Cipher: deck recipe [Sept 27]

Ciphers are an Xyz-focused deck with good OTK potential by using Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon as the main boss monster. It can temporarily take control of your opponent's monster and give it an attack boost to help as a beater. Together with the use of the skill, it can win pretty easily if your opponent only controls 1 monster, or even 2 if even 1 of them has lower than 3000 ATK.

However, they lack some consistency to make a reliable play all the time since they need specific cards to start, but they have decent follow-up options if it's not an OTK.

This is the card that lets you Xyz into Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon because of its effect, and you can special summon this either through its own effect or Twin Raptor.

If it gets destroyed when it's on the field before you get to Xyz, you can search for another Cipher monster. If you can normal summon another Cipher, you can search for another Biplane to restart the combo. If your opponent has an extra deck monster on the field, then you can search for Twin Raptor if you haven't used its effect so you can special summon another Biplane from the deck.

This is the combo starter of the deck since it can special summon monsters from the deck. With its effect, you can special summon Biplane so you can Xyz into a rank 8 to make Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon.

The summoning restriction means that this play mostly just leads to Biplane so you can bring out Galaxy-Eyes, but you can also go with another level 4 if you simply need monsters on the field to block attacks or if you think your monsters won't get destroyed.

If you get Cipher Wing, you can instead go into a rank 4 like Gear Gigant X for a searcher or Dark Rebellion Xyz Dragon for a beater.

Essentially a filler in the deck to help with making a rank 4 or 8. Its effect is only good if you have 2 other level 4 "Cipher" monsters, which is very situational and rare.

A defensive card that can act as a safety net to potentially prevent some OTK, but it's also a searcher to help make a play for your next turn.

If you have Raptor with Biplane/Wing in hand, you can use Raptor to special summon Mirror Knight from your deck, then use Biplane/Wing to Xyz into Cipher Dragon. When you want to activate Cipher Dragon's effect, use Mirror Knight as the material to detach so that you can get its search effect during your end phase.

Searching for Raptor can often be a safe play since it can be special summoned or normal summoned. Otherwise, searching for another Mirror Knight can be good too if you think your monsters are going to be destroyed by battle and you have a card to discard.

Both Galaxy-Eyes Xyz monsters shared similar effect which has removal effect regardless monster or spell/trap. However, Full Armor Photon Dragon will only able to destroy Face-Up card whereas Cipher Blade does for either.

Both of these card can be Xyz Summon by using a "Galaxy-Eyes" Xyz Monster means that you can Xyz Summon directly onto Galaxy-Eyes Cipher Dragon which will gives them max. 3 materials for activating their effect.

3000 ATK beater with an effect that lets you temporarily control your opponent's monster. Increasing the ATK to 3000 just means that you can choose a low ATK monster your opponent controls to help as a beater.

Its effect works best if your opponent has at least 2 monsters on the field. If your opponent has another 3000 ATK monster on the field, you can crash it with the one you took control of. If your opponent has another low ATK monster then you can potentially still OTK since the monster you took control of isn't attacking directly.

Alternatively, if your opponent has a level 4 monster on the field and you made Galaxy-Eyes without having to use Twin Raptor's effect, you can use your opponent's monster as an Xyz material with another level 4 monster you control.

Sanaphond's below average ATK stat can easily be mitigated by its inherent
stat boost putting it near 3000 ATK, especially if there's already some graveyard setup on both sides. Additionally, Sanaphond is able to protect itself from effect destruction while also locking out revival effect. This won't be a problem for you because this Deck doesn't run any revival.

Works as a combo extender so you can potentially make 2 Xyz in a turn or to bring back a boss monster from either grave.

Discard Mirror Knight to wipe out all monsters your opponent controls, then search out "Cipher" monster by Mirror Knight's effect.

Important to have so you don't get stopped when trying to Xyz. Either bring this or something like Forbidden Lance.

Useful beater that you can summon before Xyz summoning. You can get 2 monsters on the field through Wing or Biplane's special summoning effect, but this won't work with Raptor since it has a summoning restriction.

Prevents OTKs similar to Sphere Kuriboh. Keep it in your hand to avoid damage from a direct attack, then later banish it from the graveyard to avoid damage from another direct attack.

Can be attached to Cipher Dragon or Cipher Blade Dragon as Xyz Material directly from your hand or even Graveyard which will give your Xyz monsters more chances to use their effects. Not only that, Cipher Etranger will allows you to search out Cipher Interference in this case while it is sent to the Graveyard.

But keep it mind that, you can only activate 1 of each it's effect once per turn.

Works as a comeback card since it's like a 1 card Xyz enabler to become level 9: Dyson Sphere.

Because it has a summoning restriction, you can't really follow it up with the usual Cipher plays to make Galaxy-Eyes, but you can make Gear Gigant X if you are able to make a rank 4.

Since Cipher Dragon's effect can take control 1 of your opponent's monster to your Field and that monster's name will become Cipher Dragon, you can synergy with Cipher Interference to boost up those Cipher Dragons when they battle, note that this effect does applied on direct attack too.

Similar effect to Cipher Wing which can double your Level 4 Cipher monster to Level 8 without tributing cost. Double Exposure's second effect also a good synergy with Cipher Interference due to the effect that make another monster becomes same as 1 of your "Cipher" monster you control.

Very strong and versatile card since it can be used to disrupt your opponent or to dodge cards like Karma Cut / Floodgate Trap Hole by targeting your own monster.

Helps you OTK your opponent since you can use the skill on Cipher Dragon to become 4000 ATK to win quickly/easily.

Great as a blocker because of its high ATK and DEF as well as its effect, but it can be easily removed by a lot of card removal effects so it's not a reliable monster to stall for long.

Summonable when you can get Biplane to the field without using Raptor's effect. Heliopolis is a pretty strong boss monster since it gives you multiple card removals and it can still attack after using it, but it's not an easy OTK since you can't use the skill on it.

Can help beat over just about any monster, as long as they can be targeted. The ATK boost isn't even temporary, so it's essentially a 3000+ ATK monster on the field if it doesn't get negated.

Useful for turn 1 so you can search for a card to help Xyz next turn.

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