Prank-Kids Deck List and Card Guide

Prank-Kids is an aggro deck in Yu-Gi-Oh Master Duel. Check out the core deck list, key combos, how to play & counter as well as F2P or budget options!

Prank-Kids Deck List

Main Deck: 40 cards
x3	x3	x3	x2	x2
x2	x2	x2	x1	x1
x3	x3	x2	x2	x2
x1	x1	x1	x1	x3
Extra Deck: 15 cards
x1	x1	x1	x3	x2
x1	x1	x1	x1	x1
x1	x1	-	-	-

Prank-Kids Breakdown

Alternate Deck Options

Because of how flexbile this Deck can be in the hands of a player who knows the strengths and weakneses of the Prank-Kids archetype, there are a couple of suggestions worth checking out if you're considering other Deck Engines to play.

Destiny Phoenix Enforcer Engine

Key Cards for DPE Engine

The Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer usually lets you end your combo by going into Predaplant Verte Anaconda to take on Fusion Destiny's effect and Fusion Summon Destiny HERO - Destroyer Phoenix Enforcer with ease. This lets you have a powerful boss monster that can keep destroying a card every turn unless its Special Summon effect is dealt with.

Spright Engine

Key Cards for Spright Engine

The Sprights actually have synergy with the Prank-Kids thanks in part to Prank-Kids Dropsies being a Level 2 Monster. This Deck Engine provides both offense and defense, being able to Special Summon "Spright" monsters one after another.

The goal is to have on the field Spright Elf for its protection from its Link Markers, the negates in Spright Red and Spright Carrot, and the card removal in Spright Smashers.

Thunder Dragon Engine

Key Cards for Thunder Dragon Engine

Though uncanny, Thunder Dragons can actually work somehow with Prank-Kids, letting them do their own thing through banishing fellow Thunder-type monsters and then eventually summoning out Thunder Dragon Colossus. This ensures that the opponent does not get any chance of card advantage through search effects.

Prank-Kids Deck Guide: How to Play

Playstyle and Win Condition

The Prank-Kids

The Main Deck Prank-Kids can Special Summon other fellow "Prank-Kids" monsters if they were used as material for a Link Summon or a Fusion Summon. Ideally, they should be present on the field at all times, being able to mess with the game state at unexpected timings.

Each one of them have unique ways to trigger the Special Summon effect. Fansies has a Foolish Burial effect, Dropsies gives its user LP, Lampsies deals burn damage, and Rocksies banishes a card from your hand.

There are three Fusion Monsters in the archetype, and you can have them at one copy each in the Extra Deck, as their uses are mostly situational to be used by Prank-Kids Pandemonium.

For example, Prank-Kids Rocket Ride can launch Direct Attacks by lowering its ATK, and Prank-Kids Weather Washer neutralizes cards and effects if a "Prank-Kids" monster launches an attack. Both of them share the effect of tributing themselves in order to Special Summon two "Prank-Kids" monsters from the Deck.

The main boss monster of the entire Deck is Prank-Kids Battle Butler, and it needs Fansies, Dropsies and Lampsies as specific materials. Tributing itself can destroy all monsters the opponent controls, but if it's sent to the GY by an opponent's card/effect, you're free to Special Summon any non-Fusion Monster from the GY.

Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu was recently made unlimited in the March 8 2024 banlist update, and now players are very much encouraged to have this LINK-1 monster at 3 copies. This is essential, as "Prank-Kids" monsters tributing itself as cost (mainly the "Prank-Kid" Fusion monsters) can simply have this card banished instead.

Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo acts as a searcher for the archetype's Spell and Trap Cards, and Bow-Wow-Bark can provide an ATK boost. Both of these LINK-2 monsters have the tribute effect to Special Summon, with the latter providing an additional immunity from card destruction effects.

They also have their own LINK-4 monster in Prank-Kids Rip-Roarin-Roaster, which can tribute itself to destroy the opponent's entire Spell/Trap Zone. If sent to the GY by a card effect from the opponent, it can recycle a "Prank-Kids" monster from the GY back to the hand.

