Staple Cards: The Best Cards to Craft

Here are all the best cards to craft in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel! Check out our list of staple cards to craft to fit into any of your decks for that competitive edge!

Best Cards to Craft: Deck Staples

Best Effect Monsters

Effect Monster Cards to Craft
Artifact Lancea	Artifact Scythe	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
Chaos Dragon Levianeer	Dimension Shifter	Droll & Lock Bird
Dinowrestler Pankratops	Dotscaper	Effect Veiler
Fairy Tail - Snow	Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo	Maxx "C"
Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion	Knightmare Corruptor Iblee	Nibiru, the Primal Being
PSY-Framegear Gamma	The Winged Dragon of Ra - Sphere Mode	Tour Guide From the Underworld

Best Fusion Monsters

Fusion Monster Cards to Craft
Blue-Eyes Tyrant Dragon	Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer	El Shaddoll Construct
El Shaddoll Winda	Elemental HERO Absolute Zero	Garura, Wings of Resonant Life
Grapha, Dragon Overlord of Dark World	Guardian Chimera	Invoked Mechaba
Masked HERO Dark Law	Masquerade the Blazing Dragon	Millennium-Eyes Restrict
Mudragon of the Swamp	Quintet Magician	Odd-Eyes Vortex Dragon
Predaplant Triphyoverutum	Predaplant Dragostapelia	Starving Venom Fusion Dragon
Thunder Dragon Colossus	Thunder Dragon Titan	Trishula, the Dragon of Icy Imprisonment

Best Synchro Monsters

Synchro Monster Cards to Craft
Adamancipator Risen - Dragite	Baronne de Fleur	Baxia, Brightness of the Yang Zing
Black Rose Dragon	Borreload Savage Dragon	Chaos Angel
Coral Dragon	Crystal Wing Synchro Dragon	Crystron Quariongandrax
Formula Synchron	Garden Rose Maiden	Geomathmech Final Sigma
Herald of the Arc Light	PSY-Framelord Omega	Ravenous Crocodragon Archethys
Scarlight Red Dragon Archfiend	Scarred Dragon Archfiend	Stardust Charge Warrior
Swordsoul Grandmaster - Chixiao	Swordsoul Sinister Sovereign - Qixing Longyuan	Swordsoul Supreme Sovereign - Chengying
T.G. Hyper Librarian	Ultimaya Tzolkin	Virtual World Kyubi - Shenshen

Best Xyz Monsters

Xyz Monster Cards to Craft
Abyss Dweller	Beatrice, Lady of the Eternal	Cyber Dragon Infinity
Cyber Dragon Nova	Dante, Traveler of the Burning Abyss	Dingirsu, the Orcust of the Evening Star
Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder	Hieratic Sun Dragon Overlord of Heliopolis	Kashtira Shangri-Ira
Kashtira Arise-Heart	Number 11: Big Eye	Number 38: Hope Harbinger Dragon Titanic Galaxy
Number 39: Utopia	Number 41: Bagooska the Terribly Tired Tapir	Number 46: Dragluon
Number 59: Crooked Cook	Number 60: Dugares the Timeless	Number 97: Draglubion
Odd-Eyes Absolute Dragon	Raider's Knight	Steelswarm Roach
Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Gustav Max	Superdreadnought Rail Cannon Juggernaut Liebe	Lyrilusc - Assembled Nightingale
The Phantom Knights of Break Sword	The Zombie Vampire	Tornado Dragon

Best Link Monsters

Link Monster Cards to Craft
Accesscode Talker	Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess	Beyond the Pendulum
Borrelend Dragon	Borrelsword Dragon	Cross-Sheep
Decode Talker Heatsoul	Heavymetalfoes Electrumite	I:P Masquerena
Knightmare Phoenix	Knightmare Unicorn	Linkuriboh
Mecha Phantom Beast Auroradon	Muckraker From The Underworld	Predaplant Verte Anaconda
Promethean Princess, Bestower of Flames	Relinquished Anima	Salamangreat Almiraj
Saryuja Skull Dread	Security Dragon	Simorgh, Bird of Sovereignty
Splash Mage	Spright Elf	Tri-Gate Wizard
Underworld Goddess of the Closed World	Update Jammer	Worldsea Dragon Zealantis

