 and 3 decks(as put there by GameA again) have only about 50% chance of winning.

<< Anonymous

Fuyukaze Reply

People just hate control decks, don't they? Noble Knights can easily defeat FH by destroying upon Summon with Drystan. Geargia can beat them by teching in Forbidden Chalice that way, with Balance, they can get either a Chalice or TotB. Balance pretty much assures you have a sure tech in your hand.

<< Anonymous

Fuyukaze Reply

Not to mention, Geargia and Spell Absorbing Life can also wipe their Field upon Summon.

<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

Every time I lose to the Fur hire, it's because of the Enemy controller.

They spam the field and then take away your monster, so cheap

Blackless-Raven

Better throw in the new vampire deck in tier 1. That deck seems too beat everything. I've even beaten the furry deck quite a few times with it. Still need Vampire Scot/mage though. Dumb that they won't release him, but make the furry deck. -.-

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<< Anonymous(Blackless-Raven)

Fuyukaze Reply

They seem to struggle against control decks though, like NK and Geargia (2 of the most prevalent control decks). Once your Kingdom is out and you don't have a Grimson, you're pretty much dead.

Anonymous

Vampires tier 0?

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<< Anonymous

Anonymous Reply

If it ever becomes T0 (which I doubt), it would be the most expensive T0 in the game lol

You need to open a total of 4 boxes (2 main 2 mini) just to get the most optimal build. Even worse part, you need multiple copies of an UR from one of the main boxes.

Fur Hire Hater

I don't think Masked Hero are a Tier 1 Deck now

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<< Anonymous(Fur Hire Hater)

Fur Hire Hater Reply

I don't think Masked Hero AND Spellbook are a Tier 1 Decks now (Sorry for the bad english)

<< Anonymous(Fur Hire Hater)

Anonymous Reply

I‘d say that Spellbook is still Tier 1 because it does very well against Fur Hire (and also pretty decent against every other top tier deck)

<< Anonymous(Fur Hire Hater)

Chrisbanlis Reply

as a MH player i tell you they are the second best deck after fur hire. they get countered by amazoness but that is it. they dominated every other deck. it is an extremely aggro deck and very consistent. that is why they rank it below amazoness, its counter but against the rest decks it wrecks them

<< Anonymous(Chrisbanlis)

Anonymous No. 2 Reply

How does that favor the point that it's the second best deck after Fur Hire?
Amazoness is like 50% of all decks in Plat and Legend.

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Tier List [Mar 15]

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