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Alien: deck recipe [August 2020]

Duel Links Alien deck, Alien in the current meta, how to use.
update 11/08/2020

Overview

One of the new archetypes added with the latest box “Abyssal Encounters”, is the Alien archetype. This archetype revolves around putting “A-Counters” on your opponent’s monsters. These monsters will lose attack/defense when battling an Alien monster but you can also use very powerful and versatile spells/traps that interact with these A-Counters.

This deck, while some versions add some UR/SRs from other boxes, can be easily made by a F2P/Budget-player because most cards are R(ares) from the latest box.

Required Card Boxes

Generation Next Galactic Origin Blades of Spirit Valiant Souls Cybernetic Rebellion Dark Dimension Selection Box Vol. 03

Example deck

Standard Version

Alien AmmoniteAlien AmmoniteAlien AmmoniteAlien OverlordAlien WarriorAlien Kid
Alien TelepathAlien TelepathAlien DogCosmic CycloneCosmic CycloneA Cell Recomposition Device
A Cell Recomposition DeviceA Cell Recomposition DeviceFiendish ChainFiendish ChainFloodgate Trap HoleFloodgate Trap Hole
Powerful RebirthPowerful Rebirth----
Stardust Chronicle Spark DragonCoral DragonArmades, Keeper of BoundariesCosmic Fortress Gol garCosmic Fortress Gol garOld Entity Hastorr
[Skill] descriptionUser
Switcheroo
Can be used each time your Life Points decrease by 1000. Return 1 card in your hand to your Deck and draw another. This skill can only be used once per turn and twice per Duel.
Bandit Keith
Bandit Keith

Invoked Version

Aleister the InvokerAleister the InvokerAleister the InvokerAlien AmmoniteAlien AmmoniteAlien Overlord
Alien WarriorAlien KidAlien TelepathAlien TelepathInvocationEnemy Controller
Enemy ControllerA Cell Recomposition DeviceA Cell Recomposition DeviceA Cell Recomposition DeviceFiendish ChainFiendish Chain
Floodgate Trap HoleFloodgate Trap HolePaleozoic CanadiaPaleozoic Canadia--
Invoked PurgatrioInvoked PurgatrioInvoked PurgatrioInvoked CocytusCosmic Fortress Gol garCosmic Fortress Gol gar
[Skill] descriptionUser
Balance
Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck. This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card (Monster, Spell, and Trap) in your Deck.
Zane Truesdale
Zane Truesdale

How to Use

Invoked Engine

Aleister the Invoker
Aleister the Invoker
DARK Spellcaster ★4
ATK 1000 / DEF 1800
Dark Dimension [UR]
(Quick Effect): You can send this card from your hand to the GY, then target 1 Fusion Monster you control; it gains 1000 ATK/DEF until the end of this turn. If this card is Normal Summoned or flipped face-up: You can add 1 "Invocation" from your Deck to your hand.
Invocation
Invocation
Normal Spell
Dark Dimension [UR]
Fusion Summon 1 Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, using monsters from your hand as Fusion Material. If Summoning an "Invoked" Fusion Monster this way, you can also banish monsters from your field and/or either player's GY as Fusion Material. If this card is in your GY: You can target 1 of your banished "Aleister the Invoker"; shuffle this card into the Deck, and if you do, add that card to your hand. You can only use this effect of "Invocation" once per turn.
Invoked Purgatrio
Invoked Purgatrio
FIRE Fiend ★8
ATK 2300 / DEF 2000
Aerial Assault [UR]
"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 FIRE monster
This card gains 200 ATK for each card your opponent controls. This card can attack all monsters your opponent controls, once each. If this card attacks a Defense Position monster, inflict piercing battle damage to your opponent.
Invoked Cocytus
Invoked Cocytus
WATER Dragon ★6
ATK 1800 / DEF 2900
Dark Dimension [R]
"Aleister the Invoker" + 1 WATER monster
Cannot be destroyed by your opponent's card effects. Your opponent cannot target this card with card effects. This card can attack while in face-up Defense Position. If it does, apply its ATK for damage calculation.

Alien Ammonite

Alien Ammonite
Alien Ammonite
LIGHT Reptile ★1
ATK 500 / DEF 200
Cybernetic Rebellion [UR]
When this card is Normal Summoned, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Alien" monster from your Graveyard. Destroy it during the End Phase.

