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Steelswarm: deck recipe

update 29/04/2019

Overview

“Steelswarm” is an archetype of mostly DARK Fiend-Type monsters with 0 DEF whose main strategy revolves around Tribute Summoning. When they are Tribute Summoned by Tributing a monster(s) of their own archetype, “Steelswarm” monsters gain various effects that can range from Special Summoning to removal.

Example Deck

Skull MeisterSphere KuribohSphere KuribohSphere KuribohStygian SecurityStygian Security
Stygian SecuritySteelswarm MothSteelswarm MothSteelswarm MothSteelswarm GirastagSteelswarm Girastag
Steelswarm GirastagSteelswarm CellSteelswarm CellSteelswarm CellSteelswarm ScoutSteelswarm Scout
Cosmic CycloneCosmic Cyclone----

Set Skill

[Skill] descriptionUser
Restart
Can be used only once after starting hands are dealt. Reveal and redraw your starting hand. Your first Draw will be skipped if you use this Skill.
Maximillion Pegasus
Maximillion Pegasus

How to Use

Stygian Security & Steelswarm Scout

When Stygian Security is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, it allows you to Special Summon a Level 1 Fiend-Type monster directly from your Deck.

Use Stygian Security’s effect to Special Summon Steelswarm Scout. Even if your opponent destroys Steelswarm Scout, at the start of your Main Phase, you will be able to Special Summon it back from the Graveyard.

In order to be able to activate this effect, you must control no Spell/Trap Cards and, if Steelswarm Scout is Special Summoned this way, you cannot Special Summon any other monsters for the rest of the turn.

Steelswarm Cell

If you control no monsters, you can Special Summon Steelswarm Cell from your hand.

  • Special Summon Steelswarm Cell and then Tribute Summon Steelswarm Moth or Steelswarm Girastag.

Tribute Fodder

When tributed to summon a Steelswarm monster, Steelswarm Caller special summons a level 4 or lower Steelswarm monster from your deck. Steelswarm Genome counts as 2 tributes for the summoning of a Steelswarm monster, but has terrible stats and must be tributed into Caucastag as soon as you can. You can combo by tributing Caller for Steelswarm Mantis to swarm your field with monsters. With Caller’s effect special summon Steelswarm Genome from your deck to prepare for Caucastag’s summoning. If summoned after this combo, it might be preferable to activate Caucastag’s backrow destruction effect.

Steelswarm Moth & Steelswarm Girastag

When it’s Tribute Summoned by Tributing a “Steelswarm” monster (Steelswarm Cell or Steelswarm Scout), by paying 1000 Life Points, Steelswarm Moth allows you to target up to two cards on your opponent’s side of the field and return them to their hand, whereas Steelswarm Girastag allows you to target a card your opponent controls, send it to the Graveyard and then gain 1000 Life Points.

Both Steelswarm Moth and Steelswarm Girastag have the ability to remove from the field cards your opponent controls without destroying them; their effects can be used to get rid of problematic monsters such as Legendary Six Samurai - Shi En and/or your opponent’s back row, enabling OTKs and/or slowly gaining control of the field.

While it’s true that cards such as Arrivalrivals and Escalation of the Monarchs can be played in order to be able to Tribute Summon Steelswarm Moth and Steelswarm Girastag during your opponent’s turn to disrupt their plays, they usually end up losing a lot of value whenever you are not on the play because of Shi En’s ability to negate their activation.

It should be noted that Steelswarm Moth and Steelswarm Girastag’s effects can be used to return Shi En to the Extra Deck or send it to the Graveyard and enable

Additional Notes

Skills

[Skill] descriptionUser
Restart
Can be used only once after starting hands are dealt. Reveal and redraw your starting hand. Your first Draw will be skipped if you use this Skill.
Maximillion Pegasus
Maximillion Pegasus

Opening with Stygian Security, Steelswarm Cell or Steelswarm Scout and Steelswarm Moth or Steelswarm Girastag is quite important: Restart will allow you to reset a potential weak or unplayable hand.

[Skill] descriptionUser
KaibaCorp Bling
Can be used each time your Life Points decrease by 1800. In the Draw Phase, instead of doing a normal draw, draw a random Prismatic or Glossy Card.
Mokuba Kaiba
Mokuba Kaiba

This Skill has synergy with both Steelswarm Moth and Cosmic Cyclone. You can run a Glossy copy of Steelswarm Cell or Steelswarm Moth / Steelswarm Girastag to be able to draw exactly the card that you need at the right time.