The archetype's Spell Cards are essential for the Deck as well, so make sure to use them to your advantage as the soonest possible time. Prank-Kids Pranks lets you discard a "Prank-Kids" monster from the hand to summon a "Prank-Kids" Token, that can be used as Link material. It also doubles as a way to recycle your "Prank-Kids" monsters, and get a free draw during the End Phase.

If you're going to Fusion Summon, use Prank-Kids Pandemonium, but be warned; it locks you out of non-Prank-Kids summons for the rest of the turn after activation.

The Field Spell Prank-Kids Place should be on the field as soon as possible. On activation, it's a searcher, and its effects trigger if you have either a Fusion or Link "Prank-Kids" Monster on the field. If you have both, you can activate both.

Adventurer Engine

Since this is a Deck reliant on Special Summons, the Adventurer Deck Engine can complement and support the Prank-Kids archetype even before conducting your first Normal Summon with a card bounce and an omni-negate.

Having Water Enchantress of the Temple on hand or in the GY is ideal, as it can be banished from there to get Rite of Aramesir, which turns into a one card combo to get Fateful Adventure, Wandering Gryphon Rider and Dracoback all in a single combo.

Hand Traps

Disruptions are extremely crucial for this Deck to protect your plays. Max out on them as much as possible; Maxx "C" and Nibiru punishes a Special Summon-heavy Deck, Ash Blossom stops search effects, and Effect Veiler, Infinite Impermanence and Forbidden Droplet deals with monster effects triggering while on the field.

Called by the Grave counters Graveyard effects from monsters, and Crossout Designator can counter any hand traps the opponent has--provided you have the very same card in your own Deck.

Core Combos and Interactions

Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu

Prank-Kids Fansies

Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu

The first Link Monster to summon to start you off in most of your combos. Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu brings to the table is a usual 1-card line of play to help kickstart your Link Summon Combo.

Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo

Prank-Kids Dropsies

Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu

Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo

When you Link Summon Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo, you can select 1 Spell or Trap Card from your Deck and add it to your hand. Tributing Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo will let you select two "Prank-Kids" Cards with different names in the GY and add it back to your hand.

Prank-Kids Battle Butler

Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo	Prank-Kids Pandemonium	Prank-Kids Lampsies
Prank-Kids Dropsies	Prank-Kids Fansies	Prank-Kids Battle Butler

Once you have Prank-Kids Dodo-Doodle-Doo, you can use its first effect to get Prank-Kids Pandemonium from the deck and put it in your hand. Then, after you can tribute it to get 2 "Prank-Kids" Monsters from your GY and put them in your hand.

You don't have to use Prank-Kids Lampsies or Prank-Kids Dropsies as listed above, but any 2 "Prank-Kids" Monsters that have different names. But by now, you should have 1 of each "Prank-Kids" Monster (Lampsies, Dropsies, Fansies) with 2 in your hand, and one on the field. Then using all three of them, summon Prank-Kids Battle Butler!

Accesscode Talker

Prank-Kids Dropsies	Prank-Kids Fansies	Prank-Kids Lampsies
Prank-Kids Rip-Roarin-Roaster	Accesscode Talker	-

Using Prank-Kids' Dropies, Lampsies & Fansies effects in the GY, Special Summon 3 more Prank-Kids monsters onto the field. Use them to Link Summon Prank-Kids Bow-Wow-Bark and use it and your remaining "Prank-Kids" Monster to Link Summon Accesscode Talker. Target Prank-Kids Rip-Roarin-Roaster and you'll gain an additional 4000 ATK, giving it a total of 6000ATK.