Best Spell Cards

Spell Cards to Craft
Allure of Darkness	Called by the Grave	Card of Demise
Crossout Designator	Chicken Game	Cynet Mining
Dark Hole	Double Cyclone	Fire Formation - Tenki
Forbidden Chalice	Forbidden Droplet	Fusion Destiny
Galaxy Cyclone	Gold Sarcophagus	Harpie's Feather Duster
Interrupted Kaiju Slumber	Instant Fusion	Lair of Darkness
Lightning Storm	Mystical Space Typhoon	Polymerization
Pot of Avarice	Pot of Desires	Pot of Duality
Pot of Extravagance	Pot of Prosperity	Rite of Aramesir
Sinful Spoils of Subversion - Snake-Eye	Small World	Spell Power Grasp
Super Polymerization	Triple Tactics Talent	Triple Tactics Thrust
Twin Twisters	Ultimate Slayer	Upstart Goblin
Zombie World

Best Trap Cards

Trap Cards to Craft
Anti-Spell Fragrance	Compulsory Evacuation Device	Eradicator Epidemic Virus
Evenly Matched	Ghost Meets Girl - A Masterful Mayakashi Shiranui Saga	Gravedigger's Trap Hole
Hallowed Life Barrier	Infinite Impermanence	Lost Wind
Macro Cosmos	Metal Reflect Slime	Negate Attack
Phantom Knights' Fog Blade	Paleozoic Dinomischus	Solemn Judgment
Solemn Strike	Solemn Warning	Royal Decree
Red Reboot	Ring of Destruction	Summon Limit
The Phantom Knights of Shade Brigandine	Threatening Roar	There Can Be Only One
Torrential Tribute	Trap Trick	Transaction Rollback
Vanity's Emptiness

Staple Hand Traps

✔	Maxx "C"	✔	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
✔	Ghost Ogre & Snow Rabbit	✔	Nibiru, the Primal Being
✔	Infinite Impermanence	✔	Effect Veiler
✔	PSY-Framegear Gamma	✔	D.D. Crow
✔	Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion	✔	Droll & Lock Bird

Hand Traps, cards that function similarly to set trap cards but are activated from the hand, are an absolute necessity for any deck.

The above staples have the highest value particularly Maxx C, Ash Blossom, Nibiru and Infinite Impermanence which are the best to craft early on. Any one of these cards will help to either stop or interrupt your opponent's combos and key effects like with Ash Blossom and Infinite Impermanence or capitalize on them like Maxx C and Nibiru.

Staple Board Wipes & Mass Removal

✔	Lightning Storm	✔	Raigeki
✔	Harpie's Feather Duster	✔	Twin Twisters
✔	Crossout Designator	✔	Torrential Tribute
✔	Evenly Matched	✔

Sometimes you need to clear the board to play your strategy without interruption and these are the premier staples to help get that done. Lightning Storm is the perfect go second card being both Raigeki or Harpie's Feather Duster when you need it and Torrential Tribute has remained a relevant board wipe for ages. Pick these up if you're looking to control the field.

Staple Card Draw

✔	Pot of Prosperity	✔	Pot of Extravagance
✔	Pot of Desires	✔	Allure of Darkness

Drawing cards is powerful in Yu-Gi-Oh! and these are the staple spells that provide cards quickly and efficiently for almost any deck, just mind the draw backs. If you aren't worried about affecting your deck's combo, then Pot of Desires is perfect for giving you more options. If you're looking for a specific combo piece then Pot of Prosperity lets you check the top cards of your deck before drawing.

Extra Deck Staples

Xyz Monsters

✔	Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder

Don't let the Xyz cost fool you, Divine Arsenal AA-ZEUS - Sky Thunder can be quickly and efficiently summoned from the Extra Deck with its alternative Special Summoning cost for a powerful board clear Quick Effect.

Link Monsters

✔	Accesscode Talker	✔	Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess
✔	Knightmare Phoenix

Functioning as either consistent win conditions or additional disruption, these Link Monsters are staples of any Extra deck that can fulfill their Special Summoning requirements. Apollousa, Bow of the Goddess can negate your opponents key monster effects and Accesscode Talker can often clear the board and finish the game in the same turn.

What Are Staple Cards?

Crucial Cards for Any Deck

Though typically dictated by the metagame, Staples are cards that can and will fit into nearly any deck and are generally expected as part of deck building. These cards a priority to craft due to their flexibility as well as their prevalence in the game.

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