Shiranui: deck recipe [Mar 18]

Gozuki can get you a ton of graveyard setup if you keep it alive long enough, this is fairly easy to accomplish with the amount of backrow in the deck. Mill Spectralsword first, then mill Solitaire on your next turn.

On your first turn, you can Normal Summon Shiranui Squire and Special Summon Spectralsword from your deck. Use Level Augmentation to increase either one of their levels by 4, then make Shiranui Sunsaga. This puts a powerful beater with self protection on your field. You can also do this combo later in the duel to make use of Sunsaga's removal effect.

When banished, use Squire's effect to cycle your deck. discard Solitaire or Spiritmaster to later banish and trigger their effects. You can also discard Spectralsword to prepare making a Synchro monster.

Summon Solitaire and tribute him to Special Summon any of your Tuners from the deck. This can let you make a Synchro monster, but more importantly gets Solitaire in the graveyard where he can easily be banished to use his effect.

Banish Solitaire in your graveyard alongside Spectralsword to make Samuraisaga. Solitaire's effect will then revive the banished Spectralsword, which you can pair with Samuraisaga to make Shiranui Shogunsaga. Shogunsaga can then banish Samuraisaga to greatly boost his ATK and debuff an opponent's monster by 500. If your opponent has no backrow this can result in an OTK.

Another way to banish Solitaire and trigger his effect is to banish him as cost for Sunsaga's protection. Because of Solitaire's importance in the graveyard, you should mill him with Gozuki or Samurai Skull if you already have Spectralsword in the graveyard and don't intend to use Spiritmaster's removal effect.

Its monster removal effect sounds risky to use since it involves battling, but it can be used when you set the monster down and the opponent attacks into it.

The ATK boost is pretty sizeable for a level 4, but the graveyard banish also synergizes with the other Shiranui cards to make follow-up plays.

If you don't open with Squire, Spiritmaster is the next best thing assuming you also have Spectralsword on hand. Normal Summon Spiritmaster and Special Summon Spectralsword from your hand. Use Level Augmentation to increase either monster's level by 4 and make Sunsaga. However, this combo will banish your Spectralsword without letting you use its graveyard effect. But you do get Spiritmaster in the graveyard, so when you use Sunsaga's protection effect you also get to destroy a card.

Another way to do this combo is to Normal Summon Spiritmaster and Special Summon Solitaire from your hand or graveyard. Tribute Solitaire to Special Summon a Tuner and, since the Solitaire Special Summoned by Spiritmaster will be banished upon leaving the field, Solitaire will let you revive a banished monster.

The problem with this combo it usually won't work on your first turn. Having Spiritmaster, Spectralsword/Solitaire, and another level-4 monster in your opening to make Sunsaga is fairly uncommon so you will only be making Samuraisaga or Squiresaga most of the time.

Like Solitaire, Spiritmaster is a great monster to put in your graveyard with Gozuki or Samurai Skull. But while Solitaire is put to the graveyard as a combo extender, Spiritmaster is used for his removal effect. Banish Spiritmaster as cost of Sunsaga's protection or Spectralsword's graveyard effect.

There are two ways to use Spectralsword Shade. Firstly, you can Special Summon it with Squire or Spiritmaster to make Squiresaga. Second, you can use it to revive two banished monsters usually including a Spectralsword to make a Synchro monster.

Use Spectralsword's graveyard effect to make Archfiend Zombie Skull. Normal Summon Spectralsword Shade and tribute it to revive the banished Spectralsword and its pair to make Samuraisaga. This puts Spectralsword back in your graveyard, ready for later use.

Spectralsword is an essential piece in practically all your combos. Your first turn should always involve getting Spectralsword on the field or in the graveyard.

A workable opening hand would have Gozuki, Samurai Skull, or Solitaire. Normal Summon Gozuki or Samurai Skull to mill Spectralsword, or Normal Summon and tribute Solitaire to Special Summon Spectralsword. Let your opponent destroy your monster and use your backrow to prevent an OTK. On your next turn make a comeback by using Spectralsword's graveyard effect.

