This is our list of the best meta decks in the current ranked season of Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel. Check out each guide to see the best deck builds, combos, and budget versions for each archetype!

Best Decks Archetypes

Before checking out each deck by playstyle and archetype, see our Deck Tierlist first to get an idea on which among these decks are competitive in the current meta!

Best Decks January 2025 (Season 37)

Master Duel Deck Lists

All Aggro / Beatdown Decks

Aggro Decks focus on precise summoning combos, populating the board with powerful creatures with insane effects. These decks can push the pace of a match and can result in a switft victory if opponents can't keep up.

Aggressive / Beatdown
D/D/D Aggro	Pure Tri-Brigade	Zoo Tri-Brigade
Virtual World	Prank-Kids	Zoodiac
Blue Eyes	Red-Eyes	Pegasus' Toon Kingdom
Dragonmaid	Dinosaur	HERO
Dragon Link	Despia	Magikey
Adamancipator	Yang Zing Tenyi	Code Talkers
Black Luster Soldier	Pendulum Magician	Tenyi Swordsoul
Cyberdark	@Ignister	Cyber Dragon
The Winged Dragon of Ra	Predaplant	Salamangreat
Odd-Eyes Performapal	Numeron	Six Samurai
ABC	Trickstar Windwitch	Blackwings
Fluffal	Budget Shark Xyz	Cupid Pitch Turbo
Lunalight	Vampire	Thunder Dragon
Ultra Athlete	Z-ARC Pendulum Magician	Adventurer Rose Dragon Tenyi
Adventurer P.U.N.K.	Suship	Pure D/D/D
Numeron Egyptian Gods	Galaxy Eyes OTK	Borrelend Dragon Link
Vaylantz	Beetrooper	Therion ABC
Libromancer	Mathmech	Spright Evil☆Twin
Spright Tri-Brigade	Slifer Arcana Knights	Ishizu Chaos
Gaia OTK	Vernusylph	Ancient Warriors
Ghoti	Springans	8-Axis Gizmek Orochi
Danger! Dark World	Mikanko	Scareclaw Kashtira
Ghostrick Purrely	Hungry Burger Nouvelles	Zombie World P.U.N.K.
Gandora Danger!	Raidraptors	Obelisk the Tormentor
Mannadium	Gate Guardian	Gold Pride P.U.N.K.
Superheavy Samurai	Nemleria	Dragon Rulers
Snake-Eye	T.G. Diabellstar	Skull Servant
Kaiju	Resonators	Earthbound
Malefic	Kozmo	Armored Xyz Shark
Unchained	Battlin' Boxer	Chimera Illusion
Fire King Snake-Eyes	Vaalmonica	Memento
Horus Tearlaments	Centur-Ion	Watt
Majespecter	Dragon Master Magia	Ice Barrier
Infernoid	Lightsworn	Ogdoadic Ragnaraika
Ancient Gear	Genex	Tenpai Dragon
Goblin Biker	Infernoble	Armed Dragon
Flame Swordsman	Melodious	Gimmick Puppet
Ashened	White Forest

All Control Decks

Control Decks are the exact opposite of Aggro Decks. These decks dominate the board with powerful negation, removal, and board clearing spells and traps while setting up their win conditions at the same time.

Control
SPYRAL	Budget Eldlich	Eldlich Control
Drytron Fairy	Dark Magician	Sky Strikers
True Draco	Invoked Shaddoll	Madolche
Stardust Dragon	Relinquished	DPE Scythe
P.U.N.K	Paleo Frog	Gravekeeper's
Evil★Twin	Timelord Burn	Monarch
Agent	Exosisters	Darklord
Plunder Patroll	Rikka	Adventurer Phantom Knights
Floowandereeze	Beetrooper	Tri-Brigade Gladiator Beast
Adventurer Witchcrafter	Evil Eye	Dark Magician Gravekeeper
Branded Tri-Brigade	Branded Despia	Zombie Vampire
Spellbook	Branded Cyber Dragon	Branded Zombies
Pure Scareclaw	Dinomorphia	Runick
Labrynth	Harpies	Buster Blader
Umi Control	Endymion	Nekroz
Spright	Spright Runick	Orcust
Ishizu Runick	Branded Ishizu	Crystal Beasts
Altergeist	Subterror Krawler	Mayakashi
Ishizu Tearlaments	Evilswarm	Melffy Spright
Bystial Branded	Dogmatika Bystial	Naturia Runick
Generaiders	Anti-Meta Stun	Traptrix
Kashtira	Purrely	Ninja
Rescue-ACE	Prediction Princess	Jinzo
Vanquish Soul	Egyptian Gods	Ojama Control
Aromage	Ghostrick	Kuriboh
Runick Spright Fur Hire	Horus Control	Toy Box Dark Magician
Yubel	Voiceless Voice	Rikka Ragnaraika
Ritual Beast	Shining Sarcophagus

All Burn Decks

Burn Decks are incredibly aggressive decks whose sole win condition is to reduce the opponent's LP to 0 with a barrage of direct damage spells and effects.

Burn
Red-Eyes Burn	Chain Burn	D.D. Dynamite
Igknight OTK	Cubic	Dinosaur Bishbaalkin FTK
Volcanic Snake-Eyes	Transaction Rollback Burn	-

All Alt-Win Decks

Alt-Win Decks are peculiar decks whose win conditions often leave the realm of standard play and what's considered meta. These decks hold cards that seem weird at first glance, but can instantly win the game once all the right pieces fall into place!

Alt-Win
Crooked Cook Exodia	Flower Cardian Exodia	Treasure Panda Exodia
Suicide	Defense OTK

All Budget Decks

Budget decks pretty much do what they say on the box. These are affordable decks with a limited number of URs and SRs, and can mostly crafted fairly cheaply.

Budget
Budget True Draco	Budget Amorphage	Budget Hippo Turbo
Budget Despia	Budget F.A. Metalfoes	Budget Crusadia
Budget Majespecter	Budget Flower Cardian	Budget Ishizu Tearlaments

Best Free-to-Play Decks

Structure Decks

Always a great place to start, Structure Decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Duel give you a great way to get started onto your path towards Diamond Rank! We rank all available Structure Decks in Yu-Gi-Oh! Master Due to find out which is the Best Structure Deck!

Best Master Duel Structure Decks

These sections are constantly under construction with new additions. Keep checking back later for updates!

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