Alien Overlord

Alien Overlord
Alien Overlord
DARK Reptile ★6
ATK 2200 / DEF 1600
Abyss Encounter [R]
You can remove 2 A-Counters from anywhere on the field to Special Summon this card from your hand. Once per turn, you can place 1 A-Counter on each face-up monster your opponent controls. (If a monster with an A-Counter battles an "Alien" monster, it loses 300 ATK and DEF for each A-Counter during damage calculation only.) You can only control 1 face-up "Alien Overlord".

Can either be normal summoned with one tribute, or special summoned by removing 2 A-counters from a card on the field. You can put one A-counter on each of your opponent’s monsters once per turn which is a great way to get all your other effects rolling or just make your Alien monsters stronger than your opponent’s, this is because for each A counter on a monster, when that monster battles one of your Aliens they’ll lose 300 atk/def for each A counter on it.

Alien Telepath

Alien Telepath
Alien Telepath
FIRE Reptile ★4
ATK 1600 / DEF 1000
Abyss Encounter [R]
Once per turn, you can remove 1 A-Counter from a monster your opponent controls, and destroy 1 Spell or Trap Card. (If a monster with an A-Counter battles an "Alien" monster, it loses 300 ATK and DEF for each A-Counter during damage calculation only.)

Once per turn, each one of your Alien Telepaths can destroy a spell/trap card on the field in exchange for removing one A counter from one of your opponent’s monsters. Keep in mind to do plays in the right order, for example if you want to take control of a monster with brainwashing beam that has more than 1 A counter, you can first remove one counter with Alien Telepath to destroy backrow and then follow up by taking control of it.

Alien Warrior

Alien Warrior
Alien Warrior
EARTH Reptile ★4
ATK 1800 / DEF 1000
Abyss Encounter [R]
When this card is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, place 2 A-Counters on the monster that destroyed it. (If a monster with an A-Counter battles an "Alien" monster, it loses 300 ATK and DEF for each A-Counter during damage calculation only.)

Alien Kids

Alien Kid
Alien Kid
LIGHT Reptile
ATK 1600 / DEF 700
Abyss Encounter [N]
Cybernetic Rebellion [N]
Place 1 A-Counter on all monsters Special Summoned to your opponent's side of the field. (If a monster with an A-Counter battles an "Alien" monster, it loses 300 ATK and DEF for each A-Counter during damage calculation only.)

“A” Cell recombination Device

A Cell Recomposition Device
A Cell Recomposition Device
Quick Spell
Abyss Encounter [R]
Target 1 face-up monster on the field; send 1 "Alien" monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, place A-Counters on the targeted monster equal to the sent monster's Level. During your Main Phase, except the turn this card was sent to the Graveyard: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; add 1 "Alien" monster from your Deck to your hand.

Probably the most amazing card in this deck. Not only is it an easy way to get a lot of A-counters on your opponent’s monsters, you get to thin your deck by sending an Alien monster to the graveyard (which can be brought back with Powerful Rebirth for example).
It also has an effect that can be activated from the graveyard (but not the same turn you activated it) which allows you to draw an Alien monster in exchange for banishing this card from the graveyard, so you can search for whatever Alien works best in your current situation. Usually the best Alien to search is Alien Overlord. You can then remove the A-Counters you put with "A" Cell Recomposition Device to special summon Alien Overlord. Alien Overlord will then use his effect to spread A-Counters on the field again.

This is a quick-play spell card which can make a lot of plays possible. For example you can activate this card when your opponent attacks and immediately follow it up with brainwashing beam to take control of that monster. Effectively stopping their attack, defending your monsters and making your field stronger thanks to theirs.

Revive

Powerful Rebirth
Powerful Rebirth
Continuous Trap
Kings Resonance [SR]
Blades of Spirits [SR]
Activate this card by targeting 1 Level 4 or lower monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target. Increase its Level by 1 and ATK and DEF by 100. When that monster is destroyed, destroy this card.

