Lightsworn: deck recipe [Oct 2020]

“Lightsworn” is an archetype of LIGHT and DARK monsters of various types that have been in Duel Links for quite a long time. After struggling to, and ultimately failing multiple times in the attempt of having an actual impact on the game, likely due to the nature of the format itself, it looks like Lightsworns are getting another chance to shine.

The “Lightsworn” archetype revolves around milling, meaning sending cards from the top of the Deck to the Graveyard. The vast majority of “Lightsworn” monsters mill a number of cards during the End Phase of their controller’s turn and/or can generally benefit from this mechanic.

Chaos Dragon Levianeer is an excellent boss monster in this deck due to its ease of summoning. The “Lightsworn” engine is well-known for its quick graveyard setup. In a deck such as this using both LIGHT and DARK monsters you will almost always have the means to summon one or even multiple Levianeer.

Levianeer is a good generic boss monster for any LIGHT and DARK deck because of its high attack stat and multi-card removal. You should always choose the removal effect among Levianeer's effects. Additionally, Levianeer's stats allow you to search it with The Melody of Awakening Dragon for added consistency.

Get these monsters in your graveyard with the Lightsworn mill engine. From there Stegocyber and Bacon Saver can protect you from enemy OTKs.

Furthermore, Stegocyber and Bacon Saver being DARK attributes gives them additional utility as cost for Levianeer's summoning, provided you do not use their graveyard effects. Do this if you decide to go on the offensive while they are still in your graveyard.

Charge of the Light Brigade and Solar Recharge are better at setting up your graveyard than the Lightsworn monsters for two reasons. Firstly, aside from milling, they let you dig further into your deck by searching and drawing. Secondly, they mill during the Main Phase, while most Lightsworn monsters mill during the End Phase. This lets you make use of the milled cards on the same turn.

Some reasons why you would want to mill during your Main Phase include:

• Using milled monsters as summoning cost for Levianeer.
• Getting Plaguespreader Zombie or Glow-Up Bulb in the graveyard for quick Synchro plays.
• Getting Raiden in the graveyard as revival target for Lumina.

Use Lumina’s effect to Special Summon Raiden, Hand of the Lightsworn (Level 4 Tuner), and then Summon a Level 7 Synchro from your Extra Deck.

Before using Raiden as Synchro Material, you can activate its effect and send 2 more cards from the top of your Deck to the Graveyard. This will give you a higher chance of hitting Eclipse Wyvern, which, upon being sent to the Graveyard, will banish 1 Level 7 or higher LIGHT or DARK Dragon from your Deck.

Now, if Wyvern is in your Graveyard, you can Synchro Summon Shiranui Squiresaga and activate its effect, banishing Wyvern and allowing you to add the monster you initially banished via its effect to your hand.

Excluding Raiden, the Tuners in this deck have the ability to revive themselves. With the Lightsworn mill engine, this gives you access to Synchro plays on-demand. Additionally, Glow-Up Bulb lets you further mill from your deck.

Ryko, Twilightsworn Fighter has the ability to banish any card on the field without targeting or destroying. This is good for getting rid of problematic monsters such as Invoked Cocytus and Shiranui Sunsaga. The fact Ryko is searchable by Charge of the Light Brigade makes it an even more versatile removal card.

The Twilightsworn lumina lets you revive banished Lightsworn monsters. This will usually be used to bring back monsters banished as cost for summoning Levianeer. You can also bring back a Lightsworn monster banished by Twilightsworn Ryko.

Your Synchro toolbox will consist of levels varying from 7 to 9 but will mostly focus on level-7 Synchros. Additionally, most of them will have removal effects to further facilitate board control and OTKs alongside Levianeer.

Level-7 Synchros are made by reviving Raiden with Lumina's effect. Among them, Fortune Lady Every is an excellent choice for board control because of her free non-targeting, non-destruction, banishing removal. She also gets stronger the longer she stays on the field, putting further pressure on the opponent. Lastly, every Lumina in your graveyard will let Fortune Lady Every revive another time.

Summon Black Rose Dragon to get rid of your opponent's entire board setup.

Summon Arcanite Magician for a 2-card removal effect. Do this if you can OTK with Levianeer and just need to clear a few more of the opponent's cards.

Arcanite Magician is also the best level-7 for Synchro climbing. Summon Arcanite Magician then spend its counters before using it as synchro material.

Keeping in theme with the board control aspect of this deck, Michael gives you non-destruction banishing removal at the cost of 1000LP. This bypasses effects that protect from destruction while also costing you no card resources to activate.

When Michael is destroyed, you can target any number of other “Lightsworn” monsters in your Graveyard, shuffle them into the Deck, and if you do, you gain 300 Life Points for each card that was returned. You might want to be careful with this effect since, while returning cards to the Deck will prevent you from decking out, it also will eliminate some, if not all, of your resources.

Hama is good for pushing damage, especially when summoned using a Synchro monster as material.

Banish Raiden as cost for Vermillion Mech's removal effect and then revive that Raiden with Twilightsworn Lumina's effect. This lets you extend your Synchro combo while also getting rid of an opponent's card.

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