Six Samurai Synchro: deck recipe [Oct 2020]

“Six Samurai” is an archetype of Warrior-Type monsters that was originally introduced in Blades of Spirit and whose main strategy revolves around swarming the field with multiple Level 4 or lower monsters.

This is a Synchro Deck that primarily focuses on Summoning Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En by utilizing a Level 4 “Six Samurai” non-Tuner and the Level 1 Tuner Secret Six Samurai - Fuma.

Fuma is a Level 1 Warrior-Type Tuner, making it a great pair with any level-4 Six Samurai to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En. Being a Six Samurai monster, you can Normal Summon it and then Special Kizan from your hand as its synchro pair.

Fuma's floating effect lets you Special Summon a Six Samurai monster from the deck. This lets you slightly stall during the opponent's turn and prepares a level-4 to use as synchro material the next turn.

Lastly, Fuma's graveyard effect lets you protect a Six Samurai from effect destruction. This lets you protect Shi En after Synchro Summoning him with Fuma. Notably this can defend against cards like Shiranui Spiritmaster.

Legendary Secret can Special Summoned after Normal Summoning Fuma and will mostly be used as synchro material alongside Fuma. Occasionally you can use Legendary Secret's second effect to banish Shi En or Grandmaster to push damage.

If you control another face-up "Six Samurai" monster, you can Special Summon Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan from your hand.

• Normal Summon Secret Six Samurai - Fuma, Special Summon Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan and then Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En.
• Activate Shien's Dojo, Normal Summon Kizan, Special Summon Fuma from the Deck and then Synchro Summon Shi En.

Even if you don’t have Legendary Six Samurai - Kizan in your opening hand, you can still activate Six Samurai Unite, Normal Summon Secret Six Samurai - Fuma, send the Continuous Spell to the Graveyard and potentially draw into it.

For a card that can get rid of two monsters, the activation condition is actually quite easy and has no additional cost. The only actual challenge is not summoning too many monsters in a swarm deck such as this, but this can easily be played around.

Don't overextend your monster zone. After making Shi En, set Dual Wield and don't summon anymore monsters till you activate it during the opponent's turn. When timed correctly this can completely stop your opponent's combo and force them to end their turn.

Duel Wield can also be used defensively when you open a bad hand. For example, opening with Fuma as your only monster, you can Normal Summon him and defend him with Duel Wield.

One nuance of Shi En's negation is that it only negates the activation of a card not the activation of an effect. This is important to remember because effects activated from the graveyard are popular in many modern builds, and these cannot be negated by Shi En. Shi En also cannot negate Spell/Traps already present on the field such as a previously activated Black Whirlwind.

That said, Shi En is still a powerful monster to have onboard and his negation effect is still relevant for stopping combo pieces. Notably you want to stop Spell/Traps that can bring out powerful monsters (i.e. Neos Fusion, Invocation, and other Fusion Spells), searchers, and combo pieces that give your opponent resources. During your turn you want to use this to negate battle traps such as Drowning Mirror Force and Wall of Disruption.

The protection effect is fairly okay since you would rather destroy any other Six Samurai monsters than the Shi En you spent effort making. It is also notable that this can trigger Fuma's search

Can be hard to make since most of the Six Samurai in this build are EARTH. But if you do manage to make it the non-destruction banishing removal can be good for getting rid of problem cards.

The protection effect is not really helpful since you don't want Rihan going to the graveyard. Losing a monster like Rihan that you spent 3 cards to make will likely lose you the Duel or put you at a severe disadvantage.

Grandmaster has a similar Special Summoning condition to Kizan. Pair him with Fuma to make level-6 Synchros.

Grandmaster's floating effect is unlikely to activate since his ATK is low enough for your opponent to just attack over. The most likely situation where it would be triggered is if your opponent uses Black Rose Dragon.

Making Rihan for his removal effect is not always viable; You spend 3 Six Samurais making him and you spend another Six Samurai as effect cost. A less costly alternative for removing a problem monster is crashing HTS Psyhemuth.

Summoning Wayne is usually done to push damage for an OTK. For this Special Summon a beater like Kizan or Kizaru. Having more monsters on the field also boosts the effectiveness of The Tie that Binds.

The best monster to Special Summon is Kizaru so that you can activate his search effect to fetch Fuma, or you can search Legendary Secret for more swarming.

Use this to revive a Six Samurai and then immediately use it to Synchro Summon. You will most often be reviving Fuma since he is your only Tuner. Another reason to revive Fuma is to stall the opponent's attacks and get another search.

Note by Milansta:

So I stumbled upon this old test build and decided to give it a try. And wow. It worked amazingly! So many combos that can be used, plus Enishi can really help you get you that sweet win since nobody expects Enishi in a 2020 samurai deck! Most important thing is to know when to OTK and when to play slow and trick your opponent into helping you summon Enishi. This is a samurai deck for the veteran users of samurai who also happened to be bored of the standard formula. Enjoy and good luck!

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