Prank-Kids Adventurer Sample Hand 1

Cards On Hand
Step	Description
1	Go for the standard Adventurer Engine combo play. ・Activate Rite of Aramesir; Special Summon an Adventurer Token and place Fateful Adventure face-up on the field ・Activate Fateful Adventure; discard Water Enchantress of the Temple, then search Wandering Gryphon Rider ・Special Summon Wandering Gryphon Rider, triggering Fateful Adventure; search and add Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon ・Equip Dracoback, the Rideable Dragon onto the Adventurer Token.
2	Activate Prank-Kids Place; add Prank-Kids Rocksies from the Deck to the hand. Normal Summon it afterwards.
3	Using Prank-Kids Rocksies as material, Link Summon Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu; then activate the following in chain. Chain Link 2: Activate the effect of Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu upon being Linkl Summoned; add Prank-Kids Pandemonium from the Deck to the hand. Chain Link 1: Trigger the effect of Prank-Kids Rocksies after being sent to the GY as material; Special SummonPrank-Kids Fansies from the Deck.
4	Using Prank-Kids Fansies and Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu as materials; Link Summon Prank-Kids Dodo Doodle-Doo. Afterwards, activate the following effects in a chain. Chain Link 2: Upon being Link Summond, activate Prank-Kids Dodo Doodle-Doo; search and add Prank-Kids Pranks from the Deck. Chain Link 1: Trigger the effect of Prank-Kids Fansies after being used as material; send Prank-Kids Lampsies from the Deck to the GY, then Special Summon Prank-Kids Dropsies from the hand.
5	Activate Prank-Kids Dodo Doodle-Doo's second effect; tribute itself from the Field, then target Prank-Kids Fansies and Prank-Kids Lampsies in the GY; add them back to the hand. Then, set Prank-Kids Pandemonium from the Deck to the hand.
6	On your opponent's turn, activate Prank-Kids Pandemonium; using Prank-Kids Dropsies on the Field, Prank-Kids Fansies and Prank-Kids Lampsies from the hand as materials; Fusion Summon Prank-Kids Battle Battler.
7	Activate Prank-Kids Battle Butler as Quick Effect to destroy all monsters the opponent controls, but use the unique effect of Prank-Kids Meow-Meow-Mu from the GY to banish itself instead of tributing the Fusion Monster on the field.

Prank-Kids Counters: How to Beat

Attention!	This portion is in progress due to a revamp, stay tuned until then!

Best Decks to Use Against Prank-Kids Decks

Umi Control

Umi Control can completely mess up a usual play from a Prank-Kids Deck, especially if the opponent manages to have some floodgates active on the field that stops the advantages on the field like multiple boss monsters.

Umi Control Deck List & Card Guide

Labrynth

The multiple interruptions available for Labrynth Decks can provide a lot of control against he Deck, which only got even stronger now with the addition of Transaction Rollback. From floodgates, to card destruction from both hand and field, this card is a nightmare to deal with once they have its recursion set up.

Labrynth Deck List & Card Guide

Generaiders

Generaiders are surprising in their control, being able to summon Level 9 monsters with negates, bounces and card destructions depending on which "Generaider" is on the field that can use their effects.

Generaider Deck List & Card Guide

Snake-Eye

As of writing, Snake-Eye is the strongest Deck to run in Master Duel due to its plethora of effects that are hard to stop even with multiple hand traps and interruptions available.

It is especially dangerous because of the Deck's penchant of turning monsters on the field into Continuous Spell/Traps, rendering them useless unless they find a way to get them out of there.

Snake-Eyes Deck List & Card Guide

Best Cards to Tech Against Prank-Kids

	Nibiru, the Primal Being
	When users of a Prank-Kids Deck reach 5 summons within the turn, you can quickly tribute as many face-up monsters on the field, and summon this onto your opponent's field. This will quickly disrupt them from doing any more summons or even stopping them from completing their Fusion or Link Summon.
	Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion
	Using this card, you can quickly cancel specific effects that are at the core of Prank-Kids decks by discarding this card. Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion can be used whenever your opponent adds cards from the GY to their hand, Deck, or Extra Deck, whenever they Special Summon a Monster Card from the GY, or whenever they banish a card from the GY.
	Summon Limit
	A Continuous Trap Card that limits the summon of both parties to a maximum of two times per turn. This will quickly put a halt to chaining Link Summons that Prank-Kids Deck users do to quickly bring out their boss monsters like Accesscode Talker or Prank-Kids Rip-Roarin-Roaster.
	Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring
	Similar to Ghost Belle & Haunted Mansion, this card can be quickly used to cancel specific effects that are at the core of Prank-Kids decks by discarding this card. Expect every Deck to run 3 copies of this hand trap, so be prepared to deal with it yourself.