When summoning Squire or Spiritmaster, you would usually want to make Sunsaga first because of its high ATK stat and inherent protection effect. But making Squiresaga is also a valid play if you suspect your opponent has battle traps Sunsaga can't defend against, like Drowning Mirror Force or Wall of Disruption. To make Squiresaga, Special Summon Spectralsword Shade with Squire or Spiritmaster's effect.

Squiresaga's Spell/Trap removal is good for removing problem cards like Necrovalley Temple and Dark Magical Circle, it also helps you get rid of Fiendish Chain attached to another one of your monsters. The permanent ATK boost is nice because it affects all your monsters, making them formidable beaters over time. Lastly, Squiresaga's cost lets you banish Shiranuis and get their effects off, which is especially good with Spiritmaster for on-demand removal.

Occasionally, you get the chance to banish a Zombie Synchro with Squiresaga's effect letting you destroy a monster. This might not be the best choice since you want to pair the Synchro monsters in your graveyard with Spectralsword and synchro climb. Instead, stick to banishing Spiritmaster for monster removal.

A powerful boss monster that the deck can summon since it has its own protection effect, lets you destroy multiple cards without targeting, and also recovers banished synchro monsters back to the extra deck.

It works best if you have multiple synchro monsters in the grave/banish pile so that you get multiple card removals, but this can be somewhat slow since it usually relies on setting up Spectralsword for your next turn.

If you use Spectralsword in the grave with Solitaire, you can end up with Shogunsaga on your field, then you can normal summon another Spectralsword to reach Sunsaga.

If you use Spectralsword in the grave with another monster to make Samuraisaga, you can normal summon Solitaire to tribute itself to special summon another Spectralsword from your deck. Synchro into Shogunsaga and banish the Solitaire to special summon a banished Spectralsword to make Sunsaga.

Synchroing into Sunsaga directly with 2 level 4 monsters on your field can work too, but it won't come with any card removal effect if you don't have any other synchro monsters. It can still be a decent play since Sunsaga has a protection effect.

The slowing down of this deck's Synchro ability means that Shogunsaga will replace Sunsaga as your beater. The first effect temporarily boosts his ATK by a lot, especially if you banish Samuraisaga. The floating effect lets you return a banished Samuraisaga to the graveyard in preparation for a second Shogunsaga.

Only make Samuraisaga when Synchro climbing. It's onfield effect is barely usable unless your oppponent controls really weak monsters or you have a Shogunsaga banished.

However, the effect when banished synergizes well with Shogunsaga especially since you'll be using Samuraisaga as material for it.

Useful as an opener but can be bricky in the later turns, especially if you play a lot of disruption traps to protect your monsters. The special summon restriction after using it matters if you use non-Zombie extra deck monsters too.

Use this to special summon Solitaire so you can use its effect to special summon Spectralsword from the deck. With another level 4 monster, you can already synchro and sets up Spectralsword's graveyard effect for the next turn.

Shiranui decks are very reliant on their backrow, now more than ever due to the limiting of most of their archetype. Powerful control backrow are used to compensate their slow-paced Synchro Summoning.

Needle Ceiling can clear the field of multiple opposing monsters, setting up an opportunity for you to go on the offensive. Since you want cards like Solitaire and Spectralsword in the grave anyway, using a card like this that can destroy even your monsters works quite well since it also sets you up for your next turn.

However, it's important to note that Needle Ceiling can also destroy your own monsters, so you should be careful when using it and try to use it when you have a clear advantage on the field. Alternatively, you can avoid getting destroyed by using Book of Moon on your own monsters.

Similar to Floodgate Trap Hole but less permanent. It has the advantage of not requiring you to activate it upon a monster's summoning. Because of this, you can also use Canadia to protect your monsters during battle.

