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Nephthys: deck recipe

Duel Links Deck, Dawn of Destiny, Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys, Fire, Best Deck.
update 12/03/2018

Overview

The core strategy of this deck is destroying your own monsters via card effects to trigger their effects. At the center of this deck is Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys which can revive and destroy all spell/trap cards on the field after being destroyed by a card effect. And then there are the Fire King monsters, that quickly can swarm the field and also have great synergy with almost every card in this deck. Goka, the Pyre of Malice and Fire King Island provide support for destroying your own monsters and triggering their effects.

Example deck

Sacred Phoenix of NephthysSacred Phoenix of NephthysSacred Phoenix of NephthysGoka, the Pyre of MaliceGoka, the Pyre of MaliceGoka, the Pyre of Malice
Fire King Avatar BarongFire King Avatar BarongFire King Avatar BarongFire King Avatar YakshaFire King Avatar YakshaFire King Avatar Yaksha
Enemy ControllerEnemy ControllerFire King IslandFire King IslandFire King IslandCard of the Soul
Card of the SoulCard of the Soul----

Set skill

[Skill] descriptionUser
Beatdown!
Boosts the ATK of face-up attack position monsters you control by 300 per level 5 or more monsters you control. You can only use the skill once per turn.

Seto Kaiba

How to use

Add Nephthys to hand

Card of the Soul can search any monster in your deck, but the down side is that the monster has to have a combined attack and defense points equal to your current life points making this card somewhat difficult to use. The best use for Card of the Soul in this deck would be to search for Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys while your life points are still at a full 4000.

Special summon Nephthys

Tribute summoning Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys is not recommended, since destroying him while in your hand is a much quicker and less costly way of summoning him.

Destroy Fire Kings

Fire King monster's effect activates when a monster you control is destroyed by card effects. Their primary effect is always special summoning them form your hand except during the damage step. In addition, they have secondary effects which support their play style.

  • Fire King Avatar Yaksha can destroy another card in your field or hand after he is destroyed. this can trigger the effect of Fire Kings, Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys or other cards you might add to this deck.
  • During the next standby phase after being destroyed by a card effect, Fire King Avatar Barong searches your deck for a Fire King monster and adds it to your hand. Destroying him while in your hand with Fire King Island or Fire King Yaksha is a great way to thin your deck and search for combo pieces.

Goka, the Pyre of Malice is a great card to use in this deck. Normal summon a Fire King monster then special summon Goka to destroy it. This puts a powerful monster on your field while aslo triggering your Fire King's effect, and can also cause other Fire Kings to be special summoned from your hand. You can also use destroy Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys with Goka's effect, giving you two high leveled monsters and clearing your opponent's backrow during your next stanby phase.

Other useful cards

For cards that can be used in any deck, check the link below.

CardExplanation
Hand of Nephthys
Hand of Nephthys
Helps you quickly special summon Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys.
Goka, the Pyre of Malice
Goka, the Pyre of Malice
Can easily be special summoned and helps destroy Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys to trigger his effect.
Sphere Kuriboh
Sphere Kuriboh
A defensive card that can be activated from your hand,
which is great for this deck as it will not be destroyed when Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys is revived
Soul Exchange
Soul Exchange
Allows you to use your opponent's monster as tribute can be used with Hand of Nephthys.
Generation Shift
Generation Shift
Destroys monster on your field and searches deck for a monster of the same name.
High Tide on Fire Island
High Tide on Fire Island
Can be used to destroy your opponent's card your opponent controls, or destroy Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys to trigger his effect.
Destruct Potion
Destruct Potion
Destruct potion is an excellent card to use on Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys. Not only does it heal you 2400 LP, it also destroys Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys to trigger his effect.
Wild Tornado
Wild Tornado
Can be used to destroy your opponent's face-up spell/trap cards or, when destroyed by a card effect, destroy any face-up card on the field.

Other useful skills

[Skill] descriptionUser
Restart
Can be used after starting hand is distributed. Shuffle all the cards from your hand into the Deck. Then draw the starting hand again.
Check here!
Balance
Your starting hand will reflect the card balance of your deck.
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Other example decks

Soul Exchange version

Sacred Phoenix of NephthysSacred Phoenix of NephthysSacred Phoenix of NephthysSphere KuribohSphere KuribohSphere Kuriboh
Goka, the Pyre of MaliceGoka, the Pyre of MaliceFire King Avatar YakshaFire King Avatar YakshaFire King Avatar YakshaHand of Nephthys
Hand of NephthysSoul ExchangeSoul ExchangeSoul ExchangeSuper Rush HeadlongSuper Rush Headlong
High Tide on Fire IslandHigh Tide on Fire Island--------

Set skill

[Skill] descriptionUser
Duel, standby!
Gives 1 more card in each player's starting hand.

Tea

How to use (Soul Exchange ver.)

Tribute opponent's monsters

Use Soul Exchange on an opponent's monster to be able to use it as tribute this turn. Summon Hand of Nephthys then activate her effect, using herself and your opponents monster as tribute you can special summon Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys from hand or deck. You can also use Soul Exchange to tribute summon Goka, the Pyre of Malice if you don't have Hand of Nephthys on hand and you need to remove your opponent's monster from the field. Tokens summoned by Goka, the Pyre of Malice can also be used for Hand of Nephthys' effect.

Destroy Nephthys

When Sacred Phoenix of Nephthys is destroyed by a card effect he revives himself during your next standby phase and clears the field of all spell/trap cards. By using cards that take advantage of his effect we are able to continuously clear the enemy's backrow.