Extra Decks

Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon
Stardust Chronicle Spark Dragon
LIGHT Dragon ★10
ATK 3000 / DEF 2500
Chronicle of Glory [UR]
1 Tuner Synchro Monster + 1 or more non-Tuner Synchro Monsters
Must be Synchro Summoned, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn, during either player's turn: You can banish 1 Synchro Monster from your Graveyard; this card is unaffected by other cards' effects for the rest of this turn. If this card in its owner's possession is destroyed by an opponent's card (by battle or card effect): You can target 1 of your banished Dragon-Type Synchro Monsters; Special Summon it.
Coral Dragon
Coral Dragon
WATER Dragon ★6
ATK 2400 / DEF 500
Chronicle of Glory [UR]
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
Once per turn: You can discard 1 card, then target 1 card your opponent controls; destroy it. If this Synchro Summoned card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can draw 1 card. You can only use this effect of "Coral Dragon" once per turn.
Cosmic Fortress Gol gar
Cosmic Fortress Gol gar
LIGHT Reptile ★5
ATK 2600 / DEF 1800
Cybernetic Rebellion [UR]
"Alien Ammonite" + 1 or more non-Tuner "Alien" monsters
Once per turn, you can select any number of face-up Spell or Trap Cards. Return those cards to their owners' hands, and distribute new A-Counters among monsters on the field equal to the number of cards returned. Once per turn, you can remove 2 A-Counters from anywhere on the field to destroy 1 card your opponent controls.
Armades, Keeper of Boundaries
Armades, Keeper of Boundaries
LIGHT Fiend ★5
ATK 2300 / DEF 1500
Secrets of the Ancients [UR]
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monstersIf this card attacks or is attacked, your opponent cannot activate cards or effects until the end of the Damage Step.
Old Entity Hastorr
Old Entity Hastorr
WIND Reptile ★4
ATK 2300 / DEF 1000
Masters of Shadow [SR]
1 Tuner + 1 or more non-Tuner monsters
If this card is sent from the Monster Zone to the Graveyard: You can target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; equip this card from your Graveyard to that monster. That monster cannot attack, also its effects are negated. If this card leaves the field while equipped to an opponent's monster by this effect: Take control of the monster this card was equipped to.

Skills Suggestion

[Skill] descriptionUser
Switcheroo
Can be used each time your Life Points decrease by 1000. Return 1 card in your hand to your Deck and draw another. This skill can only be used once per turn and twice per Duel.
Bandit Keith
Bandit Keith
[Skill] descriptionUser
Balance
Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck. This Skill will not activate unless you have at least 6 of each type of card (Monster, Spell, and Trap) in your Deck.
Zane Truesdale
Zane Truesdale

Other Useful Cards

Brainwashing Beam
Brainwashing Beam
Continuous Trap
Abyss Encounter [R]
Select 1 monster with at least 1 A-Counter on your opponent's side of the field, and take control of that monster. During each of your End Phases, remove 1 A-Counter from that controlled monster. If all A-Counters are removed from that monster, or that monster is destroyed, destroy this card.

A very strong swing card which allows for a lot of OTKs. You can take control of one of your opponent’s monsters that has one or more A-counters on it. You can keep control of that monster as long as this trap remains on the field; during your end phase you remove one A counter from that monster, if there are no A counters left this trap is destroyed. With this trap you can quickly change the state of the board field by taking control of your opponent’s monster for multiple turns.

You can take control of a monster during its attack, to stop that attack, plus it’s only during your end phase that an A counter is removed, and not during each end phase.

Works great together with “A” cell recombination device because it allows you to easily take control of one of your opponent’s monsters for 4 turns.

Mysterious Triangle
Mysterious Triangle
Quick Spell
Abyss Encounter [SR]
Destroy 1 monster on the field with an A-Counter. Then, you can Special Summon 1 Level 4 "Alien" monster from your Deck. Destroy it during the End Phase.

Another big swing card that makes OTKs possible. You can destroy a monster with an A counter on it and special summon a level 4 Alien from your deck (it’s destroyed during the end phase). A big thing to keep in mind is that you can also destroy one of your own monsters with an A counter, which you can do after that monster already attacked. You can also do that if the monster you took with Brainwashing Beam is about to lose all its A-counters during this end phase, you destroy it (so your opponent doesn’t get it back) and you get a new monster from your deck.