Weaknesses

  • Both Steelswarm Moth and Steelswarm Girastag’s effect target your opponent’s cards, so “Hazy Flame” and, during the turn they were Summoned, “Ancient Gear” monsters (under Ancient Gear Fortress) can be problematic for this deck.
  • Ancient Gear Reactor Dragon and Ancient Gear Wyvern will prevent you from activating Sphere Kuriboh and Stygian Security’s effect.

Comments

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Anonymous
Can I reach to KOG with this example deck?
<< Anonymous(Helxabe)
Oldtimer Reply
Nice. Currently at dlvl20 with steelswarms. Let's get it!
<< Anonymous(Oldtimer)
Oldtimer Reply
Update, 21.
<< Anonymous(Oldtimer)
macsfinest Reply
Which deck?
<< Anonymous(macsfinest)
Oldtimer Reply
Started from this: https://youtu.be/c-CGuHQcTKI
Tweaked based on what I faced.
Dropped 1 Mantis, 1 Ripples, 1 Tool and Arrivalrivals. Added 1 sphere, 2 Gyokkou and Card Advance.
I've hoovered alot between 21 and 22, haven't tried Monstermorph evo yet, but you could do some shennenigans with that and Hercules. It's a fun deck wich can dominate fairly easy or brick so hard.
Good luck.
Photon Jet
Will Yami Bakura with the Balance skill work well with Steelswarms? I thought he is a fitting character since he and this archetype are considered evil.
Thank me later
Monstermorph: Evolution
2x Dynatherium
1x Hercules
3x Longhorn
1x Caller
3x Genome
2x Mausoleum
2x Card Advance
1x Mirror Wall
1x Powerful Rebirth
1x Wall of Disruption
1x Infestation Ripple
2x Infestation Tool
<< Anonymous(Thank me later)
Anonymous Reply
This decklist is absolutely trash, I’ve gone 0-10 in both comp. and PvE. Don’t invest in this guy’s list.
<< Anonymous(Thank me later)
arkomaster Reply
nahh i dont like it, has many cons
Anonymous
what about double coston over caller deck seems to want its beaters out asap. mausoleum + monster evolution + longhorn
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
The best beaters causcatsg longhorn need summon with a least steelsswrn for active his effect
Anonymous
Why does everyone keep forgetting about Arrivals? That card is not so bad in these decks...
<< Anonymous
Fiend Reply
wwhy people forget calling of the Archfiend this card can help resummon cards that are fiends and you can use Recurring nightmare spell to get back cards to the hand and discard and SS any steelswarm lv 5 or higher
Zane lover
My KOG
Anonymous
To be honest the deck is rather slow for some reason.. Haven't got any success with the deck so far. Anyone had a better luck? :(
<< Anonymous
Steelswarm main Reply
I run Monstermorph: Evolution with
2x Dynatherium
1x Hercules
3x Longhorn
1x Caller
3x Genome
2x Mausoleum
2x Card Advance
1x Mirror Wall
1x Powerful Rebirth
1x Wall of Disruption
1x Infestation Ripple
2x Infestation Tool

Customise as you like (I might change it when I get Mantis), it’s been pretty consistent for me so far
<< Anonymous(Steelswarm main)
Anonymous Reply
This list is no better than the garbage gamea one. Don’t waste your time on Steelswarms, people.
<< Anonymous
arkomaster Reply
i made a deck similar to the one above, maybe a little better and i can tell ya that no one can beat me even if my hand is bad, only if its so bad that i cant play noithing i can lose but its very rare because every card goes with another perfectly
Anonymous
Maybe for fun deck like alien for sure not sure can competitive
Veteran33
Why expensive if you don't need reset?
<< Anonymous(Veteran33)
Anonymous Reply
Because they know someone will complain
Anonymous
Look here son... Good archetype in TCG/OCG become trash in DL *cries in Lightsworn*
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Did someone just say neos was good in tcg, my head hurts
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
No, they said Neos was bad in both.

Honestly, there's a lot of archetypes that are good in one, bad in the other, or good in both, or bad in both. Allies of Justice are bad in both, for example. Aliens and Hazy are good here, but bad in the TCG/OCG. Lightsworn is good in the TCG/OCG, but fairly bad here.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Machina is also bad in both. Especially since I don't think we have the boss card Machina Force lol
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Vampire also kinda qualifies. Konami keeps trying to support it for some reason, but it still doesn't become Tier 1.

And in DL Vampires are doing nothing due to lack of proper support.
Anonymous
Atleast can reach you to gold...
Anonymous
It's brick like Donald Trump face, tribute ilswarm archetype are trash until XYZ come.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
XYZ has been in the game for a while though
<< Anonymous
Slep Reply
^ This
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I think he meant Xyz

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