Noble Knight: deck recipe [Jan 2021]

Noble Knight monsters usually have the own set of useful effects, but this build will include the most relevant Noble Knight monsters to be used in conjunction with their Noble Arms Spells. The fastest combo is to Normal Summon Noble Knight Medraut, equip it with any Noble Arms, and Special Summon Noble Knight Drystan to the Field in Defense mode. This deck has options to either obtain Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr to allow your Noble Knight monsters to destroy set cards, or to get Noble Arms of Destiny for protection. The main strength of this deck is to utilize Noble Knight Drystan’s effect to destroy any face-up card, when it is equipped with any Noble Arms equip Spell.

Medraut plus any Noble Arms is all you need to get your Xyz plays going.

1. Normal Summon Medraut then equip him with a Noble Arms to Special Summon Borz.
2. The Noble Arms attached to Medraut is destroyed and given to Borz.
3. Borz lets you fetch a Noble Arms which you will attach to Medraut.
4. Use Borz and Medraut to make Sacred Artorigus.
5. Equip Sacred Artorigus with the Noble Arms in your graveyard.

Drystan has a good removal effect but doesn't really contribute to the deck's new Xyz spam playstyle. Nonetheless, he is still worth running, and can occasionally be used to get rid of problem cards.

You can use Medraut's effect to Special Summon Drystan from the deck. Attach the destroyed Noble Arms to Drystan and get rid of an enemy card. Then equip Medraut with another Noble Arms to make Sacred Artorigus.

Borz's search effect is somewhat random, but this isn't much of a problem since most of the time any Noble Arms would do. If you want a specific Noble Arms, you can select multiple copies of it so that it's more likely to be chosen.

If she's still in the deck, you always want to chose Gwenhwyfar as one of the search targets. Gwenhwyfar will be useful whether she goes to the hand or graveyard; but especially in the graveyard where she can be reused.

Another Xyz enabler. Normal Summon Brothers and Special Summon a Noble Knight to make the Rank-4 Artorigus. Brothers is best used mid to late game when you have a graveyard loaded with Noble Arms, ideally including Gallatin. Additionally, Rank-4 Artorigus has an arguably better effect than Sacred Artorigus in terms of OTK potential; being able to clear enemy backrow paired with a high ATK stat (equip Gallatin and Gwenhwyfar) makes for a deadly combination.

Pellinore has a great effect for gaining card advantage. Noble Arms equips are able to recover themselves after being destroyed so you spend nothing by using this effect. Destroying an opponent's monster is decently good, and on top of that you also get a free draw.

Gwenhwyfar is a versatile recyclable equip card, so you should get her in the graveyard early with Borz's effect. Most of the time she'll be attached to a LIGHT monster as protection from destruction. This is true for your Xyx monsters and Drystan. Equipping her to Medraut or Borz is also viable as a way to get rid of powerful enemy monsters.

Attaching her to a Noble Knight is an ignition effect. This works well when attaching her to Drystan for on-demand removal.

As a combo starter, you can summon Merlin then tribute him to Special Summon Medraut. After that proceed with Medraut's combo into Sacred Artorigus.

The third effect can be used during your Battle Phase to quickly make an Xyz monster and deal additional damage. You can also use this in response to an enemy effect activation to dodge it.

Glory of the Noble Knights equips a Noble Arms directly from the deck. This can be useful in Medraut's combo into Sacred Artorigus. You can attach the searched equip to your Noble Knight Xyz; something like Gallatin which you only have one copy of.

Glory can also be used to during the opponent's turn, particularly when you control Drystan. This lets you use Drystan's effect during the opponent's turn. You can also quickly attach Gallatin to a Noble Knight for a sudden ATK boost when your opponent declares battle.

In order to use Noble Arms’ effects efficiently, you have to understand what each of them does, and which are more suitable to be used in which situation. All Noble Arms share the effect of re-equipping themselves to any Noble Knight monster you choose, when they are destroyed and sent to the Graveyard. In other words, you can keep destroying them with card effects and they will still be re-equipped as long as there are Noble Knight monsters. You can only control 1 of each Noble Arms on the Field.

Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr is good for clearing backrow so you can attack safely. Especially useful against backrow heavy decks like Weather Painter. The downside is that the ATK loss is permanent even if you remove Noble Arms - Arfeudutyr from your Field. However, this won't be a problem if you activate Arfeudutyr's effect while attached to a Noble Knight that is about to be used for Xyz material.

Generally, Noble Arms of Destiny is the most used because of its ability to protect your Noble Knight once ever turn. This makes your Noble Knight Xyz quite sturdy, requiring the opponent to spend multiple removal effects to get rid of it.

Even considering your Extra Deck monsters, the overall ATK stat of this deck is quite low. Gallatin fixes this with a huge 1000 ATK boost, that can be transferable between monsters. Rank-4 Artorigus works well with Gallatin due to his inherent backrow clearing ability, giving you an opening to OTK.

Even with Arfeudutyr, the backrow removal in this deck might not be enought. You also won't be summoning Rank-4 Artorigus as much as Rank-5 Artorigus so he won't be as reliable. To give Sacred Artorigus the OTK potential of Rank-4 Artorigus, run these backrow removal techs.

It's relatively easy to excavate two cards with the first effect. This cycles a card out of the deck and gives you information on your next turn draw. The second effect is usually used to bring Drystan out in a pinch; he will most likely be the only one available since you only have one copy, and Medraut with Borz is part of your main combo.

Easily summoned with the Medraut combo; most of the time, this will be your go-to Xyz. Equipping Noble Arms from your graveyard is strong because it gives you a ton of effects. Prioritize Noble Arms of Destiny first for protection, and then Gallatin for ATK boost. For the third Spell/Trap slot, you can equip Gwenhwyfar for more protection and slight ATK boost.

Sacred Artorigus' removal effect is useful but nothing special. Use this to get rid of things you can't run over in battle.

Has a similar effect with Sacred Artorigus that lets you attach multiple Noble Arms from the graveyard. Summon Artorigus with Noble Knight Brother's combo. Rank-4 Artorigus' backrow wipe effect lets you attack the opponent safely, making him more suited for OTKs.

Summon Gaia Dragon by using a Sacred Artorigus that has already spent its materials and has already been debuffed a lot by Gallatin. Gaia Dragon is a more stable beater because it doesn't rely on equips, and the piercing effect is also a plus.

Custennin is a good "safe" option to summon if you're not going on the offensive. His removal effect lets you spend all his materials at once to remove multiple enemy cards. Equally important, his floating effect is great because you'll still get to use Sacred Artorigus or King Artorigus' recovery effects.

Custennin can also be used offensively if your opponent is down to 1500 or less LP. Summon Custennin and use his effect to clear the way for a direct attack.

All your Noble Knights at their base are Level-4 LIGHT monsters, giving you access to Constellar Omega for a beater immune to backrow effects.

Zubaba General is the strongest monster in your deck if you have the resources to invest in him. He can be a bit more difficult to make than your Noble Knight Xyz, but still manageable. You also need to equip him with monsters from your hand to turn him into a significant beater. But at his best, you're looking at a 5000+ ATK beater.

Attack position effect is good for running over powerful monsters. Defense position effect is good for stealing wins when your opponent is at 400 or less LP.

Effectively a 2-for-1 removal, only make Diamond Dire Wolf as a last resort option.

Summon Samurai only to deal a ton of direct damage with his double attack effect.

Comment from Popie195:

My noble knight deck utilizes disruptive traps on top of the already powerful strategy. What makes it slightly unique though is the use of treacherous trap hole and solemn scolding over karma cut and raigeki break. Too often the discard is too heavy in a grind game and the meta is very normal summon reliant and multi monster based solemn takes care of normals and treacherous decks like tellarknight and noble knights. Canadia and Floodgate are there as well as they are well rounded against synchro based strategies such as blackwings.

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