Comments

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Anonymous
So my question to the crowd is what do yall think are the best spell/traps to support aliens?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Cosmic Cyclone, Forbidden Challice, Wall of Disruption
Anonymous
With the upcoming nerf on e-con and restart, should I continue using restart?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Maybe try to use parasite infestation or balance. If both always give you terrible start hands, then back using restart.. but youre auto lose if your hand after restart is bad like no recombination/grey as a draw power or you cant stalling for 2 turns.
And i think 3 to 2 econs isnt a big deal for aliens.
Anonymous
well f2p player are pretty stuck with this come on a easy deck to play to get who goes for other grindy decks like amazon and other craps
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
fck that sylvans they look ugly as hell i rather lose than play with a deck with full of cabbages they are grindy as fck i made alein in hours but sylvans revolve around rose lover and she's a 🔥 to get ur hand on
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
wow my 🔥 got censored
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
i means biiitch
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
sylvan is cheap as balls, built the 3 shroom one with free to play gems from other events. Only took me roughly 8k gems out of my 12k i had saved up. Deck is great at pissing everyone off. i have 5 versions of the deck so it isn't as brainless as you think.
Anonymous
Anyone getting to KOG with this?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Most likely not, especially in the current OTK meta.
<< Anonymous
Malefic Reply
Me, it's still extremely powerful. Just need some tweak to counter those Sylvan plebs
<< Anonymous
Malefic Reply
Btw here's my decklist. Apparently I only have 1 of each Chalice, Divine Wrath and Memory Loss. It would be better if you throw in more Chalice than the other 2
<< Anonymous(Malefic)
Anonymous Reply
Btw, how you beat sylvan & amazon with this deck?
Anonymous
What do you guys think of alien mars? It negates all effects from monsters with A-counters. Have any of you guys experienced with this card yet?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Way too slow in the current format not recommended
Anonymous
WCS 2018 players don't know how to deal with Aliens, you can even 🔥 on Sylvan's with a good opening hand.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
How so?? Sylvans shut me down and I've been playing aliens for a while.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
If you get a decent hand and don't get your field nuked on their first excavation, you can usually win.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I usually do get nuked.. and only have one ultimate Providence.. no divine wrath/punishments..
cyka
Still the best deck imo. Tried sylvan but they flat out lose to cyber angels.

And by running restart I have over a 50% winrate against Sylvan's which rely a bit too much on luck.
<< Anonymous
Kk Reply
But ultimate providence can completely destroy sylvan too XD. Easy by alien
<< Anonymous
blyat Reply
Meh, that's not what I've experienced. I've been running Aliens with a super-special-secret card in it that has high synergy; no difference other than that one card, and I typically beat Sylvan at least 3 out of every 5 times. Sylvan is completely dependent on having the cards on top of the deck in the right order, whereas Aliens, with careful planning and forethought, can outmaneuver anything.
<< Anonymous(blyat)
Anonymous Reply
A good sylvan player can abuse the effect of guardioak and hermitree to control their card on the top of the deck so they are not "completely" dependent in having the card on the top of the deck in the right order.

Or they can be super lucky and excavate 3 marshalleaf and 2 komushroomo
<< Anonymous(blyat)
Anonymous Reply
So what's this secret card to shut down sylvans?? I need to know lol. Also, I disagree a tad, they can outmaneuver a lot of decks, but what you can out maneuver kinda depends on your spell/trap support cards
Anonymous
How can I read the Names of the Cards in that small pictures? ._.
<< Anonymous
Felgrand Sugar Daddy Reply
You don't read the cards, you recognize them.
<< Anonymous(Felgrand Sugar Daddy)
Anonymous Reply
I cant, pretty new to Yugioh Duel links
Anonymous
I am surprised that many players don't know how to handle alien deck in world champ 2018 , i am currently at DLv.15
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
lol i just got to lvl 15 using a kiaba deck.
Anonymous
Alien overlord reduce atk def of monster by 600
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Bro do you even read and math?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Which anon you're talking to
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
The Op anon obviously duh
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Oh I thought I'm right hahaha
Anonymous
Lion Alligator doesn't synergize with alien counters but the piercing catches many opponents by surprise
Anonymous
To be honest is it just me or os there like a specific deck that have a higher brick rate with certain character or what... I used Alien with Kaiba and it run well with Beatdown but when I tried to use it with Dr. Crowler with the same skill it bricks every freakin time. Same goes with Restart skill as well. Eveb though restarted it still bricks with Crowler :(
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
With Crowler you have to use AG or you lose ;)
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
yes when you try aliens with a new character it works very well tried it with Bakura just to grind him some skills and in almost every duel it gives me a really good hand
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
My Crowler has Life Boost Alpha, and Aromage deck runs just fine on him.

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