Getting a free body onboard when a Trap is activated and Canadia is in your graveyard is good. Unfortunately, you won't be using it for anything except catching attacks and occasionally deal extra damage.

Similar to Archfiend Zombie-Skull, Revived King Ha Des can only be summoned with Spectralsword's effect. Its effect essentially prevents your opponent from activating any floating effects.

Archfiend Zombie Skull in this deck can only be summoned with Spectralsword's graveyard effect. The mass protection from destruction effects is nice especially since all your Shiranui Synchros, except Sunsaga, have zero forms of protection. Having Archfiend Zombie-Skull alongside Sunsaga, means that Sunsaga won't have to use his own protection that often in case you are running out of Shiranuis in the grave.

When Archfiend Zombie-Skull is in the graveyard, use him to make Shogunsaga. And then revive him and Spectralsword from the banish zone with Spectralsword Shade. You can then use Spectralsword with Shogunsaga to make Sunsaga.

Avendread Savior is a strong addition to a Shiranui Deck as it provides additional offensive and defensive options. Its ability to send Zombie monsters from the Deck to the Graveyard during damage calculation allows for efficient removal of opponent's monsters and damage reduction. This can help set up your graveyard for Synchro Summoning and other effects that require monsters in the GY.

Additionally, its Link Summoning requirement of two Zombie monsters fits well with the theme of a Shiranui Deck, and its overall stats of 2100 ATK and 0 DEF make it a formidable presence on the field.

• The Skill Sealed Tombs and the Field Spell Necrovalley can shut down your entire strategy.
• If you Normal Summon Shiranui Squire or Shiranui Spiritmaster to make a Synchro play and their effects are negated (i.e. Forbidden Chalice ), you are pretty much done with your turn. This also applies if they are removed from the field (i.e. Raigeki Break) or put in a position where you can't use them as synchro material. (i.e. Paleozoic Canadia)
• All of your monsters have 0 DEF. A single Sphere Kuriboh or an Enemy Controller and your best monster is gone.

As opposed to Gozuki, Samurai Skull only lets you mill once upon Normal Summon.

However, one aspect where this card is better than Gozuki is its floating effect. This means your field won't be left defenseless after Samurai Skull is removed via card effect. But the monster you Special Summon would most likely be destroyed by battle. Therefore, the best targets for Samurai Skull's floating are Solitaire or Spectralsword; in other words, something you want in the graveyard.

Not a reliable searcher since it only works when it's used as a synchro, but it works well with only 1 copy and Ghost Meets Girl so you can special summon this from the deck.

Post-nerf Shiranui Decks suffer from slow first turns making them very vulnerable early game. Having defensive options like Sphere Kuriboh on hand can help you survive until your plays are setup.

Useful as a disruption tool to stop enemy combos or to dodge certain cards by targeting your own monster.

Cosmic Cyclone can help remove any pesky backrow cards that may hinder their plays. Additionally, banishing the targeted card can be useful against decks that have graveyard-related effects or effects that trigger when a card is sent to the graveyard.

Works well with Gozuki since you'll essentially be able to special summon any monster from your deck.

You can use Gozuki to send Solitaire to the grave and revive with Monster Reborn. Use Solitaire's effect to send itself to special summon Spectralsword. Synchroing with Gozuki will let you use Gozuki's second effect to special summon another monster from your hand by banishing the Solitaire from the grave. Useful as a follow-up if you have another Spectralsword, but it's not always worth it to banish Solitaire early like this.

Losing 800 ATK in exchange for backrow protection isn't a problem for Shogunsaga and Sunsaga; especially a boosted Shogunsaga. This lets you attack safely through a full field of Spell/Traps.

Alternatively this can be used to debuff your opponent's monster during battle.

Great Discruptive Trap by negating 1 face-up monster's effect with block attack while it is Summoned, also prevent it from being using as Extra Deck Summon material.

Very powerful monster removal card that can disrupt your opponent's combo easily.

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