Destruct Potion version

Sacred Phoenix of NephthysSacred Phoenix of NephthysSacred Phoenix of NephthysSphere KuribohSphere KuribohHeavy Knight of the Flame
Heavy Knight of the FlameFire King Avatar YakshaFire King Avatar YakshaFire King Avatar YakshaSuper Rush HeadlongSuper Rush Headlong
Fire King IslandFire King IslandFire King IslandCard of the SoulCard of the SoulWild Tornado
Destruct PotionDestruct Potion----

King of Games [Mar 2018]

IGNSet SkillDate Submitted
iAn!RestartMarch 11

Comments

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Anonymous
Lol some salt in these forums against Ultra Mega Chicken. You act like the fact that CA counters this deck means anything, as if CA doesn't already beat down most decks XD.

EITHER WAY,been having 🔥 fun in the ladder with this deck, and have beat even CA, AG, GB, 3SD Ninjas, 3SD hazy. It may not be S tier, but who said you need to play tier 1 to get to KOG?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
But the deck listed in this site won't get you any higher than plat. Its old as 🔥 and still not updated. Running SRH and WT yet no Econ when its necessary to stop CA. Not too mention the optional cards are mostly 🔥, and no Gale Lizard, D.D. Warrior, Bottomless Shifting Sand, or Berserk Dragon in it
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I 100% agree with you that SRH is a bad choice, also having Heavy Knight instead of goka is also bad.

However, I have faced a good number of top tier decks with my phoenix deck, and have been able to win a good amount.

My point was more so the fact that people call that the whole deck trash is silly, since it doesnt counter CA.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
SRH is necessary, Phoenix has only a 2400 base attack, if the opponent summons a 2800 which is extremely common you're gonna have a bad time.
Anonymous
is this deck no longer meta?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
yes, decent if you against burn deck XD
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I really hate people that still playing this deck. This deck already dying when red eyes on its peak, and completely die when CA comes. To beat CA, most of other deck need heavy backrow and there's scumbag that play pheonix deck. Like wtf? Pheonix just auto lose against most common deck that is CA. Why you still play this 🔥?
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
yeah this deck is very weak against ca and rezd or other beatdown deck..
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
I'm having 70% success in beating REZD using phoenix deck with berserk dragon
Anonymous
I'm playing him in legend,pretty good deck
Anonymous
this deck used to work wonders for me, now its dead hands 99% of the time, 🔥 konami and not actually random draw chances
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
ikr
Anonymous
since i never use the effect of heavy knight - can i replace him with fka barong, he seems to synergize way better with the deck
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Yes
Anonymous
Went to buy Dawn of Destiny strictly for 3x Beast rising and 3x fire king avatar yaksha. Ended up pulling every SR/UR minus SRH/ Molten Destruction in 29packs. I reset the box since there were no available UR/Sr and ended up pulling another Nepthys and Il Blud before I could get my 3rd Yaksha. What was this luck??? Guess a nephthys deck is calling my name!
DeidaraSanji
Why we must Put Wild Tornado into deck ?
<< Anonymous(DeidaraSanji)
DeidaraSanji Reply
Oh I got it
<< Anonymous(DeidaraSanji)
Anonymous Reply
good, glad you got it buddy
Anonymous
I run this type as a shock deck, because no body expects it, then added so many spells and traps. I actually gotten a winning streak in KOG 8 games in a row, cause every body is so spell heavy. Of course this deck pretty much auto loses to CA. I have a CA deck myself, so I know. But I still like to run this as a back up deck. It actually still does pretty good.
TacticalGod
i run this version reach KOG today ive tried different version like restart with 3 fenixs yea its less brick but not good at all when i facing high atk monsters i do nothing if i have no e-con or wild tornado
<< Anonymous(Dace)
TacticalGod Reply
because i need to thin my deck for a chance to get some others except fenix and u can manage ur LP when 500 or 2000 u can search some ebola or 1800 beaters
<< Anonymous(Bird)
TacticalGod Reply
like i said i adapt so many different version but cant go to the KOG but i use this and got it i dont know why.
<< Anonymous(TacticalGod)
sumdud Reply
Always 3 Phoenix over 3 Card of Soul. It almost always become a dead hand when being run at 3.

For defeating high ATK monsters, just run stuff like Man-eater Bug, Gale Lizard, and/or Bottomless Shifting Sand by replacing the Heavy Knights. You can also run a Berzerk Dragon variant if you want a real BIG boss monster to handle their them
<< Anonymous(TacticalGod)
Anonymous Reply
Yeah, should go 3 Phoenix for sure. BTW, after finding it useless for more than 50% of my duels I removed Goka in favor of Chiron the Mage and so far it has been doing an awesome use of unusable Card of the Soul (after you lose life) and of extra unneeded copies of Island. Also play Gale Lizard or Hane-Hane, it is nuts in this deck
Anonymous
Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding actual good ideas for decks? Like is there a place where only ppl that have reached KOG are allowed to post? Maybe a forum or a group? The decks they post here and even the ones ppl post in the comments just seem.. amateur. No disrespect.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Build your own deck if the ones posted here are 'amateur' ;)
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Easy booster seat, I’m just tryin to find out where the big kids hang out.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
You can find most of them on cheating site.
<< Anonymous
Anonymous Reply
Well some people tells stories about an obscure section on GameA website that is said to post KOG decks only. However it is so obscure that only about 99% of the site visitors knows how to find it and don't go asking if the section actually exists
Anonymous
this deck is truly garbage
<< Anonymous
Lhr9Scout10 Reply
It's an S rank on the smash boards... but I agree
<< Anonymous
Lhr Reply
DECK BOARDS WIKI

(I play smash bros often)
Badastic
This is my deck. Is it any good? How can I make it stronger without having to spend tons of gems to get goka and soul exchange?

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