Limit Summons

Prank-Kids Decks rely on multilpe summons in a turn to quickly bring out key monsters from the Extra Deck .

Using a combination of Spells and Traps to stop those summons from happening will quickly put the duel in your favor.

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Aggro Decks

List of All Aggro Decks
D/D/D Aggro	Code Talker / Prank Kids	Zoodiac
Blue-Eyes	Virtual World	SPYRAL Control
Toon Kingdom	Red-Eyes	Blue-Eyes
Zoodiac	Prank-Kids	Zoodiac Tri-Brigade
Pure Tri-Brigade	Ancient Gear	Dragonmaid
Tri-Brigade Lyrilusc (Bird Up)	Dinosaur	Raidraptor
HERO	Dragon Link	Despia
Magikey	Adamancipator	Black Luster Soldier
Pendulum Magician	Stardust Dragon	Tenyi Swordsoul
Cyberdark	@Ignister	Cyber Dragon
The Winged Dragon of Ra	Despian Predaplant	Despia Darklord
Odd-Eyes Performapal	Numeron FTK	Six Samurai
ABC	Trickstar Windwitch	Blackwings
Fluffal	Cupid Pitch Turbo	Lunalight
Vampire	Ultra Athletes	Thunder Dragon
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	Icejade Ra	Therion ABC
Libromancer	Mathmech	Spright Evil☆Twin
Spright Tri-Brigade	Ishizu Chaos	Slifer Arcana Knights
Gaia OTK	Vernusylph	Ancient Warriors
Ghoti	Springans	8-Axis Gizmek Orochi
Danger! Dark World	Mikanko	Scareclaw Kashtira
Zombie World P.U.N.K.	Hungry Burger Nouvelles	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

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Invoked Shaddoll	Eldlich Control	Drytron Fairy
True Draco	Dark Magician	Traptrix
Phantom Knights	Madolche	Relinquished
P.U.N.K.	DPE Scythe	Evil★Twin
Paleozoic Frog	Salamangreat	Gravekeepers
Monarch	Tellarknight	Agent
Exosisters	Darklord	Plunder Patrol
Rikka	Floowandereeze	Adventurer Phantom Knights
Dinomoprhia	Tri-Brigade Gladiator Beast	Adventurer Witchcrafter
Dark Magician Gravekeeper	Branded Tri-Brigade	Branded Despia
Zombie Vampire	Blue-Eyes Jet Dragon	Spellbook
Branded Cyber Dragon	Branded Zombies	Pure Scareclaw
Dinomorphia	Runick	Labrynth
Harpies	Buster Blader	Umi Control
Endymion	Nekroz	Spright
Spright Runick	Ishizu Runick	Branded Ishizu
Crystal Beasts	Orcust	Altergeist
Witchcrafter	Subterror Krawler	Mayakashi
Ishizu Tearlaments	Evilswarm	Melffy Spright
Bystial Branded	Dogmatika Bystial	Naturia Runick
Generaiders	Kashtira	Purrely
Ninja	Rescue-ACE	Gishki Spright
Prediction Princess	Vanquish Soul	Jinzo
Egyptian God	Ojama Control	Aromage
Ghostrick	Kuriboh	Anti-Meta Stun

Burn Decks

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

Alt-Win Decks

List of All Alternate Win Decks
Crooked Cook Exodia	Flower Cardian Exodia	Treasure Panda Exodia
Suicide	Defense OTK

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Budget Shark Xyz	Budget Eldlich	Budget Hippo Turbo
Budget Despia	Budget F.A. Metalfoes	Budget Blue-Eyes White Dragon
Budget Chain Burn	Budget Majespecter	Budget Yosenju
Budget Flower Cardian	Budget True Draco	Budget Amorphage
Budget Ishizu Tearlaments

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