Best Starter Deck to Choose

There are three choices of deck to choose from when starting your journey in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel! Read on to know the contents of each deck and know the best starter deck among the three!

Best Starter (Structure) Deck

Power of the Dragon is Best for Beginners

Power of the Dragon is the best starter deck to choose in Master Duel. It teaches the basic fundamentals of a Duel without being having complicated mechanics that need to be learned. It also has overall stronger attacking power compared to the other two Starter (Structure)Decks.

Synchro of Unity or Link Generation for Veterans

For players who are familiar to the game's mechanics, you can choose between Synchro of Unity or Link Generation, as they use techniques that can ease the learning curve of the game. What makes both Decks strong are the effects of their cards, which when done right can create a combo for great plays.

All Starters Can be Obtained

While it may be daunting to choose which starter deck you want to have first, pay no heed if you plan to play the game a long time as the other starter decks you didn't choose are obtainable as mission rewards later on!

Which Starter Deck is the Best?

Starter (Structure) Deck Card List

When starting out in Master Duel for the first time, the game will give three options for your first Deck in the game. These Starter (Structure) Decks will provide a strong base as well as help learn the different mechanics of the game!

Power of the Dragon

If you have yet to catch up with all the new mechanics in Yu-Gi-Oh!, and/or are only familiar with the original anime starring Yugi Muto, this is a good Deck to start. This Deck has quite a number of monster with high ATK, have the ability to Special Summon high-powered monsters, and conduct Fusion Summons easily.

Main Deck

Extra Deck

Power of the Dragon Basic Combo

This is your bread and butter combo to get Blue-Eyes White Dragon out on the field. Try and use this to gain board and tempo advantage over your opponent.

Best Cards to Add to Power of the Dragon

While the Power of the Dragon starter deck is a great choice for new players, the deck itself could be improved. The Extra Deck for example, is lackluster compared to what you will face on the ladder. Building it properly will net you a strong Blue-Eyes deck that you can try and use to do better in your Ranked Battles.

Main Deck

Extra Deck

Synchro of Unity

This Starter (Structure) Deck is for players who managed to reach Syncho Monsters that were introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, this is a great Deck to start with. This Deck specializes in being able to Special Summon regular monsters and Tuner monsters as frequently as possible in order to do a Synchro Summon from your Extra Deck.

Main Deck

Extra Deck

Best Cards to Add to Synchro of Unity

While the Synchro of Unity starter deck is a solid choice for newcomers and veterans alike, there is still room for improvement. To fully optimize this list, we need to add better Tuner Monsters while maximizing the potential of our Extra Deck.

Main Deck

Extra Deck

How to Craft Cards

Link Generation

This Starter (Structure) Deck is for players who are up to date with the newest mechanic introduced in Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS: Link Summoning. Easy to learn, but hard to master, this makes use of Link Monsters: a new kind of Monster Card that does not have any DEF, and have special Link Markers pointing to various Monster Zones on the field.

Main Deck

Extra Deck

Best Cards to Add to Link Generation

In a similar vein to Synchro of Unity, Link Generation relies on Special Summons to overwhelm your opponent and get Board Advantage. However, the current deck presented to new players lacks the firepower needed to compete against high-ranking players.

Main Deck

Extra Deck

How to Craft Cards

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