Six Samurai: deck recipe [June 8]

“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.

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.

Grandmaster has a similar Special Summoning condition to Kizan. Pair him with Fuma to make level-6 Synchros. Do this by Normal Summoning Fuma then Special Summoning Grandmaster.

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.

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.

Another decent Beater with 1900 ATK stat and you can add 1 "Six Samurai" monster while he is special summoned by Fuma's, Shien's Dojo's or Return of the Six Samurai's effect.

Enishi doesn't help with the Deck's signature swarm playstyle but instead offers a decent removal effect. Unlike other similar effects, Enishi's can be activated during the opponent's turn so you can use it to bounce combo pieces upon summoning. This is useful for disrupting enemy Xyz and Synchro plays.

The ATK boost effect puts Enishi at a respectable 2200 ATK, but in cases like this where you have three monsters on board you're usually better off making an Extra Deck play instead. So the ATK boost is not too relevant

Main draw engine which can allows you to increase hand card advantages like backrow techs or Six Style - Dual Wield.

This will be the usual starting combo:

Start with normal summon Fuma then special summon Kizan from your hand. After that, send Six Samurai United with 2 counters to draw out 2 cards.

Combo with Level 4 Six Samurai monster to let you special summon Fuma from your Deck for Synchro Summoning Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En easily.

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.

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.

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.

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

One way to make use of Excalibur's ability to double his ATK is by bringing him out to beatdown a powerful enemy monster. But, if possible try to direct attack for an OTK.

Summon Malevolent Sin if you need a non-destruction form of removal. Malevolent Sin temporarily banishes a monster, possibly opening your opponent up for direct attacks. Another thing to note is that banishing an Xyz monster gets rid of all their Xyz materials.

If you can't make a synchro into Shi En, you can Xyz into Roach to be an anti-synchro monster. Additionally, it can also stop certain inherent special summon effect monsters like the ones commonly seen in Thunder Dragon decks.

To perform this combo immediately, you'll need to reduce your LP by a lot. Activate Backs to the Wall at the end of your opponent's turn to be safe, while also performing the LP reduction in time for the start of your turn. This also serves to swarm your field with monsters for making Utopia.

Summon Utopia with the Samurais summoned by Backs to the Wall then immediately upgrade to Utopia Ray. Equip Utopia Ray with the the ZW monster and use up all of Utopia Ray's materials to boost his ATK while debuffing the opponent.

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.

Brionac is a powerful Synchro capable of getting multiple enemy cards off the board. With enough cost, you can even use this effect to field wipe the opponent.

If Brionac can't remove your opponent's boss monster due to targeting immunity, you can instead summon Psyhemuth to crash into it.

When performing the combo, always change your top card to a ZW monster. Any ZW monster would give your Utopia Ray a huge ATK boost, ideal for OTK-ing.

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.

Summon Armades if you need to attack through multiple enemy backrow. While Shi En does have backrow negation, it can only be used once per turn which is why we need Armades.

Needing three monsters as Xyz material can be a bit costly especially in this format, but Six Samurais should be able to manage with their swarming ability. Ouroboros is one of the more powerful Rank-4 Xyz due to having three different good effects that can be used once each while it is on the field. The first effect is a simple yet effective targeted removal effect. The second effect when used early in the Duel, can limit your opponent's plays by reducing their resources. When used correctly, the third effect can get rid of a crucial card in the graveyard.

Against decks that uses same name monsters like Cyber Dragons or Harpies, this is the better Xyz to go into compared to Roach.

This can destroy the monsters before they are even used for the synchro, and can still work even if the monsters are already on the field, unlike Roach who has to be summoned before your opponent synchros.

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